{"id":71,"date":"2026-06-16T14:53:08","date_gmt":"2026-06-16T18:53:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/department-of-political-science\/?page_id=71"},"modified":"2026-06-16T15:59:35","modified_gmt":"2026-06-16T19:59:35","slug":"alumni-spotlights","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/department-of-political-science\/alumni-spotlights\/","title":{"rendered":"Alumni Spotlights"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-3 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"682\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"118\" style=\"object-position: 53.805% 22.855%\" src=\"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/department-of-political-science\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1271\/2026\/06\/james-hawk-photo-682x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-118\" 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