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Frank J. Goodnow Award

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The Frank J. Goodnow Award honors service to the community of teachers, researchers, and public servants who work in the many fields of politics.

The award is presented at the APSA Annual Meeting and the recipient receives an engraved crystal bowl. Frank J. Goodnow, the first president of the American Political Science Association, a pioneer in the development of judicial politics, and former president of Johns Hopkins University, is an exemplar of the public service and volunteerism that this award represents.

Frank J. Goodnow Award Committee

Chair: Arlene W. Saxonhouse
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
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Professor James P. Pfiffner
George Mason University
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Dr. Michele L. Swers
Georgetown University
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2019 Award Recipient

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Jan E. Leighley is Professor of Government at American University. With research interests in political representation and inequality, she has published papers on voter turnout, political participation and the political behavior of African-Americans and Latinos in the U.S. in a variety of journals, including the American Political Science Review, the American Journal of Political Science, and the Journal of Politics. Her most recent book, Who Votes Now? Demographics, Issues, Inequality, and Turnout in the United States (with Jonathan Nagler), examines voter turnout in presidential elections from 1972 to 2008, highlighting the continuing class bias of the voting population relative to the citizen population; the importance of election laws to voter turnout; and the consistent bias of voters having more conservative policy preferences than non-voters. She previously served as editor of American Journal of Political Science (with Kim Quaile Hill, 2001-2004); and 2018-2019), and the Journal of Politics (with Bill Mishler, 2009-2014) and also served as Senior Associate Dean in the School of Public Affairs at American University.

Previous Awardees

Year	Recipient	Affiliation
2019	Jan Leighley	American University
2018	John Ishiyama	University of North Texas
2017	Jeff Isaac	Indiana University
2016	Virginia Sapiro	Boston University
2015	K.C. Morrison Mary Fainsod Katzenstein	Mississippi State University Cornell University
2014	David Collier John E. Jackson Ronald Schmidt	University of California, Berkeley University of Michigan California State University, Long Beach
2013	Michael Brintnall Howard J. Silver	American Political Science Association Consortium of Social Science Associations
2012	John H. Aldrich	Duke University
2011	Tony Affigne Robert J-P. Hauck	Providence College American Political Science Association
2010	Martha Ackelsberg Kristen Renwick Monroe Rogers M. Smith	Smith College University of California, Irvine University of Pennsylvania
2009	Kenneth Janda	Northwestern University
2008	Paul Sniderman Judith Stiehm	Stanford University Florida International University
2007	Paula D. McClain Lee Sigelman Frank P. Scioli	Duke University George Washington University National Science Foundation
2006	John A. Garcia Norman J. Ornstein Kay L. Schlozman	University of Arizona American Enterprise Institute Boston College
2005	Paul Allen Beck Jennifer Hochschild	Ohio State University Harvard University
2004	M. Margaret Conway Michael B. Preston	University of Florida University of Southern California
2003	Dale Rogers Marshall Jack W. Peltason Nelson W. Polsby	Wheaton College University of California, Irvine University of California, Berkeley
2002	Jean Bethke Elshtain Fred I. Greenstein Charles O. Jones	University of Chicago Princeton University University of Wisconsin, Madison
2001	F. Chris Garcia Gerhard Loewenberg Dianne M. Pinderhughes Catherine E. Rudder Frank J. Sorauf	University of New Mexico University of Iowa University of Notre Dame George Mason University University of Minnesota, Minneapolis
2000	Richard F. Fenno Jr. Betty Glad Samuel C. Patterson J. Austin Ranney	University of Rochester University of South Carolina Ohio State University University of California, Berkeley