MPSA Blog
Reflections on the #MPSA18 Mentoring Reception
On the second day of the 76th Annual Conference, MPSA held a mentoring reception for which graduate students, PhD recipients in non-academic positions, junior, mid-career, and contingent faculty could select volunteer mentors for small group mentoring to discuss their current research and…
More Bridging, Less Bonding: New Views of Social Capital
(or, Why I am Going to Watch Roseanne)
by Michael A. Smith of Emporia State University
Social…
Finger on the Pulse: Alive and Kicking at MPSA 2018
By Harold "Harry" Young of Austin Peay State University
At this year’s MPSA conference, I was…
Politics and Ontology in Thucydides' story of Alcmaeon
By Borden Flanagan of American University
The story of Alcmaeon, in an emphatically unnecessary digression, frames…
The Public Expert: How Academics Can Break the Ivory Tower Stereotype #MPSA18
By Alex Ellison In the professional development track at the Midwest Political Science Association Conference in Chicago, IL, there were a couple of sessions on using social media in academia and sharing research in more easy-to-digest ways with the general public. In higher education, there is…
The New Political Scientists—We’re Live, We’re Nationwide, and We’re Online
By Michael A. Smith, Professor of Political Science at Emporia State University
Do Academics Stink at Work/Life Balance?
And is this scaring away students? By Alex Ellison At the 2018 Midwest Political Science Association Conference in Chicago, IL, I attended the session, Trying to Balance Work and Life with Joel Raveloharimisy from Andrews University, William Raymond from Benedictine College, Marjorie Hershey…
Why the 2020 census shouldn't ask about your citizenship status
A naturalization ceremony, in December 2015.
AP Photo/Evan Vucci,…
The 2018 MPSA Conference Is Here: What Have You Done for Me Lately?
By Harold Young of Austin Peay State University
“Expectations should not always be taken as reality; because you never know when you will be disappointed.” ― Samuel P. Huntington
Politics in the Trump Era – A Curated Guide to MPSA 2018
by Chana M. Solomon-Schwartz
In less than a month, scholars from more…