PS: Political Science and Politics

PS: Political Science & Politics provides critical analyses of contemporary political phenomena and is the journal of record for the discipline of political science reporting on research, teaching, and professional development.

Call for Papers: PS Special Issue on Forecasting the 2024 US Elections | Deadline: July 17, 2024
Forecasting of US elections has been a regular feature of PS since the 2004 contest.
This special issue follows in this tradition, but seeks to open up the field to a still more diverse set of contributions. View call for papers

Networking 101 for Graduate Students: Building a Bigger Table

June 8, 2022 Comments Off

Networking 101 for Graduate Students: Building a Bigger Table By Seo-Young Silvia Kim, American University, Hannah Lebovits, University of Texas–Arlington, and Sarah Shugars, New York University Although the importance of networking often is emphasized to […]

Navigating the Discipline in this Moment: Considering What it Means to be Women of Color Political Scientists in the Current Political Space

June 7, 2022 Comments Off

Navigating the Discipline in this Moment: Considering What it Means to be Women of Color Political Scientists in the Current Political Space By M. Brielle Harbin, United States Naval Academy, and Stacey A. Greene, Rutgers […]

Mental Health and the PhD: Insights and Implications for Political Science

June 6, 2022 Comments Off

Mental Health and the PhD: Insights and Implications for Political Science By Nasir Almasri, Blair Read, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and Clara Vandeweerdt, University of Copenhagen There is a severe mental health crisis among graduate […]

Making National Voter Registration Day a Course Assignment

June 3, 2022 Comments Off

Making National Voter Registration Day a Course Assignment By Thessalia Merivaki, Mississippi State University For college students, registering to vote is particularly complicated as many study either out of state or in a jurisdiction different […]

Call for Papers: Special Issue on the impact of COVID-19 on Higher Education

June 3, 2022 Comments Off

The Editors of PS: Political Science and Politics call for paper submissions related to the COVID-19 pandemic. The COVID-19 pandemic has significantly impacted higher education and resulted in unexpected challenges to students, faculty, and administrators.   We are […]

Call for Papers: Special Issue on Undergraduate Involvement in Research

June 2, 2022 Comments Off

The editors of PS: Political Science and Politics request submissions for a special issue about undergraduate students participating in professional research. While students have been doing research since the advent of higher education, a more competitive environment […]

Let’s Get Political: Co-Creating and Assessing Civic Learning and Engagement

June 2, 2022 Comments Off

Let’s Get Political: Co-Creating and Assessing Civic Learning and Engagement By Abraham Goldberg, Dena A. Pastor and Carah Ong Whaley, James Madison University The insurrection at the US Capitol on January 6, 2021; ongoing threats […]

Learning by Doing: Using an Undergraduate Research Lab to Promote Diversity and Inclusion

June 1, 2022 Comments Off

Learning by Doing: Using an Undergraduate Research Lab to Promote Diversity and Inclusion By Jeffrey Nonnemacher, University of Pittsburgh and Sarah Wilson Sokhey, University of Colorado Boulder Undergraduate research labs have long been recognized as […]