The 2008 PNWPSA conference will be held November 6 - 8 at the Benson Hotel in Portland, Oregon. We have a set number of rooms reserved at the Benson, and members can call to reserve their rooms at (503) 228-2000 or (888) 523-6766. As with last year, they should identify themselves as a PNWPSA participant. The room rate will be $102 per night, for both doubles and singles, not including tax and parking.

Registration - To register for the conference, please download the registration form in either Adobe PDF or Microsoft Word format. Please return the registration form by September 6, 2008.

CALL FOR PAPERS AND PARTICIPANTS
Please contact the appropriate section chairs to propose papers or to serve as a panel discussant. Recall the Association policy regarding graduate student papers: one is welcome per panel, but a letter of endorsement should accompany the proposal by a faculty sponsor. If you have an idea for another panel in addition to the ones listed below, please contact Vernon Johnson. Deadline for abstract submissions is August 11. Panelists are required to pre-register by September 26. Your name will not appear in the final Program if you do not pre-register by the September deadline. We also ask that all conference participants pre-register by that date.

PROGRAM AND SECTION CHAIRS
PRESIDENT/PROGRAM CHAIR Vernon “Damani” Johnson Department of Political Science Western Washington University Bellingham, WA 98225-9082 Vernon.Johnson@wwu.edu 360-650-4874	VOTING AND ELECTIONS Todd Donovan Department of Political Science Western Washington University Bellingham, WA 98225-9082 Todd.Donovan@wwu.edu 360-650-3018	INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS Lisa Carlson Political Science and Public Affiars Research, AD 205 University of Idaho Moscow, ID 83844-3165 lcarl@uidaho.edu 208-885-7847
AMERICAN POLITICS Matthew Manweller Department of Political Science Central Washington University 2405 N. Lilac Way Ellensburg, WA 98926 manwellerm@cnw.edu (509) 963-2396	COMPARATIVE POLITICS Elizabeth Frombgen Department of Political Science Hastings College 800 N. Turner Ave. Hastings, NE 68901 lfrombgen@hastings.edu 402-461-7321	TEACHING POLITICAL SCIENCE Erin Richards Cascadia Community College 18345 Campus Way, NE Bothell, WA 98011 erichards@cascadia.ctc.edu 425-352-8308
CURRENT POLITICS AND ISSUES IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST Clive Thomas Department of Political Science University of Alaska Southeast Juneau, Alaska 99801 jfcst@uas.alaska.edu 907-586-2964	LAW AND THE COURTS Mitch Pickerill Department of Political Science Washington State University Johnson Tower 821 Pullman, WA 99164 mitchp@wsu.edu 509-335-4544	WOMEN AND POLITICS Sara Weir Department of Political Science Western Washington University Bellingham, WA 98225-9082 Sara.Weir@wwu.edu 360-650-2912
POLITICAL THEORY Vicki Hsueh Department of Political Science Western Washington University Bellingham, WA 98225-9082 Vicki.Hsueh@wwu.edu 360-650-2649	RACE AND AMERICAN POLITICS Vernon Johnson Department of Political Science Western Washington University Bellingham, WA 98225-9082 Vernon.Johnson@wwu.edu 360-650-4874