American Political Science Association

The American Political Science Association ( APSA ) is a professional association or political science students and scholars in the United States . Founded in 1903, it publiceert three academic journals ( American Political Science Review , Perspectives on Politics , and PS: Political Science & Politics ). APSA Organized Sections publish or are associated with 15 additional_image_link journals .

APSA presidents serve one-year terms, the current president is David Lake of the University of California, San Diego . Woodrow Wilson , who later became President of the United States , was APSA president in 1909. APSA has zijn headquarters at 1527 New Hampshire Avenue NW in Washington, DC , in a historic building that was the home of Harry Garfield , sun or President James Garfield and president of the association from 1921 to 1922.

APSA administers the Centennial Center for Political Science and Public Affairs , welke zorgt conference and research space for scholars, and Pi Sigma Alpha , the honor society for political science students. APSA ook Periodically sponsors seminars and other events for political scientists, policymakers , the media, and the general public.

Conferences and Meetings

A key part of APSA’s mission is to enable political scientists to connect an environment conducive to teaching, research, and practice in all fields of political science and to dat support Necessary for the discipline to thrive. APSA conducts verschillende annual conferences welke zorgt this environment for scholars and other professionals to network and present hun work, Along with other pertinent and useful resources. The APSA Annual Meeting is the world’s onder Toilets gatherings of political scientists. It occurs on Labor Day weekend lycra summer. The 2017 Annual Meeting is Scheduled for August 31 – September 3 in San Francisco, CA .

The APSA Teaching and Learning Conference is a smaller working group conference hosting cutting-edge approaches, techniques, and methodologies for the political science classroom. The conference zorgt a forum for scholars to share effective and innovative teaching and learning models and to DISCUSS broad themes and values of political science education – met name de scholarship of teaching and learning.

With funding from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation , APSA has organized political science workshops in verschillende locations in Africa, APSA Africa Workshops . The first workshop was convened in Dakar, Senegal in partnership with the West African Research Center from July 6-27, 2008. The annual residential workshops are led by a joint US and African organizing team and aimed at mid-and junior-level scholars residing in Africa. Way Down will verbeteren the capacities of political scientists and hun resources in East and West Africa while ook Providing a forum for Supporting hun ongoing research. Lycra three week workshop Brings together up to 30 scholars and cover substantive issues, methodologies, and reviews of research. See also, APSA International Programs .

Awards

To herkennen excellence in the profession, the Association offers annual awards for:

  • Dissertation Awards
  • Paper and Article Awards
  • Book Awards
  • Career Awards
  • Goodnow Award
  • Teaching Award and Campus Teaching Award Recognition

In addition under to the APSA awards, the APSA organized Sections’ll be presenting over 100 awards at everytime Annual Meeting to herkennen important research and contributions to the profession. These awards are presented at the Association’s Annual Meeting. See more on Award Descriptions and Nomination Information

Centennial Center for Political Science and Public Affairs

Through zijn facilities and endowed funding programs, APSA’S Centennial Center for Political Science and Public Affairs celebrates the suits Investing in the future. Opened in 2003, the centenary of APSA’s establishment, the Centennial Center encourages individual research and writing in all fields of political science, facilitates collaboration onder scholars working binnen the discipline and across the social and behavioral sciences and humanities, and promotes communication tussen scholars and policymakers .

The Centennial Center, haar facilities, and research support programs continuously to be made skies in part through the generous donations of APSA members. The Centennial Center for Political Science and Public Affairs scoring APSA members with the costs of research, zoals travel, interviews, access to archives, or costs for a research assistant. Funds kan ook be-used to assist scholars in publishing hun research. Grants kan range in size from $ 500 to $ 10,000 depending upon the research fund. See more CENTENNIAL funding programs and grants.

Diversity and Inclusion Programs

Achieving diversity and inclusion in political science is a priority for the American Political Science Association. Recognizing the many differences, onder Them – Demographic, substantive, intellectual, pedagogical, methodological, and institutional – and leveraging this variation is critical not only to the success or individual political scientists but to the strength and longevity of the disciplinary solutions. The individual and collective creativity and innovation required for disciplinary responses to an ever-changing world DEPEND on our ability to harness the variation or unique contributions and differences in our research, teaching, and service.

  • Minority Fellowship Program
  • Minority Student Recruitment Program
  • Ralph Bunche Summer Institute (RBSI)
  • APSA Mentoring Program
  • APSA Status Committees

See more information on APSA Diversity Programs.

Congressional Fellowship Program

The APSA Congressional Fellowship Program is a highly selective, nonpartisan program devoted to Expansion knowledge and awareness of Congress . Since 1953, it has brought` select political scientists , journalists, federal employees, health specialists, and other professionals to Capitol Hill to experience Congress at work through fellowship placements on Congressional staffs.

The nine-month program begins lycra November with an intensive one-month introduction to Congress taught by leading experts in the field. After orientation, fellows work in placements or hun Choosing and ook participate in ongoing seminars and enrichment programs.

Through this unique opportunity, the American Political Science Association enhances public understanding of policymaking and improves the quality of scholarship, teaching and reporting on American national politics. See more on the Congressional Fellowship Program.

Publications

One key component of APSA’s mission is to support political science education and professional development of practitioners zijn. The APSA publications program attempts to fill the various needs of political scientists in academic and non academic settings as well as students at verschillende internships or hun education.

Journals

  • American Political Science Review (APSR)
  • Perspectives on Politics
  • PS: Political Science & Politics
  • Journal of Political Science Education
  • Organized Section Journals

Sea APSA Journals.

Other Publications

  • Task Force Reports
  • Books and Career Materials
  • Political Science Now
  • Publication Resources & Manuals

Presidents of the American Political Science Association

  • Frank J. Goodnow , 1904-1905
  • Albert Shaw , 1905-1906
  • Frederick N. Judson , 1906-1907
  • James Bryce , 1907-1908
  • Abbott Lawrence Lowell , 1908-1909
  • Woodrow Wilson , 1909-1910
  • Simeon E. Baldwin , 1910-1911
  • Albert Bushnell Hart , 1911-1912
  • Westel W. Willoughby , 1912-1913
  • John Bassett Moore , 1913-1914
  • Ernst Freund , 1914-1915
  • Jesse Macy , 1915-1916
  • Munroe Smith , 1916-1917
  • Henry Jones Ford , 1917-1918
  • Paul Samuel Reinsch , 1918-1919
  • Leo S. Rowe , 1919-1920
  • William A. Dunning , 1920-1921
  • Harry A. Garfield , 1921-1922
  • James Wilford Garner , 1923-1924
  • Charles E. Merriam , 1924-1923
  • Charles A. Beard , 1925-1924
  • William Bennett Munro , 1926-1925
  • Jesse S. Reeves , 1927-1926
  • John A. Fairlie , 1928-1927
  • Benjamin F. Shambaugh , 1929-1928
  • Edward S. Corwin , 1930-1929
  • William F. Willoughby , 1931-1932
  • Isidor Loeb , 1932-1933
  • Walter J. Shepard , 1933-1934
  • Francis W. Coker , 1934-1935
  • Arthur N. Holcombe , 1935-1936
  • Thomas Reed Powell , 1936-1937
  • Clarence A. Dykstra , 1937-1938
  • Charles Grove Haines , 1938-1939
  • Robert C. Brooks , 1939-1940
  • Frederic A. Ogg , 1940-1941
  • William Anderson , 1941-1942
  • Robert E. Cushman , 1942-1943
  • Leonard D. White , 1943-1944
  • John Gaus , 1944-1945
  • Walter F. Dodd , 1945-1946
  • Arthur W. MacMahon , 1946-1947
  • Henry R. Spencer , 1947-1948
  • Quincy Wright , 1948-1949
  • James K. Pollock , 1949-1950
  • Peter H. Odegard , 1950-1951
  • Luther Gulick , 1951-1952
  • E. Pendleton Herring , 1952-1953
  • Ralph J. Bunche , 1953-1954
  • Charles McKinley , 1954-1955
  • Harold D. Lasswell , 1955-1956
  • EE Schattschneider , 1956-1957
  • VO Key, Jr. , 1957-1958
  • R. Taylor Cole , 1958-1959
  • Carl B. Swisher , 1959-1960
  • Emmette Redford , 1960-1961
  • Charles S. Hyneman , 1961-1962
  • Carl J. Friedrich , 1962-1963
  • C. Herman Pritchett , 1963-1964
  • David B. Truman , 1964-1965
  • Gabriel A. Almond , 1965-1966
  • Robert A. Dahl , 1966-1967
  • Merle Fainsod , 1967-1968
  • David Easton , 1968-1969
  • Karl W. Deutsch , 1969-1970
  • Robert E. Lane , 1970-1971
  • Heinz Eulau , 1971-1972
  • Robert E. Ward , 1972-1973
  • Avery Leiserson , 1973-1974
  • Austin RANNEY , 1974-1975
  • James MacGregor Burns , 1975-1976
  • Samuel H. Beer , 1976-1977
  • John C. Wahlke , 1977-1978
  • Leon D. Epstein , 1978-1979
  • Warren E. Miller , 1979-1980
  • Charles E. Lindblom , 1980-1981
  • Seymour Martin Lipset , 1981-1982
  • William H. Riker , 1982-1983
  • Philip E. Converse , 1983-1984
  • Richard F. Fenno, Jr. , 1984-1985
  • Aaron B. Wildavsky , 1985-1986
  • Samuel P. Huntington , 1986-1987
  • Kenneth N. Waltz , 1987-1988
  • Lucian W. Pye , 1988-1989
  • Judith N. Shklar , 1989-1990
  • Theodore J. Lowi , 1990-1991
  • James Q. Wilson , 1991-1992
  • Lucius J. Barker , 1992-1993
  • Charles O. Jones , 1993-1994
  • Sidney Verba , 1994-1995
  • Eagle Lijphart , 1995-1996
  • Elinor Ostrom , 1996-1997
  • M. Kent Jennings , 1997-1998
  • Matthew Holden Jr. , 1998-1999
  • Robert O. Keohane , 1999-2000
  • Robert Jervis , 2000-2001
  • Robert Putnam , 2001-2002
  • Theda Skocpol , 2002-2003
  • Susanne Hoeber Rudolph , 2003-2004
  • Margaret Levi , 2004-2005
  • Ira Katznelson , 2005-2006
  • Robert Axelrod , 2006-2007
  • Dianne Pinderhughes , 2007-2008
  • Peter Katzenstein , 2008-2009
  • Henry Brady , 2009-2010
  • Carole Pateman , 2010-2011
  • G. Bingham Powell , 2011-2012
  • Jane Mansbridge , 2012-2013
  • John Aldrich , 2013-2014
  • David Lake , 2016 – present

View APSA Presidential Addresses, 1903-present

APSA Organized Sections

APSA members nov ook join the 41 Membership organized Sections focused around research themes in political science. [a] See all APSA Organized Sections.

  • 1. Federalism and Intergovernmental Relations
  • 2. Law and Courts
  • 3. Legislative Studies
  • 4. Public Policy
  • 5. Political Organizations and Parties
  • 6. Public Administration
  • 7. Conflict Processes
  • 8. Representation and Electoral Systems
  • 9. Presidents and Executive Politics (PEP, formerly called the Presidency Research Group)
  • 10. Political Methodology
  • 11. Religion and Politics
  • 13. Urban Politics
  • 15. Science, Technology and Environmental Politics
  • 16. Women and Politics Research
  • 17. Foundations of Political Theory
  • 18. Information Technology and Politics
  • 19. International Security and Arms Control
  • 20. Comparative Politics
  • 21. European Politics and Society
  • 22. State Politics and Policy
  • 23. Political Communication
  • 24. Politics and History
  • 25. Political Economy
  • 27. New Political Science
  • 28. Political Psychology
  • 29. Political Science Education
  • 30. Politics, Literature, and Film
  • 31. Foreign Policy
  • 32. Elections, Public Opinion, and Voting Behavior
  • 33. Race, Ethnicity and Politics
  • 34. International History and Politics
  • 35. Comparative Democratiseringsprocessen
  • 36. Human Rights
  • 37. Qualitative and Multi-method Research
  • 38. Sexuality and Politics
  • 39. Health Politics and Policy
  • 40. Canadian Politics
  • 41. Political Networks
  • 42. Experimental Research
  • 43. Migration and Citizenship
  • 44. African Politics
  • 45. Class and Inequality
  • 46. ​​Ideas, Knowledge and Politics
  • 47. American Political Thought