Announcements: Western Political Science Association

• Published date: 01 March 2019
• Date: 01 March 2019
• DOI: 10.1177/1065912918822290
• Subject Matter: Information for Readers

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Political Research Quarterly
2019, Vol. 72(1) 259 –260
Announcements: Western Political
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Exciting Plans and Record Numbers
on Professional Development has organized a roundtable
for 2019 Annual Meeting in San
on “Strategies for Engaging the Public on Climate
Diego
Change,” which will focus on approaches for increasing
public knowledge and engagement in climate change.
The 2019 Annual Meeting of the Western Political
Panelists will include representatives from the press, non-
Science Association (WPSA) is shaping up to be the larg-
profit organizations, local government, and political sci-
est and most dynamic in its history. There are 352 panels
entists. There are some twenty-eight panels throughout
scheduled for the meeting—a record number—along
the conference on climate change and politics, along with
with a diverse array of mini-conferences, workshops,
numerous individual papers. One of the panels particu-
guest speakers, and other special events. The meeting
larly worth attending is on “Political Science and Climate
will be held at the Manchester Hyatt in San Diego,
Change: The State of the Discipline,” which has been
California, from Thursday, April 18, through Saturday,
organized by Michael Ross of University of California,
April 20, 2019. The theme for this year’s conference is
Los Angeles (UCLA). There is also the mini-conference
“The Politics of Climate Change.”
on Subnational Environmental Governance.
Program Chair Jamie Mayerfeld and the Program
Of course, the WPSA meeting brings together a broad
Section Chairs have assembled a broad and inclusive pro-
collection of papers and panels on all topics and across...