- TEACHING AND CHAIRS CONFERENCES
- Teaching Conference Program Online: www.apsanet.org/section_349.cfm
Tracks - space limited (descriptions)
- Program Assessment [FULL]
- Internationalizing the Curriculum I
- Internationalizing the Curriculum II
- Diversity, Inclusiveness, and Inequality
- Teaching Research Methods
- Graduate Education and Professional Development
- Simulations and Role Playing I
- Simulations and Role Playing II
- Civic Engagement I [FULL]
- Civic Engagement II [FULL]
- Core Curriculum/General Education
- Teaching Across the Discipline [FULL]
Workshops (descriptions)
- Civic Education and Engagement
- Assessment: Examining Classroom Outcomes and Program Content
- Integrating Technology in the Classroom and in Assignments
- Teaching and Course Preparation: Issues and Innovations in Course Design
More on the 2008 Teaching and Learning Conference:
www.apsanet.org/tlc2008/
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- Department Chairs: Register Now for the Conference for Chairs & Get Free Observer Status at the Teaching Conference
The Conference for Chairs provides a venue for political science department chairs to interact in an environment tailored to their unique role as leaders in the discipline and their departments.
Register now for the Conference for Chairs and automatically get free observer status at the Teaching & Learning Conference. More at www.apsanet.org/cfc.
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- APSA ANNUAL MEETING
- Acceptances Slated for Early March
Proposal submitters will be notified by email and in MyAPSA in early March on the final status of their proposals. Contact the APSA Annual Meeting staff if you have any questions about the 2008 Annual Meeting.
Proposal Notification: Make Sure We have Your Correct Email Address
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- Apply Now to Host a Business Meeting or Reception
Departments, organized sections, and related groups are invited to host a business meeting or reception during the 2008 APSA Annual Meeting. Business meetings and receptions are scheduled on a first-come, first-served basis. More
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- Short Course Applications Available
Annual Meeting Short Courses are half- or full-day sessions that provide opportunities for attendees to enhance teaching and research skills. APSA organized sections, related groups, and non-APSA affiliated organizations may propose a Short Course by completing the application available on the APSA website. The deadline to submit applications is March 14, 2008.
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- Going to Boston!
Once again APSA convenes in historic, picturesque, and fun Boston, which holds a wealth of attractions to appeal to a wide variety of interests. In Boston you can walk the 2.5 mile Freedom Trail and visit 16 significant colonial and Revolutionary War sites, catch Red Sox vs. the New York Yankees or the Chicago White Sox at historic Fenway Park, or take the kids to the New England Aquarium for sharks, shows, and even whale watching tours. Join us in Boston to reinvigorate scholarship while enjoying a great city! More at www.apsanet.org/2008.
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- APSA PROGRAMS AND GOVERNANCE NEWS
- Search Starts for Next Perspectives Editor
Applications and nominations for the editor or editorial team of Perspectives on Politics are being sought for a term beginning in June 2009. Perspectives draws on rigorous, broad-based research and integrative thinking to provide insight on politics. The editorial process is open to innovative and novel approaches. APSA will announce the formation of a search committee and circulate a detailed call. 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.
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- Please Review the Business Rules
The APSA Council Rules committee publishes the Business Meeting Rules annually for comment by members before final approval by Council later in the spring. These rules offer procedural direction for the handling of any proposed resolutions, amendments, and officer nominations, and for the conduct of the business meeting and elections. Please review the rules at www.apsanet.org/content_2929.cfm and send any comments or suggested changes to the Council's attention care of Hayle Ziobro at hziobro@apsanet.org. Proposed revisionswill be posted at the same web address and noted in subsequent newsletters. The final rules approved by the Council will be posted before April 1.
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- Ralph Bunche Summer Institute Applications Due Feb. 8
Applications for the 2008 Ralph Bunche Summer Institute are due by February 8. Entering its 22nd year, 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.
Applications can be found at http://www.apsanet.org/rbsi. For more information, please contact Kimberly A. Mealy.
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- Small Research Grant Proposals Due Feb. 1
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. 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.
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- APSA Names 2008-2009 Minority Fellows
APSA is pleased to announce the APSA Minority Fellows for the 2008-2009 academic year. Awards are based on the students' undergraduate course work, GPA, GRE scores, extracurricular activities, and recommendations from political science faculty. A selection committee designated several funded and two non-funded fellows. Read more about each of 2008-09 Minority Fellows.
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- February Committee Meetings
The APSA Committee on the Status of Lesbians, Gays, Bisexuals, and the Transgendered in the Profession will meet at the APSA Headquarters in Washington, D.C. on February 11, 2008. The Administrative Committee will meetin in Washington, D.C. on February 9, 2008.
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- Awards: Recognizing Excellence
- 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. Please consider nominations for the following career awards:
Hubert H. Humphrey Award – Nomination Deadline February 1st
Has your department produced a mayor, a senator, perhaps an ambassador or two? The Humphrey prize is awarded annually in recognition of notable public service by a political scientist. More at www.apsanet.org/humphrey.
John Gaus Award– Nomination Deadline Extended to March 15th
Do you have a colleague with a lifetime of exemplary scholarship in the joint tradition of political science and public administration? The 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. More at www.apsanet.org/gaus.
James Madison Award– Nomination Deadline February 1st
The 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. More at www.apsanet.org/madison.
- Organized Section Award Deadlines--Closer than You Might Think
Almost all of the 35 APSA Organized Sections present awards for career, dissertations, books, and other notable activities and achievements. Requirements vary. Deadlines for some of these 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
Nominations for the 2008 Rowman and Littlefield Award will be accepted until April 1, 2008. 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. More
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- Volcker Junior Scholar Grant Applications
The Organized Section for Public Administration invites research proposals from junior scholars on public administration issues affecting governance in the U.S. and abroad. Recipients may conduct research on issues affecting or relevant to public administration at any level(s) of government, in any nation (or across nations), and from whatever locale is most useful or appropriate for their research purposes. Support from the Volcker Endowment can, but need not, involve research residencies at the Centennial Center in Washington. More
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- New PS: Political Science & Politics Online Now
The latest issue of PS: Political Science & Politics is online now. APSA members view this issue of PS as well as other APSA journals by logging into your MyAPSA account and scroll to Access Areas. Non-members review abstracts without charge and get full-text for a fee at Cambridge Journals Online (http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayJournal?jid=PSC).
The table of contents and this issue's symposia introductions are available free of charge to all at www.apsanet.org/ps.
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- NEWS IN THE PROFESSION
The National Endowment for the Humanities recognizes that often community colleges do not have large development offices and resources to seek out and successfully apply for available funding opportunities. In the January 14 Inside Higher Ed article, "Humanities Push for Community Colleges," Andy Guess describes how NEH has responded by introducing more flexibility in Challenge Grant offerings to two-year institutions, and, as a result, the amount provided to community colleges and their faculty for projects has increased by 35% in the last 5 years. Typical first-time grants ranged from $30,000 to $1,000,000 over 4 years.
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- Campus Compact Service Learning Award
Online nominations for the 2008 Thomas Ehrlich Faculty Award for Service-Learning can be submitted until March 21, 2008, to www.compact.org/awards/ehrlich. Campus Compact encourages you to nominate outstanding faculty for this award and to share this announcement with others in the profession. Campus Compact is a national coalition of more than 1,100 college and university presidents--representing some 6 million students--dedicated to promoting community service, civic engagement, and service-learning in higher education.
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- Conduct a 2009 NEH Summer Program
Each summer, the NEH supports faculty development through 2-6 week Seminars and Institutes and 1-week Landmarks of American History and Culture Workshops. These projects are designed to provide teachers with the opportunity for intensive study of important texts and topics in the humanities and to foster excellent teaching by encouraging collegial discussion of humanities topics within close-knit scholarly communities. Participants have called the seminars and institutes life changing experiences and note that they view the host institution as an important resource for future scholarly endeavors for themselves and for their students. More
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- Participate in Humanities Advocacy
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.
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. The registration deadline is February 1, 2008.
For detailed information see: www.nhalliance.org/conference/2008/index
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- Upcoming Conferences, Seminars, and Events in the Profession
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