SPSA is excited to invite political scientists from across the U.S. and around the world to participate in its 2025 Annual Meeting in San Juan Puerto Rico, January 8-11, 2025. Submit paper and panel proposals here:

RT @LSUHSS: #LSUHSS @POLI_LSU Professor James Garand received the 2025 Manning Dauer Award from @SPSAnews.This award recognizes his excepti…

A big thanks to everyone who attended and participated in our #SPSA2025 conference in San Juan, Puerto Rico! Be sure to join us in June for our 4th Annual Virtual Summer Meeting, as well as next year in New Orleans, Louisiana for our next in-person conference!

RT @Jacob_Authement: Had a great time at @SPSAnews this year! Packed schedule of research presentations, networking, and catching up with c…

RT @Romano_PoliSci: Best undergraduate presentation at @SPSAnews. But maybe I'm biased. Libby did an amazing job and very happy to report a…

RT @JaclynPiatak: Grateful for a great first #SPSA conference in PR seeing awesome collaborators, like @colt_jensen_ & @jaredamcdonald, and…

We sent out #SPSA2025 with a blowout party on the beach! Not a bad way to spend an evening in January.

RT @ChristineCBird: Happy to report that our new PRQ article, “From Ads to Action: The Influence of Interest Group Supreme Court Confirmati…

SPSA President Elizabeth Oldmixon gave an address titled “Culture, Institutional Politics, and the Challenge for Higher Education” followed by a reception where guests mingled and enjoyed some amazing sights! #SPSA2025

Congratulations to all of our Travel Grant Award Recipients, and a big thank you to retiree Bob Howard for taking the pictures at our #SPSA2025 Award Ceremony!

A big thank you to Elizabeth Oldmixon for her dedicated service to the SPSA as President from 2024-2025! #SPSA2025

A big thank you to Susan Haire, Past SPSA President and Council Member, for her dedicated service to the SPSA from 2019-2025! #SPSA2025

Congratulations to Rosalee Clawson (Purdue University), the recipient of the James C. Garand Outstanding Mentor Award for her work as an outstanding mentor in political science at #SPSA2025!

Congratulations to M. V. Hood III and Seth C. McKee, the recipients of the V. O. Key Award for their paper “Rural Republican Realignment in the Modern South: The Untold Story” at #SPSA2025!

Congratulations to Martín Gandur (Florida State University, the recipient of the Neal Tate Award for his paper “Trust in the Judiciary and Partisan Reactions to Judicial Checks: Evidence from Argentina” at #SPSA2025!

Congratulations to Christine Bird, Rachael Houston, and Marcy Shieh, the recipients of the Neal Tate Award for their paper “From Ads to Action: Exploring the Impact of Interest Group Supreme Court Confirmation Advertisements” at #SPSA2025!

Congratulations to Kishan Bhakta, Maranda Joyce, Tabitha Koch, and Jonathan Homola, the recipients of the Marian Irish Award for “How Should Politicians Respond to Violent Threats? A Gendered Explanation of How the Public Views Responses to Threats of Violence” at #SPSA2025!

Congratulations to Sara J. Heridia (Emory University), the recipient of the Pi Sigma Alpha Malcom Jewell Award for her paper “Finding Echoes: Judicial Empathy Among Judges with Family Immigration Histories” at #SPSA2025!

Congratulations to Benjamin Goehring (University of Michigan), the recipient of the Pi Sigma Alpha Malcom Jewell Award for his paper “At-Will Employment in Bureaucracies: Evidence from Mississippi” at #SPSA2025!

Congratulations to Elias Dinas, Sergi Martinez, and Vicente Valentim, the recipients of the Joseph L Bernd JOP Best Paper Award for their paper “Social Norm Change, Political Symbols, and Expression of Stigmatized Preferences” at #SPSA2025!

Congratulations to Dr. James Garand, the recipient of the Manning Dauer Award for his exceptional service to the political science profession at #SPSA2025!