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Apply by 6/15! The 2026 APSA Fund for #Latino Scholarship awards grants to initiatives that provide professional development opportunities and financial assistance to Latino/a #graduatestudents in #polisky programs. buff.ly/Nis2Hgk

Meet DFP Spring Fellow, Cameron Thomas-Shah, Johns Hopkins University Cameron Thomas-Shah is a doctoral student at Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS). His research focuses on the impact of foreign malign influence on social movements within the United States.…

Meet DFP Spring Fellow, Eman Alahmadi, The University of Texas at Austin Eman Alahmadi is a second-year PhD student in the Department of Government at the University of Texas at Austin. Her research sits at the intersection of American politics, legislative behavior, and political institutions,…

Meet DFP Spring Fellow, Elina Rodriguez, University of California, Berkeley Elina Rodriguez is a second-year PhD student at the University of California, Berkeley, in the Department of Political Science, studying American politics. Her research interests pertain to the study of state violence, the…

Connecting Campaign Finance Scholars and Reformers: Building a Research Agenda Half Day Short Course | Register here 2026 APSA Annual Meeting & Exhibition -- Boston, MA 9:00 am – 1:00 pm One of the original rationales for the organization of the Campaign Finance Research Group (CFRG) was to bring together campaign finance scholars, reform advocates, and policy makers “in order to inform the policy debates on campaign finance issues.” As the authors of CFRG’s 2001 application for Related Group status wrote, “the CFRG will help shrink the often wide gap between the work of scholars and that of policy makers and help make the results of research done by political scientists more relevant for lawmakers, government officials and citizens.” With this purpose in mind, we propose here a short course that brings together scholars, policy makers, and reform advocates to discuss public funding programs and proposals for small-dollar financing of American political campaigns.

How to Use NVivo for Qualitative Data Analysis Half Day Short Course | Register here 2026 APSA Annual Meeting & Exhibition -- Boston, MA 9:00 am – 1:00 pm Course Overview: Discover the world of qualitative data analysis with NVivo, a user-friendly software designed to help students and researchers alike. This half a day workshop offers a comprehensive introduction to NVivo, equipping you with the skills to efficiently integrate it into your research projects.

Cameron Thomas-Shah is a doctoral student at Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS). His research focuses on the impact of foreign malign influence on social movements within the United States. Building on a decade of foreign policy experience, Cameron’s dissertation examines the motivations behind malign influence operations and how these dynamics can inform democratic strategies for building more resilient and discerning information environments while protecting fundamental freedoms.

The Fund for Latino Scholarship encourages and supports the recruitment, retention, and promotion of political science students and scholars who study and research Latina/o politics (especially students and tenure track junior faculty).

Causal Inference with Observational Data Half Day Short Course | Register here 2026 APSA Annual Meeting & Exhibition -- Boston, MA 9:00 am – 1:00 pm Estimating treatment effects when the data are observational rather than experimental presents a challenge in many research areas. This course provides an introduction into the problems of causal inference that arise in the context of observational data, and presents an overview of statistical methods and techniques to overcome these challenges.

Eman Alahmadi is a second-year PhD student in the Department of Government at the University of Texas at Austin. Her research sits at the intersection of American politics, legislative behavior, and political institutions, with a focus on how interpersonal relationships among members of Congress shape legislative collaboration. She also examines how gender shapes the congressional experience, paying attention to the challenges women face as legislators.

Comparative Historical Analysis Full Day Short Course | Register here 2026 APSA Annual Meeting & Exhibition -- Boston, MA 9:00 am – 5:00 pm Comparative historical analysis (CHA) is a methodological tradition that bridges the strengths of historical narrative and social scientific inquiry. Widely used to examine problem-driven, macro-historical questions, CHA allows researchers to use the past not only to generate rich descriptions and typologies, but also to develop generalizable, testable theories.

Elina Rodriguez is a second-year PhD student at the University of California, Berkeley, in the Department of Political Science, studying American politics. Her research interests pertain to the study of state violence, the administrative state, and American political development. Prior to starting her PhD, Elina graduated from New York University with a BA in political science and history and received an MA in political science from Columbia University.