Published online by Cambridge University Press: 06 April 2005
In the July 2004 issue of PS, Ashu Varshney discussed theinternationalization of the APSA and made a number of valuable suggestions. I applaud theAPSA for bringing the discussion about internationalization into the association andVarshney for reporting a list of suggestions. Here, I would like to offer a perspective thatsupports the initiative but speaks from a different perspective in two ways:
I am a faculty member at a primarily undergraduate public liberal arts institution, the sort of institution that Varshney correctly claims needs the assistance of the association to take advantage of the opportunities offered by international connections. My institution is located in the Midwest, which is of some relevance for the argument.
I am, in Varshney's definition, an international scholar. I obtained my Ph.D. in the U.S., but was born and raised in the Netherlands.