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Western Political Science Association (WPSA)
2013 WPSA Meeting
The 2013 meeting of the WPSA will be held at the Loews Hollywood Hotel in Hollywood, California, from March 28 to 30. Previous announcements identified the conference hotel as the Renaissance Hotel in Hollywood. In June 2012, Loews Hotels and Resorts purchased the hotel. In addition to the main program, four workshops and one short course are being organized for Wednesday, March 27. These workshops focus on Environmental Political Theory, Latino Politics, Feminist Theory, and Asian Pacific Americans and Politics. The short course is Field Research and Analytic Transparency: Collecting Data, Making Arguments, and Drawing Inferences in Qualitative Research. Gary Segura, Stanford University, is serving as Program Chair for this meeting. Ange-Marie Hancock, University of Southern California (USC), is the Local Arrangements Chair. Christian Grose and Diana O’Brien, both also from USC, will be serving on the local arrangements committee.
Peregrine Schwartz-Shea, University of Utah, is serving as WPSA President through the March 2013 meetings. At the conclusion of the meetings, Gary Segura will assume the presidency of WPSA.
The Program Committee for the 2014 WPSA annual meetings is now being formed by the incoming Program Chair, Victoria Farrar-Myers, University of Texas, Arlington. A listing of the 2014 Program Committee will appear in the June Political Research Quarterly (PRQ) and also on the WPSA website.
The following individuals have been elected to the Executive Council for the term 2013 to 2016: Martin Johnson, University of California, Riverside; Tony Affigne, Providence College; Jessica Lavariega-Monforti, University of Texas, Pan American; and Chris Shortell, Portland State University. In addition, Carrie Currier, Texas Christian University, has been elected Recording Secretary for 2013 to 2016.
The terms of the following Executive Council members will conclude immediately prior to the March 2013 meeting: Sean Kelly, California State University, Channel Island; Ted Lascher, California State University, Sacramento; Lisa Magaña, Arizona State University; and Melody Rose, Portland State University. Noelle Norton, University of San Diego, will also be concluding her term as Recording Secretary.
PRQ Editor Nomination Deadline Approaches
The WPSA is currently conducting a search for a new editor or editors for PRQ. The term of the current editors, Cornell Clayton and Amy Mazur, will expire on June 30, 2014. The association is seeking nominations of qualified individuals who would edit the journal from July 1, 2014, through June 30, 2018. This four-year term is renewable for a two-year optional extension. Nominations and self-nominations are both welcome. For full consideration, nominations must be submitted by May 15, 2013, when the committee will begin its review.
Information about the search and the position, including the Call for Editors, is available at the WPSA website: http://wpsa.research.pdx.edu/. Potential applicants may also contact William Haltom, University of Puget Sound, who is serving as search committee chair. Haltom can be reached at
It is anticipated that the selection of the new editors will be made during the September 2013 American Political Science Association (APSA) meeting in Chicago, Illinois. Finalist interviews will be held early during the APSA meetings, and a final decision will be made by the WPSA Executive Committee.
WPSA Newsletter
Contributions to the WPSA newsletter, The Western, should be directed to either Stephen J. Stambough or Valerie R. O’Regan, California State University, Fullerton. They can be reached at
Future WPSA Meetings
The Association will be meeting at the Sheraton Seattle Hotel in Seattle, Washington, in 2014; Caesars Palace in Las Vegas, Nevada, in 2015; the Manchester Hyatt in San Diego, California, in 2016; and the Fairmont Empress Hotel in Victoria, British Columbia, in 2017.