The Barbara Sinclair Lecture Award is presented annually to honor achievement in promoting understanding of the U.S. Congress and legislative politics.
Citation from the Award Committee:
Professor Green has a distinct knack for bringing scholarly rigor to topics of contemporary importance. With his many contributions to the study of parties and leaders in Congress, it is especially appropriate to recognize Professor Green with an award honoring the legacy of Barbara Sinclair, who made so many vital contributions of her own on these topics.
In addition to his academic work, Professor Green has made a particular point to engage with legislative practitioners and the public. He is a frequent commentator in prominent media outlets like as The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, Los Angeles Times, and C-SPAN. He is also a staff writer for Mischiefs of Faction, a Substack newsletter on political parties.
Matthew N. Green is professor of politics at the Catholic University of America. He has authored or coauthored six books, including Newt Gingrich: Profile of a Political Entrepreneur (2022, with Jeffrey Crouch), Legislative Hardball: The House Freedom Caucus and the Power of Threat-Making in Congress (2019), and Choosing the Leader: Leadership Elections in the U.S. House of Representatives (2019, with Douglas Harris). He also coedited Living in an Age of Mistrust: An Interdisciplinary Study of Declining Trust and How to Get it Back (2017, with Andrew Yeo). He has also published a number of articles and book chapters about Congress, U.S. elections, and state politics. He served as president of the National Capital Area Political Science Association in 2015-16.
APSA thanks the committee members for their service: Frances Lee (Co-Chair) of Princeton University, Ruth Bloch Rubin (Co-Chair) of the University of Chicago, Adam Ramey of New York University Abu Dhabi, Ann Burke of the American Political Science Association, and Ronald Elving of American University