The Graduate Student Connection

four grad students working togetherOne key component of APSA's mission is to support political science education and professional development of its practitioners.

APSA Programs for Graduate Students

 

Getting a Job at a Teaching Institution—and Then Succeeding
On the job market?  If so, you may appreciate reading the article, "Getting a Job at a Teaching Institution—and Then Succeeding: A Q&A with Experienced Teacher-Scholars,"  featured in the July 2008 issue of PS: Political Science & Politics. Members: to access APSA journals online, log in to MyAPSA (see top of all site pages), scroll down to the Access Areas portion of the page, and click the name of the journal you wish to access. This will bring you directly to the journal at Cambridge Journals Online, with full access to all articles.  Non-members: check your institution's library for the July PS.

Getting Connected

Graduate students are strongly encouraged to get involved in the discipline EARLY in their careers. There are numerous ways to participate in APSA and to connect with other political scientists:

Applying for Graduate School

Asking the right questions when you meet with prospective departments is critical to choosing the right graduate program for you.  APSA has created a list of questions and has encouraged departments to be willing to answer these questions.  You can find a list of participating institutions at Institutions that Grant a Ph.D. in Political Science.

Find and Select a Graduate Program

In addition to articles about getting into and succeeding in graduate school, www.phds.org has tools to help you:

For another, non-APSA comprehensive guide on applying to and succeeding in graduate school, see: www.gettingintogradschool.com/

Graduate Student Conference on Experiments in Interactive Decision Making; Princeton University; Nov 21st-22nd; Call for Papers Deadline: August 20th, 2008.
This conference is jointly organized and sponsored by Princeton University’s departments of Psychology, Economics, and Politics, as well as the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs. As its name suggests, the goal of the conference is to showcase cutting-edge experimental research, by graduate students, examining multi-agent interactive decision making and group dynamics.

Conference for Students of Political Science; March 20, 2009; Illinois State University, Normal IL; Undergraduate and graduate students are invited to submit papers for the 17th Conference for Students of Political Science. We welcome papers on any topic related to government and/or politics.  Panelists at the previous conferences included 750 students attending 100 colleges and universities.  Proposal deadline is February 8, 2009.

Princeton Graduate Student Conference on Psychology and Policymaking; October 24-25; This conference aims to provide an exciting intellectual forum for graduate students in the social sciences who are interested in the ways that psychological processes influence policymaking and whose research integrates ideas and methods from both Political Science and Psychology. Presenters will have the opportunity to showcase their work, receive feedback from graduate student discussants from Princeton’s Departments of Politics and Psychology, and field questions from graduate students and faculty from Princeton and other leading research universities.  Deadline for submissions: August 29.

Institute for Constitutional Studies Fall Graduate Seminar  "The Rights Revolution in the Twentieth Century" The seminar, held at the GWU Law School, will meet on 6 consecutive Monday evenings beginning October 6, 2008. This is a graduate-level seminar, designed primarily for graduate students in history, political science, and related disciplines. There is no charge for the seminar. Space is limited and advance registration is required. To be considered, send an email to icsgw@law.gwu.edu.

Graduate Student Conference on "Democracy and Democratization" 
The Political Science Department at the University of Connecticut invites you to participate in the 1st annual Graduate Student Conference on Democracy and Democratization, on February 27-28, 2009. Participants will have the chance to present their research projects, exchange ideas and create a network of emerging democracy scholars. A cash award attributed for best paper.  Proposal deadline is November 15, 2008.

Hamilton Project Economic Policy Innovation Prize 2008 The Hamilton Project (Brookings Institution), announces its 2nd annual Economic Policy Innovation Prize competition. $25,000 in prizes will be awarded for the best innovative policy proposals written by undergraduate and graduate students.  Application deadline is August 1.

Canadian Studies Conference: Graduate students and junior faculty members with a research interest in any aspect of Canadian politics are invited to present academic papers at the 2008 Middle Atlantic & New England Council for Canadian Studies and Southern Association for Canadian Studies Joint Conference, October 2–5, in Washington, DC.

Call: Critique: a worldwide student journal of politics, seeks submissions year-round from undergraduate and graduate students on ideas of democracy and justice.

 

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