WESTERN POLITICAL SCIENCE ASSOCIATION
2010 ANNUAL MEETING -- POLITICS IN THE MAELSTROM OF
GLOBAL ECONOMIC CRISIS
Hyatt Regency Embarcadero Center in San Francisco from April 1 – 3, 2010

WPSA President Shaun Bowler and Program Chair Christine DiStefano are planning the 2010 Annual Meeting of the Association scheduled for April 1 – 3, 2010 at the Hyatt Regency in San Francisco, California. We hope you will participate in the program. If you are interested in shaping the content of the program by serving as a section chair, please contact:

Christine Di Stefano
Department of Political Science
University of Washington
Box 353530
Seattle, WA 98195
distefan@u.washington.edu

CALL FOR PAPERS - 2010 WPSA MEETING
Listing of the 2010 Program Committee
Participation Form

CALL FOR WPSA NOMINATIONS:

The WPSA Nominations Committee requests that nominations be submitted for WPSA officer positions.

VICE-PRESIDENT: Serves as Program Chair 2011-2012 for the March 2012 annual meeting Portland, Oregon, and serves subsequently as Association President 2012-2013.

EXECUTIVE COUNCIL MEMBERS: Four members: two from Region A (California); one from Region B (Arizona, Hawaii, Nevada, New Mexico, Texas, and Utah); and one from Region C (Alaska, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, Wyoming, British Columbia, Alberta, and Saskatchewan. Terms will be for three years, March 2011-March 2013.

Nominations and self-nominations are welcome. Each should be accompanied by:

(1) A written indication from the individual that s/he is willing to serve;
(2) A statement in support of the nominee including details of previous WPSA activities; and
(3) A copy of the nominee's recent vita.

We encourage nominations of women and members of ethnic minorities (including women of color) and nominations that help achieve a balance of large and small schools, areas of specialization, and regions in WPSA governance.

The WPSA Bylaws specify that nominees non-resident in the western region "shall be assigned randomly by the Committee on Nominations to one of the three regional groupings.” Nominations should be sent before June 15, 2009 to:

Professor Peter Steinberger, Reed College peter.steinberger@reed.edu

CALL FOR AGENDA ITEMS FOR APRIL 2010 BUSINESS MEETING AGENDA:

At its September 2000 meeting, the WPSA Executive Council approved a policy recommended by the Constitution and Bylaws Committee that provides a timely process for members at large to request the placement of items on the agenda of the annual members’ Business Meeting. The policy follows:

“The Executive Director shall, in fall preceding each annual business meeting, request items for the agenda of that meeting. Proposed items will be placed on the agenda of the next business meeting under ‘New Business’ in the order in which proposals endorsed by at least twenty-five (25) dues-paying members of the Western Political Science Association from three or more separate institutions shall be received by the Executive Director. Such proposals must be received by the Executive Director on or before December 10. The Executive Director shall notify the membership of the association of all properly endorsed agenda items in the mailing that includes or notes the preliminary program of the annual meeting each spring.”

Proposals for agenda items are now welcome, and should be sent to: mouldsef@csus.edu

The Western Political Science Association hosted its 2009 annual meeting at the Hyatt Regency Vancouver, BC Canada from March 19 to 21, 2009. The section chairs and organizers would like to thank the following participants for their help in putting the programme together and in volunteering for additional efforts. Thank you.

Cristina Beltran - Haverford College
Joe Blankenau - Wayne State College
Susan Burgess - Ohio University
Stacy Burnett Fischer - University of Nevada, Reno
Salvador J. Claflin Jr. South Texas College
Matthew Corritore - Brown University
Brian DiSarro - Sacramento State
Casey Dominguez - University of San Diego
Michaele Ferguson - The University of Colorado at Boulder
Krista Jenkins Farleigh - Dickinson University
John Korey, Cal Poly, Pomona
Ted Lascher, Sacramento Sate
Tony Litherland - Oklahoma Baptist University
Lucrecia Litherland - Oklahoma Baptist University
Valerie O'Reagan -CSU Fullerton
Patrick Pierce - Saint Mary's College (IN)
Ronnee Schreiber - San Diego State University
Jennifer Shea - San Francisco State University
Sabina Singh - University of Victoria
R. Claire Snyder - Georgia Mason University
Dara Z. Strolovitch - University of Minnesota
Linda Veazey - University of Houston
Anne Taufen Wessells - University of Washington - Tacoma

BECOME A MEMBER TODAY. NOW IT IS EASIER THAN EVER WITH THE ONLINE FORM.

As a WPSA member you will receive: 

Dues are:

Regular members $50.00
Student and retired members $20.00.