WPSA AWARDS: 2006 ANNUAL MEETING

 

PI SIGMA ALPHA: ($250)

To: Henry E. Brady, University of California, Berkeley
and John E. McNulty,
University of California, Berkeley
Department of Political Science
210 Barrows Hall
Berkeley, CA 94720
hbrady@csm.berkeley.edu
and
John E. McNulty
Assistant Professor of Political Science
Binghamton University, SUNY
P.O. Box 6000
Binghamton, NY 13902-6000
mcnulty@binghamton.edu

For their paper: “The Costs of Voting: Evidence from a Natural Experiment.”

Award Committee Chair: Professor Ted Jelen, University of Nevada, Las Vegas

DISSERTATION AWARD: ($250)

To: Dr. Gregg Daniel Miller
532 14th Avenue E,
Apt. 107
Seattle, WA 98112
ggmiller@gis.net

For his Dissertation: “Mimesis in Communicative Action: Habermas and the Affective Bond of Understanding.”

Completed at: University of Washington

Award Committee Chair: Liesl Haas, California State University, Long Beach

BETTY NESVOLD AWARD (WOMEN AND POLITICS): ($250)

To: Timothy Kaufman Osborn
Baker Ferguson Professor of Politics and Leadership
Department of Politics
Maxey Hall, 345 Boyer Avenue
Whitman College
Walla Walla, WA 99362

For his paper: “Gender Trouble at Abu Ghraib”
Award Committee Chair: Mary Hawkesworth, Rutgers University

BLACKS AND POLITICS: ($250)

To: Niambi M. Carter (graduate student)
Duke University

For her paper: “Three’s Company? Or Three’s a Crowd? Tripartite Race Relations in a Southern City.

Award Committee Chair: Mark Sawyer, UCLA

LATINA/LATINO POLITICS: ($250)

To: Professor Adrian D. Pantoja
Department of Political Science
Arizona State University
PO Box 873902
Tempe, AZ 85287-3902

For his paper: “At Home Abroad? The Dominican Diaspora in New York City as a Transnational Political Actor”

Award Committee Chair: Melissa Michelson

CHARLES REDD AWARD FOR BEST PAPER ON THE POLITICS OF THE AMERICAN WEST ($250)

To: R.Christopher Burnett
cburnett@csulb.edu
Assistant Professor
Department of Journalism
California State University, Long Beach
SSPA 002
1250 Bellflower Blvd
Long Beach, CA 90840

For his paper: “Wildlife Policy in California and Colorado: A Punctuated Equilibrium Model Explanation”

Award Committee Chair: Andrea Gerlak, University of Arizona

POLITICAL RESEARCH QUARTERLY BEST ARTICLE AWARD ($1000)

(Co-recipients this year)
To: Professor David Darmofal
Assistant Professor
Department of Political Science
University of South Carolina
350 Gambrell Hall
Columbia, SC 29208
darmofal@gwm.sc.edu

For his September 2005 PRQ Article: “Elite Cues and Citizen Disagreement with Expert Opinion.”

And To:
Professor Edward T. Lascher
Department of Public Policy and Administration
California State University, Sacramento
Sacramento, CA 95819-6081
tedl@csus.edu

For his June 2005 PRQ Article: “Constituency Size and Incumbent Safety: A Reexamination.”

Award Committee Chair: Barbara Norrander, University of Arizona