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
Alice Kang, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Dan Mallinson, Penn State University
Malliga Och, Denison University
Melissa Rogers, Claremont Graduate University

Committee on Rules and Elections

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

Marisa Abrajano, University of California
Stacie Goddard, Wellesley College
Morgan Hazelton, St. Louis University
Andrew Janusz, University of Florida
Jay N. Krehbiel, University of Buffalo
Enrijeta Shino, University of Alabama
Travis Ridout, Washington State University
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.

Nancy Hirschmann, University of Pennsylvania
Mark Massoud, The University of California, Santa Cruz
Mona Lena Krook, Rutgers University
Sarah Binder, George Washington University
Erin E. Richards, Cascadia Community College
Jonathan Benjamin-Alvarado

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
Amanda Friesen, Western University
Kristin Goss, Duke University
Craig Parson, University of Oregon
Steven Smith, Washington 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
Matthew Flinders, University of Sheffield
Jessica L. Lavariega Monforti, California State University
Domingo Morel, New York University
Dianne M. Pinderhughes, University of Notre Dame
Kathy L. Powers, University of New Mexico
Meredith L. Weiss, SUNY, University at Albany

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.