2021 Conference
28th Annual Illinois State University Conference for Students of Political Science
Illinois State University’s Department of Politics and Government welcomes you to the 28th Annual Conference for Students of Political Science. This year our conference will be held virtually on May 13, 2021. You need to register online to attend the conference. Registration is free. You can register and read the conference program by clicking on this link: https://conferencebit.com/28th-annual-illinois-state-university-conference-for-students-of-political-science-2021/
Participating Institutions: Illinois State University, Vassar College, State University of New York at Fredonia, University of Illinois at Springfield, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Drake University, University of Southern California, Drury University, Saint Louis University, University of Kentucky, University of Texas at Austin, De Paul University, Ankara University, Hanover College, MIT.
Dr. Sibel Oktay from University of Illinois at Springfield will deliver this year's keynote speech. Her keynote is titled Coalition Politics and Foreign Policy: Evidence from Europe and the Middle East.
If you have any questions about the conference, please do not hesitate to contact the conference coordinator:
Dr. Yusuf Sarfati Email: ysarfat@ilstu.edu
This conference is sponsored by Pi Sigma Alpha, the Undergraduate Political Science Association, The Graduate Student Association, and The Department of Politics and Government at Illinois State University.
2019 Pi Sigma Alpha Best Paper Awards
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Kate Brunk
Illinois State University
Community Influence in Public Opinion on Federal Reproductive Health Subsidies -
Wei Hua
Illinois State University
How Risk Orientation Shapes Support for Graduate Student Unionization -
Dana Van De Walker
Sam Houston State University
The Effect of the 2017 Trump Administration Travel Ban on International Graduate Applications at Texas Public Universities -
Lorren Pack
Illinois Weslyan University
Rape Myth Effects on Juror Decisions in Deliberations of Rape Cases: How Rape Myths Affect Jury Deliberations -
Gaoming Zhu
Illinois Wesleyan University
Polarized China: The Effect of Media Censorship on People's Ideology -
Sydney Smith
University of Texas at Austin
Civic Virtue in the American Revision of Rome