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AMERICAN POLITICAL SCIENCE ASSOCIATION

T......Supplement Supporting Education, Professional Development! and Diversity in Political Science Dr. Kimberly Mealy, Director, Education, Professional Develop ment and Minority Initiatives, APSA

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Political Science & Politics Coming up in APSA Journals and Conferences JA, qUUARY 2009, VOLUME 42, NUMBER 1 Tables ofcontentsfrom Perspectives andPS andfuture conferences

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The American Political Science Association (founded in 1903) is a membership association that provides resources for research, networking, and professional development to its 15,000 members in the U.S. and abroad in the political science discipline. The APSA Office of Education, Professional and Minority Initiatives offers resources to students and faculty alike. APSA is dedicated to the promotion of excellence in the areas of education, professional development, and diversity.

Please share the following list of APSA programs with your departments, colleagues, and students and visit www.apsanet.org/education for more information.

Education Programs and Iniiatives One key component of APSA's mission is to support political science education and to promote high quality teaching and education about politics and government:

* Graduate Student Outreach

* Grants, Funding and Fellowship Resources

* Political Science Education Organized Section

* Committee on Civic Education and Engagement

* Teaching and Learning Conference

Pofessional Development Programs APSA seeks to enhance the professional development of its practitioners by providing academic and non-academic opportunities for members:

* APSA Mentoring Initiative

* APSA Annual Meeting

* Undergraduate/Graduate Student Membership

* eJobs: APSA's online job database

* eJobs Annual Meeting Placement Interview Service

* Career Resources and pamphlets

* Job Candidate Questions to Ask

* Professional networking tools and newsletters

APSA Minority and Diversity Initiatives Part of the APSA mission is to enhance diversity in the political science discipline. To that end, APSA provides several programs and resources to assist students from underrepresented groups who are considering an advanced degree in political science.

* APSA Minority Fellows Program (MFP) (seniors or MA students) * Ralph Bunche SummerlInstitute (RBSI) (juniors) w * Minority Student Recruitment Project (MSRP) _ * APSA Mentoring Initiative __

For more information, visit us online at www.apsanet.org or contact epd@apsanet.org. :n:

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Directory of Political Science Faculty and Programs 2007-2008

_ _e eThe APSA Directory of Political Science Faculty 2007-2008 lists

_-'4 _ L over 1300 departments in the United States, Canada, and United

Kingdom that offer one or more degrees in political science and

its specialized fields. It provides departmental mailing addresses

and contact information, along with an indication of the highest

degree offered and availability of a Pi Sigma Alpha chapter. This

is the most comprehensive APSA directory to date containing

with nearly 13,000 individual faculty and their contact

information, fields of interest, and educational background.

This is a great reference tool for locating colleagues and

identifying comparable departments. Undergraduate stu

apsa | dents interested in pursuing graduate studies will find it helpful tscienceassocicaton with locating programs and faculty that match their interests.

High school students and counselors will find the directory use

ful for identifying programs offering undergraduate degrees.

Order online at: www.apsanet.org/publications

Future APSA Conferences

APSA Annual Meeting & Exhibiion Sep. 3-6,2009 Toronto, Canada (Sheraton/Fairmont Royal York/Metro Toronto Convention Centre) Sep. 2-5,2010 Washington, DC (Marriott/Omni/Hilton) Aug.31 -Sept. 4,201 1 San Francisco, California (Hilton/Hotel Nikko/Renaissance Parc 55) Aug. 29-Sept 2,2012 New Orleans (Hilton Riverside/Marriott/Sheraton)

APSA Teaching & Leaming Conference apsa conferenceon&

February 6-8,2009 Baltimore, MD e hing

(Renaissance Harborplace)

APSA Conference for Chairs ( ASA I

Get the details at www.apsanet.org/conferences

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