WPSA AWARDS: 2010 ANNUAL MEETING

PI SIGMA ALPHA AWARD: ($500)
To: Michael McCann, University of Washington, William Haltom, University of Puget Sound, and Shauna Fisher, University of Washington
For their paper: Criminalizing Big Tobacco: Legal Mobilization and the Politics of Responsibility for Health Risks in the United States

DISSERTATION AWARD: ($250)
To: John S. Ahlquist
For his dissertation: Building and Using Strategic Capacity: Labor Union Federations and Economic Policy
Completed at: University of Washington

BETTY NESVOLD AWARD (WOMEN AND POLITICS): ($250)
To: Regina G. Lawrence, Louisiana State University, and
Melody Rose, Portland State University
For their paper:Bringing Out the Hook: Exit Talk in Coverage of Hillary Clinton's Presidential Campaign (Listed as "Media Coverage of Hillary Clinton's Presidential Campaign: Assessing Media Bias in the 2008 Primary" in the All Academic website)

BLACKS AND POLITICS: ($250)
To: Joel Alden Schlosser, Carleton College
For his paper: Engaging a Black American Socrates: James Baldwin's Socratism and Race in America

LATINA/LATINO POLITICS AWARD: ($250)
To: Francisco Pedraza, University of Washington
For his paper: The Cold Shoulder in Immigrant Political Attitude Formation: How Perceived Discrimination Moderates the Effect of Acculturation

CHARLES REDD AWARD FOR BEST PAPER ON THE POLITICS OF THE AMERICAN WEST: ($250)
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POLITICAL RESEARCH QUARTERLY BEST ARTICLE AWARD: ($1000)
To: James C. Franklin, Ohio Wesleyan University
For his December 2009 PRQ Article: Contentious Challenges and Government Responses in Latin America