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Governance Committees

Audit Committee The audit committee supervises the conduct of APSA's audit and oversees that adequate internal controls exist for the Association’s accounting and finance.
Term Expiring August 31,2018
Caroline Tolbert, University of Iowa, Chair
Mark Crescenzi, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
David Lublin, American University
Term Expiring August 31,2019
Lilly J. Goren, Carroll University
Simon Jackman, University of Sydney
Benedict Jimenez, Northeastern University

Committee on Elections and Rules The APSA Council Committee on Elections supervises the conduct of APSA's elections.
Term expiring August 31, 2018
Juliet Hooker, Brown University, Chair
Jeffrey Berry, Tufts University
Elisabeth Gidengil, McGill University
Eliza Willis, Grinnell College
Term expiring August 31, 2019
Christina Bejarano, University of Kansas
Wade Jacoby, Brigham Young University
Jana Morgan, University of Tennessee, Knoxville

Investment Committee
Thomas Pepinsky, Cornell University (APSA Treasurer)
Term Expiring August 31,2020
Helen Milner, Princeton University, Chair
Benjamin Jerry Cohen, University of California, Santa Barbara
John Carey, Dartmouth University

Nominating Committee The Nominating Committee Prepares a slate of candidates for APSA elective office.
Term Expiring August 31,2018
Jennifer Merolla, University of California, Riverside, Chair
Scott Gehlbach, University of Wisconsin, Madison
Jennifer Pitts, University of Chicago
Term Expiring August 31,2019
Lee Ann Fujii, University of Toronto
Alfred Montero, Carleton College
Todd Shaw, University of South Carolina

Find more information on the nominating commitee and nominations process at: http://www.apsanet.org/ABOUT/Governance/Committees/NominatingCommittee

Organized Sections Committee The role of the organized sections committee is to help organized sections carry out their work and to oversee the balance between the sections and APSA as a whole.
Term expiring August 31, 2018
Carol Mershon, University of Virginia
Willem Maas, York University
Term expiring August 31, 2019
Layna Mosley, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, Chair
Craig Volden, University of Virginia
Term expiring August 21, 2020
Jennifer Clark, University of Houston
Michael Sparer, Columbia University

Professional Ethics, Rights, and Freedoms Committee The responsibility of the committee on professional ethics, rights, and freedoms is to protect the rights of political scientists and ensure that the ethical policies of APSA are followed.
Term expiring August 31, 2018
Virginia Sapiro, Boston University, Chair
Michael Fortner, CUNY Graduate Center
Samantha Frost, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Noah Pickus, Duke University
Term expiring August 31, 2019
Alison Brysk, University of California, Santa Barbara
Kathleen Hancock, Colorado School of Mines
Term expires August 31, 2020
Catherine Boone, London School of Economics
Deborah Yashar, Princeton University

Find more information and resources at: http://apsanet.org/RESOURCES/For-Faculty/Ethics

Recommendations for APSA Standing and Award Committee Members APSA president-elect Rogers Smith welcomes suggestions for members of APSA committees, including APSA status committees, for terms starting in September of 2018. Typically, members of the standing committees serve staggered three-year terms, and members of the awards committees serve one-year terms. Click these links for a full list of standing committees and award committees. Please send all suggestions to [email protected]

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