Whereas Dr. Mae C. King, Professor Emerita of Political Science at Howard University, joined the American Political Science Association as a member in 1963; she earned her PhD in political science in 1968 from the University of Idaho and joined the American Political Science Association (APSA) as a Professional Staff Associate from 1969 to 1975, becoming the first African American individual and the first Woman to work on the APSA staff.1

During her time at APSA, Dr. King supported multiple newly formed programs and committees, including the APSA Committee on the Status of Blacks in the Profession, the APSA Committee on the Status of Women in the Profession, the Black Graduate Fellowship (currently the Diversity Fellowship Program), the Teaching and Learning Committee, the National Science Foundation’s Pre-Collegiate Education Project, the Federal City College Project, and orientation sessions for the APSA Congressional Fellowship Program. She also staffed council meetings and...

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