About APLS
About APLS
Welcome to the Association for
Politics and the Life Sciences (APLS)
The Association for Politics and the Life Sciences (APLS) is an international and interdisciplinary association of scholars, scientists, and policymakers concerned with evolutionary, genetic, and ecological knowledge and its bearing on political behavior, public policy and ethics.
APLS welcomes all those interested in exploring the intersection between politics and the life sciences. This includes not only those who hope to further advance research and teaching in these vital areas, but also those engaged with related public policies.
About APLS
Our History: Founded In 1980
The history of the Association for Politics and the Life Sciences as a “learned society” (or “scholarly association”) has been shaped by both intellectual and political forces within academe. The intellectual content cultivated by the APLS was shaped in the 1960s and 1970s, as brain sciences, ethology, and sociobiology reshaped orthodoxy in psychology, sociology, philosophy, and political science.
About APLS
Leadership
The Association for Politics and the Life Sciences in governed by an elected chair and an Executive Council elected by the membership. The publication of the association’s peer-reviewed journal, Politics and the Life Sciences, is managed by an Editor-in-Chief in cooperation with the Council and Chair.
Council
- Chair
- Jordan Mansell, D.Phil.,
- Research Fellow, Digital Society Lab
- McMaster University
- Melissa Baker, PhD.,
- Associate Professor of Political Science
- University of Texas at El Paso
- Gigi Gronvall, PhD.,
- Associate Professor. Department of Health and Engineering
- John Hopkins University
- Michael Grillo, PhD.,
- Interim Dean – Division of Arts & Sciences, Chair – Institutional Review Board
- St. Philip’s College
- Samuel.M. Hines, Jr., PhD.,
- Provost and Dean Emeritus, The Citadel. Dean and Professor Emeritus
- College of Charleston
- Matt Motta PhD.,
- Assistant Professor, Department of Health Law, Policy, and Management
- Boston University School of Public Health
- Gregg R. Murray, Ph.D.,
- Professor of Political Science
- Augusta University
- Patrick Stewart, Ph.D.,
- Professor of Political Science
- University of Arkansas (2005-2021)
- Krissy Lunz Trujillo
- Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science
- University of South Carolina.
- Leor Zmigrod, PhD.,
- Research Fellow
- University of Cambridge
Editor-In-Chief of Politics and the Life Sciences
- Gregg R. Murray, Ph.D. (2020-2022)
- Department of Social Sciences, Political Science Augusta University
- 1120 15th St., Allgood Hall N225 Augusta, Georgia 30912 USA
Bylaws
The organization and activities of APLS is governed by a set of bylaws that were adopted in 1980 and amended in 1988, 1999, 2014, 2019, and 2021.