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Former APSA President, Robert D. Putnam, Releases New Book

Past APSA President (2001-2002) and Harvard University Political Scientist, Robert D. Putnam, recently wrote a new book about the inequalities of opportunities for children in America entitled “Our Kids: The American Dream in Crisis.”

Matthew Holden, former APSA President & UIS Professor, presents Keynote Address to IL Senate

Former APSA President (1998-1999), Dr. Matthew Holden, the Wepner Distinguished Professor in Political Science at the University of Illinois Springfield, presented the Keynote Address for the 2015 Abraham Lincoln Association, speaking on the importance of the Thirteenth Amendment.

Book Talk with Political Science Professor & Author, Michael T. Heaney

Michael T. Heaney, Assistant Professor of Organizational Studies and Political Science at the University of Michigan, will be signing and discussing his new book. Professor Heaney served as the William A. Steiger Fellow in the APSA Congressional Fellowship Program.

Robert E. Herzstein, Who Foiled Nixon, Dies at 83

New York Times — February 17, 2015
Read historical legacy of Robert E. Herzstein, who prevented former U.S. President Richard M. Nixon from destroying White House documentation after Nixon's resignation.

Remembering Prize-Winning Author & Political Science Scholar, Dr. Martha A. Derthick

Washington Post — Jan. 26, 2015
Distinguished political scientist, Martha Derthick, University of Virginia professor, The Brookings Institution scholar and former APSA Vice President, has died. Read more about her contributions in the discipline at The Daily Progress.

Who disagrees with 'Selma's' portrayal of LBJ? Blacks in the civil rights era.

Monkey Cage — Jan. 5, 2015
Alvin B. Tillery, Jr., co-chair of the APSA Task Force on Racial and Class Inequalities in the Americas, discusses the portrayal of President Lyndon Baines Johnson in the new film, Selma. His research with Hanes Walton, Jr., suggests that blacks in Civil Rights era had a much more favorable view of LBJ and his support for voting rights than is depicted in the movie. An interview with Joseph Carens, Political Science professor at the University of Toronto and author of The Ethics of Immigration, discussing philosophical ideas that underlie a reignited national debate on immigration.

When Immigrants Lose Their Human Rights

New York Times — Nov. 25, 2014
An interview with Joseph Carens, Political Science professor at the University of Toronto and author of The Ethics of Immigration, discussing philosophical ideas that underlie a reignited national debate on immigration.