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.

Website: www.apsanet.org/~wpol/index.htm

2008 - 2009 Officers

President:
Debra J. Liebowitz
Drew University
Political Science & Women's Studies
203 Smith House
Madison, NJ 07940
dliebowi@drew.edu

President Elect:
S. Laurel Weldon
Purdue University
Political Science
Room 2232 BRNG
100 North University Street
West Lafayette, IN 47907
weldons@purdue.edu

President-Elect-Elect:
Kim L. Fridkin
Arizona State University
Political Science
Lattie Coor Hall 6752
Tempe, AZ 85287-3902
kahn@asu.edu

Secretary:
Alesha E. Doan
University of Kansas
Political Science
1541 Lilac Lane
Lawrence, KS 66044-3177
adoan@ku.edu

Treasurer:
Melody Rose
Portland State University
Mark O. Hatfield School of Government
PO Box 751
URBN 650
Portland, OR 97207
rosem@pdx.edu

Editors, Politics & Gender Journal:
Kathleen Dolan
University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee
Political Science
3210 N. Maryland Avenue
Milwaukee, WI 53211
kdolan@uwm.edu

Aili Mari Tripp
University of Wisconsin, Madison
Political Science
401 North Hall, 1050 Bascom Mall
Madison, WI 53706
tripp@polisci.wisc.edu

Newsletter Editor:
Hamideh Sedghi
Harvard University
Center for Middle Eastern Studies
38 Kirkland Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
hsedghi@fas.harvard.edu

Council:
Nikol Alexander-Floyd, Rutgers University
Pamela Paxton, Ohio State University
Mona Lena Krook, Washington University in Saint Louis
Susan Mezey, Loyola University Chicago

Awards

Previous Award Recipients

The Best Dissertation Award on women and politics. To be eligible, a dissertation must be completed and successfully defended in the previous calendar year. Please mail a copy of the dissertation to each member of the award committee. The deadline for submissions or nominations will be January 15, 2009.

Award Committee Chair:
Mona Lena Krook
Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study
Harvard University
Byerly Hall
8 Garden Street
Cambridge, MA 02138

Committee Members:
Karen Zivi
University of Richmond
Leadership Studies
Jepson School of Leadership Studies
28 Westhampton Way, University of Richmond
Richmond, VA 23173

Alice L. Hearst
Smith College
Government
Neilson 2/07
Northampton, MA 01063

The Best Paper Award on women and politics should have been presented at the 2007 APSA meetings. Self-nominations are welcome. Please submit paper nominations as an email attachment to each member of the selection committee. previous year's APSA Annual Meeting. The deadline for submissions or nominations will be February 15, 2009.

Award Committee Chair:
Sylvia B. Bashevkin
University of Toronto
Political Science
15 King's College Circle
University College, room 173
Toronto, ON M5S 3H7 Canada

Committee Member:
Ronnee Schreiber
San Diego State University
Political Science
5500 Campanile Drive
San Diego, CA 92182-4427

Georgina Waylen
University of Sheffield
Political Science
Elmfield
Northumberland Road
Sheffield S10 2TY United Kingdom

The Okin-Young Award in Feminist Political Theory is a new award, 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 2008. The deadline for submissions will be February 15, 2009. To be considered for this award, one copy of the article should be sent to each committee member of the Award Committee by mail or electronically as a PDF attachment.”

Award Committee Chair:
Joan Tronto
CUNY Graduate Center
Political Science
365 Fifth Avenue, Room 5202
New York, NY 10016
jtronto@gc.cuny.edu

Award Committee Members:
Lori Marso
Union College
Director of Women's Studies
Political Science
Schenectady, NY 12309
marsol@union.edu

Wendy Gunther-Canada
University of Alabama, Birmingham
Government
Political Science Program Director
406 Heritage Hall
1401 University Blvd
Birmingham, AL 35294
wgunther@uab.edu