APSAs Organized Section on Experimental Research Meeting Overview
Explore the details of APSA's Organized Section on Experimental Research meeting held in September 2010 in Washington, DC. The agenda covered topics such as officer nominations, by-laws discussions, membership drive, communications, and proposed committees. Get insights into the leadership roles, proposed amendments, and strategies for enhancing section membership and communication.
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Business Meeting: APSA Organized Section on Experimental Research September 3, 2010 Washington, DC
Agenda 1. Brief overview of how the Experimental Research Section came to be 2. Nomination of Officers 3. By-laws and proposed amendments 4. Section membership drive 5. Communications/newsletter 6. Prizes, research grants 7. Q & A
Nomination of Officers (parentheses indicate calendar year terms) President: Don Green (2010) President-elect: Jamie Druckman (2011), Rebecca Morton (2012) At-large Council: Rose McDermott (2010), Mike Tomz (2010-11), Lynn Vavreck (2010-11), Don Green (2011-12) Treasurer: Kevin Esterling (2010-11) Secretary: Costas Panagopoulos (2010-11) Newsletter editor: Dustin Tingley (2010-11) APSA Program Chair: Kevin Arceneaux (2010)
Proposed Committees (for 2010 and 2011) Best Paper at prior APSA: Josh Tucker (Chair), Eric Dickson, James Gibson, Rose McDermott Best Dissertation in prior calendar year: Sean Gailmard (Chair), Bethany Albertson, Shana Gadarian, Nick Valentino Best Book in prior calendar year: Ted Brader (chair), Susan Hyde, Macartan Humphreys, Ismail White Nominating Committee: Alan Gerber (chair), Leonie Huddy, Cindy Kam, Ken Williams
By-laws Building on the by-laws that were circulated as part of the petition drive http://ps-experiments.ucr.edu/OSERpetition.pdf Some proposed amendments: 1. Dues: $8 for all members 2. President will name a program chair or serve him/herself 3. Ratification requirement for policy statements involving the regulation of Section members conduct (e.g., required registration of experiments, reporting requirements, protection of human subjects, replication requirements): a 2/3 majority of all section members must be obtained by electronic ballot in an APSA administered referendum
Section Membership Drive 1. When inviting membership renewal, APSA will soon include Section 42 along with other sections 2. APSA recently added Section 42 to its website 3. Although we received 450+ petition signatures, we must now obtain 250+ dues- paying members over the next year in order to avoid the dreaded probation
Section Communications 1. Editor Dustin Tingley s plans for biannual newsletter & invitation to contributors 2. Kevin Esterling s Section website, listserv 3. Continuing deliberations about whether to have a Section journal: Jamie Druckman will name an advisory committee to explore the idea
Prizes and Research Grants 1. Awards committees welcome nominees for all three prizes, with official announcements going out early in 2011, and will deliberate in April in order to reach decisions in May 2. Active discussion with funding organizations interested in commissioning research summaries of experimental literatures
Closing Comments 1. Ecumenical spirit of the new Experimental Research Section 2. Active collaboration with other APSA Sections in co-hosting panels, conferences; opportunities to build bridges to other disciplines 3. Need to sustain the momentum generated by the recent growth in experimentation and identification-oriented social science Q&A
