ALPHABETICAL LIST OF ORGANIZED SECTIONS (SECTION NUMBER IN PARENS)
African Politics Conference Group (44)
Canadian Politics (40)
Class and Inequality (45)
Comparative Democratization (35)
Comparative Politics (20)
Conflict Processes (7)
Elections, Public Opinion, and Voting Behavior (32)
European Politics and Society (21)
Experimental Research (42)
Federalism and Intergovernmental Relations (1)
Foreign Policy (31)
Foundations of Political Theory (17)
Health Politics and Policy (39)
Human Rights (36)
Information Technology and Politics (18)
International History and Politics (34)
International Security and Arms Control (19)
Law and Courts (2)
Legislative Studies (3)
Migration and Citizenship (43)
New Political Science (27)
Political Communication (23)
Political Economy (25)
Political Epistemology (46)
Political Methodology (10)
Political Networks (41)
Political Organizations and Parties (5)
Political Psychology (28)
Political Science Education (29)
Politics and History (24)
Politics, Literature, and Film (30)
Presidents and Executive Politics (9)
Public Administration (6)
Public Policy (4)
Qualitative and Multi-Method Research (37)
Race, Ethnicity, and Politics (33)
Religion and Politics (11)
Representation and Electoral Systems (8)
Science, Technology, & Environmental Politics (15)
Sexuality and Politics (38)
State Politics and Policy (22)
Urban Politics (13)
Women and Politics Research (16)
The organized sections unite APSA members who share common interests, providing networks to organize meetings and coordinate communications under Association auspices. Also, sections offer outlets for research and opportunities for scholarship. They have become a vital part of the Association by sponsoring panels at the Annual Meeting, producing informative newsletters, and recognizing the scholarly achievements of their members. For recent changes or corrections to this update and for contact information, visit www.apsanet.org.
SECTION 1: FEDERALISM & INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS
Formed: 1983 / Dues: $25.00
The purpose of this section is to plan, develop, and implement professional activities for association members with interests in federalism, intergovernmental relations, and state and local government.
Chair: Kathleen Hale, Auburn University
Secretary: Michael Hail, Morehead State University
Treasurer: Michael Hail, Morehead State University
Editor:Publius: The Journal of Federalism: John Dinan, Wake Forest University
2015 Annual Meeting Program Chair: Jenna Bednar, University of Michigan
Executive Council: James Clinger, Murray State University; Pamela McCann, University of Southern California; Saundra Schneider, Michigan State University ( 09/2014–08/2017)
Paul Manna, College of William & Mary; Gordon Shockley, Arizona State University; Liesbet Hooghe, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill ( 09/2013–08/2016)
Jenna Bednar, University of Michigan; Patrick McGuinn, Drew University; Jill Vickers, Carleton University (09/2012–08/2015)
Martha Derthick Best Book Award
Presented to the author of a book published at least 10 years ago that has made a lasting contribution to the study of federalism and intergovernmental relations.
Nominations due: March 1, 2015
Deil S. Wright Best Paper Award
Conferred on the author of the best paper on federalism and intergovernmental relations presented at the previous year’s APSA Annual Meeting.
Nominations due: March 1, 2015
Daniel Elazar Distinguished Scholar Award
Recognizes a lifetime of distinguished scholarly contributions to the study of federalism and intergovernmental relations.
Nominations due: March 1, 2015
Best Article Award
Conferred on the author of the best paper on federalism and intergovernmental relations presented at the previous year’s APSA Annual Meeting.
Nominations due: March 1, 2015
SECTION 2: LAW AND COURTS
Formed: 1983 / Dues: $30 ($25 for student members)
The purpose of this section is to promote interest in teaching and research in the areas of law and the judicial process.
Website:http://lawcourts.org/
Chair: Cornell Clayton, Washington State University
Chair-Elect: Kevin McGuire, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Secretary: Carol Nackenoff, Swarthmore College
Treasurer: Mariah Zeisberg, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Editor:Journal of Law and Courts: David Klein, University of Virginia
Editor:Law and Politics Book Review: Stephen Meinhold, University of North Carolina, Wilmington
2015 Annual Meeting Program Chair: J. Pickerill, Northern Illinois University
Executive Council: Christina Boyd, University of Georgia; Justin Crowe, Williams College; Ryan Owens, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Anna Law, CUNY Brooklyn College; Amy Steigerwalt, Georgia State University
Best Conference Paper Award
Formerly the American Judicature Society Award, this award is given annually for the best paper on law and courts presented at the previous year’s annual meetings of the American, International, or regional political science associations. Single- and co-authored papers, written by political scientists, are eligible. Papers may be nominated by any member of the section. Nominations should be submitted to the chair of the selection committee Sean Farhang, [email protected].
Nominations due: before February 15, 2015
Best Graduate Student Paper Award
Formerly the CQ Press Award, the Best Graduate Student Paper Award is given annually for the best paper in the field of law and courts written by a graduate student. To be eligible, the nominated paper must have been written by a full-time graduate student. Both single- and co-authored papers are eligible. In the case of co-authored papers, each author must have been a full-time graduate student at the time the paper was written. Submitted papers may have been written for any purpose (including papers written for seminar, scholarly meetings, and for potential publication in academic journals). This is NOT, however, a dissertation or thesis prize. Papers may be nominated by faculty members or by the students themselves. The papers must have been written during the twelve months previous to the nomination deadline. Nominations should be submitted to the chair of the selection committee, Amanda Hollis-Brusky, [email protected].
Nominations due: before February 15, 2015
Best Journal Article Award
Given annually to the best journal article in the field of law and courts written by a political scientist and published during the previous calendar year (2014). Articles published in all refereed journals and in law reviews are eligible, but book reviews, review essays, and chapters published in edited volumes are not eligible. Journal editors and members of the section may nominate articles. Nominations should be submitted to the chair of the selection committee, Tom Clark, [email protected].
Nominations due: before February 15, 2015
C. Herman Pritchett Award for Best Book
Given annually for the best book on law and courts published in the previous year (2014). Previous award recipients can be found here: http://www.apsanet.org/content.asp?admin=Y&contentid=244 . Please note that case books and edited books are not eligible for consideration. Books may be nominated by publishers or by members of the section. To be considered for this year’s competition, a nomination letter and copy of the book must be submitted prior to February 15, 2015, to the chair of the selection committee, Keith E. Whittington, [email protected]. In addition, a copy of the book must also be mailed to each member of the award committee.
Nominations due: before February 15, 2015
Lifetime Achievement Award
Given for a lifetime of significant scholarship, teaching, and service to the Law and Courts field. Nominees must be political scientists who are at least 65 years of age or who have been active in the field for at least 25 years. Nominations from previous competitions will be carried forward to the current year’s competition. The committee will retain nominations for 3 years, but you are invited to re-nominate an individual and renew the materials in the file during each cycle. Nominations may be made by any member of the Section and should consist of a statement outlining the contributions of the nominee and, if possible, a copy of the nominee’s vitae. Nominations should be submitted to the chair of the selection committee, Melinda Gann Hall, [email protected].
Nominations due: before February 15, 2015
Lasting Contribution Award
Awarded annually to a book or journal article, 10 years old or older, that has made a lasting impression on the field of law and courts. Only books and articles written by political scientists are eligible: single authored works produced by winners of the Lifetime Achievement Award are not eligible. Any member of the section may submit a nomination. The nomination should include a statement outlining the nature of the contribution of the nominated work. To be considered for this year’s competition, a nomination letter and copy of the book or article must be submitted prior to the chair of the selection committee, Yalof David, [email protected].
Nominations due: before February 15, 2015
Law and Courts Service Award
Given annually to recognize service to the Law and Courts Section in the literal sense, as in service on committees and in leadership positions as well as service within the Section, as in the service to the profession within the field of law and courts in the form of archiving data, promoting infrastructure, representing the profession in the media, etc. Nominations should be submitted to the chair of the selection committee, Michael Giles, [email protected].
Nominations due: before February 15, 2015
Teaching and Mentoring Award
Given annually to recognize innovative teaching and instructional methods and materials in law and courts. Examples of innovations that might be recognized by this award include (but are not limited to) outstanding textbooks, websites, classroom exercises, syllabi, or other devices designed to enhance the transmission of knowledge about law and courts to undergraduate or graduate students. Any member of the section may make a nomination for the Teaching and Mentoring Award by submitting a statement identifying the nominee and outlining the nature of her or his innovation and the contribution it makes to achieving the purposes of the award (e-mail attachments, in the form of .pdf files, are acceptable). The Teaching and Mentoring Award is supported by a generous contribution from the Division for Public Education of the American Bar Association. The Teaching and Mentoring Award Committee also advises the Organized Section on matters related to teaching and mentoring of students and colleagues. Nominations should be submitted to the chair of the selection committee, Lisa Hilbink, [email protected].
Nominations due: before February 15, 2015
SECTION 3: LEGISLATIVE STUDIES
Formed: 1983 / Dues: $30
The purpose of this section is to provide members with an interest in legislative processes, behavior, and representation opportunities to meet and exchange ideas.
Website:https://pages.wustl.edu/lss
Chair: Brian Crisp, Washington University in St. Louis
Secretary: Kristin Kanthak, University of Pittsburgh
Treasurer: Kristin Kanthak, University of Pittsburgh
Editors:Legislative Studies Quarterly: Frances Lee, University of Maryland, College Park; Lanny Martin, Rice University; Peverill Squire, University of Missouri, Columbia
2015 Annual Meeting Program Chairs: Michele Swers, Georgetown University and Royce Carroll, Rice University
Executive Council: Kathryn Pearson, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities; Scott Morgenstern, University of Pittsburgh; Jennifer Hayes Clark, University of Houston; Jeffery Jenkins, University of Virginia
Alan Rosenthal Prize
In the spirit of Alan Rosenthal’s work, this prize is dedicated to encouraging young scholars to study questions that are of importance to legislators and legislative staff and to conduct research that has the potential application to strengthening the practice of representative democracy.
Nominations due: TBD
Award Committee: Justin Grimmer, Chair, Stanford University; Victoria Farrar-Myers; Mirjam Dageforde
Carl Albert Dissertation Award
The Carl Albert Dissertation Award is given annually for the best dissertation in legislative studies. Topics may be national or subnational in focus-on Congress, parliaments, state legislatures, or other representative bodies.
Nominations due: TBD
Award Committee: Eitan Tzelgov, Chair, University of Gothenburg; Yusaku Horiuchi, Dartmouth University; Leah Murray
CQ Press Award
For the best paper on legislative studies presented at the previous year’s APSA Annual Meeting.
Nominations due: TBD
Award Committee: Jeffery A. Jenkins, Chair, University of Virginia; Nate Monroe; Magna Inacio
Jewell-Loewenberg Paper Award
The Jewell-Loewenberg Paper Award for the best article in the Legislative Studies Quarterly in the previous year.
Nominations due: TBD
Award Committee: Tracy Sulkin, Chair, University of Illinois; Bill Bernhard, University of Illinois; Todd Makse, Susquehanna University
Richard F. Fenno Prize
In the tradition of Professor Fenno’s work, this prize is designed to honor work that is both theoretically and empirically strong. Moreover, this prize is dedicated to encouraging scholars to pursue new and different avenues of research in order to find answers to previously unexplored questions about the nature of politics.
Nominations due: TBD
Award Committee: Nick Carnes, Chair, Duke University; Lisa Holmes, University of Vermont; Alejandro Bonvecchi, Universidad Torcuato de Tella
SECTION 4: PUBLIC POLICY
Formed: 1983 / Dues: $15
The Organized Section on Public Policy is committed to producing rigorous empirical and theoretical knowledge of the processes and products of governing and the application of that knowledge to critical policy issues.
Website:http://community.apsanet.org/publicpolicy/
Chair: Suzanne Mettler, Cornell University
Chair-Elect: Craig Volden, University of Virginia
Secretary: Edward Miller, University of Massachusetts, Boston
Treasurer: Edward Miller, University of Massachusetts, Boston
Executive Council: Jennifer Clark, University of Houston; Christopher Howard, William & Mary; Alan Jacobs, University of British Columbia; Anne Khademian, Virginia Tech (9/2014–8/2017)
Christian Breunig, University of Konstanz; Andrew Karch, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities; Lisa Miller, Rutgers University; Eric Patashnik, University of Virginia (9/2013–8/2016)
Graeme Boushey, University of California; Irvine Hahrie Han, Wellesley College; Elizabeth Rigby, George Washington University (9/2012–8/2015)
Aaron Wildavsky Enduring Contribution Award
The Aaron Wildavsky Enduring Contribution Award is given for the best book or article published in the general area of public policy during the past twenty plus years. The book or article should have had a major impact on the field. This award carries a prize of $500.
Nominations due: March 1, 2015
Award Committee: Deborah Stone, Chair, MIT; Jamila Michener, Cornell University; Adam Sheingate, Johns Hopkins University
Best Comparative Policy Paper Award
The Best Comparative Policy Paper Award is given to recognize an article of particular distinction published in the area of comparative public policy, awarded in collaboration with the International Comparative Policy Analysis Forum. This award carries a prize of $500.
Nominations due: March 1, 2015
Award Committee: Ben Ansell, Chair, University of Oxford; Julia Lynch, University of Pennsylvania, Phillip Rehm, Ohio State University
Best Poster on Public Policy Award
Given for the best paper or poster presented at the poster session at the previous APSA meeting. This award carries a prize of $500.
Nominations due: March 1, 2015
Award Committee: Robert Lowry, Chair, University of Texas at Dallas; Laura Hussey, University of Maryland, Baltimore County; Renee Johnson, Rhodes College; Paul Lewis, Arizona State University; Patrick Roberts, Virginia Tech
Best Paper on Public Policy Award
Recognizes the best paper on public policy given at the previous APSA Annual Meeting. This award carries a $500 prize.
Nominations due: March 1, 2015
Award Committee: Vesla Weaver, Chair, Yale University; Scott Adler, University of Colorado, Boulder; Kimberley Morgan, George Washington University
Excellence in Mentoring Award
The Excellence in Mentoring Award has been established to recognize sustained efforts by a senior scholar to encourage and facilitate the career of emerging political scientists in the field of public policy. This award carries a prize of $500.
Nominations due: March 1, 2015
Award Committee: Margaret Weir, Chair, University of California, Berkeley; Jocelyn Crowley, Rutgers University; Donald Moynihan, University of Wisconsin
Harold Lasswell Award
Awarded annually by the American Political Science Association for the best dissertation in the field of public policy. It is cosponsored by the Policy Studies Association and the APSA Public Policy Section. The award carries a $1,000 prize.
Nominations due: TBD
Jeffrey Pressman Award
The Jeffrey Pressman Award is awarded for the best article in Policy Studies Review
Nominations due: TBD
Theodore J. Lowi Policy Studies Journal Best Article
The Theodore J. Lowi Policy Studies Journal Best Article Award is given to recognize an article of particular distinction published at any time in Policy Studies Journal. This award carries a prize of $500.
Nominations due: February 15, 2015
Award Committee: Joe Soss, Chair, University of Minnesota; Sarah Anzia, University of California, Berkeley; Kristin Goss, Duke University
SECTION 5: POLITICAL ORGANIZATIONS AND PARTIES
Formed: 1983 / Dues: $29 ($24 for students)
The organized section on Political Organizations and Parties works to further scholarship on American political parties, comparative political parties, and interest groups. We do this in a number of different ways. Through our meetings, workshops, newsletter, and website, we provide a means of interaction and communication for like-minded scholars. At our annual workshop at the American Political Science Association conference, we work to train scholars in the use of various methods or databases, or to promote new research in a particular area. Our participation through the sections mechanism of the American Political Science Association allows us to be a voice for our members’ interests within APSA. We also organize the panels in our subfields for the annual APSA conference. Finally, we recognize excellence in scholarship with our awards for best book, best article, best APSA paper, career achievement, and emerging scholar. We are governed by the volunteer efforts of our officers and board. Were eager to reach out in new directions so let us hear your ideas!
Website:http://community.apsanet.org/POP
Chair: Marc Hetherington, Vanderbilt University
Secretary: Holly Brasher, University of Alabama, Birmingham
Treasurer: Holly Brasher, University of Alabama, Birmingham
Editors:Party Politics: David M. Farrell, University College, Dublin; Paul Webb, University of Sussex, Falmer; Kenneth Janda, Northwestern University
Newsletter Editor:VOX/POP: John Green, University of Akron
Emerging Scholars Award
Given to a scholar who has received his or her PhD within the last five years and whose career to date demonstrates unusual promise.
Nominations due: TBD
Jack Walker Award
Recognizes an article published in the last two calendar years that makes an outstanding contribution to research and scholarship on political organizations and parties.
Nominations due: TBD
Leon Epstein Outstanding Book Award
Recognizes a book published in the last two calendar years that made an outstanding contribution to research and scholarship on political organizations and parties.
Nominations due: TBD
POP/Party Politics Award
Recognizes the best paper delivered on a Political Organizations and Parties-sponsored panel at the preceding APSA Annual Meeting.
Nominations due: TBD
Samuel Eldersveld Career Achievement Award
Recognizes a scholar whose lifetime professional work has made an outstanding contribution to the field.
Nominations due: TBD
SECTION 6: PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION
Formed: 1983 / Dues: $8
The purpose of this section is to provide an arena in which individuals interested in public administration may exchange ideas, enhance their professional development, and act to ensure that activities of the APSA encompass their interests.
Website:http://h-net.msu.edu/∼pubadmin
Chair: Lael Keiser, University of Missouri, Columbia
Chair-Elect: Jocelyn Johnston, American University
Treasurer: Gene Brewer, University of Georgia
2015 Annual Meeting Program Chair: Vicky Wilkins, American University
Executive Council: Holly Goerdel, University of Kansas; Kelly LeRoux, University of Illinois at Chicago; William Resh, University of Southern California; Domonic Bearfield, Texas A&M University; Susan Miller, University of South Carolina; Manuel Teodoro, Texas A&M University; Randall Davis, Southern Illinois University; John Marvel, George Mason University; Scott Robinson, University of Oklahoma
Best Article Award
Recognizes the best article published in the American Review of Public Administration.
Nominations due: TBD
Best Poster on Public Administration Award
Recognizes the best poster presented during the previous year’s annual meeting.
Nominations due: TBD
Herbert Kaufman Award
Presented to best paper on a panel sponsored (or cosponsored) by the Public Administration section at the 2014 APSA Annual Meeting in Washington, DC. The section will follow APSA’s guidance on what constitutes a presented paper—papers that were uploaded to the APSA 2014 conference paper site, hosted by SSRN, or posted/presented in a virtual or alternative form (see PA Division Panels in the 2014 online program for links to such alternative presentations) are eligible for the Kaufman award.
Nominations due: March 1, 2015
Award Committee: Scott Robinson, Chair, University of Oklahoma; Claudia Avellaneda, Indiana University; Domonic Bearfield, Texas A&M University
Herbert A. Simon Book Award
For significant contributions to public administration scholarship. Books with publication dates of 2009, 2010, and 2011 are eligible for the 2015 award. The books orientation may be qualitative, quantitative, empirical, interpretive, ethnographic, historical, archival, normative, or theoretical. However, textbooks, revised editions of previously published books, and edited volumes are not eligible.
Nominations due: March 1, 2015
Award Committee: Jonathan Koppell, Chair, Arizona State University; Brian Cook, Virginia Tech University; Sergio Fernandez, Indiana University
Volcker Junior Scholar Research Grant
Invites applications and research proposals from junior scholars researching public administration issues affecting governance in the United States and abroad. Proposals will be judged on their potential to shed new light on important public administration questions, their scholarly and methodological rigor, and their promise for advancing practice and theory development. Individual grants are not renewable. Send proposals to: [email protected].
Nominations due: March 1, 2015
Award Committee: Frances Berry, Chair, Florida State University; Stephane Lavertu, Ohio State University; Jill Nicholson-Crotty, Indiana University
SECTION 7: CONFLICT PROCESSES
Formed: 1984 / Dues: $10 ($8 for students)
The purpose of this section is to be a forum for the study of any and all forms of political conflict both within and between nation-states.
Chair: Kristian Skrede Gleditsch, University of Essex
Treasurer: David Carter, Princeton University
2015 Annual Meeting Program Chair: Kathleen Cunningham, University of Maryland and Scott Wolford, University of Texas,
Executive Council: Michael Horowitz, University of Pennsylvania; Zaryab Iqbal, Pennsylvania State University; Idean Salehyan, University of North Texas; Amy Yuen, Middlebury College
Best Paper Award
Annual award for best paper presented at prior annual meeting on a conflict processes panel or poster session. Papers are eligible only if all authors are untenured (or within 7 years of PhD if employed at an institution without a tenure system).
Nomination due: October 15, 2014
Award Committee: Caroline Hartzell, Chair, Gettysburg College; Matthew Fuhrmann, Texas A&M University; Amy Yuen, Middlebury College
J. David Singer Data Innovation Award
Given for the best data contribution to the study of any and all forms of political conflict, either within or between nation-states. Nominations must be made by a member of the Conflict Processes section; self-nominations are encouraged. This is a biennial award.
Nominations due: March 15, 2015
Award committee: Paul Huth, Chair, University of Maryland; Katherine Barbieri, University of South Carolina; Cullen Hendrix, University of Denver
Lifetime Achievement Award
Given every other year in recognition of scholarly contributions that have fundamentally improved the study of conflict processes.
Nominations due: March 15, 2015
Award Committee: Sara Mitchell, Chair, University of Iowa; Navin Bapat, University of North Carolina; Emily Ritter, University of Alabama
SECTION 8: REPRESENTATION AND ELECTORAL SYSTEMS
Formed: 1984 / Dues: $13 ($5 for students)
The purpose of this section is to promote teaching and research in the areas of representation and electoral systems, and to encourage communication among persons interested in these fields within the Association and with related disciplines.
Chair: Brian Crisp, Washington University in St. Louis
Secretary: Heather Stoll, University of California, Santa Barbara
Treasurer: Timothy Hellwig, Indiana University, Bloomington
Editors:Representation: Andrew Russell, University of Manchester; Stephen de Wijze, University of Manchester
Newsletter Editor:Representation and Electoral Systems Newsletter: Jean-Benoit Pilet, Universite Libre de Bruxelles; Heather Stoll, University of California, Santa Barbara; Miki Kittilson, Arizona State University
2015 Annual Meeting Program Chair: Emily Beaulieu, University of Kentucky
Executive Council: Emily Beaulieu, University of Kentucky; Sona Golder, Pennsylvania State University; Thomas Gschwend, University of Mannheim; Ignacio Lago, University Pompeu Fabra; Zeynep Somer-Topcu, Vanderbilt University; Jessica Trounstine, University of California-Merced
George H. Hallett Award
Presented annually to the author of a book published at least ten years ago that has made a lasting contribution to the literature on representation and electoral systems.
Nominations due: March 15, 2015
Award Committee: John M. Carey, Dartmouth University; Matthew Soberg Shugart; Robin Kolodny, Temple University
Lawrence Longley Award
Given for the best article published in the previous year.
Nominations due: March 15, 2015
Award Committee: David Broockman, University of California, Berkeley; Daniel Bochsler, University of Zurich; Carole Uhlaner, University of California, Irvine
SECTION 9: PRESIDENTS AND EXECUTIVE POLITICS
Formed: 1985 / Dues: $10
Presidents & Executive Politics (PEP) of APSA is the premier association of scholars devoted to the study of the presidency and executives (formerly known as the Presidency Research Group). To that end, it welcomes diverse theoretical perspectives, analytical techniques, and data sources as they contribute to the advancement of scholarship and teaching. It also invites the contributions and perspectives of other disciplines. PEP values the establishment and enhancement of non-partisan links between scholarship, the real world of presidential and executive politics, and public policy.
Website:http://community.apsanet.org/pep/Home/
Chair: B. Dan Wood, Texas A&M University
Vice Chair: Brandice Canes-Wrone, Princeton University
Chair-Elect: Brandice Canes-Wrone, Princeton University
Secretary: Andrew Rudalevige, Bowdoin College
Treasurer: Andrew Rudalevige, Bowdoin College
Editors: PEP Report: Justin Vaughn, Boise State and Brandon Rottinghaus, University of Houston
Executive Council: Julia Azari, Marquette University; MaryAnne Borrelli, Connecticut College; Brendan Doherty, United States Naval Academy; Karen Hult, Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University; David Lewis, Vanderbilt University; Janet Martin, Bowdoin College; Colleen Shogan, Congressional Research Service; Justin Vaughn, Boise State University; José Villalobos, University of Texas at El Paso; Sharice Thrower, University of South Carolina; Lily Goren, Carroll University; Steven Scheler, Ex Officio Member, Carleton College; Yu Ouyang, Graduate Student Representative, University of Kentucky
2015 Annual Meeting Program Chair: Lara Brown, George Washington University
George C. Edwards III, Dissertation Award
Given annually for the best dissertation in presidency research completed and accepted during the previous two calendar years. The recipient will receive a $250 award.
Nominations due: February 1, 2015
Best Undergraduate Paper Award
Recognizes the best undergraduate paper completed in the previous two academic years. One copy of each essay should be sent directly to each committee member of the committee.
Nominations due: TBD
Founders Best Graduate Student Paper Award
Given for the best paper on executive politics presented by a Graduate Student at either the preceding year’s APSA Annual Meeting or at any of the regional meetings in the two years preceding the APSA Annual Meeting. One copy of each essay should be sent directly to each member of the committee.
Nominations due: May 1, 2015
Founders Best Paper Award
Given for the best paper on executive politics authored by a PhD holding scholar presented at the previous year’s annual meeting in honor of Martha Joynt Kumar. One copy of each essay should be sent directly to each committee member.
Nominations due: February 1, 2015
Richard E. Neustadt Best Book Award
Given for the best book on executive politics published during the year. One copy of each book should be sent directly to each member of the committee.
Nominations due: February 1, 2015
Richard E. Neustadt Best Reference Book Award
The Neustadt Committee will also consider nominations when submitted for a separate, typically less frequent, Richard E. Neustadt Award for the Best Reference Work on the Presidency and Executive Politics published in the previous calendar year. Recognizes the best reference book on executive politics published during the past four years. One copy of each book should be sent directly to each member of the committee.
Nominations due: TBD
The Legacy Award
The Legacy Award is given to a living author for a book, essay, or article published at least 10 years prior to the award year that has made a continuing contribution to the intellectual development of the fields of presidency and executive politics.
Nominations due: February 1, 2015
SECTION 10: POLITICAL METHODOLOGY
Formed: 1986 / Dues: $44 ($29 for students)
The purpose of this section is to provide members having interests in methodology, including research design, measurement, and statistics, opportunities to meet and exchange ideas.
Website:http://polmeth.org
Chair: Kevin Quinn, University of California, Berkeley
Chair-Elect: Jeffrey Lewis, University of California, Los Angeles
Vice Chair: Jeffrey Lewis, University of California, Los Angeles
Treasurer: Luke Keele, Pennsylvania State University
2015 Annual Meeting Program Chair: Jacob Montgomery, Washington University in St. Louis
Editor:Political Analysis: Jonathan Katz, California Institute of Technology and R. Michael Alvarez, California Institute of Technology
Editor:The Political Methodologist: Justin Esarey, Rice University
Executive Council: Lonna Atkeson, Member at Large, University of New Mexico
Career Achievement Award
Honors an outstanding career of intellectual accomplishment and service to the profession in the political methodology field.
Nominations due: May 5, 2015
Emerging Scholar Award
Honors a young researcher, within ten years of his or her degree, who is making notable contributions to the field of political methodology.
Nominations due: May 5, 2015
Harold F. Gosnell Prize
Recognizes the best work of political methodology presented at a political science conference in the previous year.
Nominations due: May 5, 2015
John T. Williams Dissertation Prize
Established for the best dissertation proposal in the area of political methodology. Proposals using quantitative or qualitative methods are welcomed. Proposals are due March 1st and should follow National Science Foundation format guidelines.
Nominations due: May 5, 2015
Society for Political Methodology Poster Award
Recognizes the best political methodology poster given at any political science conference in the preceding year.
Statistical Software Award
Recognizing statistical software that has made a significant contribution to the advancement of political analysis.
Nominations due: May 5, 2015
Warren Miller Article Award
Given for the best article in Political Analysis.
Nominations due: May 5, 2015
Political Analysis Outstanding Reviewer Award
Recognizes individuals who have provided exemplary assistance to Political Analysis during the previous year. Outstanding Reviewers are those who provide excellent, timely, and productive feedback for authors who have submitted manuscripts to Political Analysis. Outstanding Reviewers are also those who frequently review for the journal, and who provide the editors with productive advice about the submissions they review.
Nominations due: May 5, 2015
Excellence in Mentoring Award
Honors members of the Society for Political Methodology who have demonstrated an outstanding commitment to mentoring and advising graduate and/or undergraduate students—particularly those from underrepresented groups.
Nominations due: May 5, 2015
SECTION 11: RELIGION AND POLITICS
Formed: 1986 / Dues: $24 ($15 for students)
The purpose of this section is to encourage the study of the interrelations between religion and politics, including the politics of religious pluralism; law, religion, and governance; faith, practice, and political behavior; and the politics of secularism, in the United States as well as in comparative, historical, and global perspective.
Website:http://www.apsanet.org/content.asp?contentid=285
Chair: Elizabeth Shakman Hurd, Northwestern University
Treasurer: Jeremy Menchik, Boston University
Editors:Politics and Religion: Paul A. Djupe, Denison University; Angelia R. Wilson, University of Manchester
2015 Annual Meeting Program Chair: Carolyn Warner, Arizona State University
Executive Council: Erin K. Wilson, RMIT University; Andrew March, Yale University; Matthew Nelson, University of London, SOAS
Aaron Wildavsky Dissertation Award
Recognizes the best dissertation on religion and politics successfully defended within the last two years.
Nominations due: March 1, 2015
Award Committee: Melani Cammett, Chair, Brown University; Elizabeth Oldmixon, University of North Texas; Robert Bosco, Centre College
Best Paper Award
Recognizes the best paper dealing with religion and politics presented at the previous year’s APSA Annual Meeting.
Nominations due: March 1, 2015
Award Committee: Laura R. Olson, Chair, Clemson University; Nandini Deo, LeHigh University; Mina Suk, Arizona State University
Hubert Morken Award
The Hubert Morken Award is given for the best publication dealing with religion and politics published during the last two years.
Nominations due: March 1, 2015
Award Committee: Amaney Jamal, Chair, Princeton University; Andre Laliberté, University of Ottawa; William Cavanaugh, DePaul University
SECTION 13: URBAN POLITICS
Formed: 1986 / Dues: $28 ($18 for students)
The purpose of the section is to promote interest in teaching and research in urban politics and policy. The section seeks to encourage communication among individuals interested in urban politics within the Association and within related disciples.
Chair: Jessica Trounstine, University of California, Merced
Chair-Elect: Todd Swanstrom, University of Missouri, St. Louis
Secretary: Annette Steinacker, Loyola University, Chicago
Treasurer: Annette Steinacker, Loyola University, Chicago
Editors:Urban Affairs Review: Peter Burns, Loyola University, New Orleans; Jered Carr, University of Illinois, Chicago; Annette Steinacker, Loyola University; Antonio Tavares, Universidade do Minho
2015 Annual Meeting Program Chairs: Alison Post, University of California, Berkeley and Paul Lewis, Arizona State University
Executive Council: Neil Kraus, University of Wisconsin-River Falls; Eric Zeemering, Northern Illinois University; Andrea Benjamin, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill; Jefferey Sellers, University of Southern California; Sarah Anzia, University of California, Berkeley (2014–2016)
Ken Bickers, University of Colorado; Timothy Krebs, University of New Mexico; Betsy Sinclair, Washington University, St. Louis; Zoltan Hajnal, University of California, San Diego; Adrienne Smith, University of Tennessee-Knoxville (2013–2015)
Nominating Committee: Dennis Judd, Chair, University of Illinois, Chicago; Melissa Marschall, Rice University; Eleonora Pasotti, University of California, Santa Cruz; Sarah Anzia, University of California, Berkeley; Tim Krebs, University of New Mexico
Dennis Judd Best Book Award
Recognizes the best book on urban politics published in the previous year. Hard copies of nominated books should be sent to each committee member.
Nominations due: March 1, 2015
Award Committee: Clarissa Hayward, Chair, Washington University St. Louis; Zoltan Hajnal, University of California, San Diego; Daniel Hopkins, Georgetown University
Best Dissertation Award
Given annually for the best dissertation on urban politics accepted in the previous year. The award comes with a $250 prize. Electronic or hard copies of dissertations completed and approved in 2014 should be sent to each committee member.
Nominations due: March 1, 2015
Award Committee: Adam Auerbach, Chair, American University; Lester Spence, Johns Hopkins University; Clayton Nall, Stanford University
Byran Jackson Dissertation Research on Minority Politics Award
The Byran Jackson Award recognizes the outstanding scholarship by a graduate student studying racial and ethnic politics in an urban setting. The award comes with a $500 prize. Electronic or hard copies of approved dissertation proposals should be sent to each committee member.
Nominations due: March 1, 2015
Award Committee: Lorrie Frasure-Yokely, Chair, University of California, Los Angeles; Emily Farris, Texas Christian University; Yue Zhang, University of Illinois, Chicago
Best Paper Award
The Best Paper Award is given for the best paper given at an Urban Politics Section panel at the previous year’s APSA Annual Meeting. Electronic or hard copies of nominated papers should be sent to each committee member.
Nominations due: March 1, 2015
Award Committee: Veronica Herrera, Chair, University of Connecticut; Ryan Enos, Harvard University; Chris Warshaw, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Norton Long Career Achievement Award
The Norton Long Career Achievement Award is presented annually to a scholar who has made distinguished contributions to the study of urban politics over the course of a career through scholarly publication, the mentoring of students, and public service. Nominations and two (2) supporting letters should be submitted electronically to all committee members.
Nominations due: March 1, 2015
Award Committee: Bryan Jones, Chair, University of Texas, Austin; Rick Feiock, Florida State University; Mara Sidney, Rutgers University
Norton Long Young Scholars Award
The Norton Long Young Scholars award recognizes scholars who completed their PhD within the last three years (or are ABDs) and submitted a paper proposal for the 2015 APSA meeting to the 2015 program chairs. Please send accepted proposals to the 2015 Program Chair and indicate that you are eligible for this award.
Nominations due: March 1, 2015
Award Committee: Paul Lewis, Arizona State University and Alison Post, University of California, Berkeley
SECTION 15: SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, & ENVIRONMENTAL POLITICS
Formed: 1986 / Dues: $8
The purpose of this section is to stimulate fundamental inquiry on science, technology, and environmental issues as political phenomena.
Website:http://stepsection.wordpress.com/
Chair: Sarah Anderson, University of California, Santa Barbara
Secretary: Ramiro Berardo, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee
Treasurer: Ramiro Berardo, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee
Editor:Review of Policy Research: Christopher Gore, Ryerson University
Editor:STEP Ahead: Tomas Koontz, Ohio State University
2015 Annual Meeting Program Chair: Aseem Prakash, University of Washington
Executive Council: Mark Taylor, Georgia Institute of Technology; Kathryn Hochstetler, University of Waterloo; Dorothy Daley, University of Kansas; Tanya Heikkila, University of Colorado, Denver; Jennifer Bussell, University of California, Berkeley; Ronald Mitchell, University of Oregon
Best Paper Award
Given for the best paper in the field of science, technology, and environmental politics.
Award Committee: Chris Koski, Chair, Reed College ; Lowell Gustafson, Villanova University; Kerry Whiteside, Franklin & Marshall College
Don K. Price Award
Recognizes the best book on science, technology, and environmental politics published in the last year.
Award Committee: Neal Woods, Chair, University of South Carolina; Ethan Kapstein, Princeton University; Mahalley Allen, California State University, Chico
Nominations due: TBD
Lynton Keith Caldwell Prize
Given for the best book on environmental politics and policy published in the past three years.
Award Committee: Elizabeth deSombre, Chair, Wellesley College; David Vogel, University of California, Berkeley; Nicole Klenk, University of Toronto
Nominations due: TBD
Virginia M. Walsh Dissertation Award
Named in honor of a young scholar who tragically passed away last year, this award is given for the best dissertations in the field of science, technology and environmental politics.
Award Committee: Megan Mullin, Chair, Duke University; Alexander Ovodenko, Washington University in St. Louis; Steven Samford, University of Toronto
Nominations due: TBD
The Paul A. Sabatier Best Conference Paper Award
This award is given for the best paper on science, technology, and environmental politics presented at the previous year’s APSA Annual Meeting.
Award Committee: Michael Schoon, Chair, Arizona State University; Stacy Vandeveer, University of New Hampshire; Andrew Kirkpatrick, Christopher Newport University
Nominations due: TBD
Career Achievement Award
The Career Achievement Award is given to an individual in recognition of his or her lifetime contribution to the study of science, technology, and environmental politics. Nominees must be at least 15 years from completing their PhD degree to be eligible.
Nomination process: Send nominations to committee chair.
Award Committee: Andrea Gerlak, Chair, University of Arizona; Matt Potoski, UC Santa Barbara; Dorothy Daley, University of Kansas
Nominations due: TBD
Emerging Young Scholar Award
The Emerging Young Scholar Award is given in recognition of a researcher, within ten years of their PhD degree, who is making notable contributions to the field of science, technology, and environmental politics.
Nomination process: Send nominations to committee chair.
Award Committee: Edella Schlager, Chair, University of Arizona; Kathy Hochstedler, University of Waterloo; Aseem Prakash, University of Washington
SECTION 16: WOMEN AND POLITICS RESEARCH
Formed: 1986 / Dues: $30 ($25 for students)
The purpose of this section is to foster the study of women and politics within the discipline of political science.
Chairs: Lisa Baldez, Dartmouth College and Kathleen Dolan, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee
Chair-Elect: Michele Swers, Georgetown University
Secretary: Amy Alexander, University of Goettingen
Treasurer: Jennifer Piscopo, Occidental College
Editors:Politics & Gender: Jill Irvine, University of Oklahoma and Cindy Rosenthal University of Oklahoma
2015 Annual Meeting Program Chairs: Beth Reingold, Emory University and Celeste Montoya, University of Colorado
Executive Council: Candice Ortbals, Pepperdine University; Olga Avdeyeva, Loyola University Chicago; Nandini Deo, Lehigh University; Kristen Williams, Clark University; Young Im Lee, Graduate Student Representative, University of Missouri St. Louis
Best Dissertation Prize
For the best dissertation on women and politics completed and accepted in the previous year.
Nominations due: March 1, 2015
Award Committee: Mona Lena Krook, Chair, Rutgers University and Christina Bejarano, University of Kansas
Best Paper Award
For the best paper presented at the previous year’s annual meeting in the field of women and politics.
Nominations due: April 1, 2015
Award Committee: Sarah Gerson, Chair, Georgia State University; Monica Schneider, Miami University (Ohio); Louise Davidson-Schmich, University of Miami.
Okin-Young Award
Cosponsored by Women and Politics, Foundations of Political Theory, and the Women’s Caucus for Political Science, this award commemorates the scholarly, mentoring, and professional contributions of Susan Moller Okin and Iris Marion Young to the development of the field of feminist political theory. This annual award recognizes the best paper on feminist political theory published in an English language academic journal during the previous calendar year.
Nominations due: February 15, 2015
SECTION 17: FOUNDATIONS OF POLITICAL THEORY
Formed: 1987 / Dues: $10
The Foundations of Political Theory Section exists to advance the linkage of political theory and philosophy with political science as a discipline. Foundations recognizes and encourage research and teaching that crosses intellectual and disciplinary boundaries. The section stands at and seeks to support the intersection where philosophical, psychological, normative, and empirical approaches and problems meet. Foundations, as the name suggests, aims to study the more permanent dimensions of political life ranging from the design of institutions and political practices to the terms and concepts used to interpret the former. At the Foundations web site, you will find information about the section, including its officers, its newsletter, and a “bookstore” where you can browse past and new titles in political theory. One new feature is a listing of job opportunities for political theorists and recent placements. If you are not already a member of the section, we hope that you will join us.
Chair: Lori Marso, Union College
Treasurer: Stephen Leonard, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
2015 Annual Meeting Program Chair: Jeanne Morefield, Whitman College and Lawrie Balfour, University of Virginia
Executive Council: Marla Brettschneider, University of New Hampshire; Jill Frank, University of South Carolina; Samantha Frost, University of Illinois; Melissa Lane, Princeton University; Melvin Rogers, Emory University; Andrew Sabl, University of California at Los Angeles
Executive Council: Cristina Beltrán, New York University; Jason Frank, Cornell University; Samantha Frost, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Marla Brettschneider, University of New Hampshire; Melvin Rogers, Emory University; Andrew Sabl, Yale University; Jill Frank, University of South Carolina; Melissa Lane, Princeton University
Best Paper Award
Given for the best paper presented on a Foundations panel at the previous year’s APSA Annual Meeting.
Nominations due: TBD
David Easton Award
Given for a book that broadens the horizons of contemporary political science by engaging issues of philosophical significance in political life through any of a variety of approaches in the social sciences and humanities.
Nominations due: TBD
First Book Award
Given for a first book by a scholar in the early stages of his or her career in the area of political theory or political philosophy.
Nominations due: TBD
The Okin-Young Award in Feminist Political Theory
Cosponsored by Women and Politics, Foundations of Political Theory, and the Women’s Caucus for Political Science, this award commemorates the scholarly, mentoring, and professional contributions of Susan Moller Okin and Iris Marion Young to the development of the field of feminist political theory. This annual award recognizes the best paper on feminist political theory published in an English language academic journal during the previous calendar year.
Nominations due: February 15, 2015
SECTION 18: INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AND POLITICS
Formed: 1988 / Dues: $20 ($15 for students)
The purpose of this section is to provide a forum for members with an interest in the use of computers, the Internet, and multimedia in teaching, research, and policy applications in political science and all related subfields and disciplines.
Website:http://apsaitp.org/
Chair: Karen Mossberger, Arizona State University
Chair-Elect: David Karpf, George Washington University
Secretary: Kevin Wagner, Florida Atlantic University
Treasurer: Cecilia Manrique, University of Wisconsin, La Crosse
Editor:Information Technology and Politics Newsletter: Kenneth Rogerson, Duke University
2015 Annual Meeting Program Chair: David Karpf, George Washington University
Executive Council: Deen Freelon, American University; David Karpf, George Washington University; Jeffrey Seifert, Congressional Research Service (9/2013-8/2015)
Josh Pasek, University of Michigan; Jason Gainous, University of Louisville; Leticia Bode, Georgetown University (9/2014-8/2016)
Best Book Award
Recognizes the best book in the area of Information Technology and Politics. The contest is limited to books published in the previous calendar year.
Nominations due: April 30, 2014
Award Committee: Jeff Gulati, Chair, Bentley University; Rasmus Kleis Nelson, Roskilde University; Ramona McNeal, University of Northern Iowa
Best Conference Paper
Recognizes the best conference paper in the area of information technology and politics. The contest is limited to articles presented at conferences in the previous calendar year.
Nominations due: April 1, 2015
Award Committee: Andrew Chadwick, Chair, Royal Holloway, University of London; Jason Gainous, University of Louisville; Shannon McGregor, University of Texas at Austin
Best Dissertation Award
Recognizes the best dissertation in the area of Information Technology and Politics.
Nominations due: April 1, 2015
Award Committee: Ines Mergel, Chair, Syracuse University; Jun Liu, University of Copenhagen; Guy Grossman, University of Pennsylvania
Outstanding Software Development
Recognizes the development of software that advances research and/or teaching in the area of technology and politics.
Nominations due: April 1, 2015
Award Committee: Micah Altman, Chair, MIT; Pablo Rey Mazon, PageOneX; Josh Pasek, University of Michigan
SECTION 19: INTERNATIONAL SECURITY AND ARMS CONTROL
Formed: 1988 / Dues: $10
The purpose of this section is to encourage research and scholarship in international security and arms control, providing an opportunity for presentation of papers and discussion of theoretical and empirical work at APSA section meetings.
Website:http://community.apsanet.org/intlsecurity/
Chair: Dan Lindley, University of Notre Dame
Treasurer: Jeffrey Larsen, NATO Defense College
2014 Annual Meeting Program Chair: Thomas Mahnken, Naval War College
Council: Steve Grenier, Johns Hopkins University; Bruce Jentleson, Duke University; Erica Chenoweth, University of Denver
Kenneth N. Waltz Dissertation Award
Awarded to a successfully defended doctoral dissertation on any aspect of security studies, which has been submitted in final, library copy in previous calendar year. The committee welcomes nominations for dissertations employing any approach (historical, quantitative, theoretical, policy analysis, etc.) to any topic in the field of security studies. Manuscripts are judged according to (1) originality in substance and approach; (2) significance for scholarly or policy debate; (3) rigor in approach and analysis; and (4) power of expression.
Nominations due: TBD
Joseph J. Kruzel Memorial Award for Public Service
Awarded to a scholar with a distinguished career in national security affairs both as an academic and a public servant. It is given to memorialize Joseph Kruzel, a security studies scholar and Department of Defense policy official who was killed while on a diplomatic mission to Bosnia.
Nominations due: TBD
SECTION 20: COMPARATIVE POLITICS
Formed: 1988 / Dues: $10
The purpose of this section is to promote the comparative, especially cross-national, study of politics and to integrate work of comparativists, area studies specialists, and those interested in American politics.
Website:http://community.apsanet.org/comparativepolitics
Chair: Duane Swank, Marquette University
Vice Chair: Robert Kaufman, Rutgers University, New Brunswick
Secretary: Nicholas van de Walle, Cornell University
Treasurer: Nicholas van de Walle, Cornell University
Editor: Comparative Politics Section Newsletter: Mark Golder, Pennsylvania State University and Sona Golder, Pennsylvania State University
2015 Annual Meeting Program Chairs: Grigore Pop-Eleches, Princeton University and Monika Nalepa, Notre Dame
Executive Council: Pauline Jones Luong, University of Michigan and Evan Lieberman, Princeton University (2013–2015)
Tulia Falleti, University of Pennsylvania and Jason Brownlee, University of Texas (2014–2015)
Thad Dunning, University of California, Berkeley and Irfan Nooruddin, Ohio State University (2014–2016)
Lijphart/Przeworski/Verba Data Set Award
Recognizes a publicly available data set that has made an important contribution to the field of comparative politics.
Nominations due: March 15, 2015
Award Committee: TBD
Luebbert Best Article Award
Given for the best article in the field of comparative politics published in the previous two years.
Nominations due: March 15, 2015
Award Committee: TBD
Luebbert Best Book Award
Given for the best book in the field of comparative politics published in the previous two years.
Nominations due: March 15, 2015
Award Committee: TBD
Powell Graduate Mentoring Award
Introduced in 2012, this prize is awarded on a bi-annual basis to a political scientist who throughout his or her career has demonstrated a particularly outstanding commitment to the mentoring of graduate students in comparative politics. The prize was named in honor of G. Bingham Powell and was initiated by his students.
Nominations due: March 15, 2016
Award Committee: TBD
Sage Best Paper Award
Given to the best paper in the field of comparative politics presented at the previous year’s APSA Annual Meeting.
Nominations due: March 15, 2015
Award Committee: TBD
SECTION 21: EUROPEAN POLITICS AND SOCIETY
Formed: 1989 / Dues: $10
The purpose of the section is to promote comparative discussion, research, and debate about the changing sociology of politics, the state, and social structures in modern Western Europe.
Website:http://community.apsanet.org/EPS
Chair: Nancy Bermeo, University of Oxford
Chair-Elect: Kimberly Morgan, George Washington University
Treasurer: Hilary Appel, Claremont McKenna College
2015 Annual Meeting Program Chair: Kimberly Morgan, George Washington University
Executive Council: Robert Fishman, University of Notre Dame; Sara Goodman, UC Irvine; Johannes Lindvall, Lund University; Virginie Giraudon, National Center for Scientific Research; Dan Kelemen, Rutgers University, New Brunswick; Cathie Jo Martin, Boston University; Karen Anderson, Radboud University Nijmegen; Ellen Immergut, Humboldt University Berlin; Karl Orfeo Fioretos, Temple University
Best Article Award
Given for the best article dealing with European politics and society published in the last year.
Nominations due: March 1, 2015
Award Committee: Rafaela Dancygier, Chair, Princeton University; Pepper Culpepper, European University Institute; Timothy Hellwig, Indiana University Bloomington
Best Book Award
Given for the best book on European politics and society published in the previous year.
Nominations due: March 1, 2015
Award Committee: Monika Nalepa, Chair, University of Chicago; Amel Ahmed, University of Massachusetts; Russell Dalton, University of California, Irvine
Ernst B. Haas Best Dissertation Award
Given for the best dissertation on European politics and society filed during the previous year.
Nominations due: March 1, 2015
Award Committee: David R. Cameron, Yale University; Andrew Gould, University of Notre Dame; Mary Beth Altier, New York University
Best Paper Award
Given for the best paper presented at a panel sponsored by the section at the most recent meeting.
Nominations due: March 1, 2015
Award Committee: Jan Kubik, Rutgers University; Ellen M. Immergut, Humboldt University, Berlin; Anne Wren, Trinity College Dublin
Peter Mair Memorial Award
This award grants two travel funds annually to enable young scholars to attend the APSA Annual Meeting. This award is meant explicitly to enable young scholars of European politics without alternative funding to present a paper in one of the panels organized by the EPS section. First-time APSA attendants who are graduate students or junior professors from underfunded European universities (notably in the East and South) are prioritized, but senior scholars from such institutions as well as junior scholars from underfunded non-European universities (including the US) are also considered. Applicants are expected to also apply to all other travel funds they are eligible for, including their department/university, national science foundations, and the APSA Travel Fund. The Awards are set at a maximum of $1,000 each, but partial/matching funding is possible, too (and could lead to a larger number of grants). Applications for the Peter Mair Memorial Award should include: name, position, and academic affiliation; title of proposed paper and EPS-Panel it was submitted to; letter from head of department confirming that there are insufficient/no university funds; list of other funding agencies you have applied to; and indication of whether this would be your first APSA attendance. Send application materials directly to the 2015 award committee.
Award Committee: Cas Mudde, Chair, University of Georgia; Henry Farrell, George Washington University; Gabriel Goodliffe, Instituto Tecnologico Autonomo de Mexico
Nominations due: March 1, 2015
SECTION 22: STATE POLITICS AND POLICY
Formed: 1989 / Dues: $27
The purpose to this section is to further our understanding of the American states including their institutions, political actors, policies, and local, national, and international influence.
Website:http://politicalscience.olemiss.edu/state-politics-and-policy/
Chair: Daniel Smith, University of Florida
Secretary: Margaret Ferguson, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis
Treasurer: Margaret Ferguson, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis
Communications Director: Shannon Jenkins, University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth
Editor:State Politics and Policy Quarterly: Kris Kanthak, University of Pittsburgh and Chris Bonneau, University of Pittsburgh
2015 Annual Meeting Program Chair: Seth McKee, Texas Tech University
Executive Council: Brent Boyea, University of Texas, Arlington; Belinda Davis, Louisiana State University; James Monogan, University of Georgia; Craig Burnett, University of North Carolina, Wilmington; Julianna Pacheco, University of Iowa; Nelson Dometrius, Texas Tech University
Best Paper Award
Awarded for the best paper on state politics and policy presented at the previous year’s APSA Annual Meeting.
Nominations due: TBD
Best Journal Article Award
Recognizes the best journal article on US state politics or policy published during the previous calendar year in any peer-reviewed journal (book reviews, review essays, and chapters published in edited volumes are not eligible).
Nominations due: TBD
Career Achievement Award
Given every biennium to a political scientist who has made a significant lifetime contribution to the study of politics and public policies in the American states.
Nominations due: TBD
Christopher Mooney Dissertation Award
Given for the best dissertation in American state politics and policy completed during the previous calendar year.
Nominations due: TBD
Mac Jewell Enduring Contribution Book Award
Awarded every three years to a political science book on the subject of US state politics or policy that stands as an enduring contribution to the literature and was published at least 10 years prior to the award being bestowed. Such books would be those classic works frequently assigned in graduate seminars, typically found on the bookshelves of state politics scholars, and that have been crucial in setting the direction of scholarship the field since their publication.
Nominations due: TBD
State Politics and Policy Quarterly (SPPQ) Best Paper Award
Given for the best paper on state politics and policy presented at any professional meeting in the previous calendar year.
Nominations due: TBD
Virginia Gray Best Book Award
Awarded annually to the best political science book published on the subject of US state politics or policy in the preceding three calendar years. Thus, books would be eligible to be considered for the award for three years (e.g., for the 2014 award, books published in 2012-14 would be eligible for nomination).
Nominations due: TBD
SECTION 23: POLITICAL COMMUNICATION
Formed: 1989 / Dues: $8
The purpose of this section is to foster the study of political communications within the discipline of political science including research on mass media, telecommunications policy, new media technologies, and the process of communicating and understanding.
Website:http://www.politicalcommunication.org/
Chair: Travis Ridout, Washington State University
Vice Chair and Chair-Elect: Johanna Dunaway, Louisiana State University
Secretary: C. Danielle Vinson, Furman University
Treasurer: C. Danielle Vinson, Furman University
Editor:Political Communication: Claes de Vreese, University of Amsterdam
Editor:Political Communication Report: Eike Mark Rinke, University of Mannheim
2015 Annual Meeting Program Chair: Philip Habel, University of Glasgow
Executive Council: Travis Ridout, Washington State University; Johanna Dunaway, Louisiana State University; Amber Boydstun, University of California-Davis; C. Danielle Vinson, Furman University; Laura Roselle, Elon University; Christina Holtz-Bacha, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
Timothy E. Cook Best Graduate Student Paper Award
Recognizes the best paper on political communication presented by a graduate student at the previous year’s APSA Annual Meeting.
Nominations due: TBD
Award Committee: Brian Harrison, Chair, Yale University; Kathleen Searles, Louisiana State University; Christine Williams, Bentley University
David Swanson Career Achievement Award
Recognizes distinguished and sustained contributions to the field as planners, editors, and leaders and in roles that require time and energy, innovation, and personal dedication. The award honors David Swanson, one of the founders of Political Communication who gave exemplary service to the ICA Political Communication Division and the APSA Political Communication Section. In his memory, the ICA division presents the award every other year. The joint award committee includes representatives of the ICA division and APSA section. The ICA division chair appoints members with the advice of the APSA chair, and the committee receives nominations and generates additional candidates, deliberates on the pool of potential awardees, and makes a selection. The winner receives the award plaque at the annual business meeting of the ICA Political Communication Division. The award is given in even-numbered years.
Nominations due: TBD
Murray Edelman Lifetime Distinguished Career Award
Recognizes a lifetime contribution to the study of political communication. The award is now given only in odd-numbered years.
Award Committee: Scott McClurg, Chair, Southern Illinois University; Andrew Chadwick, Royal Holloway, University of London; Diana Mutz, University of Pennsylvania
Nominations due: TBD
Doris Graber Outstanding Book Award
Recognizes the best book published on political communication in the last ten years.
Nominations due: TBD
Award Committee: Kate Kenski, Chair, University of Arizona; Heather Evans, Sam Houston State University; Dave Karpf, George Washington University
Paul Lazarsfeld Best Paper Award
Recognizes the best paper on political communication presented at the previous year’s APSA annual meeting.
Nominations due: TBD
Award Committee: Kenneth Rogerson, Chair, Duke University; James Fielder, University of Iowa; Deen Freelon, American University
SECTION 24: POLITICS AND HISTORY
Formed: 1989 / Dues: $10
The purpose of this section is to bring together political scientists interested in historical issues and problems drawing from almost every traditional disciplinary subfield.
Website:http://millercenter.org/politicsandhistory
Chair: James Mahoney, Northwestern University
Chair-Elect: Deborah Yashar, Princeton University
Secretary: Shamira Gelbman, Wabash College
Treasurer: Dan Slater, University of Chicago
Editor:CLIO: Newsletter of Politics and History: Wabash College Team. Shamira Gelbman, Conact, Wabash College
2015 Annual Meeting Program Chairs: Amel Ahmed, University of Massachusetts and Thomas Ogorzalek, Northwestern University
Executive Council: Cathie Jo Martin, Boston University; Hendrik Spruyt, Northwestern University; Alvin Tillery, Northwestern University; Dan Slater, University of Chicago
J. David Greenstone Book Prize
Recognizes the best book in history and politics in the past two calendar years. Authors should arrange for a copy of their book to be sent to each member of the committee by March 1, 2015. Only books published in 2013 and 2014 will be considered.
Nominations due: March 1, 2015
Award Committee: Daniel Ziblatt, Chair, Center for European Studies; Michele Dauber, Stanford Law School; David Vogel, Haas School of Business
Mary Parker Follett Prize
Recognizes the best article on politics and history published in the previous year.
Nominations due: March 1, 2015
Award Committee: Nancy Bermeo, Chair, University of Oxford; Lisa Blaydes, Stanford University; Evan Lieberman, MIT
Walter Dean Burnham Dissertation Award
Given for the best dissertation in the field of politics and history. The committee welcomes nominations of outstanding dissertations from PhDs awarded in the previous two calendar years. To nominate a dissertation for this award, send to each member of the committee an electronic copy of the dissertation and arrange for a supportive letter from the advisor or other faculty member of the dissertation committee.
Nominations due: March 1, 2015
Award Committee: Robert Fishman, Chair, University of Notre Dame; Megan Ming Francis, University of Washington; Sheena Greitens, University of Missouri
SECTION 25: POLITICAL ECONOMY
Formed: 1990 / Dues: $7
The purpose of this section is to promote teaching and research that integrates politics and economics.
Website:http://bit.ly/15HuLMO
Chair: Catherine Boone, London School of Economics and Political Science
Secretary: William Bernhard, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Treasurer: William Bernhard, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Editors:The Political Economist Newsletter: William Clark, Texas A& M University and Mark Dincecco, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
2015 Annual Meeting Program Chair: Nahomi Ichino, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Council: John Ahlquist, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Oeindrila Dube, New York University; Edmund Malesky, Duke University (09/2014–08/2016)
Jennifer Gandhi, Emory University; George Krause, University of Pittsburgh; Christina Schneider, University of California, San Diego (09/2013–08/2015)
McGillivray Best Paper Award
Given for the best paper in political economy presented at the previous year’s APSA Annual Meeting.
Nominations due: March 1, 2015
Award Committee: Lloyd Gruber, Chair, LSE; Alexandra Guisinger, University of Notre Dame; Milan Svolik, Illinois State University
Michael Wallerstein Award
Given for the best published article in political economy in the previous calendar year.
Nominations due: March 1, 2015
Award Committee: Jeff Frieden, Chair, Harvard University; Giovanni Capoccia, Oxford University; Jeff Milyo, Missouri
Mancur Olson Best Dissertation Award
Given for the best dissertation in political economy completed in the previous two years.
Nominations due: March 1, 2015
Award Committee: Adam Przeworski, Chair, New York University; Megumi Naoi, University of California, San Diego; Irwin Morris, University of Maryland
William H. Riker Book Award
Given for the best book on political economy published during the past three calendar years.
Nominations due: March 1, 2015
Award Committee: Lisa Martin, Chair, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Bonnie Meguid, University of Rochester; Armando Razo, University of Illinois
SECTION 27: NEW POLITICAL SCIENCE
Formed: 1992 / Dues: $20 ($5 for students)
The purpose of this section is to help make the study of politics relevant to the struggle for a better world.
Chair: Bradley Macdonald, Colorado State University
Secretary: Michael Lipscomb, Winthrop University
Treasurer: Joseph Peschek, Hamline University
Editors:New Political Science: A Journal of Politics & Culture: Jocelyn Boryczka, Fairfield University and Jennifer Disney, Winthrop University
2015 Annual Meeting Program Chair: Michael Bosia, St. Michael’s College
Executive Council: Bradley Macdonald, Colorado State University; Michael Lipscomb, Winthrop University; Joseph Peschek, Hamline University; Michael Bosia, St. Michael’s College; Sean Parson, Northern Arizona University; William Niemi, Western State University; Alix Olson, University of Massachusetts, Amherst; Katherine Young, University of Hawaii, Hilo; Clyde Barrow, University of Texas, Pan American
Christian Bay Award ($500)
Recognizes the best paper presented on a new political science panel at the previous year’s annual meeting.
Nominations due: April 1, 2015
Award Committee: Alix Olson, Chair, University of Massachusetts, Amherst; Stan Luger, University of Northern Colorado; Brian Waddell, University of Connecticut
Richard Cloward and Frances Fox Piven Award ($2000)
Recognizes an activist group, in the region of the annual meeting, that puts the ideals of the New Political Science Section, to make the study of politics relevant to the struggle for a better world, into practice.
Nominations due: April 1, 2015
Award Committee: Katherine Young, Chair, University of Hawaii, Hilo; Sarah Surak, Salisbury University; Frances Fox Piven, Honorary, CUNY-Graduate Center
Charles A. McCoy Career Achievement Award
Recognizes a progressive political scientist who has had a long, successful career as a writer, teacher, and activist.
Nominations due: April 1, 2015
Award Committee: Timothy Lukes, Chair, Santa Clara University; Judith Grant, Ohio University; Manfred Steger, University of Hawaii, Manoa
Michael Harrington Book Award
Recognizes an outstanding book that demonstrates how scholarship can be used in the struggle for a better world. All nominated books must have a 2014 publication date and cannot be an edited collection. Nominations must be made in writing to the committee chair by the publisher, and all three committee members must receive a copy of the book from the publisher at their mailing addresses listed by April 1st, in order to be eligible for consideration.
Nominations due: April 1, 2015
Award Committee: Laura Olson, Chair, Lehigh University; Andrew Scerri, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Kenton Worcester, Marymount Manhattan College
SECTION 28: POLITICAL PSYCHOLOGY
Formed: 1993 / Dues: $8
The purpose of this section is to facilitate communication across subfields and disciplinary boundaries among individuals interested in the relationship between political and psychological processes.
Chair: Jennifer Wolak, University of Colorado, Boulder
Chair-Elect: Cara Wong, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Treasurer: Jason Reifler, University of Exeter
Communications Director: Matthew Wright, American University
2015 Annual Meeting Program Chair: Dona-Gene Mitchell, University of Nebraska at Lincoln
Executive Council: Jennifer Jerit, Stony Brook University; Jennifer Wolak, University of Colorado; Cara Wong, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Jason Reifler, University of Exeter; Matthew Wright, American University; Dona-Gene Mitchell University of Nebraska, Lincoln; Leonie Huddy, Stony Brook, SUNY, Stony Brook
Best Dissertation Award
Given for the best dissertation in political psychology filed during the previous year. Send a hard copy of the dissertation to each committee member. Self-nominations are accepted. All nominations should include a letter of support from the chair of the dissertation committee that addresses the contribution of the dissertation to the field of political psychology.
Nominations due: March 2, 2015
Award Committee: Stephen Nicholson, Chair, University of California at Merced; Eric Groenendyk, University of Memphis; Samara Klar, University of Arizona
Best Paper Award
Given to the most outstanding paper in political psychology delivered at the previous year’s Annual Meeting.
Nominations due: March 2, 2015
Award Committee: Steven Greene, Chair, North Carolina State University; Rebecca J. Hannagan, Northern Illinois University; Rune Slothuus, University of Aarhus
Distinguished Junior Scholars Award
Awards up to five $400 grants, meant for travel to the APSA Annual Meeting, for junior scholars (graduate students or those no more than seven years since receiving their PhD).
Nominations due: March 2 2015
Award Committee: Jeffery Mondak, Chair, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Mark Ramirez, Arizona State University; Antoine Banks, University of Maryland, College Park
Robert E. Lane Award
Given for the best book in political psychology published in the past year.
Nominations due: March 2, 2015
Award Committee: Laura Stoker, University of California, Berkeley; David Doherty, Loyola University, Chicago; Shana Kushner Gadarian, Syracuse University
Career Achievement Award
Awarded biennially to recognize a scholar whose lifetime scholarship and service to the profession has made an outstanding contribution to the field of political psychology.
Nominations due: March 2, 2015
Award Committee: Tali Mendelberg, Princeton University; Thomas Leeper, Aarhus University; Kathleen Searles, Louisiana State University
SECTION 29: POLITICAL SCIENCE EDUCATION
Formed: 1993 / Dues: $29 ($5 for students)
The purpose of this section is both to promote exemplary undergraduate teaching within the political science discipline and the scholarship of teaching. The section is especially dedicated to increasing the use of innovative teaching methods, particularly those rooted in experience (internships, service learning, simulations, and study abroad) and the evaluation of such methods.
Chair: Renée Van Vechten, University of Redlands
Vice Chair: Karen Kedrowski, Winthrop University
Secretary: Joseph Roberts, Roger Williams University
Treasurer: Joseph Roberts, Roger Williams University
Editor:Journal of Political Science Education: Kerstin Hamann, University of Central Florida
Editor:The Political Science Educator: Maureen Feeley, University of California, San Diego
2015 Annual Meeting Program Chair: Sherri Wallace University of Louisville
Executive Council: Erin Richards, Cascadia Community College; Patrick McKinlay, Morningside College; Sherri Wallace, University of Louisville; Victor Asal, SUNY, University at Albany; Chad Raymond, Salve Regina University
Best Paper Presentation Award
Given for the best presentation on undergraduate education at the past year’s APSA Annual Meeting. Sponsored by the Washington Center.
Nominations due: March 1, 2015
Award Committee: Ellen Claes, Co-Chair, Catholic University Leuven; Marc Hooghe, Co-Chair, Catholic University
Lifetime Achievement Award
Given to a person whose lifetime contributions to political science have had a significant impact on undergraduate education.
Nominations due: March 1, 2015
Craig L. Brians Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Research & Mentorship
Established in 2014, this award will be awarded annually at the Teaching and Learning Conference, with recognition also given at the APSA annual PSE section reception. The award will be given to faculty members who demonstrate commitment to and excellence in encouraging and developing scholarship among undergraduate students, and in mentoring undergraduate students in preparation for graduate school or public affairs-related careers. Evidence for these commitments may include, but is not limited to, formal and informal supervision of undergraduate student original research, collaborating with undergraduate students on original research projects, assisting undergraduate students with public presentations and/or publication of work, and accompanying students to academic conferences. In honor of the person for whom the award is named, preference will also be given to faculty members who engage in developing undergraduate scholarship through enhancing information literacy.
Nominations due: November 15, 2014
SECTION 30: POLITICS, LITERATURE, AND FILM
Formed: 1993 / Dues: $ 5
The study of literature and film offers political scientists a particularly stimulating mode of inquiry into political institutions and principles, and into the ways of life that sustain them and are, in turn, shaped by them. Indeed, the creation of this division is itself a sign of the complex and changing landscape of the study of politics. The Section explores the way in which literature—broadly understood to include film and other literary genres—provides unique insights into the nature of political life and the study of politics.
Chair: Ann Ward, University of Regina
Chair-Elect: Claudia Franziska Bruhwiler, University of St. Gallen
Secretary: Steven McGuire, Eastern University
Treasurer: Steven McGuire, Eastern University
2015 Annual Meeting Program Chair: Ann Ward, University of Regina
Executive Council: Flagg Taylor, Skidmore College; Lilly Goren, Carroll University; Joshua Foa Dienstag, UCLA; Michael Jon Stoil, University of Guam
Wilson Carey McWilliams Best Paper Award
Given for the best paper presented at the previous year’s APSA Annual Meeting.
Nominations due: March 1, 2015
Award Committee: Flagg Taylor, Chair, Skidmore College; Joshua Foa Dienstag, University of California, Los Angeles; Julianne Romanello, Baylor University; Joesph Lane, Emory & Henry College
SECTION 31: FOREIGN POLICY
Formed: 1993 / Dues: $10
The Section on Foreign Policy is the organization for those interested in multilevel approaches to the study of international relations. The Section emphasizes individual, role, organizational, bureaucratic, societal, and/or state as well as situational and system level variables in foreign policy analyses. Members of the Section employ a wide range of approaches, including historical, normative, rational, behavioral, liberal, institutional, psychological, and constructivist. Section members emphasize comparative as well as American studies of foreign policy. And the Section recognizes the contributions of practitioners as well as academics in a broad range of professions and disciplines (e.g., communications, economics, diplomacy, government, history, political science, public opinion polling, philosophy, psychology, and sociology).
Chair: John Schuessler, Air War College
Chair-Elect: Brian Lai, University of Iowa
Secretary: Christopher Darnton, Catholic University of America
Treasurer: Christopher Darnton, Catholic University of America
2015 Annual Meeting Program Chair: Brian Lai, University of Iowa
Executive Council: Amanda Licht, Binghamton University; Brendan Green, University of Texas at Austin; Desha Girod, Georgetown University; Susan Allen, University of Mississippi
Best Graduate Student Paper Award
For outstanding graduate student papers presented at the APSA annual meeting that are relevant to the study of foreign policy. Nominations should be sent to the Foreign Policy Section Chair.
Nominations due: March 1, 2015
Award Committee: Lori Helene Gronich, George Washington University; Chin-Hao Huang, University of Southern California; Jacob Shively, University of West Florida
Best Paper Award
Presented to the best paper on foreign policy presented at the previous year’s APSA Annual Meeting.
Nominations due: March 1, 2015
Award Committee: Nikolaos Biziouras, US Naval Academy; Jacqueline L. Hazelton, Naval War College; Aila Matanock, University of California, Berkeley
SECTION 32: ELECTIONS, PUBLIC OPINION, AND VOTING BEHAVIOR
Formed: 1994 / Dues: $28
The purpose of this section is to promote interest in teaching and research on elections, electoral behavior, public opinion, voting turnout, and political participation, both within the United States and in comparative perspective.
Chair: Christopher Anderson, Cornell University
Vice Chair: Pippa Norris, Harvard University
Treasurer: Jennifer Merolla, Claremont Graduate University
Communications Director: Barry Burden, University of Wisconsin, Madison
Editor:Political Behavior: Jeffery Mondak, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Thomas Rudolph, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
2014 Annual Meeting Program Chair: Patrick Fournier, Université de Montréal; Elizabeth Zechmeister, Vanderbilt University
Executive Council: Deborah Brooks, Dartmouth College; Marc Hetherington, Vanderbilt University; Nathan Kelly, University of Tennessee; Ismail White, Ohio State University; Benjamin Bishin, University of California, Riverside; Sunshine Hillygus, Duke University
Best Paper Award
Given for the best paper delivered at the previous year’s APSA Annual Meeting.
Nominations due: TBD
Emerging Scholar Award
Awarded to the top scholar in the field who is within 10 years of her or his PhD.
Nominations due: TBD
John Sullivan Award
For the best paper by a graduate student on a panel sponsored by the APSA Organized Section on Elections, Public Opinion, and Voting Behavior at the previous APSA Annual Meeting.
Nominations due: TBD
Philip E. Converse Book Award
Given for an outstanding book in the field published at least five years before.
Nominations due: TBD
Warren E. Miller Award
Awarded every two or three years for an outstanding career of intellectual accomplishment and service to the profession in the elections, public opinion, and voting behavior field.
Nominations due: TBD
SECTION 33: RACE, ETHNICITY, AND POLITICS
Formed: 1995 / Dues: $10
The purpose of this section is to foster communication among scholars, recognize leadership in the field, facilitate research and publication opportunities, encourage undergraduate and student interest, and create a permanent forum for developing and refining appropriate theoretical models in the study of race and ethnicity.
Website:http://www.apsarep.org/
Chair: Andrew Aoki, Augsburg College and Ange-Marie Hancock, University of Southern California
Secretary: Ravi Perry, Mississippi State University
Treasurer: Christian Grose, University of Southern California
Executive Director: Paula Mohan, Madison College
Editor:Journal of Race, Ethnicity and Politics: Karthick Ramakrishnan, University of California, Riverside
2014 Annual Meeting Program Chair: Alvin Tillery, Northwestern University; Marisa Abrajano, University of California, San Diego
Executive Council: Jack Turner, University of Washington; Christian Collet, International Christian University; Jose Cruz, SUNY, University at Albany; Eric McDaniel, University of Texas, Austin; Stella Rouse, University of Maryland; Antoine Banks, University of Maryland; Renee Cramer, Drake University; Nadia Brown, Saint Louis University; Tom Wong, University of California, San Diego; Chris Zepeda-Millan, Loyola Marymount University
Best Book Award
Given for the best book in the field of race, ethnicity, and politics.
Nominations due: March 1, 2014
Award Committee: Zoltan Hajnal, Chair, University of California, San Diego; Byron Orey, Jackson State University; Jane Gordon, University of Connecticut, Storrs; Catherine Paden, Simmons College; Cara Wong, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Best Dissertation Award
Given for the best American dissertation on race, ethnicity, and politics accepted in the previous year.
Nominations due: March 1, 2014
Award Committee: David Weiden, Chair, Metropolitan State University of Denver; Sangay Mishra, Drew University; David Wilson, University of Delaware
Best Comparative Dissertation Award
Given for the best comparative dissertation on race, ethnicity, and politics of the previous year.
Nominations due: March 1, 2014
Best Paper Award
Given for the best paper on race, ethnicity, and politics presented at the previous year’s APSA Annual Meeting.
Nominations due: March 1, 2014
Award Committee: Kevin Bruyneel, Chair, Babson College; Natalie Masuoka, Chair, Tufts University; Shaun Bowler, University of California, Riverside
SECTION 34: INTERNATIONAL HISTORY AND POLITICS
Formed: 1999 / Dues: $5
The purpose of this section is to promote the study of international history and politics; to disseminate research results; to encourage interdisciplinary conversations between political scientists and historians; and to advance the development, dissemination, integration, and application of qualitative and historiographical methodologies.
Chair: Peter Trubowitz, London School of Economics and Political Science
Vice Chair: Karen Alter, Northwestern University
Treasurer/Secretary: Colin Elman, Syracuse University
2015 Annual Meeting Program Chair: John Owen, University of Virginia
Robert L. Jervis and Paul W. Schroeder Best Book Award
Awarded for the best book on international history and politics. This award may be granted to a single-authored or multi-authored book, or to an edited volume. The award will be given to works published in the calendar year prior to the year of the APSA meeting at which the award is presented. The copyright date of a book will establish the relevant year. Hence, books with a 2013 copyright date will be eligible for the award presented at the 2014 APSA meeting.
Nominations due: January 15, 2015
Award Committee: Peter Haas, Chair, University of Massachusetts, Amherst; Jennifer Mitzen, Ohio State University; Roselyn Hsueh, Temple University
Outstanding Article Award in International History and Politics
The Outstanding Article Award in International History and Politics recognizes exceptional peer-reviewed journal articles representing the mission of the International History and Politics Section of the American Political Science Association, including innovative work that brings new light to events and processes in international politics, encourages interdisciplinary conversations between political scientists and historians, and advances historiographical methods. The Outstanding Article Award is given to a published article that appeared in print in the calendar year preceding the APSA meeting at which the award is presented. It may be granted to an article that is single- or co-authored. The year of final journal publication, as detailed by print citation, establishes eligibility.
Deadline for Nominations: March 15, 2015
Award Committee: Andrew Bennett, Chair, Georgetown University; Brian Burgoon, University of Amsterdam; Keren Yarhi-Milo, Princeton University
SECTION 35: COMPARATIVE DEMOCRATIZATION
Formed: 2000 / Dues: $8
The Comparative Democratization Section exists to promote the analysis of the origins, processes, and outcomes of democratization among nations, spur communication among political scientists whose scholarship focuses on particular world regions, and stimulate greater involvement within APSA of political scientists working in various areas like Africa, the Middle East, Latin America, the Far East, Europe, and the countries of the former Soviet Union.
Website:http://www.ned.org/apsa-cd/home.html
Chair: Jan Teorell, Lund University
Vice Chair: Ellen Lust, Yale University
Secretary: Lucan Way, University of Toronto
Treasurer: Monika Nalepa, University of Notre Dame
Editors:Comparative Democratization Newsletter: Melissa Aten-Becnel, Managing Editor, National Endowment for Democracy; Staffan Lindberg, Gothenburg University; Eitan Tzelgov, University of Gothenburg; Yi-ting Wang, University of Gothenburg; Kelly McMann, Case Western Reserve University
2015 Annual Meeting Program Chair: Kenneth Greene, University of Texas at Austin
Best Article Award
Single-authored or co-authored articles focusing directly on the subject of democratization and published in 2014 are eligible. Nominations and self-nominations are encouraged. Copies of the article should be sent by email to each of the committee members.
Nominations due: March 16, 2015
Award Committee: Lisa Blaydes, Chair, Stanford University; Nahomi Ichino, University of Michigan; Joseph Wright, Pennsylvania State University
Best Book Award
Given for the best book in the field of comparative democratization published in 2014 (authored, co-authored, or edited). Copies of the nominated book should be sent to each committee member in time to arrive by March 16, 2015. Books received after this deadline cannot be considered.
Nominations due: March 16, 2015
Award Committee: Scott Mainwaring, Chair, Kellogg Institute; Aníbal Pérez-Liñán, University of Pittsburgh; Anna Grzymala-Busse, University of Michigan
Best Field Work Award
This prize rewards dissertation students who conduct especially innovative and difficult fieldwork. Scholars who are currently writing their dissertations or who complete their dissertations in 2014 are eligible. Candidates must submit two chapters of their dissertation and a letter of nomination from the chair of their dissertation committee describing the field work. The material submitted must describe the field work in detail and should provide one or two key insights from the evidence collected in the field. The chapters may be sent electronically or in hard copy directly to each committee member.
Nominations due: March 16, 2015
Award Committee: Milli Lake, Chair, Arizona State University; Calvert Jones, City University of New York; Michael Weintraub, Binghamton University (SUNY)
Best Paper Award
Given to the best paper on comparative democratization presented at the previous year’s APSA Annual Meeting. Papers must be nominated by panel chairs or discussants.
Nominations due: March 16, 2015
Award Committee: Christian Houle, Chair, Michigan State University; Michael Albertus, University of Chicago; Ryan Kennedy, University of Houston
Juan Linz Best Dissertation Award
Given for the best dissertation in the comparative study of democracy completed and accepted in the two calendar years immediately prior to the APSA Annual Meeting where the award will be presented (2013 or 2014 for the 2015 Annual Meeting). The prize can be awarded to analyses of individual country cases as long as they are clearly cast in a comparative perspective. A hard copy of the dissertation, accompanied by a letter of support from a member of the dissertation committee should be sent to each member of the prize selection committee.
Nominations due: March 16, 2015
Award Committee: Leonid Peisakhin, Co-Chair, New York University; Paula Valeria Munoz Chirinos, Co-Chair, Universidad del Pacifico; Arturas Rozenas, New York University
SECTION 36: HUMAN RIGHTS
Formed: 2000 / Dues: $10 ($4 for students)
The Section on Human Rights was established to encourage scholarship and facilitate exchange of data and research findings on all components of human rights (e.g., civil, political, economic, social, cultural, and environmental); their relationship, determinants, and consequences of human rights policies, structure, and influence of human rights organizations; development, implementation, and impact on international conventions; and changes in the international human rights regime.
Website:http://apsahumanrights.blogspot.com/
Chair: Alison Brysk, University of California-Santa Barbara
Vice Chair: Will Moore, Florida State University
Chair-Elect: Carol Gould, CUNY Graduate School
Secretary: Bethany Barratt, Roosevelt University
Treasurer: Brian Greenhill, Dartmouth College
2015 Annual Meeting Program Chair: Will Moore, Florida State University
Executive Council: Jeffrey Davis, Members at Large, University of Maryland, Baltimore County; Caryl Nunez, University of Connecticut
Best Book Award
Open to all books on human rights that were written by a political scientist and published in the previous two years.
Nominations due: TBD
Best Dissertation Award
Given to political science dissertations that focus on human rights. Dissertations completed and accepted in the previous two calendar years are eligible for the award competition.
Nominations due: TBD
Best Paper Award
Recognizes the “best paper” presented on a Human Rights Section Panel at the APSA Annual Meeting.
Nominations due: TBD
Distinguished Scholar Award
Recognizes an individual who has worked in the field of human rights and made an exceptional contribution to the field through research, teaching, and mentorship.
Nominations due: TBD
SECTION 37: QUALITATIVE AND MULTI-METHOD RESEARCH
Formed: 2003 / Dues: $9
The goals of the section are to promote research and training focused on the several branches of methodology associated with the qualitative tradition and to strive for an integrated understanding of these diverse methods and of their relationship to quantitative methods.
Website:http://www.maxwell.syr.edu/moynihan/programs/cqrm
President: Lisa Wedeen, University of Chicago
President-Elect: Peter Hall, Harvard University
Vice President: Evan Lieberman, Princeton University
Secretary/Treasurer: Colin Elman, Syracuse University
Editor:Qualitative Methods Newsletter: Robert Kaufman Adcock, George Washington University
Executive Council: Dara Strolovitch, Princeton University; Timothy Crawford, Boston College; Jason Seawright, Northwestern University; Layna Mosley, University of North Carolina
2015 Nominating Committee: Melani Cammett, Brown University; Paul Staniland, University of Chicago; Giovanni Cappoccia, University of Oxford; Dorian Warren, Columbia University
Alexander L. George Article Award
Honors Alexander George’s contributions to the comparative case-study method, including his work linking that method to a systematic concern with research design, and his contribution of developing the idea and the practice of process tracing. This award may be granted to a journal article or to a chapter in an edited volume that stands on its own as an article. The award will be given to an article or book chapter published in the calendar year prior to the year of the APSA meeting at which the award is presented, with the date of publication being established by the journal issue for articles and the copyright date of the book for chapters. Articles or chapters published in 2013 will be eligible for the 2014 award.
Nominations due: January 31, 2015
David Collier Mid-Career Achievement Award
Honors Collier’s contributions—through his research, graduate teaching, and institution-building—as a founder of the qualitative and multi-method research movement in contemporary political science. The award will be presented annually to a mid-career political scientist to recognize distinction in methodological publications, innovative application of qualitative and multi-method approaches in substantive research, and/or institutional contributions to this area of methodology.
Nominations due: January 31, 2015
Giovanni Sartori Book Award
Honors Giovanni Sartori’s work on qualitative methods and concept formation and especially his contribution to helping scholars think about problems of context as they refine concepts and apply them to new spatial and temporal settings. The award is intended to encompass two types of contributions: new research on methodology per se (i.e., studies that introduce specific methodological innovations or that synthesize and integrate methodological ideas in a way that is in itself a methodological contribution), and substantive work that is an exemplar for the application of qualitative methods. This award may be granted to a single-authored or multi-authored book, or to an edited volume. The award will be given to works published in the calendar year prior to the year of the APSA meeting at which the award is presented. The copyright date of a book will establish the relevant year. Hence, books with a 2014 copyright date will be eligible for the award presented at the 2015 APSA meeting.
Nominations due: January 31, 2015
Sage Paper Award
Honors Sara and George McCune, who founded and sustained Sage Publications as a leading publisher of social science methodology—including very centrally qualitative methods. This award will be given to a paper presented at the previous APSA Annual Meeting.
Nominations due: January 31, 2015
SECTION 38: SEXUALITY AND POLITICS
Formed: 2007 / Dues: $7
The objective of the Sexuality and Politics Section is to bring together scholars working in a variety of areas within political science to facilitate the sharing of knowledge and to foster intellectual community and expertise within APSA.
Chair: Joseph Fischel, Yale University
Chair-Elect: Jami Taylor, University of Toledo
Vice Chair: Jami Taylor, University of Toledo
Treasurer: Andrew Flores, Williams Institute, UCLA School of Law
Communications Director: Krista Johnson, Howard University
2015 Annual Meeting Program Chair: Jami Taylor, University of Toledo
Executive Council: Brian Harrison, Yale University and Charles Gossett, California State University, Sacramento
Cynthia Weber Best Conference Paper Award
Recognizes the best paper exploring sexuality and politics presented at the previous year’s APSA Annual Meeting.
Nominations due: March 1, 2015
Award Committee: Justin Phillips, Chair, Columbia University; Alison Gash, University of Oregon; C. Heike Schotten, University of Massachusetts, Boston
Kenneth Sherrill Best Dissertation Award
Recognizes the best dissertation on sexuality and politics completed and successfully defended in the previous two calendar years. The award is open to all scholarship that falls under the broad rubric of sexuality and politics, including studies concerning the regulation of sexuality; political responses to the regulation of sexuality; the uses of sexuality as a political construct; the intersections of sexuality with gender, race, and class; or LGBT politics and mobilizations.
Nominations due: March 1, 2015
Award Committee: Phillip Ayoub, Chair, Drexel University; Susan Burgess, Ohio University; Shawn Schulenberg, Marshall University
SECTION 39: HEALTH POLITICS AND POLICY
Formed: 2008 / Dues: $8
The Health Politics and Policy Section provides the ideal infrastructure in which members can more thoroughly and efficiently arm themselves with the additional expertise we need to explore health politics and policy questions. The Section will define health politics and policy just as broadly as the phrase implies. Everything from the politics of Medicare Part D to the politics of women’s health; everything from comparative politics of AIDS in Africa, Eastern Europe, and South Asia to the comparative state politics of Medicaid and SCHIP; everything from the ethics of end of life decisions to the regulation of stem cell research; everything from public budgeting and regulation to public health disaster preparedness—all these and more fall with the scope of the Section.
Chair: Harold Pollack, University of Chicago
Chair-Elect: Frank J. Thompson, Rutgers University
Vice Chair: Frank J. Thompson, Rutgers University
Secretary: Sarah Gollust, University of Minnesota
Treasurer: Edward Miller, University of Massachusetts, Boston
2015 Annual Meeting Program Chair: Frank J. Thompson, Rutgers University
Executive Council: Karen Baird, Purchase College, SUNY; Glenn Beamer, University of the Sciences; Lars Thorup Larsen, Aarhus University; Carol Weissert, Florida State University
Len Robins Best Paper on Health Politics and Policy Award
This award honors the late Leonard S. Robins, who through his presence and gentle questioning at virtually every health politics panel graciously nurtured the scholarship of both junior and senior scholars. This award recognizes the best paper on any subject that fits under the rubric of health politics and policy presented at the previous APSA Annual Meeting. All paper presented at panels sponsored or cosponsored by OSHPP are eligible for consideration and may be nominated by panel chairs and discussants. All other substantively appropriate papers presented at panels organized by other sections, divisions, and related groups are also eligible if the authors made an electronic version of their paper available to view online.
Nominations due: March 1, 2015
Award for Outstanding Public Engagement in Health Policy
This award is offered to someone who has been working to improve health and the health care system by actively engaging in politics and policy making.
Nominations due: March 1, 2015
SECTION 40: CANADIAN POLITICS
Formed: 2009 / Dues: $8 (free for students)
The purpose of this section is to promote the interest in Canadian politics, to provide a forum for the exchange of ideas and information related to Canadian politics, and to encourage the accumulation of knowledge about Canadian politics.
Website:http://sspa.boisestate.edu/apsa-canadianpolitics/
Chair: Donley Studlar, Strathclyde University
Vice Chair: Kathryn Harrison, University of British Columbia
Secretary: Ross Burkhart, Boise State University
Treasurer: Christopher Sands, SAIS, Johns Hopkins University and Hudson Institute
2015 Annual Meeting Program Chair: David Lublin, American University
Executive Council: Eric Belanger, McGill University; Cheryl Collier, University of Windsor; David Lublin, American University; Amanda Bittner, Memorial University; Matthew Kerby, University of Ottawa; Stuart Soroka, University of Michigan
Mildred A. Schwartz Lifetime Achievement Award
Recognizes scholarship and leadership in bringing the study of Canadian politics to the international political science community.
Nominations due: TBD
Award Committee: TBD
Seymour Martin Lipset Best Book Award
Given to honor a significant contemporary contribution to the scholarship on Canadian politics, or Canada in a comparative perspective, or a comparative analysis of Canada with other countries, particularly the United States.
Nominations due: TBD
Award Committee: TBD
SECTION 41: POLITICAL NETWORKS
Formed: 2009 / Dues: $8 (free for students)
The purpose of the Political Networks Section is to promote intellectual exchange among scholars regarding the theoretical, methodological, and substantive aspects of political networks.
Website:http://www.polinetworks.org/
Chair: Casey Klofstad, University of Miami
Vice Chair and Chair-Elect: Jennifer Victor, George Mason University
Treasurer: Michael Heaney, University of Michigan
Communications Chair: Justin Gross, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill
2015 Annual Meeting Program Chair: Brandon Kinne, University of Texas-Dallas
Membership Chair: Armando Razo, Indiana University
Webmaster: Anand Sokhey, University of Colorado, Boulder
Archivist: Lauren Ratliff, The Ohio State University
Executive Council: Seth Masket, University of Denver; Mark Lubell, University of California, Davis; Amanda Murdie, University of Missouri, Columbia
The Political Ties Award
Given on a biennial basis to the best article published on political networks. This award was given in fall 2012 and in all even-numbered years following.
Nominations due: Award not applicable for 2015
Best Book Award
Given on a biennial basis to the best book published on political networks. This award will be given in the fall of odd-numbered years. Books published between April 1, 2013 and March 31, 2015 will be considered for the 2015 award.
Nominations due: March 1, 2015
Award Committee: Justin Gross, Chair, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill; Gwen Arnold, University of California, Davis; Sarah Parkinson, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
Best Conference Paper Award
Given annually to the best paper on political networks presented by a faculty person delivered at a political science conference in the previous year.
Nominations due: March 1, 2015
Award Committee: Sandra Gonzalez-Bailon, Chair, Oxford University; Elif Erisen, Hacettepe Universitesi; Brendan Nyhan, Dartmouth College
John Sprague Award
Given annually to the best paper on political networks presented by a graduate student and delivered at a political science conference in the previous year. There is a fund that supports this award, and the award includes a cash award that comes from the fund.
Nominations due: March 1, 2015
Award Committee: Adam Henry, Chair, University of Arizona; Matthew Howell, Eastern Kentucky University; Franziska Keller, New York University
Best Poster Award
Given annually at the Political Networks Conference and is awarded to the one (or two) best posters on political networks. Typically, two awards are given, but this is not a requirement.
Nominations due: March 1, 2015
SECTION 42: EXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH
Formed: 2010 / Dues: $24 (print and online version of journal) or $18 (online-only version of journal)
The Experimental Research Section of the American Political Science Association advances pedagogy, research, and scholarly contributions based on randomized or natural experiments. Recent years have seen a dramatic increase in the number of published articles in political science that use experiments. Experimentalists are exploring topics that would have been unimaginable only a few years ago. The rapid growth, development, and celebration of experimental methods in political science presents the opportunity to share a specific vocabulary and toolkit with researchers interested in experimental methods of all kinds. The section is devoted to helping scholars develop and hone these skis and to providing a forum where research based on these techniques can be shared and discussed.
Chair: Lynn Vavreck, University of California, Los Angeles
Chair-Elect: Macartan Humphreys, Columbia University
Secretary: Scott Clifford, University of Houston
Treasurer: Peter Descioli, Stony Brook University
Editors:Journal of Experimental Political Science: Rebecca Morton, New York University and Joshua Tucker, New York University
2015 Annual Meeting Program Chair: Matt Levendusky, University of Pennsylvania
Executive Council: Jennifer Jerit, Stony Brook University; Kevin Esterling, University of California, Riverside; Alan Gerber, Yale University
Best Book Award
Recognizes the best book published in 2014 that either uses or is about experimental research methods in the study of politics. A copy of the book should be sent to each member of the selection committee at the addresses provided below no later than April 1, 2015.
Nominations due: April 1, 2015
Best Dissertation Award
Eligible nominees will have completed a dissertation in the 2014 calendar year that utilizes experimental methods on substantive political science research, or makes a fundamental contribution to experimental methods. Nominations should come from faculty members but they need not be on the students’ dissertation committee.
Nominations due: April 1, 2015
Best Paper Award
Recognizes a paper that was scheduled to be presented at APSA and features experimental analysis. Chairs and discussants are especially encouraged to nominate papers, but nominations from anyone who is aware of an interesting paper prepared for presentation (as well as self-nominations) are welcome.
Nominations due: April 1, 2015
SECTION 43: MIGRATION AND CITIZENSHIP
Formed: 2012 / Dues: $8 ($5 for students)
The purpose of this section is to bring together political scientists working on issues of migration and citizenship; to promote teaching and research in the field; and to encourage communication among political scientists and scholars of migration and citizenship in related disciplines, including policy and other professionals, domestically and internationally.
Website:http://community.apsanet.org/MigrationCitizenship
Co-Chairs: Rogers Smith, University of Pennsylvania and Doris Provine, Arizona State University
Secretary: Els de Graauw, Baruch College, City University of New York
Treasurer: Tom Wong, University of California, San Diego
Editor:Migration and Citizenship: Marc Helbling, WZB Berlin Social Science Center
2015 Annual Meeting Program Chairs: Elizabeth Cohen Syracuse University and Daniel Tichenor, University of Oregon
Executive Council: Joseph Cobetto, University of Missouri; Alexandra Filindra, University of Illinois, Chicago; Monica Varsanyi, John Jay College, City University of New York (2013–2015)
Rebecca Hamlin, Grinnell College; Michael Jones-Correa, Cornell University; Gerasimos Tsourapas, University of London (2014–2016)
Best Article Award
For the best article on migration and/or citizenship published in the previous year. Send electronic copy of an article published (i.e. printed) in 2014 to each committee member by March 31, 2015.
Nominations due: March 31, 2015
Award Committee: TBD
Best Book Award
For the best book on migration and/or citizenship published in the previous year. Publishers or other nominators should send one hard copy of a book published (i.e. printed: either paperback or hardback) in 2014 to each committee member by March 31, 2015. Edited volumes are not eligible for this award.
Nominations due: March 31, 2015
Award Committee: TBD
Best Chapter Award
For the best chapter on migration and/or citizenship published in the previous year. Send on electronic copy of a chapter published (i.e. printed) in 2014 to each committee member by March 31, 2015.
Nominations due: March 31, 2015
Award Committee: TBD
Best Dissertation Award
This award is given for the best dissertation on migration and/or citizenship accepted in the previous year. Send one electronic copy of a dissertation accepted in 2014 and a dissertation abstract to each committee member. Nominees should also request their advisor to send an electronic letter of recommendation to the award committee chair.
Nominations due: March 31, 2015
Award Committee: TBD
Best Paper Award
Award for best paper on migration and/or citizenship presented at the previous APSA annual meeting (either as part of a panel or poster session). Send one electronic copy of a paper presented at 2014 APSA Annual Meeting to each committee member.
Nominations due: March 31, 2015
Award Committee: TBD
SECTION 44: AFRICAN POLITICS CONFERENCE GROUP
Formed: 2013 / Dues: $10
The purpose of this section is to promote recognition within professional associations of the theoretical and methodological contributions to the discipline of political scientists whose research and professional interests center largely or in part upon sub-Saharan Africa.
Website:http://www.africanpoliticsgroup.org/
Chair: M. Anne Pitcher, University of Michigan
Vice Chair: Lauren MacLean, Indiana University
Secretary: Jennifer Brass, Indiana University
Treasurer: Gina Lambright, George Washington University
Editor:APCG Newsletter: Michael Nelson, Wesleyan University
Best Article Award
Seeks nominations for the 2014 award. All articles published in peer-reviewed journals in 2014 are eligible.
Nominations due: TBD
Best Book Award
Invites nominations for the 2015 award. To be eligible, books must have been published in English in 2014. Books should analyze an issue related to political science or international relations with special reference to Africa. The book should employ methodological techniques regarded as appropriate by any subgroup of contemporary political scientists. Edited volumes are not eligible. Translations of books written in a foreign language qualify if the translation was published in 2014.
Nominations due: TBD
Lynne Rienner Award for Best Dissertation
Invites submissions for the best dissertation in African politics 2014. The award carries a prize and is intended to recognize outstanding scholarship in African politics.
Nominations due: TBD
Best Graduate Student Paper
Seeks nominations for the 2014/15 award. The award carries a cash prize and is intended to recognize outstanding scholarship in African politics.
Nominations due: TBD
SECTION 45: CLASS AND INEQUALITY
Formed: 2014 / Dues: $10 ($5 for students)
The Section on Class and Inequality supports scholars of politics who study the political causes and consequences of economic inequality, social class stratification, and mobility and opportunity.
Chair: Nicholas Carnes, Duke University
Secretary: Meredith Sadin, Princeton University
Treasurer: Christopher Faricy, Syracuse University
Council: TBD
Best Paper Award
Awarded to the best paper presented on the topic of economic or social class inequality at the APSA Annual Meeting.
Deadline: September 15, 2015
SECTION 46: POLITICAL EPISTEMOLOGY
Formed: 2014 Dues: $9 (free for students)
Chair: Helene Landemore, Yale University
Secretary: Jacob Roundtree, Harvard University
Treasurer: Nick Clark, Susquehanna University
Communications Director: Paul Gunn, Goldsmiths, University of London
2015 Annual Meeting Program Chairs: Paul Gunn, Goldsmiths, University of London and Jacob Roundtree, Harvard University
Executive Council: Paul Gunn, Goldsmiths, University of London; Helene Landemore, Yale University; Nick Clark, Susquehanna University; Jeffrey Friedman, University of Texas, Austin; Jacob Roundtree, Harvard University; Vivien Schmidt, Boston University; Rogers Smith, University of Pennsylvania (09/2014–08/2015)
