- ANNUAL MEETING
- CHICAGO, 2007 - "POLITICAL SCIENCE AND BEYOND"
***** NOTE: NEW VENUES FOR CHICAGO *****
APSA moves back to Chicago this year -- to new venues for the APSA meeting -- to explore "Political Science and Beyond." There’s no better place to celebrate the
diversity and potential of the political science and interdisciplinarity than in the Windy City, home of the
ground-breaking social science innovation of the
various Chicago Schools of the mid-twentieth
century.
 Chicago offers visitors a first-rate, world-class destination, and the
opportunity to experience its beautiful lakefront, outstanding architecture, world-renowned museums, restaurants, and much more. APSA has changed the meeting hotels this year
to those that better embrace the heart of the city.
The 2007 Annual Meeting will be headquartered
at Chicago's Hyatt Regency and the Sheraton
Chicago Hotel & Towers. The Sheraton Chicago Hotel & Towers is located on the banks of the Chicago River; the Hyatt Regency is located just off Michigan Avenue in the heart of the Magnificent Mile. Both are within walking distance of the Navy Pier ("Chicago's lakefront playground", Millennium Park, the Loop business district, the Art Institute and more. Planning is
underway to maximize the potential of our new venues, which so far
include the Hyatt Regency and the Sheraton Chicago.
Registration will open in early March and hotel and travel information will also be posted at that time.
Get the latest
information at at www.apsanet.org/2007 and start exploring the city at www.meetinchicago.com/.
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- PRESENT A SHORT COURSE
Each year, on the Wednesday prior to the official start of the Annual Meeting, APSA hosts Short Courses -- half- or full-day sessions that provide opportunities for APSA attendees to enhance their knowledge and to reinvigorate teaching and research skills.
We encourage APSA organized sections and related groups, and non-APSA affiliated organizations to present Short Course sessions. For more information, visit the APSA Short Courses page at www.apsanet.org/section_628.cfm. To review the Short Courses that were offered at the last meeting, see www.apsanet.org/imgtest/2006%20APSA%20Short%20Courses.pdf.
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- SPONSOR A BUSINESS MEETING OR RECEPTION
Departments, organized sections, and related groups are invited to host a business meeting or reception during the 2007 APSA Annual Meeting in Chicago. This is a great opportunity to meet and greet alumni, colleagues, and members. Please review the information found at www.apsanet.org/section_356.cfm.
Please note that business meetings and receptions are scheduled on a first-come, first-serve basis.
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- PRESENTERS WILL BE NOTIFIED IN EARLY MARCH
POTENTIAL PRESENTERS:
UPDATE YOUR APSA PERSONAL & CONTACT INFO
Division Chairs are finalizing their review of the approximately 12,000 proposals received for Annual Meeting considerations. Their final decisions will be circulated via email to all proposal authors in early March.
Please take a moment to review
your APSA personal and contact information to be sure we can contact
you about Annual Meeting participation. Log in to MyAPSA & click on
the "Change personal information" link. We need a mailing address (home
or work), telephone, and primary email address. |
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- APSA GOVERNANCE
- 2007 BUSINESS MEETING RULES POSTED
The APSA Council Rules committee publishes the Business Meeting Rules annually for comment by members before final approval by Council later in the spring. The Business Meeting Rules offer procedural direction, under existing Constitutional rules and practices, for the handling of any proposed resolutions, amendments, and officer nominations, and for the conduct of the business meeting and elections.
You can review the rules at www.apsanet.org/content_2929.cfm. Please send any comments or suggested changes on these rules to the Council's attention care of Lauren Tighe at ltighe@apsanet.org. Any proposed revisions to these rules will be posted at the same address and noted on the web under News in the Profession. The final rules approved by the Council will be posted before April 1.
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- APSA COMMITTEE AND TASK FORCES TO CONVENE IN DC AND AT UPCOMING PSA MEETINGS
The following meetings will be in Washington, D.C., at the National Office unless otherwise noted (follow the links to find out more about the committee or task force):
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- SCHOLAR SUPPORT
- APSA NAMES MINORITY FELLOWS
APSA is pleased to announce the APSA Minority Fellows for the 2007-08 academic year. Awards are based on the students' undergraduate course work, GPA, GRE scores, extracurricular activities, and recommendations from political science faculty. The selection committee designated eleven Fellows to receive financial support from the Association. Read more about these outstanding scholars at www.apsanet.org/content_7094.cfm.
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- VOLCKER JUNIOR RESEARCH GRANT PROGRAM ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS UNTIL MARCH 15
The APSA Organized Section for Public Administration invites applications and research proposals from junior scholars researching public administration issues affecting governance in the United States and abroad. Proposals will be judged on their potential to shed new light on important public administration questions, their scholarly and methodological rigor, and their promise for advancing practice and theory development. Individual grants are not renewable.
As a part of the APSA Centennial Campaign, support from the Volcker Endowment can, but need not, involve research residencies at the Centennial Center in Washington. Recipients may conduct research on issues affecting or relevant to public administration at any level (or levels) of government, in any nation (or across nations), and from whatever locale is most useful or appropriate for their research purposes.
For more on the Volcker grant program, visit www.apsanet.org/content_6340.cfm.
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- BE A MENTOR - FIND A MENTOR
The APSA mentoring initiative is an opportunity for all political scientists to connect to share experience and insights about career planning, scholarship, and professional issues.
Become a Mentor
Mentors can volunteer to act as a resource for colleagues in specific areas of interest such as how to publish, how to launch a research career, how to manage career conflicts, or even how to plan for retirement. Mentors can also volunteer to be a resource for specific communities of scholars, such as groups historically underrepresented in the discipline. Or mentors may volunteer to serve as a general resource for any inquiry.
Please 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. 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 wish to contact mentor. When you request a mentor, you will be provided with a list of contacts in the field who have expressed willingness to serve as a mentor regarding the issues you specify. You may then select from this list the individual you would like to contact, and should then directly initiate contact. Visit the "Find an APSA Mentor" page to learn more.
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- IDENTIFY TALENTED MINORITY GRAD SCHOOL CANDIDATES
Help APSA identify talented undergraduate minorities interested in
being recruited to doctoral programs. In 1989, APSA established the
Minority Identification (MID) Project as part of its efforts to
diversify the political science profession. Faculty members in
undergraduate programs are encouraged to contact minority students
about careers in political science and then submit the names of
promising minority candidates for graduate study to the MID database.
Core Schools -- graduate programs participating in the MID Project --
actively recruit students identified in the MID database. The program
complements the important efforts already made through the Ralph Bunche
Summer Institute and Minority Fellows Program. For more information
please visit www.apsanet.org/section_428.cfm.
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- LATINO FUND MATCHING CONTRIBUTIONS GOAL IN SIGHT
Only $1,400 to go!
APSA has received an offer from an anonymous donor to match up to $5,000 in gifts from new donors to the Fund for Latino Scholarship. If you have never given to the Latino Fund, you can help us take advantage of this offer by giving today.
This fund helps promote recruitment, retention, and promotion of Latino/a political scientists. It provides Latino/a graduate students travel grants to attend the APSA Annual Meeting and supports research residencies at the Centennial Center for Political Science and Public Affairs.
This endowment met its initial fundraising goal in 2003, and is closing in on its second-phase target, to enable it to fund more and larger projects. Whether you are making your first gift to the Fund, or you are recommitting your continued support, you can help support Latino scholarship today.
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- SPACE AVAILABLE IN CENTENNIAL CENTER FOR SUMMER & FALL '07
 The Centennial Center for Political Science and Public Affairs can be an invaluable resource to political and social scientists. Housed in the APSA headquarters near Dupont Circle, the Center provides
a great base of operations for scholars researching in Washington, DC.
It offers Visiting Scholars furnished work space, telephone, fax,
computers, Internet access, conference space, a reference library, and access
to George Washington University’s Gelman Library.
Visiting Scholar 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. Scholars
are expected to cover their own expenses and a modest facilities fee for
the use of the Center.
There are also a limited number of funding opportunities available to support Visiting Scholars. Prospective visiting scholars may apply at any time. Positions are
awarded on a space-available basis. Full details on the Center and the
Visiting Scholars Program, including an application form, can be found
online at www.apsanet.org/centennialcenter. You may also contact Brian
Daniels at APSA: 202-483-2512; bdaniels@apsanet.org.
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- APSA PROGRAM NEWS
- DISTINGUISHED SCHOLAR NOMINEES SOUGHT FOR THE FRANK J. GOODNOW AWARD
The Frank J. Goodnow Award, created by the APSA Council in 1996, honors
the contributions of individuals to the development of the political
science profession and the building of the American Political Science
Association. APSA's first president, Frank J. Goodnow, exemplified the public
service and volunteerism that this award recognizes. Goodnow was the
first of many who voluntarily contributed an extraordinary amount of
time, energy, and attention to building our dynamic and learned
profession.
The Development Committee is accepting nominations, including
self-nominations, for the 2007 Goodnow Award, to be presented in August at APSA's Annual Meeting in Chicago. The
deadline for submissions is April 15, 2007. Please send a letter of
nomination and one copy of the nominee's curriculum vitae to: 2007
Frank J. Goodnow Award, American Political Science Association, 1527
New Hampshire Ave., NW, Washington, DC 20036-1206. For more information
on the award, and to view past winners, visit www.apsanet.org/section_311.cfm.
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- PERSPECTIVES ON POLITICS RELEASED IN JSTOR
Perspectives on Politics has been released in the JSTOR archive as part of the Arts & Sciences Complement collection. The first volume of Perspectives (2003) appears initially and and additonal volumes will be included on a year-to-year basis following a three-year moving wall set in place for APSA journals. For example, in 2008, the complete 2004 volume will be added to the JSTOR collection.
Many of you can access JSTOR through your academic or research institution's JSTOR connection. APSA members can also purchase an individual access plan for $25.00 annually. This subscription includes access to all three APSA journals along with the American Journal of Political Science, American Journal of International Law, and Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science.
For more details on the APSA JSTOR access plan, see www.apsanet.org/content_5840.cfm.
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- REMINDER: REVIEW THE LATEST AWARD DESCRIPTIONS & NOMINATION INSTRUCTIONS
If you are considering making nominations for APSA and Organized Section awards, check the award descriptions and nomination instructions to ensure correct and timely submission.
Campus Teaching Awards
Each year, APSA and Pi Sigma Alpha recognize political science faculty who receive teaching awards on their own campuses during the past academic year. These faculty receive a certificate honoring their achievement, and they are invited to a special reception at the APSA Annual Meeting. A roster of campus-wide teaching award winners, their affiliations, and titles of their awards is featured in the Annual Meeting Program. For more information and to submit an award recipient, please visit www.apsanet.org/section_482.cfm.
Rowman & Littlefield Award for Innovative Teaching in Political Science
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers proudly announces the eleventh year of the Rowman & Littlefield Award for Innovative Teaching in Political Science. The award will be presented at the 2007 Honors Reception at the American Political Science Association Annual Meeting in Chicago. The deadline for nominations for the Rowman & Littlefield Award for Innovative Teaching in Political Science is April 1, 2007. Send nominations together with supporting documentation (including five copies), to:
L. Sandy Maisel
Department of Government,
Colby College,
Waterville, ME 04901.
Organized Section Awards
The following sections have award deadlines coming up:
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- IN THE SECTIONS: LAW & COURTS SEEKS NEWSLETTER EDITOR
The APSA Law and Courts Section seeks a new editor for its newsletter Law and Courts . The newsletter is a vital source of information for Section members and publishes important exchanges and debates about developments in the law and courts field. It is published electronically three times a year (Winter, Spring and Summer). The editorship is an excellent opportunity for leadership and service to the discipline. It also offers a chance to meet a range of other law and courts scholars and help to shape discourse in the field.
The new editor will be responsible for the Winter 2008 issue. The position is appointed for a three-year term and requires a modest time commitment (3-4 hours per month). Familiarity or previous experience maintaining electronic mailing lists and with Adobe Pagemaker software would be helpful but is not necessary.
Nominations and self-nominations should include a short letter outlining interest in the position and ideas for the newsletter, and a current vitae. They should be sent to Mitch Pickerill, Chair of the Search Committee, at mitchp@wsu.edu, by March 1, 2007. You may also contact the other members of the Search Committee, Sara Benesh at sbenesh@uwm.edu or Kathleen Sullivan at sullivak@ohio.edu.
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- 2007-2008 Directory of Faculty to be Published
A new APSA Directory of Political Science Faculty will be printed this spring and mailed to all departmental members of APSA. The directory includes all over 1300 departments in the U.S., Canada, and Britain totaling more than 13,000 individual faculty.
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- MEDIACONNECT: CONNECTING POLITICAL SCIENTISTS WITH JOURNALISTS
Are you interested in speaking with journalists on issues of public
interest? The APSA press office is developing a roster of political
scientists who are willing to respond to media inquiries in their area
of expertise. To participate in MediaConnect, APSA members in good
standing are asked to:
- Provide
APSA with your work phone number and email address, as well as up to
five keywords that best describe your areas of expertise, and any URL
to your personal homepage and CV (if available) -- send these to APSA
at press@apsanet.org;
- Respond to media inquiries in a timely manner; and
- Periodically share your experiences with APSA staff to help refine the program.
If you've already submitted your name to an existing press roster on
APSA's website, we've retained the information and you do not have to
submit again. Email press@apsanet.org with your information or questions, or contact Bahram Rajaee at 202-483-2512.
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- SCHOLAR SAVER ONLINE NOW - SAVE ON BOOKS AND JOURNALS!
APSA members can now access the Scholar Saver online to take advantage
of member-only discounts on 79 journals and 20 books covering a wide
spectrum of the political science and historical disciplines. The
electronic-only version links directly to the web site of each
advertiser, greatly facilitating the ordering process. Full-color cover
images of each product and a linked index make finding the material you
need easy. Like a hard-copy version? Simply print the electronic PDF.
Log in to take advantage of the online Scholar Saver's deep discounts
today! You can log in to MyAPSA (using the MyAPSA login at the top of
every site page). Once logged in, you'll find the Scholar Saver link in
your Access Areas.
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- NEWS IN THE PROFESSION
- CALL FOR CONTRIBUTORS FOR THE INTERNATIONAL ENCYCLOPEDIA OF POLITICAL SCIENCE
The International Encyclopedia of Political Science (IEPS) is planned for publication by CQ Press in 2008 as five volumes with over 1,800 bylined entries by contributors drawn from over 60 countries. An online edition is planned beginning 2010. APSA has agreed to assist with the preparation of this encyclopedia. The editors are making every effort to ensure that IEPS represents the best of political science scholarship in the early 21st century. They invite political science scholars in the United States and abroad to consider writing an entry or entries of their choice based on the schematic consistent with their interests and time schedule. Entries not included in the present schematic may be also be proposed. To learn more, see www.apsanet.org/content_39906.cfm.
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- REGISTER NOW FOR NATIONAL HUMANITIES ALLIANCE CONFERENCE AND HUMANITIES ADVOCACY DAY EVENTS
Humanities Advocacy Day is an unrivaled opportunity to meet with Congressional representatives to communicate the public value of scholarly research, education, and public programs in the humanities. Humanities Day is organized by the National Humanities Alliance (NHA), a coalition of more than ninety organizations and institutions, including the APSA, dedicated to the advancement of humanities education, research, preservation and public programs. The day is actively supported by NHA, with active counselling about how to take best advantage of Hill visits, preparation on current issues and funding, and guidance on navigating the Hill.
Humanities Advocacy Day is included as a part of a the National Humanities Alliance 2007 Annual Conference, March 26-27, 2007 in Washington. Events include a luncheon with keynote speaker Allen Weinstein, Archivist of the United States, legislative briefing, professional advocacy training with the “Advocacy Guru,” and a Capitol Hill reception and exhibit of federally-supported humanities projects. The two-day event is a unique meeting ground for members of the Alliance and others interested in humanities policy and advocacy, including higher education leaders, college and university faculty, teachers, museum professionals, librarians, archivists, curators and independent scholars. The deadline to register for the conference and reserve hotel accommodations is Sunday, February 25, 2007. For more information, see www.apsanet.org/content_37683.cfm.
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- WASHINGTON INSIDER NEWS AVAILABLE ONLINE
Are you interested in news about federal policies and federal matters related to the work and support of political and social scientists? APSA covers some of these issues in the "Washington Insider column of PS that is also reprinted on the web at www.apsanet.org/section_593.cfm.
In addition, you may want to check the Consortium of Social Sciences Associations biweekly Washington Update, which is now available online. Find out more at apsanet.org at www.apsanet.org/content_8728.cfm.
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- UPCOMING CONFERENCES, WORKSHOPS, & SEMINARS 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.
| Date |
Title
("Call:" indicates call deadline) |
| February 2007 |
| 28 |
Call:
Leadership: Impact, Culture, and Sustainability |
| 28-March 3 |
International
Studies Association - International Communication Section |
| 28-March 3 |
International
Studies Association |
| March 2007 |
| TBA |
International
Research Conference - Public Affairs |
| 1 |
Call:
Global Justice and The Politics of Recognition |
| 1 |
Call:
Marquette/UWM Graduate Conference |
| 1 |
Call:
Dutch-Belgian Political Science Association |
| 1 |
Call:
ECPR Conference |
| 1-2 |
Beyond
Visibility: Rethinking the African Diaspora in Latin America |
| 1-3 |
International
Globalization, Diversity, and Education |
| 2 |
Call:
Transformations, Renewals and Reconfigurations in Southern African
Historical Studies: Only Skin
Deep? |
| 2 |
Call:
Financial Forecasting in a Global Economy |
| 2-3 |
Kentucky
Political Science Association |
| 2-3 |
Perspectives
on Power |
| 6-7 |
eGov
Summit |
| 8-10 |
Western
Political Science Association |
| 8-11 |
Transnationalism,
Activism, Art |
| 9-10 |
Free
Trade Agreements: Where Is the World Heading? |
| 9-11 |
National
Student Assistance Conference |
| 10 |
Call:
Conference on Illinois History |
| 12 |
Call:
Transport Chicago Conference |
| 14-17 |
Southwestern Political Science Association |
| 15 |
Call:
Re-Reading
the Early Republic: From Crèvecoeur to Cooper |
| 15 |
Call:
George Mason University Cultural Studies Graduate Student Conference |
| 16-17 |
Migration,
International Relations, and the Evolution of World Politics |
| 17 |
Citizenship,
Migration and Identity in Europe |
| 19 |
Call:
Politics, Culture and Lebanese Diaspora |
| 19-23 |
Perspectives
on Evil and Human Wickedness |
| 21-25 |
National
Conference of Black Political Scientists |
| 22-23 |
Organising
Risk Regulation: Current Dilemmas, Future Directions |
| 22-23 |
Peacebuilding
and Corruption Workshop |
| 22-24 |
Australia
and New Zealand Studies Association of North America |
| 22-24 |
Facing
Race: A National Conference |
| 22-25 |
Association
for Asian Studies Meeting |
| 23 |
ISU
Conference for Students of Political Science |
| 23-24 |
Genocide
in the 20th and 21st Centuries |
| 23-24 |
Understanding
Issues of Contemporary Surveillance and Policing |
| 23-25 |
Narratives
of Citizenship |
| 23-27 |
American Society for Public Administration
Conference |
| 24 |
Why
Marx? Why Marx, Now? |
| 24 |
Saint
Rose Women’s Studies Conference |
| 24-25 |
USD
Women's Studies Conference |
| 24-25 |
Human
Security in Asia: Emerging Issues and Challenges |
| 26-27 |
National
Humanities Alliance Conference |
| 27-31 |
Society
for Applied Anthropology |
| 28-29 |
The
Power of Water: Landscape, Water and the State in Southern Africa |
| 29-April 1 |
Public
Choice Society |
| 30 |
Call:
U.S. Foreign Policy - Theory, Mechanisms and Practice |
| 30 |
Call:
The Muslim World in Transition |
| 30 |
Call:
Middle East & Central Asia Politics, Economics, and Society
Conference |
| 30-31 |
Pennsylvania
Political Science Association Meeting |
| 31 |
Women
Moving Forward |
| 31 |
Call:
Immigration, Minorities and Multiculturalism in Democracies |
| 31-April 1 |
Science
and Technology in Society: Graduate Conference |
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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Media Connect:
Are you interested in speaking with journalists on issues of public
interest? APSA is developing a roster of political scientists who are
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.