45th Annual Meeting, March 2-3, 2018

Registering for the 45th annual ArkPSA meeting

Online conference registration and payment has closed. If you have not registered, please register and pay the conference fee on site.

For any faculty member, primary or secondary teacher, other political science professional experiencing financial difficulties, or any graduate or undergraduate student whose school and/or department does not provide funding for travel and participation in conferences, you may apply for a waiver of the registration fee by e-mailing the Program Chair Dr. Hans Hacker at hhacker@astate.edu. There are a limited number of waivers given on a first requested, first serve basis once need has been established.

Preliminary Program

• Click here for the preliminary program (updated March 2)
• Click here for an ASU campus map (Note that all sessions, unless otherwise noted, are in the Humanities and Social Sciences Building.)

Parking Information

Visitors to the Arkansas State campus may park in any Visitor Parking Space on campus. These are available all across campus including in the North Parking Deck (beside the Student Union), outside the Administration Building, and behind the Fine Arts Building. You may then walk to the Humanities and Social Sciences Building where all events for the conference will take place. To see a map of campus, look to the following web site: http://www.astate.edu/dotAsset/448bb049-7d01-4c6e-82c3-50cf9ac4ed89#

In addition, the Association has purchased 40 visitor parking permits. Those who would prefer to park using a permit should park in Lot S-14B (see map of campus by clicking on the link below. Lot S-14B is behind the Fine Arts Building and the Arkansas Biosciences Institute). You must then walk to the conference registration desk in the lobby of the Humanities and Social Science Building and return to your vehicle where you can place the hang tag on the vehicle’s rear-view mirror.

Attendees may park anywhere on campus on Saturday as A State does not hand out parking tickets on weekends or after 5 p.m.

NOTE: Any individual who receives a parking ticket during the conference should take that ticket to the Program Director Hans Hacker (hhacker@astate.edu).

Conference Hotel Information

• Click here for hotel information

Call for Papers

Dates:  March 2-3, 2018

Location:  Arkansas State University, Jonesboro, Arkansas

Note:  All faculty members and students listed on the program of an ArkPSA annual meeting are required to register and pay full registration fees (ArkPSA By-Law, 2003).

This notification is the call for papers, panels, and roundtables for the 2018 conference of the Arkansas Political Science Association. The Arkansas Political Science Association is a professional association for university and secondary school Political Science educators, graduate and undergraduate students, practitioners, and others interested in the scientific study of government and political behavior. The Arkansas Political Science Association also publishes a refereed journal: The Midsouth Political Science Review.

The association invites submissions of proposals of papers, panels, and roundtables from scholars and students of Political Science and related disciplines. All proposals should include the information requested under the “Proposals Submission” sub-heading below. If you are uncertain about the placement of the proposed paper, panel, or roundtable, please contact the Program Chair for clarification on the appropriate section. Individuals willing to serve as Panel Chairs or Discussants should send such requests to the appropriate Section Chair.

Please e-mail proposals to the appropriate section chairs (see below) with the following information by the deadline of Friday, Dec. 8:

•  Type of Proposal (paper, panel, roundtable)
•  An Abstract
•  Title of Submission
•  Name, position, and institutional affiliation
•  Mailing address, telephone number, and e-mail addres
• If offering to serve as panel chair or discussant, include fields of expertise.

Section Chairs

American Government & Politics

Donald Gooch, Stephen F. Austin State University, goochdm@sfasu.edu

Arkansas Politics/State Politics

Michael Rogers, Arkansas Tech University, mrogers6@atu.edu

International Relations/Comparative Politics

Haroon Khan, Henderson State University, khanh@hsu.edu (comparative politics)

Jacob Ausderan, Arkansas State University, jausderan@astate.edu (international relations)

Political Theory

Matthew Evans, Northwest Arkansas Community College, mevans8@nwacc.edu

Public Administration/Public Policy

David Harding, Arkansas State University, drharding@astate.edu

Graduate/Undergraduate Student Research

Amy Buzby, Arkansas State University, abuzby@astate.edu