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In Memoriam: Dr. Mala Htun, Distinguished Professor of Political Science, Passes Away

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APSA is extremely saddened by the recent passing of Mala Htun , author and Distinguished Professor of Political Science at The University of New Mexico. in political science from Harvard and a A.B. Htun was named as a Distinguished Professor of Political Science at UNM in 2024.The She was 55.

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Call for Proposals: Approaches to Human Rights Pedagogy | Application Deadline: February 25, 2025

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The purpose of this symposium is to share approaches to the teaching of human rights and to develop pedagogical materials for the discipline. APSA Teaching & Learning Symposium: Approaches to Human Rights Pedagogy Date: Thursday, June 19 – Saturday, June 21, 2025 Location: APSA Headquarters, Washington, D.C.

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Learn more about: Learning to Survive: Yurok Well-being in School

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Project Title:Learning to Survive:Yurok Well-being in School Mneesha Gellman, Emerson College Dr. Mneesha Gellman is associate professor of political science in the Marlboro Institute for Liberal Arts and Interdisciplinary Studies at Emerson College, in Boston.

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Rochelle Terman Receives the 2024 APSA-IPSA Theodore J. Lowi First Book Award for “The Geopolitics of Shaming: When Human Rights Pressure Works – and When It Backfires”

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Lowi First Book Award committee has unanimously selected Professor Termans’s book , The Geopolitics of Shaming: When Human Rights Pressure Works — and When It Backfires. The book establishes that human rights shaming is a deeply political process, one that operates in and through strategic relationships.

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2025 APSA-IPSA Theodore J. Lowi First Book Award Nominations Now Open!

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The Lowi Award honors the author of a first book in any field of political science that exemplifies qualities of broad ambition, high originality, and intellectual daring, showing promise of having a substantive impact on the overall discipline, regardless of method, specific focus of inquiry or approach to subject.

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Learn More About: Resisting the Prohibition of Child Marriage in Latin America

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Her research focuses on international law, human rights, transnational activism, and the impact of domestic politics on international cooperation. The manuscript is based on her dissertation, which won the American Political Science Association’s award for the best dissertation in the field of human rights.

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Farhana Loonat Receives the 2024 APSA Community College Faculty Award

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The APSA Community College Faculty Award is presented annually by the American Political Science Association (APSA) to honor exemplary contributions that advance the multi-faceted goals of community college faculty. Dr. Farhana Loonat is a tenured faculty member in Political Science and Philosophy at Skagit Valley College (SVC).