Political Organizations and Parties

Membership

Section List

The organized section on Political Organizations and Parties works to further scholarship on political parties and interest groups in both the United States and cross-nationally. We do this in several ways.

Through our meetings, workshops, newsletter, and website, we provide a means of interaction and communication for like-minded scholars. At our annual workshop at the American Political Science Association conference we work to train scholars in the use of various methods or databases, or to promote new research in a particular area.

Our participation through the sections mechanism of the American Political Science Association allows us to be a voice for our members' interests within APSA. We also organize the panels in our subfields for the annual APSA conference. Finally we recognize excellence in scholarship with our awards for best book, best article, best APSA paper, career achievement, and emerging scholar.

We are governed by the volunteer efforts of our officers and board. We're eager to reach out in new directions so let us hear your ideas!

Website: www.apsanet.org/~pop/

2011-2012 Officers

President:
Marc J. Hetherington
Vanderbilt University
Political Science
VU Station B #351817
Nashville TN 37235-1817
marc.j.hetherington@vanderbilt.edu

Secretary/Treasurer:
Holly Brasher
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Government
1212 University Blvd, 238 Ullman Bldg.
1530 3rd Avenue South
Birmingham AL 35294-3050
hbrasher@uab.edu

VOX/POP Editor:
John C. Green
Bliss Institute of Applied Politics
University of Akron
306 East Buchtel Avenue
Akron, OH 44325-1904
green@uakron.edu

2012 Program Chair:
David Karol
University of Maryland
Government and Politics
3140 Tydings Hall
College Park MD 20742
dkarol@umd.edu

Executive Council:
Raymond La Raja, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Amy McKay, Georgia State University
James Adams, University of California, Davis
Thomas Holyoke, California State University, Fresno
David Dulio, Oakland University
Michael McDonald, Binghamton University
Paul Frymer, Princeton University
Dara Strolovich, University of Minnesota

Awards

Previous Award Recipients

Jack L. Walker Outstanding Article Award
This award honors an article published in the last two years that makes an outstanding contribution to research and scholarship on political organizations and parties. Please submit all nominations by April 30, 2012.

Award Committee Chair:
Robert G. Boatright
Clark University
Political Science
950 Main St
Worcester MA 01610
rboatright@clarku.edu

Award Committee Members:
Kathryn Pearson
University of Minnesota
Department of Political Science
1414 Social Sciences Bldg.
267 19th Ave. South
Minneapolis MN 55455
kpearson@umn.edu

Hans Noel
Georgetown University
Government
37th and O Sts NW
ICC 681
Washington DC 20057
hcn4@georgetown.edu

Leon D. Epstein Outstanding Book Award
This award honors a book published in the last two calendar years that makes an outstanding contribution to research and scholarship on political organizations and parties. Please submit all nominations by April 30, 2012.

Award Committee Chair:
Mark D. Brewer
University of Maine
Political Science
5754 N. Stevens Hall, Rm 229
Orono ME 04469-5754
mark.brewer@umit.maine.edu

Award Committee Members:
Zeynep Somer-Topcu
Vanderbilt University
Political Science
PMB 0505
230 Appleton Place
Nashville TN 37203-5721
z.somer@vanderbilt.edu

Seth E. Masket
University of Denver
Political Science
469 Sturm Hall
2000 E. Asbury Ave
Denver CO 80208
smasket@du.edu

Samuel J. Eldersveld Award
This award is to honor a scholar whose lifetime professional work has made an outstanding contribution to the field. Please submit all nominations by April 30, 2012.

Award Committee Chair:
Marjorie R. Hershey
Indiana University, Bloomington
Political Science
Woodburn Hall 312
Bloomington IN 47405
hershey@indiana.edu

Award Committee Members:
Bruce A. Larson
Gettysburg College
Political Science
300 North Washington St
Gettysburg PA 17325
blarson@gettysburg.edu

Sean M. Theriault
University of Texas, Austin
Government
1 University Station, A1800
Austin TX 78712
seant@mail.utexas.edu

Emerging Scholar Award
This honor is awarded to a scholar who has received his or her Ph.D. within the last seven (7) years and whose career to date demonstrates unusual promise. Please submit all nominations by April 30, 2012.

Award Committee Chair:
Frances E. Lee
University of Maryland
Government and Politics
3140 Tydings Hall
College Park MD 20742
flee@gvpt.umd.edu

Award Committee Members:
Raymond J. La Raja
University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Political Science
200 Hicks Way - Thompson Hall
Amherst MA 01003
laraja@polsci.umass.edu

Kyle L. Saunders
Colorado State University
Political Science
C366C Clark Bldg
Mail Delivery 1782
Fort Collins CO 80523-1782
Kyle.Saunders@ColoState.edu

Best POP Paper Award
This award honors the best paper presented on a POP panel at the preceding APSA annual meeting. Please submit all nominations by April 30, 2012.

Award Committee Chair:
Eric S. Heberlig
University of North Carolina, Charlotte
Political Science
9201 University City Blvd.
Charlotte NC 28223
esheberl@uncc.edu

Award Committee Members:
Richard M. Skinner
New College of Florida
Political Science
Division of Social Science
5800 Bay Shore Road
Sarasota FL 34243
rskinner@ncf.edu

Michael M. Franz
Bowdoin College
Political Science
9800 College Station
Brunswick ME 04011-8498
mfranz@bowdoin.edu