2. 2014-2015 Executive Board O Lauren N. McCarthy – President O Aminata Ndiaye – Treasurer O Aubrey Grant – Program Chair O Keith Waters – Conference Chair O Diana Sweet – Research Chair O Abraham Song – Technology Chair

3. Who Are We? O Mission: To provide a support structure for professional and intellectual development. O APPS emphasizes: O student cooperation in the pursuit of academic research; O organize social events and extracurricular activities to prepare students for professional lives; O facilitate student participation at academic conferences O Enable a uniting platform for all student-run initiatives and publications within the SPGIA

4. O Name O Program O Educational Background O Research Interests

5. Upcoming Events O February O 17 th Happy Hour @ 6:30pm O’Sullivans O 23 rd Field Writing Workshop * Arlington O 24 th PhD Workshop @2pm *Arlington O 25 th WRiPS @ 12pm *Fairfax O March O 4 th Mixer and Basketball game *Fairfax O 17 th Tea Time with Faculty *Arlington O 19 th PhD Workshop 6pm *Arlington O 25 th WRiPS @ 11am * Fairfax

6. More Upcoming Events O April O 3 rd APPC Conference ALL DAY *Arlington O 7 th Methods Discussion/Recap of Conference @ 6:30 *Arlington O 14 th PhD Workshop 2pm *Arlington O 16 th Happy Hour (With Food!) @ 6pm *Arlington O 22 nd WRiPS 12pm * Fairfax O 30 th End of Year Celebration @ 5:30 O May O 6 th WRiPS 12pm *Arlington

7. Suggested Events O Stata Workshop (student run) O Post Job Search Panel – recent graduates discussing the process

8. APPC 2015 Conference O April 3 rd Founders Hall, Arlington Campus O Purpose: To highlight novel solutions to global and regional policy problems by emerging scholars O Agenda: (See handout)

9. Highlights of Conference O 8 panels featuring emerging scholars in a wide range of subject areas O Lunchtime Methods Panel Featuring: O Diana Kapiszewski: Assistant Professor, Department of Government, Georgetown University O Robert Adcock: Assistant Professor, Political Science, George Washington University O Christina Prell: Assistant Professor, Sociology, University of Maryland O Joseph Maxwell: Professor, Department of Education, George Mason University

10. Working Paper Series O What is it?

11. Working Paper Series O Path to Publishing 2.0 1. Paper development in class or on own 2. Faculty/peer review 3. Presentation at PhD workshop 4. Paper submission to WPS 5. Presentation at WRiPs 6. Submission to Conference or Peer Reviewed Journal

12. Connect with us! O Facebook https://www.facebook.com/sppapps https://www.facebook.com/sppapps O Website O http://apps.gmu.edu http://apps.gmu.edu

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