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Chair
Kanchan Chandra
New York University
Secretary/Treasurer
George Krause
University of Georgia
2020 Annual Meeting Program Chairs
Anjali Thomas
Georgia Institute of Technology
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Pia Raffler
Harvard University
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Council
Lisa Blaydes, Stanford University
Layna Mosley, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Maggie Penn, Emory University
Jan Pierskalla, Ohio State University
David Skarbek, Brown University
Hye Young You, New York University
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.
All section 25. Political Economy awards to-date »
McGillivray Best Paper Award
The McGillivray Best Paper Award is given for the best paper in Political Economy presented at the previous year’s APSA Annual Meeting.
Please submit nominations by a date to be announced to all members of the Award Committee listed below .
Deadline for nominations: March 31, 2020
Michael Wallerstein Award
The Michael Wallerstein Award is given for the best published article in Political Economy in the previous calendar year.
Please submit nominations by a date to be announced to all members of the Award Committee listed below.
Deadline for nominations: March 31, 2020
Mancur Olson Best Dissertation Award
The Best Dissertation Award, named for Mancur Olson, is given for the best dissertation in political economy completed in the previous two years.
Please submit nominations by a date to be announced to all members of the Award Committee listed below..
Deadline for nominations: March 31, 2020
William H. Riker Book Award
The Best Book Award, named for William H. Riker, is given for the best book on political economy published during the past three calendar years.
Please submit nominations by the following date to all members of the Award Committee listed below..
Deadline for nominations: March 31, 2020
Award Committee:
Chair
Rafaela Dancygier, Princeton University
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245 Corwin Hall
Princeton University
Princeton, NJ 08544
Mark Dincecco, University of Michigan
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5700 Haven Hall
505 South State Street
Ann Arbor, MI 48109
Maya Sen, Harvard University
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John F. Kennedy School of Government
79 John F. Kennedy St.
Cambridge, MA 02138