Congratulations to the 2026 APSA Organized Section Award Recipients (Sections 1-20)

In an effort to bring attention to exceptional scholarship, many of APSA Organized Sections have established awards. Currently, there are more than 200 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 41-56)

Section Name Name of Award and 2026 Recipient
Section 1: Federalism & Intergovernmental Relations
  • Martha Derthick Book Award: Recipient: Tulia Falleti, University of Pennsylvania
  • Deil S. Wright Best Paper Award: Recipients: Fernando Meireles, Institute of Social and Political Studies of the State University of Rio de Janeiro; Natalia S. Bueno, Emory University; Marcus Vinicius de Sa Torres, Federal University of Pernambuco
  • Daniel Elazar Distinguished Federalism Scholar Award: Recipient: Daniel Treisman, University of California, Los Angeles
  • John Kincaid Best Article Award: Recipients: Tyler Simko, University of Michigan and Genevieve Siegel-Hawley, Virginia Commonwealth University   
Section 2: Law and Courts
  • Best Graduate Student Paper Award: Recipient: Hyein Yang, Cornell University
  • Best Conference Paper Award: Co-Recipient: Hyein Yang, Cornell University, Co-Recipient: Sam England, Emory University  
  • Teaching Award: Recipient: Logan Strother, Purdue University 
  • Law and Courts Service Award: Recipient: Susan Haire, University of Georgia
  • Best Article Published in the Journal of Law and Courts Award: Recipient: Benjamin Garcia-Holgado, University of Delaware
  • Best Journal Article Award: Recipients: Christine Bailey, Austin Peay State University; Paul M. Collins Jr., University of Massachusetts Amherst; Jesse H. Rhodes, University of Massachusetts Amherst; Douglas Rice, University of Massachusetts Amherst 
  • Herman Pritchett Award for Best Book: Recipients: Amanda Driscoll, Florida State University; Jay N. Krehbiel, State University of New York at Buffalo; Michael J. Nelson, Pennsylvania State University 
  • Mentoring Award: Co-Recipient: Sahar Abi-Hassan, University of Tulsa; Co-Recipient: Shane Gleason, Trinity College 
  • Law and Courts Lifetime Achievement Award: Recipient: Jerry Goldman, Northwestern University (Emeritus) and Oyez Project 
  • Law and Courts Lasting Contribution Award: Recipients: Brandon Bartels, George Washington University and Christopher D. Johnston, Duke University 
Section 3: Legislative Studies
  • Alan Rosenthal Prize: Recipient: Mia Costa, Dartmouth College 
  • Carl Albert Dissertation Award: Recipient: Karra McCray Gibson, University of South Carolina 
  • CQ Press Award: Recipient: Leah Rosenstiel, Vanderbilt University 
  • Jewell-Loewenberg Prize: U.S. Congress: Recipient: Jeremy Gelman, University of Nevada, Reno; Comparative Legislatures: Recipients: Valeria Palanza, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile; Gisela Sin, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign; Evangeline Reynolds, University of Denver; State Legislatures: Recipients: Alex Garlick, University of Vermont; Mary Kroeger, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Paige Pellaton, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo 
  • Richard F. Fenno, Jr. Prize: Recipient: Mia Costa, Dartmouth College 
  • Emerging Scholar Award: Recipient: Lucia Motolina, Washington University in St. Louis 
  • Barbara Sinclair Legacy Award: Recipient: Steven Smith, Arizona State University 
Section 5: Political Organizations and Parties
  • Emerging Scholar Award: Recipient: Vicente Valentim, IE University 
  • Jack Walker Outstanding Article Award: Recipients: Christina Schneider, University of California, San Diego and Robert Thomson, Hong Kong University 
  • Leon Epstein Outstanding Book Award: Recipient: Aili Mari Tripp, University of Wisconsin-Madison
  • Samuel Eldersveld Career Achievement Award: Recipient: Scott Mainwaring, Notre Dame University 
  • Best APSA Paper Award: Recipients: Jacob S. Hacker, Yale University; Fiona Kniaz, Yale University; Amelia Malpas, Havard University; Paul Pierson, University of California, Berkeley; Sam Zacher, Yale University 
Section 6: Public Administration
  • Herbert A. Simon Book Award: Recipients: Anne Mette Møller, Copenhagen Business School and Caroline Howard Grøn, Aarhus University 
  • Paul Volker Junior Scholar Research Grant: Co-Recipients: Adeola Abilawon, West Virginia University; Tipeng Chen, Arizona State University; Yeonkyung Kim, Kean University; Rachel Kulikoff, University of Michigan; Kyuwoong Kyeong, Indiana University Bloomington; Emily Mee, Indian University; Daniel Zorrilla Velazquez, University of Delaware  
Section 7: Conflict Processes
  • Best Paper by a Junior Scholar Award: Recipients: Michael Joseph, University of California, San Diego; Joon H. Chung, University of California, San Diego, Hui Seong Park 
  • Best Paper by a Senior Scholar Award: Recipients: Leonardo Arriola, University of California, Merced; David Dow, Naval Postgraduate School; Alia Matanock, University of California, San Diego 
  • Best Book Award: Co-Recipient: Erik Lin-Greenberg, Massachusetts Institute of Technology;  Co-Recipient: Rachel Myrick, Duke University 
Section 8: Representation & Electoral Politics
  • George H. Hallett Award: Recipients: Christopher J. Anderson, London School of Economics and Political Science; André Blais, University of Montreal; Shaun Bowler, University of California, Riverside; Todd Donovan, Western Washington University; Ola Listhaug, Norwegian University of Science and Technology 
  • Lawrence Longley Award: Recipient: Tanushree Goyal, Princeton University 
Section 9: Presidents and Executive Politics
  • The Richard E. Neustadt Best Book Award: Recipient: Julia Azari, Marquette University
  • George C. Edwards III Dissertation Award: Recipient: Annie Benn, Colgate University 
  • Founders Best Paper Award by PhD-holding Scholar: Co-Recipients: Matthew Eshbaugh-Soha, University of North Texas and Paul Collins, University of Massachusetts Amherst; Co-Recipient: Jakob Wiedekind, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 
  • Founders Best Graduate Student Paper Award: Recipient: Julia Christensen, University of California, Berkeley
  • Emerging Scholar Award: Recipient: David Miller, American University 
  • Legacy Award: Recipient: Sidney Milkis, University of Virginia 
Section 11: Religion and Politics
  • Hubert Morken Book Award: Recipient: Kate Baldwin, Yale University 
  • Aaron Wildavsky Dissertation in Religion and Politics Award: Recipient: Stephen Paul Lendway, Stanford University 
  • Ted Jelen Best Journal Article Award: Recipient: Taylor Boas, Boston University 
  • Weber Best Conference Paper in Religion and Politics Award: Recipients: Anil Menon, University of California, Merced and Alexander Persaud, University of Richmond 
  • Kenneth D. Wald Best Graduate Student Paper Award: Recipient: Danissa Contreras Guzman, University of Texas at Austin
Section 13: Urban and Local Politics
  • Susan Clarke Young Scholars Award: Co-Recipient: Tyler Simko, University of Michigan; Co-Recipient: Laura Kettel, University of Greifswald 
  • Byran Jackson Dissertation Research on Minority Politics Award: Recipient: Nick Brouwer, University of California, Merced 
  • Clarence Stone Scholar Award: Recipient: Jennifer Gaudette, University of California, Riverside 
  • Best Dissertation Award: Recipient: Joshua Micah Ferrer, American University 
  • Dennis Judd Best Book Award: Recipient: Kimberley Johnson, New York University 
  • Norton Long Career Achievement Award: Recipient: Jessica Trounstine, Vanderbilt University 
  • Clarence Stone Scholar Award: Recipient: Jennifer Gaudette, University of California, Riverside 
  • Urban Affairs Review Best Paper on Urban and Regional Politics:Recipient: Paige Bollen, Ohio State University 
Section 15: Science, Technology & Environmental Politics
  • Don K. Price Award: Recipients: Sanya Carley, University of Pennsylvania and David Konisky, Indiana University Bloomington 
  • Lynton Keith Caldwell Prize: Recipient: Amy Janzwood, McGill University 
  • Virginia M. Walsh Dissertation Award: Recipient: Ishana Ratan, University of Mississippi 
  • Paul A. Sabatier Best Conference Paper Award: Recipient: Jerik Cruz, Massachusetts Institute of Technology 
  • The Elinor Ostrom Career Achievement Award: Recipient: Thomas A. Birkland, North Carolina State University 
  • The Emerging Young Scholar Award: Recipient: David Switzer, University of Missouri 
  • Evan Ringquist Best Paper Award: Recipients: Miguel M. Pereira, London School of Economics and Political Science; Nathalie Giger, University of Geneva; Maria D. Perez, Independent Researcher; Kaya Axelsson, University of Oxford 
  • STEP Graduate Student Inclusion Travel Grant: Recipient: Katelyn Nutley, University of St. Andrews
Section 16: Women, Gender, and Politics Research
  • Best Dissertation Award: Co-Recipient: Ana Sofia Elverdin, Washington and Lee University; Co-Recipient: Ophelia Ekaterini Vedder, Washington University in St. Louis 
  • Best Paper Award: Recipient: Ashrakat Elshehawy, University College London 
  • The Okin-Young Award in the Feminist Political Theory: Recipient: Shatema Threadcraft, Vanderbilt University 
  • Best Paper on Race and Intersectionality Award: Recipient: Julieta Valenzuela Correa, New York University 
  • Politics & Gender Best Article Award: Co-Recipient: Charlène Calderaro, University of Oxford: Co-Recipient: Amy Gilmore, University of California, Irvine 
  • The WGPRS Public Engagement Award: Recipient: Jennifer Piscopo, Royal Holloway, University of London 
  • Section 16 Microgrants: Co-Recipients: Jasmine English, Reed College; Songeun Emily Lee, University of Houston; Pin Lu, Rutgers University; Merima Tričić, University of California, Irvine; Fátima Ávila Acosta, Humboldt University; Layla Brooks, Emory University 
Section 17: Foundations of Political Theory
  • David Easton Award: Recipient: Roxanne Euben, University of Pennsylvania 
  • First Book Award: Recipient: Michael Gorup, Ithaca College 
  • The Okin-Young Award in the Feminist Political Theory: Recipient: Shatema Threadcraft, Vanderbilt University 
  • Best Paper Award: Recipient: Sophie Cardin, University of Oxford 
Section 18: Information Technology and Politics
  • Best Conference Paper in the APSA Information Technology and Politics Section: Recipients: Kirill Chmel, Columbia University; Eunji Kim, Columbia University; John Marshall, Columbia University; Tiffany Fisher-Love, Incite Studio; Nathaniel Lubin, Harvard University 
  • Best Book in the APSA Information Technology and Politics Section: Recipient: Tamar Mitts, Columbia University 
  • Best Public Facing Scholarship in the APSA Information Technology and Politics Section: Recipients: Daniel S. Schiff, Purdue University; Arne Bewersdorff, Technical University of Munich; Marie Hornberger, Technical University of Munich  
  • Best Student Paper Award: Recipient: Shun Yamaya, Stanford University 
  • Best Journal of Information Technology and Politics Article Award: Recipients: Lisa P. Argyle, Brigham Young University; Ethan C. Busby, Brigham Young University; Joshua R. Gubler, Brigham Young University; Alex Lyman, Brigham Young University; Justin Olcott, Brigham Young University; Jackson Pond, Brigham Young University; David Wingate, Brigham Young University 
  • Best Dissertation Award: Recipient: Hanna Sistek, Purdue University 
Section 20: Comparative Politics
  • Sage Paper Prize: Recipient: Gabriel Leon-Ablan, University College London  
  • Lijphart/Przeworski/Verba Dataset Award: Recipient: Martha Wilfarht, University of California, Berkeley
  • Theda Skocpol Prize for Emerging Scholars: Recipient: Vicente Valentim, IE University 
  • Luebbert Best Article Prize: Recipients: Nikhar Gaikwad, Columbia University; Kolby Hanson, Wesleyan University; Aliz Tóth, London School of Economics and Political Science 
  • Margaret Levi Award for the Advancement of Comparative Methodology: Recipient: Evidence in Governance and Politics (EGAP) Metaketa Initiative 
  • Bingham Powell Mentoring Award: Recipient: Leonardo Arriola, University of California, Merced 

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