APSA is pleased to provide grants to APSA members to support attendance at the National Humanities Alliance's 2026 Humanities Advocacy Day (March 8-10) and the Consortium of Social Science Association's (COSSA) Social Science Advocacy Day (March 23-24).

Lily Ulrich is a graduate from the University of California, Santa Barbara with a Bachelor of Arts in political science and minors in feminist studies and history. Lily is pursuing a PhD in American politics to study how gender identity shapes political identity formation and civic engagement. She has contributed to research projects examining the aftermath of the Dobbs decision and rebel group ideologies in extra-state wars.

One of the many important roles of the American Political Science Association (APSA) is recognizing excellence in the political science profession.  APSA makes awards for the best dissertations,…

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The American Political Science Association (APSA) invites applications for the Spring 2026 Centennial Center Research Grant Program, which provides awards of up to $2,500 to support research across all fields of political science. Submit your applications here! The application deadline for the Spring Centennial Center Research Grants is March 15, 2026. The Spring Application Cycle The program is designed to expand access to research funding for scholars whose institutional positions or professional circumstances provide limited or no research support.

Platforms, Politics, and the Crisis of Democracy: Connective Action and the Rise of Illiberalism By W. Lance Bennett, University of Washington, and Steven Livingston, George Washington University Democratic backsliding, the slow erosion of institutions, processes, and norms, has become more pronounced in many nations. Most scholars point to the role of parties, leaders, and institutional changes, along with the pursuit of voters through what Daniel Ziblatt has characterized as alliances with more extremist party surrogate organizations.

Elections The election of APSA Council members and officers occurs via electronic ballot over the summer, with new Council members and officers beginning

APSA is pleased to provide grants to APSA members to support attendance at the National Humanities Alliance's 2026 Humanities Advocacy Day (March 8-10) and the Consortium of Social Science Association's (COSSA) Social Science Advocacy Day (March 23-24)...

Angel Sosa Llanos will graduate from Emory University in spring 2026 with a BA in political science. His research interests are race and ethnic politics, Latino political engagement, voting behavior, and the politics of immigration. He developed and pursued these research interests as a 2025 Ralph Bunche Summer Institute scholar, 2024 Emory Summer Undergraduate Research Fellow, 2024 Emory Center for Law and Social Sciences fellow, and through internships with the Emory Votes Initiative, the Latinx Studies Initiative, the Southern Poverty Law Center, and the Latino Community Fund of Georgia.

Elections The election of APSA Council members and officers occurs via electronic ballot over the summer, with new Council members and officers beginning

Join the APSA Committee on the Status of Community Colleges in the Profession for the second Friday Faculty Hour of 2026 to check in on how the new term is going and to discuss strategies to build…

Multidimensional Constructions of Target Groups and Their Political Implications: The Case of Immigrant (Il)Legality By Kirill Zhirkov, University of Virginia, and Lauren Van De Hey, Utah State University Social construction theory postulates that policy outcomes depend on whether target groups are imagined by the public as deserving or undeserving. However, recent evidence demonstrates that the constructions in question are contentious rather than uniformly shared.

Josearmando Torres is a recent graduate of the University of Pennsylvania with a B.A. in political science with honors and a minor in survey research and data analytics. His senior thesis, “Competition, Color-Blindness, or Coalition?” examines how perceived competition with African Americans and race-neutral attitudes shape Latino support for Black-led movements and policies. As a 2024 Ralph Bunche Summer Institute Scholar, he studied how expressing an American identity relates to anti-immigration attitudes among Latinos.

Extended Deadline for Journalism and Telecommunications: February 13, 2026 The American Political Science Association (APSA) invites applications for the 2026–2027 APSA Congressional Fellowship…

One of the many important roles of the American Political Science Association (APSA) is recognizing excellence in the political science profession. 

“Anxiety and Depression: Graduate School and Beyond” Thursday, February 5, 2026 | 2:00 pm EST (11:00 am PST) Register Here In a recent APSA survey of political scientists, 43% of respondents reported experiencing anxiety, and [...]

Gendered Perceptions of Legislative Influence By Jaclyn Kaslovsky, Washington University, Tabitha Koch, Rice University, and Michael P. Olson, Washington University Women legislators face a variety…

Institutional Change on Digital Platforms: Temporal Shifts in the Power of Users, Businesses, and States By Sverrir Steinsson, George Washington University Under what conditions are user-generated digital content platforms responsive to pressures from users, businesses, and states? I propose that digital platforms show different levels of responsiveness to users, businesses, and states over time. Early in a platform’s life, the platform is highly sensitive to the demands of users, who have an opportunity to directly shape the institutional characteristics of the platform through the threat of user revolt.

Join APSA for a panel discussion about experiences with managing anxiety and depression in graduate school and as you begin your career as a professor.