Undergraduate Resources

This is a list of undergraduate political science resources external to the Arkansas Political Science Association. To augment this list, please email the ArkPSA Secretary Matt Evans at mevans8@nwacc.edu. Fellowships and Funding: Arkansas Department of Higher Education, Student Undergraduate Research Fellowship (deadline: Nov. 1): http://scholarships.adhe.edu/scholarships/detail/student-undergraduate-research-fellowship-surf  British Council for Undergraduate Research: http://www.bcur.org Humanities in Action Fellowship: https://www.humanityinaction.org/programs/14-humanity-in-action-fellowship Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship: https://mellonmays.uchicago.edu/content/apply-summer-program-visiting-fellows National Science Foundation, Research Experience for Undergraduates: https://www.nsf.gov/crssprgm/reu/index.jsp Ralph Bunche Summer Institute: http://www.apsanet.org/rbsi UC Berkeley Summer Research Opportunity Program: https://diversity.berkeley.edu/programs-services/graduate/undergraduate-research-programs  Publishing Undergraduate Research: Beginner’s Guide Read More …

What is ArkPSA?

The Arkansas Political Science Association (ArkPSA) is a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt, non-profit organization incorporated in the state of Arkansas.  The Association’s membership includes university and secondary political science educators, graduate and undergraduate students, practitioners, and others interested in the scientific study of government and politics.  The Association also publishes a refereed journal at least once each year – the Midsouth Political Science Review (MPSR). The Arkansas Political Science Association was originally established at the University of Central Arkansas on March 1, Read More …

Is Arkansas politics exceptional?

This is a roundtable from the 2018 ArkPSA meeting at Arkansas State University; it represents the fifth annual roundtable on electoral changes in the state of Arkansas. In past years, the unique nature of Arkansas politics has been a consistent theme. In this year’s roundtable however, the panelists discuss whether Arkansas still stands out as being exceptional. The panel includes (from left to right in the video): Andrew Dowdle (UA), Jay Barth (Hendrix College), Karen Sebold (UA) and, Hal Bass Read More …

UCA Professor honored by the Ethiopian Crown Council

Dr. Gizachew Tiruneh — standing on the far left of this picture, and an Associate Professor in the University of Central Arkansas Department of Political Science and ArkPSA member — was recognized for his 2015 book, The Rise and Fall of the Solomonic Dynasty of Ethiopia: Is the Kebra Negast a Time-Bound Document?  At a special ceremony held in Washington DC on March 3, 2018, Dr. Tiruneh was made an Officer of the Order of the Star of Honor of Read More …

New book on Public Administration and globalization

Khan, Haroon A. Globalization and the Challenges of Public Administration Governance, Human Resources Management, Leadership, Ethics, E-Governance and Sustainability in the 21st Century. Palgrave MacMillan, 2018. This book is an attempt to understand the challenges of globalization and governance in the public sector. Written from the perspectives of both developed and developing countries, it uses governance and public administration interchangeably to argue that the tasks of implementation require the cooperation of both the public and private sectors, especially in a Read More …