2004 Frank Goodnow Award Winners

The Frank Johnson Goodnow Award was created by the APSA Council in 1996 to honor service to the community of teachers, researchers, and public servants that daily toil in the many fields of politics.

Michael B. Preston and M. Margaret Conway were honored with the 2004 Frank J. Goodnow Award for their significant contributions to the political science profession and the American Political Science Association at the 2004 Awards Ceremony, Friday, September 3, in conjunction with the APSA Annual Meeting in Chicago.

Michael B. Preston is a scholar, leader, and contributor to public understanding. He has devoted more than three decades to scholarship and education in the fields of urban politics, racial and ethnic politics, and public administration. He has received numerous awards honoring his contributions and leadership, including teaching awards from the Mortar Board and the Department of Black Students, and leadership awards from the Champaign County Urban League and the American Political Science Association.

Preston's scholarship has explored California politics and the impact of race, including Racial and Ethnic Politics in California, The New Black Politics, and The Politics of Bureaucratic Reform: The Case of the California State Employment Service. The author of over thirty journal articles, you have also served on the editorial boards of the Journal of Politics, Urban Affairs Quarterly, American Journal of Political Science, and as associate editor of the National Political Science Review.

His leadership in the profession is a model, having served the American Political Science Association as Vice President, member of its Endowment and Executive Committees, President of its Urban Affairs Organized Section, and as Chairperson of the Committee on the Status of Blacks in the Profession. Preston has served as President of the Western Political Science Association, Vice President and Program Chair of the Midwest Political Science Association, and as Director of the Center for Multiethnic and Transnational Studies at the University of Southern California.

Margaret Conway is a scholar, mentor, and leader to the discipline. For over four decades she has dedicated her time and knowledge to the study of American politics, women in politics, and political behavior. As a leader in the field of women and politics, she has supported a new generation of women in the profession with sage advice and guidance. She has contributed her knowledge to several institutions, and has been honored for her exceptional teaching with the University of Florida=s Outstanding Undergraduate Teaching Award, as well as its Teaching Improvement Award.

Conway has co-authored both Women and Public Policy and Women and Political Participation, and has contributed significantly to public education with more than forty journal articles and book chapters, as well as over fifty papers. She has also served on the editorial boards of American Politics Quarterly and the American Journal of Political Science.

She has continued to dedicate her experience to associations of the discipline, having served the American Political Science Association as Vice President, Council member, and participant in numerous committees and task forces. As a leader and long-time supporter of the Southern Political Science Association, Margaret Conway has been elected President, Vice President, Sectretary, and Program Chair, and served on a vast array of committees.

The APSA Council established the Frank J. Goodnow Award in 1996 to honor the contributions of individuals to both the development of the political science profession and the building of the Association. Frank J. Goodnow, the Association's first president, exemplified the public service and volunteerism that this award represents. He was the first of many who voluntarily contributed an extraordinary amount of their time, energy, and attention to building a dynamic learned profession.

The inaugural presentation of the Goodnow Award was in 1997. Previous recipients are Gabriel Almond, Walter Beach, Eugene Eidenberg, Richard Fenno, F. Chris Garcia, Betty Glad, Doris Graber, Pendleton Herring, Malcolm Jewell, Max Kampelman, Gerhard Loewenberg, Thomas Mann, Warren E. Miller, Samuel Patterson, Dianne M. Pinderhughes, Jewel Prestage, Catherine E. Rudder, Roberta Sigel, Frank J. Sorauf, Charles O. Jones, Fred Greenstein, Jean Bethke Elshtain, Nelson Polsby, Jack Peltason, and Dale Rogers Marshall.