Announcements

• DOI: http://doi.org/10.1177/10659129221115790
• Published date: 01 September 2022
• Date: 01 September 2022
• Subject Matter: Information for Readers

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Political Research Quarterly

2022, Vol. 75(3) 930

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Announcements

Western Political Science

Association (WPSA)

Plan to Join Us in San Francisco in 2023

The 2023 meeting of the Western Political Science As-

sociation will be held at the Hyatt Regency in San

Francisco, California, from April 6 to 8. Jason Casellas,

University of Houston, is serving as program chair for this

meeting. Melissa Michelson, Menlo College, is chairing

the Local Arrangements Committee. Information re-

garding the conference, its theme, and the list of section

chairs are available on the WPSA website: www.wpsanet.

org. In addition to the main program, several workshops

are being organized for Wednesday, April 5. There will

also be several mini-conferences held during the meeting.

Information on these workshops and mini-conferences

can also be found on the website.

Proposals for the 2023 meeting are encouraged. The

DEADLINE for submission of paper proposals/program

participation forms is September 26, 2022. The theme for

the 2023 meeting is: “Unity in the Midst of Disunity: The

Role of Political Science in Democracy.”While proposals

are welcome on all topics in political science, the program

chair is encouraging proposals that enhance our under-

standing of the division which has impacted our political

discourse and the role that political scientists can play, as

individuals and as members of an association, to help find

ways to foster unity and coalescence around shared

principles. Scholars in all subfields of the discipline are

welcome to submit proposals on subjects related to this

theme. Details about the conference, its theme, the Call for

Papers, and proposal instructions appear on the WPSA

website: www.wpsanet.org.

The WPSA annual meeting not only offers the op-

portunity for traditional research presentations and

roundtable 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 in the spring, we may be

able to accommodate your group by coordinating a

conference within the WPSA annual meeting. For in-

formation about these opportunities, please contact

Richard Clucas, WPSA Executive Director, at hprc@

pdx.edu.

New WPSA Officers and Council Members

Future officers and council members were elected at the

WPSA business meeting held in March in Portland,

Oregon. Lorrie Frasure, University of California, Los

Angeles, was elected to the position of vice president and

program chair, 2023–2024. She will oversee the program

for the 2024 meeting in Vancouver,British Columbia, and

will serve as president of the association during the

subsequent year. In addition, the following individuals

were elected at the business meeting to serve as council

members from 2023 to 2026: Ron Hayduk, San Francisco

State University; Anand Commissiong, California State

University Long Beach; LaDella Levy, College of

Southern Nevada; and Yalidy Matos, Rutgers. These new

council members will assume their positions just prior to

the April 2023 meeting in San Francisco, California.

Support the WPSA 75th Anniversary

Fundraising Campaign

As part of the WPSA’s 75th Anniversary, the Association

launched a $100,000 fundraisingcampaigntocreateatravel

endowment, which will provide much-needed support to help

graduate students and faculty attend the annual meeting. The

Association is continuing the campaign until the 2023

conference. If you have not contributed yet, please do so.

Every year, the WPSA offices get request from graduate

students and faculty who do not have the funding to attend the

annual meeting. This will enable us to provide some support.

Even small contributions are appreciated! As of now, the

Association has raised $27,000. We are on our way, but need

more of you to help!

Donations to the Association can be made on a one-time

only basis or spread out over multiple months or years. 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:

https://www.wpsanet.org/about/donate.php.