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

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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 and Election season. Submissions can address the 2020 local, state, or national campaigns and elections.

We are especially interested in featuring content that addresses the political behavior and public opinion of individuals from the following groups: underrepresented racial and ethnic groups, women, individuals with disabilities, first-generation Americans, the Indigenous community, and the LGBTQ community. We also welcome submissions that include reflections on race, power, governance, racial and social injustice and oppression, COVID-19, and securing free, fair and open elections –in relation the 2020 election season.

How to submit a 2020 Election Reflection

Use the link to the online submission form below and upload a response to one or two of the following questions (1000 words or less).

Tell us about an original research project, article, or finding that you are working on, which sheds light upon political behavior and/or public opinion and the 2020 Presidential or State and Local Campaign and Election.
How have you incorporated themes relevant to diversity, inclusion, equity, race, systemic racism, protest, or representation into your political science teaching or research on the 2020 campaign and election, or your service and engagement?
What group(s) of the electorate does your research focus on and what policy issue(s) proved to be salient to them in the 2020 Campaigns and Elections?
What role can/does political science research play in helping to make sense of the 2020 Campaign and Election results?

Use this submission form to upload your 2020 Election Reflection.

APSA will share selected submissions online in the weeks following the 2020 Elections. Please email any questions about this call to diversityprograms@apsanet.org. Submission Deadline: December 1, 2020.

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