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Revised Preliminary Program Now Available -- Book Your Conference Hotel and Travel Plans for NYSPSA '08 -- See You in Albany!!!

NYSPSA is Proud to Announce the

The New York State Political Science Association

Annual Conference 2008

 

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Hosted by
The Rockefeller College of Public Affairs and Policy

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The State University of New York at Albany
April 25-26

 

Directions to NYSPSA 2008

The conference will be held at the Rockefeller College of Pubic Affairs and Policy.  The college is located at 135 Western Avenue in Albany (the downtown campus).  The bulk of the conference, including registration, will take place in Draper Hall (see below). 

 

 

To celebrate the 62nd Annual Conference of the New York State Political Science Association, NYSPSA is happy to welcome all scholars, students and government officials to The Rockefeller College of Public Affairs and Policy and the State University of New York at Albany April 25th & April 26th in New York State's capital city.  Just two and a half hours north of New York City and five hours from Buffalo & Rochester, the University at Albany and the Rockefeller College of Public Affairs and Policy is ready to warmly welcome all participants at this year's conference. 

Over the next few weeks please find links for more information on travel to the 62nd Annual NYSPSA Conference, hotel arrangements for events, and further information on the preliminary program.  If you have specific questions, please contact the NYSPSA Vice President and Program Chair, Frank VanderValk, at Frank.VanderValk@esc.edu or the NYSPSA President, Ed Warzala at ed.warzala@esc.edu.
 

NYSPSA Annual Conference
 

The principal activity of the New York State Political Science Association is its annual two-day scholarly conference during the spring months. Membership in the association is open to political science students and  professionals inside and outside New York State, and a year's membership is  automatic with registration for the conference. Calls for papers for the conference are available in September. The event usually draws 200 to 250 panelists and round table participants, and features a book display and an academic job placement service. The site of the conference rotates each year between upstate and downstate university host campuses.

NYSPSA Governance

The New York State Political Science Association is governed by an executive board including nine section chairs specializing in American Politics, Canadian Politics,. Comparative Politics, International Relations, Judicial Process and Law, Political Theory, Public Policy and Public Administration, State and Local Politics and Teaching and Learning. For more information, contact  Ed Warzala, NYSPSA President and Professor of Political Science at Empire State College or Frank VanderValk, NYSPSA Vice President and Program Chair also at the Empire State College.  The Host College Chair for this year's Annual Conference will be Kimberly Fletcher of the Rockefeller Graduate School of Public Affairs and Policy, University at Albany.

 

 


NYSPSA '08 Revised Preliminary Program Available:

Program *.pdf Format

Program *.doc Format


NYSPSA Conference / Membership Forms:

Registration Form



MARK YOUR CALENDARS:

New York State Political Science Association Annual Conference

APRIL 25-26, 2008

CONFERENCE HOTEL & TRAVEL DETAILS AVAILABLE
 

 

The Conference's Preliminary program is now available (above) and you can now book your your hotels and travel to NYSPSA '08.  We hope you can join us at what should be an incredibly interesting conference representing scholars, graduate and undergraduate students, and governmental officials in all of the major subfields of Political Science.  NYSPSA is largest state-based political science association in the United States.  We welcome you this year to our state's capital of Albany on April 25th and 26th.

 


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