National Conference of Black Political Scientists

Website: www.ncobps.org 

The National Conference of Black Political Scientists (NCOBPS) is a professional organization that was organized in 1969 at Southern University in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, to study, enhance, and promote the political aspirations of people of African descent, in the United States and through-out the world. It aims to contribute to the resolution of the many challenges that black people confront. Our organization promotes research in and critical analysis of topics usually overlooked and/or marginalized in political science scholarship. We believe that our scholarship must address wide-ranging “real world” issues and not the narrow, and often manufactured, concerns of the discipline. 

NCOBPS has a broad membership of political science faculty, students, elected politicians, and policy analysts. Its members are committed to the study and practice of black politics, both here and abroad.  The scholarly interests of NCOBPS members span the range of political science sub-fields – political theory, international relations, comparative politics, methods, public policy, and American politics. The professional pursuits of NCOBPS members are similarly varied, ranging from public policy analysis to international consultancies to elected office. 

Please visit our website for more information about the Annual Meetings, Annual Awards and Graduate Assistantship Program, Inc. (GAP) scholarships guidelines and deadlines.

Date Formed: 1969
 
Executive Director: 
Sherri L. Wallace, Ph.D. 
University of Louisville
Department of Political Science
E-mail: slwall08@louisville.edu 
Tel: 502.852.4432
Fax: 502.852.7923 

President
Desiree Pedescleaux, Spelman College 

President-Elect
James Lance Taylor, University of San Francisco

Immediate Past President
Melissa Nobles, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

JOURNAL
National Political Science Review
www.ncobps.org/journals.htm 
Call for Manuscripts   

NPSR Editor:  Dr. Georgia A. Persons, Georgia Institute of Technology 
E-mail: gpersons@mindspring.com
E-mail: georgia.persons@pubpolicy.gatech.edu
Tel: 404.894.6510
Fax: 770.322.8983
Fax: 404.894.0535

AWARDS
See http://www.ncobps.org/scholarships_and_awards.htm for up-to-date information on NCOBPS awards and scholarships.