Special Projects Stories
Learn more about the activities of our Special Projects Fund recipients, working on projects focused on sexual harassment and discrimination in the discipline, climate change, the study of race in the Americas, undergraduate education, and much more!
#MeTooPoliSci: Addressing Gender Discrimination in Political Science
Research continues to document the underrepresentation of women in faculty positions in political science and in top journals. Women who hold faculty positions in political science are more likely than male colleagues to experience discrimination and to rate their departments as intolerant. Women in the field are also more likely than men to face gender bias in their teaching. To address these issues, this year the Women’s Caucus for Political Science held the first-ever #MeTooPoliSci short course at the 2018 APSA Annual Meeting. Read more…
Rethinking the Undergraduate Political Science Major
Today, the discipline of political science faces many new challenges, including declining enrollments, and demands for the development of “employable skills.” However, there are new opportunities as well. The rise in mass political engagement–exemplified by the “Black Lives Matter,” “#MeToo,” and “March for Our Lives” movements–suggests a rising interest in politics. With funding from APSA, the “Rethinking the Undergraduate Political Science Major” conference will aim to develop new recommendations for the structure of the political science major, with the aim of addressing these challenges and embracing these opportunities. Read more…