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BrIEfS
Call o Papes o
IntedisciplinayBook on Success, Te-oism, and
PoliticalViolence
The editors o a proposed interdisci-plinary book exploring the
concepto success and the role o violence inachieving movement goals
invite chapterproposals o 500 words or less. The bookventures to
present essays examining thenotion o success related to terrorism
andpolitical violence. We seek essays concern-ing the theoretical
analysis, perception,and raming/re-raming o what it meansto be
successul or unsuccessul in the useo violence as a tactic in
achieving move-ment goals. We also seek essays address-ing this
concept rom a broad terrorism/political violence perspective as
well ascase studies examining regional or groupspecic
successul/unsuccessul uses o ter-rorism/political violence.
Questioning andperhaps reocusing the concept o successand whether
violence can ever be a success-ul tactic, we seek to better
understand therole and selection o violence as a tactic inpursuing
movement goals, i violence canbe a successul strategy, and how
violencecan be a successul strategy. Deadline orproposals is August
1, 2010. Contact Gabri-ela Guazzo, [email protected].
Intenational Sci-ence and EngineeingVisualization Chal-lenge
Call o Enties
The National Science Foundation(NSF) and the journal
Science(pub-lished by the American Associationor the Advancement o
Science) createdthe International Science &
EngineeringVisualization Challenge to celebrate thegrand tradition
o illustration and visual-
ization o researchand to encourage itscontinued growth. The
spirit o the compe-
tition is or communicating science, engi-neering, and technology
or education andjournalistic purposes.
Judges appointed by NSF and Sciencewill select winners in each o
fve categories:Photography, Illustrations, InormationalPosters and
Graphics, Interactives Games,
and Non-Interactive Media. The winningentries will appear in a
special section o theFebruary 2011 issue oScienceand ScienceOnline,
and on the NSF Web site, and one othe winning entries will be
pictured on theront cover. In addition, each winner willreceive a
one-year print and online subscrip-tion to the journal Scienceand a
certicateo appreciation.
For more inormation, see: http://www.ns.gov/news/scivis
APSA Committee onthe Status o Womenin the PoessionSeeks Suvey
respon-dents
The Committee on the Status oWomen in the Proession o
theAmerican Political Science Associa-tion cordially invites your
participation ina research project entitled Best Practicesor
Interviewing. We are asking women totake part in this study, which
is designed tounderstand how women are aring in oureld,
particularly while on the job market.You will also be asked a
series o questionspertaining to your experiences while
inter-viewing on the academic job market as anexpectant or nursing
mother. Your partici-pation in this study will allow the Commit-tee
to develop suggestions or best practic-es or interviewing job
candidates. We are
asking that you participate in this study sowe can more clearly
understand the impactthat being a mother (or expectant mother)has
on the interviewing process.
Please take a moment to answer a ewquestions using the online
link (http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/cswp). Your participa-tion is
voluntary. Your responses will be anon-ymous. Data will only be
used or researchpurposes. I you have any questions aboutthis
research, please contact Dr. Angela K.Lewis at
[email protected].
Notheasten Politi-cal Science Associa-tion Annual Meeting
The Northeastern Political ScienceAssociation will hold its 42nd
annu-al meeting November 11 to 13, 2010,at the Omni Parker House in
Boston. Weinvite paper, panel, and roundtable submis-sions rom
academics, graduate students,journalists, and practitioners.
NPSA prohibits multiple paper sub-missions. Only one paper
submission perperson will be accepted. However, a paperpresenter
may also serve as a chair or dis-cussant on another panel or as a
roundtableparticipant. Questions should be directed tothe
appropriate Program Section Chair orthe conerence Program Chair.
All coner-ence inormation is available on the NPSAwebsite, which is
regularly updated: www.northeasternpsa.com
IPSA AnnouncesNew Mastes Po-gam in Cental andEasten
EuopeanPolitics and Societies
The IPSA is delighted to announcethe launching o a new
EuropeanMasters in political science entitledCentral and Eastern
European Politics andSocieties, jointly organized by the Univer-sit
Libre de Bruxelles, the University oBucharest, and the University o
Wroclaw.
The Masters program ofers a doubledegree awarded by the entrance
universityand the university chosen or mobility, a cer-tifcate
signed by the three universities (mem-bers o the consortium),
multinational teach-ing methods using innovative pedagogicaltools,
a large number o specialized courses,an integrated program o study
coordinatedby the three members o the Consortium,the possibility to
learn the language o thecountry selected or the exchange, and
theopportunity to gain some working experi-ence in a specic
cultural, social and politi-
cal context. The duration o the program istwo years. Deadline or
enrollment is August
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A preview of some of the articles thatwill be published in the
October issue:
FEATURES
Forecasting Canadian Federal Elec-
tions
ric Blanger
Who Likes Political Science?: Deter-
minants of Senators Votes on the
Coburn Amendment
Joseph E. Uscinski
THE PROFESSION
Symposium on Perestroika: Ten
Years Later
Patrick J. McGovern, guest editor
THE TEACHER
The Case of the Pilfered Paper:
Classroom Implications of For-Prof-
it Online Plagiarism and High-Tech
Detection Tools
Phoebe Morgan
In Defense of the Populist Lecture
Mark Lawrence Schrad
Learning Styles and Teaching Strate-
gies: Transforming College Students
from Novices to Experts
Robert Peters
106th Annual Meeting and Exhibition
Recap
APSA Organized Section Award
Recipients
APSA Dissertation, Paper, Article,
Book, and Career Award Recipients
Comingin theNEXTISSUE
31, 2010.For additional inormation, please see
http://dev.ulb.ac.be/sciencespo/dossiers_chiers/ma-eur-sc-po2.pd.
AAAS CoalitionCouncil Meeting toBe Held July 2627,2010, in
Washington,
DC
The American Association or theAdvancement o Science
(AAAS)Coalition Council Meeting will beheld July 26 to 27 in
Washington, DC. TheCoalition meets twice a year, always inJanuary
and July. Coalition meetings areopen to all members, aliates, and
inter-ested scientists. These meetings provide anopportunity or
participants to learn abouttopical issues lying at the
intersectiono science and human rights, and to takepart in
inormational sessions, and train-ings. Coalition meetings are also
used as anopportunity or each o the area o activityworking groups
to meet.
A panel will be held on Enjoying the Ben-efts o Scientifc
Progress: Access, Innovationand Impediments to canvass a number
oinnovative strategies that have been proposedand, in some cases,
implemented to give mar-ginalized persons access to the benets
oscientifc progress. Workshop topics includeGetting the Word Out:
Designing a HumanRights Track or Your Annual Meeting andThe Next
Generation: Incorporating HumanRights into Science Curricula.
For more inormation, see
http://shr.aaas.org/coalition/Meetings/meetings.shtml#upcoming%20meetings.
New APSAOganized Sec-tion ExploingExpeimentalreseachAt its
spring meeting, the APSA Councilapproved the establishment o a
neworganized section on ExperimentalResearch. The idea or the
section grewrom the recognition o Donald Green(Yale University),
Rebecca Morton (NewYork University), and a number o otherscholars
that with the rapid growth anddevelopment o experimental methods
inpolitical science has come a set o termsand concepts that
political scientists mustknow and understand. The section hopesto
build on this growth by providing aorum in which research based on
thesetechniques can be shared and discussed.
As stated in its ormation materials, theSection will dene
experimental researchbroadly to encompass scholarship advancedby
lab, survey or feld experimentation span-ning the disciplines
subfelds including, butnot limited to, comparative politics,
inter-national relations, public policy, Americanpolitics,
political behavior, etc. The Sectionwill create and sustain a place
or the mas-tery o the methodological skills appropriateto
conducting experiment-based research.This level o visibility, in
turn, will spreadthe interest and energy political scientistscan
bring to important research questions,produce more and better
research and teach-ing, and stimulate the training o new
gen-erations o scholars.
The Section will hold its rst businessmeeting at the 2010 Annual
Meeting inWashington, when it will ratiy bylaws, setmembership
dues, and hold its frst election.The section will be included in
the programcommittee or the 2011 Annual Meeting inSan Francisco,
where it will hold its rstpanels. For inormation on how to
becomeengaged with the new section, please contactKevin Esterling
(University o Caliornia,Riverside) at [email protected]
