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Website: www.politicalcommunication.org

2009 - 2010 Officers

Chair:
Richard Davis
Brigham Young University
Political Science
754 SWKT
Provo UT 84602
richard_davis@byu.edu

Vice Chair/Chair-Elect:
Regina G. Lawrence
Louisiana State University
Manship School of Mass Communication
Journalism Building 211
Baton Rouge LA 70803
lawrenr@lsu.edu

Secretary/Treasurer:
David Taras
University of Calgary
Communications & Culture
2500 University Dr., N.W.
Calgary AB T2N 1N4 Canada
dtaras@ucalgary.ca

Newsletter Editor:
David M. Ryfe
University of Nevada, Reno
Donald Reynolds School of Journalism
Mail Stop 310
Reno NV 89557
dryfe@unr.edu

2001 Program Chair:
Jonathan Ladd
Georgetown University
Public Policy/Government
3520 Prospect St., NW, 4th Fl.
Washington DC 20007
jml89@georgetown.edu

Executive Council:
Stephen Farmsworth, George Mason University
Kim Gross, George Washington University
Costas Panagopoulos, Fordham University

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Awards

• Previous Award Winners 

Paul Lazarfeld Best Paper Award for the best paper on political communication presented at the previous years APSA Annual Meeting.  Nominations should be received by December 31, 2009.

Award Committee Members:
Charles Mitchell, Grambling State University, Chair
Lynn Vavreck, University of California, Los Angeles
Diane Heith, St. John's University

Doris Graber Outstanding Book Award for the best book of the year published on political communication within the last ten years.   Nominations should be received by December 31, 2009.

Award Committee Members:
Michael Schudson, University of California, Chair
Steven Schneider, SUNY, Institute of Technology 
Oya  Dursun-Ozkanca, Elizabethtown College 
Elvin Lim, Wesleyan University

Murray Edelman Distinguished Career Award for lifetime service to the study of political communication.  Nomination should be received by December 31, 2009.

Award Committee Members:
Dietram Scheufele, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Chair
Michael Delli Carpini, University of Pennsylvania
Sarah Oates, University of Glasgow

Timothy Cook Best Paper by a Graduate Student Award for the best paper on political communication presented by a Graduate Student at the previous year's APSA Annual Meeting.  Nominations should be received by December 31, 2009. 

Award Committee Members:
Craig Brians, Virginia Tech, Chair
Christopher Weber, Louisiana State University
Stephenie Burkhalter, Humboldt State University