Welcome!

We are a group of graduate students and faculty who work through the American Political Science Association to advance the interests of graduate students in political science.

Although graduate students make up a large portion of the political science community, their voices are not always represented in decision-making bodies, meaning that discipline-wide policies and priorities may not affect graduate students’ concerns. The APSA Committee on the Status of Graduate Students in the Profession was formed in 2016 to learn more about the varied experiences of political science graduate students, communicate with APSA leadership about graduate student issues, and develop resources to help graduate students navigate the discipline. Our goals is to bring attention to issues and concerns affecting graduate and PhD students in the discipline and to provide input to the APSA Council and staff on policies and programs to effectively engage and support them.

Mission

We’d like you to know that we are here to serve YOU. The committee works hard to make your journey as a student and in the profession a little easier by offering discussions, panels, research papers, and resources including access to job listings. Over the past few years we have:

  • Correlated research findings across three years of APSA surveys 
  • Held panels on Alternative Careers for PhD’s, 
  • Advocated for the importance of inclusion and racial justice within the discipline and society
  • Spearheading the push make APSA’s ejobs available to nonmembers without charge.

Please click on the tabs above to learn about us (Committee Members), and to read our Mission Statement and By-laws. Use the Current Projects link to see past and ongoing work. The Resources tab will lead you to a variety of helpful links.

Going Forward

Going forward, our plans for 2023 are to organize and increase the repository of helpful resources for:

  • International Students
  • Domestic Students
  • Students from marginalized groups
  • Students with families

Get in Touch

Our purpose is to serve and advance graduate student interests. Looking for a particular resource and don’t see it on the site? Is there a issue the committee should be aware of and can better advocate for? Please let us know. Contact options include:

  1. write APSA staff who work with the committee using the subject heading: APSA Graduate Student Committee. Email to grad [at] apsanet.org.
  2. this anonymous Wufoo form.

Sincerely,

The Committee on the Status of Graduate Students in the Profession of Political Science

Co-chair: Devon Cantwell-Chavez, University of Ottawa

Co-chair: Salah Ben Hammou, University of Central Florida

Laura Uribe, University of California San Diego

Andrew McWard, Denison University

Ankushi Mitra, Georgetown University

Kelsey Osborne-Garth, Michigan State University