Getting Connected

Graduate students are strongly encouraged to get involved in the discipline EARLY in their careers. There are numerous ways to participate in APSA and to connect with other political scientists, such as:

APSA Grad Student E-Newsletter:

Spring 2013

Previous Grad Student e-Newsletters:

Fall 2012
Summer 2012
Spring 2012
Fall 2011
Summer 2011
Spring 2011
Summer/Fall 2010

Undergraduate Resources

APSA Mentoring Program

Find an APSA Mentor: APSA recognizes the importance of mentoring in career and professional development. APSA administers a mentoring process to connect interested graduate students and junior faculty with political scientists who have made themselves available as mentors. Other mentoring resources.

The 2013 APSA Graduate School Information Fair
APSA is hosting the third annual Graduate School Information Fair on August 31st, at the 2013 Annual Meeting in Chicago, Illinois. Representatives from political science graduate programs around the country will be on hand to share information and answer questions about their political science programs and course offering to undergraduate students from Chicago and the surrounding areas. For more information, email grad@apsanet.org.

Applying for Graduate School
Asking the right questions when you meet with prospective departments is critical to choosing the right graduate program for you. APSA has created a list of questions and has encouraged departments to be willing to answer these questions. You can find a list of participating institutions at Institutions that Grant a Ph.D. in Political Science.

Find and Select a Graduate Program
In addition to articles about getting into and succeeding in graduate school, www.phds.org has tools to help you:

• find a Masters or Ph.D. program in Political Science (and related areas)
• find out how Ph.D. programs in Political Science are ranked according to your selected criteria (with data gathered from the National Science Foundation, the National Research Council, and the National Center for Education Statistics)

Further resources are available at www.gradschools.com. For another, non-APSA comprehensive guide on applying to and succeeding in graduate school, see: www.gettingintogradschool.com/ College Navigator Find the right college for you using the Institute of Education Sciences' College Navigator tool.

Minority Student Recruitment Program (MSRP)
APSA established the Minority Student Recruitment Program (MSRP, formerly MID) as part of its efforts to advance the benefits of diversity within the political science profession by putting graduate programs in touch with students from diverse backgrounds.

APSA Spotlight on Undergraduate Research

Here is a listing of the 2013 spotlight research projects that your APSA colleagues are undertaking to promote and encourage undergraduate research.

APSA Education, Professional Development, and Diversity

View a listing of programs and resources sponsored by the Office of Education, Professional Development and Diversity.

APSA Journal Articles:

• Dissertation Issues
• The Ph.D.
• Publishing
• Jobs / Careers

Opportunities

April 18 - American Graduate School in Paris: 8th AGS Graduate Student Conference

April 18 - University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras: Graduate Student Symposium

May 5 - Princeton University Department of Politics: Graduate Conference in Political Theory

May 16 - Sixth Annual Graduate Conference on Political Economy

August 1 - Proposal Deadline - Harvard Graduate Conference in Political Theory

 View all conference opportunities.