Status of Lesbians, Gays, Bisexuals, and Transgendered in the Profession

The Committee on the Status of Lesbians, Gays, Bisexuals and Transgendered (LGBT) in the Profession assesses the status of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered scholars in the profession; advances the research on LGBT issues; develops curriculum materials; and works to ensure tolerance toward LGBT political scientists.

Committee Members

Term expiring August 31, 2012

Jyl Josephson, Rutgers University, Newark, Chair

Sean M. Theriault, University of Texas, Austin

Term expiring August 31, 2013

Roddrick Colvin, John Jay College

Beth Kiyoko Jamieson, Princeton

Term expiring August 31, 2014

Sahar Shafqat, St. Mary's College of Maryland

Steve Sanders, University of Michigan Law School

Projects and Activities

Lesbians, Gays, Bisexuals, and the Transgendered in Political Science: Report on a Discipline-Wide Survey (.pdf; published January, 2010)
Recent Works Published on LGBT Politics (.pdf)
Review of U.S. Politics Textbooks
The Committee authorized a review of 17 recent editdions of top-selling textbooks marked for use in courses that provide an introduction to U.S. Politics. The result of that review were published as "Survey of Textbooks for Teaching Introduction to U.S. Politics: (How) Do They See Us" (.pdf) in PS: Political Science & Politics, Vol. 40, No. 2 (April 2007)
Online Syllabi Project
LGBT in the Profession has started to collect and review available online syllabi for courses in gender, sexuality, and American politics. For a list of some of these syllabi, see the APSA Online Political Science Syllabi page and scroll to the topic heading Gender, Sexuality, and American Politics.

If you would like to submit a syllabus for that list for review, please foward an electronic copy or link to Patricia J. Campbell (University of West Georgia).

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