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​Florida Political Science Association
2025 Annual Conference

​March 30, 2025
University of South Florida
St. Petersburg, Florida 


Conference Program
Call for Papers
The 2025 FPSA Annual Meeting will be held on ​March 30, 2025 at the University of South Florida in St. Petersburg, Florida. The conference program will be sent in February 2025. 

​Preregistration before the conference day is $75 for faculty and $35 for students. All paper presenters, panel chairs, and discussants are asked to preregister. Registration at the meeting is $85 for faculty and $40 for students.  ​Registration includes lunch, refreshments, and a subscription to The Florida Political Chronicle. 
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Program Chair: 
Austin Trantham 
​Affiliation: Saint Leo University 
Phone: 352.588.6313
​E-Mail: [email protected]u

Arrangements Chair: 
Judithanne Scourfield MacLauchlan
Affiliation: USF St. Petersburg  
Phone: 727.873.4956
​E-Mail: jsm2@usf.edu
Please click the "Join FPSA" button below of this page under your desired membership type (Student or Faculty) and follow the payment instructions. 

​We appreciate your membership!  
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FPSA Student Membership

$35.00
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FPSA Faculty Membership

$75.00
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 Faculty, talented undergraduates, and graduate students are encouraged to submit papers.

A $250 award is given to the Best Graduate Student Paper presented at the conference, and a $200 award will be given to the Best Undergraduate Student Paper. Please send paper proposals to the appropriate Section Chair  by January 18, 2025.​  Accepted papers will be notified soon after this date. 
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American National Politics
Austin Trantham
Saint Leo University 
E-Mail: [email protected]

​Political Theory
Brian Kupfer
Tallahassee Community College
E-Mail: [email protected]

Public Policy &  Public Administration
​Douglas Rivero
St. Petersburg College 
E-Mail: [email protected]
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State & Local Government
Sean Foreman
Barry University
E-Mail: [email protected]
International Relations
Leah Blumenfeld
Barry University
E-Mail: l[email protected]


​Comparative Politics
Houman Sadri
University of Central Florida
E-Mail: [email protected]

Roundtable: Regional Security from World War I to Today
Marco Rimanelli
Saint Leo University
E-Mail: [email protected]

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​Roundtable: Teaching Political Science
Kelly McHugh
Florida Southern College
E-Mail: [email protected]

Want to Be Published?  See Information Below on FPSA Publications! 

Call for Submissions to the Florida Political Chronicle, the FPSA’s academic journal: https://www.fpsanet.com/florida-political-chronicle.html. Scholarly articles from past FPSA conferences are welcome, as well as other papers that have not been previously published. Please contact the Editor, Marco Rimanelli ([email protected]) to begin the peer-review process.
 
Call for Submissions to The Political Scientist, the semi-annual newsletter of the FPSA: https://www.fpsanet.com/the-political-scientist.html. Possible submissions include short research articles, reflections on classroom activities, reviews of teaching resources, and/or short book reviews.
 
Participation by graduate students and junior faculty is welcomed! Please contact the Editor, Austin Trantham ([email protected]) for more information concerning submission guidelines.

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