Political Science Scholars

With a range of programs and services for individuals, departments, and institutions, APSA brings together political scientists from all fields of inquiry, regions, and occupational endeavors within and outside academe to deepen our understanding of politics, democracy, and citizenship throughout the world. The Association promotes a lively, diverse community of scholars, teachers, students, and practitioners who bring wide-ranging interests, methodologies, and perspectives to the analysis and conduct of government and politics.

Rethinking the Undergraduate Political Science Major

November 18, 2020 Comments Off

Rethinking the Undergraduate Political Science Major by John Ishiyama, University of North Texas This essay originally appeared in the Political Science Educator’s Summer 2019 issue From May 31 to June 2, a major conference was held in […]

Funding Political Science Research: Recipients of Centennial Center Research Grants and Small Research Grants Announced

October 29, 2020 Comments Off

Funding Political Science Research: Recipients of Centennial Center Research Grants and Small Research Grants Announced The American Political Science Association (APSA) today announced a total of over $130,000 in funding for political science research. This […]

Open Call for 2020 APSA Election Reflections | Deadline: December 1, 2020

October 7, 2020 Comments Off

APSA is currently accepting submissions for the 2020 installment of the APSA Election Reflection Series. Election reflections are scholarly reflections, original research notes, and classroom exercises that shed light upon political behavior, public opinion and the 2020 Campaign […]

Highlights from the 2020 APSA Virtual Workshop on Online Teaching

August 18, 2020 Comments Off

In light of social-distancing guidelines and the challenges many political science departments face with moving classes online, APSA’s Virtual Teaching Workshop, which was held June 22-July 10, 2020, was well-timed to address ‘Innovative Methods in […]

Advancing the Discipline: Recipients of Special Projects Fund Initiative Announced

July 30, 2020 Comments Off

The American Political Science Association announced a total of $140,000 in Special Projects Fund grants to be presented to six teams of political scientists working to advance the discipline. The 2020 Special Projects Fund grants recognize […]

Renowned Political Scientist and former APSA Council Member, E. Walter Miles, Passes Away at 86

July 27, 2020 Comments Off

His specialty as a pioneering Black political science professor at San Diego State University was the U.S. Constitution, and E. Walter Miles saw that founding document as a living thing that needed exercise now and […]

Meet 2020-2021 APSA Congressional Fellow Savannah Eccles Johnston of Claremont Graduate University

July 24, 2020 Comments Off

Meet Savannah Eccles Johnston, PhD, Claremont Graduate University Savannah Eccles Johnston received her PhD in political science from Claremont Graduate University. Her research focuses on ideology and American political thought. Her dissertation, What Enemy Hath Done […]

Meet 2020-2021 APSA Congressional Fellow Cory Maks-Solomon of George Washington University

July 16, 2020 Comments Off

Meet Cory Maks-Solomon, PhD, George Washington University Cory Maks-Solomon studies questions of socioeconomic power in American politics, including the intersection of economic inequality and public policy, business and politics, and social welfare policy. His current […]