Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

Advancing diversity, equity, and inclusion in the profession is a key priority of the association and the APSA Strategic Plan. The APSA Diversity and Inclusion Programs department has complied resources for advancing and promoting diversity and inclusion for researchers, faculty, and departments in the areas of recruitment, hiring, and retention, and mitigating implicit bias.

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

How Can We Improve Graduate Training for Undocumented Students? Ethnic and Nativity-Based Inequities in Political Science Graduate Education

February 17, 2021 Comments Off on How Can We Improve Graduate Training for Undocumented Students? Ethnic and Nativity-Based Inequities in Political Science Graduate Education

How Can We Improve Graduate Training for Undocumented Students? Ethnic and Nativity-Based Inequities in Political Science Graduate Education by Michelangelo Landgrave, University of California, Riverside In recent years, the political science discipline has made strides […]

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Universal Suffrage as Decolonization

February 15, 2021 Comments Off on Universal Suffrage as Decolonization

Universal Suffrage as Decolonization By Kevin Duong, University of Virginia This essay reconstructs an important but forgotten dream of twentieth-century political thought: universal suffrage as decolonization. The dream emerged from efforts by Black Atlantic radicals […]

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

Elusive Inclusion: Persistent Challenges Facing Women of Color in Political Science

February 15, 2021 Comments Off on Elusive Inclusion: Persistent Challenges Facing Women of Color in Political Science

Elusive Inclusion: Persistent Challenges Facing Women of Color in Political Science by Melissa R. Michelson, Menlo College, and  Jessica L. Lavariega Monforti, California Lutheran University Academia in general and the discipline of political science specifically […]

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Family Matters: How Immigrant Histories Can Promote Inclusion

February 12, 2021 Comments Off on Family Matters: How Immigrant Histories Can Promote Inclusion

Family Matters: How Immigrant Histories Can Promote Inclusion By Scott Williamson, New York University Abu Dhabi, Claire L. Adida, University of California, San Diego, Adeline Lo, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Melina R. Platas, New York University […]

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Slavery, Reconstruction, and Bureaucratic Capacity in the American South

February 9, 2021 Comments Off on Slavery, Reconstruction, and Bureaucratic Capacity in the American South

Slavery, Reconstruction, and Bureaucratic Capacity in the American South By Pavithra Suryanarayan, Johns Hopkins University and Steven White, Syracuse University Conventional political economy models predict taxation will increase after franchise expansion to low-income voters. Yet, […]

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

Applications Open for the APSA Diversity Fellowship Program, Spring Cycle – Deadline March 19

February 9, 2021 Comments Off on Applications Open for the APSA Diversity Fellowship Program, Spring Cycle – Deadline March 19

Apply Now for the APSA 2021-2022 Diversity Fellowship Program (DFP), Spring Cycle Deadline for Applications: March 19, 2021 The APSA Diversity Fellowship Program, formerly the Minority Fellowship Program, established in 1969, aims to increase diversity […]