versity (contact: David Walsh); Encouraging the Brightest: Howard Community College (con- The 2000 Ralph Bunche tact: Zoe Irvin); Marymount Univer- Summer Institute sity (contact: Chris Synder) Have you Karen Cox, University of Virginia University of Illinois, Chicago s logged onto Twenty gifted undergraduate stu- Departmental Representatives dents of color from colleges across Dick Simpson (Project Contact), S APSANet the country attended the 14th an- Cheryl Brandt, Rasma Karklins, nual Ralph Bunche Summer Insti- Betty O'Shaughnessy, Barry 3 Lately? tute at the University of Virginia Rundquist this summer in order to learn more about graduate study in political sci- 0, The summer months Partnering Institutions ence. Sponsored jointly by the Na- "O may be quiet around Chicago State University (contact: tional Science Foundation, the De- Phillip Beverly); City Colleges of 0) campus, but we have partment of Government and Chicago (contact: Constance A. •* been busy adding new Foreign Affairs at the University of Mixon); University of Illinois, f* material for teachers and Virginia, and the American Political Springfield (contact: Steve Schwark); O students. Jump to any of Science Association, the Bunche In- stitute is designed to introduce stu- Joliet Junior College (contact: Rob- orq these new sites: ert E. Sterling) dents of color to graduate school • and to encourage their application to Indiana University Service Learning Ph.D. programs in political science. This year's class represented schools Departmental Representatives What is service learning? How can you implement SL as diverse as UCLA, St. Mary's Uni- Norm Furniss (Project Contact), versity (TX), the University of Vir- Robert Huckfeldt, Marjorie Her- programs in your depart- ment. Find out more about ginia, and Howard University. shey, Samuel Thompson, Janet While living on the grounds of Johnson, Paul Kirby the benefits of service learning and why more UVA the students spent five weeks universities and colleges are in two graduate-level courses taught Partnering Institutions: turn to it as a pedagical by distinguished members of UVA's Indiana University/Purdue Univer- tool. faculty and attended weekly lunches sity, Indianapolis (contact: William and dinners with visiting scholars Blomquist); Indiana University/Pur- including Rodney Hero (University due University, Fort Wayne (con- Election 2000 of Colorado, Boulder), Gary Segura tacts: Michael Downs and Evangelos The first election of the new (Claremont Graduate University), Coufoudakis); Wabash College (con- millenium is nearly upon us Melissa Harris-Lacewell (University tact: Melissa Butler); DePauw Uni- and APSA will be following of Chicago), and Katherine Tate versity (contact: Nafhat Nasr) it closely for you. Whether (University of California, Irvine). you are preparing a class Other activities included a tour of This project, the fourth Preparing syllabus or just looking for Thomas Jefferson's Monticello, two Future Faculty Project of the CGS some new insight, visit our trips to Washington, DC, and Grad- and AAC&U, brings APSA together Election 2000 site. uate Record Examination prepara- with the American Historical Associ- tion provided by Kaplan Testing ation (AHA), the American Psycho- The Graduate Student Services. One of the highlights of logical Association (APA), the the program was the day-long re- American Sociological Association Connection cruitment fair at which representa- (ASA), the National Communica- Reaching out to the next tives of top political science depart- tions Association (NCA), and the generation of political ments met with students to discuss National Council of Teachers of Eng- scientists, APSANet has graduate school prospects. lish (NCTE). Each professional as- Study at the Institute was intense. collected a score of re- sociation has awarded grants to four Monday through Thursday, the stu- Ph.D. departments to work with sources for graduate dents met for four hours in either other universities, colleges, and com- students. Tackling issues Institute Director Paula McClain's munity colleges. Doctoral students such as funding, finding a Race and American Politics course will have opportunities to learn job, writing a dissertation, or Paul Freedman's quantitative about and assume responsibilities as and morem the site also methods course, Political Analysis. faculty in these partnering institu- breaks down how graduate According to the students, the courses tions. To learn more about this students can participate in were very challenging and very re- project, the major principles of a APSA. warding. At the end of the term, each PFF program, and other PFF re- student produced original research sources, visit APSA's PFF resource using data sets such as the 1996 Na- page at www.apsanet.org/about/ www.apsanet.org tional Black Election Study and the chairs/pff/. 1993 National Black Politics Study. 682 PS September 2000 This year's program also proved 1950, he also became the first Afri- candidate for graduate study and the one of the most successful in con- can American to receive the Nobel nation's top graduate programs of- vincing students to apply to graduate Peace Prize. ten recruit minority fellows with of- programs in political science. More The Institute has been held at the fers of school-sponsored fellowships than half of the students have indi- University of Virginia for the past that include remission of tuition and cated that they are serious about five years and will be moving to fees, assistantships, and elevated sti- pursuing graduate studies. Duke University for the summer of pends. More than 70 former minor- Because of its rigorous program, 2001. The program is supported fi- ity fellows now hold Ph.D.s in politi- the Institute's scholars have seen nancially by grants from the Na- cal science. great success. A number of alumni tional Science Foundation and the have received master's and Ph.D. American Political Science Associa- degrees and three have been named tion and receives substantial support African-American Fellows assistant professors. This year, alum- from the host institution. Eleanor Bright nae Yvette Alex-Assensoh, assistant 1999-2000 APSA Minority Fleming will at- professor at Indiana University; tend Vanderbilt Khalilah Brown, a graduate student Fellows Choose Graduate University, where at Ohio State University; Andra Schools she has been des- Gillespie, a graduate student at Yale Since 1969, APSA's minority Fel- ignated a Univer- University; Monique Lyle, a gradu- lows Program has pursued the goal sity Graduate Fel- ate student at Duke University; and of encouraging minority participa- low, a Dean's Eleanor Bright Carmen Huerta, an incoming gradu- tion in Ph.D. programs. African Graduate Fellow, ate student at Rice University, re- American, Latina/o, and Native and the recipient of the Richard B. turned to share stories of how par- American students who demonstrate Bennett/Dorothy Compton Prize. ticipation in the Institute has an interest in teaching and display Ian Yusef Needham will attend benefitted them. research potential in political sci- the University of Chicago, where he The Institute's namesake, Ralph ence are encouraged to apply for will receive a fellowship. Bunche, a 1934 Harvard University conditional one-year grants to be DeAunderia Bryant will attend graduate, was the first African used for graduate school tuition and the University of Michigan with a American to receive a doctorate in fees. Funded or unfunded, the bene- fellowship political science and the first to fits fellows receive are innumerable. Aleshia M. serve as the president of the Ameri- Being named an APSA minority fel- Dyson will attend can Political Science Association. In low marks a student as an excellent Georgia State University, where she will receive an assistantship and a stipend Aleshia Dyson Latino Fellows Jason Paul Casellas will attend Princeton Univer- sity Carmen Huerta will attend Rice University, where she has been granted a fellow- ship with remis- sion of tuition and Carmen Huerta fees and a stipend. Natasha Borges Sugiyama will attend the University of Texas, Austin, where she received a teaching assistantship with remission of tuition and fees. Adele Elizabeth Vigil will attend the 2000 Ralph Bunche Summer Institute participants. Back row (I to r): Byron Demery, Professor Paula University of Cali- McClain, Professor Paul Freedman, Jawad Towns, Adan Balboa, Renee Jeffries, Karon Coc (TA), Patrick McGuinn (TA), Beonica Rupert, and Vesla Weaver. Middle row (I to r): John Amaya, Stacy fornia, San Diego, Nyikos (TA), Gabriel Sanchez, Nicholas (Sammy) Fernandez, Yashica Danridge, Deva Woodly, where she has been Tehama Lopez, J. Alan Kendrick (TA), and Alexis Clark (TA). Front row (I to r): Michael Tuncap, granted a fellowship Elgin Rogers, Jr., Itika Oldwine, Shabazz Wilson, Angeliaue Douyon, Raasheja (Nicci) Page, with remission of Michelle Oby, and Gladys De La Cruz. Not pictured: Darby Morrisroe (TA). Photo by James Adele Vi Carpenter. tuition and fees. 9'' PSOnline www.apsanet.org 683.