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2014 Committees of APSA

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 April 2014

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COUNCIL COMMITTEES

Administrative Committee

The administrative committee consists of the president, president-elect, treasurer, and four other council members whose main duties include preparing agendas for council meetings and annual business meetings and acting on behalf of the council to dispose of policy issues deemed of insufficient weight to require decisions by the council.

Term expiring August 31, 2014

John H. Aldrich, Duke University

Todd C. Shaw, University of South Carolina

Kathleen Thelen, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Rodney E. Hero, University of California, Berkeley

Juan Carlos Huerta, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi

Philip Keefer, The World Bank

Evelyn M. Simien, University of Connecticut

Audit Committee

The audit committee supervises the conduct of APSA’s audit and oversee that adequate internal controls exist for the Association’s accounting and finance. The audit committee is comprised of three members: two from the council and one from the trust and development board of trustees. Members and the chair are named by the president with the advice and consent of the council.

Term expiring August 31, 2014

Kenneth R. Benoit, London School of Economics

Gretchen G. Casper, Pennsylvania State University

Evelyn M. Simien, University of Connecticut

Committee on Elections

The APSA Council Committee on Elections supervises the conduct of APSA’s elections. Three members are appointed after the election from among newly elected and continuing council members.

Term expiring August 31, 2014

Brian F. Crisp, Washington University, St. Louis

Junko Kato, University of Tokyo

K.C. Morrison, Mississippi State University

Council Finance Committee

The finance committee examines and interprets the trends in APSA finances and oversees patterns of revenues and expenditures relative to budget.

Term expiring August 31, 2014

Hank C. Jenkins-Smith, University of Oklahoma

Kathleen Thelen, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Committee on Rules

The APSA Council Committee on Rules reviews APSA’s by-laws and rules of procedure for governing the conduct of the annual business meeting and proposes revisions as they are deemed necessary.

Term expiring August 31, 2014

Christine Di Stefano, University of Washington

Joanne Miller, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities

Kenneth D. Wald, University of Florida

ACTIVE COMMITTEES

Ad Hoc Committee on Governance Reform

Term expiring August 31, 2014

Jeffrey M. Berry, Tufts University

Terri E. Givens, University of Texas, Austin

Kerstin Hamann, University of Central Florida

Jonathan GS Koppell, Arizona State University

David A. Lake, University of California, San Diego, Chair

Brett Ashley Leeds, Rice University

Joanne Miller, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities

Jeffrey A. Segal, SUNY, Stony Brook University

Dara Z. Strolovitch, University of Minnesota

STANDING COMMITTEES

Africa Project Steering Committee

Term expiring August 31, 2014

Catherine Boone, University of Texas, Austin

Mamadou Diouf, Columbia University

Ronald Kassimir, New School University

Ira Katznelson, Columbia University, Chair

Leonard Wantchekon, New York University

Committee on Annual Meetings

The Committee on the Annual Meeting is designed to oversee the practices and policies of the APSA Annual Meeting.

Term expiring August 31, 2014

Nancy Bermeo, University of Oxford, Chair

Term expiring August 31, 2015

Maryann Barakso, University of Massachusetts, Amherst

Eric L. McDaniel, University of Texas, Austin

Term expiring August 31, 2016

Stacia L. Haynie, Louisiana State University

Tyson D. King-Meadows, University of Maryland, Baltimore County

Committee on the Status of Asian Pacific Americans in the Profession

The Committee on the Status of Asian Pacific Americans in the Profession develops and promotes activities concerning the professional development of Asian American and Pacific Islander political scientists.

Term expiring August 31, 2014

Wendy K. Tam Cho, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Chair

Sarah Song, University of California, Berkeley

Term expiring August 31, 2015

Kira Sanbonmatsu, Rutgers University

Lee Trepanier, Saginaw Valley State University

Term expiring August 31, 2016

Natalie Masuoka, Tufts University

Karthick Ramakrishnan, University of California, Riverside

Committee on the Status of Blacks in the Profession

The Committee on the Status of Blacks in the Profession develops and promotes activities concerning the professional development of African Americans within the discipline.

Term expiring August 31, 2014

Christopher S. Parker, University of Washington

Melynda J. Price, University of Kentucky, Chair

Term expiring August 31, 2015

Andra Gillespie, Emory University

Byron D’Andra Orey, Jackson State University

Term expiring August 31, 2016

Shayla C. Nunnally, University of Connecticut

James Lance Taylor, University of San Francisco

Centennial Center Advisory Board

The Centennial Center Advisory Board guides practices of the Centennial Center, oversees funds for Center activities, and makes final decisions on awarding of Centennial Center scholarships and grants.

Term expiring August 31, 2014

Alice M. Jackson, Morgan State University

Stathis N. Kalyvas, Yale University

Daniel N. Posner, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Term expiring August 31, 2015

Kristin Bumiller, Amherst College

Colleen J. Shogan, Congressional Research Service

Charles A. Stevenson, Johns Hopkins SAIS

Term expiring August 31, 2016

Andrea Louise Campbell, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Gerald Gamm, University of Rochester

Sharon Ann Navarro, University of Texas at San Antonio

Committee on Civic Education

The Committee on Civic Education focuses on the contributions that higher education, and political sciences in higher education institutions, are making or could make to enhance the quantity and quality of civic engagement among young Americans.

Term expiring August 31, 2014

Scott Abernathy, University of Minnesota

Term expiring August 31, 2015

Els de Graauw, CUNY-Baruch College

Peter Levine, Tufts University

Term expiring August 31, 2016

Kristin Goss, Duke University, Chair

Brian M. Harward, Allegheny College

Committee on Departmental Services

The Committee on Departmental Services oversees APSA’s Departmental Services Program (DSP) which provides a forum for political science departments large and small to address common issues, and plan and develop publications and services for chairs, faculty, and students. The program, overseen by the Departmental Services Committee, supports political science teaching, scholarship, and service, and provides resources for department chairs.

Term expiring August 31, 2014

James Jennings, Tufts University

Patrick J. Sellers, Davidson College

Term expiring August 31, 2015

Richard C. Fording, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa

C. Danielle Vinson, Furman University

Term expiring August 31, 2016

Jarvis Hall, North Carolina Central University

Priscilla M. Regan, George Mason University, Chair

Development Committee

This committee proposes development goals and policies to the Council and oversees their eventual implementation; and has oversight of APSA Awards.

Term expiring August 31, 2014

Mark Q. Sawyer, University of California, Los Angeles

Sidney Tarrow, Cornell University

Term expiring August 31, 2015

Virginia Sapiro, Boston University, Chair

Elliot E. Slotnick, Ohio State University

Term expiring August 31, 2016

Joanne Gowa, Princeton University

Matthew C. Moen, University of South Dakota

Committee on Professional Ethics, Rights, and Freedoms

The committee’s responsibility is to protect the rights of political scientists and ensure that the ethical policies of the Association are followed.

Term expiring August 31, 2014

Sarah Birch

Christian Davenport, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

Term expiring August 31, 2015

Yvette M. Alex-Assensoh, University of Oregon, Chair

Kenneth Sherrill, Hunter College

Term expiring August 31, 2016

Scott W. Desposato, University of California, San Diego

Roxanne L. Euben, Wellesley College

Committee on International Political Science

This committee recommends policy to the APSA council regarding internationalization of the association, develops relationships between American political science and political science in other nations, and oversees APSA’s relationship with IPSA and other non-US. national and international associations.

Term expiring August 31, 2014

Michael Bratton, Michigan State University

Gail McElroy, Trinity College, Dublin, Chair

Term expiring August 31, 2015

Thomas Risse, Free University Berlin

Aili Mari Tripp, University of Wisconsin, Madison

Term expiring August 31, 2016

Yun-han Chu, Academia Sinica

Mark Tessler, University of Michigan

Committee on the Status of Latinos Y Latinas in the Profession

The Committee on the Status of Latinos y Latinas in the Profession develops and promotes activities concerning the professional development of Latinos within the discipline.

Term expiring August 31, 2014

José E. Cruz, SUNY, University at Albany

Sonia R. Garcia, St. Mary’s University

Term expiring August 31, 2015

Marisa Abrajano, University of California, San Diego, Chair

Ricardo Ramirez, University of Notre Dame

Term expiring August 31, 2016

Christina Elizabeth Bejarano, University of Kansas

Maria C. Escobar-Lemmon, Texas A&M University

Committee on the Status of Lesbians, Gays, Bisexuals and the Transgendered

This committee assesses the status of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgendered (LGBT) scholars in the profession, advances the research on LGBT issues, develops curriculum materials, and works to ensure tolerance toward LGBT political scientists.

Term expiring August 31, 2014

Steve Sanders, University of Michigan

Sahar Shafqat, St. Mary’s College of Maryland

Term expiring August 31, 2015

Heath Fogg Davis, Temple University

Charles Anthony Smith, University of California, Irvine, Chair

Term expiring August 31, 2016

Mary Caprioli, University of Minnesota, Duluth

Patrick J. Egan, New York University

Middle East Workshop Steering Committee

Term expiring August 31, 2014

Mustapha K. Al Sayyid, American University in Cairo

Lisa Anderson, American University in Cairo, Chair

Nancy Bermeo, University of Oxford

Henry E. Brady, University of California, Berkeley

Joseph G. Jabbra, Lebanese American University

Amaney Jamal, Princeton University

2013–14 Nominating Committee

The Nominating Committee prepares a slate of candidates for elective office in the term expiring August 31, 2015.

Kristi Andersen, Syracuse University

James D. Fearon, Stanford University, Chair

Kerry L. Haynie, Duke University

Jeffrey Herbst, Colgate University

Michael A. Jones-Correa, Cornell University

Elizabeth Zechmeister, Vanderbilt University

PS Editorial Board

The PS editorial board advises the editor on the content of each issue.

Term expiring August 31, 2014

Matthew R. Cleary, Syracuse University

Diana Evans, Trinity College

Heath Fogg Davis, Temple University

Liesbet Hooghe, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

Ronald J. Schmidt, Sr., California State University, Long Beach

Term expiring August 31, 2015

Rodolfo Espino III, Arizona State University

Matthew Hindman, George Washington University

Kathryn C. Lavelle, Case Western Reserve University

Lori Marso, Union College

Rose McDermott, Brown University

Term expiring August 31, 2016

Jennifer Gandhi, Emory University

Jennifer Jerit, Stony Brook University

Alisa Kessel, University of Puget Sound

Ari Kohen, University of Nebraska, Lincoln

Catherine Warrick, Villanova University

PS Review Committee

Term expiring August 31, 2014

Kathryn C. Lavelle, Case Western Reserve University

Michael S. Lewis-Beck, University of Iowa, Chair

Rose McDermott, Brown University

Diana M. Owen, Georgetown University

Mark Carl Rom, Georgetown University

Jennifer Nicoll Victor, George Mason University

Kenton W. Worcester, Marymount Manhattan College

Publications Committee

The committee oversees and coordinates existing APSA publications, leads in setting standards for APSA journals and other publications, explores possible relationships with political science journals not sponsored by the association, and develops proposals for new publications, when appropriate.

Term expiring August 31, 2014

Jan E. Leighley, American University

Kaare Wallace Strom, University of California, San Diego, Chair

Term expiring August 31, 2015

Darren Davis, University of Notre Dame

Simon D. Jackman, Stanford University

Term expiring June 30, 2016

Robert J-P. Hauck, APSA

Jeffrey C. Isaac, Indiana University, Bloomington

John Ishiyama, University of North Texas

Term expiring August 31, 2016

Karen Beckwith, Case Western Reserve University

John G. Geer, Vanderbilt University

Committee on Organized Sections

The committee helps Organized Sections carry out their work and oversees the balance between Sections and APSA as a whole. As Section issues have become more routinized we expect that this Committee can function as a board that meets by e-mail and phone to address issues of compliance with APSA section procedures.

Term expiring August 31, 2014

Steven P. Erie, University of California, San Diego

Nanette S. Levinson, American University

Term expiring August 31, 2015

Diane J. Heith, St. John’s University

Evelyn M. Simien, University of Connecticut

Term expiring August 31, 2016

Holly Brasher, University of Alabama, Birmingham

Carol S. Weissert, Florida State University, Chair

Siting and Engagement Committee

The committee addresses the application of APSA siting policy for the APSA Annual Meeting, Teaching and Learning Conference, and any other major APSA meetings, and after a site has been selected by APSA, plans for a program of public engagement in the community.

Term expiring August 31, 2014

Marion Orr, Brown University

Amalia Pallares, University of Illinois, Chicago

Clyde Wilcox, Georgetown University, Chair

Term expiring August 31, 2015

Andrew L. Aoki, Augsburg College

Michael J. Bosia, St. Michael’s College

Laura Stoker, University of California, Berkeley

Term expiring August 31, 2016

Robin A. Kolodny, Temple University

Maruice Mangum, Texas Southern University

Anne Norton, University of Pennsylvania

Trust and Development Board

This Board is charged by the APSA Constitution to oversee association assets and reports on association investment practices.

Term expiring December 31, 2014

Frances McCall Rosenbluth, Yale University

Peter J. Steinberger, Reed College

Term expiring December 31, 2015

Charles W. Gossett, California State University, Sacramento

Lyn Ragsdale, Rice University

Term expiring December 31, 2016

Beth A. Simmons, Harvard University

Charles Stewart III, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Committee on Teaching and Learning in Political Science

This committee develops and promotes activities within the Association and the political science community regarding political science and the practices and policies of higher education, including undergraduate, graduate, professional and life-long education. The committee also advises the APSA Council on the practices and policy for the annual Teaching and Learning Conference.

Term expiring August 31, 2014

Michelle D. Deardorff, University of Tennessee, Chattanooga, Chair

Peter L. Francia, East Carolina University

Term expiring August 31, 2015

Kathleen A. Mahoney-Norris, Air Command & Staff College

Term expiring August 31, 2016

Tressa E. Tabares, American River College

Sherri L. Wallace, University of Louisville

Teaching Conference Organizers

The program committee for the Conference on Teaching and Learning in Political Science sets the themes for the meeting and oversees the formation of the conference tracks.

Term expiring April 30, 2014

Victor Asal, SUNY, University at Albany

Agnieszka Paczynska, George Mason University

Boris E. Ricks, California State University, Northridge

Term expiring April 30, 2015

Mark L. Johnson, Minnesota State Community and Technical College

Cameron G. Thies, Arizona State University

Sherri L. Wallace, University of Louisville

Task Force on Public Engagement

Term expiring August 31, 2014

John H. Aldrich, Duke University

Brian Baird, US House of Representatives

Adam J. Berinsky, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Cheryl Boudreau, University of California, Davis

Khalilah L. Brown-Dean, Quinnipiac University

Victoria Maria DeFrancesco Soto, University of Texas, Austin

James N. Druckman, Northwestern University

Melissa V. Harris-Perry, Tulane University

Sara Binzer Hobolt, London School of Economics and Political Science

Jennifer L. Hochschild, Harvard University

Mala N. Htun, University of New Mexico

John Ishiyama, University of North Texas

Kathleen Hall Jamieson, University of Pennsylvania

Bruce W. Jentleson, Duke University

Arthur Lupia, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Chair

Rose McDermott, Brown University

Diana C. Mutz, University of Pennsylvania

Brendan Nyhan, Dartmouth College

Dan Schnur, University of California, Berkeley

Daron R. Shaw, University of Texas, Austin

Daniel M. Shea, Colby College

John M. Sides, George Washington University

Howard J. Silver, Consortium of Social Science Association

Rogers M. Smith, University of Pennsylvania

Kaare Wallace Strom, University of California, San Diego

Carol M. Swain, Vanderbilt University

Joshua A. Tucker, New York University

Lynn Vavreck, University of California, Los Angeles

Committee on the Status Of Women in the Profession

The committee monitors and reports on the status of women in the profession, advances research on women and on issues of concern to women, develops and assesses curriculum materials, and works to ensure fair and equal treatment of women in the profession.

Term expiring August 31, 2014

Nikol G. Alexander-Floyd, Rutgers University, Chair

Miki Caul Kittilson, Arizona State University

Term expiring August 31, 2015

Lilian A. Barria, Eastern Illinois University

Laurel Elder, Hartwick College

Term expiring August 31, 2016

Stefanie Chambers, Trinity College

Leela M. Fernandes, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

AWARD COMMITTEES

Gabriel A. Almond Award Committee

For the best doctoral dissertation in the field of comparative politics.

Term expiring August 31, 2014

Brian Burgoon, University of Amsterdam

Alberto Diaz-Cayeros, Stanford University, Chair

Wenfang Tang, University of Iowa

William Anderson Award Committee

For the best doctoral dissertation in the field of state and local government, federalism, or intergovernmental relations.

Term expiring August 31, 2014

Kenneth N. Bickers, University of Colorado, Boulder

Seth E. Masket, University of Denver, Chair

Eric Plutzer, Pennsylvania State University

Ralph J. Bunche Award Committee

For the best scholarly work in political science published in the previous calendar year which explores the phenomenon of ethnic and cultural pluralism.

Term expiring August 31, 2014

Vanna Antonia Gonzales, Arizona State University

Lynn M. Sanders, University of Virginia

Alvin B. Tillery, Jr., Northwestern University, Chair

Franklin L. Burdette Pi Sigma Alpha Award Committee

For the best paper presented at the previous annual meeting.

Term expiring August 31, 2014

Paul A. Djupe, Denison University

Guillermo Rosas, Washington University in St. Louis

Kenneth A. Schultz, Stanford University, Chair

Edward S. Corwin Award Committee

For the best doctoral dissertation in the field of public law.

Term expiring August 31, 2014

Tom Clark, Emory University, Chair

Katy J. Harriger, Wake Forest University

Robert G. Seddig, Allegheny College

Heinz Eulau Award Committee

For the best article published in the APSR and Perspectives on Politics during the previous calendar year. Two Eulau Awards are made, one for each journal. Committee members are asked to help make the selection from one journal or the other, and the chair is asked to participate in both decisions.

Term expiring August 31, 2014

Sarah M. Brooks, Ohio State University

Edward D. Mansfield, University of Pennsylvania, Chair

Nathan W. Monroe, University of California, Merced

Laura Stephenson, University of Western Ontario

Laura R. Woliver, University of South Carolina

John Gaus Lecture Committee

Honors the recipient’s lifetime of exemplary scholarship in the joint tradition of political science and public administration and recognizes achievement and encourage scholarship in public administration.

Term expiring August 31, 2014

Jared Llorens, Louisiana State University

B. Guy Peters, University of Pittsburgh, Chair

Saundra K. Schneider, Michigan State University

Frank J. Goodnow Award

Recognizes distinguished service to the profession and the association, not necessarily a career of scholarship. This service may be by individuals, groups, and public and private organizations who have played a role in the development of the political science profession and the building of APSA.

Term expiring August 31, 2014

Michelle D. Deardorff, University of Tennessee, Chattanooga, Chair

Virginia Sapiro, Boston University

C. Danielle Vinson, Furman University

Hubert H. Humphrey Award Committee

For recognition of notable public service by a political scientist.

Term expiring August 31, 2014

Hahrie C. Han, Wellesley College

Adolph L. Reed, Jr., University of Pennsylvania

Kathryn Sikkink, Harvard University, Chair

Gladys M. Kammerer Award Committee

For the best political science publication in the previous calendar year in the field of US national policy.

Term expiring August 31, 2014

Bryan D. Jones, University of Texas, Austin, Chair

Cindy D. Kam, Vanderbilt University

Gregory Koger, University of Miami

Harold D. Lasswell Award Committee

For the best doctoral dissertation in the field of policy studies. The award is supported by the Policy Studies Organization and the APSA Organized Section on Public Policy.

Term expiring August 31, 2014

Michael J. Rich, Emory University

Elaine B. Sharp, University of Kansas, Chair

Max J. Skidmore, University of Missouri, Kansas City

James Madison Award Committee

To recognize an American political scientist who has made a distinguished scholarly contribution to political science. The award is given triennially.

Term expiring August 31, 2014

James E. Alt, Harvard University, Chair

Judith Lynn Goldstein, Stanford University

Gary C. Jacobson, University of California, San Diego

Carey Mcwilliams Award Committee

Honors a major journalistic contribution to our understanding of politics.

Term expiring August 31, 2014

Melissa V. Harris-Perry, Tulane University

Diana M. Owen, Georgetown University, Chair

Daron R. Shaw, University of Texas, Austin

Helen Dwight Reid Award Committee

For the best doctoral dissertation in the field of international relations, law and politics.

Term expiring August 31, 2014

Deborah Welch Larson, University of California, Los Angeles, Chair

James McAllister, Williams College

Kristopher W. Ramsay, Princeton University

E. Schattschneider Award Committee

For the best doctoral dissertation in the field of American government.

Term expiring August 31, 2014

James S.C. Battista, SUNY, University at Buffalo

Cheryl Boudreau, University of California, Davis

Jamie L. Carson, University of Georgia, Chair

Victoria Schuck Award Committee

The Victoria Schuck Award is for the best book published in the previous calendar year on women and politics.

Term expiring August 31, 2014

Susan Bickford, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, Chair

Kathleen A. Bratton, Louisiana State University

Sarah Elise Wiliarty, Wesleyan University

Leo Strauss Award Committee

For the best doctoral dissertation in the field of political philosophy.

Term expiring August 31, 2014

Laurence D. Cooper, Carleton College

Eve Grace, Colorado College, Chair

Murray Jardine, Auburn University

Distinguished Teaching Award

Honor’s outstanding contributions to undergraduate and graduate teaching of political science at two- and four-year, and graduate level, institutions. It may recognize a series of contributions spanning several years or an entire career, or a single project of exceptional impact.

Term expiring August 31, 2014

Luis Ricardo Fraga, University of Washington, Chair

Wendy L. Martinek, SUNY, Binghamton University

Matt Murphy, Centenary College

Leonard D. White Award Committee

For the best doctoral dissertation in the field of public administration.

Term expiring August 31, 2014

Steven J. Balla, George Washington University, Chair

Kendra B. Stewart, College of Charleston

Alan E. Wiseman, Vanderbilt University

Woodrow Wilson Foundation Award Committee

For the best book published in the United States during the previous calendar year on government, politics, or international affairs, The award is supported by the Woodrow Wilson Foundation.

Term expiring August 31, 2014

Thomas L. Dumm, Amherst College

Dean P. Lacy, Dartmouth College, Chair

Rose McDermott, Brown University