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, […]
APSA mourns the passing of Dr. Kenneth Sherrill, professor Emeritus of Political Science at Hunter College, CUNY, with a research focus on American politics, public opinion, and Gay and Lesbian politics. Sherrill died on Saturday, […]
Robert Charles Smith, political science professor at San Francisco State University (SFSU), passed away on April 13, 2023. He is known for his scholarship on race and politics in the United States. Dr. Smith taught […]
Dr. Patrick Morgan, 82, died peacefully in Maryland on March 1, 2023, surrounded by family. Born in 1940 in Syracuse, NY, to George and Mary Morgan, and the oldest of four children, he grew up […]
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 […]
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 […]
Longtime academic and philanthropic leader Susan Welch passed away on Monday, March 28. Welch was born Oct. 3, 1943, in Galesburg, Illinois, to Delbert and Marie (nee Satterfield) Welch and grew up in nearby Bushnell. She […]
Robert Jervis, born April 30, 1940, in New York City to Herman Jervis, a lawyer, and Dorothy Jervis, a potter, died of lung cancer on December 9, 2021. He was at home, in the presence […]
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