Video recording of Thurber giving 2021 ArkPSA keynote address

Dr. James Thurber, Distinguished Professor of Government and Founder and Former Director (1979-2016) of the Center for Congressional and Presidential Studies and Affiliate Distinguished Professor of Public Administration and Policy at American University, delivers the second ArkPSA 2021 virtual keynote address on “President Biden and Congress: Unity, Bipartisanship or Polarization and Gridlock?”   

Accepting Nominations for the ArkPSA Best Conference Paper Awards

Discussants, chairs, and section chairs can nominate ArkPSA conference papers for the Best Paper Award by dropping them into the Google Doc folder shared with them by the association secretary, Matt Evans. An award will be given in each of the following categories: undergraduate student, graduate student, and professional academic. Paper authors can self nominate themselves for the awards by emailing their paper to the association’s vice president, Williams Yamkam at Williams.Yamkam@uafs.edu. Winners will be notified by email later in the Read More …

Political Science in Arkansas (an interview series): Janine Parry

This following story is the fifth installment of the Political Science in Arkansas interview series, where we profile political scientists throughout the state. Today, we talk to Janine Parry, an expert on elections, opinion research, state and local politics, and women in politics and policy. She works as Professor of Political Science and Director of the Arkansas Poll at the University of Arkansas; she received her PhD in political science from Washington State University. Her publications include two books — Women’s Read More …