Council Committees
Executive Committee
Rogers Smith, University of Pennsylvania (President)
Paula D. McClain, Duke University (President-Elect)
Kathleen Thelen, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Past-President)
Thomas Pepinsky, Cornell University (2017–20 Treasurer)
Omar Encarnación, Bard College (2016–19 Council)
Juliet Hooker, University of Texas, Austin (2016–19 Council)
Valeria Sinclair-Chapman, Purdue University (2017–20 Council)
Renee Van Vechten, University of Redlands (2016–19 Council)
Christina Wolbrecht, University of Notre Dame (2016–19 Council)
Conferences and Meetings Committee
Chair: Juliet Hooker, Brown University (2016–19 Council)
Simon Jackman, University of Sydney (2017–20 Council)
Matthew Kocher, Yale University (2017–20 Council)
Lori Marso, Union College (2018–21 Council)
Lisa L. Martin, University of Wisconsin, Madison (Vice-President)
Membership and Professional Development Committee
Chair: Omar Encarnación, Bard College (2016–19 Council)
Ann O’M. Bowman, Texas A&M University (2018–21 Council)
Colleen Shogan, Library of Congress (2016–19 Council)
Laura Sjoberg, University of Florida (2017–20 Council)
Lisa Wedeen, University of Chicago (2018–21 Council)
Dvora Yanow, Wageningen University (Vice-President)
Publications Committee
Chair: Christina Wolbrecht, University of Notre Dame (2016–19 Council)
Adam Berinsky, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (2018–21 Council)
Joseph Carens, University of Toronto (2017–20 Council)
Lisa Garcia-Bedolla, University of California, Berkeley (2017–20 Council)
Kristian Gleditsch, University of Essex (2016–19 Council)
Public Engagement Committee
Chair: Valeria Sinclair-Chapman, Purdue University (2017–20 Council)
Matt Barreto, University of California, Los Angeles (2016–19 Council)
Cathy J. Cohen, University of Chicago (Vice-President)
Lilly J. Goren, Carrol University (2017–20 Council)
Alberto Simper, Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México (2018–21 Council)
Teaching and Learning Committee
Chair: Renee Van Vechten, University of Redlands (2016–2019 Council)
Mark Crescenzi, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill (2016–19 Council)
Julia Jordan-Zachery, Providence College (2018–21 Council)
Erin Richards, Cascadia College (2017–20 Council)
Charles Smith, University of California, Irvine (2018–21 Council)
Rocio Titiunik, University of Michigan (2018–21 Council)
Active Committees
STANDING COMMITTEES
Nominating Committee
Term expiring August 2019
Chair: Todd Shaw, University of South Carolina
Scott Gehlbach, University of Wisconsin, Madison
Alfred Montero, Carleton College
Term expiring August 2020
Alan Jacobs, University of British Columbia
Courtney Jung, University of Toronto
Janelle Wong, University of Maryland
Audit Committee
Term Expiring August 2019
Lilly J. Goren, Carrol University (2017–20 Council)
Simon Jackman, University of Sydney (2017–20 Council)
Benedict Jimenez, Northeastern University
Term expiring August 2020
Chair: Ann O’M. Bowman, Texas A&M University (2018–21 Council)
Erin Richards, Cascadia College (2017–20 Council)
Sara Rinfret, University of Montana
Rules and Elections Committee
Chair 2018–19: Alberto Simpser, Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México (2018–21 Council)
Term Expiring August 2019
Christina Bejarano, University of Kansas
Wade Jacoby, Brigham Young University
Jana Morgan, University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Term Expiring August 2020
Shana Kushner Gadarian, Syracuse University
Charles Stewart, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Rick Valelly, Swarthmore College
Investment Committee
Thomas Pepinsky (Treasurer)
Term Expiring August 2020
Helen Milner, Princeton University
Benjamin Jerry Cohen, University of California, Santa Barbara
John Carey, Dartmouth University
TERM COMMITTEES
APSA/ASA Steering Committee
Co-chair: Catherine Boone, London School of Economics
Carl LeVan, American University
Kennedy Mkutu, United States International University, Nairobi
Asia Workshop Steering Committee
Chair: Meredith Weiss, University at Albany
Soo Yeon Kim, National University of Singapore
Edmund Malesky, Duke University
Jennifer Pan, Stanford University
Jong-sung You, Gachon University
Middle East Workshop Steering Committee
Term expiring August 2019
Chair: Lisa Anderson, American University in Cairo
Abdulkhaleq Abdulla, United Arab Emirates
Mustapha K. Al Sayyid, American University in Cairo
Amaney Jamal, Princeton University
Matthew Nelson, SOAS University of London
Bassel Salloukh, Lebanese American University
STATUS COMMITTEES
Committee on the Status of Asian Pacific Americans in the Profession
Term expiring August 2021
Nicole Filler, Highline College
Cara Wong, University of Illinois
Term expiring August 2020
Tsung Chi, Occidental College
Zhiqun Zhu, Bucknell University
Term expiring August 2019
Chair: James Lai, Santa Clara University
Carrie Liu Currier, Texas Christian University
Committee on the Status of Blacks in the Profession
Term expiring August 2021
Alice Jackson, Morgan State University
Candis W. Smith, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Term expiring August 2020
Niambi Carter, Howard University
Keesha Middlemass, Trinity University
Term expiring August 2019
Chair: Tyson King Meadows, University of Maryland Baltimore County
Alexandra Moffett-Bateau, City University of New York
Committee on the Status of Community Colleges in the Profession
Term expiring August 2021
Ron Hayduk, San Francisco State University
Christina Sciabarra, Bellevue College
Term expiring August 2020
Chair: Nichole Shippen, LaGuardia Community College
Eric Schwartz, Hagerstown Community College
Term expiring August 2019
Elsa Dias, Pikes Peak Community College
Peter Bowman, Palomar College
Committee on the Status of Contingent Faculty in the Profession
Term expiring August 2021
Veronica Czastkiewicz, Pikes Peak Community College
Vincent Stine, George Washington University
Term expiring August 2020
Susan Orr, SUNY Brockport
Nathan Paxton, American University
Term expiring August 2019
Catherine Guisan, University of Minnesota, Chair
Julia Lau, Catholic University
Peter Francia, East Carolina University
Committee on the Status of First Generation Higher Education Scholars in the Profession
Term expiring August 2021
Rosella Cappella, Boston University
Davin Phoenix, University of California, Irvine
Term expiring August 2020
Francisco Pedraza, University of California, Riverside
Celeste Montoya, University of Colorado, Boulder
Term expiring August 2019
Chair: Lorrie Frasure Yokley, University of California, Los Angeles
Ricardo Ramirez, University of Notre Dame
Tom K. Wong, University of California, San Diego
Committee on the Status of Graduate Students in the Profession
Term Expiring August 2020
Chinbo Chong, University of Michigan
Austin Nelson, University of Texas at Austin
Corey Robin, CUNY Graduate Center
Term expiring August 2019
Rodrigo Barrenechea, Northwestern University
Lauren Muscott, Ohio State University
Delphia Shanks-Booth, Cornell University
Committee on the Status of Latinos y Latinas in the Profession
Term expiring August 2021
Lisa Magana, Arizona State University
Benjamin Marquez, University of Wisconsin, Madison
Term expiring August 2020
Chair: Anna Sampaio, Santa Clara University
Jason Casellas, University of Houston
Term expiring August 2019
Antonio Vazquez Arroyo, Rutgers University
David Leal, University of Texas, Austin
Committee on the Status of Lesbians, Gays, Bisexuals and the Transgendered
Term expiring August 2021
Cynthia Burack, Ohio State University
Zein Murib, Fordham University
Term expiring August 2020
Chair: Susan Burgess, Ohio University
Andrew Flores, Mills College
Term expiring August 2019
Stephen Engel, Bates College
Helma de Vries-Jordan, University of Pittsburgh at Bradford
Committee on the Status of Women in the Profession
Term expiring August 2021
Brooke Ackerly, Vanderbilt University
Laurel Weldon, Simon Fraser University
Term expiring August 2020
Chair: Mala Htun, University of New Mexico
Magda Hinojosa, Arizona State University
Term expiring August 2019
Kathleen Cunningham, University of Maryland
Wendy Wong, University of Toronto
PROGRAM AND ADVISORY COMMITTEES
APSA Delegates to Other Associations
ACLS
Term from 1/1/2019–12/31/2022
Adam Sheingate, Johns Hopkins University
American Association for the Advancement of Science
Term Expiring 2020
Yanna Krupnikov, Stony Brook University
ASEES
Term Expiring 2020
Juliet Johnson, McGill University
Department of State’s Advisory Committee on Historical Diplomatic Documentation
Term Expiring August 31, 2021
Daryl Press, Dartmouth College
National Coalition of History
Katherine Tenpas, Brookings Institution
Centennial Center Advisory Board
Term expiring August 2021
Tony Affigne, Providence College
Marissa Golden, Bryn Mawr College
Term expiring August 2020
Jonathan Ladd, Georgetown University
Robin Turner, Butler University
Term expiring August 2019
Sarah Childs, University of Bristol
Brandon Rottinghaus, University of Houston
CFP Advisory Committee
Doug Bereuter, President Emeritus, The Asia Foundation; former Member, U.S. House of Representative
Joan Claybrook, Public Citizen; former administrator NHTSA
Richard Cohen, Congressional Quarterly
Charles E. Cook, Jr., The Cook Report; The National Journal
Robert Dole, Special Counsel, Alston and Bird; former Member, U.S. Senate
Ronald D. Elving, National Public Radio
Vic Fazio, Partner, Akin Gump; former Member, U.S. House of Representatives
David Gergen, Harvard University; CNN
Lee H. Hamilton, Indiana University; former Member, U.S. House of Representatives
Gerald Kovach, former Senior Vice President, MCI
Richard Lugar, The Lugar Center; former Member, U.S. Senate
David Price, Member, U.S. House of Representatives
Cokie Roberts, ABC News; National Public Radio
Catherine Rudder, George Mason University
James Thurber, American University
Term expiring August 2019
Michelle Chin, Archer Center, University of Texas System
Menna Demessie, Congressional Black Caucus Foundation
Paul Light, New York University
Committee on Departmental Services
Term expiring August 2021
Robin Kolodny, Temple University
Thad Kousser, University of California, San Diego
Term expiring August 2020
Amy Fried, University of Maine
Katherine Tegtmeyer Pak, St. Olaf College
Term expiring August 2019
Chair: Holley Tankersley, Coastal Carolina University
Robert Pahre, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Committee on International Political Science
Term expiring August 2021
Randall Hansen, University of Toronto
Sungmoon Kim, City University of Hong Kong
Term expiring August 2020
Chair: Marc Helbling, University of Bamberg
Argelina Figueiredo, Institute of Social and Political Studies of the State University of Rio de Janeiro (IESP-UERJ)
Term expiring August 2019
David Mednicoff, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Nadine Sika, American University in Cairo
Committee on Organized Sections
Term expiring August 2020
Jennifer Clark, University of Houston
Michael Sparer, Columbia University
Ron Vogel, Ryerson University
Term expiring August 2019
Chair: Layna Mosley, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Craig Volden, University of Virginia
Alexandra Filindra, University of Illinois at Chicago
Committee on Professional Ethics, Rights, and Freedoms
Term expiring August 2021
Chair: Alison Dundes Renteln, University of Southern California
Erik S. Herron, West Virginia University
Alan Gibson, California State University, Chico
Term expiring August 2020
Deborah Yashar, Princeton University
Justin Wert, University of Oklahoma
Term expiring August 2019
Alison Brysk, University of California, Santa Barbara
Kathleen Hancock, Colorado School of Mines
Gretchen Ritter, Cornell University
Radin Pracademic Fellowship Committee
Ira Goldstein, Deloitte Consulting
Stan Meiburg, Wake Forest University
Colleen Shogan, Library of Congress
Susan Opp, Colorado State
Award Committees
CAREER AWARD COMMITTEES
APSA Distinguished Teaching Award
Term expiring August 2019
Chair: Maureen Feeley, University of California, San Diego
Laura Henry, Bowdoin College
H. W. Perry, University of Texas at Austin
Dahl Award
Term expiring August 2019
Chair: Melissa Schwartzberg, New York University
Jill Simone Gross, Hunter College
Daniel Treisman, University of California, Los Angeles
John Gaus Lecture Committee
Term expiring August 2019
Chair: Sharon Mastracci, University of Utah
Jerrell Coggburn, North Carolina State University
Charles Gossett, California State University, Sacramento
Frank J. Goodnow Award
Term expiring August 2019
Chair: Lynda Powell, University of Rochester
Sidney Milkis, University of Virginia
Clarence Stone, George Washington University
Hanes Walton, Jr. Career Award
Term expiring August 2019
Chair: Christina Greer, Fordham University
Pearl K. Dowe, University of Arkansas
Ravi Perry, Virginia Commonwealth University
Hubert H. Humphrey Award Committee
Term expiring August 2019
Chair: Edie Goldenberg, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Kathryn Harrison, University of British Columbia
James Thurber, American University
Benjamin E. Lippincott Award
Term expiring August 2019
Chair: Andrew Norris, University of California, Santa Barbara
Joan Cocks, Mount Holyoke College
Daniel Lee, University of California, Berkeley
James Madison Award Committee
The next award will be in 2020.
Carey McWilliams Award Committee
Term expiring August 2019
Chair: Regina Lawrence, University of Oregon
Marion Just, Wellesley College
Dave Karpf, George Washington University
Charles Merriam Award
Term expiring August 2019
Chair: Meira Levinson, Harvard University
Martin Gilens, University of California, Los Angeles
Frances Lee, University of Maryland
K. Sherrill Award for Emerging Scholars
In development
Ithiel De Sola Pool Award
Term expiring August 2019
Chair: Shanto Iyengar, Stanford University
Jeff Abramson, University of Texas at Austin
Barbara Pfetsch, Free University, Berlin
DISSERTATION AWARD COMMITTEES
Gabriel A. Almond Award Committee
Term expiring August 2019
Chair: Vivien Schmidt, Boston University
Amy Erica Smith, Iowa State University
Leonard Wantchekon, Princeton University
William Anderson Award Committee
Term expiring August 2019
Chair: Jennifer Wallner, University of Ottawa
Lisa Miller, Rutgers University
Richard Winters, Dartmouth College
Edward S. Corwin Award Committee
Term expiring August 2019
Chair: Melinda Gann Hall, Michigan State University
Justin Crowe, Williams College
Douglas Reed, Georgetown University
Harold D. Lasswell Award Committee
Term expiring August 2019
Chair: Kristin Goss, Duke University
Matt Levdusky, University of Pennsylvania
Brent Steel, Oregon State University
E. E. Schattschneider Award Committee
Term expiring August 2019
Chair: Robert Mickey, University of Michigan
Kristi Andersen, Syracuse University
MaryAnne Borrelli, Connecticut College
Kenneth Sherrill Awards Joint Committee
Term expiring August 2018
Chair: Pat Egan, New York University, Chair
Jyl Josephson, Rutgers University, Newark
Term expiring August 2019
Andrew Reynolds, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Leo Strauss Award Committee
Term expiring August 2019
Chair: Eileen Hunt Botting, University of Notre Dame
Jacob Levy, McGill University
Nancy Love, Appalachian State University
Merze Tate Award Committee
Term expiring August 2019
Chair: Tanisha Fazal, University of Minnesota
Bridget Coggins, University of California, Santa Barbara
Seva Gunitsky, University of Toronto
Leonard D. White Award Committee
Term expiring August 2019
Chair: Martin Lodge, London School of Economics
Dorothy Marie Daley, University of Kansas
William G. Resh, University of Southern California
PAPER OR ARTICLE AWARD COMMITTEES
Franklin L. Burdette Pi Sigma Alpha Award Committee
Term expiring August 2019
Chair: Adria Lawrence, Johns Hopkins University
William Bianco, Indiana University
Paul Frymer, Princeton University
Heinz Eulau Award Committee
Term expiring August 2019
Chair: Elizabeth Zechmeister, Vanderbilt University
American Political Science Review
Wendy Tam Cho, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Scott Gates, PRIO and University of Oslo
Perspectives on Politics
Nuno Monteiro, Yale University
Natasha Borges Sugiyama, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee
BOOK AWARD COMMITTEES
Ralph J. Bunche Award Committee
Term expiring August 2019
Chair: Claire Jean Kim, University of California, Irvine
Maarten Vink, Maastricht University
Betina Cutaia Wilkinson, Wake Forest University
Gladys M. Kammerer Award Committee
Term expiring August 2019
Chair: Tali Mendelberg, Princeton University
John Berg, Suffolk University
John DiIulio, University of Pennsylvania
Ted Lowi Award
Term expiring August 2019
Chair: Desmond King, University of Oxford
Two committee members (appointed by IPSA)
Victoria Schuck Award Committee
Term expiring August 2019
Chair: Eileen McDonaugh, Northeastern University
Dara Kay Cohen, Harvard University
Samantha Majic, CUNY, John Jay College
Woodrow Wilson Foundation Award Committee
Term expiring August 2019
Chair: Kenneth Wong, Brown University
Zehra Arat, University of Connecticut
Julianna Pacheco, University of Iowa
