Sexuality and Politics

At its spring 2007 meeting, the APSA Council approved the creation of a new
Organized Section on Sexuality and Politics. The section invites those interested in this growing field of research and teaching to join. The section dues are only $7.00 annually.
 
The new Section will hold an organizing meeting at the APSA annual conference in Chicago followed by a celebration reception.  At the meeting officers will be elected
according to the by-laws from the new membership.  In the next few weeks, the Section will circulate its first newsletter outlining this process and requesting nominations. 

The Sexuality and Politics Section aims to: 

• foster the study of sexuality and politics within the discipline of political science
• encourage rigorous but respectful research in the area of sexuality and politics
• promote, where appropriate, the interests of political scientists researching sexuality and politics within a larger interdisciplinary and political community.

The objective of the Sexuality and Politics Section is to bring together scholars working in a variety of areas within political science to facilitate the sharing of knowledge and to foster intellectual community and expertise within the APSA.  There is a growing body of scholarship within the discipline of political science that addresses the issue of sexuality within a variety of subfields including public policy; local, state and national
governance; international relations, elections, public administration and political theory.
The proposed Section will bring these scholars together and provide synergy for this research across the APSA. 

2007-2008 Officers

President
Julie Novkov
SUNY, Albany
Political Science and Women's Studies
Department of Political Science
135 Western Avenue
Albany, NY 12222
jnovkov@albany.edu

President Elect
Gregory B. Lewis
Georgia State University
Public Administration & Urban Studies
PO Box 3992
Atlanta, GA 30302-3992
glewis@gsu.edu 

Communication Officer:
Steve Sanders
Mayer Brown Rowe & Maw LLP
1071 W. 15th Street
Suite 111
Chicago IL 60608
stevesan@umich.edu

Newsletter Editor:
Steve Sanders
Mayer Brown Rowe & Maw LLP
1071 W. 15th Street
Suite 111
Chicago IL 60608
stevesan@umich.edu

Treasurer:
Marla Brettschneider
University of New Hampshire
Poli Sci & Women's Stud
318 Horton-UNH
Durham NH 03824-3586
marlab@unh.edu

2008 Program Chair
Greg Lewis (ex officio)
Georgia State University
Public Administration & Urban Studies
PO Box 3992
Atlanta GA 30302-3992
glewis@gsu.edu

Executive Council:
Jerry Thomas, University of Kentucky
Cricket Keating, Ohio State University
Sam Chambers, Swansea University
Ellen Andersen,  Indiana University/Purdue University, Indianapolis