Dear Members:
I'm pleased to announce the committees for the five awards the Section will be sponsoring this
year. A big thanks to the Executive Council for soliciting new committee members, and to the 15
section members who will be evaluating this year's submissions.
When making your nominations, please be sure to contact all three members of the
committee. When nominating a best article or conference paper, please attach an electronic copy to
all the committee members. If you are nominating a best dissertation, please email the members an
electronic copy. If you are nominating a recent book for the annual Virginia Gray Book Award,
please ask all three members if they need a hard copy before mailing one to them. Self-nominations
for all five awards are certainly permitted.
The annual awards will be presented at APSA.
Looking forward to seeing everyone in Sacramento in May.
Dan
Best Paper Award
The Best Paper Award for the best paper on state politics and policy presented at the previous year's
APSA Annual Meeting.
Cindy Bowling, Chair
Auburn University
bowlicj@auburn.edu
Neal Woods
South Carolina University
WOODSN@mailbox.sc.edu
Cindy Rugeley
University of Minnesota-Duluth
crugeley@d.umn.edu
Best Journal Article Award
The award recognizes the best journal article on U.S. 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).
Gerald Wright, Chair
Indiana University
wright1@indiana.edu
Mike Binder
University of North Florida
m.binder@unf.edu
Jennifer Clark
University of Houston
jclark10@uh.edu
Christopher Mooney Dissertation Award
This award is given for the best dissertation in American state politics and policy completed during
the previous calendar year.
Martin Johnson, Chair
Louisiana State University
martinj@lsu.edu
Steven Rogers
St. Louis University
smrogers@slu.edu
Charles Barrilleau
Florida State University
cbarrilleaux@fsu.edu
State Politics and Policy Quarterly Best Paper Award
The State Politics and Policy Award is given for the best paper on state politics and policy presented
at any professional meeting in the previous calendar year.
Shanna Pearson-Merkowitz, Chair
University of Rhode Island
shannapearsonuri@gmail.com
Thad Kousser
UC San Diego
tkousser@mail.ucsd.edu
Vladimir Kogan
Ohio State University
kogan.18@osu.edu
Virginia Gray Book Award
To be awarded annually to the best political science book published on the subject of U.S. state
politics or policy in the preceding three calendar years. Thus, books would be eligible to be
considered for the award for three years. E.g., for the 2014 award, books published in 2011-13
would be eligible for nomination.
Lynda Powell, Chair
University of Rochester
lynda.powell@ur.rochester.edu
Justin Phillips
Columbia University
jhp2121@columbia.edu
Justin Kirkland
University of Houston
jhkirkland@uh.edu