- Georgia Political Science Association
The Georgia Political Science Association (GPSA) is the
professional association for political scientists in Georgia,USA . Founded in1968 , the GPSA holds an annual conference inSavannah, Georgia in November. Conference participants are from Georgia, other U.S. states, and overseas. Although political scientists are in themajority , the conference is definitelyinterdisciplinary . Participants have included political scientists,historians ,economists ,humanists ,sociologists ,criminologists ,anthropologists , public administrators,philosophers , students, interested non-academics and many others. Currently, the membership numbers around 200 political scientists teaching in Georgia. The GPSA publishes a refereed onlineproceedings of the conference.The Criminal Justice Association of Georgia meets jointly with the GPSA at the annual conference. Also, both the
University System of Georgia Board of Regents Academic Advisory Committee for Political Science and theEuropean Union Studies Certificate Steering Committee traditionally meet during the conference.The GPSA
Board of Directors consists of seven officers and eight at-large board members. The GPSAVice President and program chair organizes the annual conference program from proposals received by July 1st of each year. Panels and roundtables are assembled from the accepted proposals and individual papers. Seven sessions of four concurrent panels each are spread over two days. Four to six presentations are assigned to each panel. All interested persons may submit proposals.The GPSA has several
awards . The McBrayer Award and an accompanying $500.00 cashprize is awarded in years when a paper of outstanding scholarship within theacademic discipline of political science is presented in its entirety at the conference. The Donald T. Wells Award is given annually to a member for recognition of outstanding service to the Georgia Political Science Association. The Roger N. PajariUndergraduate Paper Award is given annually to the best undergraduate paper submitted to meet the requirements of an undergraduatepolitical science course taught in the state of Georgia and nominated by theprofessor teaching the course.GPSA members participate in the activities of the
American Political Science Association , Southern Political Science Association and theAmerican Society for Public Administration . The association actively supports "Politics and Policy", a professionalscholarly journal . The GPSA is anon-profit 501(c)(3) tax exempt organization incorporated in Georgia.External links
* [http://www.gpsanet.org Georgia Political Science Association]
* [http://gpsa.mgc.edu/gpsa/gpsa_officers.htm GPSA Board of Directors]
* [http://www.ngcsu.edu/cjag/cjmeet.htm Criminal Justice Association of Georgia]
* [http://a-s.clayton.edu/trachtenberg/GPSA%20Proceediings%20Home%20Page.htm Proceedings of the annual conference]
* [http://gpsa.mgc.edu/gpsa/wells_award.htm Donald T. Wells Outstanding Service Award]
* [http://gpsa.mgc.edu/gpsa/undergraduate_paper.htm Roger N. Pajari Undergraduate Paper Award]
* [http://gpsa.mgc.edu/gpsa/Call%20for%20Proposals.htm Call for Proposals and Presentations]
* [http://class.georgiasouthern.edu/pap/" Politics and Policy"]
* [http://www.aspanet.org/scriptcontent/index.cfm American Society for Public Administration]
* [http://www.spsa.net/ Southern Political Science Association]
* [http://www.apsanet.org/ American Political Science Association]
* [http://www.eu-center.org/ European Union Center of the University System of Georgia]
* [http://www.usg.edu/academics/comm USG Academic Advisory Committees]
* [http://www.acronymfinder.com/af-query.asp?Acronym=gpsa&Find=Find GPSA Acronym]
* [http://www.ngcsu.edu/bdf/GaASPA/index.htm Georgia Chapter of the American Society for Public Administration]
* [http://www.journalofpolitics.org Journal of Politics]
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