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Join us for WPSA in San Diego!

April 1-4, 2026

Balboa Park

Success in San Diego and the WPSA Plans for 2027

The WPSA Annual Conference in San Diego was the most successful since our conference was held there in 2019 and one of the most successful ever. In total, the conference included 946 proposals, 1190 participants, 270 panels, 62 posters, 3 Wednesday workshops, 3 mini-conference, and numerous special events and receptions. But the numbers do not begin to convey the energy and excitement that was felt at the conference. It was a good meeting!

We expect a similarly strong conference next year when we meet in Denver, Colorado, for the first time since 2003. The city has changed considerably in those twenty-four years and offers a welcoming location for a conference. Late March can be especially beautiful in Colorado and the conference will be held in an attractive, well-designed Hyatt hotel. Denver is easily reached from cities across the country because of the large number of flights in and out of the Denver International Airport. We also have the lowest guest room rates in several years. The conference will be held from March 25-27, with the pre-conference workshops on March 24. The Hyatt Regency Denver at Colorado Convention Center is the conference hotel. Please join us!

We will begin to accept proposals for papers, panels, and other forms of participation this summer. We will be sending out an announcement when the proposal form becomes available, but don't hesitate to check the website just to be safe. The deadline for proposals is September 25, 2027. In the meantime, check out the Call for Papers: 

Call For Papers 2027

New Editors of PRQ Announced
A Message from WPSA President Carrie Currier

The Western Political Science Association would like to announce the selection of a new team of editors for Political Research Quarterly. The new nine-member team will be led by Neil Chaturvedi, Cal Poly Pomona, as editor-in-chief. The eight associate editors bring in expertise from a broad cross-section of the political science discipline. The team of editors was recommended by a selection committee chaired by Christopher Stout, University of California, San Diego, and approved by the WPSA Executive Council at its April meeting in San Diego. The Chaturvedi team was one of three applications that the committee reviewed before making its recommendation

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New Executive Council Elected

A new slate of candidates was elected at the WPSA Business Meeting in April to serve on the Executive Council. Celeste Montoya, University of Colorado Boulder, was elected to serve as the Program Chair for the 2028 conference in San Diego. At the end of the conference, she will become the WPSA through the 2029 conference in Austin. Natalie Masuoka, University of California Los Angeles, was reelected to serve as Treasurer for another three-year terms. Four association members were elected as regional councilors, serving from March 2027 to February 2030:  Anna Sampaio, Santa Clara University; Zahra Ahmed, Saint Mary’s College of California; Christina Bejarano, Texas Woman’s University; and Anita Chari, University of Oregon. Paru Shah, Rutgers University, was elected to serve the remainder of the term for Christopher Stout, who was elected Program Chair last year. Shah will serve through February 2028.

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