Audit Committee

The audit committee supervises the conduct of APSA’s audit and oversees that adequate internal controls exist for the Association’s accounting and finance.

Thomas Dolan, University of Central Florida
Jane Gingrich, Oxford University
Dan Mallinson, Penn State University
Sara McLaughlin Mitchell, University of Iowa
Melissa Rogers, Claremont Graduate University
Daniel Tichenor, University of Oregon

Committee on Rules and Elections

 The APSA Committee on Rules and Elections supervises the conduct of APSA’s elections.

Stacie Goddard, Columbia University
Andrew Janusz, University of Florida
Mary McHugh, Merrimack College
Travis Ridout, Washington State University
Kira Sanbonmatsu, Rutgers
Michael Wolf, Purdue University Fort Wayne

Investment Committee

The Nominating Committee Prepares a slate of candidates for APSA elective office. Find more information on the nominating committee and nominations process here.

Andy Aoki, Augsburg University
Jonathan Benjamin-Alvarado, Miramar Associates
Nancy Hirschmann, University of Pennsylvania
Ashley Leeds, Rice University
Erin E. Richards, Cascadia Community College
Robin L. Turner, Butler University

Organized Sections Committee

The role of the organized sections committee is to help organized sections carry out their work and to oversee the balance between the sections and APSA as a whole.

Camille D. Burge, Villanova University
Andrew Flores, American University
Steven Smith, Washington University
Oded Haklai, Queen’s University
Seth Jolly, Syracuse University
Malliga Och, Denison University

Professional Ethics, Rights, and Freedoms Committee

The responsibility of the APSA Committee on Professional Ethics, Rights and Freedoms is to provide guidance on the rights of political scientists and to ensure that the ethical policies of APSA are followed.

Paul Djupe, Denison
Stephen Macedo, Princeton University
Jessica L. Lavariega Monforti, California State University
Dianne M. Pinderhughes, University of Notre Dame
Kathy L. Powers, University of New Mexico
Kristen Renwick Monroe, University of California, Irvine

Read the updated APSA Guide to Professional Ethics in Political Science (updated 2022)

Read more about the Ethics Committee and the APSA Guide to Professional Ethics in Political Science.

Recommendations for APSA Standing and Award Committee Members

Suggestions are welcome for members of APSA committees, including APSA status committees. Typically, members of the standing committees serve staggered three-year terms, and members of the awards committees serve one-year terms. Click these links for a full list of standing committees and award committees. Please send all suggestions to nominations@apsanet.org.