2025 Program Committee

2025 Conference Program ChairMary AndersonSalve Regina University
American Political DevelopmentSara ChatfieldUniversity of Denver
Bureaucratic PoliticsPeter Bils Vanderbilt University 
Campaigns and ElectionsMichael Franz Bowdoin College
Class and InequalityTess Wise Wake Forest University
Comparative and International Political EconomyCaroline PayneLycoming College
Comparative Political Behavior and Electoral SystemsNicholas Kerr
Hannah Chapman
University of Florida
University of Oklahoma
Comparative Political InstitutionsAmanda Driscoll Florida State University
Comparative Politics of Developing AreasKevin Fridy
Molly Ariotti
University of Tampa
United States Government
Comparative Politics of Industrialized AreasMichael StrauszTexas Christian University
Environmental Politics and PolicyHolly PetersonLousiana State University
Federalism and Intergovernmental RelationsAthena KingOld Dominion University
Human RightsChad ClayUniversity of Georgia
Information Technology and PoliticsLiv ColemanUniversity of Tampa
International Conflict and SecurityMichael Broach

Robert Harding
Universiity of North Carolina-Greensboro
Valdosta State Univ
International Organizations, Foreign Policy and IR TheoryDavid Lektzian Texas Tech University
Judicial PoliticsAli MasoodOberlin College
Latin American and Caribbean PoliticsDenis ReyUniversity of Tampa 
Legislative PoliticsTracy SulkinUniversity of Illinois-Urbana Champagne
LGBTQ PoliticsAnne CaldwellUniversity of Louisville
Local and Urban PoliticsElizabeth StromUniversity of South Florida
Media and Political CommunicationAmanda WintersiekVirginia Commenwealth University
Political MethodologySara MitchellUniversity of Iowa
Political NetworksBomi LeeWashington University, St. Louis
Political Participation and Civic EngagementJudithanne McLauchlanUniversity of South Florida- St. Pete
Political Parties and Interest GroupsZac McGeeKenyon College
Political PsychologyDona-Gene BartonUniversity of Nebraska -Lincoln
Political TheoryDan Kapust University of Wisconsin
Positive Political TheoryBetül DemirkayaUniversity of Kentucky 
Presidential and Executive PoliticsNancy KassopSUNY New Paltz
Public Administration

Ethan Bernick


Zhiwei Zhang

Kansas State University 


Kansas State University
Public OpinionAlvaro Corral

Ivelisse Cuevas-Molina
University of Texas -Rio Grande Valley

Fordham University
Public PolicyMartha KropfUniversity of North Carolina-Charlotte
Race and EthnicityAngela Lewis-MaddoxUniversity of Alabama-Birmingham
Religion and PoliticsAllyson Shortle

University of Oklahoma

State PoliticsJoel Turner

Scott Lasley
Western Kentucky University 
Western Kentucky University 
Teaching Political ScienceGyldas Ofoulhast-OthamotSt. Petersburg College
Undergraduate ResearchWhitney Ross ManzoMerideth College
Women, Gender, and PoliticsDavid RichardsUniversity of Connecticut