The American Political Science Association is pleased to announce the class for the 2004 Ralph Bunche Summer Institute. The Institute is in its 18^th year of operation and will again be hosted by Duke University. The Selection Committee for the 2004 class included Paula McClain, director of RBSI, and other members of Duke University faculty: Scott DeMarche, Kerry Haynie, John Aldrich, and John Transue. Twenty outstanding students, representing diverse institutions all over the country, will participate in this summer's program, scheduled for June 6-July 8. They are:

Kandia C. Barnes, West Virginia State University

Michael Brown II, Stanford University

Darline Carpenter, University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff

Alexandre Charles, Hofstra University

Porsha Q. Cropper, Stanford University

Carlos E. Cuellar, St. Mary's University

Olufunmbi Elemo, Ball State University

Rosalyn L. Foster, Amherst College

Antoine D. Jumelle, Yale University

Chryl Laird, University of Maryland, College Park

Roneka E. Matheny, Emory University

Saleema Moore, Dartmouth College

Davin L. Phoenix, Christopher Newport University

Dwayne Robertson, Eastern Connecticut State University

Hugo I. Salazar, University of California, Irvine

Erica C. Solis, Hendrix College

Sedrick Walker, Texas A & M University

Eugene Walton, Jr., Truman State University

Michael Woldemariam, Beloit College

Lisa S. Ybarra, Whittier College