Congratulations to the 2025 APSA Organized Section Award Recipients (Sections 21-40)

In an effort to bring attention to exceptional scholarship, many of APSA Organized Sections have established awards. Currently, there are more than 100 such awards honoring dissertations, papers, articles, books, and career achievement. Winners are generally selected by member committees appointed by the chair or executive committee of the section. The organized section recognizes winners at its annual business meetings, which are held in conjunction with the APSA Annual Meeting.

Congratulations to APSA Organized Section Award Recipients (Sections 1-20)
Congratulations to APSA Organized Section Award Recipients (Sections 21-40)
Congratulations to APSA Organized Section Award Recipients (Sections 41-55)

Section Name Name of Award and Recipient
Section 21: European Politics and Society
  • Best Book Award Recipient: Volha Charnysh, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  • Ernst B. Haas Best Dissertation Award Recipient: Caterina Chiopris, Harvard University
  • Best Article Award Recipients: Stuart J. Turnbull-Dugarte, University of Southampton, and Alberto López Ortega, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
  • Best Paper Award Recipients: Hannah Alarian, University of Florida; Michael Bernhard, University of Florida; Andrew Rosenberg, University of Florida
Section 22: State Politics and Policy
  • Career Achievement Award Recipient: Janine Parry, University of Arkansas
  • Virginia Gray Book Award Co-Recipient: Steven Rogers, Saint Louis University Co-Recipient: Peverill Squire, University of Missouri
  • Christopher Z. Mooney Best Dissertation Prize Recipient: Michael Auslen, University of Texas at Austin
  • Best Conference Paper Award Recipients: Gerald Gamm, University of Rochester, and Justin R. Phillips, Columbia University
  • Best Graduate Student Paper Award Recipient: Mackenzie R. Dobson, University of Virginia & Notre Dame University
  • Best Journal Article Award Recipients: Galen Hall, University of Michigan; Joshua Basseches, Tulane University; Rebacca Bromley-Trujillo, Christopher Newport University; Trevor Culhane, Brown University
  • Emerging Scholar Award Co-Recipient: Anna Gunderson, University of Texas at Austin Co-Recipient: Michael P. Olson, Washington University in St. Louis
  • Service Award Recipient: Jason Windett, University of North Carolina at Charlotte
  • Mac Jewell Enduring Contribution Award Co-Recipients: Boris Shor, University of Houston, and Nolan McCarty, Princeton University. Co-Recipients: Kathleen Bratton, Louisiana State University, and Kerry Haynie, Duke University
Section 23: Political Communication
  • Doris Graber Outstanding Book Award Recipient: Margaret Roberts, University of California, San Diego
  • Paul Lazarsfeld Best Paper Award Recipient: Jasmine English, Stanford University
  • Timothy E. Cook Best Graduate Student Paper Award Recipient: Rex Weiye Deng, Washington University
  • Thomas E. Patterson Best Dissertation Award Recipient: Tony Zirui Yang, University of Oxford
  • Walter Lippmann Best Published Article Award Recipients: Alessandro Nai, University of Amsterdam; Chiara Valli, University of Bern; Jürgen Maier, University of Kaiserslautern-Landau; Loes Aaldering, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
  • Murray Edelman Lifetime Distinguished Career Award Recipient: Regina Lawrence, University of Oregon
Section 25: Political Economy
  • McGillivray Best Paper Award Recipients: Beatriz Jambrina-Canseco, London School of Economics and Political Science, and Stephanie J. Rickard, London School of Economics and Political Science
  • Michael Wallerstein Award Recipients: Aditya Dasgupta, University of California, Merced, and Elena Ramirez, University of California, Merced
  • Mancur Olson Best Dissertation Award Co-Recipient: Nicole Wilson, Northwestern University Co-Recipient: Alice Xu, University of Pennsylvania
Section 27: Critical Political Science (Formerly New Political Science)
  • Richard Cloward and Frances Fox Piven Award Recipient: Rueben George
  • Charles A. McCoy Career Achievement Award Recipient: Dr. Marvin Surkin, Intercultural Open University Foundation
  • Michael Harrington Book Award Recipient: Biko Koenig, Franklin and Marshall College
  • Stephen Eric Bronner Dissertation Award Recipient: Ricardo Esteban Vega León, Rutgers University
  • Christian Bay Award for Best Paper Recipient: Justin L. Brooks, Harvard University
Section 28: Political Psychology
  • Robert E. Lane Book Award Recipient: Taylor Carlson, Washington University in St. Louis
  • Best Dissertation Award Recipient: Nathan Skigin, University of Georgia
  • Best Paper Award Recipient: Jasmine English, Stanford University
  • Distinguished Junior Scholar Award Co-Recipients: Vicente Valentim, IE University; Rongbo Jin, Chinese University of Hong Kong; Joseph S. Akowuah, Washington State University
  • Hazel Gaudet Erskine Career Achievement Award Recipient: Kristen Monroe, University of California, Irvine
Section 29: Political Science Education
  • The Craig L. Brians Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Research and Mentorship Recipient: Daniel J. Mallinson, Penn State Harrisburg
  • The Best APSA Conference Paper Award Co-Recipients: Bronwyn Hayward, University of Canterbury; Kate Prendergast, University of Canterbury; Mahmah Timoteo, University of Canterbury; Sacha McMeeking, University of Canterbury; Yvonne Crichton-Hill, University of Canterbury; Steve Ratuva, University of Canterbury; Helena Cook, University of Canterbury Co-Recipients: Christopher M. Wegemer, University of California, Los Angeles and Brett L. M. Levy, State University of New York at Albany
  • The Lifetime Achievement Award Recipient: Renée Van Vechten, University of Redlands
  • The Distinguished Service Award Recipient: J. Cherie Strachan, University of Akron
Section 30: Politics, Literature, and Film
  • Wilson Carey McWilliams Best Paper Award Recipient: Jialin (David) Liang, Yale University
Section 31: Foreign Policy
  • Best Paper Award Recipients: Tyler Jost, Brown University; Joshua David Kertzer, Harvard University; Robert Schub, Rutgers University; Eric Min, University of California, Los Angeles
  • Best Graduate Student Paper Award Co-Recipient: Andrew Kenealy, Duke University Co-Recipient: Sowon Park, University of Virginia
  • Best Book Award Recipients: Miles M. Evers, University of Connecticut, and Eric Grynaviski, George Washington University
  • The Foreign Policy Section Graduate Student Travel Grant Co-Recipients: Emily Chen, University of Tokyo; Muhammed Topcu, Georgia State University; Rachel Yu, University of California, San Diego; Jinwon Lee, University of Illinois
  • Best Annual Conference Discussant Award Co-Recipient: Guan Wang, University of Maryland, Baltimore County Co-Recipient: Jordan Tama, American University
Section 32: Elections, Public Opinion, and Voting Behavior
  • Behavior Philip E. Converse Book Award Recipients: Ismail K. White, Princeton University, and Chryl N. Laird, University of Maryland
  • Emerging Scholar Award Recipient: Tyler Reny, Claremont Graduate University
  • Best Paper Award Recipients: Priyadarshi Amar, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Sumitra Badrinathan, American University; Simon Chauchard, University Carlos III Madrid; Florian Sichart, Princeton University
  • Best Article in Political Behavior Recipients: Benjamin S. Noble, University of California, San Diego, and Taylor N. Carlson, Washington University in St. Louis
  • John Sullivan Award Recipient: Sophie Mainz, Uppsala University
Section 34: International History and Politics
  • Robert L. Jervis and Paul W. Schroeder Best Book Award Recipient: Vladimir Hamed-Troyansky, University of California, Santa Barbara
  • Outstanding Article Award in International History and Politics Recipient: Şener Aktürk, Koç University
Section 35: Democracy and Autocracy
  • Best Article Award Recipients: Edward Goldring, University of Melbourne, and Peter Ward, Sejong Institute
  • Best Book Award Recipient: Vicente Valentim, IE University
  • Best Fieldwork Award Recipient: Elizabeth K. Parker-Magyar, Harvard University
  • Best Paper Award Recipient: Eddy Yeung, Emory University
  • Juan Linz Best Dissertation Award Recipient: Andres Uribe, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Section 36: Human Rights
  • Best Book Award Co-recipients: Phillip M. Ayoub, University College London and Kristina Stoeckl, Luiss University Co-recipient: Ezgi Yildiz, California State University, Long Beach
  • Best Paper Award Recipients: Emily Hencken Ritter, Vanderbilt University and Katerina Tertytchnaya, Oxford University
  • Best Dissertation Award Recipient: Isabel G. Laterzo, University of Texas at Austin
  • Distinguished Human Rights Scholar Award Recipient: Shareen Hertel, University of Connecticut
Section 37: Qualitative and Multi-Method Research
  • Alexander L. George Article Award Recipients: Ezequiel Gonzalez-Ocantos, Oxford University, and Juan Masullo, Leiden University
  • Giovanni Sartori Book Award Recipient: Erin Lin, The Ohio State University
  • Kendra Koivu Paper Award Recipient: Ronay Bakan, Johns Hopkins University
  • David Collier Mid-Career Achievement Award Recipient: Amanda Robinson, The Ohio State University
  • Politics of Marginalization and Inclusion Award Co-Recipient: Erin Lin, The Ohio State University Co-Recipient: Nirvikar Jassal, London School of Economics and Political Science
  • Qualitative Evidence Award Recipient: Apekshya Prasai, Brown University
Section 38: Sexuality and Politics
  • Kenneth Sherrill Best Dissertation Award Recipient: Gino Pauselli, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
  • The Donald Haider-Markel Best Book Award Recipients: Philip M. Ayoub, University College London, and Kristina Stoeckl, LUISS University
  • Cynthia Weber Best Conference Paper Award Recipients: Gabriele Magni, Loyola Marymount University
  • Sexuality & Politics Lasting Contribution Award Recipients: Jeffrey R. Lax, Columbia University, and Justin H. Phillips, Columbia University
Section 39: Health Politics and Policy
  • Leonard S. Robins Award for the Best Paper on Health Politics and Policy Recipients: Andrea Campbell, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Nolan Kavanagh, Harvard University; James Jolin, Harvard University
  • Outstanding Public Engagement in Health Policy Award Recipient: Eric Patashnik, Brown University
  • David Kline Jones Distinguished Scholar Award Co-Recipient: Phillip Rocco, Marquette University Co-Recipient: Ashley Fox, State University of New York at Albany
  • Career Achievement Award Recipient: Mark Peterson, University of California, Los Angeles
Section 40: Canadian PoliticsSeymour Martin
  • Lipset Best Book Award Recipient: Kim Pernell, University of Texas at Austin
  • Mildred A. Schwartz Lifetime Achievement Award Recipient: Robert Vipond, University of Toronto