The Committee on the Status of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Individuals (LGBT) in the Profession assesses the status of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender scholars in the profession; advances the research on LGBT issues; develops curriculum materials; and works to ensure tolerance toward LGBT political scientists.
Committee Members
Term expiring August 31, 2019
- Stephen Engel, Bates College
- Helma de Vries-Jordan, University of Pittsburgh at Bradford
Term expiring August 31, 2020
- Susan Burgess, Ohio University, Chair
- Andrew Flores, Mills College
Term expiring August 31, 2021
- Zein Murib, Fordham University
- Cynthia Burack, Ohio State University
Letters and Statements
Joint Statement on the 2018 Annual Meeting of the Society for Political Methodology
Projects and Activities
- Lesbians, Gays, Bisexuals, and the Transgendered in Political Science: Report on a Discipline-Wide Survey (.pdf; published January, 2010)
- Recent Works Published on LGBT Politics (.pdf)
- Review of U.S. Politics Textbooks
The Committee authorized a review of 17 recent editions of top-selling textbooks marked for use in courses that provide an introduction to U.S. Politics. The result of that review were published as "Survey of Textbooks for Teaching Introduction to U.S. Politics: (How) Do They See Us" (.pdf) in PS: Political Science & Politics, Vol. 40, No. 2 (April 2007)
- Online Syllabi Project
LGBT in the Profession has started to collect and review available online syllabi for courses in gender, sexuality, and American politics. For a list of some of these syllabi, see the APSA Online Political Science Syllabi page and scroll to the topic heading Gender, Sexuality, and American Politics.
If you would like to submit a syllabus for that list for review, please foward an electronic copy or link to Patricia J. Campbell (University of West Georgia).
Related Material
Related Organizations and Programs
Previous Panels or Roundtables at the APSA Annual Meeting:
- 2018 Roundtable: The Trump Administration and the Courts: The Impact on LGBT Rights
- 2018 Roundtable: Improving Diversity in Political Methodology
- 2017 Panel: A
Discussion of Notable LGBT Rights Books from 2016
- 2016 Panel: The Future of Transgender Rights
- 2014 Panel: Navigating the Academic Seas: Career Strategies for LGBT Scholars
- 2013 Roundtable: LGBT Rights after Perry and Windsor
- 2012 Panel: The Politics of Defining "The Family"
- 2012 Panel: President Obama and LGBT Issues
- 2011 Roundtable: Transgender Political Science? A Roundtable Discussion on the Whats, Hows, and Whos of the Research