- ANNUAL MEETING - "POLITICAL SCIENCE AND BEYOND"
- NOTE: ALL PRESENTERS, INCLUDING RELATED GROUP PANELISTS, MUST REGISTER TO REMAIN ON THE PROGRAM
Program participants should already have preregistered. All Annual Meeting presenters, including related group panelists, are required to preregister for the Annual Meeting to remain on the program. Those who have not registered by July 14, 2007 will have their names dropped from the Final Program listing. Please also note that only registrants will be admitted to Meeting events in Chicago.
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- BESCHLOSS, LESSIG, AND OTHER SPEAKERS ADDED
In keeping with the Annual Meeting theme, this year's program features a distinguished set of speakers from the discipline "and beyond." More Annual Meeting plenary and special program speakers have been announced, including best-selling author Michael Beschloss, cyberlaw expert Lawrence Lessig, and others. You can preview the highlights and special programming online at www.apsanet.org/content_42640.cfm. Here you'll find short descriptions of the main speakers, plenaries, receptions, and ceremonies.
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- REGISTER NOW TO GET THE PREREGISTRATION RATE
Join scholars and experts from around the world for the largest annual exchange of political science research and scholarship.
| Member Status |
Pre-
Registration |
On-Site |
| Regular, Associate, Family, and Retired Members |
$145 |
$185 |
| Student, High School Teacher, and Unemployed Members |
$50 |
$80 |
| Non-members |
$270 |
$350 |
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- BOOK YOUR TRAVEL BY AUGUST 1
 Please note that this year we will meet in a new Chicago locale - we are not at the Palmer House. Our new venues, the Hyatt Regency Chicago and the Sheraton Chicago Hotel and Towers, are located in the heart of the action. Both are within walking distance of the Navy Pier ("Chicago's lakefront playground", Millennium Park, the Loop business district, the Art Institute and more. You'll have an
opportunity to experience its beautiful lakefront, outstanding architecture, world-renowned museums, restaurants, and much more.
Hotel and Travel: Book your hotel room early for the best available rooms! All hotel reservations MUST be made through Experient, APSA's official housing bureau by August 1, 2007. Please do not contact the hotels directly.
You can find the hotel and travel information on the APSA website at www.apsanet.org/section_240.cfm. You can also call Experient directly. If calling from the U.S., call 800-424-5248; for international, call 847-940-2152.
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- PLAN AHEAD WITH THE ONLINE PROGRAM
You can see the 2007 Annual Meeting Program now at www.apsanet.org/mtgs/program/. With the online program , you can view the program two ways:
- Browse: for a complete view of events by type (e.g., panel, reception, short course, etc.), and
- Advance search: for keyword, day, time, event type, or presenter name.
Note: A printed copy of the Preliminary Program will be included with the July issue of PS: Political Science and Politics. While the Preliminary Program provides a good early reference to the program, many details will change before the meeting occurs. The online program gets updated DAILY right up until the beginning of the meeting and, prior to the meeting, it will be your MOST UP-TO-DATE source of 2007 program information.
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- JOIN AN ANNUAL MEETING WORKING GROUP
Working group participants convene throughout the meeting and attend relevant panels in order to discuss, in depth, a common theme. The idea is to encourage networking and simulate a focused working group conference amidst the wide variety of APSA panels. Enhance your meeting experience by connecting with a group in your interest area. With seventeen established topics ranging from "French Politics" to "Information and Technology," there is a group for everyone. There is no extra registration fee for participation in the Working Groups.
You can find the working group descriptions and signup forms at
http://www.apsanet.org/section_584.cfm. Contact Ebony Ramsey at eramsey@apsanet.org if you have additional questions.
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- HELP APSA RECOGNIZE TEACHING EXCELLENCE; SUBMIT NAMES OF TEACHING AWARD RECIPIENTS
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. Submissions are due by July 1, 2007.
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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.
Business meetings and receptions are scheduled on a first-come, first-serve basis.
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- EXHIBIT SPACE STILL AVAILABLE; VIEW EXHIBIT MAP ONLINE
Exhibitors: Don't forget to reserve your space in the Hyatt Regency Chicago. Over 7,000 distinguished authors, professors, and scholars from the United States and abroad will attend APSA's 103nd Annual Meeting. View an interactive floor plan of the exhibit hall download the exhibit application and contract at www.apsanet.org/section_241.cfm.
Attendees: Check the online exhibit hall at www.apsanet.org/mtgs/Floorplan2007.html to get a preview of the products and services to be featured at the Annual Meeting in the Hyatt Regency Chicago. We'll update this continuously as exhibitors supply information, so check back often and click through to exhibitors' sites to find out more about them.
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- SHORT COURSES OPEN FOR REGISTRATION
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 research and teaching skills. Join us for a day of workshops aimed at encouraging greater professional development. The following short courses are scheduled:
- Multi-Method Research
- Research Design & Field Methods
- Introduction to Qualitative Comparative Analysis and Fuzzy Sets
- The Political Scientist as Pre-Law Advisor
- Britain after Blair -- The Legacy and the Future
- Designing and Using Simulations in the Classroom
- Mathematics & Democracy: Designing Better Voting & Fair-Division Procedures
- Machine Politics/Politics of the Machine
- Maximizing the Value of Your Library for Scholarship and Teaching
- Inner Ring Suburbs and Metropolitan Systems
- Research and Teaching on Women's Movements, Women's Policy Agencies & the State: Using the RNGS Dataset
- French Political Institutions Fify Years After
- Creating Powerful & Effective Graphic Displays
- Getting a Job at a Teaching Institution -- and Succeeding!
- Interpret This! A Conceptual & Practical Workshop in Interpretive Political Science
- Applied Political Network Analysis
- Introduction to LegSim: Virtual US Congress, State Legislature, & European Parliament Simulations
Get more details on the Short Courses at www.apsanet.org/section_628.cfm.
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- SCHEDULE INTERVIEWS WITH THE PLACEMENT SERVICE
Employers and candidates are invited to participate in the eJobs Placement Interview Service at the Annual Meeting. Search eJobs for employers or candidates attending the Chicago meeting and schedule interviews with them. This is a convenient way for job candidates to interview with several employers and for employers to meet with several candidates in one convenient location. The eJobs Placement Service is FREE to APSA members.
For more information on the Placement Interview Service, see www.apsanet.org/section_587.cfm.
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- APSA GOVERNANCE AND PROGRAMS
- ANNUAL MEETING CHANGES PROPOSED - COMMENT NOW
The Annual Meeting Review Committee submitted a preliminary report to the Council and will make final recommendations to the APSA Council at its September meeting. You can find out more about the work of this committee and review the findings at www.apsanet.org/section_739.cfm.
In developing the findings, the Committee solicited and reviewed over 300 comments from the membership, reviewed polls of 2006 Annual Meeting attendees and non-attendees, and considered other pertinent information in its review of the Annual Meeting procedures, practices, and operations.
The Committee invites you to post public comments and suggestions on this message board set up for this purpose, or you can send them to the committee at amreview@apsanet.org.
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WORKING GROUP ON COLLABORATION RELEASES REPORT
In 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 may follow from collaborative scholarship. Dr. Kanchan Chandra was asked to chair and conduct this study, and she was joined by Jennifer Gandhi, Emory University, Gary King, Harvard University, Arthur Lupia, University of Michigan, and Edward Mansfield, University of Pennsylvania in reviewing and commenting on the evidence.
The charge to this committee called for preparation of a report that could serve as the basis for community discussion with the discipline. They have completed the report, which is posted at www.apsanet.org/content_43659.cfm. The committee welcomes your views on the evidence and the issues presented in the report. A forum for posting public comments will be announced and made available shortly. There will also be a panel discussion on this topic at the 2007 APSA Annual Meeting (see www.apsanet.org/mtgs/program_2007/program.cfm?event=1463561).
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- TEACHING AND LEARNING CONFERENCE CALL OPENS JULY 2
Start planning now for the APSA Teaching and Learning Conference, which will be held in San Jose, California from
February 22-24, 2008.
With the Teaching and Learning Conference, APSA endeavors to promote greater understanding of cutting-edge approaches, techniques, and methodologies for the political science classroom. This conference provides a unique forum for scholars to share effective and innovative teaching and learning models and to discuss broad themes and values of political science education.
The call for papers and workshops will open on July 2, 2007 and all proposals should be submitted online by by September 17, 2007. For more detailed information (including paper and workshop guidelines and themes) please visit www.apsanet.org/tlc2008. For information on San Jose, visit sanjose.org.
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- APSA Seeks Input from Former Fellows
APSA would like to create a Minority Fellows network in which Fellows -- past and current -- can communicate on topics like academic and professional development and mentoring opportunities. We'd also like to gather current contact information and updates on past Fellows. We need your help. If you are or were an APSA Minority Fellow, please take a few minutes to fill out the 2007 information sheet at www.zoomerang.com/recipient/survey-intro.zgi?p=WEB226K35SAK9Z.
If you have any questions, please contact Kimberly Mealy, Program Director, Office of Educational, Professional, and Minority Initiatives (kmealy@apsanet.org) or Hayle Ziobro, Program Assistant (hziobro@apsanetorg).
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- 2007-2008 DIRECTORY OF POLITICAL SCIENCE FACULTY AND PROGRAMS AVAILABLE NOW
The 2007-2008 Directory of Political Science Faculty and Programs is available now. The directory lists over 1300 undergraduate and graduate departments of political science and related specialized fields in the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom. This is the most comprehensive directory to-date for the Association, with nearly 13,000 individual faculty listed.
This is a great reference tool for locating colleagues and identifying comparable departments. Faculty members can be easily located using an alphabetical indix that identifies their institution.
Undergraduate students interested in pursuing graduate studies will find it helpful with locating programs and faculty that match their interests. High school students and their teachers and counselors will find the directory useful for identifying programs offering undergraduate degrees.
$50, members; $75, nonmembers.
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- CENTENNIAL CENTER SUMMER ACTIVITIES
The Centennial Center for Political Science and Public Affairs periodically sponsors events that bring together the scholarly community, policy makers, the media, and general public for discussions of broad interest. This summer, the Center hosts a biweekly "brown bag" summer lunch series. Presentations -- including a question-and-answer period will be held on Friday afternoons between 12:30 and 1:30 pm in the Aaron Wildavsky Conference Room (3rd floor) of the APSA National Office, located at 1527 New Hampshire Ave., NW, Washington, DC.
All are welcome; however seating is limited. For those not immediately affiliated with the Centennial Center, please contact Brian Daniels at bdaniels@apsanet.org (or call the APSA office at 202-483-2512) to RSVP. For details on the speakers and topics, see www.apsanet.org/content_41351.cfm.
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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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- IN THE JOURNALS
- APSA JOURNALS MOVE TO EDITORIAL MANAGER
The APSA journals, American Political Science Review, PS: Political Science & Politics, and Perspectives on Politics, will begin using the web-based editorial management system Editorial Manager in July
2007 to accept new manuscripts, invite and receive peer reviews, and edit and
manage the journals. The move to an online management system will support greater transparency
in the submission, acknowledgement, peer review, revise and resubmit,
editorial and manuscript decision processes.
With Editorial Manager authors will be able to submit manuscripts, check on
the status of their work, read reviews and editors' comments, and communicate
with the editorial offices from the convenience of the Internet. Reviewers will be
invited via email to access blind manuscripts and to contribute reviews entirely
online.
The online system will enable editorial staff to streamline their procedures by
automating communications with authors, reviewers and editorial staff and by
facilitating online manuscript and review tracking.
SUBMITTING & REVIEWING NEW MANUSCRIPTS
Authors should begin using Editorial Manager to submit new manuscripts to
APSA journals following the launch dates below. Reviewers will be invited
via email to review and will be directed to Editorial Manager to express their
their willingness to review, to access manuscripts and to post their reviews.
| Scheduled Launch by Journal |
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| Journal | Launch Date |
URL for Submission |
| APSR |
July 2, 2007 |
www.editorialmanager.com/apsr |
| PS |
July 2, 2007 |
www.editorialmanager.com/ps |
| Perspectives |
July 15, 2007 |
www.editorialmanager.com/pop |
AUTHORS AND REVIEWERS OF WORKS IN PROGRESS
Manuscripts submitted to the journals before July 2007 will be handled through
the prior systems. NOTE: authors/reviewers of works in-progress for PS will
continue to use Manuscript Central for these works. Please contact the journal
offices for any questions about articles in-process prior to July.
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- PERSPECTIVES ON POLITICS EDITORIAL REVIEW
President Robert Axelrod and the APSA Administrative Committee have named an Ad Hoc Review Committee to review the editorship of the APSA journal Perspectives on Politics. The Committee will report to the APSA Council in August regarding continuation, as well as possible extension, of the editor's term. The committee is chaired by Henry Brady, University of California Berkeley, and includes Margaret Levi, University of Washington, and Lisa Martin, Harvard University If you have any comments or suggestions about Perspectives on Politics and its editorship, please contact Michael Brintnall (or contact Henry Brady directly.)
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- APSR EDITORIAL TRANSITION
The next editorial team for the American Political Science Review will begin their term on July 1, 2007. The new team, to be located at UCLA, will be organized as a collegial editorship under the leadership of Ronald Rogowski (serving as Lead Editor). Co-editors are Kathleen Bawn, Michael Chwe, Kirstie McClure, Karen Orren, Daniel Posner, Arthur Stein, Daniel Treisman (interim Managing Editor 2007-08) and John Zaller. The team has published an editorial statement in the May, 2007 issue of the Review.
Lee Sigelman, the current APSR editor, and his team at George Washington University will conclude their term in August 2007. The transition from the Sigelman's GWU team to the UCLA team will be complete by the end of the calendar year, and the change will be reflected on the APSR masthead commencing with the first issue of Volume 102 in February of 2008.
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- SCHOLAR SUPPORT
- BE A MENTOR - 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
Currently APSA has 140 mentors who have joined the initiative. However, with over 400 inquiries from prospective mentees this year alone, it is clear that there is an urgent need for mentors in the profession. As a mentor, you can volunteer to act as a resource for colleagues in specific areas of interest to provide advice or share your experiences 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 specific communities of scholars, such as groups historically underrepresented in the discipline.
APSA urgest you to join our initiative and become a mentor. 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. 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 request a mentor, 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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- IDENTIFY TALENTED MINORITY GRADUATE SCHOOL CANDIDATES
APSA seeks your assistance in identifying talented undergraduate minorities interested in pursuing doctoral study in political science. In 1989, the Minority Student Recruitment Program (formerly MID) was established as part of an effort to diversify the political science profession. Faculty members in undergraduate programs are strongly encouraged to contact and talk to minority students about careers in political science, and then submit the names of promising candidates for graduate study to the MSRP database. Core Schools -- graduate programs participating in the MSRP Program -- actively recruit students identified in the MSRP database. The program complements the important efforts already made through the Ralph Bunche Summer Institute and APSA Minority Fellows Program. For more information please visit www.apsanet.org/section_428.cfm, or contact Kimberly Mealy, Program Director at kmealy@apsanet.org or Hayle Ziobro, Program Assistant at hziobro@apsanet.org.
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- SPACE AVAILABLE IN CENTENNIAL CENTER
 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 a 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. There are 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. Find details on the Center and the
Visiting Scholars Program at www.apsanet.org/centennialcenter. You may also contact Sean Twombly at APSA: 202-483-2512; twombly@apsanet.org.
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- SCHOLAR SAVER - SAVE ON BOOKS AND JOURNALS!
 APSA members can use the Scholar Saver 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. Full-color cover
images of each product and a linked index make finding the material you
need easy.
Log in to MyAPSA to take advantage of the online Scholar Saver's deep discounts
today! Once logged in, you'll find the Scholar Saver link in
your Access Areas.
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- NEWS IN THE PROFESSION
- HONG KONG FULBRIGHT OPPORTUNITY
Recipients of these new awards will work with Hong Kong universities as they prepare for a transition from a three-year undergraduate program to a four-year undergraduate program in the 2012-2013 academic year. Grantees will be part of a team that will be coordinated by the Hong Kong-America Center. The team will work with all of the Hong Kong universities. Each grantee will also be affiliated with one of Hong Kong's tertiary institutions where the grantee will consult with colleagues and the committees that have responsibility for developing the general education curriculum and courses for the new undergraduate program. Grantees will also teach one course in their area of specialization. For details and application information, see www.cies.org/award_book/award2008/award/Bui8133.htm.
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- INSTITUTE OF EDUCATION SCIENCE RESEARCH GRANTS
The Institute of Education Sciences has now begun its research grant competitions for FY 2008. Within IES, the National Center for Education Research is conducting one research competition (84.305A Education Research Grants) that encompasses two topic areas that may be of interest to you: Education Leadership and Education Policy, Finance, and Systems. For more information, see www.apsanet.org/content_43891.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.
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.