PSA Conference and Sandison Lecture

The Political Science Department is delighted to announce that we will host the 27th PSA Student Conference and Gordon Sandison Memorial Lecture on Tuesday, May 10, 2022 after a Covid-induced hiatus since 2019.   Details below.  Please join us for a day of engaging student presentations and lively discussion! 

An Overview of the 2022 PSA Conference 

This year there will be six panels featuring 22 student papers and a roundtable. All presentations will be on the 4th Floor of Arntzen Hall.  The schedule is as follows:

8:30-10:00
Critical Theory & Public Policy (AH 421)
Faculty Discussant: Vicki Hsueh

Politics of Developed Democracies (AH 414)
Faculty Discussant: Kristen Parris

10:15-11:45
Comparative Development Studies (AH 421)
Faculty Discussant: Michael Wolff

Democracy in America (AH 414)
Faculty Discussant: Cathy Wineinger

12:00-1:00
Law School Roundtable (AH 412)
Facilitator: Melina Juarez

1:15-2:45
Environmental Justice (AH 421)
Faculty Discussant: Debra Salazar

National and State Policy (AH 414)
Faculty Discussant: Melanie Bowers

The 2022 Gordon Sandison Memorial Lecture

3:00 pm, Academic West 210

Jake Grumbach, Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of Washington will be this year's Sandison Lecturer.  His talk, "Understanding the Democratic Crisis" will show how we have to look to the state level to understand the current crisis of American democracy. State governments have been central to battles over democracy throughout American history. Yet unlike earlier periods, today it is national conflicts over race, labor, and democracy that are playing out through the subnational institutions of state governments.  This year, the Sandison Lecture will be offered in a hybrid format allowing for both in-person and virtual attendance. 

This event is free and open to the public; attendance can be in person or via Zoom.  More details and registration here:  Understanding the Democratic Crisis | ALUMNI | Western Washington University (wwu.edu)