Building an Inclusive and Equitable Political Science Department

Session Submission Type: Roundtable

Session Description

The American Political Science Association and its members identify promoting diversity, equity, and inclusion within the discipline as one of its core strategic objectives (APSA’s Strategic Plan, 2019). How can political science departments continue to pursue and sustain diversity, equity, and inclusion in an era when DEI is under assault? This panel discusses best practices department leaders can follow, including hiring, tenure and promotion, undergraduate enrollment, and graduate student recruitment and success. Recommendations from the APSA Task Force Systemic Inequality in the Discipline will be discussed.

Sub Unit

• Panels

Chair

• Cyril Ghosh Clark University

Presenters

• Natalie Masuoka University of California, Los Angeles

• Betina Cutaia Wilkinson Wake Forest University

• Todd C. Shaw University of South Carolina