Council Committees
Executive Committee
Paula McClain, Duke University (president)
Janet Box-Steffensmeier, Ohio State University (president-elect)
Rogers Smith, University of Pennsylvania (past-president)
Thomas Pepinsky, Cornell University (2017–2020 treasurer)
Julia Jordan-Zachery, University of North Carolina, Charlotte (2018–2021 council)
David Leal, University of Texas at Austin (2019–2022 council)
Suzanna Linn, Pennsylvania State University (2019–2022 council)
Valeria Sinclair-Chapman, Purdue University (2017–2020 council)
Laura Sjoberg, University of Florida (2017–2020 council)
Conferences and Meetings Committee
Chair: Suzanna Linn, Pennsylvania State University (2019–2022 council)
Erik Bleich, Middlebury College (2019–2022 council)
Simon Jackman, University of Sydney (2017–2020 council)
Matthew Kocher, Johns Hopkins University (2017–2020 council)
Lori Marso, Union College (2018–2021 council)
Membership and Professional Development Committee
Chair: Laura Sjoberg, University of Florida (2017–2020 council)
Ann O’M. Bowman, Texas A&M University (2018–2021 council)
Alexandra Filindra, University of Illinois at Chicago (2019–2022 council)
Soon Yeon Kim, National University of Singapore (2019–2022 council)
Melanye Price, Prairie View A&M University (2019–2022 council)
Lisa Wedeen, University of Chicago (2018–2021 council)
Publications Committee
Chair: David Leal, University of Texas at Austin (2019–2022 council)
Adam Berinsky, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (2018–2021 council)
Joseph Carens, University of Toronto (2017–2020 council)
Lisa Garcia-Bedolla, University of California, Berkeley (2017–2020 council)
Melissa Williams, University of Toronto (2019–2020 vice president)
Public Engagement Committee
Chair: Valeria Sinclair-Chapman, Purdue University (2017–2020 council)
Ben Ansell, University of Oxford (2019–2022 council)
Rebecca Gill, University of Nevada, Las Vegas (2019–2022 council)
Lilly J. Goren, Carroll University (2017–2020 council)
Alberto Simpser, Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México (2018–2021 council)
Leonard Wantchekon, Princeton University (2019–2020 vice president)
Teaching and Learning Committee
Chair: Julia Jordan-Zachery, University of North Carolina, Charlotte (2018–2021 council)
Kerstin Hamann, University of Central Florida (2019–2020 vice president)
Erin Richards, Cascadia College (2017–2020 council)
Charles Smith, University of California, Irvine (2018–2021 council)
Rocio Titiunik, Princeton University (2018–2021 council)
Active Committees
STANDING COMMITTEES
Nominating Committee
Term expiring August 2020
Alan Jacobs, University of British Columbia
Courtney Jung, University of Toronto
Janelle Wong, University of Maryland
Term expiring August 2021
Chair: Stacie Goddard, Wellesley College
Rebecca Glazier, University of Arkansas, Little Rock
Gabe Sanchez, University of New Mexico
Audit Committee
Term expiring August 2020
Chair: Ann O’M. Bowman, Texas A&M University (2018–2021 council)
Erin Richards, Cascadia College (2017–2020 council)
Sara Rinfret, University of Montana
Term expiring August 2021
Adam Berinsky, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (2018–2021 council)
Ed Miller, University of Massachusetts, Boston
Alberto Simpser, Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México (2018–2021 council)
Rules and Elections Committee
Chair 2019–2020: Kerstin Hamann, University of Central Florida (2019–2020 vice president)
Term Expiring August 2020
Shana Kushner Gadarian, Syracuse University
Charles Stewart, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Rick Valelly, Swarthmore College
Term expiring August 2021
Khalilah Brown-Dean, Quinnipiac University
Sunshine Hillygus, Duke University
Michael Lewis-Beck, University of Iowa
Investment Committee
Thomas Pepinsky (Treasurer)
Term Expiring August 2020
Helen Milner, Princeton University
Benjamin Jerry Cohen, University of California, Santa Barbara
John Carey, Dartmouth University
TERM COMMITTEES
APSA/ASA Steering Committee
Chair: Catherine Boone, London School of Economics
Carl LeVan, American University
Kennedy Mkutu, United States International University, Nairobi
Asia Workshop Steering Committee
Chair: Meredith Weiss, University at Albany SUNY
Soo Yeon Kim, National University of Singapore (2019–2022 council)
Edmund Malesky, Duke University
Jennifer Pan, Stanford University
Jong-sung You, Gachon University
Middle East Workshop Steering Committee
Chair: Lisa Anderson, American University in Cairo
Abdulkhaleq Abdulla, United Arab Emirates
Mustapha K. Al Sayyid, American University in Cairo
Amaney Jamal, Princeton University
Matthew Nelson, SOAS University of London
Bassel Salloukh, Lebanese American University
STATUS COMMITTEES
Committee on the Status of Asian Pacific Americans in the Profession
Term expiring August 2022
Chair: Kim Geron, California State University, East Bay
Hannah June Kim, Stanford University
Term expiring August 2021
Nicole Filler, Highline College
Cara Wong, University of Illinois
Term expiring August 2020
Tsung Chi, Occidental College
Zhiqun Zhu, Bucknell University
Committee on the Status of Blacks in the Profession
Term expiring August 2022
Chair: Ismail White, Duke University
Jamila Michener, Cornell University
Term expiring August 2021
Alice Jackson, Morgan State University
Candis W. Smith, Pennsylvania State University
Term expiring August 2020
Niambi Carter, Howard University
Keesha Middlemass, Trinity University
Committee on the Status of Community Colleges in the Profession
Term expiring August 2022
Andrew Teas, Houston Community College
Ife Williams, Delaware Community College
Term expiring August 2021
Ron Hayduk, San Francisco State University
Co-chair: Christina Sciabarra, Bellevue College
Term expiring August 2020
Nichole Shippen, LaGuardia Community College
Co-chair: Eric Schwartz, Hagerstown Community College
Committee on the Status of Contingent Faculty in the Profession
Term expiring August 2022
Isaac Kamola, Trinity College
Jennapher Lunde Seefeldt, Centre College
Maria Isabel Puerta Riera, Valencia College
Term expiring August 2021
Veronica Czastkiewicz, Pikes Peak Community College
Vincent Stine, George Washington University
Term expiring August 2020
Chair: Susan Orr, SUNY Brockport
Nathan Paxton, American University
Committee on the Status of First-Generation Higher Education Scholars in the Profession
Term expiring August 2022
Jessica Lavariega Monforti, California Lutheran University
Joshua Miller, University of North Carolina, Charlotte
Term expiring August 2021
Rosella Cappella, Boston University
Davin Phoenix, University of California, Irvine
Term expiring August 2020
Chair: Lorrie Frasure-Yokley, University of California, Los Angeles
Francisco Pedraza, University of California, Riverside
Celeste Montoya, University of Colorado, Boulder
Committee on the Status of Graduate Students in the Profession
Term expiring August 2021
Co-chair: Rachel Torres, University of Iowa
Anna Meier, University of Wisconsin
Jasmine Smith, Duke University
Term Expiring August 2020
Co-chair: Austin Nelson, University of Texas at Austin
Chinbo Chong, University of Michigan
Corey Robin, CUNY Graduate Center
Committee on the Status of Latinos y Latinas in the Profession
Term expiring August 2022
Danielle Pilar Clealand, Florida International University
Yazmin Garcia Trejo, US Census Bureau
Term expiring August 2021
Lisa Magana, Arizona State University
Benjamin Marquez, University of Wisconsin, Madison
Term expiring August 2020
Chair: Anna Sampaio, Santa Clara University
Jason Casellas, University of Houston
Committee on the Status of Lesbians, Gays, Bisexuals and the Transgendered
Term expiring August 2022
Heather Fogg Davis, Temple University
Edward Kammerer, Northeastern University
Erin Mayo-Adam, Hunter College CUNY
Term expiring August 2021
Cynthia Burack, Ohio State University
Zein Murib, Fordham University
Term expiring August 2020
Chair: Susan Burgess, Ohio University
Andrew Flores, Mills College
Committee on the Status of Women in the Profession
Term expiring August 2022
Emily Beaulieu Bacchus, University of Kentucky
Dawn Teele, University of Pennsylvania
Term expiring August 2021
Brooke Ackerly, Vanderbilt University
Erica Townsend, Oklahoma State University
Term expiring August 2020
Chair: Mala Htun, University of New Mexico
Magda Hinojosa, Arizona State University
PROGRAM AND ADVISORY COMMITTEES
APSA Delegates to Other Associations
American Council of Learned Societies
Term expiring December 2022
Adam Sheingate, Johns Hopkins University
American Association for the Advancement of Science
Term expiring 2020
Yanna Krupnikov, Stony Brook University
Association for Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies
Term expiring 2020
Juliet Johnson, McGill University
Department of State’s Advisory Committee on Historical Diplomatic Documentation
Term expiring August 2021
James Goldgeier, American University
National Coalition of History
Katherine Tenpas, Brookings Institution
Centennial Center Advisory Board
Term expiring August 2022
Mirya Holman, Tulane University
Melissa Sands, University of California, Merced
Term expiring August 2021
Tony Affigne, Providence College
Marissa Golden, Bryn Mawr College
Term expiring August 2020
Jonathan Ladd, Georgetown University
Robin Turner, Butler University
CFP Advisory Committee
Michelle Chin, Archer Center, University of Texas System
Joan Claybrook, public citizen, former administrator at NHTSA
Richard Cohen, Congressional Quarterly
Charles E. Cook, Jr., The Cook Report; The National Journal
Robert Dole, special counsel, Alston and Bird; former member, US Senate
Ronald D. Elving, National Public Radio
Vic Fazio, partner, Akin Gump; former member, US House of Representatives
David Gergen, Harvard University; CNN
Lee H. Hamilton, Indiana University; former member, US House of Representatives
Gerald Kovach, former senior vice president, MCI
Paul Light, New York University
David Price, member, US House of Representatives
Catherine Rudder, George Mason University
James Thurber, American University
Committee on Departmental Services
Term expiring August 2022
Craig Parsons, University of Oregon
Jonathan Woon, University of Pittsburgh
Term expiring August 2021
Robin Kolodny, Temple University
Thad Kousser, University of California, San Diego
Term expiring August 2020
Chair: Katherine Tegtmeyer Pak, St. Olaf College
Amy Fried, University of Maine
Committee on International Political Science
Term expiring August 2022
David Smith, University of Sydney
Term expiring August 2021
Randall Hansen, University of Toronto
Sungmoon Kim, City University of Hong Kong
Term expiring August 2020
Chair: Marc Helbling, University of Bamberg
Argelina Figueiredo, Institute of Social and Political Studies of the State University of Rio de Janeiro (IESP-UERJ)
Committee on Organized Sections
Term expiring August 2021
Ramiro Berardo, Ohio State University
James Curry, University of Utah
Kathleen Hale, Auburn University
Term expiring August 2020
Chair: Jennifer Clark, University of Houston
Michael Sparer, Columbia University
Ron Vogel, Ryerson University
Committee on Professional Ethics, Rights, and Freedoms
Term expiring August 2022
Matthew Carnes, Georgetown University
Karen Zivi, Grand Valley State University
Term expiring August 2021
Chair: Alison Dundes Renteln, University of Southern California
Erik S. Herron, West Virginia University
Alan Gibson, California State University, Chico
Term expiring August 2020
Deborah Yashar, Princeton University
Justin Wert, University of Oklahoma
Radin Pracademic Fellowship Committee
Ira Goldstein, Deloitte Consulting (retired)
Stan Meiburg, Wake Forest University
Susan Opp, Colorado State University
Colleen Shogan, Library of Congress
Teaching Library Editorial Advisory Board
Chair: Jennet Kirkpatrick, Arizona State University
Rachael Cobb, Suffolk University
Derrick Cogburn, American University
Bruce Pencek, Virginia Tech
Andy Rich, City College of New York
Cammy Shay, Houston Community College
Renée van Vechten, University of Redlands
Award Committees
CAREER AWARD COMMITTEES
APSA Distinguished Award for Civic and Community Engagement
Term expiring August 2020
Chair: Amy Cabrera Rasmussen, California State University, Long Beach
Elizabeth Beaumont, University of California, Santa Cruz
Ethan Frey, Ford Foundation
Chris Karpowitz, Brigham Young University
Veronica Reyna, Houston Community College
APSA Distinguished Teaching Award
Term expiring August 2020
Chair: Rachel Paine Caufield, Drake University
Meredith Rolfe, University of Massachusetts
Jose Villalobos, University of Texas at El Paso
CQ Press Award for Teaching Recognition
Term expiring August 2020
Chair: Desiree S. Pedescleaux, Spelman College
Michael Munger, Duke University
Rachel VanSickle-Ward, Pitzer College
Robert A. Dahl Award
Term expiring August 2020
Chair: Rachel Riedl, Northwestern University
Agustina Giraudy, American University
Imke Harbers, University of Amsterdam
Eva Sorenson, Roskilde University
John Gaus Lecture Committee
Term expiring August 2020
Chair: Anne Khademian, Virginia Tech
Claudia N. Avellaneda, Indiana University
Anthony Bertelli, Pennsylvania State University/Bocconi University
Frank J. Goodnow Award
Term expiring August 2020
Chair: Arlene Saxonhouse, University of Michigan
James Pfiffner, George Mason University
Michele Swers, Georgetown University
Hubert H. Humphrey Award Committee
Term expiring August 2020
Chair: Susan Herbst, University of Connecticut
Bruce Jentleson, Duke University
Philippe Lagasse, Carleton University
James Madison Award
Term expiring August 2020
Chair: Ayse Zarakol, University of Cambridge
Steven S. Smith, Washington University in St. Louis
Susan Welch, Pennsylvania State University
Carey McWilliams Award
Term expiring August 2020
Chair: Holli Semetko, Emory University
Markus Prior, Princeton University
Tracy Sulkin, University of Illinois
DISSERTATION AWARD COMMITTEES
Gabriel A. Almond Award
Term expiring August 2020
Chair: Dominika Koter, Colgate University
Diana Fu, University of Toronto
Mariela Szwarcberg Daby, Reed College
William Anderson Award
Term expiring August 2020
Chair: Megan Mullin, Duke University
Tim Conlan, George Mason University
Tracy Osborn, University of Iowa
Edward S. Corwin Award
Term expiring August 2020
Chair: Daniel Naurin, University of Oslo and University of Gothenburg
Pamela Corley, Southern Methodist University
Michael Nelson, Pennsylvania State University
Harold D. Lasswell Award
Term expiring August 2020
Chair: Susan Moffitt, Brown University
Isabelle Engeli, University of Exeter
George Hoberg, University of British Columbia
E. E. Schattschneider Award
Term expiring August 2020
Chair: David Hopkins, Boston College
Pearl Dowe, Emory University
William Howell, University of Chicago
Kenneth Sherrill Prize
Term expiring August 2022
Chair: Gary Mucciaroni, Temple University
Term expiring August 2021
Kelly Kollman, University of Glasgow
Term expiring August 2020
Douglas Page, Gettysburg College
Leo Strauss Award
Term expiring August 2020
Chair: Jill Frank, Cornell University
Jeffrey Church, University of Houston
Claudia Leeb, Washington State University
Merze Tate Award
Term expiring August 2020
Chair: David Victor, University of California, San Diego
Jennifer Hunt, Australian National University
Kathy Powers, University of New Mexico
Leonard D. White Award
Term expiring August 2020
Chair: Jacqueline Chattopadhyay, University of North Carolina, Charlotte
Daniel Hawes, Kent State University
Jessica Terman, George Mason University
PAPER OR ARTICLE AWARD COMMITTEES
Franklin L. Burdette Pi Sigma Alpha Award
Term expiring August 2020
Chair: Daniel Pemstein, North Dakota State University
Ray Block, Pennsylvania State University
Olga Shvetsova, SUNY Binghamton
Heinz Eulau Award
Term expiring August 2020
Chair: Vera Troeger, University of Hamburg
American Political Science Review
Samara Klar, University of Arizona
Yonatan Lupu, George Washington University
Perspectives on Politics
Kathleen Bawn, University of California, Los Angeles
Jorgen Moller, Aarhus University
BOOK AWARD COMMITTEES
Ralph J. Bunche Award
Term expiring August 2020
Chair: Tatishe Nteta, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Emily Farris, Texas Christian University
Debra Thompson, University of Oregon
Gladys M. Kammerer Award
Term expiring August 2020
Chair: Diane Heith, St. John’s University
Dan Gillion, University of Pennsylvania
Brian Schaffner, Tufts University
Theodore J. Lowi Award
Term expiring August 2020
Chair: Ferdinand Müller-Rommel, Leuphana University of Lüneburg
Ana De La O Torres, Yale University
Gary Herrigel, University of Chicago
Victoria Schuck Award
Term expiring August 2020
Chair: Caroline Beer, University of Vermont
Nandini Deo, Lehigh University
Kate Bedford, University of Birmingham
Woodrow Wilson Foundation Award
Term expiring August 2020
Chair: Daniel Posner, University of California, Los Angeles
Laurel Harbridge-Yong, Northwestern University
Elizabeth Rigby, George Washington University
