APSA Related Groups

The American Public Philosophy Institute, an independent 501(c)(3) public charity located at the University of Dallas, is an interdisciplinary group of scholars from various universities that works with business and professional leaders to promote a natural law public philosophy rooted in the principles of the American Founding, one that pursues freedom and prosperity, grounded on the moral integrity of the culture and of our social and political institutions.Asian Pacific American Caucus: This group is a forum for scholars, graduate students, and community leaders to study Asian Pacific American politics, broadly defined.Our primary focus is Asian Americans (East Asians, Southeast Asians, South Asians) and Pacific Islanders (such as Native Hawaiians, Samoans) living in the United States, whether they are US citizens, legal immigrants, non-permanent visa holders, or undocumented immigrants.We study voting behavior, public opinion, political representation, racial /gender discrimination of Asian Pacific Americans, just to name a few.We conduct research at various levels-local, state, national, and transnational.We are open to a variety of methodological approacheshistorical, qualitative (interview, fieldwork), statistical, experimental, and theoretical.Although many of our members study "Asian Americans," we do not exclude those who study the "P"-Pacific Islanders.