Apply for the APSA 2018 Ralph Bunche Summer Institute (RBSI) by January 19th
Pamela Ortega is a double major in journalism and political science at the University of Oklahoma. A McNair scholar, her research focuses on religion and politics, specifically a comparison of political behaviors between Mennonite communities in Mexico and the United States. She is currently a research assistant for a project on the 1977 Oklahoma Girl Scout Murders. Pam has presented her research on severe weather vulnerabilities in Spanish speaking communities at the American Meteorological Society Conference and the Oklahoma Service Learning Conference. She covered the 2016 presidential election for the Huffington Post and reported on voting rights with News 21. She co-founded the Roosevelt Institute, a think tank at her school. Pam is currently a ProPublica emerging reporter, reporter for Oklahoma Routes and a member of Pi Sigma Alpha. She hopes to earn a doctoral degree in political science and teach.
About the RBSI Program
The RBSI is an annual, intensive five-week program held at Duke University. It is designed to introduce to the world of doctoral study in political science those undergraduate students from under-represented racial and ethnic groups or those interested in broadening participation in political science and pursuing scholarship on issues affecting under-represented groups. Participants in the RBSI are drawn from a competitive national applicant pool. The RBSI Selection Committee reviews applications and makes decisions during the month of February. The 2018 program be held from May 27 to June 28, 2018 at Duke University. Questions can be directed to Annalisa Dias-Mandoly at adiasmandoly@apsanet.org.
Submit your application here. Applications are due January 19, 2018.