PROGRAM COMMITTEES

Administrative Committees Committee on Nominations
Committee on Publications
Equity and Access Taskforce
Social Media Committee
Virtual Community Program Committee
WPSA Climate Action Committee

Status Committees Committee on the Status of Asian Pacific Americans
Committee on the Status of Blacks in the Profession
Committee on the Status of Latinas/os in the Profession
Committee on the Status of Women in the Profession
Community College Committee
First Generation Scholars Committee
Queer Status Committee

Award Committees Asian Pacific Americans and Politics Best Paper Award Committee
Betty Moulds Lifetime Service Award
Betty Nesvold Women and Politics Award Committee
Blacks and Politics Best Paper Award Committee
Charles Redd Politics of the American West Award Committee
Clay Morgan Award Committee
Dissertation Award Committee
Don Nakanishi Award Committee
Environmental Political Theory Award Comittee
Latino/Latina Politics Best Paper Award Comittee
PGI Award Comittee
WPSA Best Paper Award Committee
PRQ Award Committee
William E. Connolly Award Committee

Committee on Nominations
Chair: Angel Saavedra Cisneros (2023-2025) Bowdoin College
Members:
Michelle Ramirez (2024-2026) Texas A&M University Kingsville	Darin Dewitt (2023-2025) California State University, Long Beach
Yalidy Matos (council liaison, 2024-2026) Rutgers University
Committee on Publications
Chair: Jane Junn (2024-2025) University of Southern California
Members:
Michaele Ferguson (2023-2025) University of Colorado Boulder	Nadia Brown (2024-2026) Georgetown University
Equity and Access Taskforce
Chair: Jane Junn (2024-2025) University of Southern California
Members:
Yeaji Kim California State University, Dominguez Hills	Natasha Altema McNeely University of Texas, Rio Grande Valley
Bianca Rubalcava University of California, Irvine	Marcel Roman University of Texas, Austin
Sara Angevine Whittier College	La Della Levy College of Southern Nevada
Social Media Committee
Chair: Meredith Conroy California State University, San Bernardino Mario Guerrero California Polytechnic University, Pomona
Virtual Community Program Committee
Chair: Ron Amit Arizona State University
Members:
Mark Brown California State University, Sacramento	Jamie Mayerfeld University of Washington
Maria Struble Western Colorado University
Climate Action Committee
The Western Political Science Association has formed a Climate Action Committee to generate proposals for reducing the association’s contributions to climate change.
Chair: Althea Sircar (2021-2025) University of Redlands
Members:
Katherine Lawless (2023-2026) Huron University	Mark Franke (2024-2027) Huron University
Igor Logvinenko (2024-2027) Occidental College	Juliet Carlisle (2024-2027) University of Utah
Mary Witlacil (2024-2027) South Dakota School of Mines and Technology	Paasha Mahdavi (2022-2025) UC Santa Barbara
Committee on the Status of Asian Pacific Americans
Chair: Yeaji Kim (2020-2023) California State University, Dominguez Hills
Members:
Nhat-Dang Do (2023-2026) Trinity College	Nathan Chan (2024-2027) Loyola Marymount University
Fan Lu (2022-2025) Queens University	Tanika Raychaudari (2024-2027) Rice University
Committee on the Status of Blacks in the Profession
Chair: Natasha Altema McNeely (2022-2025) UTexas Rio Grande Valley
Members:
Maruice Mangum (2024-2027) Jackson State University	Jacob Grumbach (2022-2025) University of Washington
Chaya Crowder (2024-2027) Loyola Marymount University	Christine Slaughter (2023-2026) Boston University
Committee on the Status of Latinas/os in the Profession
Chair: Christopher Olds (2022-2025) Fort Hays State University
Members:
Sam Acuna (2024-2027) Occidental College	Maricruz Osorio (2023-2026) Bentley
Marcel Roman (2023-2026) University of Texas, Austin	Angie Bautista-Chavez (2024-2027) Johns Hopkins University
Committee on the Status of Women in the Profession
Chair: Sara Angevine (2020-2026) Whittier College
Members:
Joyce Ejukonemu (2023-2026) Federal College of Education	Jordie Davies (2024-2027) University of California, Irvine
Sarah Gershon (2022-2025) Georgia State University	Kathryn Perkins (2022-2025) California State University, Long Beach
Community College Committee
Co-Chair: Rogelio Garcia (2023-2026) East Los Angeles College
Co-Chair: La Della Levy (2023-2026) College of Southern Nevada
Members:
Dino Bozonelos (2023-2025) Victor Valley College	Tony Wohlers (2023-2026) Harford Community College
Michael Lim (2024-2027) East Los Angeles College
First Generation Scholars Committee
Chair: Bianca Rubalcava (2022-2025) University of California, Irvine
Members:
Tye Rush (2024-2027) University of California, San Diego	Grace Howard (2023-2026) San Francisco State University
Mary Anne Mendoza (2022-2025) California Polytechnic University, Pomona	Ana Oaxaca (2024-2027) University of Texas, Austin
Queer Status Committee
Co-Chair: Jeff Feng (2024-2027) Northwestern University
Co-Chair: Isabel Felix Gonzales (2024-2027) University of Virginia
Members:
Zein Murib Fordham University	TBA
Asian Pacific Americans and Politics Best Paper Award
For an outstanding paper discussing issues and problems that concern Asian Pacific Americans. ($250 award)
Chair: Yeaji Kim California State University, Dominguez Hills
Members:
Fan Lu Queens University	Nhat-Dang Do Trinity College
Nathan Chan Loyola Marymount University	Tanika Raychaudari Rice University
Betty Moulds Lifetime Service Award:
Chair: Pei-te Lien University of California, Santa Barbara
Members:
Jason Casellas University of Houston	Louis Desipio University of California, Irvine
Betty Nesvold Women and Politics Award:
Chair: Sara Angevine Whittier College
Members:
Kathryn Perkins California State University, Long Beach	Joyce Ejukonemu Federal College of Education
Sarah Gershon Georgia State University	Jordie Davies University of California, Irvine
Blacks and Politics Best Paper Award:
Chair: Natasha Altema McNeely University of North Texas
Members:
Jacob Grumbach University of California, Berkeley	Christine Slaughter Boston University
Maruice Mangum Jackson State University	Chaya Crowder Loyola Marymount University
Charles Redd Politics of the American West Award:
Chair: Erik Hanson University of Southern California
Members:
Melissa Rogers Claremont Graduate University	Isaac Hale Occidental College
Clay Morgan Award:
Chair: Gwen Ottinger Drexel University
Members:
June Ann Jones University of Texas, Dallas	Matt Harvey Princeton University
Dissertation Award:
For the best doctoral dissertation completed at a university within the regional groupings of the WPSA between July 1 and June 30 of the previous academic year. ($250 award)
Chair: Darin Dewitt California State University, Long Beach
Members:
Amit Ron Arizona State University	Hannah Walker University of Texas, Austin
Don Nakanishi Award Committee
Chair: Andrew Aoki Augsburg University
Members:
Vivien Leung Santa Clara University	Jessica Lee College of the Holy Cross
Environmental Political Theory Award
Chair: Mary Witlacil South Dakota School of Mines and Technology
Members:
Mina Suk Arizona State University	Andrew Biro Acadia University
Latino/Latina Politics Best Paper Award
Chair: Christopher Olds Fort Hays State University
Members:
Alejandra Campos University of Arkansas	Sam Acuna Occidental College
Angie Bautista-Chavez Johns Hopkins University
PGIAward
Chair: TBA
Members:
TBA	TBA
WPSA Best Paper Award
Chair: Jesse Acevedo University of Denver
Members:
Mary Scudder Purdue University	Alex Diones Loyola Marymount University
PRQ Award
*The Political Research Quarterly* Best Article Award.** This award is given for the best article published by the PRQ during the prior calendar year. ($1000 award)
Chair: Gabriele Magni Loyola Marymount University
Members:
Matthew Incantalupo Yeshiva University	Alex Keena Virginia Commonwealth University
William E. Connolly Award (Political Theory)
Chair: Kathy Ferguson Univeristy of Hawaii
Members:
Noga Rotem University of Washington	Yasmeen Daifallah University of California, Santa Cruz