| 2026 Conference Program Chair | Angela K. Lewis-Maddox | University of Alabama at Birmingham |
| American Political Development | Claire Crawford | Wake Forest University |
| Bureaucratic Politics | Sanghee Park | Indiana University Indianapolis |
| Campaigns and Elections | Mitchell Brown | Auburn University |
| Class and Inequality | Niambi Carter | University of Maryland |
| Comparative and International Political Economy | Jamie Scalera Elliott | Georgia Southern University |
| Comparative Political Behavior and Electoral Systems | Quintin Beazer | Florida State University |
| Comparative Political Institutions | Chris Reenock | Florida State University |
| Comparative Politics of Developing Areas | Anjali Thomas | Georgia Tech |
| Comparative Politics of Industrialized Areas | ||
| Environmental Politics and Policy | Srinivas Parinandi | University of Colorado |
| Federalism and Intergovernmental Relations | Abigail Mancinelli | Guidehouse |
| Human Rights | Gary Uzonyi Claire Greenstein | University of Strathclyde University of Alabama at Birmingham |
| Information Technology and Politics | Bryan T. Gervais | University of Texas at San Antonio |
| International Conflict and Security | Steven Beard | University of Colorado |
| International Organizations, Foreign Policy and IR Theory | Su-Mei Ooi Ryan Daugherty | Butler University Butler University |
| Judicial Politics | Rebecca Gill | University of Nevada, Las Vegas |
| Latin American and Caribbean Politics | Richard Middleton | University of Missouri St. Louis |
| Legislative Politics | Mel Atkinson | University of North Carolina at Charlotte |
| LGBTQ Politics | Tiffany Willoughby Herard | University of California Irvine |
| Local and Urban Politics | Stephanie Pink-Harper | University of Alabama at Birmingham |
| Media and Political Communication | Meredith Pruden | Kennesaw State |
| Political Methodology | Carlisle Rainey | Florida State |
| Political Networks | Bomi Lee | University of Arkansas |
| Political Participation and Civic Engagement | Clarissa Peterson | University of the South Sewanee |
| Political Parties and Interest Groups | Anthony Nownes | University of Tennessee |
| Political Psychology | Mandi Bailey | American University |
| Political Theory | Utz McKnight | University of Alabama |
| Positive Political Theory | ||
| Presidential and Executive Politics | Joshua Kennedy | Georgia Southern University |
| Public Administration | B. Kathleen Gallagher | Texas Tech University |
| Public Opinion | Lisa Argyle Ethan Busby | Brigham Young University Brigham Young University |
| Public Policy | Elizabeth Malby | University of Nevada, Las Vegas |
| Race and Ethnicity | Andre Gillespie | Emory University |
| Religion and Politics | Eric McDaniel Enrique Quezada | University of Texas Agnes Scott College |
| State Politics | Richard Fording | University of Alabama |
| Teaching Political Science | Sharon Wright Austin | University of Florida |
| Undergraduate Research | Emmitt Riley | University of the South Sewanee |
| Women, Gender, and Politics | Wendy Gunther-Canada | University of Alabama at Birmingham |
