Professional Development

Less is More

By Kelsey Larsen, Assistant Professor at the University of Central Florida


Conference Smarter Not Harder: An Interview with Dr. Gustavo Diaz

By James Steur, Ph.D. Candidate, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign In this blog post, I’m interviewing Gustavo…


The ICPSR Summer Program: Furthering Great Research and Inspiring Great People

By: Scott Campbell, ICPSR Summer Program Communications Coordinator The ICPSR Summer Program in Quantitative Methods of Social Research started in 1963, and we’ve been called many things since then. Many know us as simply “ICPSR” or “the Summer Program,” and others (hopefully) fondly call our…


To Networking & Beyond: Strategies for Successful Networking

By James Steur, a Ph.D. student in political science at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Networking As MPSA…


Rethinking the Political Science Major - MPSA Roundtable (audio)

Image - A classroom without students This roundtable Rethinking the Political Science Major…


Show Me the Money: Securing Research Funding

By Charmaine N. Willis of University of Albany Word map with various currencies scattered around edges One of the…


Fieldwork: Ethical Considerations, Funding, and Data Collection Methods

By Charmaine N. Willis of University of Albany Photo by Ryan Tauss on Unsplash The recent MPSA conference offered many…


Previewing the 77th Annual MPSA Conference Program: A Selection of Professional Development Panels for Graduate Students

By Charmaine N. Willis of University of Albany, SUNY MPSA19ProfessionalDevelopment As panelists frantically completing…