Chair
Marc Lynch
George Washington University
Vice-Chair
Lindsay Benstead
Portland State University
Secretaries/2020 Program Chairs
Jill Schwedler
Hunter College
Bassel Salloukh
Lebanese American University
Section awards are presented during the APSA Annual Meeting Awards Ceremony.
Best Book on MENA Politics
APSA MENA Politics Section Award for Best Book Awarded for the best book published in 2018 or 2019. Work utilizing any methodological, theoretical, and empirical tools for the study of the politics of the Middle East and North Africa will be considered. Please submit nominations or self-nominations to the award committee with the subject heading “MENA Politics Best Book Nomination” at [email protected] by December 31, 2019.
Nominations due: December 31, 2019
Award Committee:
Jason Brownlee
University of Texas at Austin
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Michaelle Browers
Wake Forest
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Sean Yom
Temple University
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Best Dissertation in MENA Politics
APSA MENA Politics Section Award for Best Dissertation. Awarded for the best doctoral thesis defended between August 30, 2017 and August 30, 2019. To be considered, the dissertation must be nominated by the dissertation adviser or another faculty member familiar with the work. The faculty member/adviser should submit a short letter explaining why the dissertation makes an exceptional contribution to the study of the politics of the Middle East and the broader discipline of Political Science. Work utilizing any methodological, theoretical, and empirical tools for the study of the politics of the Middle East and North Africa will be considered. Please submit nomination letters, with the dissertation as a PDF attachment, to the award committee with the subject heading “MENA Politics Best Dissertation Nomination” at [email protected] by December 31, 2019.
Nominations due: December 31, 2019
Award Committee:
Matt Buehler
University of Tenessee
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Michael Herb
Georgia State University
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Marwa Shalaby
University of Wisconsin
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Best MENA Politics APSA Paper
APSA MENA Politics Section Award for Best APSA Paper. Awarded for the best paper presented at the 2019 meeting in Washington, DC. To be eligible, the paper may be self-nominated or nominated by a panel chair, discussant, or co-panelist for the panel on which the paper was presented. The nominator and/or author(s) should provide the paper that was presented at the annual meeting (only paper versions as presented to the annual meeting will be considered by the committee). Please submit papers as a PDF attachment to the award committee with the subject heading “MENA Politics Best Paper Nomination” at [email protected] by December 31, 2019.
Nominations due: December 31, 2019
Award Committee:
Dan Corstange
Columbia University
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Jeannie Sowers
University of New Hampshire
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Diana Greenwald
City College New York
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