Getting a Job at a Teaching Institution—and Then Succeeding
On the job market?  If so, you may appreciate reading the article, "Getting a Job at a Teaching Institution—and Then Succeeding: A Q&A with Experienced Teacher-Scholars,"  featured in the July 2008 issue of PS: Political Science & Politics. Members: to access APSA journals online, log in to MyAPSA (see top of all site pages), scroll down to the Access Areas portion of the page, and click the name of the journal you wish to access. This will bring you directly to the journal at Cambridge Journals Online, with full access to all articles.  Non-members: check your institution's library for the July PS.

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:

• Graduate Student e-Newsletter--Summer 2009
• Join one of APSA's 35 organized sections or discussion lists.
   
• Participate in the Annual Meeting and the Teaching and Learning Conference.
   
• Find a mentor: APSA recognizes the importance of mentoring in career development and professional integration. APSA administers a mentoring process to connect interested graduate students and faculty with political scientists who have made themselves available as mentors. Other mentoring resources.

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)

For another, non-APSA comprehensive guide on applying to and succeeding in graduate school, see: www.gettingintogradschool.com/

APSA journal articles:

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

Opportunities

International Association of Political Science Students

International Graduate Student Conference on the Cold War; Call deadline: February 4, 2010

Pennsylvania Political Science Association 71st Annual Meeting; Call deadline: January 29, 2010

2nd Annual Texas Political Science Student Conference; Call for papers deadline: February 18 

Illinois State University Conference for Students of Political Science
April 23, 2010; Call for papers deadline March 8

6^th Annual Southern California Graduate Student Conference: Democracy and Development; May 8, 2010; Call Deadline: March 23

Policy History Conference
June 3-6, 2010; Call for papers deadline: December 30, 2009; Travel grant awards.

Call: Critique: a worldwide student journal of politics, seeks submissions year-round from undergraduate and graduate students on ideas of democracy and justice.