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• DOI: 10.1177/1065912916660358
• Date: 01 September 2016
• Published date: 01 September 2016
• Subject Matter: Information for Readers

Political Research Quarterly

2016, Vol. 69(3) 633 –634

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Information for Readers

Western Political Science

Association (WPSA)

Change of Venue for 2017 WPSA Annual

Meeting

There has been a change in location for the 2017 annual

meeting of the WPSA. The Association was informed in

March that the Fairmont Empress Hotel in Victoria will

be going through a major renovation during the sched-

uled meeting time, making it impossible to hold the

meeting there. As a consequence, the meeting will be

held at the Hyatt Regency in Vancouver, British

Columbia. Although the Association’s leadership was

disappointed to learn of the renovations at the Empress,

the Hyatt Regency is an excellent conference hotel, and

Vancouver is a beautiful, modern city nestled between

the Pacific Ocean and the Coastal Mountains. It will be a

great place to celebrate the Association’s seventieth

anniversary.

WPSA President Julie Novkov and Program Chair

Stephen Nicholson are planning the 2017 Annual Meeting,

which is scheduled for April 13 to 15, 2017. The theme for

the meeting is “The Politics of Identity, Intergroup Bias,

and Conflict and Cooperation.” Information regarding the

program and additional WPSA news is found on our web-

site http://wpsanet.org. Please note that the deadline for

submission of participation forms is September 18, 2016.

The forms will be available in early June for submission.

Please check now to make sure your passport is up to date.

The WPSA annual meeting not only offers the oppor-

tunity for traditional research presentations and roundta-

ble discussions but also a place for interested groups to

schedule special events and workshops. In addition, if

you are part of a research community that is interested in

holding a meeting next spring, we may be able to accom-

modate your group by coordinating a conference within

the WPSA annual meeting. For information about these

opportunities, please contact Richard Clucas, executive

director, at hprc@pdx.edu.

We look forward to seeing you in Vancouver next

April!

Call for Editors of Political Research

Quarterly (PRQ)

WPSA President Julie Novkov appointed a search com-

mittee over the summer for a new editor or team of editors

for the PRQ. The term of the current editors—Clarissa

Hayward, Jeanette Mendez, and Jim Scott—will expire on

June 30, 2018. The association is seeking nominations of

qualified individuals who would edit the journal from July

1, 2018, through June 30, 2022. This four-year term is

renewable for a two-year optional extension. Nominations

and self nominations are both welcome. The WPSA

encourages nominations of women and members of ethnic

minorities. By mid-September, the formal call for editors

will be posted on the WPSA website. Check the website

for more details about the position and the application

process.

WPSA Endowments Need Your Support

In response to requests from members, the WPSA

Executive Council approved the creation of its first

endowments in fall 2014. If these endowments are to get

off the ground, they need your financial support.

One of these endowments is for an award honoring

Betty Moulds, who served for 25 years at the chief admin-

istrator for the WPSA. The Betty Moulds Lifetime

Service Award will be given to individuals who have

made a long history of service and an extraordinary con-

tribution to the WPSA. The second endowment is to

honor Joel Olson, an associate professor of political the-

ory at Northern Arizona University and a longtime WPSA

member who passed away unexpectedly in March 2012.

The Joel Olson Award will be given to activist-scholars

whose work is at the creative intersection of radical polit-

ical theory and practice. The awards honoring Betty

Moulds and Joel Olson will be funded entirely by their

endowments, so your support is essential for them to be

launched. The Executive Council also created the WPSA

Endowment Fund, which will be used to help protect the

long-term financial security of the Association and to

provide funding for special projects.

Please consider making a donation to any of these

endowments. The WPSA is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit

organization; as such, your contributions are fully tax-

deductible, as permitted by law. To make a donation,

please visit the WPSA website at http://wpsa.research.

pdx.edu/about/donate.php.

New Officers and Council Members

Future officers of the WPSA were elected at the busi-

ness meeting held in March, 2016, in San Diego,

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