COUNCIL COMMITTEES
Administrative Committee
The administrative committee consists of the president, president-elect, treasurer, and four other council members whose main duties include preparing agendas for council meetings and annual business meetings and acting on behalf of the council to dispose of policy issues deemed of insufficient weight to require decisions by the council.
Term expiring August 31, 2014
John H. Aldrich, Duke University
Todd C. Shaw, University of South Carolina
Kathleen Thelen, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Rodney E. Hero, University of California, Berkeley
Juan Carlos Huerta, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi
Philip Keefer, The World Bank
Evelyn M. Simien, University of Connecticut
Audit Committee
The audit committee supervises the conduct of APSA’s audit and oversee that adequate internal controls exist for the Association’s accounting and finance. The audit committee is comprised of three members: two from the council and one from the trust and development board of trustees. Members and the chair are named by the president with the advice and consent of the council.
Term expiring August 31, 2014
Kenneth R. Benoit, London School of Economics
Gretchen G. Casper, Pennsylvania State University
Evelyn M. Simien, University of Connecticut
Committee on Elections
The APSA Council Committee on Elections supervises the conduct of APSA’s elections. Three members are appointed after the election from among newly elected and continuing council members.
Term expiring August 31, 2014
Brian F. Crisp, Washington University, St. Louis
Junko Kato, University of Tokyo
K.C. Morrison, Mississippi State University
Council Finance Committee
The finance committee examines and interprets the trends in APSA finances and oversees patterns of revenues and expenditures relative to budget.
Term expiring August 31, 2014
Hank C. Jenkins-Smith, University of Oklahoma
Kathleen Thelen, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Committee on Rules
The APSA Council Committee on Rules reviews APSA’s by-laws and rules of procedure for governing the conduct of the annual business meeting and proposes revisions as they are deemed necessary.
Term expiring August 31, 2014
Christine Di Stefano, University of Washington
Joanne Miller, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
Kenneth D. Wald, University of Florida
ACTIVE COMMITTEES
Ad Hoc Committee on Governance Reform
Term expiring August 31, 2014
Jeffrey M. Berry, Tufts University
Terri E. Givens, University of Texas, Austin
Kerstin Hamann, University of Central Florida
Jonathan GS Koppell, Arizona State University
David A. Lake, University of California, San Diego, Chair
Brett Ashley Leeds, Rice University
Joanne Miller, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
Jeffrey A. Segal, SUNY, Stony Brook University
Dara Z. Strolovitch, University of Minnesota
STANDING COMMITTEES
Africa Project Steering Committee
Term expiring August 31, 2014
Catherine Boone, University of Texas, Austin
Mamadou Diouf, Columbia University
Ronald Kassimir, New School University
Ira Katznelson, Columbia University, Chair
Leonard Wantchekon, New York University
Committee on Annual Meetings
The Committee on the Annual Meeting is designed to oversee the practices and policies of the APSA Annual Meeting.
Term expiring August 31, 2014
Nancy Bermeo, University of Oxford, Chair
Term expiring August 31, 2015
Maryann Barakso, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Eric L. McDaniel, University of Texas, Austin
Term expiring August 31, 2016
Stacia L. Haynie, Louisiana State University
Tyson D. King-Meadows, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Committee on the Status of Asian Pacific Americans in the Profession
The Committee on the Status of Asian Pacific Americans in the Profession develops and promotes activities concerning the professional development of Asian American and Pacific Islander political scientists.
Term expiring August 31, 2014
Wendy K. Tam Cho, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Chair
Sarah Song, University of California, Berkeley
Term expiring August 31, 2015
Kira Sanbonmatsu, Rutgers University
Lee Trepanier, Saginaw Valley State University
Term expiring August 31, 2016
Natalie Masuoka, Tufts University
Karthick Ramakrishnan, University of California, Riverside
Committee on the Status of Blacks in the Profession
The Committee on the Status of Blacks in the Profession develops and promotes activities concerning the professional development of African Americans within the discipline.
Term expiring August 31, 2014
Christopher S. Parker, University of Washington
Melynda J. Price, University of Kentucky, Chair
Term expiring August 31, 2015
Andra Gillespie, Emory University
Byron D’Andra Orey, Jackson State University
Term expiring August 31, 2016
Shayla C. Nunnally, University of Connecticut
James Lance Taylor, University of San Francisco
Centennial Center Advisory Board
The Centennial Center Advisory Board guides practices of the Centennial Center, oversees funds for Center activities, and makes final decisions on awarding of Centennial Center scholarships and grants.
Term expiring August 31, 2014
Alice M. Jackson, Morgan State University
Stathis N. Kalyvas, Yale University
Daniel N. Posner, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Term expiring August 31, 2015
Kristin Bumiller, Amherst College
Colleen J. Shogan, Congressional Research Service
Charles A. Stevenson, Johns Hopkins SAIS
Term expiring August 31, 2016
Andrea Louise Campbell, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Gerald Gamm, University of Rochester
Sharon Ann Navarro, University of Texas at San Antonio
Committee on Civic Education
The Committee on Civic Education focuses on the contributions that higher education, and political sciences in higher education institutions, are making or could make to enhance the quantity and quality of civic engagement among young Americans.
Term expiring August 31, 2014
Scott Abernathy, University of Minnesota
Term expiring August 31, 2015
Els de Graauw, CUNY-Baruch College
Peter Levine, Tufts University
Term expiring August 31, 2016
Kristin Goss, Duke University, Chair
Brian M. Harward, Allegheny College
Committee on Departmental Services
The Committee on Departmental Services oversees APSA’s Departmental Services Program (DSP) which provides a forum for political science departments large and small to address common issues, and plan and develop publications and services for chairs, faculty, and students. The program, overseen by the Departmental Services Committee, supports political science teaching, scholarship, and service, and provides resources for department chairs.
Term expiring August 31, 2014
James Jennings, Tufts University
Patrick J. Sellers, Davidson College
Term expiring August 31, 2015
Richard C. Fording, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa
C. Danielle Vinson, Furman University
Term expiring August 31, 2016
Jarvis Hall, North Carolina Central University
Priscilla M. Regan, George Mason University, Chair
Development Committee
This committee proposes development goals and policies to the Council and oversees their eventual implementation; and has oversight of APSA Awards.
Term expiring August 31, 2014
Mark Q. Sawyer, University of California, Los Angeles
Sidney Tarrow, Cornell University
Term expiring August 31, 2015
Virginia Sapiro, Boston University, Chair
Elliot E. Slotnick, Ohio State University
Term expiring August 31, 2016
Joanne Gowa, Princeton University
Matthew C. Moen, University of South Dakota
Committee on Professional Ethics, Rights, and Freedoms
The committee’s responsibility is to protect the rights of political scientists and ensure that the ethical policies of the Association are followed.
Term expiring August 31, 2014
Sarah Birch
Christian Davenport, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Term expiring August 31, 2015
Yvette M. Alex-Assensoh, University of Oregon, Chair
Kenneth Sherrill, Hunter College
Term expiring August 31, 2016
Scott W. Desposato, University of California, San Diego
Roxanne L. Euben, Wellesley College
Committee on International Political Science
This committee recommends policy to the APSA council regarding internationalization of the association, develops relationships between American political science and political science in other nations, and oversees APSA’s relationship with IPSA and other non-US. national and international associations.
Term expiring August 31, 2014
Michael Bratton, Michigan State University
Gail McElroy, Trinity College, Dublin, Chair
Term expiring August 31, 2015
Thomas Risse, Free University Berlin
Aili Mari Tripp, University of Wisconsin, Madison
Term expiring August 31, 2016
Yun-han Chu, Academia Sinica
Mark Tessler, University of Michigan
Committee on the Status of Latinos Y Latinas in the Profession
The Committee on the Status of Latinos y Latinas in the Profession develops and promotes activities concerning the professional development of Latinos within the discipline.
Term expiring August 31, 2014
José E. Cruz, SUNY, University at Albany
Sonia R. Garcia, St. Mary’s University
Term expiring August 31, 2015
Marisa Abrajano, University of California, San Diego, Chair
Ricardo Ramirez, University of Notre Dame
Term expiring August 31, 2016
Christina Elizabeth Bejarano, University of Kansas
Maria C. Escobar-Lemmon, Texas A&M University
Committee on the Status of Lesbians, Gays, Bisexuals and the Transgendered
This committee assesses the status of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgendered (LGBT) scholars in the profession, advances the research on LGBT issues, develops curriculum materials, and works to ensure tolerance toward LGBT political scientists.
Term expiring August 31, 2014
Steve Sanders, University of Michigan
Sahar Shafqat, St. Mary’s College of Maryland
Term expiring August 31, 2015
Heath Fogg Davis, Temple University
Charles Anthony Smith, University of California, Irvine, Chair
Term expiring August 31, 2016
Mary Caprioli, University of Minnesota, Duluth
Patrick J. Egan, New York University
Middle East Workshop Steering Committee
Term expiring August 31, 2014
Mustapha K. Al Sayyid, American University in Cairo
Lisa Anderson, American University in Cairo, Chair
Nancy Bermeo, University of Oxford
Henry E. Brady, University of California, Berkeley
Joseph G. Jabbra, Lebanese American University
Amaney Jamal, Princeton University
2013–14 Nominating Committee
The Nominating Committee prepares a slate of candidates for elective office in the term expiring August 31, 2015.
Kristi Andersen, Syracuse University
James D. Fearon, Stanford University, Chair
Kerry L. Haynie, Duke University
Jeffrey Herbst, Colgate University
Michael A. Jones-Correa, Cornell University
Elizabeth Zechmeister, Vanderbilt University
PS Editorial Board
The PS editorial board advises the editor on the content of each issue.
Term expiring August 31, 2014
Matthew R. Cleary, Syracuse University
Diana Evans, Trinity College
Heath Fogg Davis, Temple University
Liesbet Hooghe, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Ronald J. Schmidt, Sr., California State University, Long Beach
Term expiring August 31, 2015
Rodolfo Espino III, Arizona State University
Matthew Hindman, George Washington University
Kathryn C. Lavelle, Case Western Reserve University
Lori Marso, Union College
Rose McDermott, Brown University
Term expiring August 31, 2016
Jennifer Gandhi, Emory University
Jennifer Jerit, Stony Brook University
Alisa Kessel, University of Puget Sound
Ari Kohen, University of Nebraska, Lincoln
Catherine Warrick, Villanova University
PS Review Committee
Term expiring August 31, 2014
Kathryn C. Lavelle, Case Western Reserve University
Michael S. Lewis-Beck, University of Iowa, Chair
Rose McDermott, Brown University
Diana M. Owen, Georgetown University
Mark Carl Rom, Georgetown University
Jennifer Nicoll Victor, George Mason University
Kenton W. Worcester, Marymount Manhattan College
Publications Committee
The committee oversees and coordinates existing APSA publications, leads in setting standards for APSA journals and other publications, explores possible relationships with political science journals not sponsored by the association, and develops proposals for new publications, when appropriate.
Term expiring August 31, 2014
Jan E. Leighley, American University
Kaare Wallace Strom, University of California, San Diego, Chair
Term expiring August 31, 2015
Darren Davis, University of Notre Dame
Simon D. Jackman, Stanford University
Term expiring June 30, 2016
Robert J-P. Hauck, APSA
Jeffrey C. Isaac, Indiana University, Bloomington
John Ishiyama, University of North Texas
Term expiring August 31, 2016
Karen Beckwith, Case Western Reserve University
John G. Geer, Vanderbilt University
Committee on Organized Sections
The committee helps Organized Sections carry out their work and oversees the balance between Sections and APSA as a whole. As Section issues have become more routinized we expect that this Committee can function as a board that meets by e-mail and phone to address issues of compliance with APSA section procedures.
Term expiring August 31, 2014
Steven P. Erie, University of California, San Diego
Nanette S. Levinson, American University
Term expiring August 31, 2015
Diane J. Heith, St. John’s University
Evelyn M. Simien, University of Connecticut
Term expiring August 31, 2016
Holly Brasher, University of Alabama, Birmingham
Carol S. Weissert, Florida State University, Chair
Siting and Engagement Committee
The committee addresses the application of APSA siting policy for the APSA Annual Meeting, Teaching and Learning Conference, and any other major APSA meetings, and after a site has been selected by APSA, plans for a program of public engagement in the community.
Term expiring August 31, 2014
Marion Orr, Brown University
Amalia Pallares, University of Illinois, Chicago
Clyde Wilcox, Georgetown University, Chair
Term expiring August 31, 2015
Andrew L. Aoki, Augsburg College
Michael J. Bosia, St. Michael’s College
Laura Stoker, University of California, Berkeley
Term expiring August 31, 2016
Robin A. Kolodny, Temple University
Maruice Mangum, Texas Southern University
Anne Norton, University of Pennsylvania
Trust and Development Board
This Board is charged by the APSA Constitution to oversee association assets and reports on association investment practices.
Term expiring December 31, 2014
Frances McCall Rosenbluth, Yale University
Peter J. Steinberger, Reed College
Term expiring December 31, 2015
Charles W. Gossett, California State University, Sacramento
Lyn Ragsdale, Rice University
Term expiring December 31, 2016
Beth A. Simmons, Harvard University
Charles Stewart III, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Committee on Teaching and Learning in Political Science
This committee develops and promotes activities within the Association and the political science community regarding political science and the practices and policies of higher education, including undergraduate, graduate, professional and life-long education. The committee also advises the APSA Council on the practices and policy for the annual Teaching and Learning Conference.
Term expiring August 31, 2014
Michelle D. Deardorff, University of Tennessee, Chattanooga, Chair
Peter L. Francia, East Carolina University
Term expiring August 31, 2015
Kathleen A. Mahoney-Norris, Air Command & Staff College
Term expiring August 31, 2016
Tressa E. Tabares, American River College
Sherri L. Wallace, University of Louisville
Teaching Conference Organizers
The program committee for the Conference on Teaching and Learning in Political Science sets the themes for the meeting and oversees the formation of the conference tracks.
Term expiring April 30, 2014
Victor Asal, SUNY, University at Albany
Agnieszka Paczynska, George Mason University
Boris E. Ricks, California State University, Northridge
Term expiring April 30, 2015
Mark L. Johnson, Minnesota State Community and Technical College
Cameron G. Thies, Arizona State University
Sherri L. Wallace, University of Louisville
Task Force on Public Engagement
Term expiring August 31, 2014
John H. Aldrich, Duke University
Brian Baird, US House of Representatives
Adam J. Berinsky, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Cheryl Boudreau, University of California, Davis
Khalilah L. Brown-Dean, Quinnipiac University
Victoria Maria DeFrancesco Soto, University of Texas, Austin
James N. Druckman, Northwestern University
Melissa V. Harris-Perry, Tulane University
Sara Binzer Hobolt, London School of Economics and Political Science
Jennifer L. Hochschild, Harvard University
Mala N. Htun, University of New Mexico
John Ishiyama, University of North Texas
Kathleen Hall Jamieson, University of Pennsylvania
Bruce W. Jentleson, Duke University
Arthur Lupia, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Chair
Rose McDermott, Brown University
Diana C. Mutz, University of Pennsylvania
Brendan Nyhan, Dartmouth College
Dan Schnur, University of California, Berkeley
Daron R. Shaw, University of Texas, Austin
Daniel M. Shea, Colby College
John M. Sides, George Washington University
Howard J. Silver, Consortium of Social Science Association
Rogers M. Smith, University of Pennsylvania
Kaare Wallace Strom, University of California, San Diego
Carol M. Swain, Vanderbilt University
Joshua A. Tucker, New York University
Lynn Vavreck, University of California, Los Angeles
Committee on the Status Of Women in the Profession
The committee monitors and reports on the status of women in the profession, advances research on women and on issues of concern to women, develops and assesses curriculum materials, and works to ensure fair and equal treatment of women in the profession.
Term expiring August 31, 2014
Nikol G. Alexander-Floyd, Rutgers University, Chair
Miki Caul Kittilson, Arizona State University
Term expiring August 31, 2015
Lilian A. Barria, Eastern Illinois University
Laurel Elder, Hartwick College
Term expiring August 31, 2016
Stefanie Chambers, Trinity College
Leela M. Fernandes, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
AWARD COMMITTEES
Gabriel A. Almond Award Committee
For the best doctoral dissertation in the field of comparative politics.
Term expiring August 31, 2014
Brian Burgoon, University of Amsterdam
Alberto Diaz-Cayeros, Stanford University, Chair
Wenfang Tang, University of Iowa
William Anderson Award Committee
For the best doctoral dissertation in the field of state and local government, federalism, or intergovernmental relations.
Term expiring August 31, 2014
Kenneth N. Bickers, University of Colorado, Boulder
Seth E. Masket, University of Denver, Chair
Eric Plutzer, Pennsylvania State University
Ralph J. Bunche Award Committee
For the best scholarly work in political science published in the previous calendar year which explores the phenomenon of ethnic and cultural pluralism.
Term expiring August 31, 2014
Vanna Antonia Gonzales, Arizona State University
Lynn M. Sanders, University of Virginia
Alvin B. Tillery, Jr., Northwestern University, Chair
Franklin L. Burdette Pi Sigma Alpha Award Committee
For the best paper presented at the previous annual meeting.
Term expiring August 31, 2014
Paul A. Djupe, Denison University
Guillermo Rosas, Washington University in St. Louis
Kenneth A. Schultz, Stanford University, Chair
Edward S. Corwin Award Committee
For the best doctoral dissertation in the field of public law.
Term expiring August 31, 2014
Tom Clark, Emory University, Chair
Katy J. Harriger, Wake Forest University
Robert G. Seddig, Allegheny College
Heinz Eulau Award Committee
For the best article published in the APSR and Perspectives on Politics during the previous calendar year. Two Eulau Awards are made, one for each journal. Committee members are asked to help make the selection from one journal or the other, and the chair is asked to participate in both decisions.
Term expiring August 31, 2014
Sarah M. Brooks, Ohio State University
Edward D. Mansfield, University of Pennsylvania, Chair
Nathan W. Monroe, University of California, Merced
Laura Stephenson, University of Western Ontario
Laura R. Woliver, University of South Carolina
John Gaus Lecture Committee
Honors the recipient’s lifetime of exemplary scholarship in the joint tradition of political science and public administration and recognizes achievement and encourage scholarship in public administration.
Term expiring August 31, 2014
Jared Llorens, Louisiana State University
B. Guy Peters, University of Pittsburgh, Chair
Saundra K. Schneider, Michigan State University
Frank J. Goodnow Award
Recognizes distinguished service to the profession and the association, not necessarily a career of scholarship. This service may be by individuals, groups, and public and private organizations who have played a role in the development of the political science profession and the building of APSA.
Term expiring August 31, 2014
Michelle D. Deardorff, University of Tennessee, Chattanooga, Chair
Virginia Sapiro, Boston University
C. Danielle Vinson, Furman University
Hubert H. Humphrey Award Committee
For recognition of notable public service by a political scientist.
Term expiring August 31, 2014
Hahrie C. Han, Wellesley College
Adolph L. Reed, Jr., University of Pennsylvania
Kathryn Sikkink, Harvard University, Chair
Gladys M. Kammerer Award Committee
For the best political science publication in the previous calendar year in the field of US national policy.
Term expiring August 31, 2014
Bryan D. Jones, University of Texas, Austin, Chair
Cindy D. Kam, Vanderbilt University
Gregory Koger, University of Miami
Harold D. Lasswell Award Committee
For the best doctoral dissertation in the field of policy studies. The award is supported by the Policy Studies Organization and the APSA Organized Section on Public Policy.
Term expiring August 31, 2014
Michael J. Rich, Emory University
Elaine B. Sharp, University of Kansas, Chair
Max J. Skidmore, University of Missouri, Kansas City
James Madison Award Committee
To recognize an American political scientist who has made a distinguished scholarly contribution to political science. The award is given triennially.
Term expiring August 31, 2014
James E. Alt, Harvard University, Chair
Judith Lynn Goldstein, Stanford University
Gary C. Jacobson, University of California, San Diego
Carey Mcwilliams Award Committee
Honors a major journalistic contribution to our understanding of politics.
Term expiring August 31, 2014
Melissa V. Harris-Perry, Tulane University
Diana M. Owen, Georgetown University, Chair
Daron R. Shaw, University of Texas, Austin
Helen Dwight Reid Award Committee
For the best doctoral dissertation in the field of international relations, law and politics.
Term expiring August 31, 2014
Deborah Welch Larson, University of California, Los Angeles, Chair
James McAllister, Williams College
Kristopher W. Ramsay, Princeton University
E. Schattschneider Award Committee
For the best doctoral dissertation in the field of American government.
Term expiring August 31, 2014
James S.C. Battista, SUNY, University at Buffalo
Cheryl Boudreau, University of California, Davis
Jamie L. Carson, University of Georgia, Chair
Victoria Schuck Award Committee
The Victoria Schuck Award is for the best book published in the previous calendar year on women and politics.
Term expiring August 31, 2014
Susan Bickford, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, Chair
Kathleen A. Bratton, Louisiana State University
Sarah Elise Wiliarty, Wesleyan University
Leo Strauss Award Committee
For the best doctoral dissertation in the field of political philosophy.
Term expiring August 31, 2014
Laurence D. Cooper, Carleton College
Eve Grace, Colorado College, Chair
Murray Jardine, Auburn University
Distinguished Teaching Award
Honor’s outstanding contributions to undergraduate and graduate teaching of political science at two- and four-year, and graduate level, institutions. It may recognize a series of contributions spanning several years or an entire career, or a single project of exceptional impact.
Term expiring August 31, 2014
Luis Ricardo Fraga, University of Washington, Chair
Wendy L. Martinek, SUNY, Binghamton University
Matt Murphy, Centenary College
Leonard D. White Award Committee
For the best doctoral dissertation in the field of public administration.
Term expiring August 31, 2014
Steven J. Balla, George Washington University, Chair
Kendra B. Stewart, College of Charleston
Alan E. Wiseman, Vanderbilt University
Woodrow Wilson Foundation Award Committee
For the best book published in the United States during the previous calendar year on government, politics, or international affairs, The award is supported by the Woodrow Wilson Foundation.
Term expiring August 31, 2014
Thomas L. Dumm, Amherst College
Dean P. Lacy, Dartmouth College, Chair
Rose McDermott, Brown University
