Unless otherwise stated, individual due dates for nominations and members of the award committees are to be announced.
SECTION 1: FEDERALISM & INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS
Formed: 1983 / Dues: $0 for students; $28 for professional members for both hard copy and electronic access to Publius; $22 for professional members with electronic access only to Publius
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: Kent Eaton, University of California, Santa Cruz
Secretary/ Treasurer: Srinivas Parinandi, University of Colorado Boulder
2024 Annual Meeting Division Chair: Craig Volden, University of Virginia
Executive Council: Jefferey Sellers, University of Southern California; Matt Uttermark, State University of New York at Binghamton; Sara Niedzwiecki, University of California, Santa Cruz; Mario Escobar-Lemmon, Texas A&M University; Srinivas Parinandi, University of Colorado Boulder; Raul Ponce-Rodríguez, Universidad Autónoma de Ciudad Juárez; Thiago Nascimento da Silva, Australian National University; Vlad Kogan, Ohio State University; Heidi Jane Smith, Universidad Iberoamericana
Martha Derthick Book Award
Conferred for the best book on federalism and intergovernmental relations published at least 10 years ago that has made a lasting contribution to the study of federalism and intergovernmental relations.
Deil S. Wright Best Paper Award
Conferred for the best paper in the field of federalism and intergovernmental relations presented at the previous year’s annual meeting of the APSA.
Daniel Elazar Distinguished Federalism Scholar Award
Recognizes distinguished scholarly contributions to the study of federalism and intergovernmental relations.
John Kincaid Best Article Award
Conferred on the author(s) of the best article published in Publius: The Journal of Federalism in the previous year.
SECTION 2: LAW AND COURTS
Formed: 1983 / Dues: $0 for student members and $30 for all other 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/wordpress/
Chair: Pamela C. Corley, Southern Methodist University
Chair-Elect: Renée Cramer, Dickinson College
Secretary: Michael Nelson, Pennsylvania State University
Treasurer: Susan Johnson, University of North Carolina at Greensboro
2024 Annual Meeting Division Chairs: Jennifer Bowie, University of Richmond; Alyx Mark, Wesleyan University; Jason Pierceson, University of Illinois Springfield; Joanna Wuest, Mount Holyoke College
Executive Council: Todd Collins, Western Carolina University; Michael Fix, Georgia State University; Taneisha Means, Vassar College; Whitney Taylor, San Francisco State University; Rich Vining, University of Georgia
Nominating Committee
The Nominating Committee solicits the members of the Section for nominations for Section offices. The committee shall nominate a slate of officers that (a) is taken from the names received particularly those persons receiving several mentions, and (b) represents the diverse interests of the Section. The slate will be distributed to the Section members so that the nominees are known prior to the Annual Section Meeting. This year the committee will be responsible for nominating a chair-elect and three executive committee members. Information on section leadership and bylaws can be found here: http://lawcourts.org/wordpress/
Nominations due: March 1, 2024
Best Graduate Student Paper Award
This award (formerly the CQ Press 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. 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 seminars, 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 12 months previous to the nomination deadline.
Nominations due: March 1, 2024
Teaching and Mentoring Award
The Teaching and Mentoring Award recognizes 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.
Nominations due: March 1, 2024
Law and Courts Service Award
The Law and Courts Service Award recognizes service to the section in the literal sense, as in service on committees and in leadership positions, as well as service within the Section, as in 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 due: March 1, 2024
Best Conference Paper Award
The Law and Courts Best Conference Paper Award (formerly the American Judicature Society 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 due: March 1, 2024
Best Journal Article Award
This award recognizes the best journal article in the field of law and courts written by a political scientist and published during the previous calendar year. 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. (This award was previously known as McGraw Hill Award and as the Houghton-Mifflin Award for the Best Journal Article in the Field of Law and Courts).
Nominations due: March 1, 2024
C. Herman Pritchett Award for Best Book
The C. Herman Pritchett award is given annually for the best book on law and courts written by a political scientist and published the previous year. 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.
Nominations due: March 1, 2024
Law and Courts 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.
Nominations due: March 1, 2024
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 three 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 due: March 1, 2024
SECTION 3: LEGISLATIVE STUDIES
Formed: 1983 / Dues: $25 for professional members with electronic access only to LSQ; $5 for student members for electronic-only access to LSQ
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://connect.apsanet.org/s3/
Chair: Gisela Sin, University of Illinois
Secretary/Treasurer: Antoine Yoshinaka, State University of New York at Buffalo
2024 Annual Meeting Division Chairs: Max Goplerud, University of Pittsburgh and Jennifer Garcia, Oberlin College
Executive Council: Leslie Schwindt-Bayer, Rice University; Eleanor Powell, University of Wisconsin – Madison; Juan Pablo Micozzi, Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México
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 potential application to strengthening the practice of representative democracy. Topics may be national or subnational in focus and may apply to any country. Preference will be given to comparative legislative research among legislatures in the same country or across countries. The prize is funded by the Trust for Representative Democracy of the National Conference of State Legislatures and the State Legislative Leaders Foundation. The book or article must be published in the previous calendar year and authored by scholars below the rank of associate professor or legislative practitioners at equivalent career stage. In the case of books or articles by multiple authors, the work is eligible for the award if at least one author is below the rank of associate professor. Nominations for the prize may be made by anyone, including authors, publishers, departments, or practitioners.
Nominations due: March 1, 2024
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. The prize is funded by the Carl Albert Congressional Research and Studies Center at the University of Oklahoma. In addition to the cash prize associated with the award, winners are typically invited to guest lecture on the OU campus with travel expenses paid by the Carl Albert Center. Dissertations must have a copyright date of one or two years previous to the year in which the award is presented.
Nominations due: March 1, 2024
CQ Press Award
The CQ Press Award for the best paper on legislative studies presented at the previous year’s APSA Annual Meeting.
Nominations due: March 1, 2024
Jewell-Loewenberg Prize
Jewell-Loewenberg Prize for the best article in the Legislative Studies Quarterly in the previous year. All articles published in LSQ the previous year (2023) are under consideration.
Nominations due: March 1, 2024
Richard F. Fenno Jr. Prize
The Richard F. Fenno, Jr. Prize is awarded to the best book in legislative studies published in the previous year. 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 must have a 2023 copyright date, and a copy of the book must be sent to each member of the selection committee.
Nominations due: March 1, 2024
Barbara Sinclair Legacy Award
In the tradition of Professor Sinclair’s body of work, recipients of this award will have focused on individual legislative behavior, institutional rules, or the role of party in shaping legislative politics. This award is also intended to recognize scholars who employ a range of methods in their research.
Nominations due: March 1, 2024
Emerging Scholar Award
The Emerging Scholar award is designed to recognize a scholar who is no more than six years from the year of their PhD who has informed the study of legislative politics through innovative and rigorous scholarship. The recipient of this award will be an individual who has a strong early career publication trajectory and has presented their work actively at conferences and other public venues.
Nominations due: March 1, 2024
SECTION 4: PUBLIC POLICY
Formed: 1983 / Dues: $8 for student and $15 professional members
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: https://connect.apsanet.org/s4/
Chair: Ping Xu, University of Rhode Island
Vice-Chair: Samuel Workman, West Virginia University
Secretary/Treasurer: Steven Sylvester, Utah Valley University
2024 Annual Meeting Division Chair: Hongtao Yi, Florida State University
Executive Council: Ling Zhu, University of Houston; Jonathan Lewallen, University of Tampa; Jane Gingrich, Oxford University; Alexandra Filindra, University of Illinois Chicago; Markie McBrayer, University of Idaho; Boris Shor, University of Houston; Kenicia Wright, Arizona State University
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 20 to 30 years. The book or article should have had a major impact on the field. This award carries a $625 prize.
Nominations due: April 15, 2024
Best Paper on Public Policy Award
The Best Paper on Public Policy Award recognizes the best paper on Public Policy given at the previous APSA Annual Meeting. This award carries a $625 prize.
Nominations due: April 15, 2024
Best Comparative Policy Paper Award
The Best Comparative Policy Paper Award recognizes a paper presented at the APSA Annual Meeting which is of particular distinction in the area of comparative public policy. It is granted in collaboration with and sponsored by the International Comparative Policy Analysis Forum and the Journal of Comparative Policy Analysis. Following nomination or self-nomination the paper is reviewed by a joint APSA/JCPA adjudication committee. The winning author(s) are awarded the JCPA Best Comparative Paper Award. This award carries a prize of $625. The author is invited to submit the paper for publication consideration in the JCPA.
Nominations due: April 15, 2024
Theodore J. Lowi Policy Studies Journal Best Article Award
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 $625.
Nominations due: April 15, 2024
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 $625 prize.
Nominations due: April 15, 2024
SECTION 5: POLITICAL ORGANIZATIONS AND PARTIES
Formed: 1983 / Dues: $0 for students and $10 for all other members
The organized section on Political Organizations and Parties (POP) works to further scholarship on American political parties, comparative political parties, interest groups, and social movements. 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 Annual Meeting, we work to train scholars in the use of various methods or databases, or to promote new research in a particular area. Our participation as one of the oldest organized sections 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, emerging scholar, and graduate student research. We are governed by the volunteer efforts of our officers and executive council. We are eager to reach out in new directions. So, let us hear your ideas!
Website: http://connect.apsanet.org/s5/
President: Marie Hojnacki, Pennsylvania State University
President-Elect: Susan Scarrow, University of Houston
Secretary: Brian Brox, Tulane University
Treasurer: Maraam Dwidar, Georgetown University
2024 Annual Meeting Division Chairs: Kathleen Marchetti, Dickinson College and Jae-Hee Jung, University of Houston
Executive Council: Caitlin Andrews-Lee, Toronto Metropolitan University; Sergio Ascencio, University of Essex; Julia Azari, Marquette University; Ashley English, University of North Texas; Devin Fernandes, California State University, Chico; David Karol, University of Maryland; Matthew Lacombe, Case Western Reserve University; Zeynep Somer-Topcu, University of Texas at Austin
Samuel Eldersveld Career Achievement Award
Recognizes a scholar whose lifetime professional work has made an outstanding contribution to the field. Each nomination will be considered for two cycles. Those who have not won the award during those cycles are eligible for future nominations.
Nominations due: March 29, 2024
Leon Epstein Outstanding Book Award
Recognizes a book published in the last two calendar years that makes an outstanding contribution to research and scholarship on political organizations and parties.
Nominations due: February 29, 2024
Best Paper Award
Recognizes the best paper delivered on a Political Organizations and Parties-sponsored panel at the preceding APSA Annual Meeting.
Nominations due: Papers uploaded to APSA Conference site by September 17, 2023, will be considered for the award.
Jack Walker Outstanding Article 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. A journal scan of articles appearing in-print will be used to identify potential nominees. External nominations will also be considered.
Nominations due: February 29, 2024
Emerging Scholars Award
Given to a scholar early in their career who has not yet received tenure and whose career to date demonstrates unusual promise.
Nominations due: March 29, 2024
Political Organizations and Parties Virginia Gray Graduate Student Research Grant
Awarded to graduate student POP members who are presenting their research on political organizations and/or parties on a POP or non-POP sponsored panel at the upcoming APSA Annual Meeting. Applicants who identify as a member of an underrepresented group in the profession are encouraged to apply.
SECTION 6: PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION
Formed: 1983 / Dues: $8 for students and $15 for professional members
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.
Chair: Jiaqi Liang, University of Illinois Chicago
Chair-Elect: Jessica Terman, George Mason University
Treasurer: Gene Brewer, University of Georgia
2024 Annual Meeting Division Chair: James E. Wright II, Florida State University
Executive Council: Gordon Abner, University of Texas at Austin; Hongtao Yi, Ohio State University; Lachezar (Lucky) Anguelov, Evergreen State College; Sanghee Park, Boise State University; Amanda Rutherford, Indiana University; Kelsey Shoub, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Herbert Kaufman Award
The APSA Section on Public Administration is pleased to announce that nominations are being accepted for its annual Herbert Kaufman Best Paper award. The Herbert Kaufman Committee will select the best paper presented on a panel sponsored (or co-sponsored) by the Public Administration section at the APSA Annual Meeting each year. The section will follow APSA’s guidance on what constitutes a ’presented paper’-papers that were uploaded to the APSA Annual Meeting paper site, hosted by SSRN, or posted/presented in a virtual or alternative form are eligible for the Kaufman award.
Nominations due: March 1, 2024
Herbert A. Simon Book Award
The Herbert Simon Book Award is given for significant contributions to public administration scholarship. Books with publication dates of 2021, 2022, and 2023 are eligible for the 2024 award. The book’s 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, 2024
Paul Volker Junior Scholar Research Grant
The APSA Organized Section for Public Administration 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.
Nomination instructions: Send electronic submissions to [email protected].
Application Materials: Proposals must address all items under the scope of the award and must be done in triplicate or sent electronically. Proposals are limited to five (5) single-spaced pages and must:
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• State the purpose of the project
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• State how the project contributes to scholarship within public administration and its applicability for practice and theory development
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• State how the project relates to previous research and theoretical developments
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• Specify research design
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• Provide an itemized budget and budget justification
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• Specify any additional financial support that the applicant is already receiving or anticipates receiving
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• In addition, each proposal also must include (in excess of the five-page written proposal):
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• A cover letter summarizing project title, qualifications for successfully completing the project, and professional status (doctoral student working on dissertation or untenured assistant professor)
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• An abstract of the proposal (maximum 150 words)
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• A letter attesting to the quality of the research project (typically from a doctoral student’s dissertation advisor or a junior faculty member’s department chair
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• A curriculum vitae (no more than three pages)
Eligibility: Eligibility is limited to doctoral students who have successfully defended their dissertation prospectus and tenure-track assistant professors. Applicants must be APSA members at the time of application. Membership in the Section for Public Administration is not required, but can be one of a variety of factors that the Volcker Awards Committee considers in making awards.
Funding Process and Purposes: The number, size of grants, and allocation of grants (to doctoral students and tenure-track assistant professors) awarded annually will be up to the Volcker Awards Committee. Individual grant awards are expected to average around $3,000. The number of grants and their size are determined by the Volcker Junior Scholar Research Grant Committee appointed each year. Funds may be used for such research activities as: travel to archives; travel to conduct interviews; administration and coding of survey instruments; research assistance; and purchase of datasets. This list is merely illustrative, but specifically excluded from funding are: travel to professional meetings; secretarial costs except for preparation of the final manuscripts for publication; and salary support.
Nominations due: March 1, 2024
SECTION 7: CONFLICT PROCESSES
Formed: 1984 / Dues: $8 for students and $15 for all other members
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: Molly Melin, Loyola University Chicago
Treasurer: Cyanne Loyle, Pennsylvania State University
2024 Annual Meeting Division Chairs: Cyanne Loyle, Pennsylvania State University and Burcu Sayun, University of Pittsburgh
Executive Council: Alyssa Prorok, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Hyeran Jo, Texas A&M University; Jakana Thomas, University of California, San Diego; Neil Narang, University of California, Santa Barbara
Best Paper Award
This award is given annually for the best paper written by one or more untenured scholars (graduate students, post-docs, or faculty) and presented as part of a conflict processes sponsored panel or poster session at the previous APSA Annual Meeting. Papers are eligible only if all authors are untenured at the time the paper is presented. Nominations must be made by a member of the Conflict Processes section; self-nominations are encouraged.
Nominations due: October 30, 2023
Best Book in the Conflict Processes
The Best Book Award is given for the book making the most outstanding contributions to the study of any and all forms of political conflict, either within or between nation-states, published in the two calendar years prior to the year in which the award is given. Self-nominations are encouraged.
Nominations due: October 30, 2023
SECTION 8: REPRESENTATION AND ELECTORAL SYSTEMS
Formed: 1984 / Dues: $0 for students and $10 for all other members
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: Yann Kerevel, Louisiana State University
Treasurer: Adrian Lucardi, Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México
2024 Annual Meeting Division Chairs: David Fortunato, University of California, San Diego
Executive Council: Kendall Funk, Arizona State University; Lucia Montolinia Carballo, Washington University in St. Louis; Peter Siavelis, Wake Forest University; Emily Beaulieu Bacchus, University of Kentucky
George H. Hallett Award
The George H. Hallett Award is given to the best book, which is at least 10 years old, that has made a lasting contribution to the literature on representation and electoral systems.
Nominations due: April 1, 2024
Lawrence Longley Award
The Lawrence Longley Award is given to the best article on representation and electoral systems published in the previous year.
Nominations due: April 1, 2024
Leon Weaver Award
The Leon Weaver Award is given to the best paper presented at the previous APSA Annual Meeting on a conference panel sponsored by the Representation and Electoral Systems Section.
Nominations due: April 1, 2024
SECTION 9: PRESIDENTS AND EXECUTIVE POLITICS
Formed: 1985 / Dues: $0 for students and $10 for all other members
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: www.connect.apsanet.org/s9/
Chair: Lilly Goren, Carroll University
Vice-Chair: Matthew Eshbaugh-Soha, University of North Texas
Secretary/ Treasurer: Terri Bimes, University of California, Berkeley
Social Media Coordinator: Austin Trantham, Saint Leo University
2024 Annual Meeting Division Chair: Amnon Cavari, University of Michigan
Executive Council: William Howell, University of Chicago; Matthew Beckmann, University of California, Irvine; Alison Howard, Dominican University of California; Yu Ouyang, Purdue University Northwest; Gbemende Johnson, University of Georgia; Nicole Mellow, Williams College; Mark Zackary Taylor, Georgia Tech University; Nancy Kassop, State University of New York at New Paltz; Mary McHugh, Merrimack University; Jack Greenberg, Yale University
The Richard E. Neustadt Best Book Award
The Richard E. Neustadt Award will be given for the best book on executive politics published during 2023.
Nominations due: February 1, 2024
George C. Edwards III Dissertation Award
The George C. Edwards III Dissertation Award is given for the best dissertation in presidency research completed and accepted during the previous two calendar years (January 1, 2022 – December 31, 2023). The recipient will receive a $250 award.
Nominations due: February 1, 2024
Founders Award for Best Graduate Student Paper
The Founders Award honoring Lester Seligman will be 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 2022 or 2023.
Nominations due: February 1, 2024
Emerging Scholar Award
The Emerging Scholar Award will be given to an early career scholar (10 years from date of award of PhD) that has made a contribution to the intellectual development of the fields of presidency and executive politics.
Nominations due: February 1, 2024
Founders Best Paper Award
The Founders Award honoring Francis Rourke will be given for the best paper on executive politics authored by a PhD-holding scholar at the previous year’s (2023) APSA annual meeting.
Nominations due: February 1, 2024
The Legacy Award
The legacy award will be 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. Letters of nominations should provide a rationale for the work receiving the award.
Nominations due: February 1, 2024
PEP Career Service Award
Every four years, during a presidential election, the division awards one person the PEP Career Service Award in recognition of career service to the study of the presidency.
Nominations due: February 1, 2024
SECTION 10: POLITICAL METHODOLOGY
Formed: 1986 / Dues: $10 for students for online only access to Political Analysis; $30 for all other members for online only access to Political Analysis
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: www.polmeth.org
Chair: TBA
Vice-Chair: TBA
Treasurer: TBA
2024 Annual Meeting Division Chairs: TBA
Career Achievement Award
The career achievement is the highest honor bestowed by the Society and recognizes the foundational, distinguished and sustained contributions to the field and the Society made by the recipients over their careers.
Emerging Scholar Award
The Political Methodology Emerging Scholar Award honors a young researcher, within 10 years of their degree, who is making notable contributions to the field of political methodology.
Harold F. Gosnell Prize
The Gosnell Prize for Excellence in Political Methodology is awarded for the best work in political methodology presented at any political science conference during the preceding year.
John T. Williams Dissertation Prize
In recognition of John T. Williams’ contribution to graduate training, the John T. Williams Award has been established for the best dissertation proposal in the area of political methodology.
Society for Political Methodology Poster Award
The Society for Political Methodology Poster Awards are given for the best poster presented by a graduate student and the best poster presented by a faculty member or other researcher at the annual summer Methodology Meeting of the previous year.
Statistical Software Award
The Best Statistical Software Award recognizes individuals for developing statistical software that makes a significant research contribution.
Warren Miller Article Award
The Miller Prize for is awarded for the best work appearing in Political Analysis the preceding year.
Political Analysis Outstanding Reviewer Award
The 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.
The Becky Morton & Tom Carsey Political Methodology Mentoring Award
The Society for Political Methodology Excellence in Mentoring Award honors members of the Society who have demonstrated an outstanding commitment to mentoring and advising graduate and/or undergraduate students and, in particular, those from underrepresented groups.
The Latin American Best Poster Award
The Latin American PolMeth Best Poster Award is given for the best poster presented at the Latin American PolMeth meeting. The winner receives a trip to the PolMeth Annual Meeting the following year.
SECTION 11: RELIGION AND POLITICS
Formed: 1986 / $14 for Regular Members, Online-Only Access to Politics and Religion; $0 for Student Members
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 a comparative, historical, and global perspective.
Website: https://connect.apsanet.org/s11/
Chair: David Buckley, University of Louisville
Chair-Elect: Vineeta Yadav, Pennsylvania State University
Secretary/Treasurer: Nandini Deo, Lehigh University
2024 Annual Meeting Division Chairs: Nora Fisher Onar, University of San Francisco and Jacob Neiheisel, State University of New York at Buffalo
Executive Council: Nandini Deo, Lehigh University; Paul Djupe, Denison University; Luis Felipe Mantilla, University of South Florida; Eric McDaniel, University of Texas at Austin; Cammie Jo Bolin, State University of New York at Albany; Sabri Ciftci, Kansas State University
Hubert Morken Book Award
The Hubert Morken Award is given for the best book dealing with religion and politics published within the previous year. The criteria for the award include the originality of the argument presented, quality of the research, innovative methods, readability of the text and the policy or practical implications of the scholarship. To be eligible for the award, books must have been published in 2023.
Nominations due: April 1, 2024
Aaron Wildavsky Dissertation Award
The Aaron Wildavsky Award recognizes the best dissertation in the field of religion and politics. Eligible dissertations have been defended in the last two years (2022 or 2023) and should make a distinctive contribution to the study of religion and politics, broadly understood.
Nominations due: April 1, 2024
Ted Jelen Best Journal Article Award
This award is presented for the best article published in Politics and Religion in the 2023 calendar year.
Nominations due: April 1, 2024
Weber Best Paper Award
The Weber Best Paper in Religion and Politics Award recognizes the best paper dealing with religion and politics presented at the previous year’s APSA Annual Meeting (2023). The paper should address a timely and relevant topic, within the discipline and beyond, in a theoretically innovative and methodologically thorough manner. All papers presented at the 2023 Annual Meeting are eligible, regardless of modality of presentation (i.e., in person, virtual/synchronous, and pre-recorded paper presentations are all eligible).
Nominations due: April 1, 2024
Kenneth D. Wald Best Graduate Student Paper Award
The Kenneth D. Wald Best Graduate Student Paper Award will be given annually to a conference paper studying any aspect of religion and politics presented by a PhD student in political science. The conference can be affiliated with any of the US-based political science associations or a conference affiliated with another association, such as the Society for the Scientific Study of Religion, the American Academy of Religion, the Middle East Studies Association, or the International Studies Association, as long as the paper was written by a student or students enrolled in a graduate program in political science and presented in 2022 or 2023. Papers written with faculty will not be considered. Papers presented at poster sessions are welcome.
Nominations due: April 1, 2024
Susanne Hoeber Rudolph Outstanding Scholar in Religion and Politics Award
The Susanne Hoeber Rudolph Outstanding Scholar Award recognizes a scholar who has made outstanding contributions to the field of religion and politics. These contributions should be through a combination of excellent and widely influential scholarship, policy input/impact, public engagement, service, teaching, and mentorship.
Nominations due: April 1, 2024
Lifetime Achievement Award
The Lifetime Achievement Award of the Religion & Politics Section of the American Political Science Association (APSA) recognizes outstanding scholars of religion and politics at the point of retirement (or shortly thereafter) who have made enduring contributions to the field through their scholarship, service, and mentorship. The award is intended to honor recipients who were regular and active Religion & Politics Section members during the periods of their primary contributions to the field. Anticipating that such scholars are exceptional, the call for nominations will remain open, the nominations will be confidential, and the award is not expected to be given every year. The Award committee will be composed of the Executive Committee of the Religion & Politics Section, chaired by the section chair, to whom nominations shall be addressed.
Nominations due: May 15, 2024
SECTION 13: URBAN AND LOCAL POLITICS
Formed: 1986 / Dues: $28 for Professional Members, Print and Online journal access; $18 for Professional Members, Online-only journal access; $0 for Student Members, Online-only journal access
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 disciplines.
Website: https://connect.apsanet.org/s13/
Chair: Kimberly Johnson, New York University
Chair-Elect: Eleonora Pasotti, University of California, Santa Cruz
Secretary/Treasurer: Davia Downey, University of Memphis
2024 Annual Meeting Division Chairs: Annika Hinze, Fordham University and Jamie Smith, Indiana University
Executive Council: Jessica Zarkin, Claremont McKenna College; Justin de Benedictis-Kessner, Harvard University; AJ Rice, University of California, Santa Barbara; Virginia Oliveros, Tulane University; Brian Hammel, University of North Texas; Kaylyn Jackson-Schiff, Purdue University; Mariana Borges Martins da Silva, Oxford University; Alison Bramwell, University of North Carolina at Greensboro; Jonathan E. Collins, Brown University; Ashley Nickels, Kent State University; Patricia Posey, University of Chicago; Joshua Sapotichne, Michigan State University
Dennis Judd Best Book Award
The 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 15, 2024
Best Dissertation Award
The Best Dissertation Award is given annually for the best dissertation on urban politics accepted in the previous year. The award comes with a $250 prize.
Nominations due: March 15, 2024
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 15, 2024
Urban Affairs Review Best Paper in Urban or Regional Politics
Urban Affairs Review is sponsoring a $250 award given by the Urban and Local Politics Section for the Best Paper in Urban or Regional Politics presented at the 2023 American Political Science Association Annual Meeting. We encourage chairs of all Urban and Local Politics Section panels to nominate papers. We also welcome self-nominations. Papers presented on any panel associated with the conference are eligible for this award.
Nominations due: October 31, 2023
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 due: March 15, 2024
Susan Clarke Young Scholars’ Award
The Susan Clarke Young Scholars’ award recognizes scholars who completed their PhD within the last three years (or are ABDs) and submitted a paper proposal for the 2023 APSA Annual Meeting to the 2023 program chairs.
Nominations due: March 15, 2024
Clarence Stone Scholar Award
The Clarence Stone Scholar Award recognizes up to two young scholars who are making a significant contribution to the study of urban politics. The award is to be given to up to two post-PhD scholars who are in their career (pre-tenure, or recently advanced within the last three years).
Nominations due: March 15, 2024
SECTION 15: SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY & ENVIRONMENTAL POLITICS
Formed: 1986 / Dues: $0 for students and $10 for all other members
The purpose of this section is to stimulate fundamental inquiry on science, technology and environmental issues as political phenomena.
Website: https://connect.apsanet.org/s15
Chair: Kristin Taylor, Wayne State University
Treasurer: Elizabeth Koebele, University of Nevada, Reno
2024 Annual Meeting Division Chair: Matthew Nowlin, College of Charleston
Executive Council: Rob DeLeo, Bentley University; Aaron Deslatte, University of Indiana; Elizabeth Albright, Duke University; Annemieke van den Dool, Duke Kunshan University; Geoboo Song, University of Arkansas; Tomás Oliver, Syracuse University; David Switzer, University of Missouri
Don K. Price Award
The Don K. Price Award recognizes the best book on science, technology, and politics published in the last year. Nominated authors should send copies of their books to each committee member for consideration.
Nominations due: March 1, 2024
Lynton Keith Caldwell Prize
The Lynton Keith Caldwell Prize is given for the best book on environmental politics and policy published in the past three years. Nominated authors should send copies of their books to each committee member for consideration.
Nominations due: March 1, 2024
Virginia M. Walsh Dissertation Award
The Virginia Walsh Dissertation Award, named in honor of a young scholar who tragically passed away, is given for the best dissertations in the field of science, technology and environmental politics. Nominations should include full dissertation.
Nominations due: March 1, 2024
Paul A. Sabatier Best Conference Paper Award
The Paul A. Sabatier Best Conference Paper Award is given for the best paper on science, technology, and environmental politics presented at the previous year’s APSA Annual Meeting. Nomination process: Send nominations to committee chair.
Nominations due: March 1, 2024
The Elinor Ostrom Career Achievement Award
The Elinor Ostrom Career Achievement Award is given to an individual in recognition of their 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.
Nominations due: March 1, 2024
The Evan Ringquist Best Paper Award
The Best Paper Award is given for the best paper published in a relevant journal in the last two years. Relevant journals include political science, public administration, public policy, interdisciplinary environmental science, and science and technology studies journals. Nomination process: Send nominations to committee chair.
Nominations due: March 1, 2024
The Emerging Scholar Award
The Emerging Scholar Award is given in recognition of a researcher, within 10 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.
Nominations due: March 1, 2024
The STEP APSA Inclusion Travel Award
The STEP APSA Inclusion Travel Award will be granted to graduate students from under-represented groups in the discipline who are accepted to present a paper at the APSA Annual Meeting. They must be members of STEP (which is free for graduate students) and be presenting on a STEP or STEP co-sponsored panel. A maximum of 10 awards in the amount of $500 will be granted each year.
Nomination process: Applications should be sent to the committee chair.
Nominations due: April 15, 2024
SECTION 16: WOMEN, GENDER, AND POLITICS RESEARCH
Formed: 1986 / Dues: $0 for students and $30 for all other members
The purpose of this section is to foster the study of women and politics within the discipline of political science.
Website: https://connect.apsanet.org/s16/
Chair: Sarah Allen Gershon, Georgia State University
Vice-Chair: Kanisha Bond, State University of New York at Binghamton
Chair-Elect: Malliga Och, Denison University
Secretary: Anna Mahoney, Dartmouth College
Treasurer: Young-Im Lee, California State University, Sacramento
2024 Annual Meeting Division Chairs: Andrea Aldrich, Yale University and Kristen Williams, Clark University
Executive Council: Angie Torres-Beltran, Cornell University; Jamil Scott, Georgetown University; Jason Windett, University of North Carolina at Charlotte; Alexandra Filindra, University of Illinois, Chicago
Best Dissertation Prize
The Best Dissertation Award is given for the best dissertation on women and politics completed and successfully defended in the previous calendar year.
Nominations due: April 1, 2024
Best Paper Award
The Best Paper Award is given for the best paper on women, gender, and politics at the previous year’s APSA Annual Meeting. Any individual can nominate a paper for the award, including self-nominations. In addition, all papers presented in the Women and Politics Research Section and posted to the APSA conference paper website will be considered nominated.
Nominations due: April 1, 2024
The Okin-Young Award in the Feminist Political Theory
The Okin-Young Award in Feminist Political Theory is jointly given by the Women, Gender, and Politics Research Section, Foundations of Political Theory, and the Women’s Caucus for Political Science. The 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 theory published in an English language academic journal during the previous calendar year. Papers are considered by self-nomination or nomination by other individuals.
Nominations due: April 1, 2024
Best Paper on Intersectionality Award
This award is for the best paper addressing intersectionality presented at the previous year’s APSA Annual Meeting. The scope of the award recognizes the roots of intersectional analysis in a critical analysis of the lived experiences of women of color, while also allowing for a more expansive reading of identity politics that takes into account multiple subjectivities and experiences, both within and outside the United States.
Nomination instructions: Self-nominations and nominations by others are welcome. To be considered for this award, a copy of the article should be sent electronically to each committee member by April 1.
Nominations due: April 1, 2024
Public Engagement Award
An annual award to recognize the exemplary public-facing work of political scientists in the field of Women, Gender, and Politics. This award seeks to recognize significant efforts to serve a local community/do outreach on women, gender and politics, or efforts to diffuse knowledge beyond the classroom, and to make a social/political difference. While all faculty are eligible for this award, we especially welcome nominations of permanent and non-permanent faculty with teaching loads of 3-3 and above.
Nominations due: April 1, 2024
Politics & Gender Best Article Award
An annual award to recognize the best article published in our section journal, Politics & Gender, during the previous year. Nominations will not be sought for this award; the award will be by a committee chosen by the editors of the journal.
Nominations due: April 1, 2024
SECTION 17: FOUNDATIONS OF POLITICAL THEORY
Formed: 1987 / Dues: $0 for Students and $10 for all other members
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 encourages research and teaching that crosses intellectual and disciplinary boundaries. It 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: Lida Maxwell, Boston University
Treasurer: Stefan Dolgert, Brock University
2024 Annual Meeting Division Chairs: Ayten Gundogdu, Barnard College and Cigdem Cidam, Union College
Executive Council: Alex Livingston, Cornell University; Shalini Satkunanandan, University of California, Davis; James Ingram, McMaster University; Ainsley LeSure, Brown University; Shirin Delaymi, Western Washington University; Alison McQueen, Stanford University; Jennifer Ikuta, Missouri State University
David Easton Award
The David Easton Award is 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: February 15, 2024
First Book Award
The First Book Award is 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: February 15, 2024
Susan Okin Iris Marion Young Award
The Okin-Young Award in Feminist Political Theory, co-sponsored by Women and Politics, Foundations of Political Theory, and the Women’s Caucus for Political Science, 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, 2024
Best Paper Award
Best Paper Award is given for the best paper presented on a Foundations panel at the previous year’s APSA Annual Meeting.
Nominations due: February 15, 2024
SECTION 18: INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AND POLITICS
Formed: 1988 / Dues: $0 for student members and $8 for all other members
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: https://www.apsanet.org/section18
Chair: Heather Evans, University of Virginia
Vice-Chair: Patricia Rossini, University of Glasgow
Secretary: Kenneth Rogerson, Duke University
Treasurer: Filippo Trevisan, American University
2024 Annual Meeting Division Chair: Patricia Rossini, University of Glasgow
Executive Council: Heather Evans, University of Virginia; Patricia Rossini, University of Glasgow; Kenneth Rogerson, Duke University; Filippo Trevisan, American University; Leticia Bode, Georgetown University; Cristian Vaccari, University of Illinois Chicago; Shannon McGregor, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Julie George, Harvard University; Lauren Copeland, Baldwin Wallace University & Community Research Institute; Jessica Feezell, University of New Mexico; Benjamin Epstein, DePaul University
Best Dissertation in the APSA Information Technology and Politics Section
The Best Dissertation Award recognizes the best dissertation in information technology and politics defended since the last APSA Annual Meeting.
Nominations due: April 1, 2024
Best Conference Paper Award
The Best Conference Paper Award 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, 2024
Best Article in the APSA Information Technology and Politics Section
Best article published in information technology and politics published in the previous calendar year (i.e., 2023 for 2024’s award call; must have appeared in an issue—articles that are published as online first should be considered for the year in which they are published in their final version).
Nominations due: April 1, 2024
Best Book in the APSA Information Technology and Politics Section
The 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 1, 2024
Best Student Paper in the APSA Information Technology and Politics Section
Best student paper presented in information technology and politics at the previous year’s APSA Annual Meeting.
Nominations due: April 1, 2024
Best Public Facing Scholarship in the APSA Information Technology and Politics Section
Best public-facing scholarship published in the previous calendar year. This includes blog posts and popular press publications intended for a broad public audience.
Nominations due: April 1, 2024
SECTION 19: INTERNATIONAL SECURITY
Formed: 1988 / Dues: $3 for student members and $10 for all other members
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.
Chair: Stephen M. Grenier, Johns Hopkins University
Vice-Chair: Sumit Ganguly, Indiana University
Treasurer: Marybeth Peterson Ulrich, United States Naval War College
2024 Annual Meeting Division Chairs: Nola Haynes, Georgetown University and Stephen M. Grenier, Johns Hopkins University
Executive Council: Sumit Ganguly, Indiana University; John Riley, United States Air Force Academy; Jodi Vittori, Georgetown University; Indu Saxena, Consortium of Indo-Pacific Researchers; Nola Haynes, Georgetown University; Jason Lyall, Dartmouth College; TBA; TBA; TBA
Kenneth N. Waltz Dissertation Award
The Kenneth N. Waltz Dissertation Award is a yearly award given by the International Security section to the best defended dissertation on the study of international security and arms control.
Nomination instructions: Complete nomination packets will include an electronic copy of the dissertation defended in 2023, a summary statement of no more than 1,000 words from the student, and a brief supporting statement of no more than 500 words from the supervisor. Send all materials to the Committee Chair, Dr. Sumit Ganguly, at [email protected].
Nominations due: March 31, 2024
Joseph Kruzel Award for Lifetime Academic-Practitioner Service
The Joseph Kruzel Award for Lifetime Academic-Practitioner Service is 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 policy official who was killed while on a diplomatic mission to Bosnia.
Nomination instructions: Complete nomination packets will include an electronic copy of the nominee’s professional CV, highlighting their record of public service and scholarship, together with a summary statement of no more than 1,000 words concerning the individual’s major achievements and contributions in policy and academia. The individual nominated need not be a member of the International Security Section. Submit information to the Committee Chair, Dr. Stephen M. Grenier, at [email protected].
Nominations due: March 31, 2024
Catherine Kelleher Best International Security Article
The International Security organized section of Best Article Award seeks to recognize the best peer-reviewed articles in the field of international security and security studies each year.
Nomination instructions: Nomination packets should include an electronic copy of the article published in 2023 and a nomination letter of no more than 500 words. Submit materials to the Committee Chair, Dr. Indu Saxena, at [email protected].
Nominations due: March 31, 2024
Robert Jervis Best International Security Book By Non-Tenured Faculty
Presented to outstanding international security themed book by a faculty member who has not yet earned tenure or teaches at an institution that does not grant tenure in 2023.
Nomination instructions: A letter of nomination (self-nominations acceptable) should be submitted to Dr. David Sacko, the award committee chair, at [email protected]. A copy of the book must also be sent to each member of the committee.
Nominations due: March 31, 2024
SECTION 20: COMPARATIVE POLITICS
Formed: 1988 / Dues: $0 for student members and $10 for all other members
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.
Chair: Ellen Lust, University of Gothenburg
Vice-Chair: Anna-Gryzmala Busse, Stanford University
Secretary/Treasurer: Gustavo Flores-Macias, Cornell University
2024 Annual Meeting Division Chairs: Graeme Robertson, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Susan Whiting, University of Washington
Executive Council: Allen Hicken, University of Michigan; Meredith Weiss, State University of New York at Albany; Elliot Green, London School of Economics; Daniel Corstange, Columbia University; Yuko Kasuya, Keio University; Laia Balcells, Georgetown University; Nicolas Van de Walle, Cornell University; Tamara Popic, Queen Mary University of London
Please submit nominations to links listed on https://www.apsanet.org/section20.
Luebbert Book Prize
The Luebbert Book Prize has a two-tier selection process—the Shortlisting Committee reads all books and the Final Selection Committee makes the decision. However, we ask that physical copies of nominated books should be sent to each member of both committees by February 1. Please note, only books with a copyright date of 2022 and 2023 are eligible. We will be in touch with authors whose books have been shortlisted.
Nominations due: February 1, 2024
Sage Paper Prize
Awarded to the best paper in comparative politics presented at the 2023 APSA Annual Meeting.
Nominations due: February 1, 2024
Lijphart/Przeworski/Verba Dataset Award
Awarded annually to a publicly available dataset in the field of comparative politics. Please include instructions on accessing the dataset and note the top five publications or documents utilizing the dataset.
Nominations due: February 1, 2024
Theda Skocpol Prize for Emerging Scholars
Awarded to a scholar up to 10 years post-PhD whose work has made impactful empirical, theoretical and/or methodological contributions to the study of comparative politics. Nominations should include the CV of the nominee and a nomination letter.
Nominations due: March 1, 2024
Bingham Powell Mentoring Award
This prize, introduced in 2012, is awarded to a political scientist who, throughout their career, has demonstrated a particularly outstanding commitment to the mentoring of graduate students in the field of comparative politics. The prize was named in honor of G. Bingham Powell and initiated by his students. Nomination letters for the G. Bingham Powell graduate mentoring award should include, but go beyond, the academic achievements of the nominee, and provide information about the role the nominee has played in advancing the intellectual development and research careers of their mentees. Testimonials from a few former mentees can be included in the nomination letter, which should not exceed five pages.
Nominations due: March 1, 2024
Luebbert Best Article Prize
Awarded annually for the best article published in the field of comparative politics during the previous two years.
Nominations due: February 1, 2024
SECTION 21: EUROPEAN POLITICS AND SOCIETY
Formed: 1989 / Dues: $0 for students and $10 for all other members
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: https://connect.apsanet.org/s21/
Chair: Mareike Klein, London School of Economics
Chair-Elect: Sarah Wallace Goodman, University of California, Irvine
Treasurer: Craig Parsons, University of Oregon
2024 Annual Meeting Division Chair: Sarah Wallace Goodman, University of California, Irvine
Executive Council: Ruth Dassoneville, University of Montreal; Mathilde Emeriau, London School of Economics; Darius Ornston, University of Toronto; Kiran Auerbach, University of Zurich; Chase Foster, Technical University of Munich; Tine Paulsen, University of Southern California; Milada Vachudova, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Zeynep Somer-Topcu, University of Texas at Austin; Björn Hoyland, University of Oslo
Best Book Award
Best book published on European Politics in 2023.
Nominations due: March 15, 2024
Ernst B. Hass Best Dissertation Award
Best dissertation on European Politics completed in 2023.
Nominations due: March 15, 2024
Best Article Award
Best article published on European Politics in 2023.
Nominations due: March 15, 2024
Best Paper Award
Best paper on European Politics presented at the 2023 APSA Annual Meeting.
Nominations due: March 15, 2024
Peter Mair Travel Award
Funding support for junior scholars to travel to the 2024 APSA Annual Meeting.
Nominations due: Three weeks after APSA acceptances are released
SECTION 22: STATE POLITICS AND POLICY
Formed: 1989 / Dues: $10 for student members and $27 for all other members
The purpose of 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://connect.apsanet.org/s22
Chair: Michael J. Nelson, Pennsylvania State University
Secretary: Todd Maske, Florida International University
Treasurer: Jason Windett, University of North Carolina at Charlotte
2024 Annual Meeting Division Chair: Kevin Reuning, Miami University
Executive Council: Michael J. Nelson, Pennsylvania State University; Todd Maske, Florida International University; Jason Windett, University of North Carolina at Charlotte; Rebekah Herrick, Oklahoma State University; Jeff Harden, University of Notre Dame; Stella Rouse, Arizona State University; Ivy A.M. Cargile, California State University, Bakersfield; Devin Caughey, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Career Achievement Award
This annual award is given to a political scientist who has made a significant lifetime contribution to the study of politics and policy in the American states.
Nominations due: February 16, 2024
Virginia Gray Book Award
This annual award is given to the author(s) of 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 2023 award, books with a copyright of 2020, 2021, and 2022 would be eligible for nomination.
Nominations due: February 16, 2024
Christopher Z. Mooney Best Dissertation Prize
This annual award is given to the author of the best PhD dissertation in American state politics and policy completed during the previous calendar year. The winner receives a plaque and $1,000. Support for this prize comes from the annual return of the endowed Mooney Fund.
Nominations due: February 16, 2024
State Politics and Policy Quarterly Best Paper Award
This annual award is given to the author(s) of the best paper on state politics and policy presented at any professional meeting in the previous calendar year. The selection committee may designate separate awards for papers presented by graduate students with no faculty authorships and for papers with solely faculty or faculty and graduate student participation. Graduate student winners will receive a plaque and $100 and faculty winners will receive a plaque.
Nominations due: February 16, 2024
Best Journal Article Award
This annual award is given to the author(s) of the best journal article on US state politics or policy published during the previous calendar year in any peer-reviewed journal. Publication year is based on when the article appears in print at the journal, not the date it appears online. Book reviews, review essays, and chapters published in edited volumes are not eligible.
Nominations due: February 16, 2024
Emerging Scholar Award
This annual award is given to the top scholar in the field of state politics and policy who is within 10 years of earning a PhD.
Nominations due: February 16, 2024
SECTION 23: POLITICAL COMMUNICATION
Formed: / Dues: $0 for student members and $8 for all other members
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://politicalcommunication.org/apsa-section/
Chair: Sharon Jarvis, University of Texas
Vice-Chair: Kevin Coe, University of Utah
Secretary/Treasurer: Yini Zhang, University of Buffalo
2024 Annual Meeting Division Chair: Babak Bahador, George Washington University
Executive Council: Jessica Collier, Purdue University; Marisa Smith, Michigan State University; Katharine Haenschen, Northeastern University; Travis Ridout, Washington State University; Kathleen Searles, Louisiana State University; Cynthia Peacock, University of Alabama; Curd Knüpfer, Freie Universität Berlin
Doris Graber Outstanding Book Award
The Doris Graber Outstanding Book Award is given to the most outstanding book in the field of political communication that was published in the past decade. The nominated book and a nomination letter should be sent to all three members of the award committee. The nomination letter should clearly explicate how the book has made a significant theoretical, methodological, and/or empirical contribution to political communication scholarship in the last decade. Copies of book reviews may also be included with the nomination letter and book.
Nominations due: March 1, 2024
Paul Lazarsfeld Best Paper Award
The Paul Lazarsfeld Award recognizes the best paper on political communication presented at the previous year’s APSA Annual Meeting or Political Communication preconference. Preference will be given to papers presented in the Political Communication Section.
Nominations due: March 1, 2024
Timothy E. Cook Best Graduate Student Paper Award
The Timothy E. Cook Award recognizes the best paper on political communication presented by a graduate student at the previous year’s APSA Annual Meeting or Political Communication pre-conference. Preference will be given to papers presented in the Political Communication Section.
Nominations due: March 1, 2024
Thomas E. Patterson Best Dissertation Award
The Thomas E. Patterson Best Dissertation Award recognizes the best dissertation completed in the field of political communication in the previous year. Nominations for the award should be made by the adviser of the dissertation or by a faculty member from the department in which the dissertation was completed. Nomination letters should explain the central argument advanced by the dissertation and specify its original contribution to the field. Letters should be no more than one page in length. Eligible dissertations must have been defended successfully in the calendar year preceding the award (e.g., candidates whose degrees were awarded in 2023 will be eligible for the 2024 dissertation award). The nominating letter and digital copies of the dissertation, abstract of the dissertation (500 words or less), and the nominee’s curriculum vita (with current address) should be sent to the chair of the dissertation award committee.
Nominations due: March 1, 2024
Walter Lippmann Best Published Article Award
The Walter Lippmann Best Published Article Award recognizes the best article published in the field of political communication in the previous calendar year. Articles will be proposed by nomination or self-nomination.
Nominations due: March 1, 2024
SECTION 24: POLITICS AND HISTORY
Formed: 1989 / Dues: $0 for Student members and $10 for all other members
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://www.apsanet.org/section24
Chair: Daniel Carpenter, Harvard University
Chair-Elect: Megan Ming Francis, University of Washington
Secretary: Shamira Gelbman, Wabash College
Treasurer: Daniel Tichenor, University of Oregon
2024 Annual Meeting Division Chairs: Amel Ahmed, University of Massachusetts Amherst and Chloe Thurston, Northwestern University
Executive Council: Stephen Amberg, University of Texas at San Antonio; Markus Kreuzer, Villanova University; Robert Lieberman, Johns Hopkins University; Chloe Thurston, Northwestern University; Amel Ahmed, University of Massachusetts Amherst; Devin Caughey, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Robert Mickey, University of Michigan; Monica Prasad, Northwestern University
J. David Greenstone Book Prize
The J. David Greenstone Book Prize recognizes the best book in history and politics in the past two calendar years.
Nominations due: March 1, 2024
Mary Parker Follett Prize
The Mary Parker Follett Prize recognizes the best article on Politics and History published in the previous year.
Nomination instructions: To nominate an article for this award send an electronic copy to each of the scholars on the prize committee. Articles must appear in print in the preceding calendar year.
Nominations due: March 1, 2024
Walter Dean Burnham Dissertation Award
The Walter Dean Burnham Award is 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.
Nomination instructions: To nominate a dissertation for this award, please send a letter of support from the student’s dissertation advisor or committee member plus an electronic. pdf of the dissertation itself to each member of the Award Committee.
Nominations due: March 1, 2024
David Brian Robertson Best Paper Award
An award for the best paper in Politics and History presented at the previous APSA Annual Meeting. Nomination instructions: To nominate a paper for this award, please send an electronic copy to each of the scholars on the prize committee.
Nominations due: March 1, 2024
SECTION 25: POLITICAL ECONOMY
Formed: 1990 / Dues: $0 for student members and $10 for all other members
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: Irfan Nooruddin, Georgetown University
Treasurer/Secretary: Quintin Beazer, Florida State University
2024 Annual Meeting Division Chairs: Nisha Bellinger, Boise State University and Zachary Peskowitz, Emory University
Executive Council: Jennifer Gandhi, Yale University; Laura Paler, American University; Tom Pepinsky, Cornell University; Ida Bastiaens, Fordham University; Joel Simmons, Georgetown University; Byungwon Woo, Yonsei University
McGillivray Best Paper Award
Best paper in political economy presented at the previous year’s APSA Annual Meeting. Nominations are welcome from any member (chair, discussant, paper presenters, attendees) of the political economy panels at the APSA Annual Meeting. Self-nominations are encouraged. Nominations should be directed to all members of the award committee.
Nominations due: March 31, 2024
Michael Wallerstein Award
Best published article in political economy in a peer-reviewed journal. All articles published in the previous two calendar years (as indicated by online publication date or print publication date) are eligible for consideration, with a preference given to articles that exemplify themes or methods for which Michael Wallerstein was known and respected. All members of the section are eligible to make nominations. Nominations should be directed to all members of the award committee.
Nominations due: March 31, 2024
Mancur Olson Best Dissertation Award
Best Dissertation Award, named for Mancur Olson, is given for the best dissertation in political economy. All dissertations completed within the previous two calendar years are eligible for consideration. Nominations should be directed to all members of the award committee. All members of the Section are eligible to make nominations.
Nominations due: March 31, 2024
William H. Riker Book Award
Best book award, named for William H. Riker, is given for the best book in political economy. All books published within the previous two calendar years are eligible for consideration. Nominations should be directed to all members of the award committee. All members of the Section are eligible to make nominations.
Nominations due: March 31, 2024
SECTION 27: CRITICAL POLITICAL SCIENCE
Formed: 1992 / Dues: $5 for student members and $30 for all other members
A section of critical scholars committed to making the study of political science relevant to building a more democratic and egalitarian economic, social, and political order.
Website: https://connect.apsanet.org/s27/
Chair: Chelsea L. Welker, University of Northern Colorado
Secretary: Sean Parson, Northern Arizona University
Treasurer: Isaac Kamola, Trinity College
2024 Annual Meeting Division Chairs: Charisse Burden-Stelly, Wayne State University and Chelsea L. Walker, University of Northern Colorado
Executive Council: Chelsea L. Welker, University of Northern Colorado; Sean Parson, Northern Arizona University; Isaac Kamola, Trinity College; Charisse Burden-Stelly, Wayne State University; Robert E. Kirsch, Arizona State University; Hamza Safouane, Virginia Tech; Clyde Barrow, University of Texas Rio Grande Valley; Timothy Luke, Virginia Tech; Edwin Daniel Jacob, Arizona State University
Richard Cloward and Frances Fox Piven Award
The Richard Cloward and Frances Fox Piven Award recognizes an activist group, in the region of the Annual Meeting, that puts the ideals of the Critical Political Science Section “to make the study of politics relevant to the struggle for a better world” into practice.
Nominations due: April 1, 2024
Charles A. McCoy Career Achievement Award
The 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, 2024
Michael Harrington Book Award
The Michael Harrington Book Award recognizes an outstanding book that demonstrates how scholarship can be used in the struggle for a better world.
Nominations due: April 1, 2024
Stephen Eric Bronner Dissertation Award
For an outstanding Political Science dissertation finished within the previous year of the APSA Meeting which exemplifies the commitment to use scholarship in the struggle for a better world.
Nominations due: April 1, 2024
SECTION 28: POLITICAL PSYCHOLOGY
Formed: 1993 / Dues: $5 for student members and $10 for all other members
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.
Website: http://connect.apasnet.org/s28/
Chair: Eric Groenendyk, University of Memphis
Chair-Elect: Ashley Jardina, University of Virginia
Communications Director: Julia Wronski, University of Mississippi
Treasurer: Scott Clifford, Texas A&M University
2024 Annual Meeting Division Chairs: Jacob Lewis, Washington State University and Kris-Stella Trump, Johns Hopkins University
Robert E. Lane Book Award
The Robert E. Lane Award for the best book in political psychology published in the past year. To nominate a book for the award, send a copy of the book to each committee member.
Nominations due: March 17, 2024
Best Dissertation Award
The Best Dissertation Award is given for the best dissertation in political psychology filed during the previous year. To nominate a dissertation, send an electronic copy of the dissertation to the members of the committee. 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 17, 2024
Best Paper Award
The Best Paper Award is given to the most outstanding paper in political psychology delivered at the previous year’s Annual Meeting. E-mail your nominations to the members of the committee.
Nominations due: March 17, 2024
Distinguished Junior Scholar Award
The APSA Political Psychology section gives Distinguished Junior Scholar Awards as grants to junior scholars (graduate students or those no more than seven years since receiving their PhD) to help fund their travel to the APSA meeting. E-mail your nominations to the members of the committee.
Nominations due: March 17, 2024
SECTION 29: POLITICAL SCIENCE EDUCATION
Formed: 1993 / Dues: $0 for student members and $12 for all other members
The purpose of this section is both to promote exemplary undergraduate teaching within the political science discipline and to 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: Joseph W. Roberts, Roger Williams University
Vice-Chair: Maureen Feeley, University of California, San Diego
Treasurer: J. Cherie Strachan, University of Akron
2024 Annual Meeting Division Chairs: Charles C. Turner, California State University, Chico and Erin Richards, Cascadia Community College
Executive Council: Terry Gilmour, Midland College; Colin Brown, Northeastern University; Matt Evans, Northwest Arkansas Community College; Tavishi Bhasin, Kennesaw State University; Michael Rogers, Arkansas Tech University; Laura Roost, Newberry College; Jyl Josephson, Rutgers University; Meghan Becker, University of Southern California
The Craig L. Brians Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Research and Mentorship
Established in 2014 in memory of Dr. Craig L. Brians, this award is given annually to a faculty member who demonstrates 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. Any person may nominate a candidate, or self-nominations will be accepted. The winner(s) shall be selected by the CLB Award committee.
Nominations due: April 1, 2024
The Best APSA Conference Paper Award
This award is given annually at the section meeting held in conjunction with the APSA Annual Meeting to the author(s) who present at the previous year’s annual APSA Annual Meeting, either in an oral session or poster session. The winner(s) will be selected by the Best APSA Conference Paper Award committee.
Nominations due: April 1, 2024
The Lifetime Achievement Award
This award may be given at the annual section meeting held at the APSA Annual Meeting. The awardee must have a strong record of long-standing, exceptional, and extensive contributions to the goals of the section, including the promotion of the teaching and learning in the discipline and the scholarship of teaching. Any section member may submit a nomination letter to the Executive Committee. This award does not have to be given every year.
Nominations due: April 1, 2024
The Distinguished Service Award
This award may be given at the section meeting held at the APSA meeting. The awardee must have a strong record of exceptional and extensive contributions to the goals of the section, including the promotion of teaching and learning in the discipline and the scholarship of teaching. Any section member may submit a nomination letter to the Executive Committee. This award does not have to be given every year.
Nominations due: April 1, 2024
SECTION 30: POLITICS, LITERATURE, AND THE ARTS
Formed: 1993 / Dues $0 for student members and $5 for all other members
The study of literature and the arts 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 the arts and other literary genres--provides unique insights into the nature of political life and the study of politics.
Chair: Alex Cole, Northeastern State University
Chair-Elect: Catherine Craig, University of British Columbia at Okanagan
Secretary/Treasurer: Adriana Alfaro Altamirano, Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México (Mexico City)
2024 Annual Meeting Division Chair: Alex Cole, Northeastern State University
Council: Elizabth Amato, Gardner-Webb University; Katherine M. Robiadek, Xavier University; Michelle Kundmueller, Old Dominion University; Lilly Goren, Carroll University
Wilson Carey McWilliams Award
The Wilson Carey McWilliams Best Paper Award is given for the best paper presented at the previous year’s APSA Annual Meeting. Please submit nominations to the award committee below.
Nominations due: May 2024
SECTION 31: FOREIGN POLICY
Formed: 1993 / Dues: $10 for all members
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. 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: Dov Levin, University of Hong Kong
Secretary/ Treasurer: Kelsey Larsen, University of Central Florida
2024 Annual Meeting Division Chairs: William Bendix, Dakota State University and Emily Holland, Naval War College
Council: Tom Dolan, University of Central Florida; Nola Haynes, Pepperdine University; Kelsey Larsen, University of Central Florida; Anthony C. Lopez, Washington State University; A. Burcu Bayram, University of Arkansas; Christine Sixta Rinehart, University of South Carolina; Sibel Oktay, University of Illinois at Springfield; Dov Levin, University of Hong Kong; Chad Nelson, Brigham Young University; Jacqueline Hazelton, Harvard University
Foreign Policy Section Graduate Student Travel Grant
This competitive grant is designed to support the travel costs of graduate students who currently study in an academic institution to attend the APSA Annual Meeting in person. The recipients must be either a member of the APSA FP section at the time of the Annual Meeting or have a paper accepted for the Annual Meeting on a FP-sponsored panel (one of these two criteria is sufficient). The grant recipients will receive a $500 cash reimbursement for travel, accommodation, and/or fees directly accrued from their in-person attendance at the convention.
Nominations due: June 15, 2024
Best Paper Award
This award recognizes the best paper presented on a panel organized by the Foreign Policy Section at the 2023 APSA Annual Meeting.
Nominations due: November 15, 2023
Best Graduate Student Paper Award
This award recognizes the best graduate student paper presented on a panel organized by the Foreign Policy Section at the 2023 APSA Annual Meeting.
Nominations due: November 15, 2023
Best Book Award
In recognition of outstanding scholarly monographs related to foreign policy, broadly conceptualized. All methodologies and approaches to the subject are welcome.
Nominations due: March 1, 2024
SECTION 32: ELECTIONS, PUBLIC OPINION, AND VOTING BEHAVIOR
Formed: 1994 / Dues: $0 for student members and $21 for all other members.
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.
Website: https://connect.apsanet.org/s32/
Chair: James Druckman, Northwestern University
Vice-Chair: Amanda Friesen, University of Western Ontario
Treasurer: Alessandro Nai, University of Amsterdam
Communications Director: John Holbein, University of Virginia
2024 Annual Meeting Division Chairs: Elizabeth Simas, University of Houston; David Ciuk, Franklin & Marshall College; Kevin Mullinix, University of Kansas
Executive Council: Adrienne Jones, Morehouse College; Shane Singh, University of Georgia; Ruth Dassonnville, University of Montreal; Gabor Simonovits, Central European University; Noam Gidron, Hebrew University of Jerusalem; Kostanca Dhima, Georgia State University
Philip E. Converse Book Award
The Philip E. Converse Book Award is awarded annually to the author(s) of an outstanding book published at least five years ago.
Nominations due: March 1, 2024
Emerging Scholar Award
The Emerging Scholar Award is given to the top scholar in the field who is within 10 years of her or his PhD.
Nominations due: March 1, 2024
Best Paper Award
The Best Paper Award is awarded annually to the author(s) of the best paper delivered at the previous year’s APSA Annual Meeting.
Nominations due: March 1, 2024
Best Article in Political Behavior
The Best Article in Political Behavior Award is awarded annually to the author(s) of the best article published in the journal during the previous calendar year.
Nominations due: March 1, 2024
John Sullivan Award
The John Sullivan Award is awarded annually to the author(s) of the best paper by a graduate student on a panel sponsored by the APSA section on Elections, Public Opinion and Voting Behavior at the previous APSA Annual Meeting.
Nominations due: March 1, 2024
Warren E. Miller Prize
The Warren E. Miller Prize is awarded every two to three years for an outstanding career of intellectual accomplishment and service to the profession in the EPOVB field.
Nominations due: March 1, 2024
SECTION 33: RACE, ETHNICITY AND POLITICS
Formed: 1995 / Dues: $0 for student members and $20 for all other members
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: https://connect.apsanet.org/s33/
Chair: Hannah Walker, University of Texas at Austin
Vice-Chair: Bernard Fraga, Emory University
Secretary: Beth Ginsberg, University of Connecticut
Treasurer: Kenicia Wright, Arizona State University
2024 Annual Meeting Division Chairs: Nazita Lajevardi, Michigan State University and Christine Slaughter, Boston University
Executive Council: Deborah Schildkraut, Tufts University; Andrea Benjamin, University of Oklahoma; Claudia Sandoval, Loyola Marymount University; Tiffany Willoughby Herard, University of California, Irvine; Matthew Hayes, Washington University in St. Louis; Sara Sadhwani, Pamona College; Tabitha Bonilla, Northwestern University; Periloux Peay, University of Maryland; Kumar Ramanathan, University of Chicago; Michael Strawbridge, Rutgers University
Best Book in Race, Ethnicity, and Politics
The REP Section’s annual book award recognizes the very best research exploring the multiple junctures between politics and issues of race, ethnicity, immigration, and indigeneity, as well as their intersections with other axes of identity and marginalization. We seek nominations for books that broadly focus on racial and ethnic politics, from scholars across all sub-fields of political science and allied disciplines. Singly- and multiply-authored books, monographs as well as textbooks, will be considered. Books published/copyrighted in calendar year 2023 are eligible for the prize. Books that were nominated in previous years are not eligible and should not be renominated.
Nominations due: May 1, 2024
Best Dissertation in Race, Ethnicity, and Politics
The Race, Politics, and Ethnicity Section of the American Political Science Association is accepting nominations for Best Dissertation completed in the period January 2023 to December 2023. Nominations and accompanying materials will be accepted until April 30, 2024. Please submit all materials directly to the committee.
Nominations due: April 30, 2024
Best Paper Award
Best paper presented in Section 33 (Race, Ethnicity, and Politics) during the previous APSA Annual Meeting (2023). Please submit the conference version of the paper.
Nominations due: June 1, 2024
Best Paper on Intersectionality Award (Joint with Section 16)
This award is for the best paper addressing intersectionality presented at the previous year’s APSA Annual Meeting. The scope of the award recognizes the roots of intersectional analysis in a critical analysis of the lived experiences of women of color, while also allowing for a more expansive reading of identity politics that takes into account multiple subjectivities and experiences, both within and outside the United States.
Nominations due: April 1, 2024
SECTION 34: INTERNATIONAL HISTORY AND POLITICS
Formed: 1999 / Dues: $0 for student members and $10 for all other members
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.
Website: https://connect.apsanet.org/s34/
Chair: Catherine Lu, McGill University
Vice-Chair: Ayşe Zarakol, University of Cambridge
Secretary/ Treasurer: Kyle M. Lascurettes, Lewis & Clark College
2024 Annual Meeting Division Chairs: Richard Maass, Old Dominion University and Catherine Lu, McGill University
Executive Council: Arjun Chowdhury, University of British Columbia; Justin Conrad, University of Georgia; Carla Norrlӧf, University of Toronto; Marcos S. Scauso, Quinnipiac University; Jelena Subotic, Georgia State University; Inés Valdez, Ohio State University
The Robert L. Jervis and Paul W. Schroeder Best Book Award
This award is 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 Annual Meeting at which the award is presented. The copyright date of a book will establish the relevant year.
Nominations due: January 31, 2024
Outstanding Article Award in International History and Politics
This award recognizes exceptional peer-reviewed journal articles representing the mission of the section, 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 Annual 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.
Nominations due: January 31, 2024
SECTION 35: DEMOCRACY AND AUTOCRACY
Formed: 2000 / Dues: $0 for student members and $12 for all other members
The Democracy and Autocracy 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: https://connect.apsanet.org/s35/
Chair: Anne Meng, University of Virginia
Vice-Chair: Elizabeth Nugent, Princeton University
Secretary: Carolyn Holmes, University of Tennessee
Treasurer: Matthew Cleary, Syracuse University
2024 Annual Meeting Division Chairs: Mashail Malik, Harvard University and Danny Choi, Brown University
Best Article Award
Solo- or co-authored articles focusing directly on the subject of democracy, autocracy and/or regime change and published in 2023 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 15, 2024
Best Book Award
Given for the best book in the comparative study of democracy, autocracy and/or regime change published in 2023 (authored, co-authored, or edited). Copies of the nominated book should be sent to each committee member in time to arrive by March 15, 2024. Books received after this deadline will not be considered.
Nominations due: March 15, 2024
Best Fieldwork Award
This prize rewards dissertation students who conduct especially innovative and difficult fieldwork in the comparative study of regime change. Scholars who are currently writing their dissertations or who completed their dissertations in 2023 are eligible. Candidates must submit two chapters of their dissertation and a short 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 15, 2024
Best Paper Award
Given to the best paper on the comparative study of democracy, autocracy and/or regime change presented at the previous year’s APSA Convention. Papers can be nominated by panel chairs or discussants. Self-submissions are also encouraged.
Nominations due: March 15, 2024
Juan Linz Best Dissertation Award
Given for the best dissertation on democratization and/or the development and dynamics of democracy and authoritarianism completed and accepted in the two calendar years immediately prior to the APSA Annual Meeting where the award will be presented (2022 or 2023 for the 2024 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 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 15, 2024
SECTION 36: HUMAN RIGHTS
Formed: 2000 / Dues: $0 for all members
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, 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.
President: Mneesha Gellman, Emerson College
Vice-President: Gary Uzonyi, University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Vice-President Elect: Ann Marie Clark, Purdue University
Secretary: Audrey Comstock, Arizona State University
Treasurer: Michael Struett, North Carolina State University
2024 Annual Meeting Division Chairs: Gary Uzonyi, University of Tennessee, Knoxville and Ann Marie Clark, Purdue University
Executive Council: Lydia Tiede, University of Houston; Carrie Walling, University of Minnesota; Carla De Ycaza, New York University; Karen Zivi, Grand Valley State University
Distinguished Scholar Award
Given every three years to a section member who has made a major contribution to the advancement of human rights scholarship and to our community through their research, teaching, mentoring of others, creation of opportunities for exchange and collaboration among scholars, or other means.
Distinguished scholars will:
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(1) Have records of scholarly excellence, as demonstrated in their publications, grants, pedagogical accomplishments, and/or outreach and engagement efforts;
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(2) Have been active participants in the section, now or in the past, and have contributed to the maintenance of our scholarly community in some meaningful way (e.g., in a leadership or mentoring role, as an active panel or workshop participant, etc.);
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(3) Be at least 10 years from the date of their PhD degrees.
Nomination instructions: Nomination packages should include a letter of nomination describing how the nominee meets the award criteria, a copy of the nominee’s full cv, and letters from up to four people in support of the nomination. Self-nominations are not accepted. The committee will consider all nominations but reserves the right not to make an award if no nominees fulfill the criteria. The committee acknowledges that the division of academic labor remains deeply gendered, racialized, and hierarchical, including with respect to institutional type and type of academic appointment or affiliation. We therefore especially invite nominations of scholars and scholar-activists who have made significant contributions to our field and profession in ways that work to challenge and eradicate these forms of domination.
Nominations due: March 1, 2024
Best Dissertation Award
Dissertation making the greatest contribution to the field of human rights in the previous calendar year. Please send a copy to each member of the committee.
Nomination instructions: Send copies of the nominated dissertation and a letter of support from the dissertation Chair, which should specify the contribution of the work to the field of human rights within no more than 1,000 words, to ALL members of the Dissertation Award Committee by email. Dissertation may be pdf or hard copy. Please check with award committee members for their preference.
Nominations due: March 1, 2024
Best Book Award
This competition is open to all books on human rights written by a political scientist and published in the previous two years.
Nomination instructions: Please send one hard copy or pdf of the book to each member of the award committee. Email members directly to determine preferred form—pdf or hard copy of book.
Nominations due: March 1, 2024
Best Paper Award
This award recognizes the best paper presented on a Human Rights Section Panel at the APSA Annual Meeting.
Nomination instructions: Submit nominations, including a copy of the paper, to all members of the committee via email.
Nominations due: March 1, 2024
SECTION 37: QUALITATIVE AND MULTI-METHOD RESEARCH
Formed: 2003 / Dues: $0 for student members; $9 for all other members
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.
Chair: Jennifer Cyr, Universidad Torcuato Di Tella
Vice-Chair: Jessica Rich, Marquette University
Chair-Elect: Jeffrey Checkel, European University Institute
Secretary/Treasurer: Tasha Fairfield, London School of Economics
Diversity and Equity Officer: Roselyn Hsueh, Temple University
2024 Annual Meeting Division Chairs: Benjamin Smith, University of Florida and Adrienne LeBas, American University
Executive Committee: Yanilda Gonzalez, Harvard University; Sara Niedzwiecki, University of California, Santa Cruz
Alexander L. George Article Award
This 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 George award will be given to works published in the calendar year prior to the year of the APSA Annual Meeting at which the award is presented, i.e. for the 2024 award to materials published in 2023. In determining the date of an article publication, authors may choose either the date the article was first electronically published or the date of the formal journal citation (but not both). In determining the date of a book chapter publication, the copyright date of the book will establish the relevant year. A pdf file of the nominated article/chapter should be emailed to [email protected].
Nominations due: January 31, 2024
Giovanni Sartori Book Award
This 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. This award may be granted to a single-authored or multi-authored book, or to an edited volume. The Sartori 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, i.e., for the 2024 award to materials published in 2023. The copyright date of the book will establish the relevant year. One copy of the nominated work should be sent to each of the three committee members. Please contact the section’s Secretary-Treasurer, Tasha Fairfield, [email protected] to request their mailing addresses.
Nominations due: January 31, 2024
Kendra Koivu Paper Award
This award honors the scholarly legacy and contributions of Kendra Koivu, who published important works on process tracing, case selection, and other qualitative fields, and who provided valuable service to the section. This award is given to a paper presented at the APSA Annual Meeting. Please note that to be eligible for consideration, the paper must be the version that was presented at the 2023 APSA Annual Meeting, not a subsequent iteration. A pdf file of the nominated APSA paper should be emailed to [email protected].
Nominations due: January 31, 2024
David Collier Mid-Career Achievement Award
This award honors David 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 is presented 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. To be eligible for the mid-career award, nominees must have defended their dissertation within fifteen years of the beginning of the year in which the award is presented. Please send nominations via email to Jennifer Cyr ([email protected]), the President of the APSA Organized Section for Qualitative and Multi-Method Research. Each nomination must include a cover letter summarizing specific merits of the candidate (not merely generic praise), as well as an up-to-date curriculum vitae of the nominee, including the date of the doctoral degree.
Nominations due: January 31, 2024
SECTION 38: SEXUALITY AND POLITICS
Formed: 2007 / Dues: $0 for student members and $10 for all other members
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 the APSA.
Chair: Libby Sharrow, University of Massachusetts Amherst
Communications Coordinator: Charmaine Willis, Skidmore College
Treasurer: Gabriel Magni, Loyola Marymount University
2024 Annual Meeting Division Chair: Scott Siegel, San Francisco State University
Executive Council: Jerry Thomas, University of Wisconsin – Oshkosh; Micah English, Yale University; Danielle Pullan, University of Cologne; Joanna Wuest, Mount Holyoke College; Isabel Felix-Gonsalez, University of California, Irvine; Jeff Feng, Northwestern University; Razan Ghazzawi, University of Sussex
Cynthia Weber Best Conference Paper Award
The Best Conference Paper Award recognizes the best paper exploring sexuality and politics presented at the previous year’s APSA Annual Meeting.
Nominations due: March 15, 2024
Kenneth Sherrill Best Dissertation Award
The 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 15, 2024
Sexuality & Politics Best Book Award
The Sexuality & Politics Best Book Award recognizes the best book exploring sexuality and politics published in the previous year. The committee welcomes books in any subfield of political science and using any appropriate methodology. Nominations must be received by March 15 of the year the award will be given.
Nominations due: March 15, 2024
SECTION 39: HEALTH POLITICS AND POLICY
Formed: 2008 / Dues: $0 for student members and $16 for all other members
The organized section on Health Politics and Policy provides the ideal infrastructure in which members can more thoroughly, 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: Andrew Kelly, California State University, East Bay
Vice Chair and Chair-Elect: Julianna Pacheco, University of Iowa
Secretary: Charley Willison, Cornell University
Treasurer: Simon Haeder, Texas A&M University
2024 Annual Meeting Division Chairs: Julianna Pacheco, University of Iowa and Renu Sing, Bocconi University
Executive Council: Herschel Nachlis, Dartmouth College; Holly Jarman, University of Michigan; Andrea Louise Campbell, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Alan Zarychta, University of Chicago; Lucia Vitale, University of California, Santa Cruz
Leonard S. Robins Award for the Best Paper on Health Politics and Policy
The section’s Best Paper on Health Politics and Policy Award is named in honor of 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. The award recognizes the best paper on any subject that fits under the rubric of Health Politics and Policy presented at the previous annual APSA meeting.
Nominations due: December 31, 2023
Outstanding Public Engagement in Health Policy Award
The Outstanding Public Engagement in Health Policy Award is offered to an individual who has contributed to health and health care system improvement through sustained engagement in the political and policy making process.
Nominations due: May 1, 2024
SECTION 40: CANADIAN POLITICS
Formed: 2009 / Dues: $0 for student members and $8 for all other members
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 culmination of knowledge about Canadian Politics.
Website: https://connect.apsanet.org/s40/
Chair: Matthew Lebo, University of Western Ontario
Vice-Chair/Chair-Elect: Clifton van der Linden, McMaster University
Secretary: Jean-François Daoust, Université de Sherbrooke
Treasurer: Kathryn Harrison, University of British Columbia
2024 Annual Meeting Division Chairs: Scott Matthews, Memorial University; Elizabeth Baisley, Queen’s University; Randy Besco, University of Toronto
Executive Council: Randy Besco, University of Toronto; Elizabeth Baisley, Queen’s University; James Endersby, University of Missouri; Edana Beauvais, Simon Fraser University; Christopher Sands, Wilson Center’s Canada Institute; Zachary Taylor, Western University
Mildred Schwartz Lifetime Achievement Award
The Mildred A. Schwartz Lifetime Achievement Award goes to scholars who have made significant contributions through their career to the study of Canadian politics, either through development of political analysis of Canada or through incorporating Canada as a significant case in comparative political analyses.
Nominations due: June 7, 2024
Seymour Martin Lipset Best Book Award
The Seymour Martin Lipset Best Book Award is 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.
Nomination instructions: Books dealing with Canadian politics or incorporating Canada as a significant case in a comparative political analysis are eligible for consideration. Nominations, including self-nominations, and books should be sent to the Chair of the Selection Committee.
Nominations due: June 7, 2024
SECTION 41: POLITICAL NETWORKS
Formed: 2009 / Dues: $0 for student members and $10 for all other members
The purpose of the Political Networks organized section is to promote intellectual exchange among scholars regarding the theoretical, methodological, and substantive aspects of political networks.
Website: http://www.polinetworks.org/
Chair: Lorien Jasny, University of Exeter
Vice-Chair: Philip Leifeld, University of Essex
Treasurer: Sahar Abi-Hasan, Northeastern University
Communication Director: Margaret Foster, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Archivist: Lauren Ratliff Santoro, University of Texas at Dallas
2024 Annual Meeting Division Chair: Ted Hsuan Yun Chen, George Mason University
Executive Committee: Ted Hsuan Yun Chen, George Mason University; Mark Lubell, University of California, Davis; Anand Sokhey, University of Colorado
The Political Ties Award
The APSA organized section on Political Networks is seeking nominations for the Political Ties Award. This award is given annually to the best article published on the subject of political networks. Nominees must have been published—either on-line or in print—in a peer-reviewed journal between January 1 and December 31 of 2023.
Nominations due: April 5, 2024
Best Conference Paper Award
This award is 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: April 5, 2024
John Sprague Award
This award, issued by the Political Networks Section of APSA, is given annually to the best paper on political networks presented by a graduate student delivered at a political science conference in the previous year. The award includes a cash prize.
Nominations due: April 5, 2024
SECTION 42: EXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH
Formed: 2010 / Dues: $0 for student and professional members for online only journal access; $18 for student members for print and online journal access; $24 for professional members for print and online journal access
The Experimental Research organized 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 specialized skills and to providing a forum where research based in these techniques can be shared and discussed.
Website: www.apsanet.org/section42
Chair: Rose McDermott, Brown University
Chair-Elect: Nahomi Ichino, Emory University
Treasurer: Yusaku Horiuchi, Dartmouth College
2024 Annual Meeting Division Chairs: Amanda Clayton, University of California, Berkeley
Executive Council: Jennifer Chudy, Wellesley College; Fabian Neuner, Arizona State University; Miguel Pereira, Washington University in St. Louis; Alex Scacco, WZB Berlin Social Science Center; Ariel White, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Best Dissertation Award
The Best Dissertation Award recognizes the best dissertation completed in the previous calendar year that utilizes experimental methods on substantive questions about politics or makes a fundamental contribution to experimental methods.
Nominations due: April 15, 2024
Best Paper Award
The Best Paper Award recognizes a paper that was scheduled to be presented at the APSA Annual Meeting in the previous year and features experimental research.
Nominations due: April 15, 2024
Best Book Award
The Best Book Award recognizes the best book published in the previous calendar year that either uses or is about experimental research methods in the study of politics.
Nomination due: April 15, 2024
Public Service Award
Many experiments only occur thanks to the assistance of non-researchers who provide access to resources and data. This award recognizes a special form of public service, the facilitation of randomized experiments in political science by those outside the academy.
Nomination due: April 15, 2024
Rebecca Morton Award for Best JEPS Article
This award is for the best research article published in the previous year in the Journal of Experimental Political Science.
Nomination due: April 15, 2024
Best Article with a Preregistration in JEPS Award
This award is the best article published in the previous year in the Journal of Experimental Political Science that conducts analysis that was registered in a pre-analysis plan.
Nomination due: April 15, 2024
Best Replication in JEPS Award
This award is for the best article published in the previous year in the Journal of Experimental Political Science that conducts a replication of previously published work.
Nomination due: April 15, 2024
SECTION 43: MIGRATION AND CITIZENSHIP
Formed: 2012 / Dues: $0 for student members and $15 for all other members
The purpose of this section is to bring together political scientists working on issues of migration and citizenship, promote teaching and research in the field, and encourage communication among political scientists and scholars of migration and citizenship in related disciplines, including policy and other professionals, domestically and internationally.
Website: https://connect.apsanet.org/s43/
Chair: Fiona B. Adamson, SOAS University of London
Chair-Elect: Michael Jones-Correa, University of Pennsylvania
Secretary: Monica Varsanyi, CUNY Graduate Center
Treasurer: Heather Silber Mohamed, Clark University
2024 Annual Meeting Division Chairs: Rebecca Hamlin, University of Massachusetts Amherst and Michael Sharpe, CUNY Graduate Center
Executive Council: Lamis E. Abdelaaty, Syracuse University; Angie Bautista-Chavez, Arizona State University; Allan Colbern, Arizona State University; Lama Mourad, Carleton University; Jessica Taghvaiee, University of California, Irvine; Jackie Vimo, National Immigration Law Center
Best Book Award
Award given to the best book on migration and/or citizenship published in calendar year 2023. Edited volumes are not eligible.
Nominations due: March 1, 2024
Best Article Award
Best article on migration and/or citizenship published (and printed) in 2023.
Nominations due: March 1, 2024
Best Dissertation Award
Best dissertation on migration and/or citizenship accepted in 2023.
Nominations due: March 1, 2024
Best Graduate Student Paper
Best paper on migration and/or citizenship presented by a graduate student at the 2023 APSA Annual Meeting in Montreal (either as part of a panel or poster session). Papers co-authored with faculty are not eligible.
Nominations due: March 1, 2024
Emerging Scholar Award
The goal of this award is to recognize and celebrate an outstanding scholar who is within eight years from the year of their PhD or holds a pre-tenure status and whose scholarly publication, teaching, professional service, and/or public scholarship has made a significant contribution to understanding migration and/or citizenship in political life.
Eligibility criteria:
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• Recipients need to be current members of the APSA Section on Migration and Citizenship.
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• Recipients must have their PhD degree conferred within the past six calendar years (e.g., for the award to be awarded in 2024, recipients can have received their PhDs no earlier than 2018) or hold a pre-tenure status.
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• Nominations need to be accompanied by at least one nomination letter, written by the nominee and/or a scholar other than the nominee, along with supporting documents that will allow the award committee to learn of the nominee’s outstanding contribution to understanding migration and/or citizenship in political life, including but not limited to a CV, writing sample(s) (not exceeding 30 pages total), evidence of teaching excellence (not exceeding 30 pages total),…etc.
Prize: The winner will be honored and receive a certificate at the business meeting of the APSA Section on Migration and Citizenship.
The winner will also receive a $500 cash prize.
Nominations due: March 1, 2024
Career Achievement Award
The goal of this award is to recognize and celebrate career achievement through outstanding scholarly publication, teaching, professional service, and/or public scholarship that has advanced the understanding of migration and/or citizenship in political life.
Eligibility criteria:
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• Recipients need to be current members of the APSA Section on Migration and Citizenship.
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• Nominations need to be accompanied by at least two nomination letters, which explain and illustrate the nominee’s outstanding contribution to understanding migration and/or citizenship in political life in their scholarly publication, teaching, professional service, and/or public scholarship.
Prize: The winner will be honored and receive a certificate at the business meeting of the APSA Section on Migration and Citizenship.
Nominations due: March 1, 2024
SECTION 44: AFRICAN POLITICS CONFERENCE GROUP
Formed: 2013 / Dues: $10 for student members and $10 for all other members
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.
The African Politics Conference Group (APCG) brings together scholars from around the world whose research and professional interests center largely or in part on the study of politics in Africa. APCG promotes recognition of the theoretical, empirical, and methodological contributions of its members within professional associations, media, and the general public. Recognizing historical imbalances, APCG also promotes the intellectual contributions of scholars in Africa and the diaspora and works to expand opportunities for their professional engagement and development.
Chair: Peter M. Lewis, Johns Hopkins University
Vice-Chair: Azeez Olaniyan, Federal University Oye Ekiti
Secretary: Erin Hern, Syracuse University
Treasurer: Zainab Mai Bornu, University of Leicester
2024 Annual Meeting Division Chairs: Zainab Mai-Bornu, University of Leicester and Travis Curtice, Drexel University
APCG Ralph Bunche Best Graduate Paper Award
The APCG Ralphe Bunche Best Graduate Student Paper Award Committee seeks nominations. The award carries a cash prize and is intended to recognize outstanding scholarship in African politics. Eligible papers must be nominated by a member of the APCG (self-nominations are allowed), written by a graduate student, and presented at any professional conference in 2023, regardless of sponsorship or location, at which the paper is presented by the author and/or discussed by another colleague in the profession. This includes papers presented through the APCG online colloquium. The papers cannot have a co-author with a PhD.
APCG Lynne Rienner Best Dissertation Award
The APCG-Lynne Rienner Best Dissertation Award Committee invites submissions for the best dissertation in African politics. The award carries a prize and recognizes outstanding scholarship in African politics.
Best Article
Best article published in political science based in African empirics.
Best Book
Best book published in political science based in African empirics.
SECTION 45: CLASS AND INEQUALITY
Formed: 2014 / Dues: $0 for student members and $10 for all other members
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.
Website: https://connect.apsanet.org/s45/
Chair: Amber Wichowsky, Marquette University
Treasurer: Christopher Witko, Pennsylvania State University
2024 Annual Meeting Division Chairs: Meghan Condon, Loyola University Chicago and Daniel Laurison, Swarthmore College
Executive Council: Kris-Stella Trump, Johns Hopkins University; Simon Weschle, Syracuse University; Laura Bucci, Saint Joseph’s University; Ben Ansell, Oxford University; Chris Ojeda, University of California, Merced
Best Paper Award
For the best paper presented at a panel sponsored (or co-sponsored) by the Class and Inequality Section at the 2023 APSA Annual Meeting. Please be sure to submit conference version of paper.
Best Paper on Economic and Social Inequality
For the best paper on the intersection of social and economic inequality presented at any panel—including those not hosted by the Class and Inequality section—at the 2023 APSA Annual Meeting. Please be sure to submit conference version of paper.
Best Dissertation on Class and Inequality
The dissertation will be chosen from among those completed by graduate student Section members in the preceding calendar year. In 2024, the committee will consider dissertations defended in 2023. (Note that nominated authors must be members of the Class & Inequality section.)
Best Book on Class and Inequality
The book will be chosen from among those published by Section members in the prior two calendar years. In 2024, the committee will consider books published in 2022 and 2023. (Note that nominated authors must be members of the Class & Inequality section.)
Christopher Faricy Graduate Student Travel Award
To help defer the cost of travel expenses related to attending the APSA Annual Meeting, the Section makes every effort to grant the travel award to all graduate students presenting a paper at a C&I panel who apply and demonstrate that insufficient funding is available from other sources. We will contact all those offered C&I roles with additional details and deadlines; note that we will begin accepting funding applications soon after APSA sends acceptances and will communicate grant decisions before the APSA registration deadline.
Nominations due: Within one month of APSA notification of acceptance.
SECTION 46: IDEAS, KNOWLEDGE AND POLITICS
Formed: 2014 / Dues: $0 for student members and $10 for all other members
To understand political decisions and actions, it is necessary to study the sources and content of our political beliefs. To assess these decisions and actions, we need to study whether our political beliefs are accurate. Why do different people interpret the political world in different ways? How do they interpret either their own interests or the public interest; from what sources are these interpretations drawn; and how do these interpretations motivate political action? Given political actors’ imperfect knowledge, how do they try to approximate full knowledge of the likely consequences of their actions, and how successful are these attempts? Under what conditions do political beliefs tend to be true? These questions have tended to be neglected within political science, with the result that our understandings of political processes are often incomplete. By addressing itself to the sources and the accuracy of our political beliefs, political epistemology seeks to fill a significant lacuna in political science and political theory.
Chair: TBA
Secretary: TBA
Treasurer: TBA
2024 Annual Meeting Division Chair: TBA
Executive Council: TBA
Best Graduate Student Paper Prize
This award recognizes the APSA conference paper by a graduate student or post-doc, presented at an Ideas, Knowledge, and Politics panel at the 2023 APSA Annual Meeting, that best explored the causal role of ideas or knowledge claims in politics or government. Nominations will be solicited from 2023 IKP panel chairs and discussants. The awards committee reserves the right to make no award.
Best Book Award
This award recognizes the best recent book on empirical or normative aspects of the causal role of ideas or knowledge claims in politics or government. The committee is authorized to go back several years, at its discretion, and to make its own nominations as well as accepting nominations from others, including book authors. Nominated books published in 2023 or previous years should be sent to committee members with a note or email message specifying that the book is being nominated. If only one copy of the book is available, please communicate this to the chair of the committee. Authors are urged to follow up with publishers to be sure that books have been submitted. Publishers are urged to contact committee members for their current mailing addresses.
SECTION 47: AMERICAN POLITICAL THOUGHT
Formed: 2017 / Dues: $25 for students with print and electronic journal access; $0 for students for electronic-only journal access; $35 for professional members with print and electronic journal access; $30 for professional members with electronic-only journal access
The purpose of this section is to facilitate and encourage a uniquely integrative approach to the study of politics that will put scholars of American politics, political theory, American political development, American history, philosophy, American literature, and other related fields in ongoing and fruitful conversation with one another.
Chair: Alan Gibson, University of Missouri
Vice-Chair: Susan Barndt McWilliams, Pomona College
Treasurer: James Read, College of St. Benedict and St. John’s University
2024 Annual Meeting Division Chairs: Emily Pears, Claremont McKenna College and Charles Zug, University of Missouri
Executive Council: Jennet Kirkpatrick, Arizona State University; Michelle A. Schwarze, University of Wisconsin–Madison; Charles Zug, University of Missouri
Best Book in American Political Thought
Winner of The Best Book in American Political Thought Award will be chosen every year by the section council.
Nominations due: March 1, 2024
Best Dissertation in American Political Thought
The winner of The Best Dissertation in American Political Thought Award will be chosen every three years by the Section Council. The Council will select award recipients from among nominations provided by department chairs (one per department).
Nominations due: March 1, 2024
Best Article in American Political Thought
The winner of The Best Article in American Political Thought Award will be chosen every year by the Section Council from among the articles published in the journal American Political Thought the preceding year.
Nominations due: March 1, 2024
The Best Conference Paper in American Political Thought Award
The winner of The Best Conference Paper in American Political Thought Award will be chosen every year by the Section Council from among nominations provided by panel chairs at the APSA Annual Meeting.
Nominations due: March 1, 2024
SECTION 48: INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATION
Formed: 2018 / Dues: $0 for Students and $10 for all other members
The International Collaboration (IC) Section of the American Political Science Association works to promote and disseminate research in and teaching of all facets of international collaboration and to encourage the interchange of ideas about international collaboration within the IC Section, and with our disciplines, practitioners, and interested persons.
Chair: Christina Davis, Harvard University
Vice-Chair: Daniela Donno, University of Oklahoma
Secretary/Treasurer: Phillip Lipscy, University of Toronto
2024 Annual Meeting Division Chairs: C. Randall Henning, American University and Marina Henke, Hertie School
Best Article Award
The Best Article Award is given for the best article on international collaboration published in 2023. Nominations, which must include a PDF of the article and publication information, should be emailed to the Section Chair. Self-nominations are welcome.
Nominations due: March 1, 2024
Best Book Award
The Best Book Award is given for the best book on international collaboration published in 2023. Nominations, which must include a PDF of the full book manuscript, should be emailed to the Section Chair. Self-nominations are welcome.
Nominations due: March 1, 2024
Best Dissertation Award
The Best Dissertation Award is given for the best dissertation on international collaboration for a PhD awarded in 2023. Students may self-nominate their dissertations. Nominations, which must include a PDF of the filed version of the dissertation, should be emailed to the Section Chair.
Nominations due: March 1, 2024
Distinguished Mentor Award
The Distinguished Mentor Award is given for excellence in mentoring graduate students and junior faculty in the study of international collaboration. We particularly welcome nominations from groups of scholars who can provide a holistic assessment of their nominee’s impact as a mentor. Nominations should be emailed to the Section Chair.
Nominations due: March 1, 2024
SECTION 49: MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA POLITICS
Formed: 2018 / Dues: $0 for Students and Targeted International Members, and $10 for all other members
Website: http://apsamena.org
Chair: Curtis Ryan, Appalachian State University
Vice-Chair: Yael Zeira, Syracuse University
Treasurer: Zahra Babar, Georgetown University in Qatar
At-Large Members of the Executive Committee: Lama Mourad, Carleton University and Allison Hartnett, University of Southern California
2024 Annual Meeting Division Chairs: Allison Hartnett, University of Southern California and Shamiran Mako, Boston University
Executive Council: Sean Yom, Temple University; Gamze Çavdar, Colorado State University; Nermin Allam, Rutgers University
Best Book on MENA Politics
Awarded for the best book published in the previous year (January-December). Monographs utilizing any methodological, theoretical, and empirical tools for the study of the politics of the Middle East and North Africa will be considered. Edited volumes, handbooks, and similar works will not be considered. If there are sufficient nominations, the award committee may choose to split the award into “first book” and “second(+) book” categories. Please submit nominations or self-nominations to the award committee with the subject heading “MENA Politics Best Book Nomination” at [email protected] by January 1. Electronic copies of the nominated book should be sent to the chair of the award committee. Members of the award committee who have worked closely with a nominee (as advisor, dissertation committee member, co-author, etc.) will recuse themselves from deliberation over that nominee’s work.
Nominations due: January 1, 2024
Best Article on MENA Politics
Awarded for the best article published in a peer-reviewed journal the previous year (January-December). Articles utilizing any methodological, theoretical, and empirical tools for the study of the politics of the Middle East and North Africa will be considered. Should sufficient nominees exist, the committee may also consider recognizing any submission for a “Best Fieldwork” or “Best Dataset” sub-award. Please submit nominations or self-nominations to the award committee with the subject heading “MENA Politics Best Journal Article Nomination” at [email protected] by January 1.
Nominations due: January 1, 2024
Best Dissertation on MENA Politics
Awarded for the best doctoral thesis defended in the previous academic year. (August-July). To be considered, the dissertation must be nominated by the dissertation adviser or another faculty member familiar with the work; self-nominations are not permitted and dissertations may only be nominated once. The nominator should submit a short letter explaining why the dissertation makes an exceptional contribution to the study of the politics of the Middle East and the broader discipline of Political Science; this letter should also indicate if any portion of the dissertation has been published in article format and/or if it is being nominated for another section award. Work utilizing any methodological, theoretical, and empirical tools for the study of the politics of the Middle East and North Africa will be considered. Please submit nomination letters, with the dissertation as a PDF attachment, to the chair of the award committee with the subject heading “MENA Politics Best Dissertation Nomination” at [email protected] by January 1. A member of the selection committee may not nominate their own graduate student and will recuse themselves from deliberations over their student’s work should it be nominated.
Nominations due: January 1, 2024
Best Paper on MENA Politics
Awarded for the best conference paper presented at the previous APSA Annual Meeting. Papers utilizing any methodological, theoretical, and empirical tools for the study of the politics of the Middle East and North Africa will be considered. Please submit nominations or self-nominations to the award committee with the subject heading “MENA Politics Best Paper Nomination” at [email protected] by January 1.
Nominations due: January 1, 2024
SECTION 50: CIVIC ENGAGEMENT
Formed: 2020 / Dues: $0 for Students, $10 for other members
Civic Engagement promotes the teaching of and scholarship in civic engagement through sponsorship of civic education and civic research panels and/or short courses. It recognizes quality scholarship and teaching innovation in civic engagement through annual awards. Civic Engagement will facilitate the development of faculty in this field through mentoring.
Website: https://sites.google.com/view/apsacivic/home
Chair: Lauren Bell, Randolph-Macon College
Co-Chair: Carah Ong Whaley, University of Virginia
Vice-Chair: Jeffrey Kraus, Wagner College
Secretary: Amanda Wintersieck, Virginia Commonwealth University
Treasurer: Jeremy Bowling, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
2024 Annual Meeting Division Chairs: Diana Owen, Georgetown University and Leah Murray, Weber State University
Council: William O’Brochta, Texas Lutheran University; J. Cherie Strachan, University of Akron; Kristina Wright, University of Florida; Austin Trantham, Saint Leo University
Established Leader Award
The APSA Civic Engagement Section Established Leader Award recognizes the outstanding and sustained achievements of an individual whose career commitment to civic engagement is marked by a consistent record of leadership in teaching, scholarship, and/or service to relevant communities.
Nomination Deadline: April 15, 2024
Outstanding Civic Engagement Project
This award recognizes a project led by an individual or team of individuals that serves to enhance and cultivate enduring student commitment to democratic engagement.
Nomination Deadline: April 15, 2024
Emerging Scholar
The Emerging Scholar Award honors an individual within five years of earning their terminal degree who is making notable contributions in the teaching and/or research of civic engagement and whose career to date demonstrates unusual promise in this area.
Nomination Deadline: April 15, 2024
Best Paper Award
The Best Paper Award recognizes the Best Paper presented at a Civic Engagement panel at the APSA Annual Meeting.
Nomination Deadline: April 15, 2024
SECTION 51: EDUCATION POLITICS AND POLICY
Formed: 2020 / Dues: $0 for Students, $10 for other members
Website: https://connect.apsanet.org/educationpoliticspolicy/
Chair: Jane Gingrich, University of Oxford
Chair-Elect: Ursula Hackett, Royal Holloway, University of London
Secretary: Ursula Hackett, Royal Holloway, University of London
Treasurer: Vladimir Kogan, Ohio State University
2024 Annual Meeting Division Chair: Jane Gingrich, University of Oxford
Executive Council: Sarah Reckhow, Michigan State University and Jason Giersch, University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Best APSA Paper on Education Politics and/or Policy
Recognizes the best paper on education politics and/or education policy presented at the previous year’s APSA Annual Meeting.
Nominations due: March 31, 2024
Best Education Politics and Policy Dissertation
Recognizes the best dissertation on education politics and/or education policy completed in the previous two calendar years.
Nominations due: March 31, 2024
Best Book on Education Politics and Policy
Recognizes the best book on education politics and/or education policy published in the previous two years.
Nominations due: March 31, 2024
SECTION 52: FORMAL THEORY
Formed: 2020 / Dues: $0 for Students, $25 for other members.
Formal theory is a methodology which is used by a large and central group of political scientists across the subfields of the discipline. The mission of the Formal Theory. Section will consist of three components. First, by raising the institutional visibility of the subfield and individual formal theorists, the Formal Theory Section will provide additional opportunities to promote and encourage formal theory research and training to others in the discipline. Second, because formal theorists are concentrated in a relatively small number of institutions, the Formal Theory Section will provide opportunities for engagement that will increase diversity within the subfield and expand the range of application of formal theoretical methods. Third, by developing a set of persistent institutions, the Formal Theory Section will enable scholars in the subfield to more easily collaborate, share information and develop best practices (in, for example, research and teaching).
President: Ian Turner, Yale University
Vice President: Ryan Hubert, University of California, Davis
Treasurer: Carlo Horz, Texas A&M University
Executive Council: Wioletta Dziuda, University of Chicago and Carlo Prato, Columbia University
2024 Annual Meeting Division Chair: Giovanna Invernizzi, Duke University and Sergio Ascensio, University of Essex
Journal of Theoretical Politics Ostrom Award
The Journal of Theoretical Politics Ostrom Award is given to the best article published in the Journal of Theoretical Politics within the previous two calendar years (2022, 2023).
Nominations due: March 1, 2024
Best Article by a Non-Tenured Scholar
Best article published in 2023 by a non-tenured scholar.
Nominations due: March 1, 2024
Best Article Award
Best article published in 2023.
Nominations due: March 1, 2024
Best APSA Paper Award
Best paper presented at APSA in 2023.
Nominations due: March 1, 2024
SECTION 53: INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS THEORY
Formed: 2021 / Dues: $0 for Students, $10 for other members.
The purpose of this section is to promote scholarship, mentoring, and teaching in International Relations Theory.
Co-Chair: Jennifer Mitzen, Ohio State University
Co-Chair: Alexandre Debs, Yale University
Secretary: Sebatian Rosato, University of Notre Dame
Treasurer: Adam Lerner, University of Massachusetts Lowell
Executive Committee: Bridget Coggins, University of California, Santa Barbara; Jeff Colgan, Brown University; Stacie Goddard, Wellesley College; Helen Kinsella, University of Minnesota; Inés Valdez, Johns Hopkins University
2024 Annual Meeting Division Chairs: Jennifer Mitzen, Ohio State University; Sebatian Rosato, University of Notre Dame; Alexandre Debs, Yale University
Nuno P. Monteiro Best Dissertation Award
The Best Dissertation Award, named for Nuno P. Monteiro, is given for the best dissertation in International Relations Theory. All dissertations completed within the previous two calendar years are eligible for consideration. Nominations should be directed to all three members of the award committee. All members of the Section are eligible to make nominations.
Nominations due: March 31, 2024
Best Graduate Student Paper Award
Best paper presented by a graduate student at the previous year’s APSA Annual Meeting. Nominations are welcome from any member (chair, discussant, paper presenters, attendees) of the panels at the APSA meeting. Self-nominations are encouraged. Nominations should be directed to all members of the award committee.
Nominations due: November 15, 2024
SECTION 54: AMERICAN POLITICAL ECONOMY
Formed: 2022/ Dues: $0 for Students, $10 for other members
The purpose of this section is to facilitate and promote research in the emerging subfield of American Political Economy (APE)—the study of the interaction of capitalism and democracy (markets and politics) in the United States. The section facilitates panels exploring topics related to APE, recognizes quality scholarship in the APE subfield with awards and provides mentorship for younger scholars working in the APE subfield
Co-Chair: Chloe Thurston, Northwestern University
Co-Chair: Jacob Hacker, Yale University
Chair-Elect: Jessica Trounstine, Vanderbilt University
Secretary/Treasurer: Nathan Kelly, University of Tennessee
2024 Annual Meeting Division Chairs: Mallory SoRelle, Duke University and Daniel Galvin, Northwestern University
Executive Council: Chloe Thurston, Northwestern University; Jacob Hacker, Yale University; Jessica Trounstine, Vanderbilt University; Nathan Kelly, University of Tennessee; Mallory SoRelle, Duke University; Daniel Galvin, Northwestern University; Sarah Anzia, University of California, Los Angeles; Lisa Miller, Rutgers University–New Brunswick
Emerging Scholar in American Political Economy
Given to a scholar not more than five years beyond the PhD who has made important contributions to the study of the American political economy. The award is focused on political scientists who study the United States, though comparative scholars who include the United States in their analyses are also eligible. Self-nominations are encouraged, but should include the name of at least one external reference. The award comes with a prize of $500.
Nominations due: March 31, 2024
Best Dissertation on American Political Economy
Given to a dissertation defended in the previous two calendar years (2022 or 2023) that makes an important contribution to the study of the American political economy. The award is focused on political scientists who study the United States, though comparative scholars who include the United States in their analyses are also eligible. Self-nominations are encouraged, but should include the name of at least one external reference. The award comes with a prize of $500.
Nominations due: March 31, 2024
Best Paper on American Political Economy
Given to a paper presented on an APE organized section sponsored panel at the 2023 APSA Annual Meeting that makes an important contribution to the study of the American political economy. In this initial year, papers do not have to have been presented on panels sponsored by the Organized Section on American Political Economy. The award is focused on political scientists who study the United States, though comparative scholars who include the United States in their analyses are also eligible. Self-nominations are encouraged, but should include the name of at least one external reference. The award comes with a prize of $500.
Nominations due: March 31, 2024
SECTION 55: SOUTH ASIAN POLITICS
Formed: 2022/ Dues: $0 for Students, $20 for other members
The purpose of this section is to facilitate and promote research in the subfield of South Asian politics---the domestic and international politics of the area covered by the current states of India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Afghanistan, Bhutan, Myanmar and the Maldives.
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(1) Facilitating panels exploring topics related to South Asian politics
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(2) Recognizing quality scholarship in the South Asian politics with awards
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(3) Providing mentorship for younger scholars working on South Asian politics particularly those from non-US institutions, and helping them to present their work before an international audience.
Chair: Alexander Lee, University of Rochester
Vice-Chair: Vineeta Yadav, Pennsylvania State University
Secretary/Treasurer: Adam Auerbach, American University
2024 Annual Meeting Division Chairs: Adam Ziegfeld, Temple University and Amit Ahuja, University of California, Santa Barbara
Executive Council: Pavithra Suryanarayan, London School of Economics and Shabana Fayaz, Quaid-i-Azam University
Rajni Kothari Award
This award is given to the best article on the politics of South Asia published in the previous calendar year.
Nominations due: April 1, 2024
Francine Frankel Award
This award is given to the best book on the politics of South Asia published in the previous two years.
Nominations due: April 1, 2024
