NEPSA News

2009 NEPSA Annual Meeting
May 8-9, Portland Regency Hotel
Portland Maine
Paper proposals due December 19

NEPSA
Department of Political Science
Northeastern University
360 Huntington Avenue
300 Meserve Hall
Boston, MA 02115

60th Annual Meeting, May 8-9, 2009!

Portland Regency Hotel, Portland, Maine

Call for Papers

2008 Annual Meeting a Success

Thanks to all who participated in the 2008 meeting, with special recognition to Program Co-chairs Paul Manuel and Anne Marie Cammisa and to all section heads. We also thank our sponsors -- Northeastern University, St. Anselm's College, Cambridge University Press, the Consul General of Canada, Brown University, CQ Press, the University of Rhode Island, and Lanahan Press -- whose support kept the meeting accessible to all. We look forward to a great 2009, marking NEPSA's 60th anniversary!

2008 program (Text in red is part of the working draft.)

Paper Awards from the 2007 NEPSA meeting

Robert C. Wood Prize for best paper by a graduate student

Matthew Tattar -- Brandeis University, "Inspiration versus Perspiration: Innovation and adaptation in war."

John C. Donovan Prize for the best paper by a faculty member

Steven Teles -- University of Maryland, "Counter-network: The Federalist Society, 1982-2006."

Congratulations to Matthew and Steven! Nominations for the 2008 NEPSA paper awards are now being accepted. Please forward your nominations the Association.

2008 Luncheon Speakers

Friday, April 25--Sponsored by Pi Sigma Alpha, the National Political Science Honor Society

Michael S. Dukakis, Distinguished Professor of Political Science, Northeastern University, "Reflections on the Presidential Nominating Process, 1988 and 2008."

Saturday, April 26--Sponsored by Cambridge University Press

Dianne Pinderhughes, Professor of Political Science and Africana Studies, University of Notre Dame, and President of the American Political Science Association, "Dimensions of Representation and the Future of Political Science."

Journal

NEPSA sponsors the New England Journal of Political Science, James McHugh (Roosevelt University) editor. Questions about the journal can be directed to Professor McHugh at jmchugh@roosevelt.edu.

Current and previous issues of the Journal are here.

Questions about the New England Political Science Association? Contact us.