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The purpose of this section is to foster communication among scholars, recognize leadership in the field, facilitate research and publication opportunities, encourage undergraduate and student interest, and create a permanent forum for developing and refining appropriate theoretical models in the study of race and ethnicity.

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Valeria Sinclair-Chapman
University of Rochester
Department of Political Science
Rochester, NY  14627-0146
vsc@ur.rochester.edu

Secretary:
Jessica L. Lavariega Monforti
University of Texas, Pan American
Political Science
1201 University Drive
SBC 208
Edinburg TX 78541
lavariegaj@utpa.edu

Treasurer:
Tyson D. King-Meadows
University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Political Science
1000 Hilltop Ciricle
309 Public Policy Bldg.
Baltimore MD 21250
tkingmea@umbc.edu

REP Newsletter Co-Editors:
Catherine  Paden
Simmons College
Political Science
300 The Fenway
Boston MA 02115
catherine.paden@simmons.edu

Natalie  Masuoka
Tufts University
Political Science
Packard Hall
Medford MA 02155
natalie.masuoka@tufts.edu

Web Administrator:
James Dizon
University of California, Santa Barbara
Political Science
Santa Barbara, CA  93106-9420
jdizon@polsci.ucsb.edu

Listserv Editor
Paula  Mohan
University of Wisconsin, Whitewater
Political Science
305 Salisbury Hall
Whitewater WI 53190
mohanp@uww.edu

Executive Council
Lorrie Frasure, University of California, Los Angeles
Amy Cabrera Rasmussen, California State University, Long Beach
Paru Shah, Macalester College
Ron Hayduk, CUNY, Borough of Manhattan Community College
Gabriel Sanchez, University of New Mexico
Khalila Brown-Dean, Yale University
Daniel HoSang, University of Oregon
Sheryl Lightfoot, University of British Colombia
Michael Minta, Washington University in Saint Louis
Shayla Nunnally, University of Connecticut

Graduate Student Issues Committee:
Kathy Rim, University of California, Irvine
Janay Cody, University of Notre Dame
Francisco Pedreza, University of Washington
Michael Lerma, University of Arizona

Awards

• Previous Award Recipients 

Best Book Award
Revised eligibility guidelines: Books published/copyrighted in calendar year 2009 are eligible for the prize.  Books that were nominated in previous years are not eligible and should not be renominated. In addition to demonstrated superiority in scholarship on the studying of race, ethnicity, and politics, nominated work should focus substantially or entirely on developments in the U.S. context.

In September 2005 the REP Section voted to make an award in the textbook category. For the first award (2006), textbooks published in the last ten (10) years were eligible for nomination. After the 2006 award, selection is at the committee's discretion. 

Instructions: Please send one copy of each nominated book directly to each of the committee members at the addresses listed below by March 1, 2010.
 
Award Committee Chair:
Andrew L. Aoki
Augsburg College, CB 53
Political Science
2211 Riverside Avenue
Minneapolis MN 55454 
aoki@augsburg.edu
 
Committee Members:
Reuel R. Rogers
Northwestern University
Political Science
Scott Hall
601 University Place
Evanston IL 60208-1006
r-rogers@northwestern.edu

Robin Jacobson
University of Puget Sound
Politics and Government
1500 N Warmer Street
Campus Mailbox 1052
Tacoma, WA  98416-1052
rjacobson@pugetsound.edu

Kevin Bruyneel|
Babson College
Politics
164 Hudson Street
Somerville, MA  02144
kbruyneel@babson.edu

Marissa Abrajano
University of California San Diego
Political Science
9500 Gilman Drive #0521
La Jolla, CA  92093
mabrajano@ucsd.edu

Best Dissertation Award

SUBMISSION GUIDELINES:
The Race, Politics, and Ethnicity Section of the American Political Science
Association is accepting nominations for Best Dissertation completed in the period January 2009 to December 2009. Nominations and accompanying materials will be accepted until April 30, 2010. The selection will be announced at the 2010 Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association. Nominations can be made by chairs of dissertation committees or individuals completing the dissertation. A nomination must include a precis of the dissertation (no more than 20 pages) and a brief cover letter explaining how the dissertation expands our understanding of race, ethnicity, and politics. After a review of the nomination materials submitted, members of the Best Dissertation Committee will request 4 hard copies of the complete dissertation of some nominees.

The Best Dissertation award is based on the following criteria -- the dissertation:

• makes an important theoretical contribution to our understanding of historical and/or contemporary processes of racial and ethnic formation;
  
• addresses critical substantive issues through which racial and ethnic politics are played out; 
  
• generates discourse for innovative frameworks (and analyses) for the study of race, ethnicity, and politics; 
  
• is well-written; and
  
• is analytically rigorous (primary source data, case material, extant analyses, new or underutilized methodology). 

Nominations can be sent via email to Professor Louis DeSipo ldesipio@uci.edu

Award Committee Members:
Louis  DeSipio, University of California, Irvine; Chair
Barbara L. Graham, University of Missouri-St. Louis
Cara Wong, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

Nominating Committee:
Paula Mohan, University of Wisconsin, White Water (Chair); mohanp@uww.edu
Lisa Garcia-Bedolla, Berkely University; lgarciab@berkeley.edu
Diannd Pinderhughes, University of Notre Dame; dpinderh@nd.edu
Pei Ti Lien, University of California, Santa Barbara; plien@polsci.ucsd.edu