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Getting Connected
Graduate students are strongly encouraged to get involved in the discipline EARLY in their careers. There are numerous ways to participate in APSA and to connect with other political scientists, such as APSA Grad Student E-Newsletters:
Fall 2011 Graduate Student e-Newsletter
Previous Grad Student e-Newsletters:
Graduate Student Membership
Join one of APSA's 35 organized sections or discussion lists.
Participate in the Annual Meeting, in Seattle, WA, September 1-4, 2011
2011 APSA Teaching and Learning Conference.
Find an APSA Mentor: APSA recognizes the importance of mentoring in career and professional development. APSA administers a mentoring process to connect interested graduate students and junior faculty with political scientists who have made themselves available as mentors. Other mentoring resources.
APSA E-jobs
Political Science Employment Data, Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS)
Getting a Job at a Teaching Institution—and Then Succeeding
On the job market? If so, you may appreciate reading the article, "Getting a Job at a Teaching Institution—and Then Succeeding: A Q&A with Experienced Teacher-Scholars," featured in the July 2008 issue of PS: Political Science & Politics. Members: to access APSA journals online, log in to MyAPSA (see top of all site pages), scroll down to the Access Areas portion of the page, and click the name of the journal you wish to access. This will bring you directly to the journal at Cambridge Journals Online, with full access to all articles. Non-members: check your institution's library for the July PS.
Undergraduate Resources
Attend the 2011 APSA Graduate School Information Fair!
Applying for Graduate School
Asking the right questions when you meet with prospective departments is critical to choosing the right graduate program for you. APSA has created a list of questions and has encouraged departments to be willing to answer these questions. You can find a list of participating institutions at Institutions that Grant a Ph.D. in Political Science.
Find and Select a Graduate Program
In addition to articles about getting into and succeeding in graduate school, www.phds.org has tools to help you:
Further resources are available at www.gradschools.com. For another, non-APSA comprehensive guide on applying to and succeeding in graduate school, see: www.gettingintogradschool.com/
Minority Student Recruitment Program (MSRP)-- APSA established the Minority Student Recruitment Program (MSRP, formerly MID) as part of its efforts to advance the benefits of diversity within the political science profession by putting graduate programs in touch with students from diverse backgrounds.
APSA journal articles:
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Opportunities
April 12 - Interdisciplinary Graduate Student Conference
Learn more about ICPSR
AAAS Science & Technology Policy Fellowships
Summer Institute of Civic Studies at Tisch College, Tufts University
International Association of Political Science Students
Call: Critique: a worldwide student journal of politics, seeks submissions year-round from undergraduate and graduate students on ideas of democracy and justice.
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Welcome to the APSA Graduate Student Connection! One key component of APSA's mission is to support political science education and professional development of its practitioners. Check out the links below for online resources opportunities available for political science graduate students.