American Political Science Association

THE LEADING PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATION FOR THE STUDY OF POLITICAL SCIENCE.

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 PEERREVIEWED 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 PEERREVIEWED RESEARCH.THE JOURNAL OF POLITICAL SCIENCE EDUCATION (JPSE) PUBLISHES EVIDENCEBASED 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.

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 BIANNUALLY 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.

CONGRESSIONAL FELLOWSHIP - APSA'S CONGRESSIONAL FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM IS A HIGHLY SELECTIVE, NONPARTISAN PROGRAM DEVOTED TO EXPANDING KNOWLEDGE AND AWARENESS OF CONGRESS. SINCE 1953, IT HAS BROUGHT SELECT POLITICAL SCIENTISTS, JOURNALISTS, FEDERAL EMPLOYEES, HEALTH SPECIALISTS, AND OTHER PROFESSIONALS TO CAPITOL HILL TO EXPERIENCE CONGRESS AT WORK THROUGH FELLOWSHIP PLACEMENTS ON CONGRESSIONAL STAFFS.THE NINE-MONTH PROGRAM BEGINS EACH NOVEMBER WITH AN INTENSIVE ONE-MONTH INTRODUCTION TO CONGRESS TAUGHT BY LEADING EXPERTS IN THE FIELD. AFTER ORIENTATION, FELLOWS WORK IN PLACEMENTS OF THEIR CHOOSING AND ALSO PARTICIPATE IN ONGOING SEMINARS AND ENRICHMENT PROGRAMS. THROUGH THIS UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY, THE AMERICAN POLITICAL SCIENCE ASSOCIATION ENHANCES PUBLIC UNDERSTANDING OF POLICYMAKING AND IMPROVES THE QUALITY OF SCHOLARSHIP, TEACHING AND REPORTING ON AMERICAN NATIONAL POLITICS.