Political Psychology

Membership

Section List

The purpose of this section is to facilitate communication, across subfields and disciplinary boundaries, among individuals interested in the relationship between political and psychological processes.

Website: http://www.apsanet.org/~psychology

2008 - 2009 Officers

Chair:
Christopher M. Federico
University of Minnesota-Twin Cities
Department of Psychology and Political Science
75 East River Road
Minneapolis MN 55455
federico@umn.edu

Chair-Elect:
David P. Redlawsk
University of Iowa
Department of Political Science
321 Schaeffer Hall
Iowa City, IA 52242
david-redlawsk@uiowa.edu

Treasurer:
John E. Transue
University of Illinois, Springfield
Political Science
Mail Stop PAC 350
1 University Plaza
Springfield IL 62703
jtran8@uis.edu

Communications Director:
Bethany Albertson
University of Washington, Seattle
Political Science
101 Gowen Hall
Box 353530
Seattle WA 98195-3530
balberts@u.washington.edu

2009 Program Chair:
Thomas J. Rudolph
University of Illinois, Urbana
Political Science
361 Lincoln Hall
702 South Wright Street
Urbana IL 61801
rudolph@uiuc.edu

Executive Council:
Howard Lavine, SUNY-Stony Brook
Christopher Federico, University of Minnesota
David Redlawsk, University of Iowa
Bethany Albertson, University of Washington, Seattle
John Transue, University of Illinois, Springfield
Thomas Rudolph, University of Illinois, Urbana
Penny Visser, University of Chicago (Member at Large)

Awards

Previous Award Recipients

Best Book Award (Robert E. Lane Award)
The Robert E. Lane Award is given for the best book in political psychology published in 2008. Self nominations are accepted. Please send a hard copy of the nominated book to each committee member by March 1, 2009.

Award Committee Members:
Leonie Huddy, Chair
SUNY-Stony Brook
Political Science
Nicholls Road
Stony Brook NY 11794-4392

Paul Goren
University of Minnesota
Political Science
1414 Social Sciences Building
267 19th Ave. South.
Minneapolis MN 55455

Paul Sniderman
Stanford University
Political Science
616 Serra Street
Stanford CA 94305-2044

Best Paper Award
The Best Paper Award is awarded to the authors of a paper in the area of Political Psychology that was presented during the 2008 APSA Annual Meeting. The paper did not have to be presented on a Political Psychology panel to qualify. Self nominations are accepted. Please send a hard copy of the nominated paper to each committee member by March 1, 2009.

Award Committee Members:
Adam J. Berinsky, Chair
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Political Science
77 Massachusetts Avenue, E53-459
Cambridge MA 02139

Nicholas Valentino
University of Texas
Government
1 University Station, A1800
Austin TX 78712-0119

Nadia Khatib
University of Arizona
Political Science
315 Social Sciences Bldg.
PO Box 210027
Tucson AZ 85721-0021

Best Dissertation Award
The Best Dissertation Award is given for the best dissertation in political psychology filed during 2008. Self-nominations are accepted. All nominations should include a letter of support from the chair of the dissertation committee that addresses the contribution of the dissertation to the field of political psychology. Please send a hard copy of the nominated dissertation to each committee member by March 1, 2009. See the section website for more information: www.apsanet.org/~psychology/index.cfm

Award Committee Members:
Robert Jervis, Chair
Columbia University
Institute of War & Peace Studies
420 West 118th Street
New York NY 10027

Deborah Schildkraut
Tufts University
Political Science
Eaton Hall
Medford MA 02155

Gabriel Lenz
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Political Science
77 Massachusetts Avenue, E53-470
Cambridge MA 02139-4307