Professional Development
Why Would A Mom and A Business Owner Get An MPA?
And what does she do with it?
By Alex Ellison
Photo by Dakota Corbin on Unsplash
I was accepted to…
MPSA in 2017 - Accomplishments Worth Celebrating (video)
This year was confusing at times and exhausting at others, but it also had its high points. As we say goodbye to 2017, we welcome you to join us for the MPSA highlight reel. Our thanks to everyone who played a part in making these projects a reality, including our program chairs, council members,…
The Top 5 MPSA Roundtable Audio Recordings (podcasts) from 2017
Each year at its annual conference, MPSA records dozens of professional development panels focusing on topics…
MPSA Roundtable on Applying to Grad School
Mackenzie H. Eason of the University of California – Los Angeles…
If you're going to San Francisco...
... Visit us at APSA Booth #904! Look for MPSA in booth #904 in the APSA expo hall where we'll be busy answering questions about the MPSA conference, the new Twitter chat series, and your MPSA membership. Plus, MPSA will hold THREE drawings during the APSA conference. (You can enter even if you…
MPSA Career Roundtable on What to Do/Not Do at a Job Talk (audio)
Listen in as Elizabeth A. Bennion of Indiana…
This Is the Best Time Ever to Study Political Science
This post originally appeared on Tom Pepinsky’s blog and is reposted here with permission. Here are ten questions that might be interesting to Americans these days. Is the Trump administration’s immigration executive order constitutional? Is the United States a democracy? How do we know? How does…
Making Sure the Light at the end of the Tunnel is not a Train: Securing a Faculty Position
After more than six years as a graduate student, and having survived the rigors of academic life including assignment deadlines, student teaching, qualifying exams, proposal defense and drafting my dissertation, the end was in sight. What followed in quick succession was the realization that I…
Trendspotting Through the Gradventurist’s Lens
Now that it has been two weeks since MPSA 2016 ended, there are a few trends I observed during the conference that I feel need revisiting especially from a graduate student perspective. The conference weekend was hectic for everyone and there was a lot going on simultaneously, so it is useful to…