Awards

The American Political Science Association gives awards political scientists and scholars for the best dissertations, papers and articles, and books in the various subfields, and for career achievement in research, teaching and service to the discipline.  APSA awards and prizes honor the work of scholars who make outstanding contributions to political science research, teaching, and service.

Each year, APSA awards are presented at APSA’s Annual Meeting. We are proud to congratulate the 2024 American Political Science Association Award Recipients.

Annual Meeting Awards

Rochelle Terman Receives the 2024 APSA-IPSA Theodore J. Lowi First Book Award for “The Geopolitics of Shaming: When Human Rights Pressure Works – and When It Backfires”

July 24, 2024 Comments Off on Rochelle Terman Receives the 2024 APSA-IPSA Theodore J. Lowi First Book Award for “The Geopolitics of Shaming: When Human Rights Pressure Works – and When It Backfires”

The APSA-IPSA Theodore J. Lowi First Book Award is presented annually to honor a book in any field of political science that exemplifies qualities of broad ambition, high originality, and intellectual daring, showing promise of having a substantive impact […]

Annual Meeting Awards

Soledad Artiz Prillaman Receives the 2024 Victoria Schuck Award for “The Patriarchal Political Order: The Making and Unraveling of the Gendered Participation Gap in India”

July 23, 2024 Comments Off on Soledad Artiz Prillaman Receives the 2024 Victoria Schuck Award for “The Patriarchal Political Order: The Making and Unraveling of the Gendered Participation Gap in India”

The Victoria Schuck Award is presented annually by the American Political Science Association (APSA) to honor the best book published on women and politics.  Citation from the Award Committee: Soledad Artiz Prillaman’s book, The Patriarchal Political Order: […]

Annual Meeting Awards

Melvin Rogers Receives the 2024 Ralph J. Bunche Award for “The Darkened Light of Faith: Race, Democracy, and Freedom in African American Political Thought”

July 23, 2024 Comments Off on Melvin Rogers Receives the 2024 Ralph J. Bunche Award for “The Darkened Light of Faith: Race, Democracy, and Freedom in African American Political Thought”

The Ralph J. Bunche Award is presented annually by the American Political Science Association (APSA) to honor the best scholarly work in political science that explores the phenomenon of ethnic and cultural pluralism. Citation from the […]

APSA Annual Meeting

Congratulations to the 2024 APSA Award Winners

July 17, 2024 Comments Off on Congratulations to the 2024 APSA Award Winners

APSA is delighted to announce the winners of the 2024 APSA Awards! APSA recognizes and honors the work of various scholars who have made outstanding contributions to political science research, teaching and service. Recipients will […]

Awards

Tabitha Bonilla receives the 2023 Adaljiza Sosa-Riddell Mentor Award for Exemplary Mentoring of Latino/a Graduate Students in Political Science

December 14, 2023 Comments Off on Tabitha Bonilla receives the 2023 Adaljiza Sosa-Riddell Mentor Award for Exemplary Mentoring of Latino/a Graduate Students in Political Science

The Adaljiza Sosa-Riddell Mentor Award is presented annually by the APSA Committee on the Status of Latinos y Latinas in the Profession to recognize the exemplary mentoring of Latino y Latina students and junior faculty […]

Awards

Giovanna Itzel Alcantar receives the 2023 Adaljiza Sosa-Riddell Mentor Award for Exemplary Mentoring of Latino/a Undergraduate Students in Political Science

December 11, 2023 Comments Off on Giovanna Itzel Alcantar receives the 2023 Adaljiza Sosa-Riddell Mentor Award for Exemplary Mentoring of Latino/a Undergraduate Students in Political Science

The Adaljiza Sosa-Riddell Mentor Award is presented annually by the APSA Committee on the Status of Latinos y Latinas in the Profession to recognize the exemplary mentoring of Latino y Latina students and junior faculty […]

Awards

Efren Perez receives the 2023 Adaljiza Sosa-Riddell Mentor Award for Exemplary Mentoring of Latino/a Junior Faculty in Political Science

December 8, 2023 Comments Off on Efren Perez receives the 2023 Adaljiza Sosa-Riddell Mentor Award for Exemplary Mentoring of Latino/a Junior Faculty in Political Science

The Adaljiza Sosa-Riddell Mentor Award is presented annually by the APSA Committee on the Status of Latinos y Latinas in the Profession to recognize the exemplary mentoring of Latino y Latina students and junior faculty […]