Human Rights

Membership

Section List

Award Winners

Human Rights

The Section on Human Rights was established to encourage scholarship and facilitate exchange of data and research findings on all components of human rights (e.g., civil, political, economic, social, cultural, environmental), their relationship, determinants and consequences of human rights policies, structure and influence of human rights organizations, development, implementation, impact on international conventions, and changes in the international human rights regime.

Website: www.apsanet.org/~humanrights/

2008-09 Officers

President:
Lillan A. Barria
Eastern Illinois University
Political Science
Charleston, IL 61920
labarria@eiu.edu

Vice President:
Todd Landman
University of Essex
Government
Wivenhoe Park
Colchester, Essex C04 3SQ
United Kingdom
todd@essex.ac.uk

Vice President-Elect:
Jack Donnelly
University of Denver
Graduate School of International Studies
2201 South Gaylord St.
Denver, CO 80208
jdonnell@du.edu

Secretary:
Bethany Barratt
Roosevelt University
School of Policy Studies
430 S. Michigan Avenue
Chicago, IL 60605
bbarratt@roosevelt.edu

Treasurer:
Susanna D. Wing
Haverford College
Political Science
370 Lancaster Avenue
Haverford, PA 19041
swing@haverford.edu

2009 Program Chair:
Todd Landman
University of Essex
Government
Wivenhoe Park
Colchester, Essex C04 3SQ United Kingdom
todd@essex.ac.uk

Steering Committee:
Lilian A. Barria, Eastern Illinois University
Todd Landman, University of Essex
Jack Donnelly, University of Denver
Bethany Barratt, Roosevelt University
Susanna D. Wing, Haverford College
Rhonda Callaway, Sam Houston State University
Julie Harrelson-Stephens, Stephen F. Austin State University
Shareen Hertel, University of Connecticut

Awards

Previous Award Recipients

The Best Book Award is given for the best single-authored, multi-authored or edited volume on human rights published in 2008. To be considered for the award, a copy of the book must be sent to each of the four committee members listed below by April 1, 2009.

Award Committee Chair:
Mahmood Monshipouri
San Francisco State University
International Relations
1600 Holloway Avenue
San Francisco, CA 94132-4155

Committee Members:
Zehra F. Kabasakal Arat
SUNY, Purchase
School of Natural and Social Sciences
735 Anderson Hill Road
Purchase, NY 10577

Sonia Cardenas
Trinity College
Political Science
300 Summit Street
Hartford, CT 06106

Best Dissertation Award
Political science dissertations that focus on human rights and were filed in the academic years of 2007-08 are eligible for this award. Copies of the nominated dissertation and a letter of support, from the Dissertation Chair, which specifies the contribution of the work in the field of human rights should be received by each committee member by March 1, 2009. No email submissions will be accepted.

Award Committee Chair:
Michael J. Struett
North Carolina State University
Political Science
Campus Box 8102
NCSU
Raleigh, NC 27695-8102

Committee Member:
Richard P. Hiskes
University of Connecticut
Political Science
341 Mansfield Road, Room 137
Monteith Building, U24
Storrs, CT 06269-1024

Carolyn Shaw
Wichita State University
Political Science
1845 Fairmount
Wichita, KS 67260-0017

The APSA Best Paper Award recognizes the "best paper" presented on a Human Rights Section Panel at the American Political Science Association Annual Meeting. The papers must be submitted by November 1, 2008.

Award Committee Chair:
Bethany Barratt
Roosevelt University
School of Policy Studies
430 S. Michigan Avenue
Room 752
Chicago, IL 60605
bbarratt@roosevelt.edu

Committee Members:
Monika Nalepa
University of Notre Dame
Political Science
217 O'Shaughnessy Hall
Notre Dame, IN 46556
mnalepa@nd.edu

Victor A. Peskin
Arizona State Unviersity
School of Global Studies
P.O. Box 874802
Tempe, AZ 85287-5102
victor.peskin@asu.edu

Distinguished Scholar Award
This award recognizes an individual who has worked in the field of Human Rights and made an exceptional contribution to the field through research, teaching and mentorship. Nomination should include a short justification and the nominee's CV. Nominations can be submitted electronically by June 1, 2009.

Award Committee Chair:
Neil J Mitchell
University of Aberdeen
Politics and International Relations
Social Science, Edward Wright Building
Dunbar Street
Aberdeen AB24 3QY United Kingdom
n.mitchell@abdn.ac.uk

Committee Members:
Michael E. Goodhart
University of Pittsburgh
Political Science
4600 Wesley W. Posvar Hall
Pittsburgh, PA 15260
michaelgoodhart@gmail.com

Carol C. Gould
Temple University
Philosophy & Political Science
1114 W. Berks Street
Anderson Hall, 7th floor
Philadelphia, PA 19130
cgould@temple.edu