Public Policy

Membership

Section List

Public Policy

The Organized Section on Public Policy is committed to producing rigorous empirical and theoretical knowledge of the processes and products of governing and the application of that knowledge to critical policy issues.

Website: www.apsapolicysection.org/

Journal: Policy Studies Journal (cooperative production of The Policy Studies Organization and The Public Policy Organized Section)

2008 - 2009 Officers

Chair:
Frank R. Baumgartner
Pennsylvania State University
Political Science
227 Pond Building
University Park, PA 16802
frankb@la.psu.edu

Chair-Elect:
Sheldon Kamieniecki
University of California, Santa Cruz
Division of Social Sciences
460 Humanities and Social Sciences Building
1156 High Street
Santa Cruz, CA 95064
sk1@ucsc.edu

Secretary/Treasurer:
David Hedge
University of Florida
Political Science
P.O. Box 117325
Anderson Hall
Gainesville, FL 32611-7325
dhedge@polisci.ufl.edu

2009 Program Chair:
Sheldon Kamieniecki
University of California, Santa Cruz
Division of Social Sciences
460 Humanities and Social Sciences Building
1156 High Street
Santa Cruz, CA 95064
sk1@ucsc.edu

Editor, Policy Studies Journal
Peter deLeon
University of Colorado, Denver
School of Public Affairs
1380 Lawrence St., Suite 500
Denver, CO 80204
peter.deleon@cudenver.edu

Chris Weible
University of Colorado Denver
School of Public Affairs
1380 Lawrence Street - Suite 500
Denver, CO 80204
chris.weible@ucdenver.edu

Executive Council:
Sally Cohen, (2006-2009), Yale University
Dorothy Daley (2006-2009), Kansas University
Alan Jacobs, (2006-2009), University of British Columbia
Joseph White, (2006-2009), Case Western Reserve University
Ann Lin, (2007-2010), University of Michigan
Ann Bowman, (2007-2010), University of South Carolina
David Levi-Faur, (2007-2010), Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Joe Soss, (2008-2011), University of Minnesota
Peter May, (2008-2011), University of Washington
Mara Sidney, (2008-2011), Rutgers University
David Meyer, (2008-2011), University of California, Irvine

Awards

Previous Award Recipients

The Best Paper on Public Policy Award is given for the best paper on Public Policy given at the previous APSA Annual Meeting. Nominations should be received by February 1, 2009.

Award Committee Chair:
Peter J. May
University of Washington
Political Science
Box 353530
Seattle, WA 98195-3530

Award Committee Members:
Dorothy Daley
University of Kansas
Department of Political Science
1541 Lilac Lane
Lawrence, KS 66044

Alan M. Jacobs
University of British Columbia
Political Science
Buchanan C472
1866 Main Mall
Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z1 Canada

The Aaron Wildavsky Enduring Contribution Award is given for a book or article published in the last ten to twenty years that continues to influence the study of public policy. Nominations should be received by February 1, 2009.

Award Committee Chair:
Joe Soss
University of Minnesota
Hubert H. Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs
301 19th Avenue South
Minneapolis, MN 55455

Award Committee Members:
David Levi-Faur
Hebrew University
Political Science
Mount Scopus
Jerusalem, 91905 Israel

The Harold D. Lasswell Award is awarded annually by the American Political Science Association for the best dissertation in the field of public policy. It is co-sponsored by the Policy Studies Association and the Public Policy Section. This award carries a prize of 1,000. Dissertations must have been completed in the previous calendar year. Applicants should send one copy of their dissertations to each of the committee members. The applications must include a letter of support provided by the Graduate Director of the program in which the candidate produced the dissertation.

Award Committee Chair:
Paul J. Rich
Policy Studies Organization
1527 New Hampshire Avenue, NW
Washington, D.C. 20036

Award Committee Members:
Peter deLeon
University of Colorado, Denver
School of Public Affairs
1380 Lawrence Street, Suite 500
Denver, CO 80204

Jocelyn Elise Crowley
Rutgers University, New Brunswick
Bloustein School of Planning & Public Policy
33 Livingston Avenue
New Brunswick, NJ 08901-1980

Christopher M. Reenock
Florida State University
Political Science
567 Bellamy Bldg.
Tallahassee, FL 32306

The Excellence in Mentoring Award has been established to recognize sustained efforts by a senior scholars to encourage and facilitate the career of emerging political scientists in the field of public policy. Nominations should be received by February 1, 2009.

Award Committee Chair:
Michael Mintrom
University of Auckland
Political Studies
Private Bag 92019
Auckland, New Zealand

Award Committee Member:
Mara Sidney
Rutgers University, Newark
Political Science
360 Martin Luther King Jr. Drive
7th Floor, Hill Hall
Newark, NJ 07102

Michael E. Kraft
University of Wisconsin, Green Bay
Political Science
2420 Nicolet Drive
MAC B310
Green Bay, WI 54311-7001

The Best Poster on Public Policy Award is given for the best paper or poster presented at the poster session at the previous APSA meeting. All posters will automatically be reviewed by the committee; no nominations are required. NOTE: In this first year of the committee's existence, they will estabilish rules of eligibilty and make the first award at the 2010 meetings based on posters at 2009.

Award Committee Members:
Kenneth J. Meier
Texas A&M University
Political Science
4348-TAMU
2010 Allen Building
College Station, TX 77843-4348

Beth L. Leech
Rutgers University
Political Science
89 George Street
New Brunswick, NJ 08901-1411

Robert P. Stoker
George Washington University
Political Science
710 21st Street, NW
Government 414
Washington, D.C. 20052