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APSA Nominating Committee Report
2008 Statement of Minion K. C. Morrison, Committee Chair

The Nominating Committee herewith submits the report of its proceedings in the selection of the 2008 slate of candidates for positions in the APSA.

The members of the 2008 Nominating Committee were Lisa Garcia Bedolla (University of California-Irvine), John M. Carey (Dartmouth College), Jennifer Hochschild (Harvard University), H. W. Perry, Jr. (University of Texas-Austin), Laura Stoker (University of California-Berkeley), and Minion K. C. Morrison (University of Missouri-Columbia) as chair. This was a knowledgeable, hardworking and especially commodious group, which carried out its responsibilities with diligence and a delightful spirit of collaboration and goodwill.

The nominations process commenced with members of the association proposing recommendations for open positions of officers and members of the Council. The members of the Nominating Committee then carefully considered all of the proposed candidates and the supporting materials that had been sent in their behalf. Members of the Nominating Committee also proposed candidates accompanied by supporting material. The Committee then developed a supplementary list of candidates, including those who had been considered for positions in the past four years. In this regard the Committee sought to draw on the broadest range of prospective candidates (skills and balance of interests) for the final slate.

The Committee met for its deliberations and the final selection of a proposed slate February 8-9 in Washington D.C. During this meeting there was a full discussion of all nominees, including additional candidates identified in the course of the meeting. We utilized the Association’s extensive database to develop supplementary information on all such prospective candidates under discussion.

In developing the final slate of proposed candidates, the Committee was guided by the Association’s by-laws that require “due regard to diversity, geographical distribution, fields of professional interest, type of institution, and academic/nonacademic employment status.” We were equally mindful of the Association’s expressed desire that nominees for President should not represent the same gender for more than two consecutive terms.
The slate that the Committee offers is consistent with these goals. It reflects an exceptional group of Association members whose contributions to the profession are superior in the combination of excellence in scholarship, teaching and service. Moreover, the slate reflects the broad diversity of the membership in reference to subfields, methodological approaches, types of institutions, and racial and ethnic considerations. We offer this slate with full confidence and enthusiasm, and urge its acceptance.

The Committee is especially grateful to Executive Director Michael Brintnall and his staff, especially Hayle Ziobro, for their diligent support. The work of the Committee could hardly have been done efficiently without their unswerving attention and facilitation.