Apply for an #Advocacy Travel Grant!✈️ APSA is providing travel grants to members to support attendance at the 2026 Advocacy Days! Members at all career stages and locations, including members local to the DC-Maryland-Virginia area, are encouraged and eligible to apply by February 13th. Apply Now!

Meet DFP Fall Fellow, Angel Sosa Llanos, Emory University Angel Sosa Llanos will graduate from Emory University in spring 2026 with a BA in political science. His research interests are race and ethnic politics, Latino political engagement, voting behavior, and the politics of immigration. He…

APSA members are invited to share suggestions for the 2026 APSA Officers & Council election. The Nominating Committee meets in February to propose a slate that reflects the profession. Learn more: buff.ly/jtKV8Md 📧 Send suggestions by February 13th to [email protected]

Join us next Friday for #FridayFacultyHour forum! The APSA Committee on the Status of #CommunityColleges in the Profession invites faculty share inspirations for the new semester and check in as the Spring term begins. 📅 Friday, February 13, at 2:00 PM ET 🔗 Register to join: buff.ly/kACiSQj

#Research grantee, Rye Purvis, challenges research about Native American education and knowledge gaps through the fields of death studies, which includes research and literature on laws, policies, healthcare, and human rights. Read more about this research project: buff.ly/3sG8ic9

Multidimensional Constructions of Target Groups and Their Political Implications: The Case of Immigrant (Il)Legality Multidimensional Constructions of Target Groups and Their Political Implications: The Case of Immigrant (Il)Legality By Kirill Zhirkov, University of Virginia, and Lauren Van De…

Meet DFP Fall Fellow, Josearmando Torres, University of Pennsylvania Josearmando Torres is a recent graduate of the University of Pennsylvania with a B.A. in political science with honors and a minor in survey research and data analytics. His senior thesis, “Competition, Color-Blindness, or…

Deadline Extension Reminder! Calling all journalists and telecommunication scholars -- Apply for the 2026–2027 APSA Congressional Fellowship Program. Gain first-hand experience in the legislative process and serve in congressional offices. #APSACFP Applications due February 13th! buff.ly/q2JiryK

Submit your #APSACareerAward Nominations by February 11th! buff.ly/pdeJNED APSA recognizes scholars for best dissertations, papers and articles, and books in the various subfields, and for career achievement in research, teaching and service to the discipline. See highlights below:

Today at 2:00 PM EST! Join scholars for a roundtable discussion about experiences with managing #anxiety and #depression in graduate school and as you begin your career as a professor. Register to join the conversation: politicalsciencenow.com/webinar-anxi...

NEW ISSUE from @apsrjournal.bsky.social - American Political Science Review - Volume 120 - Issue 1 - February 2026 - https://cup.org/45Bmj6Q @apsa.bsky.social

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New research article explores potential explanations for gender inequity in legislatures, "Gendered Perceptions of Legislative Influence." Read more:

Institutional Change on Digital Platforms: Temporal Shifts in the Power of Users, Businesses, and States Institutional Change on Digital Platforms: Temporal Shifts in the Power of Users, Businesses, and States By Sverrir Steinsson, George Washington University Under what conditions are…

Join us tomorrow for a panel discussion on Anxiety and Depression: Graduate School and Beyond," at 2:00 PM EST (11:00 AM PST). Co-sponsored by APSA status committees on graduate students and disability in the profession. Register to join: buff.ly/wGGuav8

Meet DFP Fall Fellow, Miles Salley, Old Dominion University Miles Salley is a graduating senior at Old Dominion University majoring in political science with a minor in sociology. While at Old Dominion University, he has served as a research assistant under the supervision of Dr. Athena King,…

Call for Applications: 2026 Research Development Group for Early-Career Scholars from Southeast Asia | Deadline: March 8, 2026 Call for Application: 2026 Research Development Group for Early-Career Scholars from Southeast Asia | 122nd APSA Annual Meeting & Exhibition Application Deadline: Sunday,…

Submissions for @pspolisci.bsky.social Call for Papers: Rethinking the Global Legacies of 1776, are due 2/15! This special issue seeks fresh, rigorous perspectives on how the Declaration’s ideals and contradictions have shaped political thought. See submission details: apsanet.org/publications...

Two weeks left! The APSA Nominating Committee welcomes suggestions for individuals to be considered for APSA Council positions in the 2026 elections. The slate then goes to an all-member electronic ballot in the summer. Send suggestions by Feb 13 to [email protected]. Details: buff.ly/FKtVfeL

How Police Behavior Shapes Perceptions of Protests: Evidence from Black Lives Matter How Police Behavior Shapes Perceptions of Protests: Evidence from Black Lives Matter By Jasmine English, Reed College, Ariel White, MIT, and Laurel Eckhouse, University of Denver As Black Lives Matter protests…

Learn more about: Native American Death Pedagogy: Overcoming Settler Colonialism and the Western Death System Towards Land-Informed Possibilities and Futurities Project Title: Native American Death Pedagogy: Overcoming Settler Colonialism and the Western Death System Towards Land-Informed…

Meet DFP Fall Fellow, Grae Roeder, University of Minnesota Grae Roeder specializes in political theory and is especially concerned with aesthetic representation and narrative in political discourse as well as the relationship between subjectivity and structure. They are graduating summa cum laude…

Join Friday Faculty Hours: A Forum for Political Science Community College Instructors | Friday, February 13, 2026 Join the APSA Committee on the Status of Community Colleges in the Profession for the second Friday Faculty Hour of 2026 to check in on how the new term is going and…

CALL FOR EDITOR - @jepsjournal.bsky.social seeks an editor or editorial team with a commitment to publishing articles that represent the substantive and methodological diversity of experimental work in the discipline. https://cup.org/4ae3Tul cc @apsa.bsky.social @experimentsapsa.bsky.social

This article on the decline of books in political science is free to read through February 10th! #polisky #academisky Check it out: shorturl.at/RzDj2

Gendered Perceptions of Legislative Influence Gendered Perceptions of Legislative Influence By Jaclyn Kaslovsky, Washington University, Tabitha Koch, Rice University, and Michael P. Olson, Washington University Women legislators face a variety of gendered barriers both outside and inside the…

Meet DFP Fall Fellow, Olivia Gawehnidi Porter, Syracuse University Olivia Gawehnidi Porter is an enrolled citizen of the Seneca Nation and member of the Turtle Clan from the Nation’s Allegany Territory. She is a current graduate student at Stanford University, pursuing an MA in philosophy with a…

Does Hard Propaganda (Also) Work in Democracies? Evidence from the United States Does Hard Propaganda (Also) Work in Democracies? Evidence from the United States By Philipp M. Lutscher, University of Oslo, and Karsten Donnay, University of Zurich In authoritarian regimes, governments regularly use…

Meet DFP Fall Fellow, Myles Ndiritu, Morehouse College Myles Ndiritu is a senior at Morehouse College majoring in international studies, with a minor in data science. He is especially interested in applying quantitative methods to study how great powers influence development outcomes in African…

Join APSA for a panel discussion about experiences with managing anxiety and depression in graduate school and as you begin your career as a professor. Register to join: buff.ly/TjSKenb

Extended Deadline: Journalism & Telecommunications applications for the 2026–2027 APSA Congressional Fellowship Program are due Feb 13, 2026. Learn more & apply:

Chicago Police Torture and the Limits of Human Rights Enforcement in Liberal Democracies Chicago Police Torture and the Limits of Human Rights Enforcement in Liberal Democracies By Mark S. Berlin, George Washington University From 1972 to 1991, a network of Chicago Police detectives used torture…

Meet DFP Fall Fellow, Kevin Hunter, University of Tennessee Kevin Hunter is a senior at the University of Tennessee, majoring in political science with a minor in social justice. His research interests focus on Black political behavior; particularly how Black voters shape their ideological and…

APSA honors the #bestproposals and #dissertationsawards in various subfields of the discipline. Awards will be presented at the 2026 APSA Annual Meeting in Boston. Deadline to submit your nominations is Wednesday, February 11th.

Nominations close in two weeks for the #KennethSherrill awards! The prize recognizes outstanding empirical dissertation proposals on #LGBT topics in political science, presented at the #APSA2026 Annual Meeting in Boston, MA. Submit nominations here: buff.ly/h0GNFN4

Beyond Changing Minds: Raising the Issue Importance of Expanding Legal Immigration Beyond Changing Minds: Raising the Issue Importance of Expanding Legal Immigration By Alexander Kustov, University of North Carolina at Charlotte How can public opinion change in a pro-immigration direction? Recent…

The APSA-PSA International Partnerships Award, jointly supported by APSA and @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social, recognizes collaborative and productive cross-national partnerships that make significant contributions to political science. $2,000 cash prize. Deadline: Feb 11, 2026. Details: buff.ly/N9u7wK7

Meet DFP Fall Fellow, Luis Xavier Guaman, Princeton University Luis Xavier Guaman is a first-generation senior at Princeton University majoring in politics. He is interested in examining the political implications of the Latine experience by disaggregating across behavioral and institutional…

Base Assumptions: The Complex Electoral Geography of Stateside US Military Installations Base Assumptions: The Complex Electoral Geography of Stateside US Military Installations By Danielle L. Lupton, Colgate University, and Jeremy M. Teigen, Ramapo College of New Jersey During the 2020…

Meet DFP Fall Fellow, Shane Edghill, Texas Tech University Shane Edghill is a senior at Texas Tech University majoring in political science with a minor in history. His interests in political science stem from American politics, specifically political behavior, public opinion and data analysis. In…

Applications of GPT in Political Science Research: Extracting Information from Unstructured Text Applications of GPT in Political Science Research: Extracting Information from Unstructured Text By Kyuwon Lee, University of Southern California, Simone Paci, Stanford University, Jeongmin Park,…

Join scholars for a panel discussion about experiences with managing #anxiety and #depression in graduate school and as you begin your career as a professor. Anxiety and Depression: Graduate School and Beyond February 5, 2026 at 2 PM (ET) Register to join: buff.ly/YKMYN2N

Meet DFP Fall Fellow, Emily Danczyk, The Pennsylvania State University Emily Danczyk is in her fourth year at The Pennsylvania State University, majoring in political science and media studies. Emily attributes her love of political science to taking road trips with her family, visiting 49 of the…

Call for Applications! APSA Diversity Fellowship Program - 1st and 2nd Year PhD Students | Deadline: March 8, 2026

Abolishing Compulsory Voting: The 2024 Experience in the Flemish Region of Belgium Abolishing Compulsory Voting: The 2024 Experience in the Flemish Region of Belgium By Marc Hooghe, University of Leuven, and Dieter Stiers, University of Leuven There are few clear-cut examples of countries that…

Applications close Sunday! Apply now for the 2026 APSA Ralph Bunche Summer Institute #RBSI, a five-week program designed to introduce #undergraduate juniors to the world of doctoral study in political science. Learn more and apply! buff.ly/BoaJV7L

Meet DFP Fall Fellow, Elysia Couvertier, Texas A&M University Elysia Couvertier is an undergraduate political science student at Texas A&M University whose research examines Puerto Rican political identity, diaspora politics, and the political status of U.S. territories. She authored “A Nation’s…

Looking for mentorship this spring? Find a Mentor through the #APSAMentoring Program. Connect undergrads, grad students, & junior faculty with mentors across the discipline. Mentee applications due Jan 26, 2026 (matches run through the end of the spring semester). Apply:

*PSA PRIZES* APSA-PSA International Partnership Award @apsa.bsky.social 🏅 Awarding political scientists engaged in collaborative & productive cross-national partnerships in the areas of teaching, research, or civic engagement 📆 Application deadline 11 February 2026 ➡️Full details