PROGRAM COMMITTEES


Administrative Committees Committee on Nominations
Committee on Publications
Equity and Access Taskforce
Social Media Committee
Virtual Community Program Committee
WPSA Climate Action Committee


Status Committees Committee on the Status of Asian Pacific Americans
Committee on the Status of Blacks in the Profession
Committee on the Status of Latinas/os in the Profession
Committee on the Status of Women in the Profession
Community College Committee
First Generation Scholars Committee
Queer Status Committee

Award Committees Asian Pacific Americans and Politics Best Paper Award Committee
Betty Moulds Lifetime Service Award
Betty Nesvold Women and Politics Award Committee
Blacks and Politics Best Paper Award Committee
Charles Redd Politics of the American West Award Committee
Clay Morgan Award Committee
Dissertation Award Committee
Don Nakanishi Award Committee
Environmental Political Theory Award Comittee
Latino/Latina Politics Best Paper Award Comittee
PGI Award Comittee
WPSA Best Paper Award Committee
PRQ Award Committee
William E. Connolly Award Committee

Committee on Nominations
Chair:
Valerie Martinez (2022-2024)
University of Northern Texas
Members:
Angel Saavedra Cisneros (2023-2025)
Bowdoin College
Darin Dewitt (2023-2025)
CSULB

Scott Siegel (2022-2024)
San Francisco State University

Elsa Diaz (council liaison, 2022-2024)
Pike’s Peak Community College
Committee on Publications
Chair:
Brent Boyea
(2022-2024)
University of Texas, Arlington
Members:
Michaele Ferguson (2023-2025)
U of Colorado Boulder
TBA
Equity and Access Taskforce
Chair:
Jane Junn
(2021-2023)
University of Southern California
Members:
Fan Lu (2022-2025)
Queens University
Natasha Altema McNeely (2022-2025)
UTexas Rio Grande Valley
Hajer Al-Faham (2021-2023)
University of Pennsylvania
Kenneth Fernandez (2021-2024)
College of Southern Nevada
Zein Murib
Fordham University
Kathryn Perkins (2022-2025)
CSU-Long Beach
TBA
Social Media Committee
Chair: Meredith Conroy
California State University, San Bernardino

Mario Guerrero
Cal Poly, Pomona

Virtual Community Program Committee
Chair:
Mark Brown

California State University, Sacramento
Members:
Ron Amit
ASU
Jamie Mayerfeld (2020-2024)
Univ of Washington
Maria Struble
Western Colorado University
TBA
Climate Action Committee
The Western Political Science Association has formed a Climate Action Committee to generate proposals for reducing the association’s contributions to climate change.
Chair:
Kathryn Harrison
(2021-2024)
University of British Columbia
Members:
Katherine Lawless (2023-2026)
Huron University
Caleb Goltz (2022-2024)
St. Thomas University
Althea Sircar (2021-2024)
University of Redlands
Chris Crews (2020-2024)
California State University Chico
Jamie Mayerfeld (2020-2024)
Univ of Washington
Paasha Mahdavi (2022-2025)
UC Santa Barbara
Emily Ray (2020-2024)
Sonoma State University
Mark Brown (2021-2024)
California State University, Sacramento
June Ann Jones (2022-2024)
Virginia Tech
TBA
TBA
Committee on the Status of Asian Pacific Americans
Chair:
Fan Lu (2022-2025)
Queens University
Members:
Nhat-Dang Do (2023-2026)
Trinity College
Yeaji Kim (2020-2023)
Cal State Dominguez Hills
Dennis Weng (2021-2024)
Sam Houston State University
Sangay Mishra (2021-2024)
Drew University
Committee on the Status of Blacks in the Profession
Chair:
Natasha Altema McNeely (2022-2025)
UTexas Rio Grande Valley
Members:
LaGina Gause (2021-2024)
University of California, San Diego
Jacob Grumbach (2022-2025)
University of Washington
Chris Towler (2021-2024)
CSU Sacramento
Christine Slaughter (2023-2026)
Boston University
Committee on the Status of Latinas/os in the Profession
Chair:
Kenneth Fernandez (2021-2024)
College of Southern Nevada
Members:
Marcel Roman (2023-2026)
UT Austin
Maricruz Osorio (2023-2026)
Bentley
Christopher Olds (2022-2025)
Fort Hays State University
Monica Lombana (2021-2024)
Edmonds College
Committee on the Status of Women in the Profession

Chair: Kathryn Perkins (2022-2025)
CSU-Long Beach

Members:
Joyce Ejukonemu (2023-2026)
Federal College of Education
Sara Angevine (2020-2026)
Whittier College
Sarah Gershon (2022-2025)
Georgia State University
Loan Le (2021-2024)
Institute for Good Government and Inclusion
Community College Committee
Co-Chair:
Rogelio Garcia (2023-2026)
East Los Angeles College
Co-Chair:
La Della Levy (2023-2026)
College of Southern Nevada
Members:
Dino Bozonelos (2023-2025)
Victor Valley College
Tony Wohlers (2023-2026)
Harford Community College
Kelly Velasquez (2021-2024)
East Los Angeles College
First Generation Scholars Committee
Chair:
Hajer Al-Faham (2021-2023)
University of Pennsylvania
Members:
Jonathan Benjamin Alvarado (2020-2023)
University of Nebraska, Omaha
Grace Howard (2023-2026)
SFSU
Mary Anne Mendoza (2022-2025)
Cal Polytechnic University, Pomona
Bianca Rubalcava (2022-2025)
University of California, Irvine
Queer Status Committee
Chair:
Zein Murib
Fordham University
Members:
TBA TBA
Asian Pacific Americans and Politics Best Paper Award Committee

For an outstanding paper discussing issues and problems that concern
Asian Pacific Americans. ($250 award)

Chair:
Fan Lu (2022-2025)
Queens University
Members:
Nhat-Dang Do (2023-2026)
Trinity College
Yeaji Kim (2020-2023)
Cal State Dominguez Hills
Dennis Weng (2021-2024)
Sam Houston State University
Sangay Mishra (2021-2024)
Drew University
Betty Moulds Lifetime Service Award:
Chair:
Gary Segura

UCLA
Members:
Jessica Lavariega Monforti
California State University, Channel Islands
John Meyer
Cal Poly Humboldt
Betty Nesvold Women and Politics Award:

Chair: Kathryn Perkins (2022-2025)
CSU-Long Beach

Members:
Joyce Ejukonemu (2023-2026)
Federal College of Education
Sara Angevine (2020-2026)
Whittier College
Sarah Gershon (2022-2025)
Georgia State University
Loan Le (2021-2024)
Institute for Good Government and Inclusion
Blacks and Politics Best Paper Award:
Chair:
Natasha Altema McNeely (2022-2025)
UTexas Rio Grande Valley
Members:
LaGina Gause (2021-2024)
University of California, San Diego
Jacob Grumbach (2022-2025)
University of Washington
Chris Towler (2021-2024)
CSU Sacramento
Christine Slaughter (2023-2026)
Boston University
Charles Redd Politics of the American West Award:
Chair:
Diego Esparza

University of North Texas
Members:
Nicole Tuteur
University of Hawaii
Isaac Hale
Occidental College
Clay Morgan Award:
Chair:
TBA
Members:
TBA TBA
Dissertation Award:

For the best doctoral dissertation completed at a university within the regional groupings of the WPSA between July 1 and June 30 of the previous academic year. ($250 award)

Deadline: October 15, 2023

Chair:
Kathy Walker

University of Saskatchewan
Members:
Kayla Canelo
UT Arlington
Nancy Bays Arrington
Cal Poly San Luis Obispo
Don Nakanishi Award Committee
Chair:
Pei-te Lien

UCSB
Members:
Tanika Raychaudhuri
Univ of Houston
Nicole Filler
Univ of Massachusetts-Boston
Environmental Political Theory Award
Chair:
Franziska Strack

University of Cambridge
Members:
Kellan Anfinson
University of South Florida
Katharine Farrell
Universidad del Rosario
Latino/Latina Politics Best Paper Award
Chair:
Kenneth Fernandez (2021-2024)
College of Southern Nevada
Members:
Marcel Roman (2023-2026)
UT Austin
Maricruz Osorio (2023-2026)
Bentley
Christopher Olds (2022-2025)
Fort Hays State University
Monica Lombana (2021-2024)
Edmonds College
PGI Award
Chair:
Jennifer Hayes Clark
University of Houston
Members:
Jamil Scott
Georgetown University
Ngoc Phan
Hawaii Pacific University
WPSA Best Paper Award
Chair:
David L. Leal
UT Austin
Members:
Amy Mazur
Washington State University
TBA
PRQ Award

The Political Research Quarterly Best Article Award. This award is given for the best article published by the PRQ during the prior calendar year. ($1000 award)

Chair:
David Cortez
University of Notre Dame
Members:
Jennifer Garcia
Oberlin College
Chris Stout
Oregon State
William E. Connolly Award (Political Theory)
Chair:
Char Roone Miller
George Masón
Members:
Stephanie Erev

Marius Grove
University of Hawaii

 

 


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