Announcements

2014 WPSA Meeting

The 2014 meeting of the WPSA will be held at the Sheraton Seattle Hotel in Seattle, Washington, from April 17 to April 19. Victoria Farrar-Myers, University of Texas, Arlington, is serving as Program Chair for this meeting. Christine DiStefano, University of Washington, is the Local Arrangements Chair. The participation form and information regarding the conference, its theme, and the list of section chairs is available on the WPSA website: www.wpsanet.org. The deadline for proposals is September 16, 2013.

The annual meeting presents not only an opportunity for traditional research presentations and panels, but also a place for interested groups to schedule special events and workshops. On the Wednesday right before the conference begins, there is space available to accommodate groups who wish to hold workshops or offer short courses. In addition, if you are part of a research community that is interested in holding a meeting in the spring, we may be able to accommodate your group by coordinating a conference within the conference. There is also the opportunity to host receptions, business meetings, and special events. For information about these opportunities, please contact Richard Clucas, WPSA Executive Director, at hprc@pdx.edu.

New Officers and Council Members

Future officers of the WPSA were elected at the Business Meeting held in March, 2013, in Hollywood, California. Louis DeSipio, University of California at Irvine, was elected to the position of Vice President and Program Chair 2014–2015. He will oversee the program for the 2015 meeting in Las Vegas, Nevada, and will serve as President of the Association during the subsequent year. New members elected to the Executive Council for the term 2014–2017 are as follows: Region A: Michael Genovese, Loyola Marymount, and Kim Nalder, California State University Sacramento; Region B: Regina Branton, University of North Texas; and Region C: Celeste Montoya, University of Colorado. These new council members will assume their positions just prior to the April 2014 meeting in Seattle, Washington.

The Western: The 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 sstambough@fullerton.edu and voregan@fullerton.edusserve. The Western serves as a forum for scholarly conversations on political science teaching, research, and political events focused on but not limited to the western region. The newsletter is available online at http://wpsa.research.pdx.edu/pub/western.php.