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Public Administration Section Award Recipients

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Best Article Award
Herbert Kaufman Award
Herbert A. Simon Book Award
Paul Volcker Junior Scholar Research Grant
Best Poster Award

Best Paper Award

Best Paper Award

The Best Paper Award recognizes the best paper published in the Journal of Behavioral Public Administration.

2020  Vainre, M., Aaben, L., Paulus, A., Koppel, H., Tammsaar, H., Telve, K., Koppel, K., Beilmann., &   Uusberg, A. (2020). Nudging towards tax compliance: A field-work informed randomised controlled   trial. Journal of Behavioral Public Administration, 3(1). https://doi.org/10.30636/jbpa.31.84

2020 Honorable Mentions

 Damgaard, P.R., & Nielsen, P.A. (2020). Does performance disclosure affect user satisfaction, voice,   and exit? Experimental evidence from service users. Journal of Behavioral Public Administration,   3(2). https://doi.org/10.30636/jbpa.32.113

 Huang, C., & Shen, R. (2020). Does city or state make a difference? The effects of policy framing on   public attitude toward a solar energy program. Journal of Behavioral Public Administration,   3(2). https://doi.org/10.30636/jbpa.32.126

2019

 Baekgaard, M., Belle, N., Serritzlew, S., Sicilia, M., & Steccolini, I. (2019). Performance information in   politics: How framing, format, and rhetoric matter to politicians' preferences. Journal of Behavioral   Public Administration, 2(2). https://doi.org/10.30636/jbpa.22.67
2019 Honorable Mention  Bergner, C., Desmarais, B.A., & Hird, J. (2019). Speaking truth in power: Scientific evidence as   motivation for policy activism. Journal of Behavioral Public Administration,   2(1). https://doi.org/10.30636/jbpa.21.27

Best Article Award

The Best Article Award (Haldane Prize) recognizes the best article published in Public Administration.

   
2023 Marija Aleksovska, Utrecht University
“Dissecting multiple accountabilities: A problem of multiple forums or of conflicting demands?” Public Administration 100.3 (2022): 711-736.
2023 Thomas Schillemans, Utrecht University
“Dissecting multiple accountabilities: A problem of multiple forums or of conflicting demands?” Public Administration 100.3 (2022): 711-736.
2022 Tara Grillos
"Governance Reform, Decentralization, and Teamwork in Public Service Delivery: Evidence from the Honduran Health Sector," Public Administation vol 99, no 4, 2021. 
2022 Alan Zarchta
"Governance Reform, Decentralization, and Teamwork in Public Service Delivery: Evidence from the Honduran Health Sector," Public Administation vol 99, no 4, 2021. 
2022 Krister Andersson
"Governance Reform, Decentralization, and Teamwork in Public Service Delivery: Evidence from the Honduran Health Sector," Public Administation vol 99, no 4, 2021. 
2014 Amy Erica Smith PhD, University of Massachusetts-Boston
"Some Ceilings Have More Cracks: Representative Bureaucracy in Federal Regulatory Agencies." ARPA 43, January 2013, 26-49
2014 Karen Monaghan, University of Massachusetts-Boston
"Some Ceilings Have More Cracks: Representative Bureaucracy in Federal Regulatory Agencies." ARPA 43, January, 2013, 26-49
2012 Maria Binz-Scharf, CUNY-City College of New York
"Searching for Answers: Networks of Practice Among Public Administrators" (The American Review of Public Administration March 2012 42: 202-225)
2012 David Lazer, Northeastern University
"Searching for Answers: Networks of Practice Among Public Administrators" (The American Review of Public Administration March 2012 42: 202-225)
2012 Ines Mergel, Syracuse University
"Searching for Answers: Networks of Practice Among Public Administrators" (The American Review of Public Administration March 2012 42: 202-225)
2011 Terry Cooper, University of Southern California
"Building Ethical Community" (The American Review of Public Administration, 41(1), p. 3-22)
2011 Eva Sorensen, Roskilde University
"Emerging Theoretical Understanding of Pluricentric Coordination in Public Governance" (The American Review of Public Administration, 41(4), p. 375-394)
2010 Jerrell Coggburn, North Carolina State University
"From Merit to Employment At Will: A Comparative Analysis of Civil Service Reform in the American States" (American Review of Public Administration, 40(2): 189-208)
2010 Paul Battaglio, University of Texas at Dallas
"From Merit to Employment At Will: A Comparative Analysis of Civil Service Reform in the American States" (American Review of Public Administration, 40(2): 189-208)
2010 James Bowman, Florida State University
"From Merit to Employment At Will: A Comparative Analysis of Civil Service Reform in the American States" (American Review of Public Administration, 40(2): 189-208)
2010 Stephen Condrey, University of Georgia
"From Merit to Employment At Will: A Comparative Analysis of Civil Service Reform in the American States" (American Review of Public Administration, 40(2): 189-208)
2010 Jonathan West, University of Miami
"From Merit to Employment At Will: A Comparative Analysis of Civil Service Reform in the American States" (American Review of Public Administration, 40(2): 189-208)
2010 Doug Goodman, University of Texas at Dallas
"From Merit to Employment At Will: A Comparative Analysis of Civil Service Reform in the American States" (American Review of Public Administration, 40(2): 189-208)
2006 Suzanne Piotrowski, Rutgers University, Newark
"Outsourcing the Constitution and Administrative Law Norms"
2006 David Rosenbloom, American University
"Outsourcing the Constitution and Administrative Law Norms"
2003 Gregory Saxton, SUNY-Brockport
"Fiscal Constraints and the Loss of Home-Rule"
2003 Chris Haney
"Fiscal Constraints and the Loss of Home-Rule"
2003 Steven Erie, University of California-San Diego
"Fiscal Constraints and the Loss of Home-Rule

 


Herbert Kaufman Award

The APSA Section on Public Administration is pleased to announce that nominations are being accepted for its annual Herbert Kaufman Best Paper award. The Herbert Kaufman Committee will select the best paper presented on a panel sponsored (or co-sponsored) by the Public Administration section at the APSA Annual Meeting. The section will follow APSA’s guidance on what constitutes a ’presented paper’-papers that were uploaded to the APSA conference paper site, hosted by SSRN, or posted/presented in a virtual or alternative form are eligible for the Kaufman award.

2023 Daniel Hawes, Kent State University
“Caught in the Crossfire: Immigration Enforcement and Student Performance.” 2022 APSA Panel: Immigration Policy and Implementation and Public Service Provision.
2023 Daniel Chand, Kent State University
“Caught in the Crossfire: Immigration Enforcement and Student Performance.” 2022 APSA Panel: Immigration Policy and Implementation and Public Service Provision.
2023 M. Apolonia Calderon, University of Maryland
“Caught in the Crossfire: Immigration Enforcement and Student Performance.” 2022 APSA Panel: Immigration Policy and Implementation and Public Service Provision.
2022 Daniel P. Carpenter, Harvard University
“Inequality in Administrative Democracy: Large-Sample Evidence from American Financial Regulation,” Presented at the 2021 APSA Annual Conference.
2022 Angelo Dagonel, Harvard University    
“Inequality in Administrative Democracy: Large-Sample Evidence from American Financial Regulation,” Presented at the 2021 APSA Annual Conference.
2022 Devin Judge-Lord, Harvard University    
“Inequality in Administrative Democracy: Large-Sample Evidence from American Financial Regulation,” Presented at the 2021 APSA Annual Conference.
2022 Christopher T. Kenny, Harvard University    
“Inequality in Administrative Democracy: Large-Sample Evidence from American Financial Regulation,” Presented at the 2021 APSA Annual Conference.
2022 Brian Libgober, University of California, San Diego  
“Inequality in Administrative Democracy: Large-Sample Evidence from American Financial Regulation,” Presented at the 2021 APSA Annual Conference.
2022 Steven Rashin, University of Texas, Austin    
“Inequality in Administrative Democracy: Large-Sample Evidence from American Financial Regulation,” Presented at the 2021 APSA Annual Conference.
2022 Jacob Waggoner, Harvard University     
“Inequality in Administrative Democracy: Large-Sample Evidence from American Financial Regulation,” Presented at the 2021 APSA Annual Conference.
2022 Susan Webb Yackee, University of Wisconsin - Madison    
“Inequality in Administrative Democracy: Large-Sample Evidence from American Financial Regulation,” Presented at the 2021 APSA Annual Conference.
2021 Kelsey Shoub, University of South Carolina
Do Women Officers Police Differently? Evidence from Traffic Stops
2021 Katelyn E. Stauffer, University of South Carolina
Do Women Officers Police Differently? Evidence from Traffic Stops
2021 Miyeon Song, University of South Carolina
Do Women Officers Police Differently? Evidence from Traffic Stops
2019 K. Jurée Capers, Georgia State University
Crossing Ethnic Lines: Immigrant Representation in Bureaucratic Agencies.
2019 Candis W. Smith, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 
Crossing Ethnic Lines: Immigrant Representation in Bureaucratic Agencies.
2018 Angel Molina, Arizona State University
"Inclusion, Accountability, ann the Urban/Rural Divide."
2018 Nathan Favero, American University
"Inclusion, Accountability, ann the Urban/Rural Divide."
2016  Asmus Leth Olsen, University of Copenhagen
“Negative Performance Information Causes Asymmetrical Evaluations and Elicits Strong Responsibility Attributions.”
2014 Scott Robinson, University of Oklahoma
"Organizational Trust and Risk Communication: Trust in the EPA and Opposition to Fracking."
2014 Arnold Vedlitz, Texas A&M University
"Organizational Trust and Risk Communication: Trust in the EPA and Opposition to Fracking."
2013 Tucker Staley, University of Minnesota Duluth
"Compounding the Loop: Fiscal Constraints, Economic Volatility, and Policy"
2012 Anthony Bertelli, University of Southern California
The Statistical Measurement of Accountability Constructs in American Governance
2012 Dyana Mason, University of Southern California
The Statistical Measurement of Accountability Constructs in American Governance
2012 Jennifer Connolly, University of Southern California
The Statistical Measurement of Accountability Constructs in American Governance
2012 David Gastwirth, University of Southern California
The Statistical Measurement of Accountability Constructs in American Governance
2011 Kenneth Meier, Texas A&M University
Organizational Performance: Measurement Theory and an Application Or, Common Source Bias, the Achilles Heel of Public Management Research
2011 Laurence O'Toole, University of Georgia
Organizational Performance: Measurement Theory and an Application Or, Common Source Bias, the Achilles Heel of Public Management Research
2010 Jeffrey Brudney, Cleveland State University
Sector Choice: Its Role in Explaining Contracting Performance
2010 Chung-Lae Cho, Ewha Womans University
Sector Choice: Its Role in Explaining Contracting Performance
2010 Deil Wright
Sector Choice: Its Role in Explaining Contracting Performance
2009 Lael Keiser, University of Missouri, Columbia
Politics and the Management of Social Welfare Eligibility Programs
2007 Kenneth Meier, Texas A&M University
Management Theory and Occam's Razor: How Public Organizations Buffer the Environment
2007 Laurence O'Toole, University of Georgia
Management Theory and Occam's Razor: How Public Organizations Buffer the Environment
2006 Jeffrey Wenger, University of Georgia
"Employment, Privatization, and Managerial Choice: Does Contracting Out Reduce Public Sector Employment?"
2006 Sergio Fernandez, Indiana University
"Employment, Privatization, and Managerial Choice: Does Contracting Out Reduce Public Sector Employment?"
2006 Craig Smith, University of Georgia
"Employment, Privatization, and Managerial Choice: Does Contracting Out Reduce Public Sector Employment?"
2005 Scott Lamothe, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
"Verticle Integration in Municipal Service Provision: In-House Production of Previously Outsourced Services"
2005 Meeyoung Lamothe, University of Nebraska-Omaha
"Verticle Integration in Municipal Service Provision: In-House Production of Previously Outsourced Services"
2005 Richard Feiock, Florida State University
"Verticle Integration in Municipal Service Provision: In-House Production of Previously Outsourced Services"
2004 Jeffrey Brudney, University of Georgia
"Exploring and Explaining Contracting Out: Patterns Among the American States."
2004 Sergio Fernandez, University of Georgia
"Exploring and Explaining Contracting Out: Patterns Among the American States."
2004 Deil S. Wright, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
"Exploring and Explaining Contracting Out: Patterns Among the American States."
2004 Jay E. Ryu, Ohio University
"Exploring and Explaining Contracting Out: Patterns Among the American States."
2003 Evelyn Brodkin, University of Chicago
"Contracting Welfare Reform: Uncertainties of Capacity Building within Disjointed Federalism"
2003 Katarina Thoren, University of Chicago
"Contracting Welfare Reform: Uncertainties of Capacity Building within Disjointed Federalism"
2003 Carolyn Fuqua, University of Chicago
"Contracting Welfare Reform: Uncertanties of Capacity Building within Disjointed Federalism"
2002 Charles Hinnant, University of Georgia
"Managerial Perceptions of Technology Acceptance"
2002 Barbara Romzek, University of Kansas
"State Contracting, Social Service Networks, and Effective Accountability"
2002 Jocelyn Johnston, University of Kansas
"State Contracting, Social Service Networks, and Effective Accountability"
2001 Sanford Gordon, Ohio State University
"The Allocation of Bureaucratic Resources: A Stochastic Process Model of Regulatory Targeting"
2001 Lael Keiser, University of Missouri at Columbia
"Gender, Identity, and Representative Bureaucracy: A Neoinstitutional Approach."
2001 Vicky Wilkins, University of Missouri at Columbia
"Gender, Identity, and Representative Bureaucracy: A Neoinstitutional Approach."
2001 Catherine Holland, University of Missouri at Columbia
"Gender, Identity, and Representative Bureaucracy: A Neoinstitutional Approach."
2001 Kenneth Meier, Texas A&M University
"Gender, Identity, and Representative Bureaucracy: A Neoinstitutional Approach."
2000 Jeffrey Brudney, University of Georgia
"From Organizational Values to Organizational Roles: Examining Representative Bureaucracy in State Administration"
2000 Deil Wright, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill
"From Organizational Values to Organizational Roles: Examining Representative Bureaucracy in State Administration"
2000 F. Hebert, University of Utah
"From Organizational Values to Organizational Roles: Examining Representative Bureaucracy in State Administration"
1999 Denis Saint-Martin, Carleton University
"How the Reinventing Government Movement in Public Administration was Exported from the U.S. to Other Countries"
1998 Lael Keiser, University of Missouri-Columbia
"State Bureaucratic Discretion and the Administration of Social Welfare Programs: The Incentive to Shift Costs to the Federal Government in the Granting of Disability Claims"
1998 Jeffrey Brudney, University of Georgia
"Reinventing Government in the American States: Measuring and Explaining Administrative Reform"
1998 Deil Wright, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill
"Reinventing Government in the American States: Measuring and Explaining Administrative Reform"
1997 F. Hebert, University of Utah
"Reinventing Government in the American States: Measuring and Explaining Administrative Reform"
1997 Ann Lin, University of Michigan
"Seeing all the Action: Implementation as Cooperation between Policy Maker, Worker and Client"
1996 Rebecca Hendrick, University of Wisconsin
"The Impact of Federal Grants and Other Funds on General Fund Expenditure Decisions: A Detailed Analysis of One City"
1994 Delmer Dunn, University of Georgia
"Accountability and Responsibility in Modern Democratic Governments"
1994 Daniel Carpenter, University of Chicago
"The Structural and Institutional Foundations of BureaucraticCorporate Attachment at the U.S. Department of Agriculture, 1900-1932"
1993 Irene Rubin, Northern Illinois University
1992 Kenneth Meier, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
"Active Representation in Educational Bureaucracies: Policy Impacts"
1992 Joseph Stewart Jr., University of Texas-Dallas
"Active Representation in Educational Bureaucracies: Policy Impacts"
1992 Donald Kettl, University of Wisconsin-Madison
"Who's Minding the Store? The Decline of Competence in American Administration"
1991 Herman Boschken, San Jose State University
"Structuring the Analysis of Public Agency Performance: The Case of Urban Mass Transit"
1990 Alan Abramson, Urban Institute
"Budgeting for Entitlement Programs in Periods of Expansion and Consolidation"
1989 Jameson Doig, Princeton University
"Entrepreneurship in Government"

 


Herbert A. Simon Book Award

The APSA Section on Public Administration is accepting for its annual book award, the Herbert A. Simon Book Award, for significant contributions to public administration scholarship. The book’s orientation may be qualitative, quantitative, empirical, interpretive, ethnographic, historical, archival, normative, or theoretical. However, textbooks, revised editions of previously published books, and edited volumes are not eligible.

2023 Katherine Bersch, Davidson College
When Democracies Deliver: Governance Reform in Latin America. Cambridge University Press, 2019.
2022 Pamela Herd, Georgetown University
Administrative Burden: Policymaking by Other Means. Russell Sage Foundation, 2018.
2022 Donald Moynihan, Georgetown University
Administrative Burden: Policymaking by Other Means. Russell Sage Foundation, 2018.

2021

Gary J. Miller,
Washington University in St. Louis
Above Politics: Bureaucratic Discretion and Credible Commitment. Cambridge University Press, 2016. 

2021 Andrew B. Whitford, University of Georgia
Above Politics: Bureaucratic Discretion and Credible Commitment. Cambridge University Press, 2016.
2020 Susan Gooden, Virginia Commonwealth University
Race and Social Equity: A Nervous Area of Government. 2014, Routledge.
2019 William Resh, University of Southern California
Rethinking the Administrative Presidency: Trust, Intellectual Capital, and Appointee-Careerist Relations in the George W. Bush Administration.
2018 Rachel VanSickle-Ward, Pitzer College
The Devil is in the Details. SUNY Press, 2014.
2018 Daniel Sabet, Social Impact
Police Reform in Mexico: Infromal Politics and the Challenge of Institutional Change. Stanford University Press. 2012.
2017  Sean Gailmard, University of California, Berkeley
Learning While Governing: Expertise and Accountability in the Executive Branch. University of Chicago Press, 2013.
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John Patty, Washington University
Learning While Governing: Expertise and Accountability in the Executive Branch. University of Chicago Press, 2013.
2016  Manuel Teodoro, Texas A&M University
Bureaucratic Ambition: Careers, Motives, and the Innovative Administrator. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. 
2015  Joe Soss, University of Minnesota
Disciplining the Poor: Neoliberal Paternalism and the Persistent Power of Race. University of Chicago, 2011 
2015  Sanford Schram, Hunter College, CUNY
Disciplining the Poor: Neoliberal Paternalism and the Persistent Power of Race. University of Chicago, 2011 
2015  Richard Fording, University of Alabama
Disciplining the Poor: Neoliberal Paternalism and the Persistent Power of Race. University of Chicago, 2011 
2014 Jonathan Koppell, Arizona State University
World Rule: Accountability, Legitimacy, and the Design of Global Governance. University of Chicago Press, 2010
2013 Barry Bozeman, Arizona State University
Public Values and Public Interest: Counterbalancing Economic Individualism (Georgetown University Press, 2007)
2012 Donald Moynihan, University of Wisconsin, Madison
The Dynamics of Performance Management (Georgetown University Press, 2008)
2010 Paul Light, New York University
A Government III Executed: The Decline of the Federal Service and How to Reverse It
2009 Norma M. Riccucci, Rutgers University
How Managmenet Matters: Street-Level Bureaucrats and Welfare Reform (Georgetown University press, 2005)
2007 Arjen Boin, Leiden University
The Politics of Crisis Management: Public Leadership Under Pressure
2007 Eric Stern, Uppsala Universistet
The Politics of Crisis Management: Public Leadership Under Pressure
2007 Bengt Sundelius, Uppsala Universitet
The Politics of Crisis Management: Public Leadership Under Pressure
2007 Dvora Yanow, Cal State University, East Bay
Constructing "Race" and "Ethnicity" in America: Category-Making in Public Policy and Administration
2007 Paul 't Hart
The Politics of Crisis Management: Public Leadership Under Pressure
2006 Henry Richardson, Georgetown University
Democratic Autonomy: Public Reasoning about the Ends of Policy (Oxford University Press, 2003)
2005 John Rohr
Civil Servants and Their Constitutions (University of Kansas Press)
2005 Steven Maynard-Moody, University of Kansas
Cops, Teachers, Counselors: Stories from the Front-Lines of Public Service (University of Michigan Press)
2005 Michael Musheno, Arizona State University
Cops, Teachers, Counselors: Stories from the Front-Lines of Public Service (University of Michigan Press)

 

Paul Volcker Junior Scholar Research Grant

The APSA Organized Section for Public Administration invites applications and research proposals from junior scholars researching public administration issues affecting governance in the United States and abroad. Proposals will be judged on their potential to shed new light on important public administration questions, their scholarly and methodological rigor, and their promise for advancing practice and theory development. Individual grants are not renewable.

2023 Juhyun Bae and Michelangelo Landgrave, University of Missouri
2023 Shaun Khurana, Indiana University
2023 Inkyu Kang, University of Georgia
2022 Mauricio Astudill-Rodas, Rutgers University-Newark
"Public servants: Let's talk about transparency in the workplace"
2022 Tracee Saunders, Georgetown University
"Inaccessible by design? Administrative burden and the politics of Medicaid take-up between and within U.S. states"

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Chengxin Xu, Seattle University
"A Field Experiment on Discrimination against Immigrants in the US Health Care Market"

Danbee Lee, University of Nebraska-Omaha "Bureaucratic Representation, Whistle Blowing Management, and the Roles of Accountability Organizations"

Minsung Micheal Kang, University of Nebraska-Omaha "Bureaucratic Representation, Whistle Blowing Management, and the Roles of Accountability Organizations"

Jason Anastasopoulos, University of Georgia
“(Un)biased: Building a Fair and Ethical Bureaucracy Through Taming Cognitive and Algorithmic Bias”

2020 Caitlin McMullin, Carleton University
“Vivre ensemble and multiculturalism in polarized times: Co-producing immigrant integration projects in Quebec and Scotland”
2019 Kate Albrecht , University of Illinois at Chicago
Risk, reward, and rationality? Toward a theory of partner selection between well-resourced and distressed local governments.” 
2019 Hongseok Lee , The State University of New York at Albany
“Bureaucratic Discretion, Psychology, and the Micro-Foundations of Active Representation.”
2019 Sean Webeck, Defense Resources Management Institute
“Bureaucratic Discretion, Psychology, and the Micro-Foundations of Active Representation.”
2018 Gordon Abner, University of Texas
2018 Anthony J. DeMattee, Indiana University, Bloomington
"Regulating Freedom: Policies that Help and Hinder Civil Society Organizations.”
2017 Kristen Carroll, Texas A&M University
2016  Jennifer Dodge, University at Albany, State University of New York
“Technological controversies and emerging governance: The case of “fracking” in New York and Pennsylvania.” 
2016  Sanghee Park, Boise State University
“Cutback or Collaboration? Finding a tipping point for saving without damaging performance.” 
2016  Agustin Leon-Moreta, University of New Mexico
“Inequality and the Quality of Local Government in the United States.” 
2015  Alisa Moldavanova, Wayne State University
“The Public Purpose of the Arts: Social Connectedness, Survival, and Sustainability of Arts Organizations” 
2015  Eunju Rho, University of Akron
Contracting for Government Services: Toward a Comprehensive Model” 
2014 Cullen Merritt, Indiana University - Purdue University Indianapolis
"Multi-Dimensional Publicness and Publicity Valuable Outcomes: An Analysis of Behavioral Health Organizations"
2014 Amanda Rutherford, Texas A&M University
"Rational Action or Trial and Error?: Identifying the Determinants and Implications of Strategic Management"
2014 Randall Davis, Southern Illinois University
Examining the Mixed Effects of Goal Ambiguity Using a New Multidimensional Goal Scale
2013 Benedict Jimenez, Northeastern University
Fiscal Retrenchment and Recovery in Municipal Governments
2012 Aroon Manoharan, Kent State University
Determinants of the Stages of County E-Government in the United States
2011 William Resh, American University
Political Control, Managerial Trustworthiness, and Active Dyadic Trust: Antecedents of Intellectual Capital and Bureaucratic Discretion in Federal Agencies 
2010 Amanda Girth, Ohio State University
Perspectives From the Front Lines of Contracting: Examining Accountability and Discretion Through the Enforcement of Contract Incentives 
2009 Yuen Yuen Ang, Stanford University
Local Budget Allocation in One-Party Regimes: Analyzing New Data from Oniva, 1979-2005
2008 Susan Webb Yackee, University of Wisconsin
Does Political Accountability Lead to Regulatory Delay? An Empirical Assessment of Federal Agency Rulemaking
2007 Simon Andrew, University of North Texas
Self-Organizing Governance within the Administrative Framework of Regional Emergency Preparedness Planning  
2006 Heather Getha-Taylor, Syracuse University
Specifiying and Testing a Model of Collaborative Capacity: Identifying Competencies and Incentive Structures in the Department of Homeland Security 
2005 Alisa Hicklin Fryar, Texas A&M University
Public and Private Networking in the Quest for Diversity: Public Management in Higher Education 
2004 Donald Moynihan, Texas A&M University
What Do We Talk About When We Talk About Performance? A Content Analysis of Legislative Discussion of Performance Information 
2003 Laura Evans, University of Michigan
Political Disadvantage and Policy Spillovers: The Interactions of Tribal Governments and Nearby Authorities 
2003 Kimberley Johnson, Columbia University
Stateways: Public Administration in the Jim Crow South, 1930-1954 
2003 Yilin Hou, University of Georgia
Budgetary Decision-Making in Reforming Countries: Mechanisms, Theory, and Rationale - The Case of China 1950-2000 

Best Poster Award

The Best Poster on Public Administration Award recognizes the best poster presented during the previous year's annual meeting.

2016  Simon Haeder, University of Wisconsin
"Coalition Drift? Congressional accountability and government regulation, 1950-1987."
2016  Susan Webb Yackee, University of Wisconsin
"Coalition Drift? Congressional accountability and government regulation, 1950-1987." 
2016  Jason Webb Yackee, University of Wisconsin
"Coalition Drift? Congressional accountability and government regulation, 1950-1987." 
2015  Shirley Adelstein, Georgetown University
Help or Hindrance? Work-Life Supports, Gender and Career Advancement in Federal Agencies 
2015  Beatrice Reaud, American University
A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words: Experimental Approaches to Capturing Municipal Performance in Mozambique. 
2014

Anders Sundell, University of Gothenburg
"Under Which Conditions do Formal Examinations Improve Meritocracy in Recruitment of Civil Servants"