American Political Science Association

Programs: The four major programs offered by the 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. Minority fellowships and other initiatives:for forty years, apsa has supported scholars from underrepresented groups to attend doctoral programs through recognition and financial support from minority fellowships. More than 500 fellows have been designated in this effort. Apsa also supports the work of the ralph bunche summer institute to allow undergraduates from diverse backgrounds or with interests in broadening opportunities for students from underrepresented backgrounds to get a preview of graduate level work. International programs:apsa operates programs to engage with scholars from international arenas, including running summer workshops in africa 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.

journals:apsa publishes and distributes three journals that are core to the political science discipline: the american political science review, perspectives on politics, and ps. The american political science review 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 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, perspectives 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 provides critical analyses of contemporary political phenomena and is the journal of record for the discipline of political science reporting on research, teaching, and professional development. Ps, begun in 1968, is the only quarterly professional news and commentary journal in the field and is the prime source of information on political scientists' achievements and professional concerns.

apsa annual meeting and conferences:the apsa annual meeting is the largest conference in political science. The annual meeting typically draws 6,000 participants and consists of over 800 panel sessions over a 3 1/2 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 held each year during the week preceding labor day. The apsa exhibition features the largest assembly of political science textbook publishers nationally and provides publishing opportunities for the membership. Conference on teaching and learning in political science:the conference on teaching and learning convenes 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 and 1/2 days of meeting, supplemented with topical workshops at community colleges.