AWARDS
James E. Campbell, UB Distinguished Professor of Political Science, University at Buffalo, SUNY, had his book, Polarized: Making Sense of a Divided America, named one of Choice’s Outstanding Academic Title for 2016.
Daniel Gillion, Presidential Associate Professor, University of Pennsylvania, received the 2017 W.E.B. Du Bois Book Award for his book Governing with Words: The Political Dialogue on Race, Public Policy, and Inequality in America at National Conference of Black Political Scientist (NCOBPS) in March 2017.
Michael Horowitz, associate professor, political science, University of Pennsylvania, is the 2017 recipient of International Studies Association’s Karl Deutsch Award.
ACTIVITIES
Susan Collins, associate professor, political science, University of Notre Dame, presented a lecture “E Pluribus Unum: Citizens, Friends, and Free Thinkers in the Ancient City” in March 2017 at Lee University.
Luis Ricardo Fraga, codirector, Institute for Latino Studies, University of Notre Dame, spoke during Goshen College’s 119th commencement ceremony April, 2017.
Courtenay Daum and David McIvor, Colorado State University, presented a talk on “Democracy in America” regarding the 2016 presidential election and its aftermath in March, 2017.
Kelly Dittmar, assistant professor, political science, Rutgers University; Dan Cassino, professor, political science, Fairleigh Dickinson University; and Ashley Koning, director of The Eagleton Center for Public Interest Polling—these scholars presented “What’s Gender Got To Do With It?” at the League of Women Voters of Morristown Area in Morristown, NJ in March, 2017.
Tim Fuller, professor, political science, Colorado College, gave a presentation “Restoring the Idea of the University” for the Political Science Speaker Series at University of Calgary in March 2017.
Heidi Hardt, assistant professor of political science, University of California, Irvine, has received funding from the Science for Peace & Security Programme of NATO’s Emerging Security Challenges Division to produce research and scholarly publications on women’s participation and effectiveness in the security and defense sector; an on-site and online gender awareness and sexual harassment training course tailored for civilian and military NATO staff; and a gender awareness handbook for all NATO practitioners.
Charles Lipson, Peter B. Ritzma Professor of Political Science, the University of Chicago, delivered the Walker Horizon Lecture in Political Science—“Security in Three Dimensions: A New Theory of International Relations”—at DePauw University in April, 2017.
Julia Lynch, associate professor, political science, University of Pennsylvania, delivered the 40th Harry Lee Waterfield Distinguished Lecture in Public Affairs at Murray State University, in April, 2017.
Melissa Michelson, professor, political science, Menlo College and Brian Harrison presented “How to Change Attitudes toward LGBT Rights” at Iowa State University in March, 2017.
Ido Oren, chair and associate professor of political science, University of Florida, presented “WMD, WMD, WMD: How the Incantation of Ambiguous Phrases Creates Foreign Threats” as part of the Samuel I. Clark Lecture Series at Western Michigan University in March, 2017.
Nancy Scherer, associate professor, political science, Wellesley College, addressed the Wellesley Club of the Pioneer Valley on “The Supreme Court in Today’s World” in April 2017.
APPOINTMENTS
Mehrzad Boroujerdi, chair of political science, Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, 2017–2018 fellow of the American Council on Education
Katie Cahill, associate director, Howard H. Baker Jr. Center for Public Policy, University of Tennessee
Joyce Mushaben, College Professor of Global Studies in Arts and Sciences, University of Missouri, St. Louis
Edward French, department head, department of political science and public administration, Mississippi State College of Arts and Sciences
Joseph Morris, chair, political science department, Mercyhurst University
RETIREMENTS
Joyce Baugh, professor, political science and public administration, Central Michigan University.
Members among American Academy of Arts and Sciences
The American Academy of Arts and Sciences has elected 228 new members for 2017. They include some of the world’s most accomplished scholars, scientists, writers, artists, as well as civic, business, and philanthropic leaders. The new class will be inducted at a ceremony on October 7, 2017, in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Members of the 2017 class include 7 political scientists who are members of APSA. The complete list of the 237th class of new members is located at www.amacad.org/members.
Frank R. Baumgartner, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Janet M. Box-Steffensmeier, Ohio State University
Anna Grzymala-Busse, Stanford University
Torben Iversen, Harvard University
Suzanne B. Mettler, Cornell University
Eric Schickler, University of California, Berkeley
Desmond King, University of Oxford
Sumit Kumar Ganguly, Indiana University
Jacob S. Hacker, Yale University ■
