The Public Scholarship Program is a remote fellowship that introduces political science graduate students to the intellectual and practical aspects of presenting academic scholarship to the public (https://connect.apsanet.org/centennialcenter/fellowships/public-scholarship-program/).

During the fellowship period, fellows focus on producing public-facing summaries of political science research. This involves communicating with journal editors and authors under the supervision of APSA staff. This work is shared via APSA’s blog, https://www.politicalsciencenow.com, as well as on APSA social media accounts.

The Public Scholarship Program was created in collaboration with the APSA Presidential Task Force for New Partnerships. Our fellows write public-facing, accessible summaries of cutting-edge political science research published in the American Political Science Review. Recent articles covered include work on links between misinformation and vigilante violence, political polarization and its drivers, and production in the era of digital capitalism. You can read all of our fellows’ posts at this link: https://politicalsciencenow.com/category/public-scholarship-program/.

DEBORAH SAKI

Deborah Saki is a PhD candidate in political science at Georgia State University. Her research focuses on post-conflict governance, ethnic recognition, and nation-building in post-conflict states. She is currently an Elinor Ostrom Fellow at the Mercatus Center at George Mason University. She has previously worked in communications for the World Affairs Council of Atlanta. She enjoys public facing writing, with her work appearing in Inside Higher Ed, Times Higher Ed, and other publications.

XIMENA CALÓ

Ximena Caló is a PhD student in the Department of Social and Political Sciences and the AXA Research Lab on Gender Equality at Bocconi University. Her research interests include political economy, political behavior and representation, comparative politics, and gender and politics. Before starting her PhD, she was a Pre-Doctoral Fellow at the AXA Research Lab on Gender Equality at Bocconi University. She holds an MSc(Res) in European Studies from the London School of Economics (LSE, 2020) and a BA in political science and Latin American studies from Boston University (2018). In Spring 2026, she will be a visiting researcher at Stockholm University and the SNF Agora Academy at Johns Hopkins University.

RAYMUNDO LOPEZ

Raymundo Lopez is a PhD candidate in political science at Michigan State Univeristy studying survey experiments, intersectionality, and elections. He is the creator of Atom Laboratories, a YouTube channel that uses multimedia storytelling to make political science engaging and accessible to wider audiences. Lopez has collaborated with nonprofits like the Women’s Center of Greater Lansing to simplify ballot initiatives and currently leads the Social Science Initiative at FLI SCI, where he helps first-generation and limited-access students explore social science research and build data literacy. ■