The Organized Section on Public Policy is committed to producing rigorous empirical and theoretical knowledge of the processes and products of governing and the application of that knowledge to critical policy issues.

Website: www.apsapolicysection.org/ 

Journal: Policy Studies Journal  (cooperative production of The Policy Studies Organization and The Public Policy Organized Section)

2007 - 2008 Officers

President:
Anne L. Schneider
Arizona State University
School of Justice and Social Inquiry
Wilson Hall
Tempe AZ 85287-0403
anne.schneider@asu.edu

President-Elect:
Frank R. Baumgartner
Pennsylvania State University
Political Science
227 Pond Building
University Park PA 16802
frankb@la.psu.edu

Secretary/Treasurer:
David Hedge
University of Florida
Political Science
P.O. Box 117325
Anderson Hall
Gainesville, FL 32611-7325
dhedge@polisci.ufl.edu

2008 Program Chair:
Frank R. Baumgartner
Pennsylvania State University
Political Science
227 Pond Building
University Park PA 16802
frankb@la.psu.edu

Editor, Policy Studies Journal
Hank C. Jenkins-Smith
University of Oklahoma
Department of Political Science
455 West Lindsey Street
Norman OK 73019-2001
jenkinssmith@gmail.com

Council:
Michael Howlett, (2005-2008), Simon Fraser University
Antonia Maioni, (2005-2008), McGill University
Amy Zegart, (2005-2008), University of California, Los Angeles
Julian E. Zelizer, (2005-2008), Boston University
Sally Cohen, (2006-2009), Yale University
Dorothy Daley (2006-2009), Kansas University
Alan Jacobs, (2006-2009), University of British Columbia
Joseph White, (2006-2009), Case Western Reserve University
Ann Lin, (2007-2010), University of Michigan
Ann Bowman, (2007-2010), University of South Carolina
David Levi-Faur, (2007-2010), Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Awards

• Previous Award Recipients 

Best Paper on Public Policy Award
The Best Paper Award is given for the best paper on Public Policy given at the previous APSA Annual Meeting.  Nominations should be received by December 1, 2007. 

Award Committee Chair:
Joseph White
Case Western Reserve University
Political Science
11201 Euclid Avenue
Cleveland OH 44106-7109
joseph.white@case.edu

Committee Members:
Scott W. Allard, Brown University
Robert L. Lineberry, University of Houston
Lisa L. Miller, Rutgers University
Lina Y. Newton, Hunter College, CUNY

Aaron Wildavsky Enduring Contribution Award
The Aaron Wildavsky Award is for a book or article published in the last ten to twenty years that continues to influence the study of public policy.  Nominations should be received by February 1, 2008.

Award Committee Chair:
David M. Hedge
University of Florida
Political Science
234 Anderson Hall
PO Box 117325
Gainesville FL 32611-7325
dhedge@polisci.ufl.edu

Committee Members:
Michael E. Kraft, University of Wisconsin, Green Bay
Suzanne B. Mettler, Syracuse University
Harrell Rodgers, University of Houston
Carol Silva, University of Oklahoma
William F. Berry, Florida State University

Harold Lasswell Award
The Harold D. Lasswell prize is awarded annually by the American Political Science Association for the best dissertation in the field of public policy. It is co-sponsored by the Policy Studies Association and the APSA Public Policy Section.  The award carries a prize of $1,000. Dissertations must have been completed in the previous calendar year.   Applicants should send one copy of their dissertations to each of the committee members. The applications must include a letter of support provided by the Graduate Director of the program in which the candidate produced the dissertation.

Excellence in Mentoring Award
The Excellence in Mentoring Award has been established to recognize sustained efforts by senior scholars to encourage and facilitate the career of emerging political scientists in the field of public policy. Nominations should be received by February 1, 2008.

Award Committee Chair:
Gary C. Bryner
Brigham Young University
Political Science
745 SWKT
Provo UT 84602
gary_bryner@byu.edu

Committee Members:
Amy Zegart, University of California, Los Angeles
Tomas Koontz, Ohio State University
Sarah B. Praile, Syracuse University