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2018 APSA RBSI Applications Due January 19 – Meet RBSI Scholar Diana Pavon

Wednesday, December 13, 2017

Apply for the APSA 2018 Ralph Bunche Summer Institute (RBSI) by January 19th Diana Pavon is a student at the University of Wisconsin Madison majoring in political science and Latin American Caribbean and Iberian Studies with a minor Chicana and Latina studies. Diana’s campus involvement includes serving as the co-chair for La Mujer Latina, a student organization that […]

2018 APSA RBSI Applications Due January 19 – Meet RBSI Scholar Andre Ross

Tuesday, December 12, 2017

  Apply for the APSA 2018 Ralph Bunche Summer Institute (RBSI) by January 19th Andre Ross is a student at the University of Houston. After a career in business that spans for over a decade, he is currently majoring in political science with an emphasis on law and the effects of democratization. Andre is also currently interning […]

Is This the Curriculum We Want? Doctoral Requirements and Offerings in Methods and Methodology

Tuesday, December 12, 2017

Virtual Issue: Diversity, Inclusiveness, and Inequality The APSA Presidential Task Force Report ‘Political Science in the 21st Century report’, now just over five years old, offered a number of recommendations to the discipline including several related to political science research on diversity and racial, ethnic, and gendered marginalization. After reading APSA journals articles published in […]

Integrating Gender Into the Political Science Curriculum: Challenges, Pitfalls, and Opportunities

Monday, December 11, 2017

Virtual Issue: Diversity, Inclusiveness, and Inequality The APSA Presidential Task Force Report ‘Political Science in the 21st Century report’, now just over five years old, offered a number of recommendations to the discipline including several related to political science research on diversity and racial, ethnic, and gendered marginalization. After reading APSA journals articles published in […]

2018 APSA RBSI Applications Due January 19 – Meet RBSI Scholar Avery Pearl

Monday, December 11, 2017

Apply for the APSA 2018 Ralph Bunche Summer Institute (RBSI) by January 19th Avery D. Pearl is a student at Augustana College, in Rock Island Illinois majoring in political science and Africana studies. Vice President of his college’s NAACP chapter, Avery has worked to improve the social life of all disenfranchised people on campus and create […]

Speaking Rights To Power

Sunday, December 10, 2017

Speaking Rights To Power by Alison Brysk, University of California Santa Barbara In troubled times, the role of a political scientist should be as it has always been: to speak rights to power. Knowledge is power and an antidote to the politics of fear. The social responsibility of the academy—especially in public institutions—meets our duties as citizens […]

Press Gallery: APSA Members in the Media

Friday, December 08, 2017

A roundup of blogs, articles, and interviews from APSA Members, December 1-7, 2017       Welcome to APSA Press Gallery, a weekly roundup of recent blogs, op-eds, podcasts, and interviews featuring political scientists. We are always eager to follow our members’ engagement online. Let us know what you are doing or reading with the hashtag #APSAPressGallery, or by […]

APSA News & Updates

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National Science Foundation Releases Solicitation Announcement for the 2020 U.S. Presidential Election
The announcement provides a brief history of the project as well as the due dates for the required letter of intent and proposal.The solicitation announcement can be found here.

This page contains a link to the solicitation (NSF 18-519).  The solicitation provides the requirements of the competition.  The primary innovation in this solicitation is that two unlinked awards will be made, one for the face to face survey and one for a web based version.  While these awards will be made to separate institutions, the eventual awardees will be expected to work closely together to develop and administer the pre and post election surveys.

If you have any questions about this solicitation, feel free to contact Brian D. Humes at either [email protected] or 703.292.7284.

Call on Congress to Reject Tax Bill Provisions that Harm Graduate Study
On November 16, the House of Representatives passed the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (HR 1). The bill amends the tax code to remove a provision excluding graduate student tuition waivers from income tax and removes interest rate deductions for student loans. A similar tax bill under consideration in the Senate does not remove the existing tax provisions for students. APSA's statement on the House legislation is available here. As tax legislation faces potential final passage in Congress, use the National Humanities Alliance's Action Portal to contact your representatives in the House and Senate and urge them to oppose taxing tuition waivers. 

Register Now for the 2018 APSA Teaching & Learning Conference
Join us for a unique conference in Baltimore, Maryland, February 2–4, 2018. Attend highly interactive forums with scholars to share research and innovative tools for political science education. Learn more.

2018 APSA Annual Meeting Proposal Submissions are Open
Submit your proposal now! The deadline for submissions is January 16, 2018, at 11:59 p.m. Please review the updated participant rules and the proposal submission options. 

APSA Statement on President Trump's Decision to End the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) Program
The Association is very concerned about the potential detrimental impact that the decision to end DACA would have on the free exchange of ideas and the promotion of research, teaching, and intellectual engagement on college campuses and other research settings from which we all benefit. Read more.

APSA Comments on Proposed Changes to Visa Applicant Disclosure Requirements
APSA writes express concern about the Notice of Information Collection under OMB Emergency Review: Supplemental Questions for Visa Applicants (DS-5535), 82 Federal Register 20956, published on May 4, 2017. The notice imposes new disclosure requirements on a subset of visa applicants with vaguely worded provisions that threaten a chilling effect on the free exchange of ideas through international scholarly exchange and collaboration. Read more.

APSA Statement on Impact of 2018 Budget Request on Political Science
The President’s 2018 Budget Blueprint released on March 16 proposes to eliminate federal funding for programs of critical importance to political science research and education, including the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars. The blueprint also identifies international education programs under the Department of Education for elimination or funding reductions. The American Political Science Association strongly opposes these cuts and reiterates its support for robust federal funding for the humanities and social sciences. Read more.

APSA statement regarding President Trump's executive order "Protecting the Nation From Foreign Terrorist Entry Into the United States"
APSA condemns the new Executive Order issued on March 6, 2017, entitled “Protecting the Nation from Foreign Terrorist Entry into the United States,” and strongly urges President Trump to rescind it. Like the administration’s earlier Executive Order issued on January 27, this new order continues to generate detrimental effects on colleagues and students with whom we teach, write, and collaborate. It undermines academic freedom in the most fundamental way by restricting the ability of scholars to meet, learn and exchange ideas on campuses of American colleges and universities. As scholars and teachers, we deplore the interruption of research, teaching, and intellectual engagement that this order causes. Read full statement.Visit this link for travel ban resources.

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