Short answers, pulled from the story.
The American Academy of Political and Social Science was founded in 1889 by Professor Edmund J. James, drawing on faculty from the University of Pennsylvania, Swarthmore College, and Bryn Mawr College. Its goal was to bridge scientific thought and practical social reform.
The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science is a bi-monthly policy and scientific journal that began publication in July 1890 and has run without interruption since. It has been published by SAGE Publications since 1981 and carries a 2017 impact factor of 2.401.
The Daniel Patrick Moynihan Prize is an annual award established by the AAPSS in 2008 to recognize public officials and scholars who have used social science and informed judgment to advance the public good. Alice M. Rivlin was the first recipient.
The AAPSS is headquartered at the Annenberg Public Policy Center at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia.
Notable members have included Herbert Hoover and Frances Perkins. Booker T. Washington delivered a paper at the 1901 annual meeting. More recent contributors to The Annals include Henry Louis Gates Jr., Joseph S. Nye Jr., and William Julius Wilson.
The AAPSS began selecting and installing Fellows in 2000, honoring social scientists who have made outstanding contributions to the field.