The Graduate Student Connection

One key component of APSA's mission is to support political science education and professional development of its practitioners. APSA Programs for Graduate Students Office of Education and Professional Development   Graduate Student Membership   Mentoring Programs: Find an APSA Mentor Annual Meeting Placement Interview Service   Advocacy of Quality Graduate Education   Tracking Enrollment and Placement Trends     Task Force on Graduate Education    APSA Annual Teaching and Learning Conference Getting Connected Graduate students are strongly encourage 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: Join one of APSA's 35 organized sections or discussion lists. Participate in the Annual Meeting and the Teaching and Learning Conference. Find a mentor: APSA recognizes the importance of mentoring in career development and professional integration. APSA administers a mentoring process to connect interested graduate students and faculty with political scientists who have made themselves available as mentors. Other mentoring resources.
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: find a Masters or Ph.D. program in Political Science (and related areas) find out how Ph.D. programs in Political Science are ranked according to your selected criteria (with data gathered from the National Science Foundation, the National Research Council, and the National Center for Education Statistics) For another, non-APSA comprehensive guide on applying to and succeeding in graduate school, see: www.gettingintogradschool.com/ Other Resources  Quicklinks for Students  APSA journal articles: Dissertation Issues  The Ph.D.  Publishing  Jobs / Careers  Graduate Student Teaching Resources  Conferences, Seminars, and Summer Sessions Calls for Submissions for Journal Articles and Other Writing  Student Journals  Grants, Awards, Funding    Organizations  Internship Resources  Researching, Studying, or Teaching Abroad		Graduate Student Conflict Studies Conference: The New Generation of Ideas Dates: October 31-November 1, 2008; Proposal Deadline: May 19, 2008; Location:  Boston, MA This conference is an opportunity for graduate students who are studying conflict in diverse contexts and disciplines to come together and share their research and ideas. In addition to showcasing graduate student papers, the conference will feature keynote addresses by noted scholars and practitioners, skill building workshops, and opportunities to network with practitioners, scholars and fellow students. Model Congress Registration Open The U.S. Model House of Representatives is a four-day intensive program that convenes in the halls of Congress for students over the age of 18; graduate students are encouraged to apply. Hamilton Project Economic Policy Innovation Prize 2008 The Hamilton Project (Brookings Institution), announces its 2nd annual Economic Policy Innovation Prize competition. $25,000 in prizes will be awarded for the best innovative policy proposals written by undergraduate and graduate students.  The top graduate student  proposal will be awarded $15,000. Application deadline is August 1. Canadian Studies Conference: Graduate students and junior faculty members with a research interest in any aspect of Canadian politics are invited to present their academic papers at the 2008 Middle Atlantic & New England Council for Canadian Studies and Southern Association for Canadian Studies  Joint Conference, October 2–5, 2008, in Washington, DC. To help offset conference participants’ travel costs, MANECCS has established the Young Scholars Grant Program. Summer Institute in Political Psychology  Stanford University will host the 2008 Summer Institute in Political Psychology (SIPP) from July 13 to August 2, 2008.  Directed by Stanford Professor Jon Krosnick, SIPP is a 3-week intensive training program introducing graduate students and professionals to the world of political psychology scholarship. For more information, please visit the SIPP web site at www.stanford.edu/group/sipp. Call: Critique: a worldwide student journal of politics, seeks submissions year-round from both undergraduate and graduate students on ideas of democracy and justice.