WASHINGTON, D.C. – The American Political Science Affiliation (APSA) may be very happy to announce that Dr. Kimberly A. Mealy has been appointed as the subsequent Govt Director of the group, efficient September 16, 2024. Dr. Mealy, an instrumental chief on the affiliation for over seventeen years, beforehand served as Senior Director, Variety, Fairness, Inclusion and Strategic Initiatives at APSA.
“We’re delighted to welcome Kim Mealy to this essential management function. Kim’s in depth expertise at APSA, mixed together with her ardour for political science and dedication to advancing the self-discipline, make her a really perfect alternative to steer our affiliation. We’re very enthusiastic about this new chapter within the APSA’s evolution below Kim’s management,” stated APSA President, Mark Warren.
As Govt Director, Mealy will probably be liable for creating and implementing the strategic mission and imaginative and prescient of the affiliation, and overseeing the day-to-day operations of APSA, together with governance, finance, communications, the annual assembly, the instructing and studying convention, publications, membership providers, range, fairness, and inclusion packages, analysis and grants, growth, advocacy, and public engagement.
Mealy brings a wealth of organizational expertise and experience to the place. Throughout her tenure at APSA, Mealy’s dedication to excellence and advancing the mission of the affiliation has been evident by means of her energetic engagement in strategic planning; management in facilitating three APSA presidential activity forces: Political Science within the twenty first Century (2011); Negotiating Settlement in Politics (2013); and Systemic Inequalities within the Self-discipline (2021); co-leading the Ralph Bunche Fund growth marketing campaign which reached its aim of $2.5 million {dollars} in 2021; and serving because the co-Principal Investigator on the Nationwide Science Basis (NSF) $1.4 million greenback Doctoral Dissertation Analysis Enchancment Grant (DDRIG) (2020-2023 and 2023-2026). Dr. Mealy has additionally directed the APSA Instructing and Studying Convention (2007-2014), overseen the facilitation of the APSA Standing Committees (2007-2024), and directed a number of flagship affiliation packages such because the APSA Mentor Program, the APSA Ralph Bunche Summer season institute, the APSA Variety Fellowship Program, and the APSA Fund for Latino Scholarship.
She has been an revolutionary chief, creating packages and sources to advertise recruitment, retention, and development: In 2020, she developed the Advancing Analysis Grant for Indigenous Politics and the Advancing Analysis Grant for Early Profession Students—serving to to develop help for students all through the self-discipline, and creating and implementing a technique for growing outreach and engagement to school instructing at Minority Serving Establishments (MSI). Dr. Mealy has additionally been a key voice advocating for a welcoming, respectful local weather by means of the creation of the APSA Ombuds Useful resource in 2017 and the APSA RESPECT Marketing campaign in 2018, collaborating with the APSA Ethics Committee to replace of the APSA Ethics Information, and creating and implementing insurance policies and procedures on skilled ethics within the self-discipline.
Dr. Mealy said:
“I’m excited to step into the function of APSA Govt Director. I stay up for main the affiliation in fulfilling the strategic mission and persevering with to work with the APSA employees, the Council, the committees, and the organized sections on this new function. As a political scientist, it’s an honor and a privilege to serve the affiliation and I’m wanting to leverage the numerous alternatives to have interaction and collaborate with the membership and the broader self-discipline by means of the promotion of revolutionary programming, help for analysis and scholarship, and useful resource provision for college kids, lecturers, students, and practitioners alike. I want to specific my honest gratitude and appreciation to APSA Govt Director Steven Rathgeb Smith for his eleven years of excellent management and repair to the occupation, and for his help. To fulfill the alternatives and challenges of the long run, I’ll construct upon the sturdy basis and contributions of Dr. Smith and proceed to advance the strategic plan, broaden participation, create welcoming, respectful areas and pursue excellence in instructing, studying, service and analysis that may be shared with the self-discipline and the broader public.”
Along with her contributions and senior management and administration expertise inside the affiliation, Dr. Mealy has developed in depth exterior partnerships with leaders of different associations such because the Nationwide Convention of Black Political Scientists (NCOBPS) and the American Affiliation for the Development of Science (AAAS), the place she has served on the Science and Human Rights Coalition Council since 2017. She usually advises associations and educational establishments on useful resource and coverage growth within the areas of range, fairness, inclusion, anti-sexual harassment finest practices and procedures, skilled local weather, and the function and construction of the organizational ombuds.
Previous to becoming a member of APSA in 2007, Mealy taught at Wellesley School within the Political Science Division from 2003-2006, the place she provided programs in American politics and Black Politics, and suggested college students on careers and postgraduate research as a instructing fellow and a Visiting Assistant Professor.
Dr. Mealy holds a PhD in political science from Indiana College Bloomington, a Grasp of Arts diploma in political science from Stony Brook College and a Bachelor of Arts diploma in historical past, with a focus in Black Research, from Swarthmore School. Dr. Kimberly A. Mealy’s biography and LinkedIn profile can be found upon request.
The Search Committee and Course of
In early 2024, APSA President Mark Warren shaped a search committee chaired by former APSA President Paula D. McClain, Duke College, to seek for a brand new govt director. The committee additionally included president-elect Taeku Lee, Harvard College; Terri Givens, College of British Columbia; Costas Panagopoulos, Northeastern College; Andy Aoki, Augsburg College; Lauren MacLean, Indiana College; and Casey Nosal, APSA Director of Member Providers. After an in depth course of, the committee unanimously really useful that Dr. Kimberly A. Mealy be provided the place of Govt Director. Then in the course of the Could Council Assembly, the Council voted to approve the advice of the search committee and choose Dr. Mealy as the brand new govt director.
Study extra in regards to the search course of right here.
In regards to the American Political Science Affiliation (APSA): Based in 1903, the American Political Science Affiliation is the main skilled group for the examine of political science and serves greater than 11,000 members in additional than 80 international locations. With a variety of packages and providers for people, departments, and establishments, APSA brings collectively political scientists from all fields of inquiry, areas, and occupational endeavors inside and out of doors academe to deepen our understanding of politics, democracy, and citizenship all through the world.
