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 33. Race, Ethnicity and Politics awards to-date »

Best Dissertation in Race, Ethnicity, and Politics Award

Best dissertation on the subject of Race, Ethnicity, and Politics defended during calendar year 2025 (January 1 – December 31). Any individual can nominate a dissertation for the award, including self-nominations. Please submit the final digital version of the dissertation to each of the award committee members; no other nomination materials are required. Deadline for nominations: April 30, 2026

Award Committee

Name	Affiliation	Email
Niambi Carter	University of Maryland	nmcarter@umd.edu
Jason Morin	California State University, Northridge	jason.morin@csun.edu
Brad Jones	University of California, Davis	Jones.bradford.s@gmail.com

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Best Book Award

The REP Section’s annual book award recognizes the very best research exploring the multiple junctures between politics and issues of race, ethnicity, immigration, and indigeneity, as well as their intersections with other axes of identity and marginalization. We seek nominations for books that broadly focus on racial and ethnic politics, from scholars across all sub-fields of political science and allied disciplines. Single and co-authored books, monographs, as well as textbooks, will be considered. Books with a publication year of 2025 are eligible for the prize. Books that were nominated in previous years are not eligible and should not be renominated. Potential nominees should contact their publisher and ask that a digital and hard copy of the book is sent to each award committee member; no other nomination materials are required.
Deadline for nominations: January 15, 2026

This year’s book nominations were due on January 15, as communicated to all Section 33 REP members–current and past. However, due to an error, the deadline will be extended to March 1. Physical copies should be sent to the award committee members at the following address no later than March 1: 

Andrew Rosenberg 

University of Florida

Department of Political Science

234 Anderson Hall

P.O. Box 117325

Gainesville, FL 32611

Jessica Trounstine

Department of Political Science 

Vanderbilt University

PMB 0505

230 Appleton Place

Nashville,TN37203

Candis Watts Smith

Department of Political Science

Duke University

140 Science Drive

BOX 90204, Gross Hall 294F

Durham, NC 27708

Award Committee

Name	Affiliation	Email
Candis Watts Smith	Duke University	cw.smith@duke.edu
Andrew Rosenberg	University of Florida	andrewrosenberg@ufl.edu
Jessica Trounstine	Vanderbilt University	jessica.l.trounstine@vanderbilt.edu

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Best Paper in Racial and Ethnic Politics Award

Best paper presented on a panel listed under Division 32 (Race, Ethnicity, and Politics) during the previous APSA Annual Meeting (2025). Any individual can nominate a paper for the award, including self-nominations. Division 32 (the Division associated with Section 33: Race, Ethnicity, and Politics) must be a listed sponsor or co-sponsor of the panel the paper appeared on. Please submit the conference version of the paper via email to each of the award committee members; no other nomination materials are required.
Deadline for nominations: June 1, 2026

Award Committee

Name	Affiliation	Email
Christina Greer	Fordham University	cgreer@fordham.edu
Jeongwoo Jeong	Georgia State University	jjeong15@gsu.edu
Tyler Reny	Claremont Graduate University	tyler.reny@cgu.edu

Best Paper on Intersectionality (Joint with Section 16)

The Best Paper Award is given for the best paper on women, gender, and politics at the previous year’s APSA conference. Any individual can nominate a paper for the award, including self-nominations. In addition, all papers presented in the Women and Politics Research Section and posted to the APSA conference paper website will be considered nominated. Award amount: $500
Deadline for nominations: TBA

Award Committee

Name	Affiliation	Email