- APSA ANNUAL MEETING
- Online Program Available Now
The 2008 Online Program is now available at: www.apsanet.org/mtgs/program. It will be updated regularly until the beginning of the meeting. Please rely on the Online Program as the most authoritative source of up-to-date and accurate listing of events for the 2008 Annual Meeting. The printed Preliminary Program was mailed to members with the July issue of PS (NOTE: the Preliminary Program is current as of mid-May and members should rely on the Online Program for the most accurate information).
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- Preregistration: Presenters Must Preregister by August 1
APSA requires that all accepted participants to preregister for the meeting in order to be included in the Final Program. To preregister, log in to MyAPSA and follow the steps for registration. Preregistration for attendees closes on August 1.
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- Make Hotel and Travel Reservations by August 1
Attendees are encouraged to use the APSA Travel Desk, provided by APSA and our official housing provider, Travel Technology Group to book hotel accomodations and travel. Attendees should make hotel reservations by August 1. For housing and travel information, visit: Annual Meeting Hotels & Travel.
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- Sign Up for Placement Interview Service Soon
The Annual Meeting Placement Interview Service helps candidates and employers determine who will interview at the meeting so they can find and make contact with each other throughout the summer proceeding the meeting. At the Annual Meeting, APSA provides space and facilities for employers who have posted on eJobs to interview candidates at the Meeting. The Placement Interview Service attracts over 800 candidates and employers. NOTE: All Placement Service participants, employers, and candidates must be registered for the Annual Meeting. Badges must be displayed while in the Placement Service Area. Employers and candidates should schedule their interviews soon. To learn more about the Placement Interview Service, including the times and locations it will be taking place, visit: www.apsanet.org/section_587.cfm.
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- Short Courses Now Available Online
Details for the 2008 Short Courses are posted online. Short courses, which are held on Annual Meeting Professional Day, August 27, are half or full day sessions that provide opportunities for APSA attendees to enhance their knowledge and to reinvigorate teaching and research skills. If you would like to register for a short course, please contact the short course organizer directly. NOTE: To participate in a Short Course, you must register for it prior to the Annual Meeting.
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- Register to Participate in a Working Group by August 15
Sign up now to participate in a Annual Meeting Working Group. Working Group participants convene throughout the meeting to discuss, in depth, a common theme. Working Groups encourage networking and provide a focused discussion on a specific subject amidst the wide variety of APSA panels. Enhance your meeting experience by connecting with a Working Group in your specialized area.
This year there will be nine Working Groups on topics ranging from "Immigration and U.S. Politics" to "Political Ethics." Participants must register for a Working Group by August 15 and there is no extra fee for participation. To sign up and to view the Working Group descriptions, visit: www.apsanet.org/section_584.cfm. If you have any questions, contact Sasha Woodward at swoodward@apsanet.org.
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- Make Sure You Stop by the 2008 Exhibit Hall!
The 2008 APSA Annual Meeting will host the world's largest exhibit of political science publishers and educational companies, with over 200 expected to convene in Boston's Hynes Convention Center. For a list of 2008 exhibitors and their location, view the Online Exhibit Hall. To find out more about the Annual Meeting Exhibit Hall, including hours of operation, breaks, and receptions, visit: www.apsanet.org/section_241.cfm.
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- APSA is Going Green!
APSA is partnering with Carbonfund.org to become a more environmentally responsible organization. APSA is offering attendees the option of offsetting their carbon footprints for attending the Annual Meeting by donating shares to CarbonFund.org. The association has designated all donated money to be used for all three of CarbonFund.org's global projects: renewable energy, energy efficiency, and reforestation. For more details, visit: www.apsanet.org/section_767.cfm.
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- Frequently Asked Questions
Perplexed about something related to the Annual Meeting? For answers to frequently asked questions regarding general information, participation, registration, and organizers, see www.apsanet.org/content_51293.cfm. If your question is not addressed there, contact the Annual Meeting staff and they will be glad to assist you.
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- TEACHING AND LEARNING CONFERENCE
- 2009 TLC Meeting Location and Dates Announced
The 2009 Teaching and Learning Conference will be held in Baltimore, MD, February
6-8, 2009, at the Renaissance Baltimore Harborplace Hotel. Registration will open later this summer. Please join us for this unique meeting to promote greater understanding of cutting-edge approaches, techniques, and methodologies for the political science classroom. For the most current information, visit: www.apsanet.org/section_236.cfm, or contact us at teaching@apsanet.org.
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- 2009 TLC Call for Papers Launches This Month
The call for papers for the 6th Annual Teaching and Learning Conference will open in July. The 2009 themes have yet to be determined, however, in the past, conference papers have touched on a variety of themes in political science education, such as graduate education, diversity and inequality, civic engagement, and professional development. See the 2008 track summaries and papers online. For the most current information and updates on the upcoming call for proposals, visit: www.apsanet.org/section_236.cfm, or contact us at teaching@apsanet.org.
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- 2009 Conference for Chairs
Plans are underway for the 2009 Conference for Chairs, which will be held in conjunction with the Teaching and Learning Conference in February 2009. The Conference, which is overseen by the APSA Departmental Services Committee, is a unique professional development and networking opportunity for political science department chairs. Details and registration information will be announced in August. Please direct any questions to dsp@apsanet.org.
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- APSA PROGRAMS AND GOVERNANCE NEWS
- Council Decision on Meeting Siting Policy and 2012 Annual Meeting
The APSA Council met in special session on June 26, 2008, to consider site selection policy for the Annual Meeting. Background materials, the Council Committee report, and further details about Council decisions broadening APSA's meeting siting policy will be available and posted on the APSA website within the next week. The Council voted to take state policies into account along with city practices, to have greater public and scholarly engagement with localities where APSA meets, and to continue with the 2012 meeting in New Orleans. In articulating new policy for siting APSA meetings, the Council addressed the difficulties posed by state laws restricting rights afforded to recognized same-sex unions. APSA will notify members when these materials are available. A letter from APSA President Dianne Pinderhughes and the June 27 press release issued after the Council Meeting are available online.
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- Nominations Sought for Perspectives on Politics Editors
Applications and nominations for the editor or editorial team of Perspectives on Politics are being sought for a term beginning in June 2009. Rogers Smith, University of Pennsylvania, chairs the search committee. Perspectives draws on rigorous, broad-based research and integrative thinking to provide insight on politics and the editorial process is open to innovative and novel approaches. 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 or Rogers Smith.
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- New Task Force Report Unveiled at Capitol Hill Event
On July 24, 2008, APSA held a panel session on Capitol Hill to present a recent report prepared by the APSA Task Force on Difference, Inequality, and Developing Societies, entitled "The Persistent Problem: Inequality, Difference, and the Challenge of Development." The report sheds light on the ways in which the high levels of global inequality today threaten efforts to alleviate worldwide deprivation, including the UN Millennium Development Goals. Panelists at the session included John Echeverri-Gent (University of Virginia), Carol Lancaster (Mortara Center for International Studies, Georgetown University), John Williamson (Peterson Institute for International Economics), and Philip Keefer (Development Research Group, World Bank). "The Persistent Problem" is part of APSA's efforts to bring the expertise of professional political scientists to bear on questions of public concern. To read the report, visit: www.apsanet.org/~globalinequality/content_52493.cfm
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- New Book on Publishing in Political Science
APSA is pleased to announce a new book on publishing in political science, Publishing Political Science: The APSA Guide to Writing and Publishing, which provides practical advice from leading political scientists and publishers on how to navigate the publishing process from the writing stage through finding the right publisher for your work and contract negotiations. Publishing Political Science describes of the current state of publishing and publishing opportunities in political science; provides guidance on writing for particular venues and audiences such as literature reviews, textbooks, journals, blogs, and reference books; and recommends practical approaches on how to build successful relationships with publishers. This first volume in APSA's new "State of the Profession" book series was edited by Stephen Yoder former managing editor of PS: Political Science & Politics. The next volume in the series, Assessment in Political Science, edited by Michelle Deardorff, Kerstin Hamann, and John Ishiyama, is expected to be released at the APSA Annual Meeting. Order a copy of Publishing in Political Science.
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- Submit Nominations for the Adaljiza Sosa-Riddell Awards by August 1
The APSA Committee on the Status of Latinos y Latinas in the Profession recognizes exceptional mentoring of Latino/a students and junior faculty each year with three awards honoring Adaljiza Sosa-Riddell, the first Latina to earn a doctorate in political science and a life-long mentor of Latinos/as. The committee is currently accepting nominations for the: Adaljiza Sosa-Riddell Award for Exemplary Mentoring of Undergraduate Latino/a Students in Political Science, Adaljiza Sosa-Riddell Award for Exemplary Mentoring of Graduate Latino/a Students in Political Science, and the Adaljiza Sosa-Riddell Award for Exemplary Mentoring of Latino/a Junior Faculty in Political Science. Please submit nominations by August 1 using the online nominations form.
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- July Issue of PS Now Online; Comment Feature Now Available
The July 2008 issue of PS: Political Science and Politics is now posted online. This month's issue features the symposium "Protecting Human Research Participants, IRBs, and Political Science Redux", edited by Robert Hauck. APSA members may view APSA journals by logging into their MyAPSA account and scrolling to "Access Areas." Non-members may review abstracts without charge and get full text for a fee. The table of contents and symposium are available free of charge to all at: www.apsanet.org/section_223.cfm. A comment feature is now available for PS at Cambridge Journals Online so readers can share their thoughts on articles.
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- APSA Requests Comment on Allocating Credit in Collaborative Research
In early 2006, the APSA Council authorized an ad hoc committee, the Working Group on Collaboration, to study patterns of collaborative research in the discipline and to explore what ethical and procedural issues follow from collaborative scholarship. To share their findings with the public, the committee published the "Report of the APSA Working Group on Collaboration" and held a roundtable discussion (for a recap, see "Allocating the Credit in Collaborative Research") at the 2007 APSA Annual Meeting that was sponsored by the APSA Ethics Committee. The discussion, published in the January 2008 issue of PS, brought attention to the assumption that the social sciences were relative newcomers to collaborative research and had no clearly established norms which equitably allocated credit for relative contributions. This is a particular problem when the multiple authors occupy very different levels of academic seniority as in the case of junior and senior faculty members, graduate assistants, or even adjunct faculty. In addition, the Working Group established the Collaborative Research Message Board for public comments on the report and would like everyone with a view on this issue to share their opinions.
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- Travel Grant Recipients Have Been Notified
The recipients of the 2008 Travel Grants have been notified. Over 180 awards were made to APSA members from the U.S. and 27 other countries. Travel grants are provided to some members to assist them in attending the Annual Meeting. Only APSA members who were preregistered for the APSA Annual Meeting were eligible to receive travel grants. To learn more about Annual Meeting Travel Grants, visit: www.apsanet.org/section_542.cfm.
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- Volunteer to be an APSA Mentor
The APSA Mentoring Program is calling for APSA faculty members to add their names to the 2008 APSA Mentor Database. The goal of the Mentoring Initiative is to provide a tool that connects and provides opportunities for APSA members to mentor younger political scientists, both graduate students and junior faculty. You can assist APSA in its effort to provide support to students and junior faculty by becoming a mentor today. APSA is particularly looking for mentors who can address questions regarding: junior faculty issues, the graduate student experience, research funding, and career options. Apply online or contact mentoring@apsanet.org. To view the list of mentoring resources, visit: www.apsanet.org/section_395.cfm.
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- Submit Names to the Minority Student Recruitment Program
APSA is calling on departments to identify undergraduate minority students who are interested in pursuing, or learning more about, graduate work in the field. APSA will share the information collected with interested graduate programs through the APSA Minority Student Recruitment Program (MSRP). In late spring, an updated list of MSRP students will be sent to the MSRP Recruiting Schools (departments participating in the MSRP Initiative) so that they can recruit these students for their graduate programs. Encourage your department to participate in MSRP by submitting student information or by becoming a MSRP Recruiting School.
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- Africa Projects are Underway; Call for 2009 Africa Workshop Leaders
The 2008 APSA Africa Workshop, taking place in Dakar, Senegal at the facilities of the West African Research Center (WARC) will end on July 27. The workshop, organized around the theme "Political Participation," convened 25 African scholars for an intensive intellectual experience covering substantive issues, methodologies, and reviews of research. The workshop leaders are Catherine Boone (University of Texas at Austin), Augustin Laoda (Université do Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso), Alioune Badara Diop (Université Gaston Berger, Saint-Louis, Senegal), and Leonard Wantchekon (New York University). APSA will soon circulate a call for leaders of the 2009 APSA Africa Workshop to be held in East or West Africa. Learn more about the APSA Africa Workshops at: www.apsanet.org/~africaworkshops/.
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- NEWS IN THE PROFESSION
- New Resources for Encouraging Students to Participate in the Electoral Process
Most college faculty want their students to vote and participate in electoral campaigns and projects, but this can sometimes be difficult.
Two higher education projects now offer resources to help colleges engage students in the political process: The first project comes from the service learning network, Campus Compact's 2008 Campus Vote Initiative, which offers strategies to encourage political participation on campus, as well a checklist with specific suggestions on how to get students to vote. The second project, Your Vote, Your Voice, provides resources on how to make civic engagement an ongoing part of campus life.
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- 2008 NCAPSA Annual Meeting Highlights; Dr. Sigelman Receives Award
On July 9th, the National Capital-Area Political Science Association held its annual meeting at the Rayburn House Office Building on Capitol Hill. This year’s discussion theme was “Did the 2008 Presidential Nomination Process Work?” which was moderated by Michael Goldstein (UC Berkeley, Washington Center) and led by Rep. David Price, co-chair of the Democratic Party's Commission on Presidential Selection. David Balducchi (Department of Labour), a current council member, was elected the 2008-09 president, and Dr. Howard Silver (Consortium of Social Science Associations) was applauded for his services as 2007-08 president of NCAPSA.
Another highlight of the NCAPSA Annual Meeting was the presentation of the 2008 Walter Beach Pi Sigma Alpha Award to Dr. Lee Sigelman. The award recognizes a political scientist who has made "a substantial contribution to strengthen the relationship between political science and public service." Dr. Sigelman, Columbian Professor of Political Science at George Washington University, has accomplished just that. As a distinguished scholar, teacher, and renown editor, Dr. Sigelman was recognized for his achievements in "amplifying the capacity of scholars to speak to each other and to the public; heightening trust among colleagues; and making everyone and every institution with which he has worked much better."
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- Attend the 2009 IPSA World Congress in Santiago, Chile
The 21st International Political Science Association (IPSA) World Congress will be held July 12-16, 2009, in Santiago, Chile. The Congress will focus on the theme, "Global Discontent: Dilemmas of Change," and endeavors to connect the globalization process and challenges with critical topics of study for all political scientists. For more information about the 2009 World Congress, visit the IPSA Website or contact Michael Brintnall.
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- Upcoming Conferences, Seminars, and Events in the Profession
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It offers visiting scholars a furnished work space, telephone, fax,
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Stays range from a few days to 12 months. Space is limited
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