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The purpose of this section is to stimulate fundamental inquiry on science, technology, and environmental issues as political phenomena.

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2008-09 Officers

Chair:
Mark Zachary Taylor
Georgia Institute of Technology
International Relations
781 Marietta St NW
Atlanta, GA 30332-0610
mzak@gatech.edu

Secretary/Treasurer:
Patrick W. Hamlett
North Carolina State University
Science, Technology & Society
Box 7107
Raleigh, NC 27695-7107
phamlett@ncsu.edu

2009 Program Chair:
Patricia S. Wrightson
Director, Committee on Scientific Communication and National Security
Policy and Global Affairs Division
The Keck Center
500 - 5th Street NW
Washington, D.C. 20001
pwrightson@nas.edu

Executive Council
Mark Lubell, University of California, Davis
J. P. Singh, Georgetown University
Judy Layzer, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Renee Marlin-Bennett, American University
Pamela Strickler, California State University, San Marcos
Bruce Bimber, University of California, Santa Barbara
Patrick Hamlett, North Carolina State University

Awards

• Previous Award Recipients 

The Don K. Price Award is given for the best book in science and technology politics published in the past 3 years.  Deadline for submitting nominations is April 1, 2009.  Books should be sent to *each* committee member listed below.

Award Committee Chair:
Dan Breznitz
Georgia Institute of Technology
Sam Nunn School of INTA and the School of Public Policy
781 Marietta Street, NW
G15 Habersham Building
Atlanta, GA 30332-0610

Committee Members:
Thomas Bernauer
ETH Zurich
Center for Comparative and International Studies
and Institute for Environmental Decisions
Seilergraben 49
8092 Zurich, Switzerland 

Patrick W. Hamlett
North Carolina State University
Science, Technology & Society
Box 7107
Raleigh, NC 27695-7107

The Lynton Keith Caldwell Prize is given for the best book in environmental politics published in the past 3 years. Deadline for submitting nominations is April 1, 2009.  Books should be sent to *each* committee member listed below.

Award Committee Chair:
Gary C. Bryner
Brigham Young University
Political Science
745 SWKT
Provo, UT 84602

Committee Members:
Christopher McGrory Klyza
Middlebury College
Political Science & Environmental Studies
Franklin Environmental Center
Hillcrest 206
Middlebury, VT 05753

Loren R. Cass
College of the Holy Cross
Political Science
1 College Street
Box 115A
Worcester, MA 01610

The Virginia M. Walsh Dissertation Award is given for the best dissertations in science, technology and environmental politics. Deadline for submitting nominations: April 1, 2009.  Nominations should be sent to committee members. 

Award Committee Chair:
Mark Zachary Taylor
Georgia Institute of Technology
International Relations
781 Marietta St NW
Atlanta, GA 30332-0610

Committee Members:
Phillip Stalley
DePaul University
Department of Political Science
990 W. Fullerton
Chicago, IL 60614

Daniel J. Sherman
University of Puget Sound
Environmental Policy & Decision Making
1500 N. Warner Street
Tacoma, WA 98416-1053