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/

2011-2012 Officers

President:
Mahmood Monshipouri
San Francisco State University
International Relations
1600 Holloway Avenue
San Francisco CA 94132-4155
mmonship@sfsu.edu

Vice President:
Christian Davenport
University of Notre Dame
Peace Studies, Political Science & Sociology
The Koc Institute
316 Hesburgh Center
Notre Dame IN 46556
christiandavenport@mac.com

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

Treasurer:
Basak Cali
University College London
Political Science
29/30 Tavistock Square
London WC1H 9QU United Kingdom
b.cali@ucl.ac.uk

2012 Program Chair:
Christian Davenport
University of Notre Dame
Peace Studies, Political Science & Sociology
The Koc Institute
316 Hesburgh Center
Notre Dame IN 46556
christiandavenport@mac.com

Steering Committee:
Jack Donnelly, University of Denver
Bethany Barratt, Roosevelt University
Basak Cali, University College London
Dave Benjamin, University of Bridgeport
Alistair Cook, RSIS Centre for Non Traditional Security Studies
Kristi Kenyon, University of British Columbia

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 the previous year. To be considered for the award, a copy of the book must be sent to each of the committee members listed below by April 1, 2012.

Award Committee Chair:
Mahmood Monshipouri
San Francisco State University
International Relations
1600 Holloway Avenue
San Francisco CA 94132-4155
mmonship@sfsu.edu

Award Committee Members:
Zehra F. Kabasakal Arat
State University of New York, Purchase
School of Natural and Social Sciences
735 Anderson Hill Road
Purchase NY 10577
zehra.arat@purchase.edu

Bethany Barratt
Roosevelt University
Political Science and Public Administration
430 S. Michigan Avenue
Room 752
Chicago IL 60605
bbarratt@roosevelt.edu

Best Dissertation Award
Political science dissertations that focus on human rights and were filed in the academic years of 2010-11 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, 2012.  No email submissions will be accepted.

Award Committee Chair:
Michael J. Struett
North Carolina State University
Political Science
Campus Box 8102
Raleigh NC 27695-8102
mjstruet@ncsu.edu

Award Committee Member:
Julie Mertus
American University
International Peace & Conflict Resolution
4400 Massachusetts Ave., NW
Washington DC 20016
mertus@american.edu

Alison Brysk
University of California Santa Barbara
Global and International Studies
2121 Social Sciences Bldg
Santa Barbara CA 93106
abrysk@global.ucsb.edu

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, 2011.

Award Committee Chair:
David L. Richards
University of Connecticut
Political Science
341 Mansfield Rd, U-1024
Storrs Mansfield CT 06269-1024
david.l.richards@uconn.edu

Award 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 University
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.  This award will next be given in 2014.

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

Award Committee Members:
Richard P. Hiskes
University of Connecticut
Political Science
341 Mansfield Road, Room 137
Monteith Building, U24
Storrs CT 06269-1024
richard.hiskes@uconn.edu

Shareen Hertel
University of Connecticut
Political Science
341 Mansfield Rd. Unit 1024
Storrs CT 06269-1024
shareen.hertel@uconn.edu