Section 1: Federalism & Intergovernmental Relations

Formed: 1983, Dues: $25

The purpose of this section is to plan, develop, and implement professional activities for Association members with interests in federalism, intergovernmental relations, and state and local government.

Web site: www.apsafederalism.org

Chair: Michael A. Pagano, University of Illinois, Chicago, mapagano@uic.edu

Secretary/Treasurer: Michael McGuire, Indiana University, mcguirem@indiana.edu

2008 Annual Meeting Program Chair: Jocelyn M. Johnston, American University, jocelyn@american.edu

Council: Michelle A. Sager, U.S. Government Accountability Office; Robert Vipond, University of Toronto; William T. Gormley, Jr., Georgetown University; Beryl Radin, American University; Barry Rabe, University of Michigan; Michael Hail, Morehead State University; Alberta Sbragia, University of Pittsburgh; Carolyn Bourdeaux, Georgia State University; John Dinan, Wake Forest University

Section 2: Law and Courts

Formed: 1983, Dues: $10

The purpose of this section is to promote interest in teaching and research in the areas of law and the judicial process.

Web site: www.law.nyu.edu/lawcourts

Chair: Howard Gillman, University of Southern California, gillman@usc.edu

Chair Elect: Stefanie A. Lindquist, Vanderbilt University, stefanie.lindquist@vanderbilt.edu

Secretary: Wendy L. Martinek, SUNY, Binghamton, martinek@binghamton.edu

Treasurer: Gordon Silverstein, University of California, Berkeley, gsilver@berkeley.edu

Law and Courts Electronic Discussion List Moderators: Howard Gillman, University of Southern California and Christine B. Harrington, New York University

2008 Annual Meeting Program Chair: Stefanie A. Lindquist, Vanderbilt University, stefanie.lindquist@vanderbilt.edu

Executive Committee: Timothy Johnson, University of Minnesota; Doris Marie Provine, Arizona State University; Gretchen Helmke, University of Rochester; Kevin Quinn, Harvard University; Gerald Rosenberg, University Chicago

Section 3: Legislative Studies

Formed: 1983, Dues: $30

The purpose of this section is to provide members with an interest in legislative processes, behavior, and representation opportunities to meet and exchange ideas.

Web site: www.apsanet.org/~lss

Chair: Lawrence C. Dodd, University of Florida, ldodd@polisci.ufl.edu

Secretary/Treasurer: Tracy Sulkin, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, tsulkin@uiuc.edu

2008 Annual Meeting Program Chair: Craig Volden, Ohio State University, volden.2@osu.edu

Council: Charles R. Shipan, University of Michigan; Cindy Simon Rosenthal, University of Oklahoma; Linda L. Fowler, Dartmouth College (ex-officio)

Section 4: Public Policy

Formed: 1983, Dues: $15

The organized section on Public Policy is committed to producing rigorous empirical and theoretical knowledge of the processes and products of governing and the application of that knowledge to critical policy issues.

Web site: www.apsapolicysection.org

President: Anne L. Schneider, Arizona State University, anne.schneider@asu.edu

President-Elect: Frank R. Baumgartner, Pennsylvania State University, frankb@la.psu.edu

Secretary/Treasurer: David M. Hedge, University of Florida, dhedge@polisci.ufl.edu

Information Officer: Kenneth N. Bickers, University of Colorado

2008 Annual Meeting Program Chair: Frank R. Baumgartner, Pennsylvania State University, frankb@la.psu.edu

Executive Council: Michael Howlett, Simon Fraser University; Antonia Maioni, McGill University; Amy Zegart, University of California, Los Angeles; Julian E. Zelizer, Boston University; Sally Cohen, Yale University; Dorothy Daley, Kansas University; Alan Jacobs, University of British Columbia; Joseph White, Case Western Reserve University; Ann Lin, University of Michigan; Ann Bowman, University of South Carolina; David Levi-Faur, Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Section 5: Political Organizations and Parties

Formed: 1983, Dues: $5

The organized section on Political Organizations and Parties works to further scholarship on American political parties, comparative political parties, and interest groups. We do this in a number of different ways. Through our meetings, workshops, newsletter, and web site, we provide a means of interaction and communication for like-minded scholars. At our annual workshop at the American Political Science Association Annual Meeting we work to train scholars in the use of various methods or databases, or to promote new research in a particular area. Our participation through the sections mechanism of the American Political Science Association allows us to be a voice for our members' interests within APSA. We also organize the panels in our subfields for the APSA Annual Meeting. Finally, we recognize excellence in scholarship with our awards for best book, best article, best APSA paper, career achievement, and emerging scholar. We are governed by the volunteer efforts of our officers and board. We're eager to reach out in new directions so let us hear your ideas!

Web site: www.apsanet.org/~pop

President: Russell J. Dalton, University of California, Irvine, rdalton@uci.edu

Secretary/Treasurer: Holly Brasher, University of Alabama at Birmingham, hbrasher@uab.edu

2008 Annual Meeting Program Chairs: Seth Masket, University of Denver, smasket@du.edu; Jennifer Victor, University of Pittsburgh, jnvictor+@pitt.edu

Webmaster: Michael Brady, Duke University, michael.brady@duke.edu

Council: Barry C. Burden, Harvard University; Marjorie Hershey, Indiana University Bloomington; Kenneth Kollman, University of Michigan; Beth L. Leech, Rutgers University; Scott Ainsworth, University of Georgia; Lonna Rae Atkeson, University of New Mexico; Tom Carsey, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill; Kira Sanbonmatsu, Rutgers University

Section 6: Public Administration

Formed: 1983, Dues: $8

The purpose of this section is to provide an arena in which individuals interested in public administration may exchange ideas, enhance their professional development, and act to ensure that activities of the APSA encompass their interests.

Web site: http://h-net.msu.edu/~pubadmin

Chair: J. Edward Kellough, University of Georgia, kellough@uga.edu

Chair-Elect: Julie Dolan, Macalester College, dolan@macalester.edu

Treasurer: Sharon H. Mastracci, University of Illinois, Chicago, mastracc@uic.edu

2008 Annual Meeting Program Chair: Charles W. Gossett, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, cwgossett@csupomona.edu

Council: Roddrick Colvin, John Jay College; Christine Roch, Georgia State University; Roger Hartley, University of Arizona; Greg Saxton, SUNY at Brockport; Frances Berry, Florida State University; Sergio Fernandez, Indiana University; Lael Keiser, University of Missouri; Michael Pagano, University of Illinois

Section 7: Conflict Processes

Formed: 1984, Dues: $8

The purpose of this section is to be a forum for the study of any and all forms of political conflict both within and between nation-states.

Web site: www.apsanet.org/~conflict

President: Kelly M. Kadera, University of Iowa, kelly-kadera@uiowa.edu

Treasurer: Kelly M. Kadera, University of Iowa, kelly-kadera@uiowa.edu

2008 Annual Meeting Program Chair: Benjamin O. Fordham

Binghamton University, bfordham@binghamton.edu

Section 8: Representation and Electoral Systems

Formed: 1984, Dues: $5

The purpose of this section is to promote teaching and research in the areas of representation and electoral systems, and to encourage communication among persons interested in these fields within the Association and with related disciplines.

Chair: André Blais, Université de Montréal, andre.blais@UMontreal.CA

Secretary/Treasurer: Bonnie M. Meguid, University of Rochester, bonnie.meguid@rochester.edu

2008 Annual Meeting Program Chair: Matt Golder, Florida State University, mgolder@fsu.edu

Council: Douglas Amy, Mount Holyoke College; Sarah Birch, University of Essex; Andre Blais, Université de Montréal; Gary W. Cox, University of California, San Diego; William Crotty, Northeastern University; Bonnie Mequid, University of Rochester; Joseph Zimmerman, University of Albany

Section 9: Presidency Research

Formed: 1985, Dues: $10

The purpose of this section is to further research on the presidency and other political executives.

Web site: http://cstl-cla.semo.edu/renka/prg

President: Victoria A. Farrar-Myers, University of Texas, Arlington, victoria@uta.edu

Vice President/President Elect: Charles E. Walcott, Virginia

Polytechnic Institute, cwalcott@vt.edu

Secretary/Treasurer: Jeffrey E. Cohen, Fordham University, cohen@fordham.edu

2008 Annual Meeting Program Chair: Diane J. Heith, St. John's University, heithd@stjohns.edu

Council: Randall Adkins, University of Nebraska, Omaha; Nancy Baker, New Mexico State University; Terri Bimes, Harvard University; David B. Cohen, University of Akron; David Crockett, Trinity University; Brendan Doherty, University of California, Berkeley; Chris Dolan, University of Central Florida; Matthew Eshbaugh-Soha, University of North Texas; Lilly Goren, Carroll College; Karen Hoffman, Wheeling Jesuit University; Martha Joynt Kumar, Towson University; Ken Mayer, University of Wisconsin; Kevin McMahon, Trinity College; Jeff Peake, Bowling Green State University; Andrew Rudalevige, Dickinson College; Steven Schier, Carleton College; Shirley Anne Warshaw, Gettysburg College; Stephen Weatherford, University of California, Santa Barbara

Section 11: Religion and Politics

Formed: 1986, Dues: $24

The purpose of this section is to encourage the study of religions and politics by political scientists including issues of church and state, law, morality, political behavior, social justice, and the contributions of faith to political understanding.

Web site: www.denison.edu/~djupe/relpol/index.html

Chair: Elizabeth A. Oldmixon, University of North Texas, oldmixon@unt.edu

Chair-Elect: Kimberly H. Conger, Iowa State University, conger@iastate.edu

Secretary/Treasurer: Dan Hofrenning, Saint Olaf College, dhofrenn@stolaf.edu

2008 Annual Meeting Program Chair: Joel S. Fetzer, Pepperdine University, joel.fetzer@pepperdine.edu

Webmaster: Ricardo M. Barrera, resident@politicalphilosophy.net

Executve Committee: Ed Cleary, Providence College; Mary Segers, Rutgers University, Newark; Shmuel Sandler, Bar Ilan University

Section 13: Urban Politics

Formed: 1986, Dues: $28

The purpose of the section is to promote interest in teaching and research in urban politics and policy. The section seeks to encourage communication among persons interested in urban politics within the Association and within related disciples.

Web site: http://www.apsanet.org/~urban

Section 15: Science, Technology & Environmental Politics

Formed: 1986, Dues: $8

The purpose of this section is to stimulate fundamental inquiry on science, technology, and environmental issues as political phenomena.

Web site: www.apsanet.org/section_320

Section 16: Women and Politics Research

Formed: 1986, Dues: $25

The purpose of this section is to foster the study of women and politics within the discipline of political science.

Web site: www.apsanet.org/~wpol

President: Kira Sanbonmatsu, Rutgers University, sanbon@rci.rutgers.edu

President Elect: Debra J. Liebowitz, Drew University, dliebowi@drew.edu

President-Elect-Elect: Georgia Duerst-Lahti, Beloit College, duerstgj@beloit.edu

Secretary: Kathleen Dolan, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, kdolan@uwm.edu

Treasurer: Melody Rose, Portland State University, rosem@pdx.edu

2008 Annual Meeting Program Chair: Debra J. Liebowitz, Drew University, dliebowi@drew.edu

Newsletter Editor: Hamideh Sedghi, Harvard University, hsedghi@fas.harvard.edu

Council: Julia Jordan Zachery, Howard University; Holloway Sparks, Emory University; Mona Lena Krook, Washington University in Saint Louis; Susan Mezey, Loyola University Chicago

Section 17: Foundations of Political Thought

Formed: 1987, Dues: $10

The Foundations of Political Theory section exists to advance the linkage of political theory and philosophy with political science as a discipline. Foundations recognizes and encourages research and teaching that crosses intellectual and disciplinary boundaries. It stands at and seeks to support the intersection where philosophical, psychological, normative, and empirical approaches and problems meet. Foundations, as the name suggests, aims to study the more permanent dimensions of political life ranging from the design of institutions and political practices to the terms and concepts used to interpret the former.

Web site: www.political-theory.org

Chair: Michael T. Gibbons, University of South Florida, mgibbons@cas.usf.edu

Treasurer: Stephen T. Leonard, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, sleonard@email.unc.edu

2008 Annual Meeting Program Chair: Jodi Dean, Hobart & William Smith Colleges, jdean@hws.edu

Webmaster: Jan Meine, Leipzig University, mail@janmeine.de

Council: Wendy Brown, University of California, Berkeley; Terrell Carver, University of Bristol; Nancy J. Hirschmann, University of Pennsylvania; Leslie Paul Thiele, University of Florida; Stephen K. White, University of Virginia; Elizabeth Wingrove, University of Michigan

Section 18: Information Technology and Politics

Formed: 1988, Dues: $5

The purpose of this section is to provide a forum for members with an interest in the use of computers, the Internet, and multimedia in teaching, research, and policy applications in political science and all related subfields and disciplines.

Web site: www.apsanet.org/~itp

Chair: Renee Marlin-Bennett,, Johns Hopkins University, marlin@jhu.edu

Chair-Elect: Derrick L. Cogburn, Syracuse University, dcogburn@syr.edu

Secretary/Treasurer: Cecilia G. Manrique, University of Wisconsin-La Crosse, manrique.ceci@uwlax.edu

2008 Annual Meeting Program Chair: Derrick L. Cogburn, Syracuse University, dcogburn@syr.edu

Executive Committee: Chris Bronk, Rice University; Antoinette Pole, Southern Connecticut State University; Andrew Chadwick, University of London; Patrick Hamlett, North Carolina State University; Nanette Levinson, American University; Priscilla Regan, George Mason University

Section 19: International Security and Arms Control

Formed: 1988, Dues: $8

The purpose of this section is to encourage research and scholarship in international security and arms control, providing an opportunity for presentation of papers and discussion of theoretical and empirical work at APSA section meetings.

Web site: www.intlsecurity.org

President: Jeffrey A. Larsen, University of Denver, larsenj@saic.com

Treasurer: Paul R. Viotti, University of Denver, pviotti@du.edu

2008 Annual Meeting Program Chair: Timothy Crawford, Boston College, timothy.crawford@bc.edu

Board Members: Karen Ruth Adams, University of Montana; Christopher Carr, Air War College; Chris Demchak, University of Arizona; Pete Dombrowski, Naval War College; Andrew Dorman, Kings College London; David Goldfischer, University of Denver; Jeffrey Larsen, SAIC; T.V. Paul, McGill University; David Sacko, USAF Academy

Section 20: Comparative Politics

Formed: 1988, Dues: $8

The purpose of this section is to promote the comparative, especially cross-national, study of politics and to integrate work of comparativists, area studies specialists, and those interested in American politics.

President: Peter A. Gourevitch, University of California, San Diego, pgourevitch@ucsd.edu

Vice President/President Elect: Susan C. Stokes, Yale University, susan.stokes@yale.edu

Secretary/Treasurer: Ian S. Lustick, University of Pennsylvania, ilustick@sas.upenn.edu

2008 Annual Meeting Program Chairs: Steven I. Wilkinson

University of Chicago, swilkinson@uchicago.edu; Ben Ross Schneider, Northwestern University, brs@northwestern.edu

Executive Committee: Anna Grzymala-Busse, University of Michigan; Elizabeth Perry, Harvard University; Elisabeth Wood, Yale University; Isabela Mares, Columbia University; Kathy Boone, University of Texas, Austin

Section 21: European Politics and Society

Formed: 1989, Dues: $27

The purpose of the section is to promote comparative discussion, research, and debate about the changing sociology of politics, the state, and social structures in modern Western Europe.

Web site: www.apsanet.org/~ep

Chair: Jonas Pontusson, Princeton University, jpontuss@princeton.edu

Treasurer: Karl C. Kaltenthaler, University of Akron, kck@uakron.edu

2008 Annual Meeting Program Chair: Anna M. Grzymala-Busse, University of Michigan, abusse@umich.edu

Webmaster: Leonard Ray, Louisana State University, lray2@lsu.edu

Steering Committee: Christopher Anderson, Cornell University, chair; Tanja Borzel, Free University Berlin; Rachel Cichowski, University of Washington; Marc M. Howard, Georgetown University; Karl Kaltenthaler, University of Akron; Kees van Kersbergen, Free University Amsterdam; Jonas Pontusson, Princeton University, chair-elect; David Rueda, University of Oxford; Milada Anna Vachudova, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

Section 22: State Politics and Policy

Formed: 1989, Dues: $27

The purpose to this section is to further our understanding of the American states including their institutions, political actors, policies, and local, national, and international influence.

Web site: www.fsu.edu/~statepol

President: Richard G. Niemi, University of Rochester, niemi@rochester.edu

Secretary/Treasurer: Thomas M. Carsey, Florida State University, tcarsey@fsu.edu

2008 Annual Meeting Program Chair: Chris W. Bonneau, University of Pittsburgh, cwb7@pitt.edu

Council: Frederick Boehmke, University of Iowa; Nancy Martorano, University of Dayton; Charles Shipan, University of Michigan;

Cynthia Bowling, Auburn University; Robert Hogan, Louisiana State University; Marjorie Sarbaugh-Thompson, Wayne State University

Section 23: Political Communication

Formed: 1989, Dues: $8

The purpose of this section is to foster the study of political communications within the discipline of political science including research on mass media, telecommunications policy, new media technologies, and the process of communicating and understanding.

Web site: www.apsanet.org/~polcomm

Chair: Diana Owen, Georgetown University, owend@georgetown.edu

Vice Chair: Richard Davis, Brigham Young University, richard_davis@byu.edu

Secretary/Treasurer: Dianne G. Bystrom, Iowa State University, dbystrom@iastate.edu

Nominations Committee: Todd Belt, University of Hawaii, Hilo

2008 Annual Meeting Program Chair: Dietram Scheufele

University of Wisconsin-Madison, scheufele@journalism.wisc.edu

At-Large Members of Executive Committee: Kim Fridkin, Arizona State University; Patricia Moy, University of Washington; Kim Gross, George Washington University

Section 24: Politics and History

Formed: 1989, Dues: $10

The purpose of this section is to bring together political scientists interested in historical issues and problems drawing from almost every traditional disciplinary subfield.

Web site: www.h-net.msu.edu/~apsaph

Chair: Kathleen Thelen, Northwestern University, thelen@northwestern.edu

Chair-Elect: Richard F. Bensel, Cornell University, rfb2@cornell.edu

Secretary/Treasurer: David B. Robertson, University of Missouri, St. Louis, daverobertson@umsl.edu

2008 Annual Meeting Program Chairs: James Mahoney

Northwestern University, James-Mahoney@northwestern.edu; Adam Sheingate, Johns Hopkins University, adam.sheingate@jhu.edu

Council: Daniel Tichenor, Rutgers University; Dorian Warren, Columbia University; Adam Sheingate, Johns Hopkins University; Eric Patashnick, University of Virginia; Andreas Kalyvas, New School for Social Research; Joseph Lowndes, University of Oregon; Ruth Collier, University of California, Berkeley; Douglas Reed, Georgetown University

Section 25: Political Economy

Formed: 1990, Dues: $7

The purpose of this section is to promote teaching and research that integrates politics and economics.

Web site: www.apsanet.org/~polecon

Chair: Jeffry Frieden, Harvard University, jfrieden@harvard.edu

Secretary/Treasurer: David Leblang, University of Colorado, Boulder, leblang@colorado.edu

2008 Annual Meeting Program Chair: Catherine Hafer, New York University, catherine.hafer@nyu.edu

Council: Sara Brooks, Ohio State University; Brandice Canes-Wrone, Princeton University; Sandy Gordon, New York University; Scott Gehlbach, University of Wisconsin; Cathie Jo Martin, Boston University; Beatriz Magaloni, Stanford University

Section 27: New Political Science

Formed: 1992, Dues: $20

The purpose of this section is to help make the study of politics relevant to the struggle for a better world.

Web site: www.apsanet.org/~new

Chairs: Christine A. Kelly, William Paterson University, kellyc@wpunj.edu; Jennifer Leigh Disney, Winthrop University, Disneyj@winthrop.edu

Secretary: F. Peter Wagner, University of Wisconsin, Whitewater, wagnerp@uww.edu

Treasurer: Meredith L. Weiss, East-West Center, weissm@eastwestcenter.org

2008 Annual Meeting Program Chair: Clyde W. Barrow

University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth, cbarrow@umassd.edu

Section 28: Political Psychology

Formed: 1993, Dues: $8

The purpose of this section to facilitate communication across subfields and disciplinary boundaries among individuals interested in the relationship between political and psychological processes.

Chair: Howard Lavine, SUNY, Stony Brook, howard.lavine@sunysb.edu

Chair Elect: Christopher M. Federico,, University of Minnesota-Twin Cities, federico@umn.edu

Treasurer: David P. Redlawsk, University of Iowa, david-redlawsk@uiowa.edu

Communications Director: Jennifer Jerit, Florida State University, jjerit@mailer.fsu.edu

At Large Member: Penny Visser, University of Chicago, pvisser@uchicago.edu

2008 Annual Meeting Program Chair: Adam J. Berinsky

Massachusetts Institute of Technology, berinsky@mit.edu

Executive Committee: Howard Lavine, Stony Brook University; Chris Federico, University of Minnesota; Jennifer Jerit, Florida State University; David Redlawsk, University of Iowa; Arthur Lupia, University of Michigan; Penny Viser, University of Chicago; Adam Berinsky, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Section 29: Political Science Education

Formed: 1993, Dues: $5

The purpose of this section is both to promote exemplary undergraduate teaching within the political science discipline and to the scholarship of teaching. The section is especially dedicated to increasing the use of innovative teaching methods, particularly those tooted in experience (internships, service learning, simulations, and study abroad).

Web site: www.iupui.edu/~ueweb/

Chair: Michelle D. Deardorff, Jackson State University, michelle.d.deardorff@jsums.edu

Vice-Chair: Karen M. Kedrowski, Winthrop University, kedrowskik@winthrop.edu

Secretary/Treasurer: Quentin Kidd, Christopher Newport University, qkidd@cnu.edu

2008 Annual Meeting Program Chair: Carolyn Shaw, Wichita State University, carolyn.shaw@wichita.edu

Council: Elizabeth Williams, Santa Fe Community College; Bernard L. Bray, Talladega College; William Ball, College of New Jersey; Jeffrey F. Kraus, Wagner College; Allison Rios Millett McCartney, Towson University

Section 30: Politics, Literature, and Film

Formed: 1993, Dues: $5

The study of literature and film offers political scientists a particularly stimulating mode of inquiry into political institutions and principles, and into the ways of life that sustain them and are, in turn, shaped by them. Indeed, the creation of this division is itself a sign of the complex and changing landscape of the study of politics. The section explores the way in which literature—broadly understood to include film and other literary genres—provides unique insights into the nature of political life and the study of politics.

Web site: www.apsanet.org/~politicsandlit

Chair: Peter Josephson, Saint Anselm College, pjosephs@anselm.edu

Chair-Elect: Charles T. Rubin, Duquesne University, rubin@duq.edu

Secretary/Treasurer: Natalie Taylor, Skidmore College, ntaylor@skidmore.edu

Executive Council: Mary P. Nichols, Baylor University; Lilly Goren, Carroll College; Joseph Alulis, North Park University

Section 31: Foreign Policy

Formed: 1993, Dues: $5

The section on Foreign Policy is the organization for those interested in multilevel approaches to the study of international relations. The section emphasizes individual, role, organizational, bureauratic, societal, and/or state as well as situational and system level variables in foreign policy analyses. Members of the section employ a wide range of approaches, including historical, normative, rational, behavioral, liberal, institutional, psychological, and constructivist. Section members emphasize comparative as well as American studies of foreign policy. And the Section recognizes the contributions of practitioners as well as academics in a broad range of professions and disciplines, e.g., communications, economics, diplomacy, government, history, political science, public opinion polling, philosophy, psychology, and sociology.

Web site: www.apsanet.org/~fp

Chair: Alfred Cooper Drury, University of Missouri, drury@missouri.edu

Chair-Elect: Brenda Shaffer, University of Haifa, bshaffer@univ.haifa.ac.il

Secretary/Treasurer: Carolyn C. James, Stephens College, ccjames1@msn.com

2008 Annual Meeting Program Chair: Brenda Shaffer, University of Haifa, bshaffer@univ.haifa.ac.il

Council: Jeffrey Fields, University of Southern California; Cameron Thies, University of Missouri; Huiyun Feng, University of Utah; Steven Redd, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

Section 32: Elections, Public Opinion, and Voting Behavior

Formed: 1994, Dues: $28

The purpose of this section is to promote interest in teaching and research on elections, electoral behavior, public opinion, voting turnout, and political participation, both within the United State and in comparative perspective.

Web site: www.apsanet.org/~elections

President: Robert Huckfeldt, University of California, Davis, rhuckfeldt@ucdavis.edu

Vice-President: Alan S. Zuckerman, Brown University, alan_zuckerman@brown.edu

Treasurer: David Campbell, University of Notre Dame, dave_campbell@nd.edu

Communications Director: Caroline Tolbert, University of Iowa, caroline-tolbert@uiowa.edu

2008 Annual Meeting Program Chairs: Jan Leighley

University of Arizona, leighley@email.arizona.edu; and Stephen P. Nicholson, University of California, Merced, snicholson@ucmerced.edu

Council: William Jacoby, University of South Carolina; Holli Semetko, Emory University; Andre Blais, University of Montreal; Claudine Gay, Harvard University; Jonathan Nagler, New York University; Matthew Wilson, Southern Methodist University

Section 33: Race, Ethnicity and Politics

Formed: 1995, Dues: $8

The purpose of this section is to foster communication among scholars, recognize leadership in the field, facilitate research and publication opportunities, encourage undergraduate and student interest, and create a permanent forum for developing and refining appropriate theoretical models in the study of race and ethnicity.

Web site: www.apsanet.org/~rep

Chairs: John G. Bretting,University of Texas, El Paso, jbretting@utep.edu; and Pei-te Lien, University of California, Santa Barbara, plien@polsci.ucdb.edu

Secretary: Jason P. Casellas, University of Texas, Austin, casellas@mail.utexas.edu

Treasurer: Julia S. Jordan-Zachery, Howard University, jjordan-zachery@howard.edu

Listserv Editor: Paula Mohan, University of Wisconsin-Whitewater, mohanp@uww.edu

Web Administrator: S. Karthick Ramakrishnan, University of California, Riverside, karthick@ucr.edu

Council: Robert Brown, Emory University; Elizabeth Wabindato, Northern Arizona University; Janelle Wong, University of Southern California; Melissa Michaelson, University of California, East Bay; Jessica Monforti, University of Texas, Pan American; Darlene Williams, Alabama A&M University; James Lai, Santa Clara University; Niambi Michele Carter, Duke University; Nikol Alexander-Floyd, Rutgers University; Tyson King-Meadows, University of Maryland, Baltimore County

Section 34: International History and Politics

Formed: 1999, Dues: $5

The purpose of this section is to promote the study of international history and politics, to disseminate research results; to encourage interdisciplinary conversations between political scientists and historians, and to advance the development, dissemination, integration, and application of qualitative and historiographical methodologies.

Web site: www.asu.edu/clas/polisci/ihap

President: Emily O. Goldman, University of California, Davis, eogoldman@ucdavis.edu

Vice-President: John M. Owen IV, University of Virginia, jmo4n@virginia.edu

Secretary/Treasurer: Colin Elman, Arizona State University, colin.elman@asu.edu

2008 Annual Meeting Program Chair: Stuart J. Kaufman, University of Delaware, skaufman@udel.edu

Section 35: Comparative Democratization

Formed: 2000, Dues: $8

The Comparative Democratization section exists to promote the analysis of the origins, processes, and outcomes of democratization among nations, spur communication among political scientists whose scholarship focuses on particular world regions, and stimulate greater involvement within APSA of political scientists working in various areas like Africa, the Middle East, Latin America, the Far East, Europe, and the countries of the former Soviet Union.

Web site: www.ned.org/apsa-cd/home.html

Chair: Nancy Bermeo, Oxford University, nancy.bermeo@nuffield.ox.ac.uk

Vice-Chair: Catherine Boone, University of Texas, Austin, cboone@mail.la.utexas.edu

Secretary: Ellen M. Lust-Okar, Yale University, ellen.lust-okar@yale.edu

Treasurer: Marc Morjé Howard, Georgetown University, mmh@georgetown.edu

2008 Annual Meeting Program Chair: Michele Penner Angrist, Union College, angristm@union.edu

Section 36: Human Rights

Formed: 2000, Dues: $8

The section on Human Rights was established to encourage scholarship and facilitate exchange of data and research findings on all components of human rights (e.g., civil, political, economic, social, cultural, environmental), their relationship, determinants and consequences of human rights policies, structure and influence of human rights organizations, development, implementation, and impact on international conventions, and changes in the international human rights regime.

Web site: www.apsahrs.org

President: Julie Mertus, American University, mertus@american.edu

Vice President: Lillan A. Barria, Eastern Illinois University, labarria@eiu.edu

Secretary: Bethany Barratt, Roosevelt University, bbarratt@roosevelt.edu

Treasurer: Susanna D. Wing, Haverford College, swing@haverford.edu

Council: Michael E. Goodhart, University of Pittsburgh; Julie Mertus, American University; James M. McCormick, Iowa State University; Mark P. Gibney, University of North Carolina; Lilian A. Barria, Eastern Illinois University; Bethany Barratt, Roosevelt University; Rhonda L. Callaway, Sam Houston State University; Melissa Scheier, Georgetown College; Julie Harrelson-Stephens, Stephen F. Austin State; Clair Apodaca, Florida International University

Section 38: Sexuality and Politics

Formed: 2007, Dues: $7

The objective of the Sexuality and Politics Section is to bring together scholars working in a variety of areas within political science to facilitate the sharing of knowledge and to foster intellectual community and expertise within the APSA. There is a growing body of scholarship within the discipline of political science that addresses the issue of sexuality within a variety of subfields including public policy; local, state and national governance; international relations, elections, public administration and political theory.

Web site: http://apsanet.org/section_737.cfm

President: Julie Novkov, SUNY, Albany, jnovkov@albany.edu

President-Elect: Gregory B. Lewis, Georgia State University, glewis@gsu.edu

Communications Officer: Steve Sanders, Mayer Brown Rowe & Maw LLP, stevesan@umich.edu

Treasurer: Marla Brettschneider, University of New Hampshire, marlab@unh.edu

2008 Annual Meeting Program Chair: Greg Lewis, Georgia State University, glewis@gsu.edu

Newsletter Editor: Steve Sanders, Mayer Brown Rowe & Maw LLP, stevesan@umich.edu

Executive Council: Jerry Thomas, University of Kentucky; Cricket Keating, Ohio State University; Sam Chambers, Swansea University; Ellen Andersen, Indiana University/Purdue University, Indianapolis

Organized Section award from October 2007

The following Organized Section award did not appear in the October 2007 issue of PS: