National Capital Area Political Science Association

Resources

Officers (2009-10):
President: Christopher J. Deering, The George Washington University
President-Elect: Elizabeth Mary Boles, policy consultant
Secretary-Treasurer: Michael Brintnall, The American Political Science Association

Council:
2008-10
Beryl Radin, American University
Shirley Anne Warshaw, Gettysburg College
2009-11
Valerie Hietshusen, Congressional Research Service
Hillel Weinberg, Iraq Inspector General
Donald Wolfensberger, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars

Membership:
2010 Membership Form

Contact information:NCAPSA
1527 New Hampshire Ave., NW
Washington, D.C. 20036
ncapsa@apsanet.org

Upcoming NCAPSA Events:

Previous NCAPSA Events:

Presentation of the Walter Beach Pi Sigma Alpha Award &
NCAPSA Business Meeting
July 16, 2009

Richard P. Nathan is NCAPSA’s recipient of the Walter Beach Pi Sigma Alpha Award for 2009. Nathan was presented the award at a Brown Bag Lunch Seminar held at the George Washington University, and reviewed a new report by the Rockefeller Institute of Government that indicted state tax revenues across the United States experienced the largest decline on record. In response to participant questions, Nathan compared the health care debate of the Clinton era with today saying, “The 1994-95 debate concerned coverage, and now the debate is about cost containment.” See photos of the event

Read Dr. Nathan’s working paper for the National Assocation for Welfare Research and Statistics Meeting at this link: Social Science Methods and Government Effectiveness

At the Business Meeting, the present members elected new members of the NCAPSA Council and president-elect. Christopher Deering of the George Washington University thanked David Balducchi for his work as president of NCAPSA

Policy Discussion:
The Politics of Health Care Security in Iowa and National Implications
Featuring the Honorable Jack Hatch (Senate District 33, Iowa)
June 17, 2009

Iowa state senator Jack Hatch, chairman of the White House Working Group of State Legislators for Health Reform, delivered remarks to NCAPSA members on Wednesday, June 17, 2009. Senator Hatch discussed Iowa’s landmark health care security structure, and the need for national legislation. He engaged in a lively discussion with NCAPSA members, saying “State legislators hear more often about the everyday issues of working families. Attention from federal leaders comes at a critical moment when people are struggling under the burden of soaring health care costs, and state budgets are crippled as a result."See photos of the discussion

Author Book Discussion:
The Co-Presidency of Bush and Cheney
Featuring Shirley Anne Warshaw
May 27, 2009

In late afternoon, Shirley Anne Warshaw, professor of political science at Gettysburg College and NCAPSA council member, described her exciting, new book, The Co-Presidency of Bush and Cheney. Dr. Warshaw’s told how her analysis demonstrates that Bush and Cheney were nothing less than co-presidents. Bush, the self-proclaimed "decider," focused on building what he called, a moral and civil society, anchored by a war on science and the proliferation of faith-based programs, while allowing Cheney to lead in business and foreign policy. Members and guests were intrigued with her engaging analysis. See photos of the discussion

Author Book Discussion:
Mr. Lincoln's T-mails
Featuring Mr. Tom Wheeler
April 28, 2009

Our Brown Bag Lunch Series of April 28, 2009, with author Tom Wheeler was a success. Twenty-five members and guests listened intently to Wheeler discuss his book, Mr. Lincoln’s T-Mails: How Abraham Lincoln Used the Telegraph. Wheeler’s trailblazing study of Lincoln’s use of the telegraph to exercise presidential power invited a lively dialogue and a fitting tribute to the 200 birthday of our 16 president. See photos of the discussion

Policy Discussion:
Shaping a New Federal Partnership for a Metropolitan Nation
Featuring Stephen Crawford
November 21, 2008