Western Political Science Association
@wpsa.bsky.social
The WPSA is an association of more than 1250 political scientists. Its purpose is to promote the study and teaching of government and politics, to foster research and to facilitate the discussion of public affairs. Find us at wpsanet.org.
Any scholarly communities, affiliated committees, caucuses, subject area sections, universities, or other groups that wish to schedule an event or session during the 2026 WPSA meeting should promptly contact Julio Castilleja at [email protected]
December 12, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Any scholarly communities, affiliated committees, caucuses, subject area sections, universities, or other groups that wish to schedule an event or session during the 2026 WPSA meeting should promptly contact Julio Castilleja at [email protected]
The WPSA has signed an agreement with Alaska Airlines to provide members with reduced rates for our annual meeting in San Diego. If you book your flight with Alaska Airlines or Horizon Air, you will receive a 7% discount off the lowest published fare.
wpsanet.org/meeting/flya....
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December 11, 2025 at 8:16 PM
The WPSA has signed an agreement with Alaska Airlines to provide members with reduced rates for our annual meeting in San Diego. If you book your flight with Alaska Airlines or Horizon Air, you will receive a 7% discount off the lowest published fare.
wpsanet.org/meeting/flya....
wpsanet.org/meeting/flya....
All of our guestrooms sold out at the last conference we held in San Diego. Hotel rooms in San Diego are expensive, but we are offering a great rate of $224 a night.
You can book your room here:
wpsanet.org/meeting/hote...
You can book your room here:
wpsanet.org/meeting/hote...
WPSA Western Political Science Association
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December 10, 2025 at 6:42 PM
All of our guestrooms sold out at the last conference we held in San Diego. Hotel rooms in San Diego are expensive, but we are offering a great rate of $224 a night.
You can book your room here:
wpsanet.org/meeting/hote...
You can book your room here:
wpsanet.org/meeting/hote...
The early registration deadline for the 2026 conference in San Diego, California, ends on December 31. Registration rates increase by $20 on January 1. Register now to get a better rate. Plus, early registration helps us in our planning.
www.wpsanet.org/forms/reg_fo...
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December 9, 2025 at 11:07 PM
The early registration deadline for the 2026 conference in San Diego, California, ends on December 31. Registration rates increase by $20 on January 1. Register now to get a better rate. Plus, early registration helps us in our planning.
www.wpsanet.org/forms/reg_fo...
www.wpsanet.org/forms/reg_fo...
The deadline for applying for all travel awards is January 31st.
For more information, please see the 2026 conference website: www.wpsanet.org/meeting/
For more information, please see the 2026 conference website: www.wpsanet.org/meeting/
December 8, 2025 at 5:48 PM
The deadline for applying for all travel awards is January 31st.
For more information, please see the 2026 conference website: www.wpsanet.org/meeting/
For more information, please see the 2026 conference website: www.wpsanet.org/meeting/
📑 "After Bostock: conservative judges, LGBTQ rights, and the conservative movement," by Jason Pierces (@pgi-wpsa.bsky.social)
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After Bostock: conservative judges, LGBTQ rights, and the conservative movement
After the groundbreaking LGBTQ rights decision in Bostock v. Clayton County (2020), federal judges across the ideological spectrum used the decision to protect the rights of transgender plaintiffs....
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December 6, 2025 at 10:35 PM
📑 "After Bostock: conservative judges, LGBTQ rights, and the conservative movement," by Jason Pierces (@pgi-wpsa.bsky.social)
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
📑 "Latinx for Trump: disaggregating support among voters in 2020," by José E. Múzquiz & Jane Junn (@pgi-wpsa.bsky.social)
www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1...
www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1...
Latinx for Trump: disaggregating support among voters in 2020
This article analyzes predictors of support for Donald Trump among Latinx in the 2020 U.S. Presidential election to uncover variation within the broader category of Latinx voters. We analyze 2020 C...
www.tandfonline.com
December 5, 2025 at 4:48 PM
📑 "Latinx for Trump: disaggregating support among voters in 2020," by José E. Múzquiz & Jane Junn (@pgi-wpsa.bsky.social)
www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1...
www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1...
In #FirstView by Ming Ma, Daniil Romanov, Alexander Libman, and Genia Kostka: "Listening to an Authoritarian Neighbor: Russian Propaganda on Chinese Social Media After the Ukraine Invasion"
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December 4, 2025 at 5:25 PM
In #FirstView by Ming Ma, Daniil Romanov, Alexander Libman, and Genia Kostka: "Listening to an Authoritarian Neighbor: Russian Propaganda on Chinese Social Media After the Ukraine Invasion"
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We are seeking volunteers for service on all WPSA committees ⤵️
December 4, 2025 at 5:25 PM
We are seeking volunteers for service on all WPSA committees ⤵️
In #FirstView by Alexander G. Hall and Kevin B. Smith: "They Know What They Know and It Ain’t Much: Revisiting the Dunning–Kruger Effect and Overconfidence in Political Knowledge"
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November 24, 2025 at 6:15 PM
In #FirstView by Alexander G. Hall and Kevin B. Smith: "They Know What They Know and It Ain’t Much: Revisiting the Dunning–Kruger Effect and Overconfidence in Political Knowledge"
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✊The article “Theorizing justice from the margins: Black feminist insights on political (protest) behavior” was recently published in @pgi-wpsa.bsky.social by Adaugo Pamela Nwakanma. Check it out 👇 doi.org/10.1080/2156...
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Theorizing justice from the margins: Black feminist insights on political (protest) behavior
Variations in perceptions of and attitudes towards justice animate how different people decide to engage in politics. In the US, political attitudes typically vary across salient identity markers s...
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November 14, 2025 at 3:46 PM
✊The article “Theorizing justice from the margins: Black feminist insights on political (protest) behavior” was recently published in @pgi-wpsa.bsky.social by Adaugo Pamela Nwakanma. Check it out 👇 doi.org/10.1080/2156...
#polisky
#polisky
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📢 Who protects transgender rights in Congress? Angevine and Mendez Garcia analyze who sponsors gender identity inclusive legislation in the US House and find that LGB, liberal, and minority lawmakers lead efforts to advance equality and inclusion.
Read more: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Read more: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Who protects transgender rights in congress? An analysis of gender identity inclusive policy entrepreneurship
The quality and strength of a democracy can be measured by how minority rights are protected against the interests of the majority. In the US, the rights of transgender people, a numerically small,...
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November 14, 2025 at 11:04 PM
📢 Who protects transgender rights in Congress? Angevine and Mendez Garcia analyze who sponsors gender identity inclusive legislation in the US House and find that LGB, liberal, and minority lawmakers lead efforts to advance equality and inclusion.
Read more: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Read more: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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📢 What explains Latinx support for Trump in 2020? Múzquiz and Junn find that differences among Mexican American, Puerto Rican, and Cuban American voters, shaped by migration history, citizenship, and political incorporation, explain variation in partisan choices.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Latinx for Trump: disaggregating support among voters in 2020
This article analyzes predictors of support for Donald Trump among Latinx in the 2020 U.S. Presidential election to uncover variation within the broader category of Latinx voters. We analyze 2020 C...
www.tandfonline.com
November 19, 2025 at 3:12 PM
📢 What explains Latinx support for Trump in 2020? Múzquiz and Junn find that differences among Mexican American, Puerto Rican, and Cuban American voters, shaped by migration history, citizenship, and political incorporation, explain variation in partisan choices.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Available in #OpenAccess: "Abortion Bans and Interstate Migration," by Michael J. Nelson and Christopher Witko
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November 19, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Available in #OpenAccess: "Abortion Bans and Interstate Migration," by Michael J. Nelson and Christopher Witko
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🔍︎Take a look at this recent article, “Spanish and American colonialism and Filipino American political commonality with Latinos,” published in @pgi-wpsa.bsky.social by Danielle Casarez Lemi and Gabriel R. Sanchez 👇 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... #polisky
Spanish and American colonialism and Filipino American political commonality with Latinos
Are Filipino Americans closer to Asian Americans or Latinos, politically? We argue that due to Spanish and American colonialism, this is an open question. We test hypotheses regarding Filipino Amer...
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October 20, 2025 at 2:48 PM
🔍︎Take a look at this recent article, “Spanish and American colonialism and Filipino American political commonality with Latinos,” published in @pgi-wpsa.bsky.social by Danielle Casarez Lemi and Gabriel R. Sanchez 👇 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... #polisky
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📢 What shapes who works in Congress? Rutherford & Wu analyze 180K U.S. House staff contracts showing how legislators’ demographics, party, and competition shape staff representation. Nonwhite members hire more staff of color, while gender links are weaker.
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Representation and the legislative enterprise: an expanded view of staff representation
Abundant research highlights the importance of electoral representation for women and racial minorities in democratic governments. This literature focuses primarily on individuals elected to office...
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October 22, 2025 at 11:24 PM
📢 What shapes who works in Congress? Rutherford & Wu analyze 180K U.S. House staff contracts showing how legislators’ demographics, party, and competition shape staff representation. Nonwhite members hire more staff of color, while gender links are weaker.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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📢 How does gender become a battleground in Türkiye? Bezirgan-Tanış shows how the Big Family Platform and allies cast gender and LGBTQ+ rights as Western threats to family and nation, while activists resist through legal and digital action.
🔗 Read more: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
🔗 Read more: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Civil initiatives or hate marches? Unpacking anti-gender mobilizations and civic resistance in Türkiye
Since the mid-2000s, anti-gender mobilizations have gained global visibility, presenting themselves as civic defenders of traditional family values and national sovereignty against the perceived th...
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November 3, 2025 at 2:13 PM
📢 How does gender become a battleground in Türkiye? Bezirgan-Tanış shows how the Big Family Platform and allies cast gender and LGBTQ+ rights as Western threats to family and nation, while activists resist through legal and digital action.
🔗 Read more: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
🔗 Read more: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
In #FirstView by Donald H. Zárate, Jr: "From Exclusion to Utopia: A Comparative Study of Intentional Community Formation"
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From Exclusion to Utopia: A Comparative Study of Intentional Community Formation - Donald H. Zárate, 2025
This paper develops a novel theory of intentional community formation grounded in systemic exclusion. Intentional communities—ranging from Amish settlements and...
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November 3, 2025 at 2:32 AM
In #FirstView by Donald H. Zárate, Jr: "From Exclusion to Utopia: A Comparative Study of Intentional Community Formation"
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As part of the programming of the @wpsa.bsky.social Virtual Community "History and Politics," we are now hosting informal conversations with scholars who conduct research in both fields.
On November 10th (1-2 pm ET), we will welcome Dr. Daniel Steinmetz-Jenkins:
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On November 10th (1-2 pm ET), we will welcome Dr. Daniel Steinmetz-Jenkins:
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October 26, 2025 at 5:22 PM
As part of the programming of the @wpsa.bsky.social Virtual Community "History and Politics," we are now hosting informal conversations with scholars who conduct research in both fields.
On November 10th (1-2 pm ET), we will welcome Dr. Daniel Steinmetz-Jenkins:
forms.gle/G5RRrPDCSYVf...
On November 10th (1-2 pm ET), we will welcome Dr. Daniel Steinmetz-Jenkins:
forms.gle/G5RRrPDCSYVf...
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The @wpsa.bsky.social Political Theory Virtual Community ~academic publishing panel~ is in a cool two weeks. Register today! (link in the quoted post) #poltheory #polisky
Join the @wpsa.bsky.social Political Theory Virtual Community Oct. 30 for a panel on academic publishing! Feat. 3 great speakers: Alison McQueen (@aejm.bsky.social), Shmuel Nili, & Jack Turner. No pre-reading required, only pre-registration! Registration & details here: mailchi.mp/5e42ef9434a2...
Join us in one month! Thursday, October 30 – Panel on Academic Publishing
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October 16, 2025 at 8:45 PM
The @wpsa.bsky.social Political Theory Virtual Community ~academic publishing panel~ is in a cool two weeks. Register today! (link in the quoted post) #poltheory #polisky
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This Wednesday! ⤵️
We are back!
Please join us on October 15th to talk with Jennifer Pitts about publishing in both history and political science journals (and about much more!)
forms.gle/JcuAwCvZZoHv...
Please join us on October 15th to talk with Jennifer Pitts about publishing in both history and political science journals (and about much more!)
forms.gle/JcuAwCvZZoHv...
October 13, 2025 at 8:21 PM
This Wednesday! ⤵️
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Join the @wpsa.bsky.social Political Theory Virtual Community Oct. 30 for a panel on academic publishing! Feat. 3 great speakers: Alison McQueen (@aejm.bsky.social), Shmuel Nili, & Jack Turner. No pre-reading required, only pre-registration! Registration & details here: mailchi.mp/5e42ef9434a2...
Join us in one month! Thursday, October 30 – Panel on Academic Publishing
mailchi.mp
September 29, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Join the @wpsa.bsky.social Political Theory Virtual Community Oct. 30 for a panel on academic publishing! Feat. 3 great speakers: Alison McQueen (@aejm.bsky.social), Shmuel Nili, & Jack Turner. No pre-reading required, only pre-registration! Registration & details here: mailchi.mp/5e42ef9434a2...
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We are back!
Please join us on October 15th to talk with Jennifer Pitts about publishing in both history and political science journals (and about much more!)
forms.gle/JcuAwCvZZoHv...
Please join us on October 15th to talk with Jennifer Pitts about publishing in both history and political science journals (and about much more!)
forms.gle/JcuAwCvZZoHv...
September 28, 2025 at 7:04 PM
We are back!
Please join us on October 15th to talk with Jennifer Pitts about publishing in both history and political science journals (and about much more!)
forms.gle/JcuAwCvZZoHv...
Please join us on October 15th to talk with Jennifer Pitts about publishing in both history and political science journals (and about much more!)
forms.gle/JcuAwCvZZoHv...
The deadline is today...
but it is not too late to submit your proposal! ⤵️
but it is not too late to submit your proposal! ⤵️
Do you want to submit a paper or panel proposal?
Details about the conference, the Call for Papers, the list of section chairs, and proposal instructions can be found on the WPSA website ⤵️
www.wpsanet.org/meeting/
Details about the conference, the Call for Papers, the list of section chairs, and proposal instructions can be found on the WPSA website ⤵️
www.wpsanet.org/meeting/
September 26, 2025 at 5:08 PM
The deadline is today...
but it is not too late to submit your proposal! ⤵️
but it is not too late to submit your proposal! ⤵️
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I'm so excited to be returning as section chair for Gender, Race, and Intersectionality at the @wpsa.bsky.social meeting in San Diego on Apr 2 - 4, 2026. We are still accepting submissions. Please see details here:
www.wpsanet.org/meeting/sect...
Submit a paper here:
wpsanet.org/app_panel/pa...
www.wpsanet.org/meeting/sect...
Submit a paper here:
wpsanet.org/app_panel/pa...
WPSA Western Political Science Association
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September 25, 2025 at 5:37 PM
I'm so excited to be returning as section chair for Gender, Race, and Intersectionality at the @wpsa.bsky.social meeting in San Diego on Apr 2 - 4, 2026. We are still accepting submissions. Please see details here:
www.wpsanet.org/meeting/sect...
Submit a paper here:
wpsanet.org/app_panel/pa...
www.wpsanet.org/meeting/sect...
Submit a paper here:
wpsanet.org/app_panel/pa...