Women and Politics Research

Membership

Section List

The purpose of this section is to foster the study of women and politics within the discipline of political science.

2011 - 2012 Officers

President:
Maryann Barakso
University of Massachusetts Amherst
Department of Political Science
Thompson Hall
Amherst, MA 01003
barakso@polsci.umass.edu

Presidents-Elect:
Mala N. Htun
New School for Social Research
Political Science
6 East 16th St
Suite 711
New York NY 10003
htunm@newschool.edu

Lisa Garcia Bedolla
University of California, Berkeley
Graduate School of Education
5639 Tolman Hall
Berkeley CA 94720-1670
lgarciab@berkeley.edu

Secretary:
Laura Sjoberg
University of Florida
Political Science
234 Anderson Hall
PO Box 117325
Gainesville FL 32611-7325
sjoberg@ufl.edu

Treasurer:
Julia S. Jordan-Zachery
Providence College
Black Studies/Political Science
1 Cunningham Square
Providence RI 02918
jjordanz@providence.edu

Editor, Politics & Gender Journal:
Jennifer L. Lawless
American University
Political Science
4400 Massachusetts Avenue, NW
School of Public Affairs
Washington DC 20016
lawless@american.edu

Newsletter Editor:
Corrine M. McConnaughy
Ohio State University
Political Science
2140 Derby Hall
154 N. Oval Mall
Columbus OH 43210
mcconnaughy.3@polisci.osu.edu

2012 Program Chairs:
Mala N. Htun
New School for Social Research
Political Science
6 East 16th St
Suite 711
New York NY 10003
htunm@newschool.edu

Lisa Garcia Bedolla
University of California, Berkeley
Graduate School of Education
5639 Tolman Hall
Berkeley CA 94720-1670
lgarciab@berkeley.edu

Executive Council:
Melissa Haussman, Carleton University
Nancy Hirchmann, University of Pennsylvania
Eileen McDonagh, Northeastern University
Susan Franceschet, University of Calgary

Graduate Student Representative:
Janna Ferguson, Rutgers University

Awards

Previous Award Recipients

The Best Dissertation Award is given for the best dissertations on women and politics completed and successfully defended in the previous calendar year. To be eligible you must email a copy of the dissertation in PDF format to each member of the award committee.

The deadline for submissions or nominations will be February 15, 2012.

Nominations may be sent to: Maryann Barakso at barakso@polsci.umass.edu

The Best Paper Award is given for the best paper presented at the 2011 APSA meeting on women and politics. Self-nominations are welcome. To be eligible you must email a copy of the paper in PDF format to each member of the award committee.

The deadline for submissions or nominations will be February 15, 2012.

Nominations may be sent to: Maryann Barakso at barakso@polsci.umass.edu

The Okin-Young Award in Feminist Political Theory is co-sponsored by Women and Politics, Foundations of Political Theory, and the Women’s Caucus for Political Science. This award commemorates the scholarly, mentoring, and professional contributions of Susan Moller Okin and Iris Marion Young to the development of the field of feminist political theory. This annual award recognizes the best paper on feminist political theory published in an English language academic journal during the previous calendar year. Papers will be considered by self-nomination or nomination by other individuals. The award carries a cash award of $600.

To be eligible, the article must have been published in 2010. The deadline for submissions will be February 15, 2012. To be considered for this award, one copy of the article should be sent to the chair of the committee.

Award Committee Chair:
Claire E. Rasmussen
University of Delaware
Political Science & Int'l Relations
Smith Hall
Newark DE 19716
cerasmus@udel.edu

Award Committee Member:
TBA