ADMINISTRATIVE APPOINTMENTS
Janet Box-Steffensmeier, dean, department of political science, Ohio State University, named Divisional Dean of Social and Behavioral Sciences, College of Arts and Sciences
David Canon, chair, department of political science, University of Wisconsin, Madison
Adam Chamberlain, polling director, Institute for Leadership and Public Policy, Coastal Carolina University
Stacia Haynie, dean, College of Humanities and Social Studies, Louisiana State University
Matthew Lebo, director, Center for Behavioral Political Economy, department of political science, Stony Brook University
Chad Litton, professor, human and social science, University of Mary, resigned as department chair
George Lovell, Harry Bridges Endowed Chair in Labor Studies, department of political science, University of Washington
Kelly M. McMann, director of international studies program, political science, Case Western Reserve University
Pete W. Moore, director, graduate program, political science department, Case Western Reserve University
Carolyn Somerville, department chair, department of political science, Hunter College, CUNY
Mark Springer, department chair, human and social science, University of Mary
Charles Taber, dean of the graduate school and vice provost for graduate education, department of political science, Stony Brook University
AWARDS
John Ahlquist, H.I. Romnes Faculty Fellow, department of political science, University of Wisconsin, Madison
Vincent Auger, professor, political science, Western Illinois University, received College of Arts and Sciences Teaching Award.
Richard Avramenko, Herbert and Evelyn Howe Bascom Professor in Integrated Liberal Studies, department of political science, University of Wisconsin, Madison, received Honored Instructor Award, University Housing.
Karen Beckwith, professor, political science, Case Western Reserve University, will be Fulbright-Scotland Visiting Professor, University of Edinburgh.
Samuel Best, associate professor, department of political science, University of Connecticut, received CLAS Excellence in Teaching Award.
Pat Boling, associate professor, department of political science, Purdue University, was inducted into Purdue’s Book of Great Teachers in 2013 and chosen as Outstanding Undergraduate Teacher in the College of Liberal Arts for 2013–2014.
George Breslauer, professor, Charles and Louise Travers Department of Political Science, University of California, Berkeley, was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
Nadia Brown, assistant professor, department of political science, Purdue University, received the Midwest Women’s Caucus for Political Science Early Career Award in April, 2014.
Robert X. Browning, associate professor, department of political science, Purdue University, received a grant from the C-SPAN Education Foundation to fund a C-SPAN conference this fall at Purdue.
Barry Burden, department of political science, University of Wisconsin, Madison, was cowinner of the Robert H. Durr Award for the best paper applying quantitative methods to a substantive problem in political science at the 2013 MPSA annual meeting, for “Election Laws and Partisan Gains: The Effects of Early Voting and Same Day Registration on the Parties’ Vote Shares.”
David Canon, department of political science, University of Wisconsin, Madison, was co-winner of the Robert H. Durr Award for the best paper applying quantitative methods to a substantive problem in political science at the 2013 MPSA annual meeting for “Election Laws and Partisan Gains: The Effects of Early Voting and Same Day Registration on the Parties’ Vote Shares.”
Sonali Chakravarti, assistant professor, department of government, Wesleyan University, is the winner of the Carol A. Baker ‘81 Memorial Prize for Excellence in Research and Teaching.
Katherine Cramer, department of political science, University of Wisconsin, Madison, received the Award for the Best Qualitative and Multi-Method submission to the American Political Science Review in 2012 for the article, “Putting Inequality in Its Place: Rural Consciousness and the Power of Perspective.”
Jill Crystal, professor, department of political science, Auburn University, received the Auburn Alumni Undergraduate Teaching Excellence Award.
Karen Dawisha, Walter E. Havighurst Professor of Political Science and director of the Havighurst Center for Russian and Post Soviet Studies, Miami University, received the Benjamin Harrison Medallion.
Donald Downs, department of political science, University of Wisconsin, Madison, is the 2013-14 recipient of the Hilldale Award for Social Studies.
Joe Dunn, Charles A. Dana Professor and Chair, Converse College, was selected as the CASE/Carnegie Foundation 2013 South Carolina Professor of the Year.
Dalia Fahmy, assistant professor, department of political science, Long Island University/Brooklyn Campus, is co-winner of 2014 GESIS Klingemann Scholarship for the article, “Correct Voting Across Thirty-three Democracies: A Preliminary Analysis,” published in British Journal of Political Science, 44 (March 2013), 239-259.
Jeff Fine, associate professor, department of political science, Clemson University, was awarded both the Frank A. Burtner Award for Excellence in Advising Students and the 2014 Clemson Class of 1940 Douglas W. Bradbury Award for outstanding contributions to the Calhoun Honors College.
Scott Gehlbach, department of political science, University of Wisconsin, Madison, received the Association for Comparative Economic Studies’ Abram Bergson Prize for the best article published in Comparative Economic Studies in the previous two years for his article, “Did Post-Communist Privatization Increase Mortality?”
Ron Hassner, associate professor, Charles and Louise Travers Department of Political Science, University of California, Berkeley, received the 2014 Distinguished Teaching Award at University of California, Berkeley.
Amanda Hollis-Brusky, assistant professor, department of politics, Pomona College, received Wig Distinguished Teaching Award.
Murray Jardine, professor, department of political science, Auburn University, received the Pi Sigma Alpha Outstanding Teaching in Political Science Award.
Karen Kampwirth, professor, political science, Knox College, was named the Robert W. Murphy Professor of Political Science.
Burdett Loomis, professor, department of political science, University of Kansas, received 2014 Steeples Service to Kansans Award.
Noam Lupu, department of political science, University of Wisconsin, Madison, received the Sage Paper Award for best paper in comparative politics at the 2012 American Political Science Association Annual Meeting for “Rethinking the Comparative Perspective on Class and Representation: Evidence from Latin America.”
Melanie Manion, department of political science, University of Wisconsin, Madison, was awarded Best in Class Instructor 2013, College of Letters and Science.
Pamela Martin, professor, department of politics and geography, Coastal Carolina University, was finalist for South Carolina Governor’s Professor of the Year.
Kenneth Mayer, department of political science, University of Wisconsin Madison, was co-winner of the Robert H. Durr Award for the best paper applying quantitative methods to a substantive problem in political science at the 2013 MPSA annual meeting, for “Election Laws and Partisan Gains: The Effects of Early Voting and Same Day Registration on the Parties’ Vote Shares.”
Susan McWilliams, associate professor, department of politics, Pomona College, received both the Wig Distinguished Teaching Award and the Graves Award in the Humanities.
Keith Nicholls, associate professor, department of political science and criminal justice, University of South Alabama
Laura Olson, professor, department of political science, Clemson University, was awarded the Centennial Professorship for the academic years 2013 and 2014. The award, given every two years, recognizes outstanding scholarly accomplishments of top Clemson faculty.
Ryan Owens, department of political science, University of Wisconsin, Madison, received both the Vilas Associate Award and the Undergraduate Student Mentoring Award in the Division of Social Studies.
Jon Pevehouse, department of political science, University of Wisconsin, Madison, received both Best in Class Instructor 2013, College of Letters and Science, and the Honored Instructor Award.
Jonathan Renshon, department of political science, University of Wisconsin Madison, received the 2013 Best Dissertation Award from the International Society of Political Psychology for “Fighting for Status.”
Rene Rocha, associate professor, department of political science, University of Iowa, received University of Iowa Collegiate Teaching Award (2013).
Howard Schweber, Leon Epstein Faculty Fellow, College of Letters and Science, University of Wisconsin, Madison
Keith Shimko, associate professor, department of political science, Purdue University, was inducted into Purdue’s Book of Great Teachers December 2, 2013 and was chosen for the Kenneth T. Kohmehl Undergraduate Teaching Award for 2013–2014.
Heather Turcotte, assistant professor, department of political science, University of Connecticut, received the AAUP Excellence Award for Teaching, Early Career.
Artemus Ward, professor, department of political science, Northern Illinois University, received Hughes-Gossett Prize for best paper published on Supreme Court history.
David Weimer, department of political science, University of Wisconsin, Madison, received Beryl Radin Best Article Award from the Public Management Research Association for best 2012 article in the Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory for his article, “Scientific Expertise and the Balance of Political Interests: MEDCAC and Medicare Coverage Decisions” (coauthors Daniel Walters and Stéphane Lavertu).
David Yalof, professor, department of political science, University of Connecticut, received the University of Connecticut Alumni Association Award for Excellence in Teaching.
Crawford Young, department of political science, University of Wisconsin, Madison, received the Best Book Prize from the African Politics Conference Group for the best book in 2012 on African politics for The Postcolonial State in Africa: Fifty Years of Independence, 1960–2010 (Africa and the Diaspora).
