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: Jenna Bednar, University of Michigan. Secretary/Treasurer: Charles Hankla, Georgia State University. Editor: Publius: The Journal of Federalism: John Dinan, Wake Forest University. 2021 Annual Meeting Division Chair: Clayton Nall, University of California, Santa Barbara. Executive Council: Maria Esco-bar-Lemmon, Texas A&M University; Philip Rocco, Marquette University; Carol Weissert, Florida State University; Jennifer Jensen, Lehigh University; Katrina Kosec, International Food Policy Institute; Sarah Shair-Ros-enfeld, University of Essex; Allyson Benton, City, University of London; Laura Evans, University of Washington; Michael Sances, Temple University.

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. 2020 Award Committee: Srinivas Parinandi, University of Colorado (Chair); Shelly Arsneault, California State University, Fullerton; Michael Sances, Temple University. 2020 Recipient: William R. Lowry, Washington University in St. Louis. Title: The Dimensions of Federalism: State Governments and Pollution Control Policies. Duke University Press, 1992. 2021 Nominations due: April 1, 2021. 2021 Award Committee: TBA

Deil S. Wright Best Paper Award

Conferred for the best paper in the feld of federalism and intergovernmental relations presented at the previous year’s annual meeting of the APSA. 2020 Award Committee: Paul Nolette, Marquette University (Chair); Jacqueline Chattopadhyay, University of North Carolina at Charlotte; Clayton Nall, University of California, Santa Barbara. 2020 Recipients: Mary A. Kroeger, University of Rochester; Andrew Karch, University of Minnesota; Timothy Callaghan, Texas A&M University. Title: “Interest Groups, Polarization, and Intergovernmental Tensions in the United States.” Presented at the APSA Annual Meeting, 2019. 2021 Nominations due: April 1, 2021. 2021 Award Committee: TBA

Daniel Elazar Distinguished Federalism Scholar Award

Recognizes distinguished scholarly contributions to the study of federalism and intergovernmental relations. 2020 Award Committee: Maria Escobar-Lemmon, Texas A&M University (Chair); Alex Garlick, The College of New Jersey; Sarah Shair-Rosenfeld, University of Essex. 2020 Recipient: Jenna Bednar, University of Michigan. 2021 Nominations due: April 1, 2021. 2021 Award Committee: TBA.

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. 2020 Award Committee: Carol Weissert, Florida State University (Chair); Nicholas Jacobs, Colby College; Olga Shvetsova, Binghamton University. 2020 Recipient: Paolo Dardanelli, University of Kent. Title: “Conceptualizing, Measuring and Mapping State Structures—with an Application to Western Europe, 1950–2015.” Publius: The Journal of Federalism. 2021 Nominations due: April 1, 2021. 2021 Award Committee: TBA.

SECTION 2: LAW AND COURTS

Formed: 1983 / Dues: $25 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: www.lawandcourts.org Chair: Susan Burgess, Ohio University. Chair-Elect: Richard Pacelle, University of Tennessee. Secretary: Nikol Alexander-Floyd, Rutgers University. Treasurer: Lee Walker, University of North Texas. Editor: Journal of Law and Courts: Tom Clark, Emory University. 2021 Annual Meeting Division Chairs: Erin Kaheny, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and Rebecca Reid, The University of Texas at El Paso. Executive Council: J. Jarpa Dawuni, Howard University; Virginia Hettinger, University of Connecticut; Laura Moeyr, University of Louisville; Daniel Naurin, Oslo University; Douglas Rice, University of Massachusetts, Amherst; Teena Wilhelm, University of Georgia.

Best Graduate Student Paper Award

This award (formerly the CQ Press Award) is given annually for the best paper in the feld of law and courts written by a graduate student. 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. 2020 Award Committee: Susanne Schorpp, Georgia State University (Chair); Joshua Boston, Bowling Green State University; Todd Collins, Western Carolina University; Stephen Meinhold, University of North Carolina at Wilmington; Teena Wilhelm, University of Georgia. 2020 Recipient: Sivaram Cheruvu, Emory University. Title: “How Does Education Affect Public Support for Courts?" 2021 Nominations due: TBA. 2021 Award Committee: TBA.

Teaching and Mentoring Award

The Teaching and Mentoring Award recognizes innovative teaching and instructional methods and materials in law and courts. Any member of the section may make a nomination for the 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. The Teaching and Mentoring Award is supported by a generous contribution from the Division for Public Education of the American Bar Association. 2020 Award Committee: Wendy Martinek, Binghamton University (Chair); Amy Steigerwalt, Georgia State University; John Szmer, University of North Carolina at Charlotte; Alicia Uribe-McGuire, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. 2020 Recipient: Jennifer Bowie, University of Richmond. 2021 Nominations due: TBA. 2021 Award Committee: TBA.

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 feld of law and courts in the form of archiving data, promoting infrastructure, representing the profession in the media, etc. 2020 Award Committee: Christina Boyd, University of Georgia (Chair); Tracy Lightcap, LaGrange College; Banks Miller, University of Texas at Dallas; Tammy Sarver, Benedictine University; Rorie Solberg, Oregon State University. 2020 Recipient: Paul Collins, University of Massachusetts, Amherst. 2021 Nominations due: TBA. 2021 Award Committee: TBA.

Best Conference Paper Award

This 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 coauthored papers, written by political scientists, are eligible. Papers may be nominated by any member of the section. 2020 Award Committee: Artemus Ward, Northern Illinois University (Chair); Ryan Black, Michigan State University; Eileen Bramen, Indiana University; Anna Law, CUNY Brooklyn College; William Myers, University of Tampa. 2020 Recipients: Ben Johnson, Pennsylvania State University Law School and Logan Strother, Purdue University. Title: “The Supreme Court’s (Surprising?) Indifference to Public Opinion.” Presented at the APSA Annual Meeting, 2019. 2021 Nominations due: TBA. 2021 Award Committee: TBA.

Best Journal Article Award

This award recognizes the best journal article in the feld of law and courts written by a political scientist and published during the previous calendar year. Journal editors and members of the section may nominate articles. 2020 Award Committee: Pamela Corley, Southern Methodist University (Chair); Michael Bailey, Georgetown University; Benjamin Kassow, University of North Dakota; Elizabeth Lane, Louisiana State University; Joshua Strayhorn, University of Colorado, Boulder. 2020 Recipients: Deborah Beim, University of Michigan and Kelly Rader, Yale University. Title: “Legal Uniformity in American Courts.” Journal of Empirical Legal Studies. 2021 Nominations due: TBA. 2021 Award Committee: TBA.

C. Herman Pritchett Award for Best Book

This 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. 2020 Award Committee: Robert Howard, Georgia State University (Chair); Amanda Driscoll, Florida State University; Christine Harrington, New York University; David Yalof, University of Connecticut. 2020 Recipient: Ken Kersch, Boston College. Title: Conservatives and the Constitution: Imagining the Constitutional Restoration in the Heyday of American Liberalism. Cambridge University Press, 2019. 2021 Nominations due: TBA. 2021 Award Committee: TBA.

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 feld 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. 2020 Award Committee: Ryan Owens, University of Wisconsin, Madison (Chair); Tao Dumas, The College of New Jersey; Virginia Hettinger, University of Connecticut; Lisa Holmes, University of Vermont; Jeffrey Staton, Emory University. 2020 Recipients: James Gibson, Washington University in St. Louis; Gregory Caldeira, Ohio State University; Vanessa Baird, University of Colorado, Boulder. Title: “On the Legitimacy of National High Courts.” American Political Science Review. 2021 Nominations due: TBA. 2021 Award Committee: TBA.

Law and Courts Lifetime Achievement Award Given for a lifetime of signifcant scholarship, teaching and service to the Law and Courts feld. Nominees must be political scientists who are at least 65 years of age or who have been active in the feld for at least 25 years. 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 CV. Nominations should be submitted to the chair of the selection committee. 2020 Award Committee: Susan Haire, University of Georgia (Chair); Morgan Hazelton, Saint Louis University; Richard Pacelle, University of Tennessee; Michael Tolley, Northeastern University. 2020 Recipient: Gregory Caldeira, Ohio State University. 2021 Nominations due: TBA. 2021 Award Committee: TBA.

SECTION 3: LEGISLATIVE STUDIES

Formed: 1983 / Dues: $33 for professional members for both hard copy and electronic access to LSQ; $23 for professional members with electronic access only to LSQ; $3 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: Sebastian M. Saiegh, University of California, San Diego. Secretary/Treasurer: Gisela Sin, University of Illinois. Editor: Legislative Studies Quarterly: Brian Crisp, Washington University in St. Louis. 2021 Annual Meeting Division Chair: Juan Pablo Micozzi, Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México. Executive Council: Leslie Schwindt-Bayer, Rice University; Eleanor Powell, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Tiffany Barnes, University of Kentucky.

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. 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. Nominations for the prize may be made by anyone. Please send cover letter and copy of work to each member of the prize committee. 2020 Award Committee: Kristin Wylie, James Madison University (Chair); Juan Pablo Micozzi, Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México; Shane Martin, University of Essex. 2020 Recipient: Christopher J. Clark, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Title: Gaining Voice: The Causes and Consequences of Black Representation in the American States. Oxford University Press, 2019. 2021 Nominations due: March 1, 2021. 2021 Award Committee: Christopher J. Clark, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Leslie A. Schwindt-Bayer, Rice University; Nils Ringe, University of Wisconsin.

Carl Albert Dissertation Award

This 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. Terms for submitting dissertation: (1) one copy sent to each member of the committee; (2) no more than one submission per PhD-granting department; (3) letter from the department indicating the selection; and (4) a letter from the dissertation chair, or other appropriate committee member, describing the signifcance of the work. 2020 Award Committee: Nara Park, Jeju National University (Chair); Daniel Magleby, Binghamton University; LaGina Gause, University of California, San Diego. 2020 Recipient: Lior Sheffer, Tel Aviv University. Title: “Behavioural Foundations of Elite Politics: How Individual-Level Characteristics Shape the Decision Making of Elected Politicians.” University of Toronto. 2021 Nominations due: March 1, 2021. 2021 Award Committee: Lior Sheffer (Chair), Tel Aviv University; Sharece Thrower, Van-derbilt University; Danielle M. Thomsen, University of California, Irvine.

CQ Press Award

The CQ Press Award for the best paper on legislative studies presented at the previous year’s APSA Annual Meeting. 2020 Award Committee: John Wilkerson, University of Washington (Chair); Andreu Casas Salleras, University of Amsterdam; Matthew J. Denny, Pennsylvania State University. 2020 Recipients: Oliver Huwyler, University of Basel; Tomas Turner-Zwinkels, University of Basel; Stefanie Bailer, University of Basel. Title: “No Representation without Compensation: The Effect of Interest Groups on Legislators’ Policy Area Focus.” Presented at the APSA Annual Meeting, 2019. 2021 Nominations due: March 1, 2021. 2021 Award Committee: Stefanie Bailer, University of Basel; Oliver Huwyler, University of Basel; Tomas Turner-Zwinkels, University of Basel.

Jewell-Loewenberg Prize

Jewell-Loewenberg Prize for the best article in Legislative Studies Quarterly in the previous year. All articles published in LSQ the previous year (2020) are under consideration. 2020 Award Committee: Adam Zelizer, University of Chicago (Chair); Jennifer Piscopo, Occidental College; Stella Rouse, University of Maryland. 2020 Comparative Politics Recipients: Mathias Wessel Tromborg, Aarhus University and Leslie A. Schwindt-Bayer, Rice University. Title: “Constituent Demand and District-Focus Legislative Representation.” Legislative Studies Quarterly. 2020 American Politics Recipients: Melinda Ritchie, University of California, Riverside and Hye Young You, New York University. Title: “Legislators as Lobbyists”. Legislative Studies Quarterly. 2020 Subnational Politics Recipients: Michael Barber, Brigham Young University; Alexander Bolton, Emory University; Sharece Thrower, Vanderbilt University.

Title: “Legislative Constraints on Executive Unilateralism in Separation of Powers Systems.” Legislative Studies Quarterly. 2021 Nominations due: March 1, 2021. 2021 Award Committee: Mathias Wessel Trom-borg, Arhaus University; Hye Young You, New York University; Michael Barber, Brigham Young University.

Richard F. Fenno Jr. Prize

The 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 fnd answers to previously unexplored questions about the nature of politics. Nominations must have a 2020 copyright date, and a copy of the book must be sent to each member of the selection committee. 2020 Award Committee: C. Lawrence Evans, College of William & Mary (Chair); Pamela Ban, University of California, San Diego; Christopher Kam, University of British Columbia. 2020 Recipients: Bryan D. Jones, University of Texas at Austin; Sean M. Theriault, University of Texas at Austin; Michelle Whyman, Florida State University. Title: The Great Broadening: How the Vast Expansion of the Policymaking Agenda Transformed American Politics. University of Chicago Press, 2019. 2021 Nominations due: March 1, 2021. 2021 Award Committee: Bryan D. Jones, University of Texas at Austin; Sean M. Theriault, University of Texas at Austin; Michelle Whyman, Florida State University.

Barbara Sinclair Legacy Award

This award is designed to honor 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. Nomination can be made by any member of the section. 2020 Award Committee: Gregory J. Wawro, Columbia University (Chair); Diana Evans, Trinity College; Scott H. Ainsworth, University of Georgia. 2020 Recipient: Keith Krehbiel, Stanford University. 2021 Nominations due: March 1, 2021. 2021 Award Committee: Wendy Schiller (Chair), Brown University; Michelle Taylor-Robinson, Texas A&M University; Craig Volden, University of Virginia.

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. Letters of nomination for this award should be sent to the committee along with the candidate’s most recent CV. 2020 Award Committee: Molly Reynolds, Brookings Institution (Chair); David Fortunato, University of Texas A&M; Valeria Palanza, Universidad Catolica de Chile. 2020 Recipient: Melinda Ritchie, University of California, Riverside. 2021 Nominations due: March 1, 2021. 2021 Award Committee: Melinda Ritchie, University of California, Riverside; Alexander Bolton, Emory University; Taeko Hiroi, University of Texas at El Paso.

SECTION 4: PUBLIC POLICY

Formed: 1983 / Dues: $8 for students 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: Jennifer Clark, University of Houston. Chair-Elect: Clayton Nall, University of California, Santa Barbara. Secretary/Treasurer: Samuel Workman, University of Oklahoma. 2021 Annual Meeting Division Chair: Clayton Nall, University of California, Santa Barbara. Executive Council: Daniel Gal-vin, Northwestern University; Jamila Michener, Cornell University; Jane Gingrich, University of Oxford; Alexander Hertel-Fernandez, Columbia University; Marc Meredith, University of Pennsylvania; Susan Mof-ftt, Brown University; Peter Mortensen, Aarhus University; Saba Siddiki, Syracuse University; Chris Koski, Reed College; Paul Manna, College of William & Mary; Domingo Morel, Rutgers University, Newark; Elizabeth Sharrow, University of Massachusetts, Amherst.

Aaron Wildavsky Enduring Contribution Award

This 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 feld. This award carries a $500 prize. 2020 Award Committee: Hank Jenkins-Smith, University of Oklahoma (Chair); Alexander Hertel-Fernandez, Columbia University; Carolyn Tuohy, University of Toronto. 2020 Recipient: Thomas A. Birkland, North Carolina State University. Title: After Disaster: Agenda Setting, Public Policy, and Focusing Events. Georgetown University Press, 1997. 2021Nominations due: TBA. 2021 Award Committee: TBA.

Best Paper on Public Policy Award

This award recognizes the best paper on public policy given at the previous APSA Annual Meeting. This award carries a $500 prize. 2020 Award Committee: Nathan Kelly, University of Tennessee (Chair); Chloe Thurston, Northwestern University; Rachel VanSickle-Ward, Pitzer College. 2020 Recipient: Mallory SoRelle, Lafayette College. Title: “Privatizing Financial Protection: Policy Feedback in the Credit Welfare State.” 2021 Nominations due: TBA. 2021 Award Committee: TBA.

Best Poster on Public Policy Award

This award is given for the best paper or poster presented at the poster session at the previous APSA Annual Meeting. This award carries a prize of $500. 2020 Award Committee: Libby Sharrow, University of Massachusetts Amherst (Chair); Matthew Nowlin, College of Charleston; Ling Zhu, University of Houston. 2020 Recipient: Renu Singh, Georgetown University. Title: “What Makes a Changemaker?" 2021 Nominations due: TBA. 2021 Award Committee: TBA

Best Comparative Policy Paper Award

This 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. This award carries a prize of $500. The author is invited to submit the paper for publication consideration in the JCPA. 2020 Award Committee: Alan Jacobs, University of British Columbia (Chair); Ursula Hackett, Royal Holloway, University of London; Kirsten Rodine-Hardy, Northeastern University. 2020 Recipient: Tugba Bozcaga, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Title: “The Social Bureaucrat: How Social Proximity among Bureaucrats Affects Local Governance in Turkey.” 2021 Nominations due: TBA. 2021 Award Committee: TBA.

Theodore J. Lowi Policy Studies Journal Best Article Award

This award is given to recognize an article of particular distinction published at any time in Policy Studies Journal. This award carries a prize of $500. 2020 Award Committee: Saba Siddiki, Syracuse University (Chair); Bianca Easterly, Lamar University; Craig Volden, University of Virginia. 2020 Recipient: Daniel Mallinson, Pennsylvania State University, Harrisburg. Title: “Who Are Your Neighbors? The Role of Ideology and Decline of Geographic Proximity in the Diffusion of Policy Innovations.” Policy Studies Journal. 2021 Nominations due: TBA. 2021 Award Committee: TBA.

Excellence in Mentoring Award

This award recognizes sustained efforts by a senior scholar to encourage and facilitate the career of emerging political scientists in the feld of public policy. This award carries a $500 prize. 2020 Award Committee: Susan Mofftt, Brown University (Chair); Colleen Grogan, University of Chicago; Marc Meredith, University of Pennsylvania. 2020 Recipient: Andrea Louise Campbell, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. 2021 Nominations due: TBA. 2021 Award Committee: TBA.

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 works to further scholarship on American political parties, comparative political parties, and interest groups. 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 APSA 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 through the section mechanism of the American Political Science Association allows us to be a voice for our members’ interests. We also organize the panels in our subfelds for the APSA Annual Meeting. Finally, we recognize excellence in scholarship with our awards for best book, best article, best APSA paper, career achievement, and emerging scholar. We are governed by the volunteer efforts of our offcers and board. We’re eager to reach out in new directions so let us hear your ideas! Website: http://connect.apsanet.org/s5/ Chair: Diana Dwyre, California State University, Chico. Secretary: Timothy LaPira, James Madison University. Treasurer: Katie Marchetti, Dickinson College. Past-President: Beth Leech, Rutgers University. 2021 Annual Meeting Division Chairs: Thomas Holyoke, California State University, Fresno and Sultan Tepe, University of Illinois at Chicago. Executive Council: Scott Ainsworth, University of Georgia; Hans Hassell, Florida State University; Kristin Kanthak, University of Pittsburgh; Geoffrey Lorenz, University of Nebraska; Brian Box, Tulane University; Maraam Dwidar, Syracuse University; Zim Nwokora, Deakin University; Hye Young You, New York University. Editor: VoxPOP: Daniel Coffey, University of Akron. Interest Groups & Advocacy: Beth Leech, Rutgers University.

Samuel Eldersveld Career Achievement Award

This award recognizes a scholar whose lifetime professional work has made an outstanding contribution to the feld. 2020 Award Committee: Marie Hojnacki, Pennsylvania State University (Chair); Marc Hetherington, University of North Carolina; Susan Scarrow, University of Houston. 2020 Recipient: Pippa Norris, Harvard University. 2021 Nominations due: March 1, 2021. 2021 Award Committee: Eric Schickler (Chair), University of California, Berkeley; Corrine McConnaughy, Princeton University; John Ishiyama, University of North Texas.

Leon Epstein Outstanding Book Award

This award recognizes a book published in the last two calendar years that made an outstanding contribution to research and scholarship on political organizations and parties. Nominations must have a 2019 or 2020 copyright date, and a copy of the book must be sent to each member of the selection committee. 2020 Award Committee: Brian Brox, Tulane University (Chair); Shamira Gelbman, Wabash College; Geoffrey Lorenz, University of Nebraska. 2020 Recipients: Veronica Pérez Bentancur, Universidad de la Repûblica, Uruguay; Rafael Pineiro Rodriguez, Universidad Catolica del Uruguay; Fernando Rosenblatt, Universidad Diego Portales, Chile. Title: How Party Activism Survives: Uruguay’s Frente Amplio. Cambridge University Press, 2019. 2021 Nominations due: January 15, 2021. 2021 Award Committee: Hans Noel (Chair), Georgetown University; Zim Nwokora, Deakin University; Jennifer Nicoll Victor, George Mason University.

POP/Party Politics Best Paper Award

This award recognizes the best paper delivered on a Political Organizations and Parties-sponsored panel at the preceding APSA Annual Meeting. 2020 Award Committee: Raymond La Raja, University of Massachusetts, Amherst; Paul Diupe, Denison University; Sultan Tepe, University of Illinois, Chicago. 2020 Recipient: Maraam A. Dwidar, Syracuse University. Title: “Interest Group Coalitions and Minority Representation in Rulemaking.” Presented at the APSA Annual Meeting, 2019. 2020 Recipients: Jesse M. Crosson, Trinity University; Alexander C. Furnas, University of Michigan; Geoffrey M. Lorenz, University of Nebraska. Title: “Polarized Pluralism: Preferences and Biases in the American Pressure System.” Presented at the APSA Annual Meeting, 2019. 2021 Nominations due: March 1, 2021. 2021 Award Committee: Kira Sanbonmatsu (Chair), Rutgers University; Devin Fernandes, California State University, Chico; Anna Grzymala-Busse, Stanford University.

Jack Walker Award

This 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. 2020 Award Committee: Timothy LaPira, James Madison University (Chair); Geoffrey Layman, Notre Dame University; Hye Young You, New York University. 2020 Recipient: Zhao Li, Princeton University. Title: “How Internal Constraints Shape Interest Group Activities: Evidence from Access-Seeking PACs.” American Political Science Review. 2020 Recipient: Shane P. Singh, University of Georgia Title: “Compulsory Voting and Parties’ Vote-Seeking Strategies.” American Journal of Political Science. 2021 Nominations due: March 1, 2021. 2021 Award Committee: Rob Boatright (Chair), Clark University; Zhao Li, Princeton University; Maraam A. Dwidar, Syracuse University.

Emerging Scholars Award

This award is given to a scholar who has received his or her PhD within the last five years and whose career to date demonstrates unusual promise.

Letters of nomination for this award should be sent to the committee along with the candidate’s most recent CV. 2020 Award Committee: Janet Box-Steffensmeier, Ohio State University; Larry Bartels, Vanderbilt University; Danielle Thomsen, University of California, Irvine. 2020 Recipient: Alexander Hertel-Fernandez, Columbia University. 2021 Nominations due: March 1, 2021. 2021 Award Committee: Seth Masket (Chair), University of Denver; Alexander Hertel-Fernandez, Columbia University; Julia Rezazadeh Azari, Marquette University.

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. Website: http://www.apsanet.org/section6 Chair: Ling Zhu, University of Houston. Vice-Chair/Chair-Elect: Daniel Hawes, Kent State University. Secretary/Treasurer: Gene Brewer, University of Georgia. Editor: Public Administration: Martin Lodge, London School of Economics. 2021 Annual Meeting Division Chair: Jill Nicholson-Crotty, Indiana University. Executive Council: Scott Lamothe, University of Oklahoma; James Wright, Florida State University; Angel Molina, Arizona State University; David Switzer, University of Missouri; Carla Flink, American University; Jiaqi Liang, University of Illinois at Chicago.

Herbert Kaufman Award

This award recognizes the best paper presented on a panel sponsored (or cosponsored) by the Public Administration section at the APSA Annual Meeting each year. 2020 Award Committee: K. Juree Capers, Georgia State University (Chair); Scott Lamothe, University of Oklahoma; Jocelyn Johnston, American University. 2020 Recipients: David Konisky, Indiana University; Chris Reenock, Florida State University and Matthew Uttermark, Florida State University. Title: “Chain of Command vs. Who’s in Command: Structure, Politics and Regulatory Outputs.” Presented at the APSA Annual Meeting, 2019. 2021 Nominations due: March 1, 2021. 2021 Award Committee: George Krause (Chair), University of Georgia; Anna Amirkhanyan, American University; Kenicia Wright, University of Central Florida.

Herbert A. Simon Book Award

This award is given for significant contributions to public administration scholarship. Books with publication dates of 2015, 2016, and 2017 are eligible for the 2021 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. 2020 Award Committee: Donald Moynihan, Georgetown University (Chair); Dominic Bearfield, Rutgers University; Amanda Rutherford, Indiana University. 2020 Recipient: Susan Gooden, Virginia Commonwealth University. Title: Race and Social Equity: A Nervous Area of Government. Routledge, 2014. 2021 Nominations due: March 1, 2021. 2021 Award Committee: Norma Riccucci (Chair), Rutgers University; Susan Miller, University of South Carolina; Simon Header, Pennsylvania State University.

Volker Junior Scholar Grant

The section invites applications and research proposals from junior scholars researching public administration issues affecting governance in the US 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. 2020 Award Committee: Gordon Abner, University of Texas (Chair); Angel Molina, Arizona State University; Jennifer Marie Connolly, University of Miami. 2020 Recipient: Jason Anastasopoulos, University of Georgia. Title: “(Un)biased: Building a Fair and Ethical Bureaucracy Through Taming Cognitive and Algorithmic Bias.” 2020 Recipient: Caitlin McMullin, Carleton University. Title: “Vivre ensemble and multiculturalism in polarized times: Co-producing immigrant integration projects in Quebec and Scotland.” 2021 Nominations due: March 1, 2021. 2021 Award Committee: Frank Thompson (Chair), Rutgers University; Hongtao Yi, Ohio State University; Miyeon Song, University of South Carolina.

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. Website: http://www.apsanet.org/section7 Chair: Kathleen Cunningham, University of Maryland. Treasurer: Faten Ghosn, University of Arizona. 2021 Annual Meeting Division Chairs: Danielle Jung, Emory University and Jonathan Renshon, University of Wisconsin, Madison. Executive Council: Ursula Daxecker, University of Amsterdam; Yonatan Lupu, George Washington University; Jun Koga Sudduth, Strathclyde University; Andrew Owsiak, University of Georgia.

Best Book Award

Given every two years 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. 2020 Award Committee: Matthew Fuhrmann, Texas A&M University (Chair); Brian Phillips, Essex University; Carla Martinez Machain, Kansas State University. 2020 Recipients: Lisa Hultman, Uppsala University; Jacob Kathman, State University of New York at Buffalo; Megan Shannon, University of Colorado. Title: Peacekeeping in the Midst of War. Oxford University Press, 2020. Not accepting nominations for 2021.

Best Paper Award

This award is given annually for the best paper written by one or more untenured scholars and presented as part of a conflict processes sponsored panel or poster session at the previous 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 section; self-nominations are encouraged. 2020 Award Committee: Ursula Daxecker, University of Amsterdam; Yonatan Lupu, George Washington University; Daniela Donno, University of Cyprus. 2020 Recipient: Chagai Weiss, University of Wisconsin. Title: “Curing Prejudice through Representative Bureaucracies: Evidence from A Natural Experiment in Israeli Medical Clinics.” 2021 Nominations due: November 5, 2020. 2021 Award Committee: Jun Koga Sudduth (Chair), University of Strathclyde; Kit Rickard, University College London; Laia Balcells, Georgetown University.

Lifetime Achievement Award

This award is given every other year in recognition of scholarly contributions that have fundamentally improved the study of conflict processes. Nominations due: March 15, 2021. Award Committee: Burcu Savun (Chair), University of Pittsburgh; Kristin Bakke, University College London; Daniel Reiter, Emory University.

J. David Singer Data Innovation Award

This award recognizes projects which contribute to the enterprise of systematic data based work on conflict, international or domestic. The two primary criteria are impact and innovation. 2021 Nominations due: March 15, 2021. 2021 Award Committee: Andrew Owsiak (Chair), University of Georgia; Jessica Maves Braithwaite, University of Arizona; Manuel Vogt, University College London.

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. Website: https://connect.apsanet.org/groups/representation-and-electoral-systems-section-8/ Chair: Magda Hinojosa, Arizona State University. Treasurer: Kristin Wylie, James Madison University. 2021 Annual Meeting Division Chair: Heather Stoll, University of California, Santa Barbara and Jack Santucci, Drexel University. Executive Council: Peter Johannessen, University of Virginia; Karolina Gilas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México; Kathleen Hale, Auburn University; Melody Ellis Valdini, Portland State University; Matthew Hayes, Rice University; Daniel Smith, Harvard University.

George H. Hallett Award

This 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. 2020 Award Committee: Mona Lena Krook, Rutgers University (Chair); Mitchell Brown, Auburn University; Thomas Winzen; University of Essex. 2020 Recipient: Michael Saward, University of Warwick. Title: The Representative Claim. Oxford University Press, 2020. 2021 Nominations due: April 12, 2021. 2021 Award Committee: TBA.

Lawrence Longley Award

The Lawrence Longley Award is given to the best article on representation and electoral systems published in the previous year. 2020 Award Committee: Nasos Roussias, University of Sheffield (Chair); Ruben Ruiz Rufino, King’s College London; Erika Moreno, Creighton University. 2020 Recipient: David Fortunato, Texas A&M University. Title: “The Electoral Implications of Coalition Policy Making.” British Journal of Political Science. 2021 Nominations due: April 12, 2021. 2021 Award Committee: TBA.

Leon Weaver Award

This award is given to the best paper presented at the previous APSA Annual Meeting on a panel sponsored by the section. 2020 Award Committee: Annabella Espana-Naiera, California State University, Fresno (Chair); Jennifer Garcia, Oberlin College; Katelyn Stauffer, University of South Carolina. 2020 Recipients: Stephanie S. Holmsten, University of Texas at Austin; Melanie M. Hughes, University of Pittsburgh; Robert G. Moser, University of Texas-Austin. Title: “The Election of Minority Women: Ethnic Parties, Ethnic Seats, and Gender Quotas.” Presented at the APSA Annual Meeting, 2019. 2021 Nominations due: April 12, 2021. 2021 Award Committee: TBA.

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: Meena Bose, Hofstra University. Vice-Chair: Brandon Rottinghaus, University of Houston. Secretary/Treasurer: Lilly Goren, Carroll University. Graduate Student Representative: Isaiah Johnson, University of Houston. 2021 Annual Meeting Division Chair: Yu Ouyang, Purdue University Northwest. Editors: The PEP Report Joel Sievert, Texas Tech University. Presidential Studies Quarterly: George C. Edwards III, Texas A&M University. Executive Council: William Howell, University of Chicago; Matthew Beckmann, University of California, Irvine; Dan Gillion, University of Pennsylvania; Magna Inacio, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais; Rachel Potter, University of Virginia; Jon Rogowski, Harvard University; Sharece Thrower, Vanderbilt University; Mark Zak Taylor, Georgia Institute of Technology; Nicole Mellow, Williams College.

The Richard E. Neustadt Best Book Award

This award is given for the best book on executive politics published during the previous year. 2020 Award Committee: Karen Hult, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Chair); David Cohen, University of Akron; Sharece Thrower, Vanderbilt University; Richard W. Waterman, University of Kentucky. 2020 Recipient: Rachel Augustine Potter, University of Virginia. Title: Bending the Rules: Procedural Politicking in the Bureaucracy. University of Chicago Press, 2019 2021 Nominations due: February 1, 2021. 2021 Award Committee: George C. Edwards III (Chair), Texas A&M University; Rebecca Dean, University of Texas, Arlington; Ian Ostrander, Michigan State University; Joel Sievert, Texas Tech University.

George C. Edwards III Dissertation Award

This award is given for the best dissertation on executive politics completed and accepted during the previous two calendar years (January 1, 2019-December 31, 2020). The recipient will receive a $250 award. 2020 Award Committee: Mark Zachary Taylor, Georgia Institute of Technology (Chair); Julia Azari, Marquette University; Brendan J. Doherty, United States Naval Academy; Andrew Rudalevige, Bowdoin College. 2020 Recipient: John A. Dearborn, Yale University. Title: “The Representative Presidency: The Ideational Foundations of Institutional Development and Durability.” Yale University, 2019. 2020 Recipient: Christina M. Kinane, Yale University. Title: “Control Without Confirmation: The Politics of Vacancies in Presidential Appointments.” University of Michigan, 2019. 2021 Nominations due: February 1, 2021. 2021 Award Committee: Shannon Bow O’Brien (Chair), University of Texas; Diane J. Heith, St. John’s University; Jennifer Selin, University of Missouri; Adam McMahon, Rider University.

Founders Best Paper Award

This award will be given for the best paper on executive politics authored by a PhD-holding scholar at the previous year’s APSA Annual Meeting. 2020 Award Committee: Yu Ouyang, Purdue University Northwest (Chair); Amnon Cavari, IDC Herzliya; Shannon Bow O’Brien, University of Texas at Austin; Verlan Lewis, University of Colorado at Colorado Springs. 2020 Recipients: Kenneth Lowande, University of Michigan and Charles R. Shipan, University of Michigan. Title: “Where is Presidential Power? Measuring Discretion With Experts and Laypersons.” Presented at the APSA Annual Meeting, 2019. 2020 Recipients: George A. Krause, University of Georgia and Jason S. Byers, University of North Georgia. Title: “Confirmation Dynamics: Distinguishing Between Informational Versus Procedural Delay in the Appointment of US Federal Agency Leaders, 1981–2008.” Presented at the APSA Annual Meeting, 2019. 2021 Nominations due: February 1, 2021. 2020 Award Committee: Anna Pluta (Chair), Rowan University; Katie Dunn Tenpas, Brookings Institution; Ted Ritter, Virginia Union University; Gary Hollibaugh, Jr., University of Pittsburgh.

Founders Award for Best Graduate Student Paper Award

This award 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 2019 or 2020. 2020 Award Committee: Mel Laracey, University of Texas at San Antonio (Chair); Christina M. Kinane, Yale University; Rachel Augustine Potter, University of Virginia; Adam L. Warber, Clemson University. 2020 Recipient: Justin Pottle, Harvard University. Title: “Party Teamsman- ship and Presidential Polarization.” Paper presented at the Midwestern Political Science Association Meeting, 2019. 2021 Nominations due: February 1, 2021. 2021 Award Committee: Michelle Belco (Chair), University of Houston; Gbemende Johnson, Hamilton College; Laurie L. Rice, Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville; Kevin Evans, Florida International University.

The Legacy Award

This award is 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. 2020 Award Committee: Graham Dodds, Concordia University (Chair); Randall E. Adkins, University of Nebraska, Omaha; Lara M. Brown, George Washington University; Jon C. Rogowski, Harvard University. 2020 Recipient: Terry M. Moe, Stanford University. Title: “The Politicized Presidency.” In John E. Chubb and Paul E. Peterson, eds., The New Direction in American Politics. Washington, DC: The Brookings Institution, 1985. 2021 Nominations due: February 1, 2021. 2021 Award Committee: Gisela Sin (Chair), University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Christina M. Kinane, Yale University; Sarah Burns, Rochester Institute of Technology; Jeffrey Crouch, American University.

PEP Career Service Award

Every four years during a presidential election year, the division shall form a committee to give an award to recognize career service to the study of the presidency. The committee shall be chaired by the division’s Vice President, and the criteria for the award shall be determined by the Steering Committee or its designees. Nominations due: February 1, 2021. Award Committee: Brandon Rottinghaus (Chair), University of Houston; Karen Hult, Virginia Tech; Lori Cox Han, Chapman University; Mel Laracey, University of Texas, San Antonio.

SECTION 10: POLITICAL METHODOLOGY

Formed: 1986 / Dues: $10 for students for online only access to Political Analysis; $15 for students for print and online access to Political Analysis; $30 for all other members for online only access to Political Analysis; $35 for all other members for print and online 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: Suzanna Linn, Pennsylvania State University. Vice-Chair: Betsy Sinclair, Washington University in St. Louis. Treasurer: Luke Keele, University of Pennsylvania. Member-at-Large: Justin Esarey, Wake Forest University. Editor: Political Analysis: Jeff Gill, American University. 2021 Annual Meeting Division Chairs: Pablo Barbera, University of Southern California and Kelly Rader, Yale University.

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. 2020 Award Committee: Jeff Lewis, University of California, Los Angeles; Fred Boehmke, University of Iowa; Michael Ward, Duke University. 2020 Recipient: Howard Rosenthal, New York University. 2021 Nominations due: May 31, 2021. 2021 Award Committee: Jeff Lewis, University of California, Los Angeles; Fred Boehmke, University of Iowa; Michael Ward, Duke University.

Emerging Scholar Award

This award honors a young researcher, within 10 years of their degree, who is making notable contributions to the field of political methodology. 2020 Award Committee: Sunshine Hillygus, Duke University; Burt Monroe, Pennsylvania State University; Tom Clark, Emory University. 2020 Recipient: Jacob Montgomery, Washington University in St Louis. 2021 Nominations due: May 31, 2021. 2021 Award Committee: Sunshine Hillygus, Duke University; Burt Monroe, Pennsylvania State University; Tom Clark, Emory University.

Harold F. Gosnell Prize

This prize is awarded for the best work in political methodology presented at any political science conference during the preceding year. 2020 Award Committee: Anand Sokhey, University of Colorado; Skylar Cranmer, Ohio State University; Naoki Egami, Princeton University. 2020 Recipients: Dean Knox, Princeton University and Christopher Lucas, Washington University in St Louis. Title: “A Dynamic Model of Speech for the Social Sciences.” November 22, 2019. 2021 Nominations due: May 31, 2021. 2021 Award Committee: Matthew Blackwell, Harvard University; Marc Ratkovic, Princeton University; and Fredrik Savje, Yale University.

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. 2020 Award Committee: John Freeman, University of Minnesota; Walter Mebane, University of Michigan; In Song Kim, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. 2020 Recipient: Ye Wang, New York University. Title: “Three Essays on Causal Inference under Interference and Hypothesis Testing in Random Experiments.” 2020 Honorable Mention: Soichiro Yamauchi, Harvard University. Title: “Statistical Methods for Improving Difference-in-Differences and Small Area Estimation.” 2021 Nominations due: May 31, 2021. 2021 Award Committee: John Freeman, University of Minnesota; Walter Mebane, University of Michigan; In Song Kim, Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Society for Political Methodology Poster Award

This award recognizes the best political methodology poster given at any political science conference in the preceding year. 2020 Award Committee: Dan Hopkins, University of Pennsylvania; Pablo Barbera, University of Southern California; Adam Glynn, Emory University; Molly Roberts, University of California, San Diego; Kevin Quinn, University of Michigan; Ariel White, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. 2020 Student Poster, Methods Category Recipient: Shiyao Liu, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Title: “Informing Complier Average Treatment Effects with Post-Treatment Variables.” 2020 Student Poster, Applications Category Recipient: Luke Sandford, University of California, San Diego. Title: “Remote Sensing and Synthetic Controls: Measuring the Effects of Land Titling on Agricultural Productivity.” 2020 Faculty Poster Recipient: David Poules, University of Chicago. Title: “A Graph-Theoretic Approach to Causal Inference under Interference.” 2021 Nominations due: July 30, 2021. 2021 Award Committee: John Londregan, Princeton University; Patrick Brandt, University of Texas at Dallas; Sarah Bouchat, Northwestern University; Thomas Gschwend, University of Mannheim; Charles Crabtree Dartmouth College; Michael Bailey, Georgetown University; Erin Hartman, University of California, Los Angeles; Betsy Sinclair, Washington University in St Louis.

Statistical Software Award

This award recognizes individuals for developing statistical software that makes a significant research contribution. 2020 Award Committee: Sarah Bouchat, Northwestern University; Graeme Blair, University of California, Los Angeles; Clay Webb, Kansas University; Nicholas Beauchamp, Northeastern University. 2020 Recipients: Kenneth Benoit, London School of Economics and Political Science; Kohei Watanabe, University of Innsbruck; Haiyan Wang, DeBeers; Paul Nulty, University College Dublin; Adam Obeng, Facebook; Stefan Müller, University College Dublin; Akitaka Matsuo, University of Essex. Title: quanteda: An R package for the quantitative analysis of textual data. Journal of Open Source Software. 2021 Nominations due: May 31, 2021. 2021 Award Committee: Sarah Bouchat, Northwestern University; Graeme Blair, University of California, Los Angeles; Clayton Webb, University of Kansas; Nicholas Beauchamp, Northeastern University.

Warren Miller Article Award

This award is given for the best work appearing in Political Analysis the preceding year. 2020 Award Committee: Bear Braumoeller, Ohio State University; Patrick Brandt, University of Texas at Dallas; Alexander Theodoridis, University of California, Merced; Jeff Gill (ex officio), American University. 2020 Recipients: Jens Hainmueller, Stanford University; Jonathan Mummolo, Princeton University; Yiqing Xu, Stanford University. Title: “How Much Should We Trust Estimates from Multiplicative Interaction Models: Simple Tools to Improve Empirical Practice.” Political Analysis. 2021 Nominations due: May 31, 2021. 2021 Award Committee: Bear Braumoeller, Ohio State University; Alexandar Theodoridis, University of California, Merced; Patrick Brandt, University of Texas at Dallas; Jeff Gill, American University (ex offcio).

Political Analysis Outstanding Reviewer Award T h e Political Analysis Outstanding Reviewer Award recognizes individuals who have provided exemplary assistance to Political Analysis during the previous year. 2020 Award Committee: Jeff Gill, American University; Lonna R. Atkeson, University of New Mexico; D. Sunshine Hilly-gus, Duke University; Daniel Hopkins, University of Pennsylvania; Xun Pang, Tsinghua University, China; Betsy Sinclair, Washington University in St. Louis. 2020 Recipient: John Holbein, University of Virginia. 2021 Nominations due: May 31, 2021. 2021 Award Committee: Jeff Gill, American University; Lonna R. Atkeson, University of New Mexico; D. Sunshine Hillygus, Duke University; Daniel Hopkins, University of Pennsylvania; Xun Pang, Tsinghua University; and Betsy Sinclair, Washington University in St. Louis.

Excellence in Mentoring Award

This 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 underrepresent-ed groups. 2020 Award Committee: David Darmofal, University of South Carolina; Amber Boydstun, University of California, Davis; Guill-ermo Rosas, Washington University in St. Louis. 2020 Recipients: Fred Boehmke, University of Iowa and Matthew Lebo, University of Western Ontario 2021 Nominations due: May 31, 2021. 2021 Award Committee: David Darmofal, University of South Carolina; Amber Boydstun, University of California, Davis; Guillermo Rosas, Washington University in St. Louis.

Janet M. Box-Steffensmeier and John A. Garcia ICPSR Summer Program Scholarship

This award is a waiver of Program Scholar fees to attend one or both of the ICPSR Summer Program’s four-week sessions. 2020 Award Committee: Mark Pickup, Simon Fraser University; Dave Peterson, Iowa State University; Kelsey Shoub, University of South Carolina. 2020 Recipients: Lucia Kovacikova, Tulane University at New Orleans; Silviya Nitso-va, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Katie Krumbholz, Rutgers University; Pablo Hernandez Borges, Texas Tech University; Helen Kras, University of Kentucky; Angie Torres-Beltran, Cornell University.

SECTION 11: RELIGION AND POLITICS

Formed: 1986 / Dues: $24 for regular members, print & online access to Politics and Religion; $ 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: http://connect.apsanet.org/s11/home/ Chair: Nukhet A. Sandal, Ohio University. Chair-Elect: Amy Erica Smith, Iowa State University. Secretary/Treasurer: Güneş Murat Tezcür, University of Central Florida. Editors: Politics and Religion: Elizabeth Oldmix-on, University of North Texas; Ann Marie Wainscott, Miami University; Mehmet Gurses, Florida Atlantic University; Nicholas Tampio, Fordham University. 2021 Annual Meeting Division Chairs: Rebecca Glazier, University of Arkansas, Little Rock and Amanda Friesen, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis. Executive Council: Rina Williams, University of Cincinnati; Christopher Hale, University of Alabama; Jonathan Agensky, Ohio University; David Buckley, University of Louisville; Jocelyne Cesari, Georgetown University.

Hubert Morken Book Award

This award is given for the best book dealing with religion and politics published within the previous year. The nomination should include a brief statement (250–750 words) summarizing the book’s contributions and why it is nominated for the award. As part of the nomination, publishers should send a copy of the nominated book to each member of the award committee. 2020 Award Committee: Rina Williams, University of Cincinnati (Chair); Jonathan Agensky, Ohio University; Quin Mon-son, Brigham Young University. 2020 Recipient: Laura Dudley Jenkins, University of Cincinnati. Title: Religious Freedom and Mass Conversion in India. University of Pennsylvania Press, 2019. Honorable Mention: Carlo Invernizzi-Accetti, City University of New York. Title: What is Christian Democracy? Politics, Religion and Ideology. Cambridge University Press, 2019. 2021 Nominations due: March 15, 2021. 2021 Award Committee: David Buckley, University of Louisville; Laura Dudley Jenkins, University of Cincinnati; Eric McDaniel, University of Texas at Austin.

Aaron Wildavsky Dissertation in Religion and Politics Award The Aaron Wildavsky Award recognizes the best dissertation in the feld of religion and politics. Eligible dissertations have been defended in the last two years (2019 or 2020),and should make a distinctive contribution to the study of religion and politics, broadly understood. Please send a letter of nomination (maximum two pages) and a copy of the dissertation to the committee chair. 2020 Award Committee: Christopher Hale, University of Alabama (Chair); David Buckley, University of Louisville; Jason Klocek, University of Notre Dame. 2020 Recipient: Guadalupe Tuñon, University of California, Berkeley. Title: “When the Church Votes Left: The Electoral Consequences of Progressive Religion.” Honorable Mention: Alexandre Paquin-Pelletier, University of Toronto. Title: “Status, Competition, and Violent Islamic Mobilization in Indonesia” 2021 Nominations due: April 15, 2021. 2021 Award Committee: Rina Williams, University of Cincinnati; Teater, US Commission on International Religious Freedom; Guadalupe Tunon, Princeton University; Peter Henne, University of Vermont.

Ted Jelen Best Journal Article Award

This award is presented for the best article published in Politics and Religion in the calendar year. There are no nominations for this award; every article published in the journal in the award year is a candidate. 2020 Award Committee: Amy Erica Smith, Iowa State University; Elizabeth Oldmixon, University of North Texas; John Compton, Chapman University; Jonathan Keller, Manhattan College. 2020 Recipients: Paul Djupe, Denison University and Jacob Neiheisel, University of Buffalo. Title: “Political Mobilization in American Congregations: A Religious Economies Perspective.” Politics and Religion. 2021 Nominations due: TBA. 2021 Award Committee: Güneş Murat Tezcür, University of Central Florida; Kristin Fabbe, Harvard Business School; Jacob Neiheisel, University Buffalo.

Weber Best Conference Paper in Religion and Politics Award This award recognizes the best paper dealing with religion and politics presented at the previous year’s APSA Annual Meeting (2020). 2020 Award Committee: Andre Audette, Monmouth College (Chair); Cynthia Burack, Ohio State University; Jonathan Chu, University of Pennsylvania. 2020 Recipients: Steven Brooke, University of Wisconsin; David Buckley, University of Louisville; Clarissa David, Ateneo School of Government and Ronald Mendoza, Ateneo School of Government. Title: “Populist Violence and Social Resistance: The Filipino Catholic Church and the Drug War.” Presented at the APSA Annual Meeting, 2019. 2021 Nominations due: April 15, 2021. 2021 Award Committee: Jonathan Agensky, Ohio University; Steven Brooke, University of Wisconsin; Laura Vinson, Lewis & Clark College.

Kenneth D. Wald Best Graduate Student Paper Award This award is given annually to a conference paper studying any aspect of religion and politics presented by a PhD student in political science. Please send nominations (self-nominations are welcome) including an electronic copy of the paper and an electronic copy of the conference program listing to the committee members. 2020 Award Committee: Güneş Murat Tezcür, University of Central Florida (Chair); Consuelo Amat, Stanford University; Kikue Hamayostu, Northern Illinois Universi-t y. 2020 Recipient: Elizabeth Dekeyser, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Title: “Islam, Exclusivity, and the State: Evidence from France.” Presented at the APSA Annual Meeting, 2019. 2020 Honorable Mentions: Yusuf Magiya, Columbia University and M. Tahir Kilavuz, University of Notre Dame. Title: “Islamism, Policy Positions and Vote Choice: What Experimental Evidence Tells About Islamist Advantage in Turkey.” Presented at the MPSA Annual Meeting, 2019. 2021 Nominations due: April 30, 2021. 2021 Award Committee: Christopher Hale, University of Alabama; Esen Kirdis, Rhodes College; Robert Brathwaite, Michigan State University.

Susanne Hoeber Rudolph Outstanding Scholar in Religion and Politics Award

This award recognizes a scholar who has made outstanding contributions to the feld of religion and politics. The winner will be honored with a plaque, a monetary award of $500, and a roundtable symposium honoring their work at the APSA Annual Meeting of the next calendar year. (The 2021 Susanne Hoeber Rudolph Awardee will be honored at the 2022 APSA Annual Meeting both during the business meeting and the roundtable). Nomination letters and the CVs of the nominees should be sent to each committee member. Self-nominations will not be considered. Nominations due: April 15, 2021. Award Committee: Jocelyne Cesari, Georgetown University & University of Birmingham; Joel Fetzer, Pepperdine University; Sultan Tepe, University of Illinois at Chicago.

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: http://connect.apsanet.org/groups/urban-and-local-politics-section-13/ Chair: Alison Post, University of California, Berkeley. Chair-Elect: Timothy Weaver, SUNY, Albany. Secretary/Treasurer: Maureen Donaghy, Rutgers University, Camden. Editor: Urban Affairs Review: Jered Carr, University of Illinois at Chicago. 2021 Annual Meeting Division Chairs: Jeffrey Paller, University of San Francisco and Jen Nelles, Hunter College. Executive Council: Amber Wichowsky, Marquette University; Vladimir Kogan, Ohio State University; Lorrie Frasure, University of California, Los Angeles; Justin de Benedictis-Kessner, Boston University; Julia Payson, New York University; Katherine Levine Einstein, Boston University; Veronica Herrera, University of California, Los Angeles; Adam Auerbach, American University; Ulrik Kjaer, University of Southern Denmark; David Kaufmann, ETH Zürich; Sara Hughes, University of Michigan; Patricia Kirkland, Princeton University.

Dennis Judd Best Book Award

This 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. 2020 Award Committee: Peter Burns, Soka University of America (Chair); Domingo Morel, Rutgers University; Margaret Kohn, University of Toronto. 2020 Recipients: Jeffrey R. Henig, Columbia University; Rebecca Jacobsen, Michigan State University and Sarah Reckhow, Michigan State University. Title: Outside Money in School Board Elections: The Nationalization of Education Politics. Harvard Education Press, Cambridge, MA 2019. 2020 Honorable Mention: Ashley E. Nickels, Kent State University. Title: Power, Participation, and Protest in Flint, Michigan: Unpacking the Policy Paradox of Municipal Takeovers. Temple University Press, 2019. 2020 Honorable Mention: Jeffrey W. Paller, University of San Francisco. Title: Democracy in Ghana: Everyday Politics in Urban Africa. Cambridge University Press 2019. 2021 Nominations due: TBA. 2021 Award Committee: TBA.

Best Dissertation Award

This award is given annually for the best dissertation on urban politics accepted in the previous year. The award comes with a $250 prize. Electronic or hard copies of dissertations should be sent to each committee member. 2020 Award Committee: Annette Steinecker, Loyola University Chicago (Chair); Lindsay Mayka, Colby College; Scott Minkoff, State University of New York, New Platz. 2020 Recipient: Camila Cor-deiro Andrade Gripp, New School for Social Research. Title: “New Dogs, Old Tricks: The Inner Workings of an Attempt at Police Reform in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.” 2021 Nominations due: TBA. 2021 Award Committee: TBA

Byran Jackson Dissertation Research on Minority Politics Award This award recognizes outstanding scholarship by a graduate student studying racial and ethnic politics in an urban setting. The award comes with a $500 prize. 2020 Award Committee: Kerry L. Haynie, Duke University (Chair); Sharon Wright Austin, University of Florida; Eduardo Moncada, Barnard College. 2020 Recipient: Kiela Carbtree, University of Michigan. Title: “Racially Targeted Violence and Implications for Politics in the United States.” 2020 Honorable Mention: Gabrielle L. Gray, Howard University. Title: “Political Responsiveness to Police Shootings: Explaining the Role of Sympathy, Black Organizational Investment and White Allies.” 2021 Nominations due: TBA. 2021 Award Committee: TBA.

Best Paper Award

Urban Affairs Review is sponsoring a $250 award for the Best Paper in Urban, Local, or Regional Politics presented at the APSA Annual Meeting. The chairs of all Urban and Local Politics Section panels will be asked to nominate papers. Authors from any panel on the conference program can also self-nominate their papers. Authors of the winning paper will also be invited to submit to the Urban Affairs Review for fast-track review and publication, noting it was the winner of the Best Paper Award. This will be an annual award. Awards may not be made every year, depending on the number and qualit y of submissions. 2020 Award Committee: Yue Zhang, University of Illinois, Chicago (Chair); Mara Sidney, Rutgers University-Newark; Richard Stren, University of Toronto. 2020 Recipient: Mirya Holman, Tulane University. Title: “Weak Boards, Strong Boards: Local Appointed Boards and the Diluting of Democracy.” 2021 Nominations due: September 30, 2020. 2021 Award Committee: TBA.

Norton Long Career Achievement Award

This 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 and two (2) supporting letters should be submitted electronically to all committee members. 2020 Award Committee: Hal Wolman, George Washington University (Chair); Dianne M. Pinderhughes, University of Notre Dame; Valerie J. Martinez-Ebers, University of North Texas. 2020 Recipient: Margaret M. Weir, Brown University. 2021 Nominations due: TBA. 2021 Award Committee: TBA.

Susan Clarke Young Scholars’ Award

This award recognizes scholars who completed their PhD within the last three years (or are ABDs) and submitted a paper proposal for the 2020 APSA Annual Meeting to the 2020 Division Chairs. Please send accepted proposals to the 2020 Division Chairs and indicate that you are eligible for the Susan Clarke Young Scholars’ Award. 2020 Award Committee: Richardson Dilworth, Drexel University (Chair); Jamila Michener, Cornell University; Anikka M. Hinze, Fordham University. 2020 Recipients: Jonathan Collins, Brown University; Michael Hankinson, Baruch College, City University of New York; Amy Schoenecker, University of Hartford. 2021 Nominations due: TBA. 2021 Award Committee: TBA.

Clarence Stone Scholar Award

The Clarence Stone Scholar Award recognizes up to two young scholars who are making a signifcant 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). 2020 Award Committee: Jill Simone Gross, Hunter College, City University of New York; Thomas Ogorzalek, Northwestern University. 2020 Recipients: David Kaufmann, ETH Zürich, and Lindsay Mayka, Colby College. 2020 Honorable Mention: Jeffrey W. Paller, University of San Francisco. 2021 Nominations due: TBA. 2021 Award Committee: TBA.

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: Chris Koski, Reed College. Secretary/Treasurer: Sara Hughes, University of Michigan. 2021 Annual Meeting Division Chair: Rob DeLeo, Bentley University. Editor: STEP Ahead Newsletter: Andrew Kirkpatrick, Christopher Newport University. Social Media: Devin Judge-Lord, University of Wisconsin. Executive Council: Saba Siddiki, Syracuse University; Rachel Krause, University of Kansas; Elizabeth Shanahan, Montana State University; Bentley Allan, Johns Hopkins University; Kristin Taylor, Wayne State University; Hongtao Yi, Ohio State University; Edella Schlager, University of Arizona.

Don K. Price Award

This award is given for the best book on science, technology, and politics published in the last year. 2020 Award Committee: Anne Clunan, Naval Postgraduate School (Chair); Bentley Allan, Johns Hopkins University; Rob DeLeo, Bentley University. 2020 Recipient: Louise Comfort, University of Pittsburgh. Title: The Dynamics of Risk: Changing Technologies and Collective Action in Seismic Events. Princeton University Press, 2019. 2021 Nominations due: TBA. 2021 Award Committee: TBA.

Lynton Keith Caldwell Prize

This award is given for the best book on environmental politics and policy published in the past three years. 2020 Award Committee: Saba Siddiki, Syracuse University (Chair); David Vogel, University of California, Berkeley; Elizabeth Albright, Duke University. 2020 Recipient: Eve Z. Bratman, Franklin & Marshall College. Title: Governing the Rainforest: Sustainable Development Politics in the Brazilian Amazon. Oxford University Press, 2019. 2021 Nominations due: TBA. 2021 Award Committee: TBA.

Virginia M. Walsh Dissertation Award

This award is given for the best dissertations in the feld of science, technology and environmental politics. Nominations should include full dissertation. 2020 Award Committee: Aseem Prakash, University of Washington (Chair); Janina Grabs, ETH Zurich; Kristin Taylor, Wayne State University. 2020 Recipient: Jared J. Finnegan, Niehaus Center for Globalization and Governance at Princeton University. Title: “Low Carbon for the Long Term: Essays on the Comparative Political Economy of Climate Change Policy.” London School of Economics and Political Science, 2019. 2021 Nominations due: TBA. 2021 Award Committee: TBA.

Paul A. Sabatier Best Conference Paper Award

This award is given for the best paper on science, technology, and environmental politics presented at the previous year’s APSA Annual Meeting. 2020 Award Committee: David Shafe, Chapman University (Chair); Debra Javeline, University of Notre Dame; Elizabeth Koebele, University of Nevada, Reno. 2020 Recipient: Eric Merkley, University of Toronto. Title: “Are Experts (News)Worthy? Balance, Confict and Mass Media Coverage of Expert Consensus.” Presented at the APSA Annual Meeting, 2019. 2021 Nominations due: TBA. 2021 Award Committee: TBA.

The Elinor Ostrom Career Achievement Award

This 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. 2020 Award Committee: Tom Birkland, North Carolina State University (Chair); Liz Shanahan, Montana State University; Megan Mullin, Duke University. 2020 Recipient: Aseem Prakash, University of Washington. 2021 Nominations due: TBA. 2021 Award Committee: TBA.

The Evan Ringquist Best Paper Award

This award is given for the best paper published in a relevant journal in the last two years. 2020 Award Committee: Chris Koski, Reed College (Chair); Aditya Das Gupta, University of California, Merced; David Swit-zer, Florida Atlantic University. 2020 Recipients: Sarah E. Anderson, University of California, Santa Barbara; Mark T. Buntaine, University of California, Santa Barbara; Mengdi Liu, Nanjing University; Bing Zhang, Nanjing University. Title: “Non-Governmental Monitoring of Local Governments Increases Compliance with Central Mandates: A National-Scale Field Experiment in China.” American Journal of Political Science. 2021 Nominations due: TBA. 2021 Award Committee: TBA.

The Emerging Young Scholars Award

This award is given in recognition of a researcher, within 10 years of their PhD, who is making notable contributions to the feld of science, technology, and environmental politics. 2020 Award Committee: David Konisky, University of Indiana (Chair); Rachel Krause, University of Kansas; Jonas Meckling, University of California, Berkeley. 2020 Recipient: Mark T. Buntaine, University of California, Santa Barbara. 2021 Nominations due: TBA. 2021 Award Committee: TBA.

The STEP APSA Inclusion Travel Award

This 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 cosponsored panel. A maximum of 10 awards in the amount of $500 will be granted each year. Nominations due: TBA Award Committee: TBA.

SECTION 16. WOMEN, GENDER, AND POLITICS RESEARCH

Formed: 1986 / Dues: $16 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: Eileen Hunt Botting, University of Notre Dame. Co-Chair: Louise Davidson-Schmich, University of Miami. Chair-Elect: Nadia Brown, Purdue University. Secretary: Amy Atchison, Valparaiso University. Treasurer: Pedro Dos Santos, College of Saint Benedict and Saint John’s University. Editors: Politics & Gender: Susan Franceschet, University of Calgary; Christina Wolbrecht, University of Notre Dame. Graduate Student Representative: Christine M. Slaughter, University of California, Los Angeles. 2021 Annual Meeting Division Chairs: Nandini Deo, Lehigh University and Eileen McDonagh, Northeastern University. Executive Council: Kanisha Bond, Binghamton University and Lorna Bracewell, Flagler College.

Best Dissertation Prize

This award is given for the best dissertation on women and politics completed and successfully defended in the previous calendar year. 2020 Award Committee: Magda Hinojosa, Arizona State University; Hind Ahmed Zaki, University of Connecticut; Susanne Zwingel, Florida International University. 2020 Recipient: Isabel Castillo, Northwestern University. Title: “Explaining Female Suffrage Reform in Latin America: Motivation Alignment, Cleavages, and Timing of Reform.” 2020 Recipient:

Cathy Wineinger, Western Washington University. Title: “Gendering the GOP: Rhetoric, Representation, and Republican Congresswomen as Party Messengers.” 2021 Nominations due: March 1, 2021. 2021 Award Committee: TBA.

Best Paper Award

This award is given for the best paper on women 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. 2020 Award Committee: Nicholas Winter, University of Virginia; Sabrina Karim, Cornell University; Angelika Von Wahl, Lafayette College. 2020 Recipient: Elena Gambino, Bates College. Title: “Politics as Sinister Wisdom: Reparation and Responsibility in Lesbian Feminism.” Presented at the APSA Annual Meeting, 2019. 2020 Honorable Mentions: Julia Marin Hellwege, University of South Dakota and Lisa A. Bryant, Fresno State University. Title: “Representing Families and Children: Parenthood and Policymak-ing” Presented at the APSA Annual Meeting, 2019. 2021 Nominations due: March 1, 2021. 2021 Award Committee: TBA.

The Okin-Young Award in the Feminist Political Theory

This award is jointly given by the 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 feld 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. 2020 Award Committee: Jillian Locke, Gustavus Adolphus College; Karen Zivi, Grand Valley State University; Alyson Cole, City University of New York. 2020 Recipient: Mena-ka Philips, Tulane University. Title: “Feminist Preoccupations: Liberalism as Method in Debates concerning Gender and Culture.” Signs. 2021 Nominations due: February 15, 2021. 2021 Award Committee: TBA.

Best Paper on Race and Intersectionality Award

This award is given for the best paper addressing intersectionality presented at the previous year’s annual meeting. 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 the deadline. 2020 Award Committee: Nadia Brown, Purdue University; Karen Celis, Vrije Universiteit Brussel; Jamil Scott, Georgetown University. 2020 Recipient: Kenicia Wright, University of Central Florida. Title: “Importance of the Health Care Provider: An Application of the Theory of Representative Bureaucracy in the Health Care Context.” Presented at the APSA Annual Meeting, 2019. 2021 Nominations due: March 1, 2021. 2021 Award Committee: TBA.

Public Engagement Award

An annual award to recognize the exemplary public-facing work of political scientists in the feld of Women, Gender, and Politics. 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: March 1, 2021. Award Committee: TBA.

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 chosen by a committee chosen by the editors of the journal.

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. At the Foundations web site, you will fnd information about the section, including its offcers, 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. Website: http://www.apsanet.org/section17 Chair: Robyn Marasco, Hunter College, CUNY. Treasurer: Stefan Dolgert, Brock University. 2021 Annual Meeting Division Chairs: Douglas Thompson, University of South Carolina and Jennifer Forestal, Loyola University Chicago. Executive Council: Alex Livingston, Cornell University; Shalini Satkunanandan, University of California, Davis; Jennie Ikuta, University of Missouri; Shirin Deylami, Western Washington University; Ainsley LeSure, Brown University; Alison McQueen, Stanford University; James Ingram, McMaster University.

David Easton Award

This award is given for a book that broadens the horizons of contemporary political science by engaging issues of philosophical signifcance in political life through any of a variety of approaches in the social sciences and humanities. 2020 Award Committee: Steven Smith, Yale University; Lisa Disch, University of Michigan; Davide Panagia, University of California, Los Angeles. 2020 Recipient: Murad Idris, University of Virginia. Title: War for Peace: Genealogies of a Violent Ideal in Western and Islamic Thought. Oxford University Press, 2019. 2020 Honorable Mention: Lida Maxwell, Boston University. Title: Insurgent Truths: Chelsea Manning and the Politics of Outsider Truth-Telling. Oxford University Press, 2019. 2021 Nominations due: February 15, 2021. 2021 Award Committee: John McCormick, University of Chicago; James Martel, San Francisco State University; Lori Marso, Union College.

First Book Award

This award is given for a frst book by a scholar in the early stages of his or her career in the area of political theory or political philosophy. 2020 Award Committee: John Seery, Pomona College; Joel Schlosser, Bryn Mawr College; Neil Roberts, Williams College. 2020 Recipient: Adom Getachew, University of Chicago. Title: Worldmaking After Empire: The Rise and Fall of Self-Determination. University of Chicago Press, 2019. 2020 Honorable Mention: Jairus Grove, University of Hawaii. Title: Savage Ecology: War and Geopolitics at the End of the World. Duke University Press, 2019. 2021 Nominations due: February 15, 2021. 2021 Award Committee: Elizabeth Anker, George Washington University; Lida Maxwell, Boston University; Yves Winter, McGill University.

Best Paper Award

This award is given for the best paper presented on a Foundations panel at the previous year’s APSA Annual Meeting. Nominations are limited to presenters untenured as of September. 2020 Award Committee: Jimmy Casas Klausen, Pontifícia Universidade Católica, Rio de Janeiro; Emily Nacol, University of Toronto; Glen Coulthard, University of British Columbia. 2020 Recipient: Murad Idris, University of Virginia. Title: “Founding Kazanistan: The Muslim Question in the John Rawls Archives.” 2021 Nominations due: February 15, 2021. 2021 Award Committee: Ayten Gundogdu, Barnard College; Shannon Mariotti, Southwestern University; Ivan Ascher, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.

Susan Okin Iris Marion Young Award

The Okin-Young Award in Feminist Political Theory, cosponsored 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 feld 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. 2020 Award Committee: Alyson Cole, The Graduate Center, CUNY; Karen Zivi, Grand Valley State; Jill Locke, Gustavus Adol-phus. 2020 Recipient: Menaka Philips, Tulane University. Title: “Feminist Preoccupations: Liberalism as Method in Debates concerning Gender and Culture.” Signs. 2021 Nominations due: February 21, 2021. 2021 Award Committee: Judith Grant, Ohio University.

SECTION 18: INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY & 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 subfelds and disciplines. Website: https://www.apsanet.org/section18 Chair: Terri Towner, Oakland University. Vice-Chair: Jessica Baldwin-Philippi, Fordham University. Chair-Elect: Filippo Trev-isan, American University. Secretary: Michael Bossetta, Lund University. Treasurer: Katherine Haenschen, Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University. Communications Director: Jordan Brown, University of Texas at Austin. Publications Committee: Cristian Vaccari, Lough-borough University. Editors: Journal of Information Technology and Politics: Lauren Copeland, Baldwin Wallace University; Terri Towner, Oakland University; Jason Gainous, University of Louisville. 2021 Annual Meeting Division Chair: Jessica Baldwin-Philippi, Fordham University. Executive Council: Shannon McGregor, University of Utah; Jason Gainous, University of Louisville; Shelley Boulianne, McEwan University; Catie Bailard, George Washington University; Sharon Meraz, University of Illinois at Chicago; Patricia Rossini, University of Liverpool.

Best Dissertation

This award recognizes the best dissertation in information technology and politics defended since the last APSA Annual Meeting. 2020 Award Committee: Lizhi Liu, Georgetown University; Jenifer Whitten-Wo-odring, University of Massachusetts at Lowell; Pablo Barberá, University of Southern California. 2020 Recipient: Xu Xu, Pennsylvania State University. Title: “Authoritarian Control in the Age of Digital Surveillance.” 2021 Nominations due: April 1, 2021. 2021 Award Committee: Xu Xu, Stanford University.

Best Paper

This award is given to the best paper presented in information technology and politics at the previous year’s APSA Annual Meeting. 2020 Award Committee: Cristian Vaccari, Longborough University; Augusto Valeriani, University of Bologna; Magdalena Wojcieszak, University of California, Davis. 2020 Recipients: Erika Franklin Fowler, Wesley-an University; Michael M. Franz, Bowdoin College; Gregory J. Martin, Stanford University Graduate School of Business; Zachary Peskowitz, Emory University; Travis N. Ridout, Washington State University. Title: “Political Advertising Online and Offine.” Presented at the APSA Annual Meeting, 2019. 2021 Nominations due: April 1, 2021. 2021 Award Committee: Gregory J. Martin, Stanford University; Terri L. Towner, Oakland University.

Best Article

This award is given to the best article published in information technology and politics in the previous calendar year (i.e., 2020 for 2021’s award call; must have appeared in an issue—articles that are published as online frst should be considered for the year in which they are published in their fnal version). 2020 Award Committee: Stephen A. Meserve, Northern Arizona University; Daniel Pemstein, North Dakota State University; Anita Gohdes, Hertie School of Governance. 2020 Recipients: Jennifer M. Larson, Vanderbilt University; Jonathan Nagler, New York University; Jonathan Ronen, Berlin Institute for Medical Systems Biology; Joshua A. Tucker, New York University. Title: “Social Networks and Protest Participation: Evidence from 13 0 Million Twitter Users.” American Journal of Political Science. 2021 Nominations due: April 1, 2021. 2021 Award Committee: Jennifer M. Larson, Vanderbilt University; Sharn Meraz, University of Illinois.

Best Book

This 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. 2020 Award Committee: Daniel Kreiss, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Holli Semetko, Emory University; Ken Rog-erson, Duke University. 2020 Recipients: Nils B. Weidmann, University of Konstanz and Espen Geelmuyden Rod, Uppsala University. Title: The Internet and Political Protest in Autocracies. Oxford University Press, 2019. 2021 Nominations due: April 1, 2021. 2021 Award Committee: Nils Weidmann, University of Konstanz; Espen Geelmuyden Rod, Uppsala University.

Best Student Paper

This award is given to the best student paper presented in information technology and politics at the previous year’s APSA Annual Meeting. 2020 Award Committee: Emily van Duyn, Stanford University; Brian Weeks, University of Michigan; Patricia Rossini, University of Liverpool. 2020 Recipient: Heather Hughes, University of Haifa. Title: “The Macedonian Fake News Industry and the 2016 Election.” Presented at the APSA Annual Meeting, 2019. 2021 Nominations due: April 1, 2021. 2021 Award Committee: Heather Hughes, University of Haifa.

Best Public Facing Scholarship

This award is given to the best public-facing scholarship published in the previous calendar year (i.e., 2020 for 2021’s award call). This includes blog posts and popular press publications intended for a broad public audience. 2020 Award Committee: Julia Azari, Marquette University; Galen Stocking, Pew Research Center; Charles Martin-Shields, German Development Institute. 2020 Recipient: David Karpf, George Washington University. 2021 Nominations due: April 1, 2021. 2021 Award

Committee: David Karpf, George Washington University.

Best Information Technology

This award is given to the best information technology, open to both hardware and/or software. The following criteria apply: (a) scale: both large-scale projects and smaller software solutions such as Python modules or R packages qualify; (b) recency: software or hardware must have either been created or substantially updated within the past 24 months of the award call posting date; in the case of an update, the submitter must point out exactly what was added and how it substantially advances users’ analytical opportunities; (c) resources like datasets, however useful, do not qualify; (d) priority is given to open-source solutions that are re-usable and adaptable. Nominations due: April 1, 2021. Award Committee: TBA.

SECTION 19: INTERNATIONAL SECURITY

Formed: 1988 / Dues: $10 for all 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. Website: https://connect.apsanet.org/s19 Chair: David Sacko, United States Air Force Academy. Vice-Chair: Steve Grenier, The Citadel. Treasurer: Marybeth Ulrich, Army War College. Fundraising Chair: Thomas Mahnken, SAIS-Johns Hopkins. 2021 Annual Meeting Division Chairs: Damon Coletta, United States Air Force Academy; Marina Henke, Northwestern University; Steve Grenier, The Citadel; Sumit Ganguly, Indiana University at Bloomington. Executive Council: Charles Boehmer, University of Texas at El Paso; Katherine Barbieri, University of South Carolina; Ryan Burke, United States Air Force Academy; David Goldfscher, University of Denver; Tom Karako, Center for Strategic and International Studies; Monica Toft, Tufts University; Sumit Ganguly, Indiana University; Lise Howard, Georgetown University.

Kenneth N. Waltz Dissertation Award

This award is given annually by the International Security section to the best defended dissertation on the study of international security and arms control. The committee welcomes nominations for theses on any aspect, and that deploy any approach (historical, quantitative, theoretical, policy analysis, etc.), in the feld of security studies. Theses will be judged according to four criteria:1) contribution to security studies scholarship, 2) international security policy signifcance, 3) rigor in approach and analysis, 4) power of expression and originality in substance and approach. Nominations comprise an electronic copy of the thesis defended in 2020, 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, all submitted to the chair of the committee. $500 will be awarded from an APSA account along with an award certifcate. The Committee reserves the right not to make the award in any given year. 2020 Award Committee: David Sacko, United States Air Force Academy; Charles Boehmer, University of Texas, El Paso; Damon Coletta, United States Air Force Academy. 2020 Recipient: Madison Schramm, Georgetown University. Title: “Making Meaning And Making Monsters: Democracies, Personalist Regimes And International Confict.” 2021 Nominations due: March 15, 2021. 2021 Award Committee: Sumit Ganguly (Chair), Indiana University; Brian Blankenship; Roseanne McManus, Pennsylvania State University; Peter Henne, University of Vermont; Daniel S Gressang, Embry Riddle University.

Joseph J. Kruzel Memorial Award for Public Service This award is given to a scholar with a distinguished career in national security affairs both as an academic and a public servant. Nominations should include an electronic copy of the nominee’s professional CV, highlighting her/his 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 aca-demia. The individual nominated need not be a member of the IS section. Please email Gale Mattox with the subject line title “Nominee for Kruzel Award,” and with contact information for follow-up conversations if necessary. $1000 will be awarded from an APSA account along with an award certifcate. The committee reserves the right not to make the award in any given year. Nominations due: March 15, 2021. Award Committee: Gale Mattox (Chair) United States Naval Academy; Wayne Bert; Meredith Reid Sarkees; Bruce Jentleson, Duke University; David A. Cooper, Naval War College.

Best International Security Article

This award seeks to recognize the best peer-reviewed articles in the feld of international security and security studies each year. Eligible articles must have appeared in print in a relevant peer-reviewed journal in 2020. Authors must be section members. The committee welcomes articles that deploy any approach (historical, quantitative, theoretical, policy analysis, etc.), in the feld of security studies. Articles will be judged according to four criteria: 1) contribution to security studies scholarship, 2) international security policy signifcance, 3) rigor in approach and analysis, and 4) power of expression and originality in substance and approach. Nominations comprise an electronic copy of the article published in 2020 and a nomination letter of no more than 500 words, all submitted to the committee chair at crboehmer@utep.edu. $500 will be awarded from an APSA account along with an award certifcate. The Committee reserves the right not to make the award in any given year. 2020 Award Committee: Marina Henke, Northwestern University and Jacqueline Hazelton, Navy War College. 2020 Recipients: Eric Hundman, NYU Shanghai and Sarah Parkinson, Johns Hopkins University. Title: “Rogues, degenerates, and heroes: Disobedience as politics in military organizations.” European Journal of International Relations. 2020 Recipients: Andrew Coe, Vanderbilt University and Jane Vaynman, Temple University. Title: “Why Arms Control Is So Rare.” American Political Science Review. 2021 Nominations due: March 15, 2021. 2021 Award Committee: Charles Boehmer (Chair), University of Texas at El Paso; James McCormick, Iowa State University; Ryuta Ito, Keio University; Erica De Bruin, Hamilton University; Jackie Kerr, Stanford University.

Best International Security Book by Non-Tenured Faculty Awarded to the best international security themed book published in 2020 by a scholar who has not been awarded tenure. Books will be judged according to four criteria:1) contribution to security studies scholarship, 2) international security policy signifcance, 3) rigor in approach and analysis, 4) power of expression and originality in substance and approach. Nominations comprise three copies of the book and a letter of nomination (self-nominations acceptable) submitted to Professor Ryan Burke. Please email ryan.burke@usafa.edu for the reviewer addresses. Prize and notifcation: $500 will be awarded from an APSA account along with an award certifcate. The Committee reserves the right not to make the award in any given year. 2020 Award Committee: Steven Grenier, The Citadel; Sumit Ganguly, Indiana University; Sean Lynn-Jones, Harvard University. 2020 Recipient: Oriana Skylar Mastro, Georgetown University. Title: The Costs of Conversation: Obstacles to Peace Talks in Wartime. Cornell University Press, 2019. 2021 Nominations due: March 15, 2021. 2021 Award Committee: Ryan Burke (Chair), United States Air Force Academy; Sumit Ganguly, Indiana University; Brian J. Phillips, University of Essex.

SECTION 20: COMPARATIVE POLITICS

Formed: 1988 / Dues: $5 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 com-parativists, area studies specialists, and those interested in American politics. Website: https://connect.apsanet.org/s20/ Chair: Scott Main-waring, University of Notre Dame. Vice-Chair: Prerna Singh, Brown University. Secretary/Treasurer: Seth Jolly, Syracuse University. Editor: Comparative Politics Section Newsletter: Eugene Finkel, Johns Hopkins University. 2021 Annual Meeting Division Chairs: Karrie Koesel, University of Notre Dame and David Steinberg, Johns Hopkins University.

Luebbert Book Prize

Awarded annually for the best book published in the feld of comparative politics during 2018 and 2019. Nomination Instructions: Presses should send a copy of each nominated book to each of the members of the award committee. Nominations due: March 15, 2021. Award Committee: Dawn Teele (Chair), University of Pennsylvania; Jason Brownlee, University of Texas at Austin; Jana Morgan, University of Tennessee; Lucan Way, University of Toronto.

Luebbert Article Prize

Awarded annually for the best article published in the feld of comparative politics during 2019 and 2020. Nominations (including self-nominations) can be submitted directly to the committee. Please include “Lueb-bert Best Article Award” on the subject line of an email and attach a pdf fle copy of the nominated article. 2020 Award Committee: Ellen Lust, University of Gothenburg (Chair); Anthony Messina, Trinity College; Joel Simmons, Georgetown University. 2020 Recipient: Junyan Jiang, Chinese University of Hong Kong. Title: “Making Bureaucracy Work: Patronage Networks, Performance Incentives, and Economic Development in China.” American Journal of Political Science. 2020 Honorable Mention: David Rueda, University of Oxford. Title: “Food Comes First, Then Morals: Redistribution Preferences, Parochial Altruism, and Immigration in Western Europe.” Journal of Politics. 2020 Honorable Mention: Marcus Kreuzer, Villanova University. Title: “The Structure of Description: Evaluating Descriptive Inferences and Conceptualizations.” Perspectives on Politics. 2021 Nominations due: March 15, 2021. 2021 Award Committee: Gabrielle Kruks-Wisner (Chair), University of Virginia; Carl Henrik Knutsen, University of Oslo; David Doyle, University of Oxford.

Sage Paper Prize

Awarded to the best paper in comparative politics presented at the 2020 annual meeting. Nominations should be submitted directly to the award committee members. 2020 Award Committee: Margit Tavits, Washington University; Alisha Holland, Harvard University; Allen Hicken, University of Michigan. 2020 Recipient: Nirvikar Jassal, University of California, Berkeley. Title: “Gender, Law Enforcement, and Access to Justice: Evidence form All-Women Police Stations in India.” Presented at the APSA Annual Meeting, 2019. 2021 Nominations due: March 15, 2021. 2021 Award Committee: John Gerring (Chair), University of Texas at Austin; Junyan Jiang, Columbia University; Milada Vachudova, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Lijphart/Przeworski/Verba Dataset Award

Awarded annually to a publicly-available dataset in the feld of comparative politics. Nominations (including self-nominations) should be submitted directly to the committee. Please include a nomination letter, instructions on accessing the data set, and any publications or documents describing the data set. 2020 Award Committee: Bryan D. Jones, University of Texas at Austin (Chair); Michael Coppedge, University of Notre Dame; Pippa Norris, Harvard University. 2020 Recipient: Rory Fitzgerald, University of London (Director). Title: European Social Survey, http://www.europeansocialsurvey.org/ 2021 Nominations due: March 15, 2021. 2021 Award Committee: George Tsebelis (Chair), University of Michigan; Jennifer Bussell, University of California, Berkeley; Ryan Carlin, Georgia State University.

Theda Skocpol Prize for Emerging Scholars

Awarded to a scholar up to ten years post-PhD whose work has made impactful empirical, theoretical and/or methodological contributions to the study of comparative politics. Nominations should include a CV of the nominee and a letter commenting on the nominee’s work and making the case why they should get the award. 2020 Award Committee: David Samuels, University of Minnesota; Mala Htun, University of New Mexico; Jennifer Pan, Stanford University. 2020 Recipient: Yuen-Yuen Ang, University of Michigan. 2021 Nominations due: March 15, 2021. 2021 Award Committee: Evelyne Huber (Chair), University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill; Peter Hall, Harvard University; Yuen Yuen Ang, University of Michigan.

Powell Graduate Mentoring Award

This prize, introduced in 2012, will be awarded on a bi-annual basis to a political scientist who throughout his or her career has demonstrated a particularly outstanding commitment to the mentoring of graduate students in comparative politics. The prize was named in honor of G. Bing-ham Powell and was initiated by his students. 2020 Award Committee: John Huber, Columbia University (Chair); Jaimie Bleck, University of Notre Dame; James Mahoney, Northwestern University. 2020 Recipient: David Laitin, Stanford University.

SECTION 21: EUROPEAN POLITICS & 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: Jane Gingrich, University of Oxford. Chair-Elect: Rahsaan Maxwell, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Treasurer: Johannes Lindvall, Lund University. 2021 Annual Meeting Division Chair: Rahsaan Maxwell, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Executive Council: Mark Vail, Tulane University; Carol Mershon, University of Virginia; Amel Ahmed. University of Massachusetts; Catherine De Vries, Bocconi University; Pablo Beramendi, Duke University; Isabelle Engeli, University of Exeter; Christina Schneider, University of California, San Diego; Ante Ellerman, University of British Columbia.

Best Book Award

This award is given for the best book on European politics and society published in 2020. 2020 Award Committee: Ben Ansell, University of Oxford; Lucy Barnes, University College London; Evgeny Finkel, Johns Hopkins University. 2020 Recipient: Robert Braun, University of California, Berkeley. Title: Protectors of Pluralism: Religious Minorities and the Rescue of Jews in the Low Countries during the Holocaust. Cambridge University Press. 2020 Recipient: Jelena Subotic, Georgia State University. Title: Yellow Star, Red Star: Holocaust Remembrance after Communism. Cornell University Press. 2021 Nominations due: March 1, 2021. 2021 Award Committee: Christopher Way, Cornell University; Aina Gallego, Institut de Barcelona d’ Estudis Internacionals; Darius Orston, University of Toronto.

Ernst B. Haas Best Dissertation Award

This award is given for the best dissertation on European politics and society fled in 2020. 2020 Award Committee: Christoffer Green Pedersen, Aarhus University; Jennifer Fitzgerald, University of Colorado; Claire Dupuy, Université catholique de Louvain. 2020 Recipient: Maayan Mor, University of Wisconsin. Title: “Rethinking the Origins of Electoral Cleavages: How States Create Cleavages Through Policies?” 2020 Honorable Mention: Tommaso Pavone, Princeton University. Title: “ Th e Ghostwriters: Lawyers and the Politics Behind the Judicial Construction of Europe.” 2021 Nominations due: March 1, 2021. 2021 Award Committee: Seth Jolly, Syracuse University; Alison Johnston, Oregon State University; Andreas Wiedemann, Princeton University.

Best Article Award

This award is given for the best article dealing with European politics and society published in 2020. 2020 Award Committee: Markus Wagner, University of Vienna; Tim Vlandas, University of Oxford; Mariely Lopez-Santana, George Mason University. 2020 Recipient: Rahsaan Maxwell, University of North Carolina. Title: “Cosmopolitan Immigration Attitudes in Large European Cities: Contextual or Compositional Effects.” American Political Science Review. 2021 Nominations due: March 1, 2021. 2021 Award Committee: Sergi Pardos-Prado, University of Glasgow; Alexandra Cirone, Cornell University; Tarik Abou-Chadi, University of Zurich.

Best Paper Award

This award is given for the best paper presented on European politics and society at the 2020 annual meeting. 2020 Award Committee: Brian Burgoon, University of Amsterdam; Charlotte Cavaille, University of Michigan; Alex Kuo, University of Oxford. 2020 Recipients: Isabela Mares, Yale University and Ahmed Ezzeldin Mohamed, Columbia University. Title: “From Religious Violence to Political Compromise: The Historical Origins of Institutional Trust.” 2020 Honorable Mention: Albana Shehaj, Harvard University. Title: “Backsliding in a Landslide: How EU’s Fiscal Distributions Empower Corrupt Governments.” 2021 Nominations due: March 1, 2021. 2021 Award Committee: Jonathan Polk, Gothenburg University; Daphne Halikiopoulou, University of Reading; Jeremy Ferwerda, Dartmouth College.

Peter Mair Memorial Travel Award

Awards up to two travel funds annually to enable young scholars to attend the APSA Annual Meeting. Named in memory of Professor Peter Mair, one of the foremost scholars of European politics, the award is meant explicitly to enable young scholars of European politics without alternative funding to present a paper in one of the panels organized by the EPS section. First-time APSA attendants who are graduate students or junior professors from underfunded European universities (notably in the East and South) are prioritized, but senior scholars from such institutions as well as junior scholars from underfunded non-European universities (including the US) are also considered. Applicants are expected to also apply to all other travel funds they are eligible for, including their department/university, national science foundations, and the APSA Travel Fund. The awards are set at a maximum of $1,000 each, but partial/matching funding is possible too. Nominations due: May 1, 2021. Award Committee: Silja Häusermann, University of Zurich; Carol Mershon, University of Virginia; David Art, Tufts University.

SECTION 22: STATE POLITICS & POLICY

Formed: 1989 / Dues: $10 for student members and $27 for all other members. The purpose to 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: Jennifer Wolak, University of Colorado. Secretary: Rebecca Kreitzer, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Treasurer: Shanna Pearson-Merkowitz, University of Rhode Island. Editors: State Politics and Policy Quarterly: Conor Dowling, University of Mississippi; Tracy Osborn, University of Iowa; Jonathan Winburn, University of Mississippi. 2021 Annual Meeting Division Chair: Joshua Jansa, Oklahoma State University. Executive Council: Seth E. Masket, University of Denver; Jennifer M. Jensen, Lehigh University; Christopher J. Clark, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Daniel R. Biggers, University of California, Riverside; Steven Rogers, Saint Louis University.

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. 2020 Award Committee: Gary M. Segura, University of California, Los Angeles (Chair); Lynda Powell, University of Rochester; Caroline Tolbert, University of Iowa. 2020 Recipient: Rodney Hero, Arizona State University. 2021 Nominations due: March 1, 2021. 2021 Award Committee: Anthony Nownes (chair), University of Tennessee; Brent Boyea, University of Texas at Arlington; Patricia Kirkland, Princeton University.

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. For the 2021 award, books with a copyright of 2018, 2019, and 2020 are eligible for nomination. 2020 Award Committee: Daniel M. Butler, University of California, San Diego (Chair); Shannon Jenkins, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth; Cynthia Rugeley, University of Minnesota, Duluth. 2020 Recipients: Joshua J. Dyck, University of Massachusetts, Lowell and Edward L. Lascher, Jr., California State University, Sacramento. Title: Initiatives without Engagement: A Realistic Appraisal of Direct Democracy’s Secondary Effects. University of Michigan Press, 2019. 2021 Nominations due: March 1, 2021. 2021 Award Committee: Edward L. Lascher, Jr. (chair), California State University, Sacramento; Patrick Flavin, Baylor University; Kathleen Marchetti, Dickinson College.

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 $1000. Support for this prize comes from the annual return of the endowed Mooney Fund. 2020 Award Committee: David Fortunato, Texas A&M University (Chair); Bruce Desmarais, Penn State University; Jaclyn Kettler, Boise State University. 2020 Recipient: Anna Gunderson, Emory University. Title: “Why Do States Privatize Their Prisons? The Unintended Consequences of Inmate Litigation.” 2021 Nominations due: March 1, 2021. 2021 Award Committee: Shauna Reilly (chair), Northern Kentucky University; Erin Heidt-Forsythe, Pennsylvania State University; Benjamin Melusky, Old Dominion University.

SPPQ Best Paper Presented at a Professional Meeting

This annual award is given to the author(s) of the best paper on state politics and policy presented (or scheduled to have been 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. 2020 Award Committee: Mary Kroeger, University of Rochester; William D. Hicks, Appalachian State University; Raymond La Raja, University of Massachusetts, Amherst. 2020 Recipients: Jesse Crosson, Trinity University and Michael Olson, Harvard University. Title: “Divided, But by What? Divided Government, Institutions and Policy Statsis.” Presented at the APSA Annual Meeting, 2019. 2021 Nominations due: March 1, 2021. 2021 Award Committee: Brianne Heidbreder (chair), Kansas State University; James Avery, Stockton University; Gregory Shufeldt, Butler University.

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 (book reviews, review essays, and chapters published in edited volumes are not eligible). 2020 Award Committee: Anna M. Mahoney, Tulane University (Chair); Bianca Easterly, Lamar University; Daniel Bowen, The College of New Jersey. 2020 Recipient: Alexandra Filindra, University of Illinois at Chicago. Title: “Is ‘Threat’ in the Eye of the Researcher? Theory and Measurement in the Study of State-Level Immigration Policymaking.” Policy Studies Journal. 2021 Nominations due: March 1, 2021. 2021 Award Committee: William Franko (chair), West Virginia University; Thomas J. Hayes, University of Connecticut; Abby Matthews, University at Buffalo-SUNY.

Tom Carsey Scholars

2020 Award Committee: Todd Makse, Florida International University; Emily Schilling, University of Tennessee; John Cluverius, University of Massachusetts, Lowell. 2020 Recipients: Hannah Wilson, University of Notre Dame; Tracee Saunders, University of Iowa; Hanna Brant, University of Missouri; Henry Flatt, University of Texas at Austin; Shiro Kuriwaki, Harvard University; Bailey Fairbanks, Georgia State University; Travis Taylor, University of Kentucky; Michaelangelo Landgrave, University of California, Riverside; Micayla Clark, Georgia State University; Naomi Nubin, University of Houston.

Malcolm Jewell Book Award

To be awarded every three years to a political science book on the subject of US state politics or policy published at least 10 years prior to the award being bestowed that stands as an enduring contribution to the literature. Such books would be those classic works frequently assigned in graduate seminars, typically found on the bookshelves of state politics scholars, and that have been crucial in setting the direction of scholarship the field since their publication. 2020 Award Committee: Charles Shipan, University of Michigan (Chair); Kimberley H. Conger, University of Cincinnati; Michael P. McDonald, University of Florida. 2020 Recipient: Sue Thomas, Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation. Title: How Women Legislate. Georgetown University Press, 1994.

SECTION 23: POLITICAL COMMUNICATION

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://politicalcommu-nication.org Chair: Tim Groeling, University of California, Los Angeles. Vice-Chair: Kim Fridkin, Arizona State University. Secretary/Treasurer: Lindsey Meeks, University of Oklahoma. Editor: Political Communication: Regina Lawrence, University of Oregon. 2021 Annual Meeting Division Chair: Young Mie Kim, University of Wisconsin-Madison. Executive Council: Meredith Conroy, California State University, San Bernardino; Cristian Vaccari, Loughborough University.

Doris Graber Outstanding Book Award

This 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. 2021 Award Committee: Daniel Hallin, University of California, San Diego; Sean Westwood, Dartmouth College; Meredith Conroy, California State University, San Bernardino. 2020 Recipient: Rodney Benson, New York University. Title: Shaping Immigration News. Cambridge University Press, 2013. 2020 Honorable Mention: Jennifer Stromer-Galley, Syracuse University. Title: Presidential Campaigning in the Internet Age. Oxford University Press, 2013. 2021 Nominations due: March 1, 2021. 2021 Award Committee: Abby Jones (Chair), Temple University; Sharon Jarvis, University of Texas at Austin; Bob Boynon, University of Iowa.

Paul Lazarsfeld Best Paper Award

This 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. 2020 Award Committee: Cara Wong, University of Illinois; Christina Farhart, Carleton College; Chris Wells, Boston University. 2020 Recipient: Eunji Kim, Vanderbilt University. Title: “Entertaining Beliefs in Economic Mobility.” Presented at the APSA Annual Meeting, 2019. 2021 Nominations due: March 1, 2021. 2021 Award Committee: Sean Richey (Chair), Georgia State University; Mel Atkinson, University of North Carolina, Charlotte; Alcides Velasquez, University of Kansas.

Timothy E. Cook Best Graduate Student Paper Award

This 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. 2020 Award Committee: Rachel Gibson, University of Manchester; Scott Althaus, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Eunji Kim, Vanderbilt University. 2020 Recipients: Marc Trussler, Washington University in St. Louis and Michael Shepherd, Vanderbilt University. Title: “Look Up at That Mansion on the Hill: Does Mass Media Activate the Politics of Resentment?” Presented at the APSA Annual Meeting, 2019. 2020 Honorable Mentions: Noel Foster, Princeton University and Zenobia Chan, Princeton University. Title: “Polarization for Paralysis: How Authoritarian Regimes Weaponize Information to Shift Foreign Political Behaviors.” APSA Political Communication Section pre-conference paper, 2019. 2021 Nominations due: March 1, 2021. 2021 Award Committee: David Weaver (Chair), Boise State University; Chrysi Dagoula, University of Groningen; Emily Sydnor, Southwestern University.

Thomas E. Patterson Best Dissertation Award

This 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. The nominating letter and digital copies of the dissertation, abstract of the dissertation (500 words or less), and the nominee’s CV should be sent to the chair of the award committee. 2020 Award Committee: Philip Habel, University of South Alabama; Jonathan Nagler, New York University; Nuri Kim, Nanyang Technical University. 2020 Recipient: William L. Allen, University of Oxford. Title: “Messaging Migration: Media Agenda-Setting, Immigration Attitudes, and the Effects of Evidence on Perceptions and Policy Preferences.” University of Oxford, 2019. 2021 Nominations due: March 1, 2021. 2021 Award Committee: Ashley Muddiman (Chair), University of Kansas; Jill Edy, University of Oklahoma; Juan Larrosa Fuentes, Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Occidente.

Walter Lippmann Best Published Article Award

This 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. 2020 Award Committee: Jessica Baldwin-Philipi, Fordham University; Andrew Guess, Princeton University; Seth Goldman, University of Massachusetts, Amherst. 2020 Recipients: Natalie Jomini Stroud, University of Texas at Austin and Ashley Muddiman, Kansas University. Title: “Social Media Engagement With Strategy- and Issue-Framed Political News.” Journal of Communication. 2020 Honorable Mention: Alexis M. Lerner, University of Texas at Austin. Title: “The Co-optation of Dissent in Hybrid States: Post-Soviet Graffiti in Moscow.” Comparative Political Studies. 2021 Nominations due: March 1, 2021. 2021 Award Committee: Rosie Clawson (Chair), Purdue University; Nuri Kim, Nanyang Technological University; Seth Goldman, University of Massachusetts.

Murray Edelman Lifetime Distinguished Career Award

This award recognizes a lifetime contribution to the study of Political Communication. The award is now given only in odd-numbered years. Nominations due: March 1, 2021. Award Committee: Sarah Oates (Chair), University of Maryland; Josh Pasek, University of Michigan; Eunji Kim, Vanderbilt University.

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: Kimberly Morgan, George Washington University. Chair-Elect: Peter Trubowitz, London School of Economics. Secretary: Shamira Gelbman, Wabash College. Treasurer: Robert Mickey, University of Michigan. Editor: CLIO: Shamira Gelbman, Villanova University. 2021 Annual Meeting Division Chairs: Dawn Teele, University of Pennsylvania and David Bateman, Cornell University. Executive Council: Volha Charnysh, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Jennifer Dixon, Villanova University; Stephen Engel, Bates College; Deon-dra Rose, Duke University; Mai Hassan, University of Michigan; Nicole Mellow, Williams College; Abraham Newman, Georgetown University; Ruch Bloch Rubin, University of Chicago.

J. David Greenstone Book Prize

This award recognizes the best book in history and politics in the past two calendar years. Send a hard copy of the book to each committee member. 2020 Award Committee: David Bateman, Cornell University; Jessica Trounstine, University of California, Merced; Lisa Baldez, Dartmouth College. 2020 Recipient: Adom Getachew, University of Chicago. Title: World Making After Empire: The Rise and Fall of Self-Determination. Princeton University Press, 2019. 2020 Recipient: Chloe Thurston, Northwestern University. Title: At the Boundaries of Homeownership: Credit, Discrimination, and the American State. Cambridge University Press, 2019. 2021 Nominations due: March 1, 2021. 2021 Award Committee: Chris Howard, College of William & Mary; Chloe Thurston, Northwestern University; James Mahoney, Northwestern University.

Mary Parker Follett Prize

This award recognizes the best article on politics and history published in the previous year. To nominate an article for this award send an electronic copy to each of the scholars on the prize committee. 2020 Award Committee: Peter Swenson, Yale University; Isabel Perera, University of Pennsylvania; William Adler, Northeastern Illinois University. 2020 Recipient: Daniel J. Galvin, Northwestern University. Title: “From Labor Law to Employment Law: The Changing Politics of Workers’ Rights.” Studies in American Political Development. 2020 Honorable Mentions: Alexandra Cirone, Cornell University and Brenda Van Coppenolle, University of Essex. Title: “Bridging the Gap: Lottery-Based Procedures in Early Parliamentarization.” World Politics. 2021 Nominations due: March 1, 2021. 2021 Award Committee: Alexandra Cirone, Cornell; Daniel Galvin, Northwestern University; Kathleen Sullivan, Ohio University.

Walter Dean Burnham Dissertation Award

This 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. To nominate a dissertation for this award send a letter of support from the student’s dissertation advisor or committee member plus a copy of the dissertation itself to each member of the committee. 2020 Award Committee: Joe Lowndes, University of Oregon; Didi Kuo, Stanford University; Jody Laporte, Oxford University. 2020 Recipient: Matthew Berkman, University of Pennsylvania. Title: “Coercive Consensus: Jewish Federations, Ethnic Representation, and the Roots of American Pro-Israel Politics.” 2021 Nominations due: March 1, 2021. 2021 Award Committee: Matthew Berkman, Oberlin College; Lee Ann Banaszak, Pennsylvania State University; Alexis Walker, St. Martin’s University.

Best Paper Award

An award for the best paper in politics and history presented at the previous annual meeting. 2020 Award Committee: Patricia Strach, University at Albany; Quinn Mulroy, Northwestern University; Kurt Weyland, University of Texas at Austin. 2020 Recipients: Isabela Mares, Yale University and Ahmed Ezzeldin Mohamed, Columbia University. Title: “From Religious Violence to Political Compromise: The Historical Origins of Institutional Trust.” 2021 Nominations due: March 1, 2021. 2021 Award Committee: Andrea Louise Campbell, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Isabela Mares, Yale University, Daniel Schlozman, Johns Hopkins University.

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: Bonnie Meguid, University of Rochester. Treasurer: Jan Pierskalla, Ohio State University. Editor: The Political Economist Newsletter: Shahryar Minhas, Michigan State University. 2021 Annual Meeting Division Chairs: Rikhil Bhavnani, University of Wisconsin-Madison and Cesi Cruz, University of British Columbia. Executive Council: TBA.

Fiona McGillivray Best Paper Award

This award is given for the best paper in political economy presented at the previous year’s APSA Annual Meeting. 2020 Award Committee: Jane Sumner, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities (Chair); George Ofusu, London School of Economics; Agustina Paglayan, University of California, San Diego. 2020 Recipients: Danny Choi, University of Pittsburgh; J. Andrew Harris, NYU Abu Dhabi; Fiona Shen-Bayh, The College of William & Mary. Title: “Ethnic Bias in Judicial Decision-making: Evidence from the Kenyan Appellate Courts.” 2021 Nominations due: TBA. 2021 Award Committee: TBA.

Michael Wallerstein Award

This award is given for the best published article in political economy in the previous calendar year. 2020 Award Committee: Cecilia Mo, University of California, Berkeley; Nicole Baerg, University of Essex; Ian Turner, Yale University. 2020 Recipient: Francisco Garfias, University of California, San Diego. Title: “Elite Coalitions, Limited Government, and Fiscal Capacity Development: Evidence from Bourbon Mexico.” Journal of Politics. 2020 Recipients: Dominik Hangartner, London School of Economics; Elias Dinas, University of Oxford; Mortz Marbach, ETH Zurich; Konstantinos Matakos, Kings College London; Dimitrios Xefteris, University of Cyprus. Title: “Does Exposure to the Refugee Crisis Make Natives More Hostile?” American Political Science Review. 2021 Nominations due: TBA. 2021 Award Committee: TBA.

Mancur Olson Best Dissertation Award

This award is given for the best dissertation in political economy completed in the previous two years. 2020 Award Committee: Lisa Blaydes, Stanford University (Chair); Nikhar Gaikwad, Columbia University; Henry Thomson, Arizona State University. 2020 Recipient: Guadalupe Tunon, University of California, Berkeley and Princeton University. Title: “When the Church Votes Left: The Electoral Consequences of Progressive Religion.” University of California, Berkeley, 2019. 2021 Nominations due: TBA. 2021 Award Committee: TBA.

William H. Riker Book Award

This award is given for the best book on political economy published during the past three calendar years. Nominations due: TBA. Award Committee: TBA.

SECTION 27: NEW POLITICAL SCIENCE

Formed: 1992 / Dues: $5 for student members and $30 for all other members. The purpose of this section is to help make the study of politics relevant to the struggle for a better world. Website: https://connect.apsanet.org/s27/ Chair: Nancy S. Love, Appalachian State University. Secretary: Sarah M. Surak, Salisbury University. Treasurer: William Sokoloff, University of Texas Rio Grande Valley. Editors: New Political Science: A Journal of Politics and Culture: Judith Grant, Ohio University; Claire Snyder-Hall, Independent Scholar. New Political Science Newsletter: Jennifer Lawrence, Virginia Tech. 2021 Annual Meeting Division Chairs: Lucrecia Garcia-Iommi, Fairfield University and Jennifer Lawrence, Virginia Tech. Caucus Representatives: Claire Snyder-Hall, Independent Scholar; Daniel O’Connor, California State University, Long Beach. Membership Director: Robert Kirsch, Arizona State University. Web and Social Media Coordinator: Edwin Daniel Jacob, Independent Scholar. Witnesses and Advocates Special Committee: Judith Grant, Ohio University.

Christian Bay Award

This award recognizes the best paper presented on a new political science panel at the previous year’s annual meeting. 2020 Award Committee: Jeffrey Broxmeyer, University of Toledo (Chair); Ben Pauli, Kettering University; Lucrecia Garcia-Iommi, Fairfield University. 2020 Recipient: Gregory Koutnik, University of Pennsylvania. Title: “Ecological Populism: Politics in Defense of Home.” 2021 Nominations due: April 1, 2021. 2021 Award Committee: Gregory Koutnik (Chair), University of Pennsylvania; Lucrecia Garcia-Iommi, Fairfield University; John Berg, Suffolk University.

Richard Cloward and Frances Fox Piven Award

This award recognizes an activist group in the region of the annual meeting that puts the ideals of the section, “to make the study of politics relevant to the struggle for a better world,” into practice. 2020 Award Committee: Wendy Wright, William Patterson University (Chair); Wendy Sarvasy, California State University, East Bay; Patrizia Longo, Saint Mary’s College of California; Frances Fox Piven, The Graduate Center, City University of New York (Honorary). 2020 Recipient: East Side Arts Alliance and Cultural Center, https://www.eastsideartsalliance.org/ 2021 Nominations due: April 1, 2021. 2021 Award Committee: Michael Forman (Chair), University of Washington; Kevin Funk, Spring Hill College; Edwin Daniel Jacob, George Mason University; Frances Fox Piven (Honorary).

Charles A. McCoy Career Achievement Award

This award recognizes a progressive political scientist who has had a long, successful career as a writer, teacher, and activist. 2020 Award Committee: Manal Ahmad Jamal, James Madison University (Chair); Joseph Peschek, Hamline University; Laurence Davis, University College, Cork, Ireland; Joseph Schwartz, Temple University. 2020 Recipient: Rosalind Petchesky, Hunter College and The Graduate Center, City University of New York. 2021 Nominations due: April 1, 2021. 2021 Award Committee: Rosalind Petchesky (Chair), Hunter College and the Graduate Center, City University of New York; Laura Katz Olson, Lehigh University; Terrell Carver, Bristol University; Peter F. Wagner, University of Wisconsin-Whitewater.

Michael Harrington Book Award

This award recognizes an outstanding book that demonstrates how scholarship can be used in the struggle for a better world. 2020 Award Committee: Keisha Lindsay, University of Wisconsin (Chair); Edwin Dan Jacob, Rutgers University; William Sokoloff, University of Texas, Rio Grande Valley. 2020 Recipient: Rebecca Tarlau, Pennsylvania State University. Title: Occupying Schools, Occupying Land: How the Landless Workers’ Movement Transformed Brazilian Education. Oxford University Press, 2019. 2021 Nominations due: April 1, 2021. 2021 Award Committee: Joseph Peschek (Chair), Hamline University; James Simmons, University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh; Andrew Scerri, Virginia Tech; Matthew Evans, Northwest Arkansas Community College; Rebecca Tarlau (Honorary), Pennsylvania State University.

Stephen Eric Bronner Dissertation Award

For an outstanding political science dissertation finished within the previous year of the APSA Annual Meeting which exemplifies the commitment to use scholarship in the struggle for a better world. 2020 Award Committee: Igor Shoikhedbrod, University of Toronto (Chair); Lucrecia Iommi-Garcia, Fairfield University; Heike Schotten, University of Massachusetts, Boston; Stephen E. Bronner, Rutgers University (Honorary). 2020 Recipient: Lucas Pinheiro, University of Chicago. Title: “Factories of Modernity: Labor, Aesthetics, and the Racial Politics of Historical Capitalism.” 2021 Nominations due: April 1, 2021. 2021 Award Committee: Lucas Pinheiro (Chair), University of Chicago; William Sokoloff, University of Texas Rio Grande Valley; Mindy Peden, John Carroll University; Stephen Eric Bronner (Honorary), Rutgers University (Emeritus).

SECTION 28: POLITICAL PSYCHOLOGY

Formed: 1993 / Dues: $5 for student members and $10 for all other members. The purpose of this section 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: Efrén O. Pérez, University of California, Los Angeles. Treasurer: Melissa Sands, University of California, Merced. Communications Officer: Michele Margolis, University of Pennsylvania. 2021 Annual Meeting Division Chairs: Alexa Bankert, University of Georgia and Geoff Sheagley, University of Georgia. Executive Council: Leonie Huddy, Stony Brook University.

Robert E. Lane Book Award

This award is given 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. 2020 Award Committee: Yanna Krupnikov, Stony Brook University. 2020 Recipient: Ashley Jardina, Duke University. Title: White Identity Politics. Cambridge University Press, 2019. 2020 Recipient: Markus Prior, Princeton University. Title: Hooked. Cambridge University Press 2019. 2021 Nominations due: March 1, 2021. 2021 Award Committee: Ashley Jardina, Duke University; Alex Theodoridis, University of Massachusetts Amherst; Cindy Kam, Vanderbilt University.

Best Dissertation Award

This award is given for the best dissertation in political psychology filed during the previous year. 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. 2020 Award Committee: Kevin (Vin) Arceneaux, Temple University; Gwyneth McClendon, New York University; Pavielle Haines, University of Denver. 2020 Recipient: Hakeem Jefferson, Stanford University. Title: “Policing Norms: Punishment and the Politics of Respectability Among Black Americans.” 2020 Recipient: Eunji Kim, Vanderbilt University. Title: “Entertaining Beliefs in Economic Mobility.” 2021 Nominations due: March 1, 2021. 2021 Award Committee: Hakeem Jefferson, Stanford University; Eunji Kim, Vanderbilt University; Jenn Merolla, University of California, Riverside.

Best Paper Award

This 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. 2020 Award Committee: Shana Gadarian, Syracuse University; Aleksander Ksiazkiewicz, University of Illinois; Melissa Michelson, Menlo College. 2020 Recipient: Steven Moore, University of Michigan. Title: “The Road to Hell: Racialized Paternalism and Political Behavior.” Presented at the APSA Annual Meeting, 2019. 2021 Nominations due: March 1, 2021. 2021 Award Committee: Steven Moore, Wesleyan University; Steven Webster, University of Indiana; Allison Anoll, Vanderbilt University.

Distinguished Junior Scholar Award

This award gives grants to junior scholars (graduate students or those no more than seven years from receiving their PhD) to help fund their travel to the APSA Annual Meeting. E-mail your nominations to the members of the committee. 2020 Award Committee: Antoine Banks, University of Maryland; Mara Ostfeld, University of Michigan; Peter Dinesen, University of Copenhagen. 2020 Recipient: Brian Harrison, University of Minnesota. 2021 Nominations due: March 1, 2021. 2021 Award Committee: Brian F. Harrison, University of Minnesota; Christopher Federico, University of Minnesota; Samara Klar, University of Arizona.

Hazel Gaudet Erskine Career Achievement Award

This award recognizes a scholar whose lifetime scholarship and service to the profession has made an outstanding contribution to the field of political psychology. Nominations due: March 1, 2021. Award Committee: Lynn Vavreck, University of California, Los Angeles; Michael Tesler, University of California, Irvine; Cecilia Mo, University of California, Berkeley.

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. Website: http://web.apsanet.org/teachingcivicengagement/political-science-educator Chair: Terry Gilmour, Midland College. Vice-Chair: Michael Rogers, Arkansas Tech University. Treasurer: Joseph Roberts, Roger Williams University. Editors: The Political Science Educator Newsletter: Bobbi Gentry, Bridgewater College. Journal of Political Science Education: Victor Asal, State University of New York, Albany. 2021 Annual Meeting Division Chairs: Mark Carl Rom, Georgetown University and Rachel Bzostek Walker, Collin College. Executive Council: Megan Becker, University of Southern California; Rachel Bzostsek Walker, Collin College; Maureen Feeley, University of California, San Diego; Mark Carl Rom, Georgetown University; J. Cherie Strahan, Central Michigan University; Patrick McKinlay, Morningside College.

The Craig L. Brians Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Research and Mentorship

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. 2020 Award Committee: Maureen Feeley, University of California, San Diego; Renee Van Vechten, University of Redlands. 2020 Recipients: Malliga Och, Idaho State University; Shamira Gelbman, Wabash College; Michael Binder, University of North Florida; Emily Sydnor, Southwestern University. 2021 Nominations due: April 1, 2021. 2021 Award Committee: J. Cherie Strachan, Central Michigan University.

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 meeting, either in an oral session or poster session. 2020 Award Committee: Mary McHugh, Merrimack College; Elizabeth Matto, Rutgers University. 2020 Recipients: Renee Van Vechten, University of Redlands and Maureen Feeley, University of California, San Diego. Title: “Whither the Political Science Major? A Cross-Institutional Analysis of Curricular Design and Program Learning Outcomes at 110 Colleges and Universities.” 2021 Nominations due: April 1, 2021. 2021 Award Committee: Maureen Feeley, University of California, San Diego and Matthew Platt, Morehouse College.

The Lifetime Achievement Award

This award may be given at the 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 doe not have to be given every year. 2020 Award Committee: Patrick McKinlay, Morn-ingside College; Donald Gooch, Stephen F. Austin University; Megan Becker, University of Southern California; Rachel Bzostek, Collin College; Maureen Feeley, University of California, San Diego; Mark Carl Rom, Georgetown University. 2020 Recipient: E. Fletcher McClellan, Elizabethtown College. 2021 Nominations due: April 1, 2021. 2021 Award Committee: Terry Gilmour, Midland College; Megan Becker, University of Southern California; Rachel Bzostsek Walker, Collin College; Maureen Feeley, University of California, San Diego; Mark Carl Rom, Georgetown University; J. Cherie Strahan, Central Michigan University; Patrick McKinlay, Morningside College.

The Distinguished Service Award

This award may be given at the section meeting held at the APSA Annual 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. 2020 Award Committee: Patrick McKinlay, Morningside College; Donald Gooch, Stephen F. Austin University; Megan Becker, University of Southern California; Rachel Bzostek, Collin College; Maureen Feeley, University of California, San Diego; Mark Carl Rom, Georgetown University. 2020 Recipient: Alison Rios Millett McCartney, Towson University. 2021 Nominations due: April 1, 2021. 2021 Award Committee: Terry Gilmour, Midland College; Megan Becker, University of Southern California; Rachel Bzostsek Walker, Collin College; Maureen Feeley, University of California, San Diego; Mark Carl Rom, Georgetown University; J. Cherie Strahan, Central Michigan University; Patrick McKinlay, Morningside College.

SECTION 30: POLITICS, LITERATURE & FILM

Formed: 1993 / Dues $0 for student members and $5 for all other members. The study of literature and film 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 film and other literary genres—provides unique insights into the nature of political life and the study of politics. Website: http://www.apsanet.org/section30 Chair: Michelle Kundmueller, Old Dominion University. Chair-Elect: Katherine Robiadek, Hood College. Secretary: Katherine Robiadek, Hood College. 2021 Annual Meeting Division Chair: Michelle Kundmueller, Old Dominion University.

Wilson Carey McWilliams Award

This award is given to the best paper in politics, literature and film. Papers are nominated by section panel chairs and selected and announced at the following annual meeting. 2020 Award Committee: Davide Panagia, University of California, Los Angeles; Lori Marso, Union College; Linda Beail, Point Loma Nazerene University. 2020 Recipient: Eunji Kim, Vanderbilt University. Title: “Entertaining Beliefs in Economic Mobility.” 2021 Nominations due: November 1, 2020. 2021 Award Committee: Rob Watkins, Columbia College Chicago; Katie Robiadek, Boston University; Eunji Kim, Vanderbilt University.

Pamela Jensen Award

Nominations due: TBA. Award Committee: TBA.

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 situ-ational 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. Website: http://www.apsanet.org/section31 Chair: Anthony Lopez, Washington State University. Secretary/Treasurer: Tom Dolan, University of Central Florida. 2021 Annual Meeting Division Chair: Brent Sasley, University of Texas, Arlington.

Best Paper Award

Recognizing an outstanding paper submitted at the 2020 APSA Annual Meeting that was submitted to and presented on a Foreign Policy Section Panel. Nominations due: October 1, 2020. Award Committee: Danielle Lupton, Colgate University; Brent Sasley, University of Texas, Arlington; Anthony Lopez, Washington State University.

Best Graduate Student Paper Award

Recognizing an outstanding paper, written by a graduate student, submitted at the 2020 APSA Annual Meeting that was submitted to and presented on a Foreign Policy Section Panel. Nominations due: October 1, 2020. Award Committee: Jacqueline Hazelton; Nola Hayes; Dov Levin, The University of Hong Kong.

Best Book Award

Recognizes a research-based book published by a scholarly press during the preceding two years. Eligibility is determined by copyright date; Must be on a topic related to foreign policy, broadly defined and as described in the section statement of purpose; multiple authors are acceptable; edited volumes, textbooks, translations, and memoirs are not eligible. Nominations due: March 1, 2021. Award Committee: Christine Sixta Rinehart, University of South Carolina; Burcu Bayram, University of Arkansas; Thomas Dolan, University of Central Florida.

SECTION 32: ELECTIONS, PUBLIC OPINION, AND VOTING BEHAVIOR

Formed: 1994 / Dues: $0 for student members and $18 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: Ann Crigler, University of Southern California. Vice-Chair: Yusaku Horiuchi, Dartmouth College. Treasurer: Costas Panagopou-los, Northeastern University. Communications Director: John Holbein, University of Virginia. Editors: Political Behavior: Geoff Layman, University of Notre Dame and Benjamin Radcliff, University of Notre Dame. 2021 Annual Meeting Division Chairs: Shane Singh, University of Georgia and Liz Suhay, American University. Executive Council: Traci Burch, Northwestern University; Bernard Fraga, Emory University; Anand Sokhey, University of Colorado; Michele Margolis, University of Pennsylvania; Alessandro Nai, University of Amsterdam; John Ryan, Stony Brook University.

Philip E. Converse Book Award

For an outstanding book in the field published at least five years before. For full consideration, please send a copy of the book to each member of the award committee. 2020 Award Committee: Sara Hobolt (Chair), The London School of Economics; Candis Watts Smith, Pennsylvania State University; Kelly Patterson, Brigham Young University. 2020 Recipients: Christopher F. Karpowitz, Brigham Young University and Tali Mendelberg, Princeton University. Title: The Silent Sex: Gender, Deliberation, & Institutions. Princeton University Press, 2014. 2021 Nominations due: March 1, 2021. 2021 Award Committee: Christopher Karpowitz, Brigham Young University; Tim Ryan, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Susan Banducci, University of Exeter.

Emerging Scholars Award

Recognizing a top scholar in the field who is within 10 years of the PhD. 2020 Award Committee: Jennifer Merolla (Chair), University of California, Riverside; Jeremy Pope, Brigham Young University; Michael Wagner, University of Wisconsin, Madison. 2020 Recipients: David Broockman, University of California, Berkeley and Cecilia Mo, University of California, Berkeley. 2021 Nominations due: March 1, 2021. 2021 Award Committee: Eva Anduiza (Chair), Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona; Brendan Nyhan, Dartmouth College; Peter Loewen, University of Toronto.

Best Paper Award

Recognizing an EPOVB paper delivered at the previous annual meeting. 2020 Award Committee: Michael Martinez (Chair), University of Florida; Florian Foos, The London School of Economics; Amy Erica Smith, Iowa State University. 2020 Recipients: Hans J.G. Hassell, Florida State University; John B. Holbein, University of Virginia; Matthew Baldwin, Brigham Young University. Title: “Mobilize for Our Lives? School Shootings and Retrospective Voting in U.S. Elections.” Presented at the APSA Annual Meeting, 2019. 2021 Nominations due: March 1, 2021. 2021 Award Committee: Yanna Krupnikov (Chair), Stony Brook University; Ruth Dassonneville, University of Montreal; Airo Hino, Waseda University.

Best Article in Political Behavior

Recognizing the best article published during 2020 in the EPOVB Section journal Political Behavior. 2020 Award Committee: Costas Panagop-oulos (Chair), Northeastern University; Danielle Joesten Martin, California State University, Sacramento; Hans Noel, Georgetown University. 2020 Recipients: Antoine J. Banks, University of Maryland; Ismail K. White, Duke University; Brian D. McKenzie. Title: “Black Politics: How Anger Influences the Political Actions Blacks Pursue to Reduce Racial Inequality.” Political Behavior. 2020 Recipient: Mara Cecilia Ostfeld, University of Michigan. Title: “The New White Flight?: The Effects of Political Appeals to Latinos on White Democrats.“ Political Behavior. 2021 Nominations due: March 1, 2021. 2021 Award Committee: Barry Burden (Chair), University of Wisconsin-Madison; Cecilia Mo, University of California, Berkeley; Samara Klar, University of Arizona.

John Sullivan Award

Recognizing a paper delivered by a graduate student on an APSA EPOVB panel. 2020 Award Committee: J. Scott Matthews (Chair), Memorial University; Elizabeth Connors, University of South Carolina; Thomas Wood, The Ohio State University. 2020 Recipient: Paul Friesen, University of Notre Dame. Title: “The Logic of Group Voting: A Global Examination of Social Identities in Political Institutions.” Presented at the APSA Annual Meeting, 2019. 2021 Nominations due: March 1, 2021. 2021 Award Committee: Michael Tesler (Chair), University of California, Irvine; Elizabeth C. Connors, University of South Carolina.

Warren E. Miller Award

This award is given every two or three years for an outstanding career of intellectual accomplishment and service to the profession in the Elections, Public Opinion, and Voting Behavior field. 2020 Award Committee: Noam Lupu (Chair), Vanderbilt University; Yusaku Horiuchi, Dartmouth College; Elizabeth Suhay, American University. 2020 Recipient: Gary Jacobson, University of California, San Diego.

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: www.apsarep.org Chair: Christopher Stout, Oregon State University. Vice-Chair: Niambi Carter, Howard University. Secretary: Nazita Lajevardi, Michigan State University. Treasurer: Camille Burge, Villanova University. Editor: Journal of Race, Ethnicity and Politics: Alexandra Filindra, The University of Illinois at Chicago. 2021 Annual Meeting Division Chairs: Alfonso Gonzalez, University of California, Riverside and Bernard Fraga, Emory University. Executive Council: David Cortez, University of Notre Dame; Allyson Shortle, University of Oklahoma; Eric Gonzalez Juenke, Michigan State University; Nadia Brown, Georgetown University; Davin Phoenix, University of California, Irvine; Stella Rouse, University of Maryland; Marcela Garcfa-Castañon, San Francisco State University; Periloux Peay, Georgia State University; Sergio Garcia-Rios, Cornell University.

Best Book Award

This 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. Single- and multiple-authored books, monographs, and textbooks, will be considered. Books published/copyrighted in calendar year 2020 are eligible for the 2021 prize. Please send one copy of each nominated book directly to each of the committee members. 2021 Nominations due: April 1, 2021. 2021 Award Committee: Matt Barreto, University of California, Los Angeles; Rene Rocha, University of Iowa; Karam Dana, University of Washington.

Best Dissertation Award

Awarded to a dissertation that: (1) makes an important theoretical contribution to our understanding of historical and/or contemporary processes of racial and ethnic information; (2) addresses critical substantive issues through which racial and ethnic politics are played out; (3) generates discourse for innovative frameworks (and analyses) for the study of race, ethnicity, and politics; (4) is well-written; and is analytically rigorous (primary source data, case material, extant analyses, new or underutilized methodology). 2020 Award Committee: Jenn Merolla, University of California, Riverside; Chris Zepeda Milan, University of California, Los Angeles; Jennifer Chudy, Wellesley College. 2020 Recipient: David De Micheli, Cornell University. Title: “Back to Black: Racial Reclassification and Political Identity Formation in Brazil.” 2021 Nominations due: April 30, 2021. 2021 Award Committee: Ayobami Laniyonu, University of Toronto; Mara Ostfeld, University of Michigan; Davin Phoenix, University of California, Irvine.

Best Paper Award

This award is given for the best paper on race, ethnicity, and politics presented at the previous year’s APSA Annual Meeting. Nominations due: June 1, 2021. Award Committee: Hannah Walker, University of Texas at Austin; Yamil Velez, Columbia University; John Kuk, University of Oklahoma.

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: Stacie Goddard, Welles-ley College. Vice-Chair: Catherine Lu, McGill University. Secretary/ Treasurer: Andrew Yeo, Catholic University. Editor: International History and Politics Newsletter: Jonathan Emery, University of California, Irvine. 2021 Annual Meeting Division Chair: Marcos Scauso, Quinnipiac University. Executive Council: TBA.

Robert L. Jervis and Paul W. Schroeder Best Book Award

This award is for the best book on international history and politics. The award may be granted to a single- authored or multi-authored book, or to an edited volume, and will be given to works published in the previous calendar year. The copyright date of a book will establish the relevant year. Nominations for the Jervis-Schroeder Book award (including three copies of cover letters and books) should be sent directly to the award committee members. 2020 Award Committee: Martin O. Heisler, University of Maryland (Chair); Arjun Chowdhury, University of British Columbia; Kathryn Lavelle, Case Western Reserve University. 2020 Recipient: Ahmet Kuru, San Diego State University. Title: Islam, Authoritarianism, and Underdevelopment: A Global and Historical Comparison. Cambridge University Press, 2019. 2020 Recipient: Jelena Subotic, Georgia State University. Title: Yellow Star, Red Star: Holocaust Remembrance After Communism. Cornell University Press, 2019. 2021 Nominations due: January 31, 2021. 2021 Award Committee: Etel Solingen, University of California, Irvine; Jelena Subotic, Georgia State University; Ahmet Kuru, San Diego State University.

Outstanding Article Award in International History and Politics

This award recognizes exceptional peer-reviewed journal articles representing the mission of the International History and Politics Section of the APSA, 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 previous calendar year. It may be granted to an article that is single or coauthored. Nominations including a brief description of the significance of the article and a digital copy of the article should be sent to the section chair. 2020 Award Committee: Helen Kinsella, University of Minnesota (Chair); Christopher Darnton, Naval Postgraduate School; Jordan Branch, Brown University. 2020 Recipients: Sarah Parkinson, Johns Hopkins University and Eric Hundman, NYU Shanghai. Title: “Rogues, degenerates, and heroes: Disobedience as politics in military organizations.” European Journal of International Relations. 2021 Nominations due: January 31, 2021. 2021 Award Committee: Timothy Crawford, Boston College; Sarah Parkinson, Johns Hopkins University; Eric Hundman, New York University, Shanghai.

SECTION 35: DEMOCRACY AND AUTOCRACY (FORMERLY “COMPARATIVE DEMOCRATIZATION”)

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: Susan Stokes, University of Chicago. Vice Chair: Benjamin Smith, University of Florida. Secretary: Terence Teo, Seton Hall University. Treasurer: Erik Kuhonta, McGill University. Newsletter Editors: Democracy and Autocracy: Dan Slater, University of Michigan; Robert Mickey, University of Michigan. 2021 Annual Meeting Division Chair: Henry Thomson, Arizona State University.

Best Article Award

Single-authored or coauthored articles focusing on democratization and/or the development and dynamics of democracy and authoritarianism, published in print in 2020 are eligible. Nominations and self-nominations are encouraged. Copies of the article should be sent by email to each of the committee members. 2020 Award Committee: Alberto Simpser, Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México; Aditya Dasgup-ta, University of California, Merced; Jan Pierskalla, Ohio State University. 2020 Recipient: Francisco Garfias, University of California, San Diego. Title: “Elite Coalitions, Limited Government, and Fiscal Capacity Development: Evidence from Bourbon Mexico.” Journal of Politics. 2020 Honorable Mention: Guillermo Trejo, University of Notre Dame and Sandra Ley, Centro de Investigacion y Docencia Economicas. Title: “High-Profile Criminal Violence: Why Drug Cartels Murder Government Officials and Party Candidates in Mexico.” British Journal of Political Science. 2021 Nominations due: March 14, 2021. 2021 Award Committee: Tarek Masoud (Chair), Harvard University; Amanda Edgell, University of Alabama; Aditya Dasgupta, University of California, Merced.

Best Book Award

Given for the best book focusing on democratization and/or the development and dynamics of democracy and authoritarianism, published in print in 2020. Copies of the nominated book should be sent to each committee member by mail. 2020 Award Committee: Deborah Yashar, Princeton University (Chair); Tom Pepinsky, Cornell University; Sanjay Puparelia, Ryerson University. 2020 Recipient: Sheri Berman. Title: Democracy and Dictatorship in Europe: From the Ancient Régime to the Present Day. Oxford University Press, 2019. 2021 Nominations due: March 14, 2021. 2021 Award Committee: Irfan Nooruddin (Chair), Georgetown University; Mariela Daby, Reed College; Danny Choi, University of Pittsburgh.

Best Fieldwork Award

This prize rewards dissertation students who conduct innovative and diff-cult fieldwork on the topics of democratization and/or the development and dynamics of democracy and authoritarianism. Scholars who are currently writing their dissertations or who completed their dissertations in 2020 are eligible. Candidates must submit two chapters of their dissertation and a letter of nomination from the chair of their dissertation committee describing the field work. The material submitted must describe the fieldwork in detail and should provide one or two key insights from the evidence collected in the field. The chapters should be sent electronically to each committee member. 2020 Award Committee: Danny Choi, University of Pittsburgh; Lauren Young, University of California, Davis; Kikue Hamayostu, Northern Illinois University. 2020 Recipients: Sana Jaffrey, University of Chicago and Chris Carter, University of California, Berkeley. 2021 Nominations due: March 14, 2021. 2021 Award Committee: Kurt Weyland (Chair), University of Texas at Austin; Natalie Letsa, University of Oklahoma; Basak Taraktas, Boğaziçi University.

Best Paper Award

Given to the best paper on democratization and/or the development and dynamics of democracy and authoritarianism presented at the 2020 APSA Convention. Papers can be nominated by panel chairs or discussants. Self-submissions are allowed. Please send electronic copies of the papers to the committee members. 2020 Award Committee: Mariano Sánchez-Talanquer, Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas, Mexico (Chair); Michael Coppedge, University of Notre Dame; Eva Bel-lin, Brandeis University. 2020 Recipients: Matthew Graham, Yale University and Milan Svolik, Yale University. Title: “Democracy in America? Partisanship, Polarization, and the Robustness of Support for Democracy in the United States.” 2021 Nominations due: March 14, 2021. 2021 Award Committee: Adrienne LeBas (Chair), American University; Matt Winters, University of Illinois; Howard Sanborn, Virginia Military Institute.

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 2021 APSA Annual Meeting (i.e., 2019 or 2020). The prize can be awarded to analyses of individual country cases as long as they are clearly cast in a comparative perspective. An emailed 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. 2020 Award Committee: Nikhar Gaikwad, Columbia University (Chair); Kate Baldwin, Yale University; James Hollyer, University of Minnesota. 2020 Recipient: Donghyun Danny Choi, University of Pittsburgh. Title: “Severed Connections: Political Parties and Democratic Responsiveness in Sub-Saharan Africa.” 2021 Nominations due: March 14, 2021. 2021 Award Committee: Ozge Kemahlioglu (Chair), Sabancı University; Francisco Garfas, University of California, San Diego; Carl LeVan, American University.

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 fndings 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 infuence of human rights organizations, development, implementation, and impact on international conventions, and changes in the international human rights regime. Website: http://apsahumanrightssection.blogspot.com/

Chair: Brian Greenhill, University of Albany, SUNY. Vice-Chair: Kristen Monroe, University of California, Irvine. Secretary: Giorleny Altamirano Rayo, US Department of Labor. Treasurer: Michael Struett, North Carolina State University. Vice-President Designate: Bethany Barratt, Roosevelt University. Social Media Coordinator: Kyle Rapp, University of Southern California. 2021 Annual Meeting Division Chair: Kristen Monroe, University of California, Irvine. Executive Council: Lydia Brashear Tiede, University of Houston; Carrie Booth Walling, Albion College.

Distinguished Scholar Award

Periodically, the Section may honor a distinguished scholar 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: 1) have records of scholarly excellence, as demonstrated in their publications, grants, pedagogical accomplishments, and/or outreach and engagement efforts; 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.); 3) be at least 10 years from the date of their PhD degrees. Every three years, the Section will promulgate a call for nominations. Nomination packages should include a letter of nomination describing how the nominee meets the award criteria, the nominee’s detailed CV, and the names and contact information of up to four people who could provide references 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 affliation. We especially invite nominations of scholars and scholar-activists who have made signifcant contributions to our field and profession in ways that work to challenge and eradicate these forms of domination. Nominations due: April 1, 2021. Award Committee: Michael Goodhart, University of Pittsburgh; Zehra Arat, University of Connecticut; Alison Brysk, University of California, Santa Barbara.

Best Dissertation Award

Given to the 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. Nominations due: April 1, 2021. Award Committee: Bethany Barratt (chair), Roosevelt University; Marijke Breuning, University of North Texas; Lucas Swaine, Dartmouth College.

Best Book Award

This competition is open to all books on human rights written by a political scientist and published in the previous calendar year. Please send one copy of the book to each member of the award committee. 2020 Award Committee: George Andreopoulos, John Jay College of Law, City University of New York; Alison Dundes Renteln, University of Southern California; Lucrecia Garcia Iommi, Fairfield University. 2020 Recipient: Rauna Kuokkanen, University of Lapland. Title: Restructuring Relations: Indigenous Self-Determination, Governance, and Gender. Oxford University Press, 2019. 2021 Nominations due: April 1, 2021. 2021 Award Committee: George Andreopoulos (chair), City University of New York; Alison Dundes Renteln, University of Southern California; Lucrecia García Iommi, Fairfield University.

Best Paper Award

This award recognizes the best paper presented on a Human Rights Section Panel at the APSA Annual Meeting. 2020 Award Committee: Brian Greenhill, State University of New York at Albany (Chair); Karen Zivi, Grand Valley State University; Shareen Hertel, University of Connecticut. 2020 Recipient: Kate Cronin-Furman, University College London. Title: “Human Rights Half-Measures: Avoiding Accountability in Post-War Sri Lanka.” 2021 Nominations due: April 1, 2021. 2021 Award Committee: Brian Greenhill, University at Albany, SUNY; Karen Zivi, Grand Valley State University; Shareen Hertel, University of Connecticut.

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. Website: http://www1.maxwell.syr.edu/moynihan/cqrm/APSA_s_Quali-tative_and_Multi-Method_Research_Section/

Chair: Jason Seawright, Northwestern University. Vice-Chair: TBA. Chair-Elect: TBA. Secretary/Treasurer: TBA. Editor: TBA. 2021 Annual Meeting Division Chair: Jessica Rich, Marquette University; Jody Laporte, University of Oxford. Executive Council: TBA.

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. 2020 Award Committee: Janet Lewis, George Washington University; Jessica Rich, Marquette University; Sean Yom, Temple University. 2020 Recipients: Ezequiel Gonzalez-Ocantos, University of Oxford and Jody LaPorte, University of Oxford. Title: “Process Tracing and the Problem of Missing Data.” Sociological Methods & Research. 2020 Honorable Mention: Rana B. Khoury, Northwestern University. Title: “Hard-to-Survey Populations and Respondent-Driven Sampling: Expanding the Political Science Toolbox.” Perspectives on Politics. 2021 Nominations due: TBA. 2021 Award Committee: TBA.

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 recognizes distinction in methodological publications, innovative applications of qualitative and multi-method approaches in substantive research, and/or institutional contributions to this area of methodology. 2021 Nominations due: TBA. 2021 Award Committee: TBA

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 refne 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. 2020 Award Committee: Abigail Williamson, Trinity College; Simeon Nichter, University of California, San Diego; Jim Goldgeier, American University. 2020 Recipient: Jennifer Bussell, University of California, Berke -ley. Title: Clients and Constituents: Political Responsiveness in Patronage Democracies. Oxford University Press. 2020 Honorable Mention: Gwyneth H. McClendon, New York University and Rachel Beatty Riedl, Cornell University. Nominations due: TBA. Award Committee: TBA.

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 will be given to a paper presented at the annual meeting of the APSA. 2021 Nominations due: TBA. 2021 Award Committee: TBA.

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. Website: http://www.apsanet.org/sec-tion38 Chair: Cyril Ghosh, Wagner College. Vice-Chair: Alison Gash, University of Oregon. Chair-Elect: Jerry Thomas, University of Wiscon-sin-Oshkosh. Secretary: Charmaine Willis, SUNY Albany. Treasurer: Erin Mayo-Adam, Hunter College. Graduate Student Representative: Isabel Gonzales, University of California, Irvine. 2021 Annual Meeting Division Chair: Alison Gash, University of Oregon. Executive Council: Edward Kammerer, Idaho State University; Scott Siegel, San Francisco State University; Melissa Michelson, Menlo College; Katherine McCabe, Rutgers University.

Cynthia Weber Best Conference Paper Award

This award recognizes the best paper exploring sexuality and politics presented at the previous year’s APSA Annual Meeting. 2020 Award Committee: Charles W. Gossett, California State University, Sacramento (Chair); H. Howell Williams, Western Connecticut State University; Julie Novkov, State University of New York, University at Albany. 2020 Recipients: Anne Louise Schotel. University of Amsterdam and Liza Mügge, University of Amsterdam. Title: “Bye Bye Binary: The Political Making of a Third Sex in Germany and the Netherlands” 2021 Nominations due: March 5, 2021. 2021 Award Committee: Edward Kammerer, Idaho State University; Scott Siegel, San Francisco State University; Anne Louise Schotel, University of Amsterdam.

Kenneth Sherrill Best Dissertation Award

This 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. 2020 Award Committee: Jerry Thomas, University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh (Chair); Scott Seigel, San Francisco State University; Joanna Wuest, Princeton University. 2020 Recipient: Camilla S. Reuterswärd, University of Wisconsin-Madison. Title: “Party Competition, the Catholic Church, and Moral Gender Policy in Mexico.” 2021 Nominations due: March 15, 2021. 2021 Award Committee: Melissa Michelson, Menlo College; Katherine McCabe, Rutgers University; Camilla Reutersward, Free University of Berlin.

SECTION 39: HEALTH POLITICS & POLICY

Dues: $0 for student members and $8 for all other members. The organized section on Health Politics and Policy provides the ideal infrastructure in which members can more thoroughly, effciently arm themselves with the additional expertise we need to explore health politics and policy questions. The Section will defne “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. Website: http://www.apsanet.org/section39 Chair: Sarah Gollust, University of Minnesota. Chair-Elect: Jacqueline Chattopadhyay, University of North Carolina at Charlotte. Secretary: Andrew Kelly, California State University East Bay. Treasurer: John Hoornbeek, Kent State University. 2021 Annual Meeting Division Chair: Jacqueline Chattopadhyay, University of North Carolina at Charlotte; Jonathan Oberlander, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Executive Council: Susan Mofftt, Brown University; Harold Pollack University of Chicago; Matt Kavanagh, Georgetown University; Deborah Stone, Brandeis University.

Leonard S. Robins Award for the Best Paper on Health Politics and Policy

This award recognizes the best paper on any subject that fts under the rubric of Health Politics and Policy presented at the previous APSA Annual Meeting. Please send your nominations to Sarah Gollust (sgollust@umn.edu). 2020 Award Committee: David L. Weimer, University of Wisconsin, Madison (Chair); Timothy H. Callaghan, Texas A&M University; Karl Kronebusch, Baruch College, City University of New York; Miranda Yaver, University of California, Los Angeles. 2020 Recipient: Andrew S. Kelly, California State University, East Bay. Title: “Private Power in Public Programs: Medicare, Medicaid, and the Structural Power of Private Insurance.” Presented at the APSA Annual Meeting, 2019. 2021 Nominations due: December 31, 2020. 2021 Award Committee: Sue Tolleson-Rinehart, University of North Carolina.

Outstanding Public Engagement in Health Policy Award

This 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. 2020 Award Committee: Miriam Laugesen, Columbia University (Chair); Jacqueline Chattopadhyay, University of North Carolina, Charlotte; John Hoornbeek, Kent State University; Matthew Kavanagh, Georgetown University; Jamila Michener, Cornell University; Philip Rocco, Marquette University; Deborah Stone, Brandeis University. 2020 Recipients: Patricia Strach, State University of New York, University at Albany and Rockefeller Institute of Government; Katie Zuber, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, City University of New York, and Rockefeller Institute of Government; Elizabeth Pérez-Chiqués, Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas (CIDE) Mexico City, Mexico, and Rockefeller Institute of Government. 2021 Nominations due: March 30, 2021. 2021 Award Committee: Sarah Gollust (Chair), University of Minnesota; Susan Mofftt, Brown University; Harold Pollack University of Chicago; Matt Kavanagh, Georgetown University; Deborah Stone, Brandeis University.

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: Eric Belanger, McGill University. Vice-Chair: Amanda Bit-tner, Memorial University. Secretary: Matt Lebo, University of Western Ontario. Treasurer: Ross Burkhart, Boise State University. 2021 Annual Meeting Division Chair: Tamara Small, University of Guelph. Executive Council: Pat James, University of Southern California; Francesca Scala, Concordia University; Tamara Small, University of Guelph; Jim Farney, University of Regina; Randy Besco, University of Toronto; Antoine Yoshinaka, SUNY Buffalo.

Mildred Schwartz Lifetime Achievement in the Study of Canadian Politics

This award goes to scholars who have made signifcant contributions through their career to the study of Canadian politics, either through development of political analysis of Canada or through incorporating Canada as a signifcant case in comparative political analyses. 2020 Award Committee: Cristine de Clercy, University of Western Ontario and Antoine Yoshinaka, SUNY Buffalo. 2020 Recipient: Dr. Alain-G. Gagnon, l’Université du Québec à Montréal. 2021 Nominations due: June 15, 2021. 2021 Award Committee: TBA.

Seymour Martin Lipset Best Book Award

This award is given to honor a signifcant 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. Books dealing with Canadian politics, or incorporating Canada as a signifcant case in a comparative political analysis, that were published between 2013–17 are eligible for consideration. Nominations, including self-nominations, and books should be sent to the chair of the award committee. 2020 Award Committee: Ross Burkhart, Boise State University (Chair); Kelly Gordon, McGill University; Richard Johnston, University of British Columbia; Paul Saurette, University of Ottawa; Jessica Trisko Darden, American University. 2020 Recipient: Carolyn Hughes Tuohy, University of Toronto. Title: Remaking Policy: Scale, Pace, and Political Strategy in Health Care Reform. University of Toronto Press, 2018. 2020 Honorable Mention: Megan Gaucher, Carleton University. Title: A Family Matter: Citizenship, Conjugal Relationships, and Canadian Immigration Policy. UBC Press, 2018. 2020 Honorable Mention: Barry Eidlin, McGill University. Title: Labor and the Class Idea in the United States and Canada. Cambridge University Press, 2018. 2021 Nominations due: March 1, 2021. 2021 Award Committee: TBA.

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: Jaime Settle, College of William and Mary. Vice-Chair: Justin Gross, University of Massachusetts Amherst. Treasurer: Dino Christenson, Boston University. Archivist: Lauren Ratliff Santoro, University of Texas at Dallas. 2021 Annual Meeting Division Chair: Cassy Dorff, Vanderbilt University. Executive Committee: Rachel Blum, University of Oklahoma, Shahryar Minhas, Michigan State University, and Lorien Jasny, University of Exeter. Membership Chair: Michael Kowal, Stevens Institute of Technology. Communications Director: Margaret Foster, University of North Carolina.

The Political Ties Award

Awarded to the best article published on political networks in the past year. 2020 Award Committee: Shahryar Minhas, Michigan State University; Cassy Dorff, Vanderbilt University; Marina Duque, Florida State University. 2020 Recipients: Jennifer Larson, Vanderbilt University; Jonathan Nagler, New York University; Jonathan Ronen, Berlin Institute for Medical Systems Biology; Joshua Tucker, New York University. Title: “Social Networks and Protest Participation: Evidence from 13 0 Million Twitter Users.” American Journal of Political Science. 2021 Nominations due: April 1, 2021. 2021 Award Committee: TBA.

Best Book Award

Awarded to the best article published on political networks in the past year. Nominations due: April 1, 2021. Award Committee: TBA.

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. 2020 Award Committee: Pedro Rodríguez, Vanderbilt University; Matt Pietryka, Florida State University; Debra Leiter, University of Missouri, Kansas City. 2020 Recipients: Romain Ferrali, NYU Abu Dhabi; Guy Grossman, University of Pennsylvania; Melina R. Platas, NYU Abu Dhabi; Jonathan Rodden, Stanford University. Title: “It Takes a Village: Peer Effects and Externalities in Technology Adoption.” American Journal of Political Science. 2021 Nominations due: April 1, 2021. 2021 Award Committee: TBA.

John Sprague Award

Awarded to the best paper on political networks presented by a graduate student at a conference in the past year. 2020 Award Committee: Alex Siegel, Stanford University; Taylor Carlson, Washington University in St. Louis; Romain Ferrali, NYU Abu Dhabi. 2020 Recipient: Sarah Shugars, Northeastern University. Title: “The Structure of Reasoning: Inferring Conceptual Networks from Short Text.” 2021 Nominations due: April, 1 2021. 2021 Award Committee: TBA.

SECTION 42: EXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH

Formed: 2010 / Dues: $0 for student and professional members for online only journal access; $24 for professional members for print and online journal access. The Experimental Research Section 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: Thad Dunning, University of California, Berkeley. Chair-Elect: TBA. Secretary: TBA. Treasurer: TBA. 2021 Annual Meeting Division Chairs: Gwyneth McClendon; New York University; Ismail White, Princeton University. Executive Council: TBA.

Best Paper Award

This award recognizes a paper that was scheduled to be presented at APSA in the previous year and features experimental research. 2020 Award Committee: Pia Raffler, Harvard University (Chair); Thomas Leeper, Facebook/London School of Economics; Dominik Duell, Essex University. 2020 Recipient: Salma Mousa, Stanford University. Title: “Creating Coexistence: Intergroup Contact and Soccer in Post-ISIS Iraq.” 2020 Honorable Mention: Asad Liaqat, Harvard University. Title: “No representation without information.”

Best Book Award

This award recognizes the best book published in 2019 that either uses or is about experimental research methods in the study of politics. 2020 Award Committee: Jaime Settle, College of William & Mary (Chair); Kevin Esterling, University of California, Riverside; Laura Paler, University of Pittsburgh. 2020 Recipients: Thad Dunning, University of California, Berkeley; Guy Grossmann, University of Pennsylvania; Macartan Humphreys, Columbia University and WZB Berlin Social Science Center; Susan D. Hyde, University of California, Berkeley; Craig McIntosh, University of California, San Diego; Gareth Nellis, University of California, San Diego. Title: Information, Accountability, and Cumulative Learning: Lessons from Metaketa I. Cambridge University Press, 2019.

Best Dissertation Award

This 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. 2020 Award Committee: Kristin Michelitch, Vanderbilt University (Chair); Alexander Coppock, Yale University; Saad Gulzar, Stanford University. 2020 Recipient: Kyle Peyton, Yale University. Title: “Experiments on Legitimacy and Intergroup Relations: Policing, Trust, and Prejudice in the United States.” Honorable Mention: Tesalia Rizzo, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Title: “Intermediaries of the State: Bureaucratic Transaction Costs of Claiming Welfare in Mexico”

Public Service Award

This award recognizes a special form of public service, the facilitation of randomized experiments in political science by those outside the academy. 2020 Award Committee: Rebecca Wolfe, Mercy Corps (Chair); Morgan Holmes, USAID; Adam Levine, Cornell University. 2020 Recipient: Page Gardner, Voter Participation Center (VPC). 2020 Honorable Mention: Dau Anh Tuan, Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry

Best JEPS Article Award

This award is for the best research article published in the previous year in the Journal of Experimental Political Science. 2020 Award Committee: Kevin Arceneaux, Temple University (Chair); Daniel Rubenson, Ryerson University; Liz Zechmeister, Vanderbilt University. 2020 Recipients: Yue Hou, University of Pennsylvania and Kai Quek, University of Hong Kong. Title: “Violence Exposure and Support for State Use of Force in a Non-Democracy.” Journal of Experimental Political Science.

SECTION 43: MIGRATION AND CITIZENSHIP

Formed: 2012 / Dues: $5 for student members and $10 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/ Co-Chairs: Antje Ellermann, University of British Columbia and Daniel Tichenor, University of Oregon. Secretary: Rebecca Hamlin, University of Massachusetts Amherst. Treasurer: Melanie Kolbe, Graduate Institute Geneva. 2021 Annual Meeting Division Chairs: Michael Sullivan, St. Mary’s University and Monica Varsanyi, CUNY Graduate Center.

Best Book Award

This award is given to the best book on migration and/or citizenship published in the previous year. Publishers or other nominators should send one hard copy of a book published (i.e., printed; either paperback or hardback) in 2020 to each committee member. Edited volumes are not eligible for the book award. 2021 Nominations due: March 15, 2021. 2021 Award Committee: Ines Valdez (Chair); Janice Fine, Rutgers University-New Brunswick; Loren Landau, University of Oxford.

Best Article Award

This award is given for the best article on migration and/or citizenship published (i.e., printed) in the previous calendar year. Send one electronic copy of an article published (i.e., printed) in 2020 to each committee member. 2021 Nominations due: March 15, 2021. 2021 Award Committee: Kimberly Morgan (Chair), George Washington University; Guy Grossman, University of Pennsylvania; Chris Zepeda-Milan, University of California, Los Angeles.

Best Dissertation Award

This award is given for the best dissertation on migration and/or citizenship accepted in the previous calendar year. Send one electronic copy of a dissertation accepted in 2020 and a dissertation abstract to each committee member. Nominees should also request their advisor to send an electronic letter of recommendation to the award committee chair. 2021 Nominations due: March 15, 2021. 2021 Award Committee: Lina Newton (Chair), Hunter College, CUNY; Colin Brown, Northeastern University; Beth Elise Whitaker, University of North Carolina at Charlotte.

Best Graduate Paper

This award is given for the best paper on migration and/or citizenship presented by a graduate student at the 2020 APSA Annual Meeting (either as part of a panel or poster session). Send one electronic copy of a paper presented at APSA 2020 to each committee member. 2021 Nominations due: March 15, 2021. 2021 Award Committee: Christine Brenner (Chair), University of Massachusetts Boston; Barbara Buckinx, Princeton University; James Hollifield, Southern Methodist University.

SECTION 44: AFRICAN POLITICS CONFERENCE GROUP

Formed: 2013 / Dues: $0 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. Website: https://connect.apsanet.org/s44/ Chair: Zachariah Mampilly, The City University of New York. Vice-Chair: George Bob-Milliar, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology. Secretary: Natalie Letsa, University of Oklahoma. Treasurer: Chipo Dendere, Wellesley College. Editor: APCG Newsletter: Keith Weghorst, Vanderbilt University. 2021 Annual Meeting Division Chairs: Alice Kang, University of Nebraska-Lincoln and Josef Woldense, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities.

APCG Ralph Bunche Best Graduate Paper Award

The APCG Ralphe Bunche Best Graduate Student Paper Award Committee seeks nominations for the 2020 award. 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 2020, 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 coauthor with a PhD. 2021 Nominations due: May 3, 2021. 2021 Award Committee: TBA.

APCG Lynne Rienner Best Dissertation Award

This award is given to the best dissertation in African politics 2020. The award carries a prize and recognizes outstanding scholarship in African politics. Multiple dissertations may be nominated per department. Dissertations that were completed and accepted in the 2020 calendar year are eligible for this award. 2021 Nominations due: May 3, 2021. 2021 Award Committee: TBA.

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 stratifcation, and mobility and opportunity. Website: https://connect.apsanet.org/s45/ Chair: Elizabeth Suhay, American University. Secretary/Communications Director: Cory Maks-Solomon, George Washington University. Treasurer: Michael Donnelly, University of Toronto. Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Director: Cecilia Hyunjung Mo, University of California, Berkeley. 2021 Annual Meeting Division Chair: Adam Seth Levine, Johns Hopkins University.

Best Paper Award

For the best paper presented at a panel sponsored by (or cosponsored by) the Class and Inequality Section at the 2020 APSA Annual Meeting. 2020 Award Committee: Michael Donnelly, University of Toronto; Nathalie Giger, University of Geneva; Adam Thal, Yale University. 2020 Recipient: Alexander Sahn, University of California, Berkeley. Title: “Why is Housing Unaffordable? The Great Migration’s Effect on Exclusionary Zoning.” 2021 Nominations due: March 1, 2021. 2021 Award Committee: Kris-Stella Trump (Chair), University of Memphis.

Kauffman Foundation Award for Best Paper on Entrepreneurship and Inclusion

For the best paper on entrepreneurship and inclusion presented at a panel sponsored by (or cosponsored by) the Class and Inequality Section at the 2020 APSA Annual Meeting. Graciously funded by The Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation. 2020 Award Committee: Laura Bucci, Saint Joseph’s University; Neil Malholtra, Stanford University; Jessica Trounstine, University of California, Merced; Daniel Rubenson, Ryerson University; Linda White, University of Toronto. 2020 Recipient: Tanushree Goya, University of Oxford. Title: “How Women Mobilize Women into Politics: A Natural Experiment in India.” 2021 Nominations due: March 1, 2021. 2021 Award Committee: Kris-Stella Trump (Chair), University of Memphis.

Best Paper on Economic and Social Inequality

For best paper among those presented on any panel at the 2020 APSA Annual Meeting (regardless of which section sponsored the panel) that discusses the intersection of economic inequality and other social inequalities (e.g., racial, ethnic, gender, sexual orientation). Nominations due: March 1, 2021. Award Committee: Kris-Stella Trump (Chair), University of Memphis.

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 signifcant lacuna in political science and political theory. Website: http://www.apsanet.org/section46 Chair: Jeffrey Friedman, Harvard University. Secretary: Paul Gunn, Goldsmith’s, University of London. Treasurer: Nick Clark, Susquehanna University. 2021 Annual Meeting Division Chair: Jeffrey Friedman, Harvard University. Executive Council: Hélène Landemore, Yale University; Matthias Matthijs, Johns Hopkins University; Benjamin Miller, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Vivien Schmidt, Boston University; Kai Jäger, King’s College London.

Best Graduate Student Paper Prize

This $500 cash prize recognizes the APSA conference paper by a graduate student or post-doc, presented at an Ideas, Knowledge, and Politics panel at the 2020 annual meeting, that best explored the causal role of ideas or knowledge claims in politics or government. Nominations will be solicited from 2020 IKP panel chairs and discussants. The awards committee reserves the right to make no award or to reduce the cash prize pending the fnancial situation brought about by the pandemic. 2021 Nominations due: November 1, 2020. 2021 Award Committee: Jeffrey Friedman (Chair), Harvard University; Kai Jäger, King’s College London.

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 2020 or previous years should be sent to committee members with a note or email message specifying that the book is being nominated. 2021 Nominations due: February 1, 2021. 2021 Award Committee: Paul M. D. Gunn (Chair), Goldsmith’s, University of London; Hélène Landemore, Yale University; Adam B. Lerner, Royal Holloway, University of London.

SECTION 47: AMERICAN POLITICAL THOUGHT

Formed: 2017 / Dues: $25 for students with print and electronic journal access; $20 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. Website: http://www.apsanet.org/sec-tion47 Chair: George Thomas, Claremont McKenna College. Vice-Chair: Russell Muirhead, Dartmouth College. Secretary/Treasurer: Phillip Munoz, Notre Dame. Editor: American Political Thought: A Journal of Ideas, Institution, and Culture: Jeremy Bailey, University of Houston and Susan McWilliams, Pomona College. 2021 Annual Meeting Division Chair: Alan Gibson, California State University, Chico and Elizabeth Beaumont, University of California, Santa Cruz. Executive Council: TBA.

Best Book in American Political Thought

Given to the best book in American Political Thought. 2020 Award Committee: J. Russell Muirhead, Darmouth College; Nicole Mellow, Williams College; Mariah Zeisberg, University of Michigan. 2020 Recipient: Corey Robin, Brooklyn College, City University of New York. Title: The Enigma of Clarence Thomas. Metropolitan Books, 2019. 2021 Nominations due: TBA. 2021 Award Committee: TBA.

Best Dissertation in American Political Thought

Given every two years for the best dissertation in American Political Thought. The committee will select award recipients from among nominations provided by department chairs (one per department). The monetary value of the award will be established by the committee in consultation with the Secretary-Treasurer and publicized appropriately. 2021 Nominations due: TBA. 2020 Award Committee: TBA.

Best Article in American Political Thought

Given to the best article published in American Political Thought the preceding year. The monetary value of the award will be established by the Council in consultation with the Secretary-Treasurer and publicized appropriately. 2020 Award Committee: Jeffrey Tulis, University of Texas; Lisa Vetter, University of Maryland, Baltimore County; Keith Whittington, Princeton University. 2020 Recipient: Sean Beienburg, Arizona State University. Title: “Progressivism and States’ Rights: Constitutional Dialogue between the States and Federal Courts on Minimum Wages and Liberty of Contract.” American Political Thought. 2020 Recipient: Steven Bilakovics, University of California, Irvine. Title: “The Vices of Our Virtues: Tocqueville and the Constitution of the American Dream.” American Political Thought. 2021 Nominations due: TBA. 2021 Award Committee: TBA.

The Best Conference Paper in American Political Thought Award

Given to the best paper in American Political Thought presented at the APSA Annual Meeting. The monetary value of the award will be established by the committee in consultation with the Secretary-Treasurer and publicized appropriately. 2021 Nominations due: TBA. 2021 Award Committee: TBA.

SECTION 48: INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATION

Formed: 2018 / Dues: $0 for students and $10 for all other members The International Collaboration (IC) Section 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: Stephanie Rickard, London School of Economics. Vice-Chair: Erica Gould, Stanford University. Secretary/Treasurer: Felicity Vabulas, Pepperdine University. 2021 Annual Meeting Division Chairs: Ryan Brutger, University of California, Berkeley and Daniela Donno, University of Cyprus.

Best Article Award

This award is given for the best article on international collaboration published in 2020. Nominations, which must include a PDF of the article and publication information, should be emailed to the section chair. Self-nominations are welcome. 2020 Award Committee: Tanisha Fazal, University of Minnesota (Chair); Elliot Posner, Case Western Reserve University; Svanhildur Thorvaldsdottir, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich. 2020 Recipients: Inken Von Borzykowski, University College, London and Felicity Vabulas, Pepperdine University. Title: “Hello, goodbye: When do states withdraw from international organizations?” Review of International Organizations. 2021 Nominations due: March 1, 2021. 2021 Award Committee: Judith L. Goldstein (Chair), Stanford University; Inken Von Borzykowski, University of College London; Idean Salehyan, University of North Texas.

Best Book Award

This award is given for the best book on international collaboration published in 2020. Nominations, which must include a PDF of the full book manuscript, should be emailed to the section chair. Self-nominations are welcome. 2020 Award Committee: Susanna Campbell, American University (Chair); Charles Hankla, Georgia State University; Jonas Tallberg, Stockholm University. 2020 Recipient: Marina E. Henke, Northwestern University. Title: Constructing Allied Cooperation: Diplomacy, Payments, and Power in Multilateral Military Coalitions. Cornell University Press, 2019. 2020 Honorable Mention: Christina J. Schneider, University of California, San Diego. Title: The Responsive Union: National Elections and European Governance. Cambridge University Press, 2019. 2021 Nominations due: March 1, 2021. 2021 Award Committee: Ayse Kaya (Chair), Swarthmore College; Marina Henke, Hertie School; Chad Rector, Marymount University.

Best Dissertation Award

This award is given for the best dissertation on international collaboration for a PhD awarded in 2020. 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. 2020 Award Committee: Daniela Donno, University of Cyprus (Chair); Neil Narang, University of California, Santa Barbara; Abraham Newman, Georgetown University. 2020 Recipient: Caroline Moehlicke, University of Texas, Austin. Title: “Corporations and Global Regulation: Challenges and Opportunities for State Regulatory Powers.” 2021 Nominations due: March 1, 2021. 2021 Award Committee: Soo Yeon Kim (Chair), National University of Singapore; David Doyle, University of Oxford; Rupal Mehta, University of Nebraska-Lincoln.

Distinguished Mentor Award

This 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. 2020 Award Committee: Jana Von Stein, Australian National University (Chair); Nikhar Gaikwad, Columbia University; Jessica Stanton, Temple University. 2020 Recipient: Duncan Snidal, University of Oxford. 2021 Nominations due: March 1, 2021. 2021 Award Committee: Carolina Garriga (Chair), University of Essex; Cullen Hendrix, University of Denver; James Raymond Vreeland, Princeton University.

SECTION 49: MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA POLITICS

Formed: 2018 / Dues: $0 for students, $0 for targeted international members, and $10 for all other members. Website: http://apsamena.org Chair: Marc Lynch, George Washington University. Vice-Chair: Matt Buehler, University of Tennessee. Secretary: Marwa Shalaby, University of Wisconsin-Madison. Treasurer: Steven Brooke, University of Wisconsin-Madison. Member At Large: Jillian Schwedler, Hunter College. Editor: MENA Politics Newsletter: Marc Lynch, George Washington University. 2021 Annual Meeting Division Chairs: Elizabeth Nugent, Yale University and Stacey Philbrick Yadav, Hobart and William Smith Colleges.

Best Book on MENA Politics

Two awards are given by this committee: one for the best book published in 2020 on MENA Politics, and one for best book on MENA politics by a frst-time author. 2020 Award Committee: Jason Brownlee, University of Texas at Austin; Michaelle Browers, Wake Forest; Sean Yom, Temple University. 2020 Recipient (best book): Lisa Wedeen, University of Chicago. Title: Authoritarian Apprehensions: Ideology, Judgment, and Mourning in Syria. University of Chicago Press, 2019. 2020 Recipient (frst-time author): Steven Brooke, University of Wisconsin. Title: Winning Hearts and Votes: Social Services and the Islamist Political Advantage. Cornell University Press, 2019. 2021 Nominations due: January 31, 2021. 2021 Award Committee: Lisa Wedeen (chair), University of Chicago; Nadya Hajj, Wellesley College; Peter Krause, Boston College.

Best MENA Politics APSA Paper

Award for best paper on MENA Politics presented at the 2020 annual meeting. 2020 Award Committee: Daniel Corstange, Columbia University; Jeannie Sowers, University of New Hampshire; Diana Greenald, City College New York. 2020 Recipient: Holger Albrecht, University of Alabama; Sharan Grewal, The College of William & Mary; Kevin Koehler, Leiden University. Title: “The Political Sources of Support for the Military: Experimental Evidence from Tunisia.” 2020 Honorable Mention: Tugba Bozcaga, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Title: “ Th e Social Bureaucrat.” 2021 Nominations due: January 31, 2021. 2021 Award Committee: Mazen Hassan (chair), Cairo University; May Darwich, Birmingham University; Dina Bishara, Cornell University.

Best Dissertation on MENA Politics

Award for Best Dissertation on MENA Politics Defended in 2020. 2020 Award Committee: Matt Buehler, University of Tennessee; Michael Herb, Georgia State University; Marwa Shalaby, University of Wisconsin. 2020 Recipient: Stephen Monroe, Princeton University. Title: “Varieties of Protection: Ethnic Politics and Resistance to Neoliberalism in the Arab World.” Princeton University 2019. 2020 Honorable Mention: Chantal Berman, Princeton University. Title: “Protest, Social Policy, and Political Regimes.” Princeton University 2019. 2021 Nominations due: January 31, 2021. 2021 Award Committee: Steven Brooke (chair), University of Wisconsin-Madison; Nadine Sika, American University of Cairo; Bozena Welbourne, Smith College.

Best Article on MENA Politics

Award for the best article on MENA Politics published in 2020. Nominations due: January 31, 2021. Award Committee: Jocelyn Sage Mitchell (chair), Northwestern University-Qatar; Kevin Koehler, NATO Defense College; Neil Ketchley, University of Oslo.

SECTION 50: CIVIC ENGAGEMENT

Formed: 2020 / Dues: $0 for students, $5 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. Co-Chair: Richard Davis, Brigham Young University. Co-Chair: Elizabeth Bennion, Indiana University South Bend. Vice-Chair: Carah Ong Whaley, James Madison University. Secretary: Jeffrey Kraus, Wagner College. Treasurer: Malliga Och, Idaho State University. 2021 Annual Meeting Division Chairs: Jeffrey Kraus, Wagner College and Leah Murray, Weber State University.

SECTION 51: EDUCATION POLITICS AND POLICY

Formed: 2020 / Dues: $0 for students, $0 for other members. The purpose of the Education Politics and Policy Section is to bring together political scientists interested in the political causes and consequences of education policy and education systems; produce rigorous empirical and theoretical knowledge on these themes; and promote the application of that knowledge to critical debates on education. Chair: Agustina Paglayan, University of California, San Diego. Secretary: Leslie Finger, University of North Texas. Treasurer: Kate Destler, Western Washington University. Communications Offcer: Emmerich Davis, Harvard University. 2021 Annual Meeting Division Chairs: Agustina Paglayan, University of California, San Diego and Leslie Finger, University of North Texas.

Best Education Politics and Policy Paper

Recognizes the best paper on education politics and/or education policy presented at the previous year’ APSA Annual Meeting. 2021 Nominations due: TBA. 2021 Award Committee: TBA.

Best Education Politics and Policy Dissertation

Recognizes the best dissertation on education politics and/or education policy presented at the previous year’ APSA Annual Meeting. 2021 Nominations due: TBA. 2021 Award Committee: TBA.

Best Book on Education Politics and Policy

Recognizes the best book on education politics and/or education policy published in the previous two years. 2021 Nominations due: TBA. 2021 Award Committee: TBA.

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 subfilds of the discipline. The 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). Chair: Andrew Little, University of California, Berkeley. Vice-Chair: Anne Meng, University of Virginia. Treasurer: Alexandra Cirone, Cornell University. Council: John Patty, Emory University. 2021 Annual Meeting Division Chair: Ryan Hübert, University of California, Davis. ■