Dietram A. Scheufele is one of the world’s most widely cited experts in the fields of science, health, and political communications. His research analyzes the interplay of political communication and democratic decision-making and the impacts of algorithmically-curated information and disinformation. Scheufele’s work on framing theory has informed the way news organizations moderate reader comments to promote civil, productive discourse. Beyond the social sciences, he has studied public p...| AAPSS
Fellows are elected in recognition of their contributions to the advancement of the social sciences. Each fellowship is named after a distinguished scholar or civic leader who has contributed to The ANNALS. Reflecting the broad and interdisciplinary nature of the AAPSS, our fellows include sociologists, political scientists, psychologists, and economists, as well as scholars and practitioners in communications, education, government, and public policy.| AAPSS
Carol Anderson’s research and teaching focus on public policy, particularly the ways that domestic and international policies intersect through the issues of race, justice, and equality in the United States. She has served on working groups dealing with race, minority rights, and criminal justice at the United Nations, among other institutions.| AAPSS
Bryan Stevenson is a lawyer, scholar, author, and activist whose career has been dedicated to illuminating the legacy of inequity and racism in the U.S. and to seeking justice for the poor, incarcerated, and condemned. He is the founder and executive director of the Equal Justice Initiative, a renowned Montgomery, Alabama-based nonprofit that has exonerated innocent death row prisoners and aided in reforming criminal justice policies around excessive sentencing and mistreatment of the incarce...| AAPSS
The American Academy of Political and Social Science (AAPSS) is pleased to announce that Sheldon Danziger will be its next president. He will take over as the fourteenth president of the Academy on September 1, 2025, succeeding Marta Tienda, who has led the organization since 2021.| AAPSS
Editor’s Note: Marta Tienda’s time as president of the AAPSS will conclude this summer, making this her final President’s Corner essay. The AAPSS board and staff thank her for her service to the Academy and wish her the best in her future endeavors.| AAPSS
Dietram A. Scheufele, our 2024 Harold Lasswell Fellow, adds to our series of special Fellows’ Corner essays on the “State of the Nation.” This series expands on our 2024 fellows’ induction remarks in response to the following prompt: “Professionally, how would you respond to claims that the American experiment is in decline?”| AAPSS
Late last November, the AAPSS welcomed eight new fellows to the Academy and invited each of them to speak to whether, given the extraordinary political circumstances we currently face in the United States, “the American experiment is in decline.” We’ve asked each of them to write brief essays that expand upon the points that they made in their induction remarks.| AAPSS
Last month, the AAPSS honored Bryan Stevenson, winner of the 2024 Daniel Patrick Moynihan Prize. Stevenson delivered the 2024 Moynihan Lecture on Social Science and Public Policy in Washington, DC, at Georgetown University’s McCourt School of Public Policy. The event was co-sponsored by Sage Publishing.| AAPSS
Earlier this month, contributors to an upcoming volume of The ANNALS met at the Annenberg Public Policy Center to present their draft papers, provide feedback to fellow contributors, and discuss the volume as a whole. Scholars and writers from around the country—and even from abroad—came together on the University of Pennsylvania campus to collaborate on the forthcoming volume, tentatively titled Donald J. Trump, the Supreme Court, and American Constitutionalism.| AAPSS
This month, the Dispatch will introduce a new regular feature, the “Fellows’ Corner.” In addition to posts from our president and executive director, the AAPSS will periodically publish pieces by our fellows reflecting on their work, their inductions, and more. This first essay comes from Jennifer Lee, our 2023 Samuel A. Stouffer Fellow.| AAPSS
