Race, Ethnicity and Politics

Membership

Section List

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.

Website: http://www.apsarep.org

2011 - 2012 Officers

Co-Chairs:
S. Karthick Ramakrishnan
University of California, Riverside
Political Science
900 University Avenue
Riverside CA 92521
karthick@ucr.edu

Anna Sampaio
Santa Clara University
Ethnic Studies
St. Joseph's Hall 106
Santa Clara CA 95050
anna.c.p.sampaio@gmail.com

Secretary:
Kevin M. Bruyneel
Babson College
History and Society Divison
Hollister 332
Babson Park MA 02457-0310
kbruyneel@babson.edu

Treasurer:
Karen M. Kaufmann
University of Maryland
Government & Politics
3140 Tydings Hall
College Park MD 20742-7215
kkaufma1@umd.edu

2012 Program Chairs:
Andra N. Gillespie
Emory University
Political Science
327 Tarbutton Hall
1555 Dickey Drive
Atlanta GA 30322
andra.gillespie@emory.edu

Ricardo Ramirez
University of Notre Dame
Political Science
217 O?Shaughnessy Hall
Sidney IN 46566
rramire5@nd.edu

REP Newsletter Editor:
Catherine Paden
Simmons College
Political Science
300 The Fenway
Boston MA 02115
catherine.paden@simmons.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
Dorian Warren, Columbia University
Hector Perla, University of California, Santa Cruz
Rene Rocha, University of Iowa
Tia Stokes-Brown, Bucknell University
Carolyn Wong, Carleton College
Juliet Hooker, University of Texas at Austin
Kavita R. Khory, Mount Holyoke College
Melanye Price, Rutgers University
Lawrie Balfour, University of Virginia
Adam McGlynn, East Stroudsburg University

Graduate Student Issues Committee:
Heather Silber Mohamed, Brown University
Robert Scharr, University of Florida
Emiliana Patlan, University of California, Santa Barbara
Bernard L. Fraga, Harvard University

Awards

Previous Award Recipients

Best Book Award
Revised eligibility guidelines: Books published/copyrighted in calendar year 2011 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, 2012.

Award Committee Chair:
Melissa R. Michelson
Menlo College
Political Science
1000 El Camino Blvd
Atherton CA 94027-4301
melissa.michelson@gmail.com

Award Committee Members:
Jason P. Casellas
University of Texas at Austin
Government
1 University Station A1800
Austin TX 78712
casellas@mail.utexas.edu

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

Maruice Mangum
Texas Southern University
Political Science
3100 Cleburne Street
Houston TX 77004
maruicemangum@yahoo.com

James S. Lai
Santa Clara University
Political Science/Ethnic Studies
St. Joseph's Hall, Room 119
Santa Clara CA 95053
jlai@scu.edu

Best Paper Award
The Best Paper Award is given for the best paper on race, ethnicity, and politics presented at the previous year's APSA Annual Meeting.

Award Committee:
Yvette M. Alex-Assensoh
Indiana University, Bloomington
Political Science
210 Woodburn Hall
Bloomington IN 47405
yalex@indiana.edu

Benjamin Marquez
University of Wisconsin, Madison
Political Science
1050 Bascom Mall
110 North Mall
Madison WI 53706
marquez@polisci.wisc.edu

David I. Lublin
American University
Government
4400 Massachusetts Ave., NW
Washington DC 20016-8130
dlublin@american.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 2011 to December 2011. Nominations and accompanying materials will be accepted until April 30, 2012. The selection will be announced at the 2012 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 precise 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 Christopher S. Parker at csparker@u.washington.edu.

Award Committee Chair:
Christopher S. Parker
University of Washington
Political Science
112 Gowen Hall
Seattle WA 98115
csparker@u.washington.edu

Award Committee Member:
John H. Mollenkopf
CUNY-Graduate Center
Political Science
365 Fifth Ave
New York NY 10016-4309
jmollenkopf@gc.cuny.edu

Regina Freer
Occidental College
Politics
1600 Campus Rd.
Los Angeles CA 90041
rfreer@oxy.edu

Nominations Committee:
Andrew Aoki, Augsburg College (Chair)
Rodney Hero, University of California Berkeley
Todd Shaw, University of South Carolina
Janelle Wong, Seattle University