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June 2016 Member Newsletter
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The early-bird registration deadline is
Tuesday, July 5, 2016! Be sure to catch this year's discounted rates.
Register Now!
Book your stay at one of the official APSA Annual Meeting hotels in Philadelphia, PA! Our conference hotels in Philadelphia include the Marriott Downtown, Loews Hotel, Embassy Suites, and more! Book your hotel now.
Demonstrate your university's or company's leadership in the field to 6,000+ attendees at the largest political science conference with an APSA Annual Meeting sponsorship.
See all opportunities here!
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Mark your calendars for this year's Capstone Events at the 112
th Annual Meeting featuring:
112th APSA Presidential Address
Remarks from APSA President,
Jennifer Hochschild
Thursday, September 1
6:15 p.m. to 7:15 p.m.
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Breaking News Panel: Did the Party Decide?
Moderator: John M. Sides,
George Washington University
Thursday, September 1
4:00 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.
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All-Member Business Meeting
12:00 p.m. to 1:30 p.m.
APSA Opening Reception
7:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.
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Plenary Session: Are We Making Progress on Human Rights?
Kathryn Sikkink,
Harvard University
2:00 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.
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| APSA Programs & Initiatives |
Deadline for nominations is June 27, 2016.
APSA will recognize political science faculty who received campus teaching awards at their colleges and universities during the past academic year at the 2016 Annual Meeting.
Make a nomination here.
Next d
eadline for
applications
is
July 1
, 2016.
The Centennial Center assists APSA members with the costs of research, including travel, interviews, access to archives, or costs for a research assistant.
Apply here.
Deadline for applications is July 1, 2016.
The APSA Minority Fellowship Program (MFP) Travel Grant provides support for the professional development of APSA Minority Fellows, both current fellows and alumni, at the 2016 APSA Annual Meeting.
Apply here.
Is your research or teaching bringing you to Washington, DC? The Centennial Center for Political Science and Public Affairs provides furnished shared work space through the Visiting Scholar Program to APSA members. The Center can host scholars for short periods to extended periods of time, ranging from days to months.
Learn more.
The APSA Research and Development team has kicked off their Chart of the Month series! The Chart of the Month series will be done each month to visually represent the key data points from the Research and Development team's latest data report.
View the 2014-15 Salaries Report.
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The Senate Appropriations Committee approved the FY17 Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education appropriations bill by a vote of 29-1 on June 9, 2016. The bill includes a $4.89 million cut to Fulbright-Hays that, if enacted, would result in no new grant competitions in the next year. The reduction in funding represents a 69% cut compared to FY16 as enacted. The bill includes flat funding for Title VI. Learn more and see an action alert here.
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On June 1, APSA announced the new editorial team who will lead the flagship journal American Political Science Review (APSR) beginning September 1. See full press release here.
The team, led by Thomas König of the University of Mannheim, has six associate editors from the University of Mannheim, the University of Bremen, and the London School of Economics and Political Science, who specialize in different subfields and methodological perspectives of political science. In addition, the new editorial board has more than 80 political scientists from all over the world. Get to know the editorial team!
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"Meet the Editors" Roundtable at the 2016 Annual Meeting
Among other activities and events, this year's APSA Annual Meeting attendees have the opportunity to meet the new APSR editorial team in a "Meet the Editors" Roundtable on September 2, 2016, at 10:00 a.m.
Register today and view the online program.
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This issue of
Perspectives examines political, social, and policy questions that Americans have grappled with for over a hundred years. Articles cover minimum wage, the power to strike, the challenges of policy maintenance, judicial review, and class bias. Also, the issue contains two Reflections essays, two Praxis essays, and a number of insightful book reviews.
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Read fascinating articles written by alumni of the Congressional Fellowship Program (CFP) from 2010 to 2015. The CFP fellows serve yearlong placements in congressional and executive offices, and they chronicle their firsthand experiences in the pages of
PS.
Enjoy the virtual issue here today!
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The APSA Member Bookshelf now includes three recent APSA task forces on public perceptions of political science, democratic governance, and political science in the 21st century.
Log in and start reading today!
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Annual Meeting Quick Links
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The APSA public engagement program is available to provide on-campus workshops on communicating political science to nonacademic audiences. Workshops introduce the hows and whys of public engagement and discuss tips for effective communication with the media, policymakers, and the public. Discounted rates apply to APSA departmental members.
Learn more.
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Steven Rathgeb Smith, APSA Executive Director, presented the keynote address at the 6th Annual Conference of the Central European Political Science Association in Brussels, Belgium.
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APSA draws on the database to respond to media requests for experts in all areas of political science. In advance of key events or following major news developments, APSA also uses the database to publicize the availability of experts to speak on specific issues.
Sign up online!
Inclusion in the database is a member benefit.
Contac
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press@apsanet.org
with any questions.
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Member Updates & Benefits
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The American Political Science Association Member of the Month program is designed to recognize and highlight member achievements and professional milestones. It is a celebration of the outstanding contributions our members make to our community through their continued scholarship, championship of the profession, and support of APSA and its programs.
Nominate an APSA member today!
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APSA collaborates with the International Comparative Policy Analysis Forum and the
Journal of Comparative Policy Analysis: Research and Practice
! APSA members can become members of the ICPA-Forum at a special rate of $115 per year. Benefits include free individual subscriptions to the
Journal of Comparative Policy Analysis (regular subscription is $298) - five issues per annual volume!
Click here for more information about ICPA-Forum!
APSA partners with the American Sociological Association (ASA) allowing APSA members to join ASA as an associate member for the discounted price of $85. Associate members benefits include online access and print copies of the
American Sociological Review journal, the ASA bookstore, access to the job bank, and much more.
Click here for more details and to join!
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