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Marta Tienda will be the next president of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, succeeding Ken Prewitt,  who has led the organization since 2015. Her term begins on July […]

From birth to age 18, over one-third of U.S. children are investigated by child welfare systems due to allegations of child abuse and neglect, one-eighth are determined to be victims […]

The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science Special issue editors and conference organizers: Rajeev Darolia (University of Kentucky) and Colleen Heflin (Syracuse [...]

Five distinguished scholars will be inducted as Fellows of the American Academy of Political and Social Science (AAPSS) in 2021. The AAPSS inducts a new cohort of Fellows each year, […]

By Kenneth Prewitt, AAPSS President Driven by a sense of urgency, it is likely that every reader of this note is watching the sizable number of social scientists joining the […]

From birth to age 18, over one-third of U.S. children are investigated by child welfare systems due to allegations of child abuse and neglect, one-eighth are determined to be victims […]

L-R: 2020 Fellows Katherine Cramer, Eric Foner, Helen Milner, Mario Luis Small, Bruce Western Watch a video of the January 14 Fellows Induction Event here. On January 14, the AAPSS […]

AAPSS Fellow Kathleen Hall Jamieson–the Elizabeth Ware Packard Professor of Communication at the University of Pennsylvania’s Annenberg School for Communication and the Walter and Leonore [...]

Every year, the AAPSS welcomes a group of accomplished scholars and public servants into the Academy as Fellows. In the past, this group’s accomplishments and contributions have been [...]

In a new book, Voice, Choice, and Action: The Potential of Young Citizens to Heal Democracy, AAPSS Fellow Felton Earls, a psychiatrist, joins with neurobiologist Mary Carlson to explore how […]