American Political Science Association

Centennial center for Political Science and public affairs:the American Political Science Association, in recognition of its centenary, launched the centennial center for Political Science and public affairs in the fall of 2003. The center is designated to expand opportunities for creating knowledge and promoting teaching in the discipline. It encourages individual research and writing in all fields of Political Science; facilitates collaboration among scholars working within the discipline and across the social and behavioral sciences of humanities; and promotes communication between scholars and policy makers.diversity fellowships and other programs and initiatives:for over fifty years, apsa has provided support to scholars from historically underrepresented and marginalized racial and ethnic groups to attend doctoral programs. More than 600 fellows have been designated in this effort. Apsa also supports the work of the ralph bunche summer institute to allow undergraduates from diverse underrepresented backgrounds or with interests in broadening opportunities for students from underrepresented backgrounds to get an experiential preview of graduate level work apsa faciliates addititonal programs to support recruitment and retention of scholars such as the fund for latino politics, the mentor program, the diversity student recruitment program and various early career, indigenous politics and travel grants. International programs:apsa operates programs to engage with scholars from international arenas, including running summer workshops in the middle east and north africa, and in asia. To providing opportunities for junior foreign scholars to advance basic research skills and projects.task forces:apsa sponsors task forces marshalling the expertise of Political scientists to bear on important issues within society and the profession. Task forces compile and review extant scholarly knowledge, publish summaries of this research for the public and decision makers, prepare teaching materials, and disseminate material in other ways.

Apsa annual meeting and conferences:the apsa annual meeting is the largest conference in Political Science. The annual meeting typically draws around 6000 participants and consists of over 1200 panel sessions over a 4.5 day period in which the members' research is presented in a variety of formats. Most of the panel sessions involve paper presentations and discussion, although some are roundtable discussions featuring experts in the fields. Plenary sessions feature distinguished writers within subfields. The meeting is generally held in the august/september timeframe. The apsa exhibition features the largest assembly of Political Science textbook publishers nationally and provides publishing opportunities for the membership.the conference on teaching and learning in Political science:the apsa teaching & learning conference convenes bi-annually to address issues of curriculum, pedagogy, program assessment, civic education, teaching research methods, internationalizing the curriculum, simulations and role play, inclusiveness, and equality in undergraduate and graduate teaching and learning in Political Science. The conference follows a working group model in which scholars engage intensively with colleagues over 2.5 days of meeting.

Journals:apsa sponsors and supports four journals that are core to the Political Science discipline: the American Political Science review, perspectives on politics, ps: Political Science and politics, and the journal of Political Science education. The American Political Science review (apsr) is Political Science's premier scholarly research journal, providing peer-reviewed articles and review essays from subfields throughout the discipline. Areas covered include Political theory, American politics, public policy, public administration, comparative politics, and international relations. Apsr has published continuously since 1906.perspectives on politics (pop) seeks to provide a space for broad and synthetic discussion within the Political Science profession and between the profession and the broader scholarly and reading publics. Such discussion necessarily draws on and contributes to the scholarship published in the more specialized journals that dominate our discipline. At the same time, pop seeks to promote a complementary form of broad public discussion and synergistic understanding within the profession that is essential to advancing research and promoting scholarly community.ps: Political Science & politics publishes scholarly essays, spotlights, and symposia focused on politics, the discipline, and teaching. Prior to this year, ps served as the "journal of record" for the professional role now assumed by Political Science today. This change allows ps to turn its full focus to peer-reviewed research.the journal of Political Science education (jpse) publishes evidence-based and theoretically informed scholarship on teaching and pedagogical issues in Political Science. The journal supports research that engages with the broad scholarship of teaching and learning in the discipline.in addition to its four journals, apsa is pleased to provide a new magazine to members of the Association: Political Science today. Political Science today features member spotlights, news of the discipline, Association updates, and other items previously published in the back of ps.

Congressional fellowship program:the apsa offers this highly selective, nonpartisan program devoted to expanding knowledge and awareness of congress. For nine months, select Political scientists, journalists, doctors, federal executives, and international scholars gain "hands on" understanding of the legislative American Political Science Association 53-0200001 process by serving on congressional staffs. Through this unique opportunity, the apsa seeks to enhance public understanding of policy-making and to improve the quality of scholarship, teaching and reporting on American national politics.

Departmental services program:the departmental services program is a program for academic departments to provide them with current apsa publications, services and information designed to enhance research, education, and public understanding of politics. The program features the department portal, a central location for academic departments and nonacademic institutions to access resources and information on apsa programs to keep abreast of developments of interest to departments; and dissemination about departments and career interests.