PNWPSA Officers
President 2020-2022
President Elect 2020-2022
President Elect 2020-2022
Robert Harbaugh, College of Western Idaho
Area of Interest: American Politics, with a special emphasis on Congress and Interest Groups
*Term extended at online 2020 meeting due to COVID
President Elect 2020-2022
President Elect 2020-2022
President Elect 2020-2022
Priscilla Southwell, University of Oregon
Area of Interest: Everything from gender in the election process to the mail-in ballot system.
*Term extended at online 2020 meeting due to COVID
Ex-Officio 2020-2022
Secretary-Treasurer 2021-2024
Secretary-Treasurer 2021-2024
Kevin Pirch, Eastern Washington University
Area of Interest: U.S. politics, elections, state and local politics.
*Term extended at online 2020 meeting due to COVID
Secretary-Treasurer 2021-2024
Secretary-Treasurer 2021-2024
Secretary-Treasurer 2021-2024
Edwin Taylor, Missouri Western State University
Area of Interest: The role of women in foreign policy and conflict resolution.
Executive Council
Kylee Britzman, Lewis-Clark State College
Kylee Britzman, Lewis-Clark State College
Kylee Britzman, Lewis-Clark State College
Area of interest: American political behavior: political communication, political psychology, women and politics, and democratic citizenship.
Term ends after the 2023 meeting
*Term extended at online 2020 meeting due to COVID
Season Hoard, Washington State University
Kylee Britzman, Lewis-Clark State College
Kylee Britzman, Lewis-Clark State College
Area of interest: comparative public policy, gender and politics, applied research, and policy evaluation.
Term ends after the 2023 meeting
*Term extended at online 2020 meeting due to COVID
Leif Hoffmann, Lewis-Clark State College
Kylee Britzman, Lewis-Clark State College
Travis Ridout, Washington State University
Area of interest: Market integration and liberalization in the United States and the European Union.
Term ends after the 2022 meeting
*Term extended at online 2020 meeting due to COVID
Travis Ridout, Washington State University
Erika Allen Wolters, Oregon State University
Travis Ridout, Washington State University
Area of interest: Political communication, campaigns, political advertising, and public opinion.
Term ends after the 2024 meeting
Erika Allen Wolters, Oregon State University
Erika Allen Wolters, Oregon State University
Erika Allen Wolters, Oregon State University
Area of interest: Environmental politics and policy.
Term ends after the 2022 meeting
*Term extended at online 2020 meeting due to COVID
Christopher Stout, Oregon State University
Erika Allen Wolters, Oregon State University
Erika Allen Wolters, Oregon State University
Area of interest: Representation, Political Behavior, Racial and Ethnic Politics, Gender and Politics.
Term ends after 2024 meeting.
Executive Director
Richard Elgar, Washington State University
Area of interest: Latin American politics, gender, and comparative politics.