The Asian Pacific American Caucus is an American Political Science Association Related Group.  Membership in the caucus is free and open to all interested students, scholars, and practitioners of and on APA politics.  Each year, APAC organizes panels to showcase cutting edge research on Asian Pacific American Politics at the annual American Political Science Association meeting.  In addition to the meeting panels, the Asian Pacific American Caucus also hold an annual business meeting and reception.   

APAC and the Status Committee:
We are fortunate to have two groups supporting the interests of Asian Pacific Americans in political science:  the Asian Pacific American Caucus (APAC), and the Committee on the Status of Asian Pacific Americans in the Profession (CSAPA—which I like to pronounce “kuh-zappa!”).  Understandably, there has been some confusion over the relationship between the two groups.  Opinions vary as to the degree to which each group has a similar clientele, and the degree to which each group has a similar mission.