News & Notes
Mentors
Sought
Membership Officer
Notes
Noted Early Section Supporter Dies
Jean Pool, widow of Ithiel de Sola Pool and herself a political scientist, died in Slovakia on July 20, after suffering a heart attack. She was a sponsor of the Ithiel Pool lectures.
She was an inspiration in the founding of the Political Communication Section of APSA, urging Ann Crigler to organize a group in this field while Lucian Pye was the president of APSA.
A memorial service will be held on Sept. 22 or 23 in Cambridge, Mass. Further information on the schedule and location of the service can be obtained from Ann Crigler, University of Southern California.
Mentors
Sought for Assistant Professors
The Young Scholars Committee of the section is working to establish a mentoring program for junior scholars in political communication.
All senior scholars willing to read and critique manuscripts and offer advice to assistant professors on career, publication, and grant matters should send a note to Amy Jasperson. Please also indicate your research expertise and areas of interest.
“This is a fine opportunity for senior scholars not only to share their wisdom with those embarking on an academic career,” said Section Chair Bob Entman, “but to enhance connectedness (and social capital) within our field.”
The mentorship program should be particularly appealing to senior faculty at institutions without Ph.D. programs or without immediate colleagues in political communication. All senior scholars in political communication are encouraged to volunteer.
Section
Seeks Membership Officer
The section invites self-nominations
for the post as membership officer. The new position was created to develop
and implement creative ways to augment the number of section members. Some funds
will be available to support recruiting efforts.
In their report last year, the former chairs of the section suggested several initiatives for the section, including the appointment of a membership officer.
Section Chair Bob Entman said the position “provides the opportunity to perform a valuable service for the section.” For more information or to volunteer, write to him via e-mail or at the Department of Communication, North Carolina State University, Box 8104, Raleigh, NC 27695, or call (919) 515-7942 or fax 919.515.9456.
Tim Cook, Williams College, has been named to the editorial board of the American Political Science Review. In accepting the appointment, he said that he was “very interested in helping with a key task” in the field.
Pat Devlin is again offering a videotape collection of ads from the primary and general campaigns. The ads were created by presidential candidates, political parties, and PACs. The full collection (139 minutes) costs $225, and primary election ads are available separately (46 minutes) for $175. Write to Pat at the Dept. of Communication Studies, University of Rhode Island, 60 Upper College Rd., Suite 1, Kingston, RI 02881-0812, call (401) 874-4724 or fax 401.874.4722.