CALL FOR PAPERS AND PARTICIPANTS

Southwestern Political Science Association

2010 Annual Meeting

March 31 to April 3, 2010

Hyatt Regency and Doubletree Hotels

Houston, Texas

“E Pluribus Unum: Integrating Our Scholarship”

Proposal Deadline – October 2, 2009

It is time to think about submitting your proposal for the Southwestern Political Science Association Annual Meeting, in conjunction with the Southwestern Social Science Association, to be held in Houston, Texas, March 31 to April 3, 2009. The Southwestern Social Science Association meetings provide many opportunities to network with fellow political scientists, and social scientists from a variety of other disciplines.

PROPOSALS

We welcome proposals for any of the following and encourage participation as a panel chair or discussant:

Individual or Co-authored Papers

Complete Panels

Roundtables

Undergraduate and Graduate Student Research

Posters

To submit a proposal or sign-up as a chair or discussant, please follow these directions.

Complete the proposal form found on the SWPSA website, www.swpsa.org, or go directly to swpsa.ucr.edu. You must submit your proposal no later than October 2, 2009.

Attention: These sites will be ready to accept proposals by the end of July, 2009

You will be notified of the status of your proposal once all proposals have been reviewed.

The final notification will be sent to you in late October.

To those offering a complete panel submission, in order to facilitate scheduling, please email your request to the Program Chair (David W. Romero, david.romero@utsa.edu), as well as the appropriate section chair.

UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH PANELS

The SWPSA will continue to have undergraduate research panels. Undergraduate students wishing to submit a paper proposal will submit a proposal as well using the same websites above.

All presenters on these panels will be undergraduate students.

AWARDS

The SWPSA gives six best paper awards, with prizes varying from $250 to $500

(including prizes for graduate and undergraduate research).

GENERAL INFORMATION

For general information about hotels, travel, sightseeing tours, or proposals or panels, keep an eye on the SWPSA website (www.swpsa.org) or contact David Romero, Vice-President and Program Chair, by email at david.romero@utsa.edu or by phone at (210)-458-5647.

Southwestern Political Science Association Officers, 2009-2010

David J. Lanoue, University of Alabama, President

David W. Romero, University of Texas at San Antonio, Vice President & Program Chair

James W. Riddlesperger Jr., Texas Christian University, President-Elect

Michael K. Moore, University of Texas at Arlington, Secretary-Treasurer

Melissa Marschall, Rice University, Vice President & Program Chair-Elect

Program Chair

David W. Romero

University of Texas at San Antonio

david.romero@utsa.edu

Program Committee

American Political Institutions and Democracy B. Dan Wood Texas A&M University bdanwood@polisci.tamu.edu	Comparative Politics Taeko Hiroi University of Texas at El Paso thiroi@utep.edu	International Relations Marijke Breuning University of North Texas marijke.breuning@unt.edu
Judicial Politics & Public Law Francine Romero University of Texas at San Antonio francine.romero@utsa.edu	Participation and Behavior Robert Hogan Louisiana State University rhogan1@lse.edu	Media and Public Opinion Jeanette Mendez Oklahoma State University jeanette.mendez@okstate.edu
Political Parties & Interest Groups Seth Masket University of Denver seth.masket@gmail.com	Political Philosophy Greg Butler New Mexico State University gbutler@nmsu.edu	Race & Ethnic Politics Roldofo Espino Arizona State University espino@asu.edu
Public Policy & Public Administration Richard Waterman University of Kentucky rwate2@email.uky.edu	Gender & Politics Joanne Green Texas Christian University j.green@tcu.edu	Methodology David W. Romero University of Texas at San Antonio david.romero@utsa.edu
Subnational Politics and Federalism Robert Preuhs Metropolitan State at Denver rpreuhs@mscd.edu	Teaching & Learning in Political Science Maurice Mangum Texas Southern University mangumml@tsu.edu	Undergraduate Research Jeff Justice Tarleton State University justice@tarleton.edu