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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

  • 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