- ANNUAL MEETING - "POLITICAL SCIENCE AND BEYOND"
- ANNUAL MEETING PROGRAM ONLINE NOW!
The 2007 Annual Meeting Program is now available online. The online
program will be updated DAILY until the beginning of the meeting in
Chicago on August 30, 2007. The Online Program is the MOST UP-TO-DATE source of 2007 program information. The online program includes two ways to view the program:
- 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.
Begin planning your Annual Meeting schedule today. View the 2007 online program now at www.apsanet.org/mtgs/program/.
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- HIGHLIGHTS AND SPECIAL PROGRAMMING ANNOUNCED
Some (but not all) of the Annual Meeting plenary and special program speakers have been announced. You can preview the highlights and special programming arranged to-date online at www.apsanet.org/content_42640.cfm. On this page you'll find short descriptions of the main speakers, plenaries, receptions, and ceremonies. We'll update this as new speakers and events are added to the program.
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- REGISTER NOW TO GET THE PREREGISTRATION RATE
Registration is now open for the APSA Annual Meeting to be held in Chicago, Illinois from August 30 to September 2. Join scholars and experts from around the world for the largest annual exchange of political science research and scholarship.
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| Student, High School Teacher, and Unemployed Members |
$50 |
$80 |
| Non-members |
$270 |
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- HOTEL AND TRAVEL INFO - BOOK EARLY FOR DISCOUNTS
APSA moves back to Chicago this year to explore "Political Science and Beyond." 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.
 ***** NOTE: NEW VENUES IN CHICAGO *****
Hotel and Travel: Book your hotel room early for the best available rooms! APSA plans to maximize the potential of our new venues -- the Hyatt Regency Chicago and the Sheraton Chicago Hotel and Towers. For the 2007 meeting, all panels, business meetings, receptions and special events will be divided between these two hotels, which are are located directly across from one another on opposite sides of the Chicago River. It's a short walk, or you can take advantage of our shuttle service. 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.
Please Note: All hotel reservations MUST be made through Experient, APSA's official housing bureau. 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 -- If calling from the U.S., call 800-424-5248; for international, call 847-940-2152.
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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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- TRAVEL GRANT APPLICATION DEADLINE IS MAY 24
APSA provides travel assistance grants for attending the Annual Meeting. U.S.
graduate students, international graduate students studying in the U.S.,
unemployed APSA members, and international scholars are encouraged to apply.
Priority will be given to first-time applicants, presenters at the Annual
Meeting, or those who have not received a travel grant since 2004. The deadline to apply is May 24, 2007. Find out more
about the travel grant program at www.apsanet.org/section_542.cfm.
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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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- GET INVOLVED WITH 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 to 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. 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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- USE THE PLACEMENT SERVICE TO SCHEDULE INTERVIEWS DURING THE ANNUAL MEETING
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
- COUNCIL STATEMENT ON ACADEMIC FREEDOM
The APSA Council has approved a statement on Academic Freedom to complement APSA's guide to professional ethics and our endorsement of a recent AAUP-ACE statement. The new statement focuses in particular on threats to Political Science faculty and calls on universities to respond energetically when attacks occur. See www.apsanet.org/imgtest/AcademicFreedomStatement.pdf.
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- NEW SEXUALITY AND POLITICS ORGANIZED SECTION
At its spring 2007 meeting, the APSA Council approved the creation of a new
Organized Section on Sexuality and Politics. The section invites those interested in this growing field of research and teaching to join. The section dues are only $7.00 annually.
The new Section will hold an organizing meeting at the APSA annual conference in Chicago followed by a celebration reception. At the meeting officers will be elected
according to the by-laws from the new membership. In the next few weeks, the Section will circulate its first newsletter outlining this process and requesting nominations.
The Sexuality and Politics Section aims to:
- foster the study of sexuality and politics within the discipline of political science
- encourage rigorous but respectful research in the area of sexuality and politics
- promote, where appropriate, the interests of political scientists researching sexuality and politics within a larger interdisciplinary and political community.
The Sexuality and Politics Section aims to bring together scholars working in a variety of areas within political science to facilitate the sharing of knowledge and to foster intellectual community and expertise within the APSA. There is a growing body of scholarship within the discipline of political science that addresses the issue of sexuality within a variety of subfields including public policy; local, state and national
governance; international relations, elections, public administration and political theory.
The proposed Section will bring these scholars together and provide synergy for this research across the APSA. More on the Sexuality and Politics and other Organized Sections, see www.apsanet.org/section_178.cfm.
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- ANNUAL MEETING REVIEW COMMITTEE SUBMITS FINDINGS & SEEKS MEMBER COMMENTS
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 surveys 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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- TEACHING AND LEARNING CONFERENCE TO GO WEST IN 2008
We are pleased to announce a new location for the APSA Teaching and Learning Conference. The next Conference will be held at the
San Jose Marriott, San Jose, California from
February 22-24, 2008.
Planning is underway for the next conference. For information on San Jose, please visit sanjose.org.
For information on the San Jose Marriott, please visit www.sanjosemarriott.com.
We will update the APSA website with details on the location of the conference in the next couple of weeks. Please contact the APSA Meetings and Conventions office with questions or concerns.
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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.
SEE ALSO - ORGANIZED SECTION AWARD DEADLINES: If you are considering making nominations for Organized Section awards, check the award descriptions and nomination instructions to ensure correct and timely submission. Don't let these organized section award deadlines go by:
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- "HOW TO STUDY ABROAD" - IDEAS?
APSA would like to develop a new guide for undergraduate students on "How to Study Abroad." We would welcome hearing from your faculty who might wish to contribute a chapter and look forward to ideas about this work. Please send your contributions to Bahram Rajaee, APSA Director of International and External Relations, c/o Sarah Munshi at smunshi@apsanet.org.
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- 2007-2008 DIRECTORY OF POLITICAL SCIENCE FACULTY AND PROGRAMS JUST RELEASED
APSA is pleased to release its 2007-2008 Directory of Political Science Faculty and Programs. 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. It provides departmental mailing addresses and contact information, along with an indication of the highest degree offered and availability of a Pi Sigma Alpha chapter. Contact information, fields of interest, and educational background are provided for most faculty.
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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- SCHOLAR SAVER - 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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- UPDATE ON CENTENNIAL CENTER 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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- SCHOLAR SUPPORT
- 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 GRADUATE SCHOOL CANDIDATES
Help APSA identify talented undergraduate minorities interested in
being recruited to doctoral programs. APSA established the
Minority Student Recruitment Project (MSRP) 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 MSRP database.
Core Schools -- graduate programs participating in the MSRP Project --
actively recruit students identified in the MSRP 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.
For more information on APSA's diversity programs, visit www.apsanet.org/diversity.
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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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- NEWS IN THE PROFESSION
- THEDA SKOCPOL AWARDED THE 2007 JOHAN SKYTTE PRIZE IN POLITICAL SCIENCE
The Skytte Foundation at Uppsala University, Sweden, has awarded the
Johan Skytte Prize in Political Science for 2007 to Professor Theda Skocpol (Harvard University) for her "visionary analysis of the significance of the state for revolutions, welfare and political trust, pursued with theoretical depth and empirical evidence".
Professor Skocpol, who served as President of the American Political Science Association from 2002-2003, is the Victor S. Thomas Professor of Government and Sociology and Dean of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences at Harvard University. She also served as Director of the Center for American Political Studies at Harvard from 1999 to 2006.
The Skytte Prize was established in 1994 from the donation made in 1622 by Johan Skytte, a member of the Swedish government and Chancellor of Uppsala University. Consisting of an award of $50,000, the prize is one of the largest and most prestigious in political science. Earlier winners include noted political scientists Robert Dahl (1995), Juan Linz (1996), Arend Lijphart (1997), Alexander George (1998), Elinor Ostrom (1999), Fritz Scharpf (2000), Brian Barry (2001), Sidney Verba (2002), Hanna Pitkin (2003), Jean Blondel (2004), Robert Keohane (2005) and Robert Putnam (2006). Annual nominations are made from around the world to a prize committee at Uppsala University by November 30. The official decision is made by the Skytte Foundation. The Skytte Prize will be awarded to Professor Skocpol in a ceremony in Uppsala on September 29, 2007.
For more on the Johan Skytte Prize in Political Science, see the following:
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- $2 MILLION IN PEW GRANTS AVAILABLE TO STUDY AND IMPROVE U.S. ELECTIONS
The Pew Center on the States (www.pewcenteronthestates.org), a division of The Pew Charitable Trusts, and the JEHT Foundation have announced $2 million in grants available to help diagnose how well U.S. elections are run and plan pilot projects to be conducted in 2007 and 2008.
The request for proposals (RFP) is part of a larger Pew initiative called Make Voting Work. Make Voting Work is focused on improving the accuracy, convenience, efficiency and security of U.S. elections. Proposals will be accepted through June 4, 2007.
The RFP targets election officials and academics studying elections issues, diverse academic disciplines, private-sector companies with applicable expertise, non-profits and non-governmental organizations. For more information please visit www.pewcenteronthestates.org to read the RFP or FAQ with details on how to apply and get connected with potential partners.
The Pew Center on the States point of contact is Scott Cody, Research Director (scody@pewcenteronthestates.org).
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- HAMILTON PRIZE FOR INNOVATIVE POLICY PROPOSALS - $10K FOR UNDERGRADUATE PROPOSAL; $25K FOR GRADUATE PROPOSAL
The Hamilton Project, an initiative at the Brookings Institution, announces $25,000 in prizes for the best innovative policy proposals written by undergraduate and graduate students. The top undergraduate student proposal will be awarded $10,000 and the top graduate student proposal will be awarded $15,000. Deadline June 1. For details on this opportunity, see www.apsanet.org/content_42621.cfm.
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- LATINO NATIONAL SURVEY CALL FOR RESEARCH PAPER PROPOSALS FROM JUNIOR SCHOLARS
The principal investigators of the Latino National Survey (LNS) issue a call for research paper proposals from junior scholars (assistant professors and graduate students who have successfully passed their Ph.D. comprehensive exams) who would like to conduct research on Latino politics/policy using the LNS data. Scholars whose proposals are selected will have early access to the data prior to its public release in the Fall 2007. For more on this project, see www.apsanet.org/content_42264.cfm.
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- DO YOU USE JSTOR?
The JSTOR scholarly journal archive contains significant resources for political science scholars. Most universities and colleges provide access to the JSTOR collections, which include 42 political science journals.
APSA offers a discounted individual subscription ($25) to APSA members who don't have institutional access. APSA JSTOR subscribers can access the archive of all three of APSA's journals and the journals of the Midwest Political Science Association, the American Academy of Political and Social Science, and the American Society for International Law. We are working to add access to additional political science and other journals.
At the recent JSTOR Partricipating Publishers conference, we learned about several JSTOR innovations that you might find useful -- forward linking, reference linking, and search term highlighting. Forward linking allows users to follow links directly from a reference citation to view the cited article in JSTOR. Reference linking allows a viewer of a particular article to link to a search in JSTOR or Google Scholar for articles by the same author, the list of references for an article, articles in JSTOR or Google Scholar that cite the current article, and related articles in Google Scholar. JSTOR's new search term highlighting feature highlights all of the search terms found within the text so they can be more easily seen.
If you don't have JSTOR, you can get it now. Just log into your myAPSA account and look for "Apply for JSTOR" in the Membership and Additional Services area.
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- WOMEN'S CAUCUS AND WOMEN AND POLITICS RESEARCH ORGANIZED SECTION SECTION PLAN APSA MEETING PRECONFERENCE
Building on the theme of the 2007 APSA meeting, the Women's Caucus and the Women and Politics Research Section will hold a pre-conference, on August 29 in Chicago, in which women political scientists can share their research and field work with other political scientists and public policy practitioners and attend professional development panels. The goal is to enhance our individual research efforts and stimulate collaborative projects, including national and international research on women's and gender issues. For specifics, see www.apsanet.org/content_42859.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.