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Founded in 1948, the Western Political Science Association is an association of more than 1000 political scientists. The WPSA is headquartered at California State University at Sacramento. The purpose of the Association is to promote the study and teaching of government and politics, to foster research and to facilitate the discussion of public affairs. 

The official region of the WPSA includes both the western states of the United States and the western provinces of Canada: Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington, Wyoming, Alberta, British Columbia, and Saskatchewan. WPSA members reside primarily in the western region, but approximately one-third of our members come from outside the region. The WPSA conducts an annual conference at sites which rotate throughout the region. Approximately 700 to 900 political scientists participate in these meetings which feature 150 to 175 panels and other special sessions on politics. The journal of the WPSA is the Political Research Quarterly, owned and published by the University of Utah.

Western Political Science Association
6000 J Street
Sacramento California 95819-6016
Date Formed: 1948

OFFICERS - 2008/2009

President 
Andrea Y. Simpson, University of Richmond, asimpson@richmond.edu

Vice-President/ Program Chair 
Shaun Bowler, California State University, Riverside,  shaun.bowler@ucr.edu

Recording Secretary
Victoria Farrar Myers, University of Texas at Arlington, Victoria@uta.edu

Treasurer
Gilbert K. St. Clair, glbrtstclr@aol.com

Executive Director
Elizabeth F. Moulds, California State University, Sacramento, mouldsef@csus.edu

Associate Director 
Elsa J. Favila, favilaej@csus.edu

MEETINGS

2009 Annual Meeting
Dates: March 19– 21, 2009
Location: Vancouver, BC – Canada!  Be sure to update your passport! 
Deadline for Submissions: September 19, 2008
Website: www.csus.edu/ORG/WPSA/mtgs.stm

JOURNAL
Political Research Quarterly
Western Political Science Association official scholarly journal, publishing original research in all http://www.prq.uncc.edu/ areas of political science.

Editor
Dr. Amy Gale Mazur
Department of Political Science
Washington State University
Box 644880
Pullman, WA  99164-4880
Email:prq@wsu.edu

Editor:
Dr. Cornell Clayton
Department of Political Science
Washington State University
Box 644880
Pullman, WA  99164-4880
Email: prq@wsu.edu

AWARD
Charles Redd Award for the Best Paper on the Politics of the American West
http://www.csus.edu/ORG/WPSA/awards.stm
The $250 Charles Redd Award for Best Paper on the Politics of the American West for the best paper on the politics of the American West presented at the  Annual Meeting of the Western PSA. Papers may cover a broad range of topics governance, policy, culture, politics and may compare the West to other regions. The Charles Redd Center for Western Studies at Brigham Young University and the WPSA jointly offer this award.