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E.E. Schattschneider Award

E. E. SchattschneiderThe E.E. Schattschneider prize is awarded annually for the best doctoral dissertation completed and accepted during that year or the previous year in the field of American government. This award fund was established in 1971. It carries a prize of $750.

This award was set up in honor of Elmer Eric Schattschneider, a former APSA president, and widely published and respected political scientist. 

2008 E.E. Schattschneider Award Recipient

List of All E.E. Schattschneider Award Recipients


2009 Nomination Information

Departments are requested to submit a letter of nomination and a copy of the dissertation to each award committee member and to the APSA National Office by January 15, 2009.

2009 Award Committee

Chair: Marie Gottschalk
University of Pennsylvania
Political Science
217 Stiteler Hall
Philadelphia, PA  19104
mgottsch@sas.upenn.edu

Samuel Popkin
c/o Russell Sage Foundation
112 E 64th St
New York, NY 10065
spopkin@ucsd.edu

Keith W. Reeves
Swarthmore College
Political Science & Center for Social and Policy Studies
500 College Avenue
Trotter Hall 310
Swarthmore, PA  19081
(610) 690-6862
kreeves1@swarthmore.edu

Schattschneider Award
APSA
1527 New Hampshire Avenue, NW
Washington, DC  20036

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