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40th Anniversary Meeting!
March 18-22, 2009
The Crowne Plaza - Downtown
1700 Smith Street
Houston, TX 77002-7317
Deadlines to Remember
Call for Papers/Proposals
Monday, December 1, 2008
Awards Nominations
Deadline
Monday, January 5, 2009
Annual Meeting
Pre-Registration Deadline
Friday, January 23, 2009
GAP Scholarship Applications Deadline
Friday, March 13, 2009
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HAPPY HOLIDAYS!
Dear Colleagues,
The NCOBPS administrative offices will be closed during the Holiday break beginning Monday, December 22, 2008 until on Monday, January 5, 2008.
We pray your holiday celebrations are happy and safe!
Sincerely,
Sherri L. Wallace,
Executive Director
NCOBPS Member receives the Erika Fairchild Award from the Women's Caucus for Political Science - South (WCPS-South)
As president of the Women's Caucus-South, it is with great pleasure that I disclose the 2009 recipient of the Erika Fairchild Award. The Erika Fairchild Award is presented bi-annually to an exemplary scholar and first-rate mentor. This year's recipient is Sharon Wright Austin from the University of Florida. Her most recent book, The Transformation of Plantation Politics in the Mississippi Delta: Black Politics, Concentrated Poverty, and Social Capital in the Mississippi Delta, was published by the State University of New York Press in 2006. She has authored several scholarly articles and book chapters in peer-reviewed journals and academic presses. Professor Austin has also served as a mentor to several scholars whose research focuses on race and gender politics - for example, Angela Lewis, Maruice Mangum, and Charles Menifield. Both the breadth and depth of their letters spoke to her strong record of scholarship, exceptional performance as a teacher, and genuine commitment to service. Congratulations to Sharon! It is indeed an honor that is well-deserved. She will be honored at the 2009 annual meeting of the Southern Political Science Association to be held at the Intercontinental Hotel in New Orleans on Thurs, Jan 8, 2009. Her reception will held at 7:00 pm.
Evelyn M. Simien, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Department of Political Science
University of Connecticut
341 Mansfield Road, Unit 1024
Storrs, CT 06269
Madame President: Summit on Women of Color, Leadership and the Learned Societies
The Faculty Women’s Association at Arizona State University will hold a "Madame President: Summit on Women of Color, Leadership and the Learned the Madame Societies" reception and dinner on Friday, February 27, 2009 honoring the many women of color who have ascended to leadership positions in our learned societies. With the support of President Michael Crow and Provost Elizabeth Capaldi, FWA will bring nine eminent faculty leaders and scholars to ASU for this unique and timely symposium.
Unfortunately, our own NCOBPS President, Desiree Pedescleaux of Spelman College, and Western Political Science Association President, Andrea Y. Simpson of the University of Richmond were not included in the list below, but we continue to celebrate their accomplishments!
Madame President Honorees:
Abena Busia
Rutgers University
Department of English
Association for the Study of the World Wide Africa Diaspora
Darlene Clark Hine
Northwestern University
Department of African American Studies
Organization of American Historians
Beverly Guy-Sheftall
Spelman College
Women's Research and Resource Center
National Women’s Studies Association
Pat Hill Collins
University of Maryland
Department of Sociology
American Sociological Association
Nell Painter
Princeton University
History Department
Organization of American Historians
Dianne Pinderhughes
University of Notre Dame
Departments of Africana Studies and Political Science
American Political Science Association
Pearl Robinson
Tufts University
Department of Political Science
African Studies Association
Loriene Roy
University of Texas at Austin
School of Information
American Library Association
Vicki Ruiz
University of California, Irvine
Departments of History and Chicano/Latino Studies
American Studies Association
Summit activities will take place throughout the day, culminating with the reception and dinner at the ASU University Club. The reception (no-host cocktails) will be held in the Bistro beginning at 6:00 p.m. with dinner in the South Room at 7:00 p.m.
Stanlie M. James, Ph.D.
President, ASU Faculty Women’s Association
Director, African and African American Studies Program
Information submitted by:
Lisa Aubrey, PhD.
Associate Professor
African and African American Studies
Political Science
Arizona State University
140 Wilson Hall, P.O. Box 87093
Tempe, Az. 85287-0903
NCOBPS, Inc. For more information, please contact: Sherri L. Wallace, the Executive Director at slwall08@louisville.edu
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Her most recent book, The Transformation of Plantation Politics in the Mississippi Delta: Black Politics, Concentrated Poverty, and Social Capital in the Mississippi Delta, was published by the State University of New York Press in 2006. She has authored several scholarly articles and book chapters in peer-reviewed journals and academic presses. Professor Austin has also served as a mentor to several scholars whose research focuses on race and gender politics - for example, Angela Lewis, Maruice Mangum, and Charles Menifield. Both the breadth and depth of their letters spoke to her strong record of scholarship, exceptional performance as a teacher, and genuine commitment to service. Congratulations to Sharon! It is indeed an honor that is well-deserved. She will be honored at the 2009 annual meeting of the Southern Political Science Association to be held at the Intercontinental Hotel in New Orleans on Thurs, Jan 8, 2009. Her reception will held at 7:00 pm. 
Lisa Aubrey, PhD.