84th Annual MPSA Conference
Thursday, April 1 through Sunday, April 4, 2027
Hybrid Format: In Person at the Palmer House Hilton in Chicago, IL or Virtual
All Panels/Paper Sessions, Roundtables, Lightning Talks and Working Groups will Feature a Hybrid Format (for In-Person or Virtual Participation). Undergraduate Poster Sessions will be In Person Only.
Conference Program Co-Chairs:
Shana Gadarian, Syracuse University
Laura B. Stephenson, University of Western Ontario
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In-Person Conference Participation Policies
In-Person Participation. All conference events, including research panels, networking and mentoring receptions, will be held at the historic Palmer House Hilton Hotel. For those participating in-person, hotel rooms will be available at various price points at the Palmer House and at multiple nearby hotels. Featuring two international airports (ORD and MDW), Chicago is one of just FIVE cities on Earth with direct air service to all inhabited continents – traveling to Chicago couldn’t be easier!
Acknowledgment of Personal Responsibility and Liability Waiver
All conference attendees must sign off on the Acknowledgment of Personal Responsibility and Liability Waiver below upon registration.
Upon registering for the conference, all individuals must agree to take necessary precautions while attending the Annual Conference of the Midwest Political Science Association (MPSA) including, but not limited to, engaging in appropriate social distancing and adhering to any masking rules in public areas when not consuming food or beverages that might be required by the hotel or City of Chicago at the time of the conference.
Attendees testing positive for or exhibiting symptoms of COVID-19, influenza, or any other infectious illness, should refrain from attending the Annual Conference in person and may participate virtually instead.
Registrants acknowledge that travel to and participation in events may increase the risk of exposure to communicable diseases or other unforeseen dangers. Registrants are required to agree to a liability waiver which releases, waives, and forever discharges any and all liability, claims, and demands of whatever nature against the MPSA and its affiliated partners and sponsors, including in each case, without limitation, their directors, officers, employees, volunteers, and agents (the “Released Parties”), either in law or in equity, to the fullest extent permissible by law, including but not limited to damages or losses caused by the negligence, fault, or conduct of any kind on the part of the Released Parties, including but not limited to, death, bodily injury, illness, economic loss or out of pocket expenses, or loss or damage to property, which they, their heirs, assignees, next of kin, and/or legally appointed or designate representatives, may have or which may have hereinafter accrue on the registrants behalf, which arise or may hereafter arise from participation at the MPSA Conference.