Pre-Conference Short Courses

APSA offers pre-conference short courses as part of the in-person APSA Annual Meeting only. All short course participants must be registered for the Annual Meeting and the selected short course(s) and wear a meeting badge to attend.

APSA pre-conference short courses are half- or full-day in-person events that offer diverse professional development opportunities and allow attendees to connect with scholars from various backgrounds. Short courses are sponsored by APSA Organized Sections, Related Groups, and other affiliated organizations.

All short courses require pre-registration to attend. In addition to general meeting registration, each short course carries a $25 fee, unless otherwise noted. Short courses may be added during the Annual Meeting registration process. To add a short course to an existing meeting registration, please contact meeting@apsanet.org.

Criminal Communication: Public Representations, Repertoires, and Regimes of Criminal Governance

May 12, 2026 0

Criminal Communication: Public Representations, Repertoires, and Regimes of Criminal Governance By Philip Luke Johnson, Flinders University Criminal actors are widely assumed to maintain a low profile, exerting power through coercion and clandestine networks. Scholarship addressing [...]
Bent into Submission? Domestic Investors and Populist Governments

May 11, 2026 0

Bent into Submission? Domestic Investors and Populist Governments By Alison L. Johnston, Oregon State University and Juliet Johnson, McGill University Do populist governments bend their economic policies to the preferences of bondholders? Populist governments should [...]
Political Symbols and Social Order: Confederate Monuments and Performative Violence in the Post-Reconstruction U.S. South

May 8, 2026 0

Political Symbols and Social Order: Confederate Monuments and Performative Violence in the Post-Reconstruction U.S. South By Lee-Or Ankori-Karlinsky, Brown University Violent conflicts are often accompanied by symbols commemorating past violence. I argue that political symbols [...]

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Pre-Conference Short Courses

Short Course: Teaching about the Middle East and North Africa (MENA)

Short Course: Process Tracing (QMMR 3)

Short Course: Teaching “Introduction to American Government and Politics” in Turbulent Times

Short Course: Studying Causal Mechanisms Using In-depth Case Studies (QMMR 4)

Short Course: Indigenous Political Science: Opportunities for Innovation and Inclusion

Short Course: Introduction to Bayesian Analysis Using Stata

Short Course: Computational Modeling in Political Science

Short Course: Dilemmas of Popular Sovereignty

Criminal Communication: Public Representations, Repertoires, and Regimes of Criminal Governance

Bent into Submission? Domestic Investors and Populist Governments

Political Symbols and Social Order: Confederate Monuments and Performative Violence in the Post-Reconstruction U.S. South