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Pennsylvania Political Science Association

73rd Annual Meeting

 

Muhlenberg College

Allentown, Pennsylvania

March 30 – March 31, 2012

 

 

Call for Papers

Pennsylvania Political Science Association

73rd Annual Meeting

Muhlenberg College

March 30-31, 2012

 

View/print Call for Papers in MS Word.

 

The Pennsylvania Political Science Association (PPSA) invites proposals for papers and panels to present at the 2012 meeting. The deadline for proposals is January 31, 2012. The PPSA Annual Meeting includes panels and papers in all subfields of political science. Special features of the meeting include a section of research by undergraduate students as well as panels addressing politics and policy in Pennsylvania and the mid-Atlantic region.

 

Submit proposals directly to the appropriate section chair listed below by January 31, 2012. Please indicate if you are submitting your proposal to more than one section.

 

Direct general questions about the program to the Program Chair: E. Brooke Harlowe, Department of Political Science, Lock Haven University, Lock Haven, PA 17745 (phone: 570-484-2341; fax: 570-484-2830; email: bharlowe@Lhup.edu)

 

Program Sections

 

Political Theory: Giacomo Gambino, Department of Political Science, Muhlenberg College, 2400 Chew St., Allentown, PA 18104 (email: Gambino@muhlenberg.edu)

 

American Government and Public Policy: Jean Wahl Harris and Julie Schumacher Cohen, co-chairs.  Department of Political Science, University of Scranton, O'Hara Hall, Rm 412, Scranton, PA 18510.  (email: jean.harris@scranton.edu)

 

Judicial Politics and Constitutional Law: Kyle Kreider, Department of Political Science, Wilkes University. 84 W. South St., Wilkes-Barre, PA 18301 (email: kyle.kreider@wilkes.edu) 

 

State and Local Government: Michele DeMary, Department of Political Science, Susquehanna University.  514 University Avenue, Selinsgrove, PA 17870.  (email: demary@susqu.edu)

 

International Relations: Mark Sachleben, Department of Political Science, Shippensburg University, 1871 Old Main Dr., Shippensburg, PA  17257 (email: mdsachleben@ship.edu) 

 

Comparative Politics: Beth Admiraal, Department of Political Science, King’s College, Wilkes-Barre, PA 18711 (email: bethadmiraal@kings.edu) 

 

Undergraduate Student Research: Andy Miller, Department of Political Science, Wilkes University. 84 W. South St., Wilkes-Barre, PA 18301 (email: andrew.miller1@wilkes.edu).  For undergraduate student submissions, include name and contact information of a sponsoring faculty member.

 

 

 

 

Hotel Information:

Hotel information for the 2012 meeting will be listed here.

 

Conference Registration:

A link to the registration form and other information will appear here.

 

More About the PPSA:

You can secure PPSA membership (and member registration rates) for the faculty of an entire department using the departmental membership form.

 

To learn more about the PPSA, please visit our web sites:

  • Commonwealth: A Journal of Political Science: The journal of the PPSA is now published jointly with the Legislative Office for Research Liaison (LORL) of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives.
  • The official PPSA web site includes a history of the PPSA and general information about the organization as well as links to data sources and news coverage of Pennsylvania politics. Dr. Fran Moran of New Jersey City University is the webmaster and NJCU hosts the site.
  • Previous conference programs:

·        72nd Annual meeting in 2011 at the State Capitol in Harrisburg, held jointly with the Middle Atlantic American Studies Association and the Middle Atlantic Folklife Association

·        71st Annual meeting in 2010 at the State Capitol in Harrisburg.

·        70th Annual Meeting includes the program from the 2009 meeting at Elizabethtown, held jointly with the Middle Atlantic American Studies Association.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Updated 11/28/11 by Stan Berard.