Wednesday, August 30

Thursday, August 31

Film: History in the Profession: APSA Oral History Project: Dr. Elsie Scott, Howard University
LACC, 411

Dr. Elsie Scott, of Howard University, reflects on her career as a political scientist who specialized in the intersection of criminal justice and policing. She also discusses the responsibility of mentoring the next generation of Black scholars, what makes a good leader, and her leadership roles inside and outside of academia with NCOBPS, the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation and the Ronald W. Walters Leadership and Public Policy Center.

Film: History in the Profession: APSA Oral History Project: Dr. Kathie Stromile Golden, Mississippi Valley State University
LACC, 411

Dr. Kathie Stromile Golden, of Mississippi Valley State University, discusses how her work explores the politics and public policies related to STEM fields and how having a background in political science prepared her for working in over 70 countries on women’s rights, access to health care and more. She reflects on her leadership roles as a university administrator and as the executive director of the National Conference of Black Political Scientists (NCOBPS).

Breaking News: The Supreme Court and the Future of Affirmative Action
The most anticipated Supreme Court rulings this summer include two cases pertaining to affirmative action–students for Fair Admissions (SEFA) v. University of North Carolina and SEFA v. Harvard University. The oral arguments suggest that the court will strike down or at least weaken considerations of race in school admissions. This panel engages with a number of timely questions related to these rulings: Did the Supreme Court’s rulings validate these expectations? To what extent do these most recent rulings depart from the court’s precedent? What are the effects on student bodies, especially at elite institutions and HBCUs? How will universities respond to these rulings? Are there suitable race-neutral alternatives that will ensure the diversity of student populations? How do these rulings shape our understanding of racial discrimination? What are the implications beyond higher education?
LACC, Petree Hall C

Career Open House
LACC, West Hall A Exhibit Hall (End of Aisle 300, next to the APSA Lounge)

Mini-Film Festival: The Rise and Fall of Hong Kong
The Rise and Fall of Hong Kong explores Hong Kong’s battle for their democracy with interviews from protestors, professors, politicians, and activists telling how their new National Security Law has turned this international business mecca into a Chinese controlled police state.
LACC, 411

APSA DFP/RBSI Alumni and Mentor Reception 
LACC, 401

APSA Diversity and Inclusion Combined Reception
LACC, 309

International Attendee Reception
APSA invites all international attendees to this special reception as a welcome to Los Angeles and the Annual Meeting.
LACC, 503

Friday, September 1

Breaking News: Examining CRT & DEI Mis(Dis)Information: The Intellectual, Policy, and Political Implications in the Academy and Beyond
Over the past several years, both attention to and recognition of systemic inequities that create marginalization based on race, ethnicity, gender, religion, sexuality, ability and more have grown. Simultaneously, there is growing hostility to attempts to identify and ameliorate past and present inequities. This backlash has resulted in significant social and political attacks on explanations of those inequities (e.g., Critical Race Theory [CRT]), as well as efforts developed to ameliorate the inequities themselves (e.g., Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion [DEI] measures). This hostility is driven by mis- and dis-information campaigns, and a significant amount of ire is currently targeted at higher education (in particular, scholars that engage with DEI work and CRT), as well as professors from marginalized identity groups (regardless of the focus of their research). This roundtable will include a discussion of the current state of these attacks and their effects on scholars, higher education, and society as well.
Virtual

Film: History in the Profession: APSA Oral History Project: Dr. Dianne M. Pinderhughes, University of Notre Dame
LACC, 411

Dr. Dianne M. Pinderhughes, of University of Notre Dame, discusses her career as a political scientist, what it means to be a Black political scientist, her research on voting rights, political participation comparative race, ethnicity and politics and group dynamics. She also reflects the importance of mentors and on her leadership roles at APSA, NCOBPS and IPSA.  

Film: History in the Profession: APSA Oral History Project: Dr. Todd Shaw, the University of South Carolina 
LACC, 411

Dr. Todd Shaw, of the University of South Carolina, reflects on his career as a political scientist, being a Black political scientist, and his research on Black politics. He discusses the leadership positions he has held in NCOBPS and the profession and how being connected to mentors from the founding generation of Black political science and the broader community of scholars has impacted his career.

APSA Member Appreciation Reception
LACC, West Hall A (Exhibit Hall)

Children’s Ice Cream Social
LACC, 516

Plenary: Mis- and Disinformation in an Age of Human Rights
Political communication can be fraught with mis- and disinformation, with crucial consequences for human rights. Misinformation related to covid-19, for example, undercuts the right to health. Election-related disinformation corrodes the right to free and fair elections. Falsehoods that amplify hatred against racial and ethnic, religious, or political minorities violate the right to non-discrimination and freedom of religion. At the same time, apparent attempts to fight mis- and disinformation could be employed against political opponents and critical journalists, undermining the right to assembly, free speech and freedom of the press. Our plenary panel will focus on rights and responsibilities in a world of mis- and disinformation. How can we conceive of and undertake our work and civic responsibilities in ways that lower the harm of mis- and disinformation? How should we rethink complex governance structures, political communication, democracy, algorithms, or freedom of expression, if at all? This panel aims to bring together a diverse group of political scientists, representatives of big tech, government officials, and members of nonprofits to grapple with problems and solutions posed by dis- and misinformation.
LACC, Petree Hall C

Graduate Student Research Lightning Round: Social Movements, Conflict, Coalitions
LACC, 153C

Mini-Film Festival: Unapologetic
LACC, 411
Unapologetic captures a tense and polarizing moment in Chicago’s fight for the livelihood of its Black residents. The film follows Janaé and Bella, two young abolitionist organizers, as they work within the Movement for Black Lives to seek justice for Rekia Boyd and Laquan McDonald, two young Black people killed by Chicago police. They aim to elevate a progressive platform for criminal justice to a police board led by Lori Lightfoot and a complicit city administration, while also elevating leadership by women and femmes.

Mini-Film Festival: Suppressed and Sabotaged
LACC, 411
Suppressed and Sabotaged: The Fight To Vote (2022) by Robert Greenwald (Director of Outfoxed, Walmart: The High Cost of Low Price, and Making A Killing: Guns Greed and the NRA) is a powerful documentary about the growing threat of voter suppression and election sabotage to our 2022 midterm elections. In 2021, 19 states passed 34 new voter laws following the Big Lie of the 2020 election. The film focuses on this recent wave of voter suppression and subversion laws being enacted in states, and how the 2018 Georgia gubernatorial race between Stacey Abrams and Brian Kemp provides a case study for understanding today’s voter suppression laws across the country. Suppressed and Sabotaged: The Fight To Vote now includes perspectives from voters in Arizona, Florida, Texas, and Georgia that highlight how these new laws will affect their constitutional right to vote. Suppression tactics covered in the film include: deliberate barriers to registration; polling place closures; voter purges; missing absentee ballots; extreme wait times at polling locations; exact match disqualifications; new vote by mail limitations; changes to ballot collection and drop off and more. Voter suppression laws disproportionately affect American Students, Senior Citizens, Black, Indigenous, Latine, and People of Color from casting their ballots. Suppressed and Sabotaged 2022 is a call to action against the calculated, unconstitutional and racist attacks intended to suppress the right to vote in America. View the trailer.

Saturday, September 2

Breaking News: Generative AI and the Future of Political Science
One of the fastest changes in political science research, teaching, and practice over the past year has been the rapid ascendency of generative artificial intelligence (AI). Tools like Chat GPT stand to change the way we think about and “do” political science. This panel engages with an emerging set of questions as we consider how AI will change the traditional landscape of political science. What are the ethical implications of generative AI in the classroom, in our careers, and throughout political processes? What are the threats that generative AI might pose to critical thinking? What opportunities could generative AI present for shattering worn-out practices, and how can we capture those benefits? Perhaps most importantly for the theme of the conference, how might generative AI create challenges for an increasingly polarized world that is rife with mis- and disinformation? And might generative AI provoke human rights concerns that upstage some of today’s most difficult dilemmas?
LACC, Petree C

Undergraduate Student Research Lightning Round
Sponsored by Pi Sigma Alpha
LACC, 153C

Research Design Lightning Round
Sponsored by Pi Sigma Alpha
LACC, 153C

2:00 p.m.

Graduate Student Research Lightning Round: Identity, Public Opinion
Virtual

4:00 p.m.

Mini-Film Festival: The First Step
LACC, 411

In a divided America, Van Jones controversially works across party lines on landmark criminal justice reform and a more humane response to the addiction crisis. Attempting  to be a bridge builder in a time of extreme polarization, takes him deep into the inner workings of a divisive administration, internal debates within both parties, & the lives of frontline activists fighting for their communities.

Mini-Film Festival: Navalny
LACC, 411
Navalny takes viewers inside the careful investigation into the shocking and brazen assassination attempt against Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny, and who was behind it. Through his years-long campaign against corruption among Russia’s elites, Navalny has developed powerful enemies. His publicized revelations, and calls for democratic reforms, have enraged Vladimir Putin, who refuses to even say his name in public. In August 2020, Navalny was secretly poisoned with a military-grade chemical nerve agent in an elaborate attempt on his life. Despite denials from the Russian government, the poison was later linked to the Kremlin through investigations by international news organizations, including Bellingcat and CNN. 

Graduate Student Happy Hour
Graduate students are invited to network with each other and meet informally with APSA officers and council members.
Sponsored by Cambridge University Press
LACC, Petree Hall D