Are you a faculty member interested in helping write the ArkPSA Conduct Policy? We are looking for five faculty volunteers from different schools who are not on the ArkPSA Executive Board. If interested, please email the ArkPSA President Karen Sebold at ksebold@uark.edu.
Month: August 2020
Call for Treasurer and Secretary candidates
ArkPSA seeks volunteers to fill the officer roles of Treasurer (starting in 2021) and Secretary (starting in 2022). Potential Secretary or Treasurer candidate need to: a) be elected at the ArkPSA business meeting; b) be full-time or contingent faculty at a college or university; c) be a member in good standing in the association; d) attend ArkPSA meetings and fulfill various duties assigned to the office. The Treasurer and Secretary can be reelected any number of times to the position per Read More …
ArkPSA 2020 Best Paper Awards
The following papers won Best Paper Award at the 2020 Arkansas Political Science Association (ArkPSA) Annual Meeting at Henderson State University (Arkadelphia, AR): Best Undergraduate Paper — Bailey Brya (Hendrix College), “NGO-Driven Environmental Awareness and Citizen Participation: The Case of the Yangtze River Watchers in China” Abstract: China has recognized and responded to environmental challenges under the top-down framework of authoritarian environmentalism. Despite this model, citizens at the grassroots level are using greater knowledge about the environment to advocate for more Read More …
Political Science in Arkansas (An Interview Series): Mike Rogers
The following story is the third installment of the Political Science in Arkansas interview series, where we profile political scientists throughout the state. Today, we interview Mike Rogers, a political theorist with a minor subfield in American politics. He is Professor of Political Science at Arkansas Tech University and Treasurer of the Arkansas Political Science Association. At State University of New York at Albany, he received a PhD in political science, and trained in the history of political thought, as Read More …