APSA is pleased to announce the APSA Ralph Bunche Summer Institute (RBSI) Class of 2008. Twenty students from colleges and universities around the country were selected to attend the Institute from June 1, 2008—July 3, 2008. Since 2000, the Bunche Institute has been hosted and co-sponsored by Duke University, under the direction of Dr. Paula D. McClain. It is also supported by a grant from the National Science Foundation, with operational cooperation and assistance from the American Political Science Association.

The 2008 Class:

Jeanette C. Bustamante, University of Colorado at Boulder 
K. Jurée Capers, Winthrop University
Andrea E. Cottrell, Northeastern Illinois University
Charles Daniels, Bethune Cookman University
Shelia D. Daye, North Carolina A & T State University
Carolina Ferrerosa, University of Virginia
Aisha Fukushima, Whitman College  
Dishaun Harris, North Carolina A & T State University
Oluwatobi Jaiyesimi, Hunter College
Christopher Jarmon, Lamar University
Emily M. Johnson, Mississippi Valley State University 
Jimari Lee Jones, University of Georgia  
Sammone Kidd, Truman State University
Sheerah Lee, Montclair State University
Yalidy M. Matos, Connecticut College  
Taneisha N. Means, John Carroll University
Chalene Peterson, North Carolina A & T University  
Zandra Vongail Stovall, Alabama State University
Breanca Thomas, University of Oklahoma  
Robert William Velez, Metropolitan State University