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The Section on Foreign Policy is the organization for those interested in multilevel approaches to the study of international relations. The section emphasizes individual, role, organizational, bureaucratic, societal, and/or state, as well as situational and system level variables in foreign policy analyses. Members of the section employ a wide range of approaches, including historical, normative, rational, behavioral, liberal, institutional, psychological, and constructivist. Section members emphasize comparative as well as American studies of foreign policy.  The section recognizes the contributions of practitioners as well as academics in a broad range of professions and disciplines, e.g., communications, economics, diplomacy, government, history, political science, public opinion polling, philosophy, psychology, and sociology.

2011 - 2012 Officers

Chair:
Brandon Christopher Prins
University of Tennessee
Political Science
1011A McClung Tower
Knoxville TN 37996-0410
bprins@utk.edu

Chair-Elect:
Jasen J. Castillo
Texas A&M University
Bush School of Government
TAMU 4220
1098 Allen Building
College Station TX 77843
jcastillo@bushschool.tamu.edu

Secretary/Treasurer:
Jenifer Whitten-Woodring
University of Massachusetts, Lowell
Political Science
850 Broadway
Lowell MA 01854
jenifer_whittenwoodring@uml.edu

2012 Program Chair:
Jasen J. Castillo
Texas A&M University
Bush School of Government
TAMU 4220
1098 Allen Building
College Station TX 77843
jcastillo@bushschool.tamu.edu

Executive Council:
Huiyun Feng, University of Utah
Karl R. DeRouen, University of Alabama
Amanda Licht, University of South Carolina
Bryan Marshall, Miami University
Mark Souva, Florida State University

Awards

• Previous Award Recipients 

The Best Faculty Paper Award is given for the best paper presented at a Foreign Policy Section panel at the 2011 APSA Annual Meeting.  Chairs of panels sponsored or co-sponsored by the foreign policy division are invited to nominate the best paper presented.  Nominations due: April 1, 2012.

Award Committee Members:
Amanda A. Licht
University of South Carolina
Political Science
349 Gambrell Hall
Columbia SC 29208
aalicht@gmail.com

Karl Rene DeRouen Jr.
University of Alabama
Political Science
Box 870213
Tuscaloosa AL 35487
kderouen@bama.ua.edu

Huiyun Feng
Utah State University
Political Science
0725 Old Main Hill
Logan UT 84322-0725
huiyun.feng@usu.edu

The Best Graduate Student Paper
Panel chairs from any division are invited to nominate outstanding graduate student papers presented at the 2011 APSA annual meeting that are relevant to the study of foreign policy.  Nominations due: April 1, 2012.

Award Committee Members:
Amanda A. Licht
University of South Carolina
Political Science
349 Gambrell Hall
Columbia SC 29208
aalicht@gmail.com

Karl Rene DeRouen Jr.
University of Alabama
Political Science
Box 870213
Tuscaloosa AL 35487
kderouen@bama.ua.edu

Huiyun Feng
Utah State University
Political Science
0725 Old Main Hill
Logan UT 84322-0725
huiyun.feng@usu.edu