September 23, 2021

To the members of the APSA Council:

On January 11, 2021, you issued the following statement on behalf of the APSA and its members: “The American Political Science Association strongly condemns President Trump, Republican legislators, and all those who have continuously endorsed and disseminated falsehoods and misinformation, and who have worked to overturn the results of a free and fair Presidential Election.”

John Eastman was an active participant in the attempted coup. Eastman, by his own admission, presented a memo to President Trump and Vice President Pence that “war gamed” alternatives for installing Trump as President by invalidating the Electoral Count Act through Vice Presidential fiat. “The main thing here,” Eastman wrote, “is that Pence should do this without asking permission – either from a vote of the joint session or from the Court.” Had Eastman been successful, the outcome of the 2020 election would have been nullified. American electoral democracy would have come to an abrupt conclusion.

The Claremont Institute has invited Eastman to appear on two of its panels at APSA this year. Eastman is a member of the Claremont Institute’s Board of Directors, and continues to serve as Director of Claremont’s Center for Constitutional Jurisprudence. As Dr. Laura K. Field documents in her exhaustive study of Claremont’s participation in the 2020 election and its aftermath, the Claremont Institute has been an active proponent falsehoods and misinformation about the 2020 election and its aftermath. Far from condemning Eastman’s participation in the attempt to undermine U.S. electoral democracy, the Claremont Institute has provided him with a welcome and comforting home for these efforts.

We are aware that Sections and Related Groups are free to populate their panels with whoever they see fit.

But John Eastman has violated our discipline’s professional ethics by participating in the dangerous attempt to overturn the institution of electoral democracy in the United States.

Your statement of strong condemnation on January 11th must apply to the Claremont Institute if it is to apply to anyone at all.

Therefore we hereby request that you, in accordance with APSA’s bylaws, to strip John Eastman of APSA membership.

We also request that you rescind the Claremont Institute’s status as an APSA related group. It is well within your power to do so. The Claremont Institute currently deploys its status as an APSA Related Group as a fundraising vehicle – offering donors the opportunity to purchase a panel slot for a $5,000 donation. Claremont’s status as a Related Group provides a material benefit to an institution that is expressly at odds with the goals and values of the American Political Science Association and its membership.

The Claremont Institute has the right to publish ill-reasoned diatribes that call for the end of electoral democracy in the United States. But the American Political Science Association has the responsibility to sever all ties with the Claremont Institute.


Respectfully submitted,

David Karpf
Associate Professor
George Washington University

Cosigned by:
1. William Adler, Associate Professor of Political Science, Northeastern Illinois University
2. Michelle Egan, Professor, School of International Service, American University
3. Stan Oklobdzija, Visiting Assistant Professor, UC Riverside School of Public Policy
4. Shannon Jenkins, Associate Professor, Political Science; UMass Dartmouth
5. Jon Green, Research Scientist, Northeastern University
6. Julia Azari, Associate Professor, Marquette University
7. Keith A. Preble, PhD Candidate, University at Albany, SUNY
8. Rebekah Tromble, Associate Professor, George Washington University
9. Patricia Stapleton, Political Scientist, RAND Corporation
10. David Miller, Assistant Professor of Political Science, East Tennessee State University
11. Andy Carr, Ph.D. Student, The New School for Social Research
12. Austin Schutz, Graduate Council Fellow and PhD Candidate in Political Science, University of Alabama
13. Wesley Wehde, Assistant Professor, East Tennessee State University
14. Edward Lawson, Adjunct Professor, Midlands Technical College
15. Emily Farris, Associate Professor, TCU
16. Julie Wronski, Associate Professor of Political Science, University of Mississippi
17. Cleo O'Brien-Udry, PhD candidate, Yale University
18. Tim LaPira, Professor, James Madison University
19. David Parker, Professor, Montana State University
20. Ashley Muddiman, Associate Professor, University of Kansas
21. David Redlawsk, James R. Soles Professor and Chair, Political Science and International Relations, University of Delaware
22. Michael Crespin, Director, University of Oklahoma
23. Donald A. Zinman, Professor of Political Science, Grand Valley State University
24. Christopher M. Federico, Professor of Political Science and Psychology, University of Minnesota
25. Dr. Charles R. Hunt, Assistant Professor of Political Science, Boise State University
University of Missouri-St. Louis
26. Michael Hankinson, Assistant Professor, George Washington University
27. Daniel Hirschel-Burns, PhD Candidate, Yale University
28. Matthew P. Thornburg, Associate Professor, University of South Carolina Aiken
29. Alexander Furnas, Research Assistant Professor, Northwestern University
30. Andrew Civettini, Associate Professor and Chair, Public Policy, Knox College
31. Elizabeth Cohen, Professor of Political Science, Syracuse University
32. Kelly Dittmar, Associate Professor of Political Science, Rutgers-Camden
33. Justin Walsh, PhD student, University of North Texas
34. Joshua J. Dyck, Professor of Political Science, University of Massachusetts Lowell
35. Dr. Judith A. Garber, University of Alberta
36. Seth Masket, Professor, University of Denver
37. Mike Cowburn, Ph.D. Candidate, Freie Universität Berlin
38. Ian Shapiro, Postdoctoral Fellow, The Brennan Center for Justice at NYU Law School
39. Chad Rector, Associate Professor of Political Science, Marymount University
40. Seth Babson Warner, PhD Candidate, The Pennsylvania State University
41. John McMahon, Assistant Professor, SUNY Plattsburgh
42. Steve Utych, Boise State University
43. Jennifer Nicoll Victor, Associate Professor of Political Science, George Mason University
44. Andrew Clarke, Assistant Professor, Lafayette College
45. Colin Henry, PhD student, Vanderbilt University
46. Stephen Pampinella, Assistant Professor, State University of New York at New Paltz
47. Jared McDonald, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Stanford University
48. James W. Vizzard, PhD student, George Mason University
49. Mark Copelovitch, Professor of Political Science and Public Affairs, University of Wisconsin - Madison
50. Jacob Smith, Assistant Research Professor of Statistical Science and Political Science, Duke University
51. Maria Puerta Riera, Visiting Professor of Political Science, Valencia College
52. Alexander Pacek, Texas A&M University
53. Lilliana Mason, Associate Research Professor, Johns Hopkins University
54. Jack Collens, Associate Professor, Siena College
55. Joshua C. Wilson, Professor & Political Science Department Chair, University of Denver
56. Petia Kostadinova, University of Illinois at Chicago
57. Mackenzie Lockhart, PhD Candidate, UC San Diego
58. Michael Leo Owens, Associate Professor of Political Science, Emory University
59. Charmaine Willis, PhD Candidate, University at Albany, SUNY
60. Ethan Porter, Assistant Professor, George Washington University
61. Chad Levinson, Assistant Professor, Virginia Tech
62. Orianna Morales grad student ASU
63. Lindsay Nielson, Senior Researcher, Fors Marsh Group
64. Dirk Horn, Ph.D., Senior Lecturer, CSU Bakersfield
65. William Bianco, Professor of Political Science, Indiana University
66. Teena Wilhelm
67. Peter Carey, PhD Candidate, University of California - Merced
68. Robert Griffin, Research Director, Democracy Fund Voter Study Group
69. Jay Wendland, Associate Professor of Political Science,  Daemen College
70. Chris Shortell, Associate Professor, Portland State University
71. Sara Chatfield, Assistant Professor, University of Denver
72. Michael F. Salamone, Associate Professor, Washington State University
73. Elizabeth Sperber, Assistant Professor, University of Denver
74. Yu-Ming Liou, Partner, Blind Fox Analytics
75. Laura Dillon, former NYC SS Teacher
76. Melissa Baker, Postdoctoral Associate, University of Toronto
77. Garrett Thweatt, Independent Scholar
78. Laura E. Evans, Associate Professor of Public Policy and Governance, University of Washington
79. Jay Jennings, Research Scientist for the Cline Center for Advanced Social Research, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
80. Jayme Renfro, Associate professor, University of Northern Iowa
81. Stephen M. Saideman, Paterson Chair in International Affairs, Carleton University
82. Dr. Gwynn Thomas, Chair and Associate Professor Global Gender and Sexuality Studies, University at Buffalo
83. Sam Jackson; Assistant Professor; College of Emergency Preparedness, Homeland Security and Cybersecurity; University at Albany
84. Robin R Jones, retired faculty, university of South Florida
85. Miranda Yaver, Visiting Assistant Professor of Politics, Oberlin College
86. Denise  M. Horn Associate Dean, Wenzhou Kean University
87. Donna R. Hoffman, Professor, University of Northern Iowa
88. Ellen Andersen, Associate Professor of Political Science, University of Vermont
89. Elizabeth Meehan, PhD Candidate, George Washington University
90. Justin Reedy, Associate Professor, University of Oklahoma
91. Jesse H. Rhodes, Professor of Political Science, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
92. Carolyn E. Holmes, Assistant Professor, Mississippi State University
93. Monica Carmean, Graduate Student, University of Chicago
94. David Macdonald, PhD, Ohio University
95. Jack Zhou, Social Scientist, Climate Advocacy Lab (Adjunct faculty, Duke University)
96. Dr. Vincent Hopkins, Assistant Professor, University of Saskatchewan
97. Nate Ela, Assistant Professor of Political Science and Law, University of Cincinnati
98. Bethany Albertson, Associate Professor, University of Texas
99. David Faris, Associate Professor of Political Science, Roosevelt University
100. Christopher Day, Associate Professor of Political Science, College of Charleston
101. Sam (George T) Crane, Professor, Williams College
102. Terry Taylor, Professor, Shoreline CC
103. Brian Harrison, Visiting Assistant Professor, Macalester College
104. Geoff Allen, Assistant Professor Lecturer, University of Utah
105. Daniel P. Brown PhD Visiting Assistant Professor College of Charleston
106. Kevin Reuning, Assistant Professor Miami University
107. Kenneth Mayer, University of Wisconsin-Madison
108. Daniel Moak, Assistant Professor, Ohio University
109. Phil Park
110. Alexandra Filindra Associate Professor UIC
111. Jeffrey Koch
112. Jeffrey Peake, Professor, Clemson University
113. Kathleen Dolan, Distinguished Professor, University of Wisconsin Milwaukee
EVP/Producer, Data and Democracy, LLC
114. Nick Esposito - Adjunct professor - NYIT
115. Emma Ashford, Senior Fellow, Atlantic Council
116. Susan Burgess, DePaul University
117. Mary L. Dudziak, Asa Griggs Candler Professor of Law, Emory University School of Law
118. Sara Morell, PhD Candidate, University of Michigan
119. Melissa R. Michelson, Dean of Arts & Sciences, Menlo College
120. DeWayne Lucas, Associate Professor of Political Science, Hobart and William Smith Colleges
121. Emily Schilling, Assistant Professor, University of Tennessee
122. Daniel Richards PhD Candidate New School for Social Research
123. Todd Belt, Professor, George Washington University
124. Matthew Nowlin, Associate Professor of Political Science, College of Charleston
125. Josh Ryan, Associate Professor, Utah State University
126. Tye Rush, PhD Candidate, UCLA
127. Matthew Gomez, Ph.D. Student, Florida International University
128. Andrew Kydd, Professor, University of Wisconsin-Madison
129. Scott LaCombe, Assistant Professor, Smith College
130. Tara Riggs, PhD candidate,Binghamton University (SUNY))
131. Kirstine Taylor, Assistant Professor, Ohio University
132. Mark Golub, Associate Professor, Scripps College
133. Rebecca Clendenen, PhD Candidate, University of Illinois at Chicago
134. Jennifer Fredette, Associate Professor, Ohio University
135. Kyle Morgan, Assistant Professor of Political Science, Francis Marion University
136. Morton Tenzer, Emeritus, Univ of Connecticut
137. Dr. Nathan R. Shrader; Chair, Department of Government & Politics, Millsaps College
138. Christopher Zorn, Liberal Arts Professor of Political Science, Pennsylvania State University
139. Charles Ellison, Professor Emeritus, University of Cincinnati
140. Steven Corey, Professor Columbia College Chicago
141. Bernard Brennan, Assistant Professor, Johnson & Wales University
142. Jillian Schwedler, Professor, Hunter College and the Graduate Center, CUNY
143. Helen Knowles, Associate Professor of Political Science, SUNY Oswego
144. Dr. Cheryl Van Den Handel, Asso. Professor of Political Science, Northeastern State University
145. Quinn Lester, Graduate Student, Johns Hopkins University
146. Joe Soss, Cowles Professor did the Study of Public Service, University of Minnesota
147. Rob Williams, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Washington University in St. Louis
148. Shayna Shawn Adelman - student - Georgia State University
149. Emily Van Duyn, Assistant Professor, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
150. Helen M Kinsella, Associate Professor University of MN-Twin Cities
151. Shannon McGregor, assistant professor, University of North Carolina
152. Eric van der Vort, Ph.D. Candidate and CFP alumni, Syracuse University,
153. Deborah Schildkraut, Professor, Tufts University
154. Samuel R. Galloway, Assistant Professor, Purchase College (SUNY)
155. Molly Reynolds, Senior Fellow, Brookings (affiliation listed for informational purposes only)
156. Hyokyung Kwak, Assistance Professor, College of Charleston
157. Kristen Aanstoos, PhD Candidate, University of California - Irvine
158. Thessalia Merivaki, Assistant Professor, Mississippi State University
159. Curd Knüpfer, Assistant Professor of Political Science, Freie Universität Berlin
160. Sean Freeder, Assistant Professor, University of North Florida
161. Matthew Gunning, Assistant Professor. Georgia Gwinnett College
162. Andrew Dowdle, Professor of Political Science, University of Arkansas
163. Joe Young, Professor, American University
164. LeRoy Westerling, Professor, UC Merced
165. John Protevi, Phyllis M Taylor Professor of French Studies and Professor of Philosophy, Louisiana State University
166. David G. Tully, PhD
167. Bill Kakenmaster, PhD Student, University of Notre Dame
168. Ryan Bell, PhD Candidate, Princeton University
169. Joseph L. Smith, Professor of Political Science, the University of Alabama
170. Scott L. Greer, Professor, University of Michigan
171. Michael K. Romano, Associate Professor, Shenandoah University
172. Claire Curtis, Professor, College of Charleston
173. Thomas Vargas, Postdoctoral Fellow, McMaster University
174. David Waldner, Associate Professor, University of Virginia
175. Nancy Wadsworth, Associate Professor, U of Denver
176. Aditya Dasgupta, Assistant Professor, University of California--Merced
177. TJ Billard, Assistant Professor, Northwestern University
178. Douglas Muzzio, Professor, Political Science, Baruch College, CUNY
179. Álvaro J. Corral, Assistant Professor, The College of Wooster
180. Matthew Shugart, Distinguished Professor Emeritus, UC Davis
181. Philip Rocco, Associate Professor, Marquette University
182. Greg Wolf, Assistant Professor of Political Science, Drake University
183. Amie Kreppel, Professor, University of Florida
184. Albert L. Samuels  Professor and Chair, Department of Political Science. Southern University and A&M College
185. Matthew Bergbower Professor Indiana State Univ.
186. Bruce W. Jentleson, Duke University
187. Karie Riddle, Assistant Professor of Political Science, Pepperdine University
188. Kevin M. Baron, Assistant Professor, Austin Peay State University
189. Megan Goldberg, Assistant Professor and Chair, Department of Politics, Cornell College
190. Kristin Goss, Professor of Public Policy, Duke University
191. Bethany Carter, PhD Student, Tulane University
192. Jennie Ikuta, Assistant Professor, University of Missouri-Columbia
193. Geneva Cole, PhD Candidate, University of Chicago
194. Kevin J. Elliott, Murray State University
195. Stefan Dolgert, Associate Professor, Brock University
196. Lori Cox Han, Professor of Political Science, Chapman University
197. Shelly Arsneault, Professor, California State University, Fullerton
198. Carlos Algara, Assistant Professor of Politics & Government, Claremont Graduate University
199. David Muchlinski, Assistant Professor, Georgia Tech
200. M.P. Broache, Assistant Professor of Political Science, UNCG
201. Jennifer Nedelsky, Professor, Osgoode Hall Law School
202. Alena Wolflink, Assistant Professor, University of Denver
203. Dr. Andrew Smith, Lecturer, University of Texas Rio Grande Valley
204. Nathan Kalmoe, Associate Professor, Louisiana State University
205. Dannagal G. Young, Professor of Communication and Political Science, University of Delaware
206. Rob Robinson, Associate Professor, CSUF
207. Lindsey Meeks, Associate Professor, University of Oklahoma
208. Suzanne Levi-Sanchez, Associate Professor, USNWC
209. Steven Rosenzweig, Assistant Professor of Political Science, Boston University
210. Sumita Pahwa. Associate Professor of Politics, Scripps College.
211. Devon Cantwell, PhD student, University of Ottawa
212. Rohan Grover, PhD Student, University of Southern California
213. Stewart M. Coles, Illinois Distinguished Postdoctoral Research Associate, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
214. Efren Perez, Professor of Political Science & Psychology
215. Catie Bailard, Associate Professor, George Washington University
216. Aleksander Ksiazkiewicz, Associate Professor of Political Science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
217. Joe Goldman, President, Democracy Fund
218. Israel Waismel-Manor Ph.D.. University of Haifa
219. David Ciuk, Associate Professor, Franklin & Marshall College
220. Mary Stuckey Edwin Erle Sparks Professor of CAS, PSU
221. David Peterson, Lucken Professor of Political Science, Iowa State University
222. Zak Taylor, Professor, Georgia Tech
223. David B. Cohen, Professor of Political Science, University of Akron
224. Karen Beckwith, Flora Stone Mather Professor, Case Western Reserve University
225. Timothy Weaver, Associate Professor, University at Albany, SUNY
226. Alyson Cole, Professor, CUNY
227. Reid Krell, Visiting Assistant Professor, Vassar College
228. Keena Lipsitz, Associate Professor, Queens College, CUNY
229. Megan Becker, Assistant Professor of International Relations, University of Southern California
230. Matthew Green, Professor of Politics, Catholic University of America
231. Quin Monson, Associate Professor of Political Science, Brigham Young University
232. William Myers, Associate Professor, University of Tampa
233. Charles Hankla, Associate Professor, Georgia State University
234. Rafael Khachaturian, University of Pennsylvania
235. Alicia Kolar Prevost, Democracy Fund and American University
236. Dominik Stecula, Assistant Professor, Colorado State University
237. William Marble, Postdoctoral Fellow, Princeton University
238. Matthew Stein, Visiting Assistant Professor of Government & Law, Lafayette College
239. Elizabeth Gordon, Professor of Political Science, Kennesaw State University
240. Norah MacKendrick, Rutgers University
241. William Callison, Member, Institute for Advanced Study
242. Jane Fountain, Distinguished Professor, University of Massachusetts Amherst
243. Katherine M. Robiadek, Ph.D., Hood College
244. Michael Artime, Asst. Professor of Political Science, Pacific Lutheran University
245. Larissa Doroshenko, Postdoctoral Associate, Northeastern University
246. Sanford F. Schram, Professor, Political Science and Sociology, Hunter College and CUNY Graduate Center
247. Daniel Solomon, PhD candidate, Department of Government, Georgetown University
248. Angela Bos, Professor of Political Science, College of Wooster
249. Catherine Wineinger, Assistant Professor, Western Washington University
250. Dan Hiaeshutter-Rice, Assistant Professor, Michigan State University
251. Gary E. Hollibaugh, Jr., Associate Professor, University of Pittsburgh
252. Steven Livingston, Professor & Founding Director Institute for Data, Democracy, and Politics George Washington University Washington, DC
253. Jonathan Lewallen, Assistant Professor, University of Tampa
254. Jessica Baldwin-Philippi, Associate Professor, Fordham University
255. Marc Blecher, James Monroe Professor of Politics and East Asian Studies, Oberlin College
256. Jade Schiff, Assistant Professor, Oberlin College
257. Joshua Freedman, Visiting Assistant Professor, Oberlin College
258. Susan Woodward, Professor, The Graduate Center CUNY
259. Stephen Crowley, Professor of Politics, Oberlin College
260. Lorcan Neill, M.A. Candidate, George Washington University
261. Stacey Philbrick Yadav, Associate Professor, Hobart & William Smith Colleges
262. Nicolè Ford, PhD, Dept Political Science, University of Tampa
263. Mackenzie Israel-Trummel, Assistant Professor, William & Mary
264. Alison Gash, Associate Professor of Political Science, University of Oregon
265. Jonathan Hassid, Associate Professor, Iowa State University
266. Zachary Shirkey, Professor of Political Science, Hunter College, CUNY
267. Sarah Wilson Sokhey, Associate Professor, University of Colorado Boulder
268. David Kahane, Professor, Department of Political Science, University of Alberta
269. Nate Bauer, Associate Director, University Press of Colorado
270. Scott McLean,  Professor of  Political Science, Quinnipiac University
271. Stephen L. Newman, Associate Professor, York University
272. Dara Strolovitch, Professor, Yale University
273. Leonard Feldman, Associate Professor, Hunter College  CUNY
274. Michael Flynn, Associate Professor, Kansas State University
275. Liz Norell, Associate Professor of Political Science, Chattanooga State Community College
276. Aleena Khan, PhD student, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
277. Leo Casey, Assistant to the President, American Federation of Teachers
278. Jared Oestman- PhD Candidate, Rice University
279. Ronald E. Weber, Wilder Crane Professor Emeritus of Government, Department of Political Science University of Wisconsin--Milwaukee