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Hans Hacker, the Arkansas Political Science Association president and chair of the Distinguished Scholar Award Committee, invites nominations for the ArkPSA Distinguished Scholar Award.  The award was established by the Executive Board at its Spring meeting in 2015. The deadline for nominations is Nov. 3, 2019.  Please email your nominations with an explanation of the nominees career accomplishments in teaching and scholarship, institutional affiliations, education, and other biographical details of note to Hacker at hhacker@astate.edu. The links below describe the basic Read More …

The newest volume of The Midsouth Political Science Review (MPSR) is now available online. It is volume 20. For paid members of the Arkansas Political Science Association, a hard copy will be mailed to you as soon as it is available. The volume includes the following articles: Brendan Toner, Tara Schmutzler, Briana Kordsmeier, and Joshua L. Mitchell. “The Limits of Morality: Exploring the Diffusion of Eugenics Policies across the US States” Jason A. Husser, Carrie P. Eaves, and Kenneth E. Read More …

The Call for Papers for the 2020 Arkansas Political Science Association meeting is posted online. The meeting will take place on March 6-7, 2020 at Henderson State University in Arkadelphia, AR. To see the CFP, click here.

The 2019-2020 Faculty Directory is now posted on the Membership page. It contains a list of names, degrees, affiliation, contact information, and research and teaching interests for full-time and contingent political science and public administration faculty throughout the state of Arkansas. Any needed changes or additions to this directory should be reported to ArkPSA Secretary Matt Evans at mevans8@nwacc.edu.
 

Arkansas State Senator Karen Flowers and ArkPSA Vice President Karen Sebold ArkPSA Keynote speaker and University of Arkansas professor of political science, Dr. Janine Parry       ArkPSA Business Meeting

The following papers were given best paper awards; they were presented at the 2019 Arkansas Political Science Association meeting at the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville. Best Undergraduate Paper — Hannah Burdette (Senior, Hendrix College), “Her Rights, Everyone’s Benefit: An Examination of Women’s Rights in the Global Economy”. Best Graduate Paper — Alexandra Johnson (MA Candidate, Political Science, University of Arkansas Fayetteville), ” Sex, Stress, and the Supreme Court: Verbal and Nonverbal Analysis of Supreme Court Nominee Judge Brett Kavanaugh Read More …

The preliminary program for the 2019 Arkansas Political Science Association meeting is now online. To check the program, please click on the following link. Further updates to the program will be posted to this web site when they become available.

The newest volume 19 of The Midsouth Political Science Review (MPSR) is now online. For paid members of the Arkansas Political Science Association, a hard copy will be mailed to you as soon as it is available. Over the past 10 years, MPSR has published over 60 articles representing all fields of the discipline of political science. Thank you and please consider MPSR for your future projects.

The following papers were given best paper awards for the 2018 ArkPSA meeting; the two day meeting was held at Arkansas State University in March 2-3, 2018. Best Undergraduate Paper C. Taylor Summerville, Arkansas Tech University, Pakistan-India Territorial Disputes: Why do the tensions persist?    The Indian subcontinent, also known as South Asia, has long since been an epicenter of diversity in culture, religion, and language; however, with large amounts of diversity and the appeal of this region, there is bound Read More …

  To find out how to submit a paper, panel, or roundtable proposal for the ArkPSA conference on March 8-9, 2019 at University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Arkansas, scroll over the conference dropdown-menu above or click on the following link to read the Call For Papers.