APSA Department Chairs’ Mini-Conference & Luncheon
“Political Science Departmental Leadership in Turbulent Times“
Friday, September 12, 2025 | 8:00 a.m. – 1:30 p.m. | APSA Annual Meeting, Vancouver, Canada
APSA Department Members are invited to attend the Department Chairs’ Mini-Conference and Luncheon at the 2025 American Political Science Association (APSA) Annual Meeting & Exhibition.
Suitable for new and current Department leaders, the 2025 Department Chairs’ Mini-Conference and Luncheon explores political science departmental leadership in a changing higher education landscape, offers support to department chairs, graduate directors, and undergraduate directors, and provides professional networking opportunities. The mini-conference theme is “Political Science Departmental Leadership in Turbulent Times.”
Political science departments face new challenges given the evolving US political climate. Join us for the 2025 Department Chairs Mini-Conference focused on leading a political science department during turbulent times. Each roundtable will feature department leaders from diverse institutional types and geographic regions.
Schedule
| 8:00 a.m. – 9:15 a.m. | Roundtable One: Departmental Leadership and American Civics Course Mandates |
| 9:15 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. | Coffee Break and Networking |
| 10:00 a.m. – 11:15 a.m | Roundtable Two: Responding to the New Budget and Funding Climate |
| 11:30 a.m. | Department Chairs Luncheon Opens |
| 12:00 p.m. | Remarks from APSA |
| 12:15 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. | Roundtable Three: Resources to Support Faculty Academic Freedom |
Thank you to APSA’s Departmental Services Committee for their hard work planning and supporting the 2025 Department Chairs’ Lunch and Mini-Conference!
(Chair) Miki Kittilson, Arizona State University
Shamira Gelbman, Wabash College
Natalie Masuoka, University of California, Los Angeles
Philip Habel, University of Alabama
Carolyn Warner, University of Nevada, Reno
Alice Jackson, Morgan State University
Learn more About APSA’s Departmental Programs and Departmental Member Benefits
The Departmental Services Program (DSP) provides a forum for political science departments, large and small, to address common issues and plan and develop publications and services for chairs, faculty, and students. The program, overseen by the Departmental Services Committee, supports political science teaching, scholarship, and service, and provides resources for department chairs.
Join the over 500 departments of varying sizes and types participating in this program and benefit from this special connection to the discipline.