July 2017 Member Newsletter
|
|
Join us August 31-September 3, 2017, in San Francisco for the 113th APSA Annual Meeting & Exhibition to address the latest scholarship in political science while exploring the 2017 theme, "The Quest for Legitimacy: Actors, Audiences, and Aspirations."
Register Now!
Annual Meeting paper presenters must upload their papers to the conference submission system by Monday, August 14, 2017. While it's important for your session colleagues to review your paper in advance to prepare remarks, please also be reminded that in acceptin
g this presentation role, presenters agreed to make their paper available to conference attendees in advance. See paper upload instructions for additional assistance.
Upload your paper here.
Find theme panels, roundtables, short courses and workshops, and also create your personal schedule in the
2017 APSA Online Program. Search keywords or browse by day, division or related group, session, or event type.
Book your stay at one of the official APSA Annual Meeting hotels in San Francisco, CA! The deadline for group rate discounted rooms is
Wednesday, August 9! Please note that these rooms are available on a first come, available space basis.
Book your hotel here.
There are still opportunities to promote your brand! Demonstrate your organization's leadership in the field to 6,000+ attendees at the largest political science conference with an APSA Annual Meeting sponsorship.
Learn more here.
|
|
Annual Meeting Program Highlights
|
|
APSA is pleased to announce that the first annual Career Fair will take place from 4:00 p.m.
--- 6:00 p.m. on Thursday, August 31. The Career Fair is an opportunity for APSA members to connect with departments, institutions, and organizations for informational and informal discussions about jobs in political science, and other careers that draw on political science training, both on campus and in applied/non-academic settings.
Learn more.
Many professional development events
--- geared toward political scientists at all career stages
--- will take place at the Annual Meeting in San Francisco. There will be roundtables on academic publishing, networking, mentoring, academic and non-academic jobs, and much more.
See all professional development events!
APSA will host the Annual Department Chairs Workshop & Luncheon on Friday, September 1 from 12:00 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. in San Francisco. All member department chairs are welcome to attend and bring a guest. The topic of this year's workshop will be diversity and inclusion in departments.
Click here to learn more and RSVP here.
|
 |
New Member & First-Time Attendee Breakfast
Join APSA Executive Director, Steven Rathgeb Smith, members of the APSA Council, staff, fellow new members, and first-time attendees for a welcome breakfast at the start of the 2017 Annual Meeting! We look forward to welcoming and introducing attendees to the best ways to take advantage of the APSA meeting experience. Contact
[email protected] for more information.
|
Proposals are due September 24.
The 2018 APSA Teaching & Learning Conference will take place in Baltimore, Maryland on February 2-4, 2018. The theme will be "Teaching Politics as a Public Good: Citizenship and Civic Engagement in the Classroom." Learn more and submit your proposals
here.
|
|
Deadline for submissions is September 15.
The Pracademic Fellowship Program, administered by the Centennial Center for Political Science and Public Affairs, is designed to create opportunities for mid-career faculty members to participate in the important experience of joining theory and practice.
Selected individuals will be placed in federal government agencies in the Washington, D.C. area. They will be assigned to work closely with a decision-maker to get a first-hand vantage point of a decision-making environment. Participation in the Pracademic Fellowship Program will enable faculty members to bring an enhanced understanding of real-world management challenges to their research and instructional environment.
Read more about the eligibility requirements and application
.
|
Deadline for enrollment is September 15.
Enrollment is now open for the 2017-2018 MSRP Program. MSRP connects undergraduate students from under-represented backgrounds who are interested in graduate study with graduate programs interested in recruiting diverse cohorts of doctoral students. Department chairs and graduate directors can enroll their department today using their MyAPSA account. For more information or to sign up,
visit us online or
email APSA Diversity and Inclusion Programs.
|
| Join us for an MSRP Best Practices Roundtable at the 2017 APSA Annual Meeting on Thursday, August 31 from 8:00 a.m. --- 9:30 a.m. Light refreshments will be provided! |
|
Deadline for submissions is August 6.
The APSA Centennial Center for Political Science and Public Affairs will host a two-day, teaching-oriented workshop for faculty in the field of international relations. Led by Joyce Kaufman (Whittier College) and Victor Asal (SUNY-Albany), this workshop will take place October 20-21. Apply now.
|
The Minority Fellows Program (MFP) is a fellowship competition for individuals from underrepresented backgrounds applying to or in the early stages of doctoral programs in political science. The MFP was established in 1969 to increase the number of minority scholars in the discipline. This year's MFP class, comprised of 37 outstanding scholars (23 Spring fellows and 14 Fall fellows), is the largest in program history. Read more about this year's fellows
here.
|
 |
New Issue of PS: Political Science & Politics
The July issue is packed with symposia, articles, and reflections. Read about the Arab uprisings, German elections, Canadian politics, the "Berkeley School" of political theory, and much more! PS: Political Science & Politics provides critical analyses of contemporary political phenomena and is the journal of record for the discipline of political science. Log in to your MyAPSA to read today. |
|
|
Roundtable on Civic Engagement
Attend a roundtable on the national need for civic engagement education! Editors of the APSA book
Teaching Civic Engagement Across the Disciplines will also highlight the book and its companion website. This panel will be on
Friday, September 1, 2:00 p.m.
--- 3:30 p.m. at the 2017 APSA Annual Meeting.
|
|
Read the latest scholarship on teaching and learning in the July issue of
JPSE. Article topics include experiential learning, strategies for writing and classroom discussions, political efficacy, project pedagogies, and more. Log in to your
MyAPSA to read today.
As active learning and other participatory pedagogies have become a regular feature of college classrooms, faculty have become creative in incorporating simulations and games into the curriculum. The editors of the
Journal of Political Science Education invite submissions for a special issue dedicated the use of these pedagogies in the Political Science classroom. These submissions can be systematic studies (quantitative or qualitative) on the use of these techniques, narrative descriptions of simulations and games that the author has created for use in their own classroom, or reflective essays on the opportunities, accomplishments, and/or challenges inherent in incorporating these types of active learning strategies.
See the full call for submissions.
|
PS: Political Science & Politics Hiatus
PS: Political Science & Politics takes a three-week hiatus from August 14, 2017 through September 5, 2017. During this period no new manuscripts can be submitted, although all other journal operations continue unabated. So, we will continue to process incoming reviews, and we will issue editorial decisions on manuscripts as soon as sufficient information is available to do so. Revised manuscripts for symposia contributions only will be accepted. Revised manuscripts for the Politics, Profession, and Teacher sections will not be accepted until September 5.
|
American Political Science Review Hiatus
The A
merican Political Science Review will take a three-week hiatus from August 21 to September 11. During this time no new manuscripts or revised submissions will be able to be submitted. However, all other editorial operations will continue. Conditionally accepted manuscripts will continue to be accepted through the route outlined to authors.
|
APSA Council and Officer Elections
|
|
Voting to elect new APSA Council members and Officers is now open!
The
slate of nominees
is available for your review, and you should already have received an email from [email protected] with a personalized link for you to cast your ballot. Voting closes on August 18, so cast your vote today! If you have any questions about the APSA election, or if you did not receive a link to your ballot, please contact us at
[email protected]
.
|
|
|
Department chairs at PhD-granting programs in political science and government were asked to describe the curriculum offerings and program requirements of their doctoral programs. The data reflect some general consistency among curriculum offerings and requirements for doctoral programs at both public and private institutions.
|
APSA draws on the database to respond to media requests for experts in all areas of political science, i
n advance of key events or following major news developments.
Inclusion in the database is a member benefit. Contact [email protected] with any questions.
|
As we prepare to re-launch the APSA Mentoring program in Fall 2017 with an updated format, APSA seeks mentors to provide professional advice to undergraduates, graduate students, and junior faculty in the profession. We are seeking mentors for women, individuals from under-represented backgrounds, and individuals interested in/with a background in nonacademic careers, and the academic job market. Visit
APSA Mentoring or
contact us for more information.
|
|
|
|
House Appropriations Committee Approves Funding Bills. The House Appropriations Committee approved legislation this month setting tight budgets for several of APSA's advocacy priorities. Although the bills largely rejected the major cuts suggested in the FY18 Presidential Budget Request, the appropriations bill for the Department of Education provided no funding for
Fulbright-Hays programs
at the agency. The Department of Education's Title VI programs received flat funding in the bill. Notably, the committee approved legislation providing $145 million for the
National Endowment for the Humanities
and $10 million for
the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
. The legislation cuts funds by 3.2 percent and 4.7 percent, respectively, from FY 2017 levels, but in contrast, the administration's budget requested that Congress begin the process of ending federal funding for those two institutions. The House appropriations committee also rejected the White House's proposal to cut funding for research at the National Science Foundation. Under the House bill, the
NSF budget
for research and related activities would be held flat from the current fiscal year. To access advocacy tools supporting robust funding for political science, visit APSA's
member action
page.
|
Check out the new and improved APSA Connect platform at
https://connect.apsanet.org/. Members can log in using their APSAnet.org username and password credentials. The new platform makes it easier for members to communicate with one another, upload and download new information from the document library, post messages and participate in discussion forums, and connect with scholars through it's enhanced member directory. Section leaders should contact
Karima Scott to update or create section websites.
If you experience any issues, you can find help here.
|
 APSA Member of the Month: Dr. Lorrie Frasure-Yokley |
|
 Congratulations to Dr. Lorrie Frasure-Yokley, our June Member of the Month! Dr. Lorrie Frasure-Yokley is an Associate Professor of Political Science at UCLA and active member of APSA. Dr. Frasure-Yokley has been the recipient of numerous APSA awards including the 2016 Best Book Award by the Race, Ethnicity, and Politics (REP) Section as well as the Dennis Judd Best Book Award and the Clarence Stone Young Scholars Award by the Urban and Local Politics Section.
recognizes and highlights member achievements and professional milestones. It is a celebration and appreciation of the outstanding contributions our members make to the community through their scholarship and teaching, championship of the profession, and support of APSA and its programs. Nominations for the award, including self-nominations, may be submitted by members and non-members of APSA.
Submit a nomination for August!
|
"Did You Know" Highlight: 28 APSA Awards Will be Presented at the Annual Meeting
|
|
Did you know
that APSA presents 28 awards at the Annual Meeting? APSA Awards recognizes excellence in the profession through presenting awards for the best dissertation, papers and articles, and books in the various subfields of the discipline. APSA awards also recognize individuals for their career achievements in research, teaching, and service to the discipline.
Read more about the awards presented by APSA.
|
|
|
|
Stay Connected with APSA:
|
American Political Science Association
1527 New Hampshire Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20036-1206
|
|
|
|
