Present Your Research! PSA Conference Call for Proposals

This year, the conference will be on April 3th from 11am to 1pm on the 2nd floor of the Policy Building. If you would like to participate, please fill out this application form with your name, paper title and a brief 4-5-sentence abstract by Wednesday March 6th.  Also, please feel free to reach out to Professor Forestiere forestie@umbc.edu or to Professor Anson at iganson@umbc.edu if you have any questions. 

We are set to hold our 14th undergraduate research conference for political science students on Wednesday, April 3th, 2024 from 11am to 1pm! All students who have written a strong research-oriented paper for any political science course or independent study are welcome to apply. Please note that it is not necessary for a student to be a member of Pi Sigma Alpha in order to participate. 

Conference presenters usually present research that they have completed as a poster that they display on an easel to their visitors. The posters are made in Microsoft's Powerpoint. It's a wonderful opportunity for you to disseminate your research and discuss your ideas to a larger audience. In addition, students often use this conference to prepare for their presentations at URCAD (Undergraduate Research and Creative Achievement Day), which will take place one week later on April 10th. 

 Also, the UMBC Omicron Eta Pi Sigma Alpha group has received funding from the national organization of Pi Sigma Alpha to cover the costs associated with your participation in the conference, including the printing and mounting of your poster on a posterboard and lunch the day of the conference. Once we know who is participating, we will distribute information about how to make a poster in Powerpoint and if there is enough interest we will also hold a workshop. 

Please consider participating if you have a strong paper from a class or other research experience that you would like to present! It's a wonderful experience for everyone - for presenters and visitors alike.