Section awards are presented during the APSA annual meeting awards ceremony. To learn more about any award listed, contact the award committee chair for the award.
Nominations should include a CV of the nominee and a letter commenting on the nominee's work and making the case why they should get the award."
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Luebbert Book Prize
This year the section is experimenting with a new two-tier selection process of selection for the Luebbert book prize. Physical copies of nominated books should be sent to each member of the shortlisting committee by March 15. We will be in touch with authors whose books have been shortlisted. They will need to coordinate with their presses to make additional copies of their shortlisted books available to each of the three members of the selection committee. Deadline for nominations: March 15, 2022
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Affiliation |
Email Address |
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| James Mahoney (Chair) |
Northwestern University |
[email protected] |
James Mahoney
Department of Political Science
Northwestern University
601 University Place
Scott Hall, Second Floor
Evanston, IL 60208
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| Rachel Brulé |
Boston University |
[email protected] |
Rachel Brulé
Pardee School of Global Studies
Boston University
121 Bay State Road
Boston, MA
02215
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| Noam Lupu |
Vanderbilt University |
[email protected] |
Noam Lupu
Vanderbilt University
230 Appleton Place
Commons Center, PMB 0505
Nashville, TN 37203
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| Award Committee |
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| Dan Posner (Chair) |
University of California, Los Angeles |
[email protected] |
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| Amy Erica Smith |
Iowa State University |
[email protected] |
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| Simeon Nichter |
University of California, San Diego |
[email protected] |
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Luebbert Article Prize
Awarded annually for the best article published in the field of comparative politics during the previous two years. Nominations should be sent to the chair. Deadline for nominations: March 15, 2022
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Sage Paper Prize
Awarded to the best paper in comparative politics presented at the 2021 meeting of the American Political Science Association. Nominations should be submitted directly to the chair. Deadline for nominations: March 15, 2022
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Lijphart/Przeworksi/Verba Dataset Award
Awarded annually to a publicly-available dataset in the field of comparative politics. Nominations (including self-nominations) should be submitted directly to the chair. Please include a nomination letter, instructions on accessing the data set, and any publications or documents describing the data set. Deadline for nominations: March 15, 2022
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Theda Skocpol Prize for Emerging Scholars
Awarded to a scholar up to ten years post-PhD whose work has made impactful empirical, theoretical and/or methodological contributions to the study of comparative politics. Nominations should be sent to the chair and include a CV of the nominee and a letter commenting on the nominee's work and making the case why they should get the award. Deadline for nominations: March 15, 2022
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Bingham Powell Mentoring Award
This prize, introduced in 2012, will be awarded on a bi-annual basis to a political scientist who throughout his or her career has demonstrated a particularly outstanding commitment to the mentoring of graduate students in comparative politics. The prize was named in honor of G. Bingham Powell and was initiated by his students. Nomination letters for the G. Bingham Powell graduate mentoring award should include but go beyond the academic achievements of the nominee, and provide information about the role the nominee has played in advancing the intellectual development and research careers of their mentees. Testimonials from a few former mentees can be included in the nomination letter, which should not exceed five pages. Nomination letters should be sent to the three committee members. Deadline for nominations: March 15, 2022
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