Religion and Politics

Membership

Section List

The purpose of this section is to encourage the study of religions and politics by political scientists including issues of church and state, law, morality, political behavior, social justice, and the contributions of faith to political understanding.

Website: www.apsanet.org/~religionandpolitics/

2011 - 2012 Officers

Chair:
Ahmet T. Kuru
San Diego State University
Political Science
Nasatir Hall 107
San Diego, CA 92182
akuru@mail.sdsu.edu

Secretary/Treasurer:
Rachel M. McCleary
Harvard Kennedy School of Government
79 JFK Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
rachel_mccleary@harvard.edu

Journal
Politics and Religion

Editors:
Ted G. Jelen
University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Political Science
4505 Maryland Parkway
Box 455029
Las Vegas NV 89154-5029
jelent@unlv.nevada.edu

Sabrina Petra Ramet
Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Sociology & Political Science
Institutt for Sociologi and Statsvitenskap
Trondheim 7491 Norway
sabrina.ramet@svt.ntnu.no

2012 Program Chair:
Clyde Wilcox
Georgetown University
Government
679 ICC
37th and O Streets
Washington DC 20057
wilcoxc@georgetown.edu

Executive Committee:
Daniel Philpott, University of Notre Dame
Isa Hussin, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Michael Lienesch, Univ of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Quin Monson, Brigham Young University

Awards

Previous Award Recipients

The Aaron Wildavsky Dissertation Award is given for the best dissertation on religion and politics successfully defended in 2010 and 2011. Please direct a copy of each nominated dissertation to each committee member by February 15, 2012.

Award Committee Chair:
Elizabeth Shakman Hurd
Northwestern University
Political Science
601 University Pl
Evanston IL 60208
eshurd@northwestern.edu

Award Committee Members:
Michaelle L. Browers
Wake Forest University
Political Science
Box 7568
Winston Salem NC 27109
browerm@wfu.edu

Andrew F. March
Yale University
Political Science
Rosenkranz Hall
115 Prospect St
New Haven CT 06520
andrew.march@yale.edu

Elora Shehabuddin
Rice University
Center for the Study of Women, Gender and Sexuality
MS-38
P.O. Box 1892
Houston TX 77251-1892
elora@rice.edu

The Paul J. Weber Award is given for the best paper dealing with religion and politics presented at the 2011 APSA Annual Meeting. Nominations are made by panel chairs and discussants and must be submitted to the Committee Chair "electronically" by February 1, 2012.

Award Committee Chair:
Andrew C. Gould
University of Notre Dame
Political Science
219 Hesburgh Center
Notre Dame IN 46556
agould@nd.edu

Award Committee Members:
Sener Akturk
Koc University
International Relations
College of Admin. Sciences & Economics
Rumeli Feneri Yolu
Sariyer, Istanbul 34450
Turkey
sakturk@ku.edu.tr

Brandon Kendhammer
Ohio University
Political Science
266 Bentley Annex
Athens OH 45701
kendhamm@ohio.edu

The Hubert Morken Award is given for the best publication dealing with religion and politics published between Septemeber 2010 and September 2012. This is a biennial award to be given at the 2013 APSA annual meeting.

Award Committee Chair:
Ted G. Jelen
University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Political Science
4505 Maryland Parkway
Box 455029
Las Vegas NV 89154-5029
jelent@unlv.nevada.edu

Award Committee Members:
Ahmet T. Kuru
San Diego State University
Political Science
Nasatir Hall 107
San Diego, CA 92182
akuru@mail.sdsu.edu

Vincent Phillip Munoz
University of Notre Dame
Political Science
217 O'Shaughnessy Hall
Notre Dame IN 46556
Vmunoz@nd.edu

Elizabeth H. Prodromou
Boston University
Department of International Relations
152 Bay State Rd
Boston MA 02215
ehpk@bu.edu