USAFA Library Guides: Political Science: Professional Associations

National Associations (U.S.)

APSA is the leading professional association for the study of political science in the United States.

American Political Science Association (APSA)
As the leading professional organization for the study of political science, APSA supports faculty, students, and the public through publications, programs, careers information and other resources

Other top professional associations in the field of political science:

Academy of Political Science
Produces scholarship on political and related policy issues through conferences and publications e.g. Political Science Quarterly
American Association for Public Opinion Research
American Society for Public Administration
American Sociological Association
Association for Political Theory
Association for Politics and the Life Sciences
Focus on the interchange between politics and the life sciences
Association of Chinese Political Studies
Supports academic and professional activities related to Chinese politics
Association of Public Policy Analysis & Management
Consortium of Social Science Associations (COSSA)
Advocates policy and federal funding for social science research
National Academy of Public Administration
National Conference of Black Political Scientists
Policy Studies Organization
US-based association for public and organizational policy issues
Society of Political Methodology
Advances political methodology and design, data collection and measurement, theoretical and empirical modeling

Midwest Political Science Association (MPSA)
Publishes the American Journal of Political Science
New England Political Science Association
Northeastern Political Science Association (NPSA)
Hosts annual conference and publishes Polity journal
Pacific Northwest Political Science Association
Southern Political Science Association (SPSA)
Sponsors annual conference and publishes the Journal of Politics
Southwestern Political Science Association
Publisher of the Social Science Quarterly
Western Political Science Association (WPSA)
Represents Western Canada and parts of the western United States including Colorado and Wyoming

Select listing of international and professional associations for the study of politics and area studies: