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[ April 28, 2026 ] Call for Proposals for New Editors: APSA Section Journal Politics & Religion | Deadline: July 15, 2026 Call for Proposals
[ April 28, 2026 ] Meet 2026 RBSI Scholar, Kylie Davis, University of Oklahoma Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
[ April 28, 2026 ] On the Decline of Elite-Educated Republicans in Congress Journals
[ April 27, 2026 ] Storm from the Steppes: Warfare and Succession Institutions in Pre-Modern Eurasia, 1000–1799 CE American Political Science Review
[ April 27, 2026 ] Meet 2026 RBSI Scholar, Yasmin Benitez, Tufts University Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
[ April 27, 2026 ] Political Entrepreneurs or Bandits? The “Criminal” Origins of Peripheral Rebellions Journals

Letter to Wheaton College President Ryken regarding Professor Larycia Hawkins

January 6, 2016 3

Dr. Philip Graham Ryken, President Wheaton College Blanchard Hall 501 College Avenue Wheaton, IL 60187 Dear President Ryken: It is with great concern that we write regarding the status of a political scientist and member […]

Letter of concern regarding Dr. Emad Shahin

December 1, 2015 Comments Off

On behalf of the American Political Science Association, Jennifer Hochschild, David Lake, Rodney Hero, and Steve Smith write to His Excellency Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, President of the Arab Republic of Egypt, to express deepest concern […]

American Scholarly Societies Joint Statement on “Campus Carry” Legislation

November 30, 2015 Comments Off

The American Political Science Association and 28 other scholarly societies issued a joint statement today about Campus Carry legislation that allows concealed weapons on college campuses. The joint statement follows an October 16 statement by […]

APSA Statement on Campus Carry

October 16, 2015 2

The American Political Science Association is deeply concerned about the impact of Texas’s new Campus Carry law on freedom of expression in Texas universities. The law, which was passed earlier this year and takes effect […]

Call for Proposals for New Editors: APSA Section Journal Politics & Religion | Deadline: July 15, 2026

April 28, 2026 0

Call for Proposals for New Editor(s) APSA Organized Section Journal “Politics & Religion” The Religion and Politics Section of the American Political Science Association (APSA) invite applications for the editorship of Politics and Religion (P&R) [...]
On the Decline of Elite-Educated Republicans in Congress

April 28, 2026 0

On the Decline of Elite-Educated Republicans in Congress By Craig Volden, University of Virginia, Jonathan Wai, University of Arkansas and Alan E. Wiseman, Vanderbilt University We identify a rise in educational polarization among members of [...]
Storm from the Steppes: Warfare and Succession Institutions in Pre-Modern Eurasia, 1000–1799 CE

April 27, 2026 0

Storm from the Steppes: Warfare and Succession Institutions in Pre-Modern Eurasia, 1000–1799 CE By Daniel Steven Smith, Ohio State University A prominent literature on pre-modern warfare and institution-building holds that intense military competition in pre-modern [...]

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