Member News for February 2011

1. 2011 ANNUAL MEETING
   1. Join APSA in Seattle
   2. Visit the Exhibit Hall
   3. Proposal Notifications Will Be Sent in March
2. 2011 TEACHING AND LEARNING CONFERENCE
   1. 2011 APSA Teaching and Learning Conference a Success
   2. Session Recordings Available for View
   3. Order a Souvenir from the Conference
3. APSA INITIATIVES
   1. APSA Responds to Recent Attacks on Professor Frances Fox Piven
   2. Social Science and Humanities Funding
   3. 2011 APSA Africa Workshop Fellows Application Deadline Is March 14
   4. Submit Names to the Minority Student Recruitment Program
   5. Faculty: Become an APSA Mentor
4. THE ASSOCIATION
   1. 2011-2012 Proposed Council Slate Announced
   2. Business Meeting Rules Available for Review
   3. Call for Nominations for Goodnow Award
   4. FirstView Articles of APSR Now Online
   5. Political Networks Section Seeks Nominations
5. THE PROFESSION
   1. Nominate CASE/Carnegie Outstanding Professor of the Year Award
   2. Monitoring the Federal Budget Debate
   3. U.S. Department of Education Requests Proposals for UISFL Program
   4. Announcing the Commission on the Humanities and Social Sciences
   5. American Society for Public Administration Annual Meeting
   6. Southwestern Political Science Association Annual Meeting
   7. NCOBPS Annual Meeting
   8. Upcoming Conferences, Seminars, and Events in the Profession

1. 2011 ANNUAL MEETING
   
   
   
   1. Join APSA in Seattle
      APSA invites members to meet in Seattle to address the latest scholarship in politicial science, to network within their field, and to explore this year´s theme, "The Politics of Rights." Along with an exciting program that will include more than 800 sessions per day, attendees can enjoy the unique attractions in Seattle, a vibrant city surrounded by pristine natural beauty and abundant recreation. For more information about the 2011 Annual Meeting, visit our website.
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   2. Visit the Exhibit Hall
      Meet with vendors, publishers and fellow scholars. You will find educational tools, academic presses, and other organizations seeking scholars and decision-makers. In addition to more than 100 exhibitors, visitors to the hall will enjoy coffee breaks, receptions and ample space for meeting with their colleagues. To view more information about exhibits, visit our website.
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   3. Proposals Notifications Will Be Sent in March
      Notifications about proposals will be sent in early March, and questions about submissions can be directed to meeting@apsanet.org. Registration and hotel reservation information for the 107th Annual Meeting and Exhibition in Seattle, Washington, will also be available in March, and instructions will be posted on the APSA Annual Meeting website.
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2. 2011 TEACHING AND LEARNING CONFERENCE
   
   
   1. 2011 APSA Teaching and Learning Conference a Success
      The eighth annual APSA Teaching and Learning Conference was held in Albuquerque, New Mexico, from February 11-13, 2011. This year´s theme was "Making Sense of Politics and Political Science."
      
      Teaching and Learning Conference attendees attended one of the thirteen moderated working groups organized around different themes such as civic engagement; diversity, inclusiveness and equality; integrating technology into the classroom; and program assessment. There were also interactive workshops on topics ranging from the scholarship of teaching and learning; to strategies for teaching at community colleges and civic education and engagement. Attendees also participated in interactive plenary sessions such as the lunchtime roundtable on "Strategies for Teaching Challenging Issues" and the Pi Sigma Alpha Keynote Address entitled "Helping Students Make Sense of a Changing Political World," delivered by Professor Jane Y. Junn of the University of Southern California.
      
      The meeting concluded on Sunday with a plenary session in which the attendees discussed "Where Do We Go from Here" and offered concrete suggestions on next steps for enhancing teaching and learning throughout the discipline and within their own academic communities.
      
      Track summaries of the 2011 Teaching and Learning Conference will be available in the July 2011 edition of PS: Political Science and Politics. For more information on the 2011 APSA Teaching and Learning Conference or to view the recordings of the plenary sessions and select tracks, please visit: www.apsanet.org/teachingconference.
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   2. Session Recordings Available for View
      APSA is providing the opportunity for scholars and students to tune in virtually to several sessions of the 2011 Teaching and Learning Conference from their home or office computers. View and listen to select sessions hosted during the 2011 APSA Teaching and Learning Conference in Albuquerque, New Mexico, on February 11-13, 2011. Click here for a list of sessions.
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   3. 2011 Conference Mugs, T-Shirts, and More
      APSA's online merchandise store offers souvenirs and everyday items branded with the 2011 Teaching and Learning conference. Show your support for the conference with a t-shirt, bag, water bottle, mouse pad, or other useful items. Check out the APSA's online store. Most items ship in 24 hours!
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3. APSA INITIATIVES
   
   1. APSA Responds to Recent Attacks on Professor Frances Fox Piven
      On behalf of the APSA Council and the Association, President Carole Pateman has written a public letter about the responsibility of the media and commentators to uphold conditions necessary for democratic free expression and expressing distress at the recent attacks on, and threats against, Professor Frances Fox Piven. The letter is posted on the APSA website here. APSA has also opened a forum in APSA Connect for discussion on Civil Discourse and Free Expression, and you are welcome to share your views there and to see the views of others.
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   2. Social Science and Humanities Funding
      APSA is actively monitoring Congressional and White House plans for social science and humanities funding, and will speak out in support of appropriate funding in these areas. We are working closely with both the Consortium of Social Science Associations (COSSA), the National Humanities Alliance (NHA), the National Coalition for History, and the Coalition for International Education. You can see updates and action alerts on the COSSA and NHA websites. Presently, both the continuing resolution for FY 2011 and the President's budget for FY 2012 show deep cuts in the National Endowment for the Humanities. You can go to the NHA website to express your views directly to your elected representative to send a brief, customizable electronic message from the Alliance's online action center.
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   3. 2011 APSA Africa Workshop Fellows Application Deadline Is March 14
      APSA and the Institute for Development Studies (IDS) at the University of Nairobi are pleased to announce a call for applications from scholars who would like to participate in a workshop on "Representation Reconsidered: Ethnic Politics and Africa's Governance Institutions in Comparative Perspective" to be held from July 23 to August 6, 2011, in Nairobi, Kenya.
      
      Three positions are available for advanced North American doctoral students with relevant research interests; APSA members are preferred. African applicants should be social science faculty working in Africa. For more information about the 2011 workshop, please visit the website.
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   4. Submit Names to the Minority Student Recruitment Program
      APSA holds the Minority Student Recruitment Program database of undergraduate students from underrepresented groups who are interested in learning more about or attending graduate school in political science. Recruiters from the nation's top graduate political science programs receive access to this database each semester to actively recruit listed students. APSA encourages undergraduate faculty to submit student information, or undergraduate students can enter themselves in the database. If your department would like to find out more about the benefits of being a 2010-11 Recruiting Graduate Department, contact APSA at minority@apsanet.org or visit www.apsanet.org/msrp.
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   5. Faculty: Become an APSA Mentor
      The APSA Mentor Initiative is calling for faculty members to mentor younger political scientists, aspiring scholars, and professionals in political science. APSA is particularly looking for mentors who can address questions regarding junior faculty issues, issues impacting diversity students, research funding, career options, international relations, Middle East studies, and security studies. You can become an APSA mentor by filling out the application form. If your application matches someone looking for a mentor, APSA will provide your contact information to the potential mentee so that he or she can contact you directly. For further information and a list of mentoring resources, visit www.apsanet.org/mentoring.
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4. THE ASSOCIATION
   
   1. 2011-2012 Proposed Council Slate Announced
      The Nominating Committee has put forward the following slate. Detailed information about the nominees will be available on the APSA website and in the July issue of PS: Political Science and Politics. Unless there is any contestation, elected officers will assume office following action at the All-Member Business Meeting to be held on September 3 at the 2011 APSA Annual Meeting in Seattle, Washington. If there is a contest, an election will be held by ballot of the entire membership. Procedures for nominations are documented in Article V (1, 2) of the APSA Constitution and Section 4 of the Business Meeting Rules.
      
      
      PRESIDENT–ELECT (2011–12)
      Jane Mansbridge, Harvard University
      
      
      VICE PRESIDENT (2011–12)
      Morris Fiorina, Stanford University
      Kerstin Hamann, University of Central Florida
      Niraja Gopal Jayal, Jawaharlal Nehru University
      
      
      TREASURER (2011–13)
      Jonathan Benjamin-Alvarado, University of Nebraska, Omaha
      
      
      SECRETARY (2011–12)
      Lisa L. Martin, University of Wisconsin, Madison
      
      
      COUNCIL (2011–13)
      Charles W. Gossett, California State University, Sacramento
      Paul Gronke, Reed College
      Ange-Marie Hancock, University of Southern California
      David A. Lake, University of California, San Diego
      Taeku Lee, University of California, Berkeley
      Uday Mehta, City University of New York
      Kenneth J. Meier, Texas A&M University
      Kathleen Thelen, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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   2. Business Meeting Rules Available for Review
      The APSA Council Rules Committee publishes the APSA Annual Business Meeting Rules annually for comment by members before final approval by the 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 on the APSA website. If you have any comments or suggestions concerning the rules, please send them before March 15 to the Council Rules Committee in care of Michael Marriott.
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   3. Call for Nominations for Goodnow Award
      The Frank Johnson Goodnow Award was created by the APSA Council in 1996 to honor exceptional service to the community of teachers, researchers, and public servants. The APSA Development Committee is seeking nominations for the 2011 Frank J. Goodnow Award. Letters of nomination, including a curriculum vitae, if possible, should be sent by March 31, 2011. Please contact twombly@apsanet.org for any questions regarding the Frank J. Goodnow Award.
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   4. Nominate Your Faculty for APSA Campus Teaching Award Recognition
      Each year at the Annual Meeting, APSA recognizes faculty who have received teaching awards on their campuses during the past year. These faculty receive a certificate honoring their achievement and are invited to a special reception at the APSA Annual Meeting. The roster of campus-wide teaching award winners, their affiliations, and titles of their awards will be featured in the Annual Meeting Program. In addition, awardees´ photographs and descriptions of their awards, will be published in the October issue of PS: Political Science and Politics. Go to www.apsanet.org/teachingawards to submit names and award information to the APSA Campus Teaching Award Recognition program. The deadline is June 1, 2011.
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   5. Call for Nominations for the CQ Press Award for Teaching Innovation
      APSA is currently accepting nominations for the 2011 CQ Press Award for Teaching Innovation. The submission deadline is June 1, 2011. The award carries a $500 cash stipend and recognizes a political scientist who has developed an effective new approach to teaching in the discipline. The award seeks to honor a wide range of new directions in teaching. For example, one year, a professor might be chosen because of an innovative course syllabus, and in another year, a professor may be honored for using a new multimedia approach to reaching students. The only limits on what will be recognized are the imagination and creativity of those teaching political science. Please visit the award page for more information.
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   6. FirstView Articles of APSR Now Online
      Articles from the February 2011 issue of the American Political Science Review are now online. APSR serves as political science's premier scholarly research journal, providing peer-reviewed articles and review essays from subfields throughout the discipline. Featured in this month's issue:
      
      
      • "Bribes, Lobbying, and Development"
      • "Do Natural Resources Fuel Authoritarianism? A Reappraisal of the Resource Curse"
      • "Competing on Good Politicians"
      
      For information on all APSA journals, please visit www.apsanet.org/journals/. As a member, you can view current and past journal articles at Cambridge Journals Online by logging into your MyAPSA account and scrolling down to "APSA Journals Online."
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   7. Political Networks Section Seeks Nominations
      The Political Networks Section of APSA is seeking nominations for the following officers:
      
      • Vice-Chair
      • Communications Director
      • Executive Committee Seat
      
      The term for each office is two years (with the second year of the Vice-Chair term in service as Chair). Per the by-laws of the Section, the Nomination Committee will nominate a slate of candidates for consideration by section membership prior to the Annual Business Meeting at the 2011 APSA Annual Meeting in Seattle. Others can be nominated by petition of 5 percent of the Section´s membership. The election will be conducted at the Section meeting at the APSA Annual Meeting. The newly-elected officers will take office immediately after the election is complete. Anyone who wishes to nominate themselves or a colleague should e-mail a CV and brief statement of interest to the Nomination Committee Chair, Casey Klofstad. The section encourages applications from across subfields, continents, race, and gender lines. In order for the committee to have sufficient time to deliberate, please apply no later than April 1, 2011.
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5. THE PROFESSION
   
   1. Nominate CASE/Carnegie Outstanding Professor of the Year Award
      The nominating period for the 2011 CASE/Carnegie U.S. Professors of the Year awards program ends Monday, April 18. The U.S. Professors of the Year program salutes the most outstanding undergraduate instructors in the country--those who excel in teaching and positively influence the lives and careers of students. Sponsored by CASE and the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, it is the only national program to recognize excellence in undergraduate teaching and mentoring. All undergraduate teachers in the United States of any academic rank at any type of undergraduate institution are eligible for the award. Entries are judged by top U.S. educators and other active participants in education. Find out more about this award at http://www.usprofessorsoftheyear.org/. 
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   2. APSA and the Federal Budget Debate
      The Association is actively monitoring the Congressional debate regarding cuts in discretionary funding for programs supporting the social sciences in next year´s budget. Some quick points to note: in the House Bill, HR 1, which is a "continuing resolution" to fund the federal government for the remaining seven months of fiscal year (FY) 2011, funding for the National Science Foundation (NSF) was reduced by 5% but the social science funding there was not singled out; the National Endowment for the Humanities budget was reduced by 13 %, roughly $20 million, and the United States Institute of Peace has lost all direct federal funding. The action against the United States Institute of Peace was unexpected, and APSA Executive Director Michael Brintnall has publicly called for the restoration of this funding.
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   3. U.S. Department of Education Requests Proposals for UISFL Program
      The U.S. Department of Education published a request in the Federal Register (FR) for proposals under the Title VI, Sec 604, Undergraduate International Studies and Foreign Language (UISFL) program. Application deadline is March 30, 2011. For details, please follow this link.  
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   4. Announcing the Commission on the Humanities and Social Sciences
      The President of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Leslie Berlowitz, today announced the creation of a national commission to bolster teaching and research in the humanities and social sciences, fields that are critical to culture, education, and to America´s economic competitiveness. The Commission on the Humanities and Social Sciences will be chaired by Richard H. Brodhead, President of Duke University, and John W. Rowe, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Exelon Corporation, and includes prominent Americans from the humanities, the social sciences, the physical and life sciences, business, law, philanthropy, the arts, and the media. For more information about the Commission, including the press release, the Congressional charge, and a preliminary list of confirmed participants, will be available on the Humanities Commission website.  
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   5. American Society for Public Administration Annual Meeting
      This year´s theme, Public Administration without Borders, explores the opportunities and challenges our nation faces locally, nationally, and internationally. The global economic crisis underscores our interconnectedness. Public administration practitioners, scholars and students are being asked to consider many dimensions and alternatives as our nation grapples with issues such as global climate change, nation building in emerging democracies, and universal health care. The 2011 conference will bring together academics and practitioners who share a common concern for advancing cutting-edge governance practices in an interdependent world. Over 400 public service experts will be on hand in Baltimore, Maryland, from March 11-15, 2011, to address concerns encountered in the workplace and offer creative solutions. Visit the ASPA conference page for details.
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   6. Southwestern Political Science Association Annual Meeting
      In conjunction with the Southwestern Social Science Association, the SWPSA Annual Meeting will be held in Las Vegas, Nevada, from March 16-19, 2011. Join more than 500 political scientists and nearly 1,000 other social scientists for the 2011 annual meeting. The SWPSA Conference also provides numerous formal and informal opportunities to network with fellow political scientists and social scientists from a variety of other disciplines. Visit the conference page for details.
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   7. NCOBPS Annual Meeting
      The 2011 National Conference of Black Political Scientists Annual Meeting conference theme is (RE)Evaluating the Responsibilities of Black Political Science. The meeting will be held in Raleigh, North Carolina at the Hilton-North Raleigh, from March 16-20, 2011. Visit the conference page for details.
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   8. Upcoming Conferences, Seminars, and Events in the Profession*
      

   Date	Conference ("Call:" indicates call deadline)
   March 2011
   1	Call: 2011 Empirical Implications of Theoretical Models Summer Institute
   1	Call: The Study of Religion - Summer Seminar
   1	Application Deadline: NEH Summer Programs
   1	Call: International College Teaching & Learning Conference
   1	Call: Illinois State University Conference for Students of Political Science
   3	Call: Rutgers 2nd Annual Graduate Student Conference
   3-5	People and Politics: Interactions between Citizens and the Canadian State
   4	Call for Abstracts: AGS Graduate Student Conference
   4-5	Arkansas Political Science Association Annual Meeting
   8-10	4th Global Conference Interculturalism, Meaning and Identity
   10-11	6th Annual Political Science Graduate Symposium
   11-12	YorkU 2nd Annual Graduate EU Conference
   11-12	South Carolina Political Science Association Conference
   11-13	6th Global Conference Pluralism: Inclusion and Citizenship
   14-16	International College Teaching & Learning Conference
   15	Call: Suburbs and the 2010 Census
   15	Call: New Horizons in Conflict Systems Analysis: Applications to the Middle East
   15	Call: Structures and Futures of Europe
   16-19	41st Annual Urban Affairs Association Conference
   16-19	Southwestern Political Science Association Annual Meeting
   16-20	National Conference of Black Political Scientists Annual Meeting
   18	Georgia State University Graduate Research Conference
   18	Application Deadline: Understanding the Social World
   18-19	Application Due: Summer Institute of Civic Studies at Tisch College, Tufts University
   18-19	Emergence of India as a Global Player
   21-22	Arab World Diasporas and Migrations
   25-26	3rd Annual Graduate Student Conference on Democracy and Governance
   25	Call: 5th Global Conference: Fear, Horror, and Terror
   25	Call: 1st Global Conference: Gender and Love
   26	Florida Political Science Association Annual Meeting
   27-30	The 2nd International Multi-Conference on Complexity, Informatics and Cybernetics
   31	Call: IPSA Research Committee 33 Round Table