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.
We are seeking candidates for the position of Executive Director. The initial term of appointment will be for three years, with a starting date at the beginning of the fall term in 2027. If you know someone who you think would make a good executive director, encourage them to apply!
My paper, now titled "Rethinking Candidate Emergence: Sikh Political Representation and Community Networks in Canada", won Best Paper at the @wpsa.bsky.social's conference last year! Thank you to the organizers of the mini-conference on Asian Pacific American Politics for the invaluable feedback!
Dr. Jessie Croteau was awarded the 2026 Environmental Political Theory Best Paper Award at the Western Political Science Association for her paper “In Praise of Decay, Toward a Politics of Compost”. Congratulations, Jessie! 🎉 @wpsa.bsky.social politicalscience.jhu.edu/2026/04/12/p...
PhD Alumni Jessie Croteau Wins WPSA’s Environmental Political Theory Paper Award | Political Science
Dr. Jessie Croteau, who received her PhD in 2025, was awarded the 2026 Environmental Political Theory Best Paper Award at the Western Political Science Association (WPSA) for her paper “In Praise of D...
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Congrats to our annual awards and grants winners! It was as competitive a field as ever and we're thrilled by the exciting work being proposed. See the full list at the link below. Please share and congratulate (& tag) any friends and colleagues you see! reddcenter.byu.edu/0000019d-cfe...
The latest (Redd Center-supported) work from Fred Woods, a documentary on the history of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Denver, is now viewable on BYU TV. It even features our own Redd Center Director Jay Buckley! www.byutv.org/0ccba76e-251...
Denver Latter-day Saints and Their Neighbors - BYUtv
A historical documentary exploring what matters most to members of the Church in Denver, Colorado.
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Good times at the @wpsa.bsky.social Annual Meeting - lots of great emerging research on authoritarianism. But this picture does not do justice to my beloved Sandy Eggo...
Learned a lot from other status committee members at our roundtable this afternoon at @wpsa.bsky.social looking forward to do more to support First Gen Scholars.
Great presentation from @linettesanchez.bsky.social on the political engagement of the children of undocumented parents #WPSA2026 @wpsa.bsky.social
Attending @wpsa.bsky.social this year? Don’t miss my brilliant co-author @ozlemtuncel.bsky.social presenting our collaborative research on Saturday. Check out the panel details below! 📑👇
Ozlem Tuncel@ozlemtuncel.bsky.social · 4mo agoFor folks who will be at @wpsa.bsky.social on Thursday and Saturday, I'll be presenting two co-authored papers: 10 am THU: Higher education expansion under authoritarianism (with @felixwiebrecht.bsky.social) 1:15 pm SAT: Removal of elected opposition mayors (with @elifsarigenc.bsky.social)
Yesterday at our @wpsa.bsky.social exhibit we met @stanfordpress.bsky.social author Nancy Manring, pictured below holding her book A World of Wounds: Rebuilding a Bipartisan Environmental Movement and Cultivating Authentic Hope. #wpsa2026
The WPSA Welcome Reception will be taking place from 6:30 pm - 9:00 pm in Coronado Terrace!
Our 2026 Annual Meeting is taking place at the Manchester Grand Hyatt (1 Market Pl, San Diego, CA 92101) from Thursday, April 2nd to Saturday, April 4th, 2026. ID Badges and the WPSA Information Desk can be found in the Coronado Foyer (on the 4th floor, located on the Harbor Tower side) until 5 pm.
Welcome to San Diego! If you are already registered for the conference, badge pick up will be on the fourth floor in the Harbor Tower, Coronado Foyer. This is where you will also find our exhibitors.
Hear author Michael J. Illuzzi speak at the @wpsa.bsky.social critic panel. The event is at the Manchester Grand Hyatt in San Diego 3:15pm to 5:15pm. Michael J. Illuzzi authored Mending the Nation: https://kansaspress.ku.edu/9780700640638/ #WPSA #PoliticalScience #USPolitics #UPKansas
For folks who will be at @wpsa.bsky.social on Thursday and Saturday, I'll be presenting two co-authored papers: 10 am THU: Higher education expansion under authoritarianism (with @felixwiebrecht.bsky.social) 1:15 pm SAT: Removal of elected opposition mayors (with @elifsarigenc.bsky.social)
Our @wpsa.bsky.social exhibit will open at 8 a.m. tomorrow (4/2) in the Coronado Foyer. Stop by to peruse a display of discounted books from @politybooks.bsky.social @princetonupress.bsky.social @simonandschuster.bsky.social @stanfordpress.bsky.social @uvapress.bsky.social & more! #WPSA2026
BYU Redd Center for Western Studies@byureddcenter.bsky.social · 7mo agoThe annual BYU Redd Center funding season is here and we have INCREASED the $$$ amounts! PLEASE share this as broadly as possible. We accept applications from ANY discipline for projects focused on the intermountain states of AZ, CO, ID, MT, NV, NM, UT, & WY. tinyurl.com/2026ReddAwards
Register for the 2026 WPSA Annual Meeting in San Diego! To register, create an account on our MemberClicks page: www.wpsanet.org/login. After logging in, you will be able to access the registration form.
Western Political Science Association
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The annual BYU Redd Center funding season is here and we have INCREASED the $$$ amounts! PLEASE share this as broadly as possible. We accept applications from ANY discipline for projects focused on the intermountain states of AZ, CO, ID, MT, NV, NM, UT, & WY. tinyurl.com/2026ReddAwards
Register for the 2026 WPSA Annual Meeting in San Diego! To register, create an account on our MemberClicks page: www.wpsanet.org/login. After logging in, you will be able to access the registration form.
Western Political Science Association
wpsanet.org
BYU Redd Center for Western Studies@byureddcenter.bsky.social · 7mo agoThe annual BYU Redd Center funding season is here and we have INCREASED the $$$ amounts! PLEASE share this as broadly as possible. We accept applications from ANY discipline for projects focused on the intermountain states of AZ, CO, ID, MT, NV, NM, UT, & WY. tinyurl.com/2026ReddAwards
I recently joined the @wpsa.bsky.social Committee on First Gen Scholars. I hope we can support more research like this and more support for first-gen scholars!
Anna Stansbury@annastansbury.bsky.social · 6mo ago📢now forthcoming in ECMA! The Class Gap in Career Progression: Evidence from US Academia Class is rarely a focus of research or DEI in elite US occupations. Evidence suggests it should be: we find a large class gap in at least one occupation - tenure-track academia...🧵
One of the most read articles published in @pgi-wpsa.bsky.social in the last year: After Bostock: conservative judges, LGBTQ rights, and the conservative movement, by Jason Pierceson www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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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If you're attending WPSA 2026 @wpsa.bsky.social, consider submitting a paper to present at the WPSA Latina/o Politics Pre-Conference! See the call for papers below for details on how to submit an abstract. DM/email me or @ivyamcargile.bsky.social if you have questions!
Out now and open access with @sethers.bsky.social at Political Research Quarterly! How do election outcomes shape affective polarization among Americans? 🧵 journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Election Outcomes and Affective Polarization in the United States - Joseph B. Phillips, Seth B. Warner, 2026
Do election outcomes exacerbate affective polarization? While polarization often rises during campaigns and correlates with democratic backsliding, isolating th...
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Online First: Alex Farone, "R-E-S-P-E-C-T: An Analysis of the Norm of Respectful Dissent" journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
R-E-S-P-E-C-T: An Analysis of the Norm of Respectful Dissent - Alex Farone, 2026
Why do Supreme Court justices break away from the norm of respectful dissent? I answer this question by defining what constitutes a respectful dissent in the co...
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