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SPOTLIGHT: Larry Bartels Named Fellow of American Academy of Political and Social Science

Princeton faculty member Larry Bartels was inducted into the American Academy of Political and Social Science as the Robert A. Dahl Fellow.

Bartels is the Donald E. Stokes Professor of Public and International Affairs, with appointments in both the politics department and the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University, as well as the director of the Center for the Study of Democratic Politics. He earned his Ph.D. in political science at the University of California–Berkeley in 1983 and has served on the Princeton faculty since 1991.

Bartels served as chair of the national Task Force on Campaign Reform that produced Campaign Reform: Insights and Evidence (with Lynn Vavreck; University of Michigan Press, 2000). He has received fellowships from such institutions as the Guggenheim Foundation, the Social Science Research Council, and the National Science Foundation. Bartels is active in the APSA, previously serving as president of the Political Methodology section and on the Task Force on Inequality and American Democracy. His most recent book, Unequal Democracy: The Political Economy of the New Gilded Age (Russell Sage Foundation and Princeton University Press, 2008) received both the Leon D. Epstein Outstanding Book Award and the Gladys M. Kammerer Award from the APSA.

In his May 13, 2010, acceptance speech, Bartels noted, “Perhaps it is naïve to wish that serious people paid more serious attention to big, enduring questions about the workings of American democracy. Perhaps it is equally naïve to wish that academics spent less time spinning toy theories and more time adducing the basic facts we need to shed light on the workings of American democracy. In both respects, I am unrepentantly naïve.”

Lucia Quaglia Offered Place as Visiting Researcher at Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies

Lucia Quaglia, senior lecturer in contemporary European studies at the Centre for Global Political Economy, University of Sussex, United Kingdom, was offered a place as a visiting researcher at the Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies (MPIfG) from August 2010 through May 2011. While at the Institute, Quaglia's research will focus on financial services governance in the European Union and international, European, and national dimensions.

The MPIfG considers international cooperation to be the most promising organizational form of comparative research. The Institute stands as part of a worldwide network of research institutions and researchers working in the social sciences and cooperates closely with several research institutes abroad. The MPIfG offers visiting researchers from Germany and abroad the opportunity to conduct research at the Institute. Researchers are selected on the basis of academic excellence and the alignment of the proposed research with the Institute's current research strengths or with research areas the Institute wishes to develop as priorities.

Dr. Quaglia's main areas of interest convern economic governance in the EU, Euroskepticism, Europeanization, EU presidencies, and elite studies. Her work has been published in journals such as Comparative European Policies, the Journal of Public Policy, and Party Politics. Her most recent book is Governing Financial Services in the European Union (Routledge, 2010).

Ryan T. Moore Awarded Robert Wood Johnson Fellowship

Ryan T. Moore, assistant professor of political science at Washington University in St. Louis, was awarded the Robert Wood Johnson Fellowship to study health policy at the School of Public Health at the University of California, Berkeley, for two years. As a Fellow, Moore's research will focus on health policy and policymaking.

Moore's primary areas of interest center around American social policy and statistical political methodology, primarily, the intersection of direct democracy, federalism, and the politics of old age pensions and health care. He is an affiliate of the research network on Experiments on Governance and Policy and Washington University's Center for Political Economy and Institute for Public Health.

The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Health Policy Fellows program is the nation's most prestigious learning experience at the nexus of health science, policy, and politics. Conducted and administered by the Institute of Medicine (IOM) of the National Academies since 1973, the nonpartisan fellowship offers hands-on policy experience with both congressional and executive offices in the nation's capital.

Gary W. Marks Receives Humboldt Research Award

Gary W. Marks, professor of political science at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill received the Humboldt Research Award. This award is granted in recognition of a researcher's entire achievements to date to academics whose fundamental discoveries, new theories, or insights have had a significant impact on their own discipline and who are expected to continue producing cutting-edge achievements in the future.The awardee is also invited to carry out research projects of his or her own choice in cooperation with specialist colleagues in Germany to promote international scientific cooperation.

Dr. Marks is the Burton Craige Distinguished Professor of Political Science at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, and the chair in multilevel governance at the Free University of Amsterdam. He was the founding director of the Center for European Studies and North Carolina European Union Center and served as co-director (1994–98) of the program in European Studies at UNC, Chapel Hill. Dr. Marks has held visiting professorships in a number of foreign universities in places such as Spain, Austria, France, and Canada. His research interests include the European Union, multilevel governance, and the political development of Western societies. His most recent book, co-authored with Liesbet Hooghe and Arjan H. Schakel, is The Rise of Regional Authority: A Comparative Study of 42 Democracies (1950–2006) (Routledge, 2010).

James McAllister Named to U.S. State Department's Advisory Committee on Historical Diplomatic Documentation

James McAllister, professor of political science and chair of the Leadership Studies Program at Williams College, has been named to the U.S. Department of State's Advisory Committee on Historical Diplomatic Documentation.

The advisory committee reviews records, advises, and makes recommendations to the Office of the Historian, Bureau of Public Affairs, concerning the Foreign Relations of the United States documentary series. The committee also reviews the declassification procedures and guidelines of the State Department.

As required by law, the committee is to be composed of distinguished academics, some whom are to be recommended by scholarly societies—APSA is one. He will serve a three-year term as a representative of APSA. APSA's past appointees have been Vincent Davis, University of Kentucky; Meena Bose, Hofstra; and Ed Rhodes, Rutgers.

Prof. McAllister's primary interests include American foreign policy, the Cold War, and the Vietnam War; of which, he has published many articles and has recently authored No Exit: American and the German Problem, 1943–1954 (Cornell University Press, 2002), which outlines a new account of early Cold War history.

Bruce Pencek Receives 2010 Marta Lange/CQ Press Award

Bruce Pencek, assistant professor and college librarian for the Social Sciences at Viginia Tech, has been named the 2010 recipient of the Association of College and Research Libraries Law and Political Science Section Marta Lange/CQ Press Award.

“Bruce Pencek is an innovator and a leader in establishing connections and collaborating with political science faculty,” said Barbara L. Morgan, chair of the award committee and law reference librarian at the University of Massachusetts. “He was instrumental in developing LPSS preconferences at the last two annual meetings of the American Political Science Association. In addition, he recently completed an outstanding term as editor of the LPSS News from 2006–10.”

The award honors an academic law librarian who has made distinguished contributions to bibliography and information service in law or political science. Pencek received his BA in political science from Dickinson College in 1977 and his MA in government from Cornell University in 1982, where he also received his Ph.D. in government in 1988. He earned his MS in library and information science from the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign in 1998, and joined the faculty of the Virginia Tech Library in 2001.

James A. Thurber Receives Walter Beach Pi Sigma Alpha Award

The National Capital-Area Political Science Association (NCAPSA) awarded the Walter Beach Pi Sigma Alpha Award to Professor James A. Thurber, university distinguished professor of government and founder and director of the Center for Congressional and Presidential Studies at American University.

Professor Thurber has worked on four reorganization efforts for committees in the U.S. House and U.S. Senate from 1976 to present. He worked with Senator Barack Obama on ethics and lobbying reforms. He is author of numerous books and more than eighty articles and chapters on Congress, congressional-presidential relations, congressional budgeting, congressional reform, interest groups and lobbying, congressional ethics, and campaigns and elections.

The award, a continuing honor to the late Walter Beach, recognizes someone who has made a “substantial contribution to strengthen the relationship between political science and public service.”

Administrative Appointments

• Karen Beckwith, Flora Stone Mather Professor of Political Science, Case Western Reserve University, was appointed interim chair (2010–11) of the department of political science.

• Richard Dagger, professor, department of political science, University of Richmond, was named E. Claiborne Robins Distinguished Chair in the Liberal Arts.

• Joe Dalager, professor, department of political science, Georgetown College, was named dean of the School of Natural and Social Sciences at Wayne State College.

• Anna Gryzmala-Busse, professor, department of political science, University of Michigan, was appointed to lead the University International Institute's Weiser Centers for Europe and Eurasia and Emerging Democracies.

• Roger E. Hartley, associate professor, School of Government and Public Policy, University of Arizona, was appointed director of the master's of public affairs program and associate professor, department of political science/public affairs, Western Carolina University.

• Kurt W. Jefferson, professor and chair, department of political science, Westminster College (Fulton, MO), was named director of the Center for Engaging the World at Westminster.

• Michael Mastanduno, associate dean of the faculty for social sciences, Dartmouth University, has been appointed dean of the faculty of arts and sciences.

• Rajan Menon, professor, department of political science, Lehigh University, was appointed Anne and Bernard Spitzer Chair of International Relations at CUNY–City University of New York.

• Melissa Scheier, professor, department of political science, Georgetown College, was named chair of the department of political science.

New Appointments

• Kate Baldwin, assistant professor, department of political science, University of Florida

• Rikhil Bhavnani, assistant professor, department of political science, University of Wisconsin–Madison

• Kanisha Bond, assistant professor, department of government and politics, University of Maryland

• Dave Bridges, assistant professor, department of political science, Baylor University

• Michael Buehler, assistant professor, department of political science, Northern Illinois University

• Ernesto Calvo, associate professor, department of government and politics, University of Maryland

• Heather Campbell, associate professor, department of politics and policy, Claremont Graduate University

• Kevin Cherry, assistant professor, department of political science, University of Richmond

• Ja Ian Chong, assistant professor, department of political science, National University of Singapore

• Gary Cox, professor, department of political science, Stanford University

• Melody Crowder-Meyer, assistant professor, department of political science, Sewanee: The University of the South

• Bruce A. Desmarais, assistant professor, department of political science, University of Massachusetts, Amherst

• Lynda Dodd, Joseph Flom Professor of Legal Studies, department of political science, CUNY

• Thomas Dolan, assistant professor (spring 2011), department of political science, University of Central Florida

• Mila Dragojevic, assistant professor, department of political science, Sewanee: The University of the South

• Pat Flavin, assistant professor, department of political science, Baylor University

• David Gauthier, lecturer, department of political science, University of Tennessee

• Jessica Green, assistant professor, department of political science, Case Western Reserve University

• Justin Grimmer, assistant professor, department of political science, Stanford University

• Kyung Joon Han, assistant professor, department of political science, University of Tennessee

• Danny Hayes, assistant professor, department of government, American University

• Jude Hays, associate professor, department of political science, University of Pittsburgh

• Sean Hildebrand, lecturer, department of political science, University of Tennessee

• Courtney Hillebrecht, assistant professor, department of political science, University of Nebraska–Lincoln

• Alexander Hirsch, assistant professor, department of politics and Woodrow Wilson School, Princeton University

• Aaron Hoffman, associate professor, department of political science, Northern Illinois University

• Nathan Ilderton, assistant professor, department of political science, University of Central Florida

• Joel Johnson, assistant professor, department of political science, Colorado State University–Pueblo

• Andrew Karch, Arleen C. Carlson associate professor, department of political science, University of Minnesota

• David Karol, assistant professor, department of government, American University

• Soo Yeon Kim, associate professor, department of political science, National University of Singapore

• Daniel Kinderman, assistant professor, department of political science, University of Delaware

• Matias Laryczower, assistant professor, department of politics, Princeton University

• Jan Leighley, professor, department of government, American University

• Amanda Licht, assistant professor, department of political science, University of South Carolina

• Keisha Lindsay, assistant professor, department of political science, University of Wisconsin–Madison

• David Malet, assistant professor, department of political science, Colorado State University–Pueblo

• Rae Manacsa, assistant professor, department of political science, Sewanee: The University of the South

• Janice Bially Mattern, associate professor, department of political science, National University of Singapore

• John McCauley, assistant professor, department of government and politics, University of Maryland

• Rebecca McCumbers, lecturer, department of political science, Baylor University

• Brian R. Min, assistant professor, department of political science, University of Michigan

• Erik Mobrand, assistant professor, department of political science, National University of Singapore

• Ellen Moule, assistant professor, department of political science, University of South Carolina

• Xun Pang, assistant professor, department of politics, Princeton University

• Joel Simmons, assistant professor, department of government and politics, University of Maryland

• Sarah Staszak, assistant professor, department of political science, CUNY

• Xuhon Su, assistant professor, department of political science, University of South Carolina

• Alexander Tahk, assistant professor, department of political science, University of Wisconsin–Madison

• Rocio Titiunik, assistant professor, department of political science, University of Michigan

• Brendan Toner, lecturer, department of political science, University of Tennessee

• Anca Turcu, lecturer, department of political science, University of Central Florida

• Andreas Umland, DAAD senior lecturer, department of political science, National University of Kyiv–Mohyla Academy, Ukraine

Promotions

• Charli Carpenter, associate professor with tenure, department of political science, University of Massachusetts, Amherst

• Rosalee Clawson, professor, department of political science, Purdue University

• Jamie Davidson, associate professor, department of political science, National University of Singapore

• Brad T. Gomez, associate professor with tenure, department of political science, Florida State University

• Susan Hoffmann, professor, department of political science, Western Michigan University

• Jimmy Kandeh, professor, department of political science, University of Richmond

• Sean Kelly, professor, department of political science, California State University–Channel Islands

• Priscilla Lambert, associate professor with tenure, department of political science, Western Michigan University

• Susan G. Mason, associate professor, department of political science and department of public policy and administration, Boise State University

• Kelly M. McMann, associate professor, department of political science, Case Western Reserve University

• Elliot Posner, associate professor, department of political science, Case Western Reserve University

• David Samuels, professor, department of political science, University of Minnesota

• Frederic Schaffer, associate professor with tenure, department of political science, University of Massachusetts, Amherst

• Jacinda Swanson, associate professor with tenure, department of political science, Western Michigan University

• Strom Thacker, associate dean of faculty and professor, department of international relations, Boston University

• S. Laurel Weldon, professor, department of political science, Purdue University

Awards

• Scott Abernathy, associate professor, department of political science, University of Minnesota, received the all-university Horace T. Morse Alumni Teaching Award.

• Matthew Holden, Jr., professor, department of political science, University of Illinois at Springfield, was named the Margaret Wepner Distinguished Professor in Political Science.

• Kathryn Lavelle, associate professor, department of political science, Case Western University, received the College of Arts and Sciences Mather Spotlight Award.

• Phillip H. Pollock, professor, department of political science, University of Central Florida, received a University Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Award.

Visiting or Temporary Positions

• Cemal Burak Kadercan, visiting lecturer, department of political science, University of Richmond

• Tong Fi Kim, visiting assistant professor, department of political science, Purdue University

• Leigh Payne, visiting professor, department of political science, University of Minnesota

• Melissa Rogers, visiting professor, department of politics and policy, Claremont Graduate University

• Guilherme A. Silva, visiting assistant professor, department of political science, Northern Illinois University

• Joseph White, visiting professor and chair, department of economics and management of health, Conservatoire National des Arts et Metiers (2010–11); John G. Winant Visiting Professor of American Government, Rothermere American Institute, Oxford University.

Activities

• Gary King, Albert J. Weatherhead III University Professor, Harvard University, received an Honarary Doctorate of Humane Letters and delivered the commencement speech at the State University of New York at New Paltz.

Retirements

• Gayle Avant, professor, department of political science, Baylor University

• William Chaloupka, professor, department of political science, Colorado State University

• Lew Snider, professor, department of politics and policy, Claremont Graduate University

• Richard Sylves, professor, department of political science, University of Delaware

In the News

• Brian Brox, professor, department of political science, Tulane University, Associated Press, on Obama and the Gulf oil spill.

• David Damore, associate professor, department of political science, University of Nevada–Las Vegas, New York Times, on Harry Reid and federal energy initiatives.

• James Wood Forsyth, Jr., professor, department of national security studies, USAF School of Advanced Air and Space Studies; B. Chance Saltzman, chief, Strategic Plans and Policy Division, Headquarters Air Force; and Gary Schaub, assistant professor, department of leadership and strategy, Air War College, Washington Post, CNN, and New York Times, on the enduring value of nuclear weapons.

• Mary Gallagher, professor, department of political science, University of Michigan; and Yasheng Huang, professor, Sloan School of Management, MIT, New York Times, on labor conditions in China.

• Kimala Price, assistant professor, department of women's studies, San Diego State University, KUSI interview, on the nominations of Meg Whitman and Carly Fiorina in California primaries.

• Ricardo Ramirez, associate professor, department of political science, Notre Dame University, San Francisco Chronicle, on the bilingual Latino population and the California gubernatorial election.

• Lester Spence, assistant professor, department of political science and Africana studies, Johns Hopkins University, NPR, on President Obama's relationship to the African-American community.