Frank J. Goodnow Award

Frank J. Goodnow Award
Nominations are closed.

The Goodnow Award honors the outstanding contributions of individuals, groups and public and private organizations to both the development of the political science profession and the building of the American Political Science Association.

The APSA Council created the Frank J. Goodnow Award in 1996 to honor the outstanding contributions of individuals, groups and public and private organizations to both the development of the political science profession and the building of the American Political Science Association. The Goodnow Award is named for Frank J. Goodnow, APSA’s first president and an exemplar of the public service and volunteerism that this award represents. The award is presented at the APSA Annual Meeting and the recipient receives an engraved crystal bowl.

Nomination Information

Eligibility: Self-nominations are accepted. Nominees do not have to be members of APSA, affiliated with an institution in the United States, or an American citizen in order to be considered for an award.
The Goodnow Award can be awarded not simply to a person who has performed distinguished service to political science, but to groups, or public and private organizations who have played a role in the development of the political science profession and the building of APSA.

Award Committee

Chair

Paula McClain, Duke University

Member

Janet Box-Steffensmeier, Ohio State University

Member

Susan Haire, University of Georgia

Listing of Awardees

Year	Recipient	Affiliation
2025	Steven Rathgeb Smith	Georgetown University
2024	Cathy J. Cohen	University of Chicago
2023	Janet M. Box-Steffensmeier	Ohio State University
2022	Susan Haire	University of Georgia
2021	Henry E. Brady	University of California, Berkeley
2020	M. Kent Jennings	UC Santa Barbara and University of Michigan
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