- TEACHING AND LEARNING CONFERENCE, FEB. 22-24, 2008, SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA
- Online Program Available & Registration Continues
The 2008 Teaching and Learning Conference Program is now available online at www.apsanet.org/tlc2008.
APSA sponsors the Teaching and Learning Conference to promote understanding of cutting-edge approaches, techniques, and methodologies for the political science classroom, to provide a forum to develop models on teaching and learning, and to discuss broad themes and values affecting political science education.
Join us from February 22-24, 2008, to share your ideas and expertise with colleagues and expand your professional horizons while experiencing beautiful San Jose, California.
Dr. Luis Ricardo Fraga, the Associate Vice Provost for Faculty Advancement, Director of the Diversity Research Institute, Russell F. Stark University Professor, and Professor of Political Science at the University of Washington will deliver the keynote address for the 2008 Teaching and Learning Conference.
REGISTRATION
General Registration: Through January 15, 2008
Member $ 240
Non-member $ 325
Meeting presenters and discussants attend a chosen track for the duration of the conference. Presenters will be joined in the tracks by other conference participants, who serve as discussants on the presentations. The following tracks are offered:
TRACKS (view complete descriptions in the online program)
- Program Assessment
- Internationalizing the Curriculum
- Diversity, Inclusiveness and Inequality
- Teaching Research Methods
- Graduate Education
- Simulations and Role Playing
- Civic Engagement
- Teaching Across the Discipline
- Graduate Education and Professional Development
- Core Curriculum/General Education
Space in each track is limited! Slots for discussants will be available on a first-come-first-serve basis until filled. The conference also features special workshops on teaching techniques and tools for improving learning in the political science classroom. Discussants will have the opportunity to attend two workshops in addition to their track participation.
Visit www.apsanet.org/tlc2008/ for up-to-date information on the Teaching and Learning Conference. We look forward to seeing you there!
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- Conference for Chairs Program; Registration Open
February 21-22, 2008 in San Jose, CA
The APSA Conference for Chairs provides a venue for chairs to interact with peers in an environment tailored to their unique roles in the discipline, while combining valuable opportunities for structured and unstructured discussions. Featured speakers include Dr. Maresi Nerad, Associate Graduate Dean and Director, Center for Innovation and Research in Graduate Education (CIRGE), University of Washington, and APSA President Dianne Pinderhughes. The 2008 conference will be held in conjunction with the Teaching and Learning Conference in San Jose, California, from February 21-22, 2008.
For more on this unique opportunity, including program details, visit www.apsanet.org/cfc.
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- Encourage Your Department to Support the Teaching and Learning Conference Partners Program
The Partners Program provides departments with the opportunity to stand out as leaders in support of teaching and learning in political science. By sponsoring the APSA Teaching and Learning Conference, departments are able to focus on excellence within the political science classroom.
APSA will look to its partners as an informal resource to help develop the partners program and the conference as a whole. Ideally the program will grow into one that provides a discounted partners registration rate and as well as travel grants. These initiatives will nurture the conference, giving many political scientists without the means, the opportunity to attend and further their profession.
As a Partner, your department will be recognized as part of a year-long campaign and be visible to the entire political science community as one that puts excellence in teaching at the top of its priorities.
For additional information including sponsorhip levels, visit www.apsanet.org/content_44609.cfm
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- APSA ANNUAL MEETING
- Submitted a Proposal? Notifications in early March 2008
If you submitted a proposal to the Annual Meeting (deadline: Dec 17), it's easy to check on whether your meeting proposal has been received by APSA.
Simply login to MyAPSA to review your submission and its status.
Division chairs
begin reviewing proposals on December 21. Proposal authors will be notified by email and in MyAPSA accounts in early March 2008 regarding the status of their proposals.
Contact the APSA Annual Meeting staff at meeting@apsanet.org if you have any questions about the 2008 Annual Meeting.
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- Short Course Applications Available
Each year, APSA hosts Short Courses during the Annual Meeting. Scheduled for the Wednesday prior to the start of the Convention, Short Courses are half- or full-day sessions that provide opportunities for APSA attendees to enhance their knowledge and to reinvigorate teaching and research skills. APSA organized sections and related groups as well as non-APSA affiliated organizations may propose a Short Course by completing the application available on the APSA website. All applications should include the proposed Short Course name with a detailed description, sponsor, participants, expected attendance, and location if it is held offsite. The deadline to submit applications is March 14, 2008 via electronic application to Desiree Abeleda (dabeleda@apsanet.org).
To access the short course application, or to learn more about Short Courses, please visit www.apsanet.org/content_4650.cfm.
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- Summer in Boston--It's not too Soon to Start Planning
The APSA Annual Meeting will convene from August 28 through August 31, 2008 in Boston, Massachusetts. Start planning now to make the most of your Boston APSA Annual Meeting adventure. Here are some resources to get you started:
Join us in Boston for the best in political science scholarship and much, much more.
Go to www.apsanet.org/2008 for more on the 2008 APSA Annual Meeting and the Boston locale.
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- APSA PROGRAMS AND GOVERNANCE NEWS
- Don't Miss Your Opportunity to Make a Tax-Deductible, Year-end Contribution
As 2007 comes to a close don’t miss your opportunity to make a tax-deductible, year-end contribution to APSA’s more than a century long tradition of excellence. Contributions made by December 31, 2007 qualify for deduction this year.
Contributions made online are considered valid for 2007 through December 31. Credit Card contributions made by providing credit card information directly to an APSA staff member must be made by 1 p.m. December 24. Contributions made by check are considered paid as of the date of postmark.
APSA also accepts contributions in the form of stock. If mailed the gift is considered complete as of the date of its postmark, if directly transferred the gift is only considered valid once the stock is registered under APSA’s name. For items sent by a third party (UPS, FedEx, etc.) the contribution date is determined by the date the package is signed for, not the date it is sent.
Please visit www.apsanet.org/future today to make your contribution. For more information about year-end contributions please contact Bill Harder at wharder@apsanet.org or 202-483-2512.
This is not intended to be legal advice. We encourage you to consult with you tax preparer.
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- Search Starting for Next Perspectives Editor
Applications and nominations for the editor or editorial team of Perspectives on Politics are being sought for a term being June 2009. Perspectives on Politics is a general political science journal that draws on rigorous, broad based research and integrative thinking to provide insight on significant matters of politics. The journal seeks to capture the excitement and diversity of the best political science research and apply it to contemporary politics. The editorial process is open to innovative and novel approaches. The current editor, James Johnson will complete his term as editor in May of 2009. The Association will announce the formation of a search committee and circulate a detailed call for the editorship in January 2008. In the meantime if you have any questions about the journal, the resources that APSA provides in support of the editorial functions, or institutional commitments, please contact Michael Brintnall at APSA.
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- Seeking Recommendations for Council and Committee Seats
Recommendations for Council Seats
The APSA Nominating Committee welcomes your suggestions for candidates for the 2008-09 Council. This year, 8 Council seats, 3 vice presidencies, and the offices of president-elect, treasurer, and secretary are open. Council members and the treasurer serve staggered two-year terms. The president-elect, vice presidents, and secretary all serve one-year terms. Recommendation forms for Executive Council and Officer positions were provided in the October issue of PS: Political Science and Politics and recommendations can also be made online at www.apsanet.org/content_3015.cfm. Recommendations will be accepted until January 11, 2008.
Recommendations for Standing and Award Committee Members
APSA depends on the work of several constitutional, Council-authorized, and special purpose committees for effective leadership and guidance. Each year, seats on those committees become available for the next term. Seats also become available on the various award committees that help identify the next year's award recipients.
APSA President-Elect Peter Katzenstein seeks recommendations from APSA members for various standing and award committees, for terms beginning in September 2008. You can view a list of those committees online at www.apsanet.org/section_230.cfm.
Send recommendations by January 11, 2008, to Hayle Ziobro by email to hziobro@apsanet.org or by mail:
Hayle Ziobro, Committee Recommendations
APSA
1527 New Hampshire Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20036-1206
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- Awards: Recognition Where Recognition is Due
- APSA Career Awards
Recognizing excellence in the profession is one of the most important activities of the American Political Science Association. Recognition can play an important role in the careers and scholarship of the recipients.
Hubert H. Humphrey Award – Nomination Deadline February 15th
Has your department produced a Mayor, a Senator, perhaps an Ambassador or two? The Hubert H. Humphrey prize is awarded annually in recognition of notable public service by a political scientist. For more details and nomination procedures see www.apsanet.org/humphrey.
John Gaus Award– Nomination Deadline February 1st
Do you have a colleague with a lifetime of exemplary scholarship in the joint tradition of political science and public administration? The John Gaus Award and Lectureship recognizes and encourages scholarship in public administration. The recipient delivers the Gaus lecture at the annual meeting and receives a $2,000 prize. For more details and nomination procedures see www.apsanet.org/gaus.
James Madison Award– Nomination Deadline February 1st
The James Madison Award recognizes an American political scientist who has made a distinguished scholarly contribution to political science. Awarded triennially, the recipient delivers the Madison lecture at the annual meeting and receives a $2,000 prize. For more details and nomination procedures see www.apsanet.org/madison.
- Franklin L. Burdette/Pi Sigma Alpha Award Deadline Extended
The Burdette prize is awarded annually for the best paper presented at the previous year's annual meeting. The award is supported by Pi Sigma Alpha. It carries a prize of $750.
The December 1, 2007 nomination deadline has been extended to January 15, 2008. Please send your nominations via email to awards@apsanet.org or by post to:
Franklin Burdette - Pi Sigma Alpha Award
American Political Science Association
1527 New Hampshire Ave. NW
Washington, DC 20036
- APSA Organized Section and Dissertation Award Deadlines--Closer than You Think
Dissertation Awards--Nomination Deadline January 15th
Each year APSA recognizes outstanding academic achievement by presenting eight dissertation awards at the Association’s Annual Meeting. These awards bring credit to outstanding emerging scholars, showcase doctoral programs and advisers, and bring attention to cutting-edge scholarship. For more information, including nomination procedures, please visit www.apsanet.org/section_260.cfm.
Organized Section Awards--Deadlines Vary
Almost all of the 35 APSA Organized Sections present awards for career, dissertations, books, and other notable activities and achievements. Requirements and deadlines for nominations vary. Deadlines for some of these awards are closer than you might think. Check the links at www.apsanet.org/section_300.cfm for details.
- Accepting Nominations for the Rowman and Littlefield Award
The deadline for nominations for the 2008 Rowman and Littlefield Award will be Tuesday, April 1, 2008. For more information on the eligiblity requirements for this award, see www.apsanet.org/section_452.cfm.
The Rowman and Littlefield Award recognizes political scientists who have developed effective new approaches to teaching in the discipline. The award seeks to honor a wide range of new directions in teaching, not one particular new direction. Winners are chosen from among a large number of deserving nominees whose teaching techniques move our pedagogy forward.
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- Call for Applications for the 2008 Ralph Bunche Summer Institute
The 2008 Class of Ralph Bunche Summer Institute (RBSI) will mark the 22nd year of the Institute.
The Ralph Bunche Summer Institute is named for past APSA President (1953), UN diplomat, and Nobel Peace Prize Laureate, Dr. Ralph J. Bunche. Dr. Bunche was also the first African American to receive a Ph.D. in Political Science.
The Ralph Bunche Summer Institute has been hosted at Duke University since 2000. The institute is an intensive 5 week academic and professional development program designed to assist in preparing African American, Latino/Latina, and Native American college students for graduate work in political science. The program provides academic credit, mentoring, and training in statistical analysis and the substantive area of race and ethnicity in political science.
Under the leadership of Dr. Paula McClain and with the funding support of the National Science Foundation, Duke University, and APSA, this program has helped to simulate the graduate experience for more than 400 undergraduates. Bunche scholars have gone on to attend graduate school and receive Ph.D.s in Political Science, and have been recipients of fellowships from the National Science Foundation, the Ford Foundation and APSA.
The application deadline is Friday, February 8, 2008 (application materials should be postmarked by this date). Applications can be found at http://www.apsanet.org/rbsi. For more information, please contact Kimberly A. Mealy, Program Director for Educational, Professional and Minority Initiatives at kmealy@apsanet.org.
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- Call for Small Research Grant Proposals Open Now
The APSA Small Research Grant Program supports research in all fields of political science by political scientists who are not employed at PhD-granting institutions and to help further the careers of these scholars. Grant recipients have been able to publish several books and book chapters, journal articles, working papers, and conference presentations. The deadline for submissions is February 1, 2008.
For more information, see www.apsanet.org/section_509.cfm.
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- Job Listings Back in Print with the New PS Supplement
Starting in January 2008, APSA will print the jobs on APSA's eJobs database as a supplement to APSA’s journal PS: Political Science & Politics. The supplement will accompany PS each quarter (January, April, July and October) and include job listings, upcoming conferences, tables of contents of forthcoming APSA journals, and other news in the profession.
The addition of a print outlet for APSA eJobs will help U.S. employers meet Department of Labor requirements for hiring of non-US citizens for academic jobs.
APSA has decided to include the eJobs listing in the new PS supplement in part to assist departments in complying with the U.S. Department of Labor regulations regarding the hiring non-US citizens. U.S. labor regulations for academic hires (20 CFR 656.18) call for academic positions to have been posted in a print academic journal before a non-US citizen may be hired (unless other more complex steps are followed.) The Department of Labor says this policy is intended to assure that openings are fully accessible to all possible U.S. candidates.
The online system will continue unchanged, with no difference in the way jobs are posted and made available to members.
For job candidates: Members can still access all listings free of charge, and should continue to use the online eJobs system to get the most up-to-date listings.
For employers: The print listing will be free of charge to employers who list jobs through the online eJobs system. Because the print listings will circulate quarterly, please review the following to ensure that your job listing gets printed:
- Post the listing in time to get IN the Supplement. Post (or extend) your listing by the first day of the month prior to the date of the supplement (e.g. for the January issue, post/extend by Dec.1). You can login to the APSA website to edit the expiration date on existing listings.
- Set the expiration date in time for the posting to get OUT. Set the expiration date on the listing to expire after the 15th of the month of the supplement (e.g. for the January issue, expiration date should be after Jan. 15).
Supplement
Issue |
Post By |
Expiration
Date |
January |
December 1 |
after January 15 |
April |
March 1 |
after April 15 |
July |
June 1 |
after July 15 |
October |
September 1 |
after October 15 |
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- Become or Find a Mentor
The APSA mentoring initiative is an opportunity for all political scientists to to share experience and insights about career planning, scholarship, and professional issues.
Become a Mentor
There is an urgent need for mentors in the profession. As a mentor, you can provide advice or share your experience on topics such as selecting a dissertation committee, publishing, planning a research agenda, managing life as a junior faculty, or balancing family and work. APSA is especially looking for those who can serve as a resource for scholars in groups historically underrepresented in the discipline.
Visit the "Become an APSA Mentor" page and review the mentoring initiative process. Be sure to complete the mentor profile to become an APSA Mentor. Once you are listed with us as a mentor, we will, from time to time, provide your name (along with others) to those seeking a mentor with your qualifications. Once matched, it will then be up to the mentee to contact you directly to begin the conversation.
Find a Mentor
Graduate students, young scholars and teachers, minorities and women, senior faculty confronting retirement, or any colleagues in the discipline may sign up for a mentor. When you do so, you will be provided with a list of contacts in the field who have expressed willingness to serve as a mentor on the issues that you specify. You may then select from this list the individual you would like to contact, and then contact them directly. Visit the "Find an APSA Mentor" page to learn more.
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- Vol. 5 Issue 4 of Perspectives on Politics Online Now
The December issue of the Perspectives on Politics is online now at Cambridge Journals Online. APSA members can get all content in this journal, and in PS and the APSR, free as part of their membership. Members: to see the latest issue of Perspectives, log in to your MyAPSA account and click the APSR link in Access Areas. Non-members: to review abstracts without charge and get full-text for a fee at Cambridge Journals Online, use this link: http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayJournal?jid=PSR.
The table of contents and this issue's featured article is available free of charge to all at www.apsanet.org/apsr.
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- NEWS IN THE PROFESSION
- IPSA Prize for Lifetime Achievement in Political Science
The IPSA Prize for Lifetime Achievement in Political Science is offered to a scholar of high international reputation in recognition of his/her contribution to the advancement of political science. The prize is awarded by the Mattei Dogan Foundation every three years at the World Congresses of the International Political Science Association (IPSA).
The recipient for 2009 will be invited to present a prize lecture during the 21st World Congress in Santiago, Chile, and will receive 5,000 USD from the Foundation Mattei Dogan.
Nominations for the prize can be submitted in one of the following four ways:
a)jointly by two or several national associations of IPSA; b)jointly by two or several IPSA Research Committees; c)jointly by four or more IPSA members in good standing of at least two different nationalities; d)from outside IPSA, by established academic institutions active in political science. Nominations need to be sent to the IPSA Secretary General (guy.lachapelle@concordia.ca) and will be accepted until July 12, 2008.
Nominations must indicate the merits of the nominee and be accompanied by his/her biography and bibliography. The propositions should also include letters of recommendation, signed by eminent scholars, as well as a report about citations of the nominee in the Social Science Citation Index during the previous 15 years.
The prize recipient is chosen by the IPSA Executive Committee, by secret ballot, among the nominees proposed as indicated above. The final choice is the prerogative of the IPSA Executive Committee. Current officers of the IPSA Executive Committee and of the Council, as well as the officers of the Research Committees are not eligible for this award. Former IPSA officers become eligible four years after the end of their last mandate.
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- Humanities Advocacy Day Planned for March
The Humanities Advocacy Day planned for March 4, 2008 in Washington, D.C., provides an important opportunity for higher education leaders, college and university faculty, teachers, students, librarians, archivists, curators and independent scholars to meet with Congressional representatives to communicate the public value of scholarly research, education, and programs in the humanities.
Humanities Advocacy Day is sponsored by the National Humanities Alliance (NHA). The National Humanities Alliance is a nonprofit advocacy group for humanities education, research, preservation, and public programs, built on a coalition of scholarly societies and other humanities organizations. APSA is an active member, and is represented on the Board. APSA joins over 30 national professional organizations in sponsoring Humanities Advocacy Day.
Humanities Advocacy Day is included as a part of a the National Humanities Alliance 2008 Annual Conference, which will be held March 3-4, 2008 at The George Washington University Marvin Center in Washington D.C. NHA requests that individuals participating in the Advocacy Day visits to their representives attend the Humanities Advocacy Day Preparation and Visit Coordination sessions on March 3, where important materials and appointment information will be distributed. Participants will receive a legislative handbook, as well as advocacy material to deliver to congressional offices. The conference will be capped by a Capitol Hill Humanities Celebration at the historic Sewall-Belmont House & Museum. The registration deadline is February 1, 2008.
For detailed information see: www.nhalliance.org/conference/2008/index
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- Opportunities Listed on www.APSAnet.org:
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- Upcoming Conferences, Seminars, and Events in the Profession
The following lists a sample of the upcoming conferences, workshops, and seminars in the profession and call for paper and application
deadlines. You can learn more about any of them by clicking on the link provided.
For a comprehensive list of upcoming conferences and call for papers in the profession, visit APSA's conferences page: APSA Calendar of Conferences. If you know of a conference that should be on this calendar, use the form provided on that page to send us the information.
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The Centennial Center for Political Science and Public Affairs is a great resource for scholars doing research in Washington, DC.
It offers visiting scholars a furnished work space, telephone, fax,
computers, Internet access, conference space, a reference library, and access
to George Washington University’s Gelman Library.
Stays range from a few days to 12 months. Space is limited
to APSA members and available to faculty members, post-doctoral
fellows, and advanced graduate students from the U.S. and abroad. There are a limited number of funding opportunities available to support Visiting Scholars. Apply at any time. Positions are
awarded on a space-available basis. Find details at www.apsanet.org/centennialcenter. You may also contact William Harder at APSA: 202-483-2512 or wharder@apsanet.org.
Media Connect:
Interested in speaking with journalists on issues of public
interest? Join APSA's roster of political scientists willing to respond to media inquiries. 
Founded in 1903, the American Political Science Association
is the leading professional organization for the study of political
science and serves more than 15,000 members in over 80 countries. With
a range of programs and services for individuals, departments and
institutions, APSA brings together political scientists from all fields
of inquiry, regions, and occupational endeavors within and outside
academe in order to expand awareness and understanding of politics.