Friday Events

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11:00 AM to 5:00 PM Check-In & Registration   Rockefeller Hall 109
11:15 AM to 12:00 PM Lunch (Grab & Go)   Rockefeller Hall 112
11:30 AM to 12:15 PM American Politics Roundtable Trump's Second First 100 Days Rockefeller Hall 200
12:30 PM to 1:45 PM Panel Session 1:   Rockefeller Hall  
 

Political Theory

Inside/Outside: Borders, Belonging, and Selfhood

  104
 

State & Local

Politics and Policy in the Empire State

  301
 

Comparative Politics

Representation, Participation, and Democracy

  203
 

 

Teaching & Learning

 

Open Mic: Teaching and Learning Politics

  101
         
2:00 PM to 3:15 PM Panel Session 2   Rockefeller Hall  
 

International Relations

International Issues

  104
 

Identity Politics

Queer Identities, Challenging Spaces

  301
 

Political Theory

Reactionary Politics: Local, National, Global   203
 

Undergraduate Research

Challenges in Fragile States

  101
 

Public Policy & Public Administration

Addressing Power Imbalances and Systemic Barriers in Public Policy and Institutions   307
         
3:30 PM to 4:45 PM Panel Session 3   Rockefeller Hall  
 

American Politics

Issues in American Politics

  104
 

History and Politics

Political and Economic Movements: Nationalism, Foreign Policy, and Global Influence

  301
 

Undergraduate Research

Reawakening Lessons from Political Thought

  203
 

 

 

   

Refreshments - 112 Rockefeller Hall

5:00 PM to 6:00 PM Welcome:

NYSPSA President Peter Richardson

Rockefeller Hall 200
   

NYSPSA Program Co-Chairs Taneisha Means (Associate Professor, Vassar College) & Mallory Whiteduck (Assistant Professor, Vassar College)

   
    Vassar College President Elizabeth Bradley    
 

Keynote Address:

 

 

Hon. Yvonne Flowers, Mayor, City of Poughkeepsie

Hon.  Antonio Delgado, New York Lt. Governor 

 

   
6:15 PM to 7:15 PM

NYSPSA Executive Board Meeting

 

(Officers & Section Chairs only)

 

  301

 

 

 

   

7:30 PM to 9:00 PM

 

NYSPSA Executive Board Dinner

 

(Officers, Section Chairs, or invitation only)

 

  The Salt Line

 

Saturday Events

7:45 AM to 11:00 AM

 

Check-In & Registration

 

  Rockefeller Hall  109

7:45 AM to 9:15 AM

 

Breakfast (Grab & Go)

 

  Rockefeller Hall  112

8:00 AM to 9:00 AM

 

Plenary Address

 

Rebecca Edwards, Supervisor - Town of Poughkeepsie Rockefeller Hall  200
9:15 AM to 10:45 AM Panel Session 1:   Rockefeller Hall   
 

American Politics

 

Perspectives on Elections

 

  101
 

Political Theory

 


Thinking about Liberation: Feminist and Abolitionist Politics

  104
 

Undergraduate Research

 


Strategic Moves on the Global Stage

 

  201
         
11:00 AM to 12:30 PM Panel Session 2:   Rockefeller Hall   
 

International Relations

 

Global Issues

 

  101
 

Comparative Politics

 

Selected Topics in Comparative Politics

 

  104
  Undergraduate Research Engaging the American Political Arena   201
 

Undergraduate Research

 

Redressing Exclusion

 

  203

Printable Version of the Program

Printable Version of the 2025 NYSPSA Conference Program - pdf format