MPSA Mentee Application: 2026-2027 Academic Year

Thank you for your interest in the MPSA 2026-2027 Academic Year Mentoring Program!

The MPSA will review mentee candidate applications and accepted mentees will be placed with preferred mentors as available. Incomplete applications will not be considered. Not every applicant will be assigned a mentor for this year's program, or assigned to their preferred mentor. Preference will be given to junior faculty, PhDs, and graduate students nearing PhD completion.

You must be a current MPSA member to participate in the Mentoring Program.

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

Your Contact Details

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First Name

Last Name

Affiliation

Email Address

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Year PhD Complete/Anticipated

Are you a current member of MPSA?

Please upload a copy of your current curriculum vitae.

Which of the following categories will most represent your professional category at the start of the 2026-2027 Academic Year (September 2026)?

Select your Mentor

Please select your first choice

Please select your second choice

In a short paragraph, please describe the specific question(s) or challenge(s) you would like to discuss with a potential mentor:

If selected as a participant in MPSA's 2026-2027 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.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.Abide by the expectations set forth in the MPSA's Code of Conduct and Anti-Harassment Policy.

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 Institutions
Political Theory	Politics & Identity
Public Policy and Administration	Research Methodology
Interdisciplinary	Other

Federalism and Intergovernmental Relations	Foreign Policy
Presidency	Public Opinion
State Politics

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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
Experimental Research	Field, Natural & Quasi Experiments
Formal Modeling	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	Research Methods
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: 2026-2027 Academic Year

Please select two mentors you wish to work with. The MPSA will do its best to accommodate your request. Please review the mentor profiles to assist you with your decision.