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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 Political Research Quarterly, owned and published by the University of Utah.

Officers (2008-09):
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

2009 Meeting:
Vancouver, BC, Canada, March 19-21, 2009
www.csus.edu/ORG/WPSA/mtgs.stm

Journal:
Political Research Quarterly
Political Research Quarterly is the Western Political Science Association's official scholarly journal, publishing original research in all areas of political science.
Editor: Dr. Amy Gale Mazur, prq@wsu.edu
Editor: Dr. Cornell Clayton, prq@wsu.edu

Award:
Charles Redd Award for the Best Paper on the Politics of the American West
The $250 Charles Redd Award for Best Paper on the Politics of the American West is presented at the annual meeting of the Western PSA. Papers may cover a broad range of topics including governance, policy, culture, politics and comparison of the West to other regions. The award is offered by the Charles Redd Center for Western Studies at Brigham Young University and the WPSA.

Contact information:
211 Corona Way
Sacramento, CA 95864
(916) 486-1551