Scholarship and Fellowship Opportunities
POSC Students,
Please click the link below to see some opportunities for scholarships/fellowships. Many of these opportunities are especially compatible with those POSC students with a Global concentration. The document lists short descriptions of each along with the application due date. Many of these fellowships and opportunities have upcoming deadlines.
Click here for list of opportunities
Cultural Welcomes at the Beach
Cultural Welcomes at the Beach
Kick-off your time at Long Beach State with Cultural Welcomes at the Beach! The event offers students an opportunity to connect with their cultural community by bringing together LBSU students, staff, faculty, student organizations, and campus resources. RSVP now and find your place at The Beach!
Long Beach State is hosting five Cultural Welcomes via Zoom to help new students transition to campus and create a sense of community and belonging with other students, staff, and faculty that share similar identities.
- Please RSVP here
Dates & Communities:
- September 9, LGBTQIA+
- September 10, Asian/ Asian American
- September 11, Latinx/ Chicanx
- September 14, American Indian/ Pacific Islander
- September 15, Black/ Pan African
HOW TO MAKE THE MOST OF YOUR VIRTUAL INTERNSHIP
HOW TO MAKE THE MOST OF YOUR VIRTUAL INTERNSHIP
Thursday, September 3, 2:00 – 3:00 pm via Zoom
As many students are beginning their virtual internships or are thinking about how to do an internship next semester, we wanted to give them an opportunity to hear from a student who has completed a virtual internship, an internship supervisor who has overseen virtual interns, and an internship faculty member who taught the class online. The folks who are on the panel were involved in various ways with a successful pivot from in-person to virtual internships this past spring in connection with the City of Long Beach’s census effort. Students will also have the opportunity to ask their own questions so they will feel more prepared for their virtual internships. Since the census is such an important effort for our local community, the panelists will also share their thoughts on the social impact of their work, which I think will be inspiring to many.
The link to RSVP is on the flyer and also linked to here: https://csulb.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_agd99VubKoxgBbD
For the broader event schedule for CLA Internships, you can find it here.
Political Science Department Statement on Racism, Injustice, and Protest
The Political Science Department at CSULB condemns police brutality, and other economic and social injustices against people and communities of color, especially the Black community. Moreover, we support the right to protest as an important democratic tool to address these injustices. Therefore, we decry violent attempts to silence and delegitimize peaceful protest. We reaffirm our commitment to inclusive teaching, committed scholarship, and community and professional service that contribute to a democratic society that ensures an equal voice and equal opportunity for all. We seek to understand and overcome the structural roots of all forms of racism, sexism, xenophobia, homophobia, transphobia, religious and gendered hatred and discrimination. Most important, we are committed to helping our students understand our society’s structural injustices and to empowering them to bring about democratic change.
Spring 2020 POSC Newsletter
Our newest newsletter is now available! Check out what our department, students, faculty, and alumni were up to this past year!
Spring 2020 Newsletter
Class Suspension and Transition to Alternative Instruction due to COVID-19
Message from the department chair:
Dear Students,
I am sure that you are all feeling some confusion and anxiety over the recent announcement about the suspension of in-person classes. Please be patient and do your best to relax. Your professors are working hard to adjust your classes, and will be in touch with you shortly regarding how your classes will proceed. Until you hear from them, please rest assured that they will clearly communicate with you regarding all changes. We are all dedicated to making your educational experience this semester as positive and productive as we can during this unusual time.
Best,
Dr. Wright
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University updates on COVID-19 can be found online at http://www.csulb.edu/covid-19
POSC MA Alum Edward Gonzalez Named APSA Minority Fellow
Edward Gonzalez (MA 2015) was named a APSA Minority Fellowship Program 2019 recipient. Gonzalez is finishing his second year as a graduate student in the political science and international relations (POIR) PhD program at the University of Southern California. Edward earned his BA in political science from California State University, Dominguez Hills, graduating summa cum laude. In addition, he earned his MA in political science from California State University, Long Beach, where he focused on international relations and political theory. As a PhD student at USC, Edward has served as co-president of the POIR Graduate Student Association for the 2018-2019 term, organizing academic professionalization events and representing the POIR graduate student body. In addition, Edward participated in the Center for Excellence in Teaching’s Future Faculty Teaching Institute at USC, where he studied best teaching practices for future scholars. His fields of concentration are international security and foreign policy (ISFP) and comparative politics. His research interests include nuclear proliferation, transitions to democracy and reversals to authoritarianism, international security, democratic peace theory, and war. Currently, Edward is working on an ideational theory of nuclear reversals, which would employ mixed methods research to explain why some countries abandon their nuclear weapons development programs.
Article can be found here
Dr. Amy Cabrera Rasmussen is one of the founding directors of the APSA Institute for Civically Engaged Research
Political Science professor, Dr. Amy Cabrera Rasmussen, is one of the founding directors for the American Political Science Association (APSA) Institute for Civically Engaged Research (ICER), which launched its inaugural institute this past June at Tufts University. ICER’s goal is to facilitate and encourage research within the Political Science discipline by training and developing cohorts of scholars. For more information on ICER, read the below article.
Moot Court Teams Compete in National Tournament
This January, Moot Court teams competed in the National Moot Court tournament in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Vaishalee Chaudhary and Marco Romero advanced to the national sweet 16 and finished tied for 9th in the nation in oral advocacy and 8th in the nation in written petitioner advocacy.
Amanda Botelho and Barry Klein finished 3rd in the nation in written respondent advocacy. Ms. Botelho was voted the 12th best orator in the nation.
This is the tenth consecutive season that CSULB has placed a team in the Sweet 16 of the American Moot Court Association’s National Championship and the tenth consecutive season that CSULB has finished in the top ten of the national written brief championship. CSULB is the only program in the nation to have earned both distinctions in ten consecutive seasons.
Amanda Botelho, Dr. Lewis Ringel (coach), and Barry Klein after placing 3rd in the nation in written respondent advocacy.
Moot Court Teams Win CSULB CA Classic and Place in Top 3 in Boston
The CA Classic tournament took place at CSULB on September 28, 2019.
CSULB won the 2019 CSULB Fall Classic. This was CSULB’s first competition of the season and the first in the careers of 70% of its competitors. CSULB did well against much more experienced teams from the College of Wooster (Ohio) and St. Thomas University (Canada).
Vaishalee Chaudhary and Marco Romero finished in first place. Aleece Hanson and Barry Klein finished in fourth place. The final round panel of judges featured a federal judge (John Tobin), a state trial judge (Tom Ong) and three former CSULB alums who are now attorneys (Taylor Carr, Aaron Sibley and Sabrina vander Linden Gonzalez).
Holy Cross Moot Court Invitational
Two teams placed in the Semis at the 2019 Holy Cross Moot Court Invitational.
Vaishalee Chaudhary and Marco Romero and Amanda Botelho and Alexis Liatauld finished tied for 3rd place.
First and fourth place winners at the CA Classic (from left: Vaishalee Chaudhary, Aleece Hanson, Barry Klein, Marco Romero).
Moot Court teams and coaches at the Holy Cross Moot Court Invitational. First Row: Angela Rabano, Vaishalee Chaudhary, Marco Romero, Alexis Liatauld, Amanda Botelho, Sariah McDonald, and Lewis Ringel (head coach). Second Row: Aleece Hanson, Itorie Hall, Barry Klein, Pat Dyson (coach), Chris Heffernan (coach), and Matt Gunter (CSULB alum and judge).