The Centennial Center for Political Science and Public Affairs is an invaluable resource to political and social scientists. Since its opening in September 2003, the Center has housed more than 100 scholars. The center, located in the APSA headquarters near Dupont Circle, provides a great base of operations for scholars researching in the DC metro area. The Center offers visiting scholars furnished work space, telephone, fax, computers, Internet access, conference space, a reference library, and access to George Washington University's Gelman Library. Visiting scholar stays range from a few days to 12 months. Space is limited to APSA members and is available for faculty members, postdoctoral fellows, and advanced graduate students from the United States and abroad. Scholars are expected to cover their own expenses and a modest facilities fee for the use of the center. Prospective visiting scholars may apply at any time. Positions are awarded on a space-available basis. Full details on the center and the Visiting Scholars Program are online at http://www.apsanet.org/centennialcenter. You may also contact Veronica Jones at APSA: (202) 483-2512; vjones@apsanet.org.

The APSA Africa Project Steering Committee selected this year's workshop leaders in December, concluding a competitive application process.

A preview of some of the articles that will be published in the April issue

The American Political Science Association's 2011 Africa Workshop will be led by Todd Eisenstadt and Carl LeVan, both of American University in Washington, DC, along with Josephine Ahikire from Makerere University in Uganda and Karuti Kanyinga from the University of Nairobi. The Institute for Development Studies at the University of Nairobi will be hosting the workshop in July. The workshop will be the fourth in a multi-year effort supported by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to encourage collaboration between political scientists in United States and Africa.

The APSA discovered just before going to press that the Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad (DDRA) Program, funded by the U.S. Department of Education, has been cancelled for FY 2011. From the inception of the awards in 1965 through 1994, 13% of all Fulbright-Hays fellowships supported students of political science or economics. In FY 2010, at least ten doctoral political science students received DDRA funding for work in locations ranging from Brazil to Burma. The following article provides further background and highlights some specific research projects DDRA funding has enabled in Africa.

When this article was written, it was hoped that in a worst-case scenario, the FY 2011 budget passed by Congress would result in a smaller overall number of awards. Unfortunately, the funding constraints discussed here have been fully realized, causing this year's program to be cancelled entirely. The piece remains in its original form, in the hope that it poignantly illustrates the value of DDRA funding and helps make the case for its restoration in the FY 2012 congressional budget. The APSA continues to work with several partners, including the National Humanities Alliance and the Coalition for International Education, to reinstate this valuable resource for the social science scholarship of our nation's emerging academics.

The Centennial Center for Political Science and Public Affairs is an invaluable resource to political and social scientists. Since its opening in September 2003, the Center has housed more than 100 scholars. The center, located in the APSA headquarters near Dupont Circle, provides a great base of operations for scholars researching in the DC metro area. The Center offers visiting scholars furnished work space, telephone, fax, computers, Internet access, conference space, a reference library, and access to George Washington University's Gelman Library. Visiting scholar stays range from a few days to 12 months. Space is limited to APSA members and is available for faculty members, postdoctoral fellows, and advanced graduate students from the United States and abroad. Scholars are expected to cover their own expenses and a modest facilities fee for the use of the center. Prospective visiting scholars may apply at any time. Positions are awarded on a space-available basis. Full details on the center and the Visiting Scholars Program are online at http://www.apsanet.org/centennialcenter. You may also contact Veronica Jones at APSA: (202) 483-2512; vjones@apsanet.org.

APSA has received three petitions to amend the APSA Constitution. One proposal has been submitted by a petition of at least 50 APSA members. The other two proposals have been submitted by the APSA Council.

This Association shall be known as The American Political Science Association.

For a decade, dozens of political scientists who study gender and politics in Japan and the United States have been sharing their research on women in politics. With support from the Japan–U.S. Friendship Commission and Washington College, APSA's Japan–America Women Political Scientists Symposium (JAWS) held its sixth symposium in Washington, DC, and Chestertown, Maryland, from August 28 to September 4, 2010. The program was organized by Melissa Deckman of Washington College. Ten Japanese scholars and nine U.S. scholars participated in the workshop, which was the largest gathering of JAWS to date.