2014-2015 executive board o lauren n. mccarthy – president o aminata ndiaye – treasurer o aubrey...

2014-2015 Executive Board

O Lauren N. McCarthy – PresidentO Aminata Ndiaye – TreasurerO Aubrey Grant – Program ChairO Keith Waters – Conference ChairO Diana Sweet – Research ChairO Abraham Song – Technology Chair

Who Are We?O Mission: To provide a support structure for

professional and intellectual development.O APPS emphasizes:

O student cooperation in the pursuit of academic research;

O organize social events and extracurricular activities to prepare students for professional lives;

O facilitate student participation at academic conferences

O Enable a uniting platform for all student-run initiatives and publications within the SPGIA

O NameO ProgramO Educational BackgroundO Research Interests

Upcoming EventsO February

O 17th Happy Hour @ 6:30pm O’SullivansO 23rd Field Writing Workshop * ArlingtonO 24th PhD Workshop @2pm *ArlingtonO 25th WRiPS @ 12pm *Fairfax

O MarchO 4th Mixer and Basketball game *FairfaxO 17th Tea Time with Faculty *ArlingtonO 19th PhD Workshop 6pm *ArlingtonO 25th WRiPS @ 11am * Fairfax

More Upcoming EventsO April

O 3rd APPC Conference ALL DAY *ArlingtonO 7th Methods Discussion/Recap of

Conference @ 6:30 *ArlingtonO 14th PhD Workshop 2pm *ArlingtonO 16th Happy Hour (With Food!) @ 6pm

*ArlingtonO 22nd WRiPS 12pm * FairfaxO 30th End of Year Celebration @ 5:30

O MayO 6th WRiPS 12pm *Arlington

Suggested EventsO Stata Workshop (student run)O Post Job Search Panel – recent

graduates discussing the process

APPC 2015 ConferenceO April 3rd Founders Hall, Arlington

CampusO Purpose: To highlight novel solutions

to global and regional policy problems by emerging scholars

O Agenda: (See handout)

Highlights of Conference

O 8 panels featuring emerging scholars in a wide range of subject areas

O Lunchtime Methods Panel Featuring: O Diana Kapiszewski: Assistant Professor,

Department of Government, Georgetown UniversityO Robert Adcock: Assistant Professor, Political

Science, George Washington UniversityO Christina Prell: Assistant Professor, Sociology,

University of MarylandO Joseph Maxwell: Professor, Department of

Education, George Mason University

Working Paper SeriesO What is it?

Working Paper Series

O Path to Publishing 2.01. Paper development in class or on own2. Faculty/peer review3. Presentation at PhD workshop4. Paper submission to WPS5. Presentation at WRiPs6. Submission to Conference or Peer

Reviewed Journal

Connect with us!O Facebook

https://www.facebook.com/sppappsO WebsiteO http://apps.gmu.edu

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