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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
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
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