MPSA Mentee Application: 2022-2023 Academic Year

Thank you for your interest in the MPSA 2022-2023 Academic Year Mentoring Program!

MPSA staff will review mentee candidate applications and place with preferred mentors as available. Incomplete applications will not be considered. Not every applicant will be assigned a mentor for this year's program. Preference will be given to junior faculty, mid-career faculty (tenured but not Full Professor), contingent faculty, PhDs currently holding non-academic positions, and graduate students nearing PhD completion.

Please visit the MPSA Mentoring Program page for additional information, participant expectations, mentor bios, and the program timeline.

If selected as a participant in MPSA's 2022-2023 Academic Year Mentoring Program, I agree to (check all boxes):

Make initial contact with my assigned mentor within one week of notification of our match in August.Maintain open and regular communication with my assigned mentor for the duration of the program.Respect my volunteer mentor’s time and do my best to honor all agreed upon commitments.Understand this mentoring program focuses on professional and career development as opposed to research and paper review.

By entering my initials below, I agree to the following statements above.

Contact Information

American Politics	Comparative Politics
International Relations	Law and Courts
Political Behavior	Political Theory
Politics	Public Policy and Administration
Research Methodology	Other - Interdisciplinary
Other - Professional	Political Institutions

Federalism and Intergovernmental Relations	Foreign Policy
Presidency	Public Opinion
State Politics

America	Canada
Latin America and Caribbean	Caribbean
Central America	South America
Africa	Post-Soviet Region
Middle East	Europe
East and Central Europe	European Union
Asia	Central Asia
East Asia and China	Russia
South Asia and India	Oceania
Advanced Industrial Societies	Developing Countries
Comparative Political Economy	Communist and Former Communist Countries
Transitions Toward Democracy

Foreign Policy	International Relations and Domestic Politics
Conflict Processes	Defense
Human Rights	International Cooperation and Organization
International Law and Organizations	International Political Economy
International Security	Peace Science
Political Violence, Terrorism, and Resistance

Civil Rights and Liberties	Constitutional Law
International and Comparative Law	Judicial Politics
Law and Jurisprudence	Law and Society

Comparative Political Behavior	Electoral Campaigns
Legislative Campaigns and Elections	Political Communication
Political Networks	Political Participation and Turnout
Public Opinion	Social Movements
Voting Behavior

Executive Politics	Legislative Studies
Political Parties and Organizations	State and Intergovernmental Politics
Electoral Systems	Comparative Political Institutions

Foundations of Political Theory	Contemporary Political Theory
Approaches and Themes	Critical and Normative Theory
Feminist Theory	Liberalism and Democratic Theory
Normative Political Theory	Positive Political Theory

African-American Politics	Asian-American Politics
Latino/a Politics	LGBT Politics
Native American Politics	Ethnicity and Nationalism
Gender and Politics	Race, Class, and Ethnicity

Public Administration	Non-Profit Administration
Public Policy	Bureaucracy and Organizational Behavior
Urban Politics	Comparative Public Policy
Crime, Punishment, and Social Control	Economic Policy
Education Policy	Energy Policy
Environmental Policy	Heath Care Policy
Immigration Policy	Labor Policy
Policy Evaluation	Policy Processes
Public Finance and Budgeting	Regulatory Policy
Science and Technology	Social Policy
Trade Policy

Research Methods	Experimental Research
Formal Modeling	Archival Research & Historiography
Bayesian	Case Studies
Categorical Data Analysis	Causal Inference
Computational Methods	Computer Modeling
Content Analysis & Discourse Analysis	Discrete Choice Models
Dynamic Modeling\|Analysis	Econometrics
Event Count	Field, Natural & Quasi Experiments
Fuzzy Set Methodology	Game Theory
GARCH Models	Growth Models
Ideal Point Estimation	In-depth Interviews
Latent Variable Models	Mathematical Modeling
Maximum Likelihood Estimation	Modeling
Multi‑Level Modeling	Multivariate Methodology
Panel Data	Participant Observation & Ethnography
Probit\|Logit	Process Tracing
Random Utility Models	Regression
Spatial Methods	Structural Equation Modeling
Survey Methodology	Time Series\|Duration Models

Political Anthropology	Political Geography
Political Psychology	Political Sociology
Politics and History	Politics and Information Technology
Politics and Literature	Politics and Religion

MPSA Mentee Application: 2022-2023 Academic Year

Please select two mentors you wish to work with. MPSA will do its best to accommodate your request. You may read about the mentors and their research interest areas to assist you with your decision.