Obituaries

In Memoriam: Charles O. Jones, Former APSA President and Leading Scholar of Congress and the Presidency, Has Passed Away

This obituary is excerpted from The Washington Post.  Charles O. Jones, a dean of American political scientists who was known for the expertise and insight he brought to the study of Congress and the presidency, […]

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

APSA Remembers Dr. Mae C. King, Trailblazing Political Scientist and first African American Senior Staff Associate

Dr. Mae C. King (1938-2022) Dr. Mae C. King, Professor Emerita of Political Science at Howard University, died November 4, 2022. She was the first African American Senior Staff Associate of the American Political Science Association […]

Obituaries

Political Scientist, Walter Dean Burnham, Passed Away at 92

APSA mourns the passing of noted political scientist, Walter Dean Burnham. Walter Dean Burnham, a political scientist who theorized that political parties realign periodically in tectonic shifts that he called “America’s surrogate for revolution,” died […]