Administrative Committee

The Administrative Committee consists of the president, president-elect, treasurer and four other Council members whose main duties include preparing agendas for Council meetings and annual business meetings, making recommendations to the Council, reviewing the budget and acting on behalf of the Council to dispose of policy issues deemed of insufficient weight to require decisions by the Council.

Bruce J. Bueno de Mesquita, Stanford University

Robert R. Kaufman, Rutgers Universitry, New Brunswick

Margaret Levi, University of Washington

Desiree S. Pedescleaux, Spelman College

Susanne Hoeber Rudolph, University of Chicago

Gary M. Segura, University of Iowa

Theda Skocpol, Harvard University

Nominating Committee

The Nominating Committee selects one nomination for each elective office to be filled and submits the slate for the next annual business meeting, with a report to the president no later than April 15.

Terms expiring December 31, 2003:

Amy Gutmann, Princeton University

David Laitin, Stanford University

Cheryl Miller, University of Maryland, Baltimore

Term expiring December 31, 2004:

Frank R. Baumgartner, Pennsylvania State University, Chair

Valerie J. Martinez-Ebers, Texas Christian University

Richard Snyder, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Program Committee

Program Committee members are approved by the Council at its spring meeting after it receives the selections of the Program Chair-Designate(s). Members organize all panels, plenary sessions, and other aspects of the official program for the annual meeting. Special instructions have been sent to the Program Chair-Designate(s).

Yvette M. Alex-Assensoh, Indiana University, Bloomington

George J. Andreopoulos, CUNY-John Jay College & Graduate School

Sylvia B. Bashevkin, University of Toronto

Paul R. Brace, Rice University

George J Busenberg, University of Colorado, Denver

David R. Cameron, Yale University

Claudio Cioffi-Revilla, George Mason University

Michelle D. Deardorff, Millikin University

Suzanna Linn DeBoef, Penn State University

Chris C. Demchak, University of Arizona

Patrick J. Deneen, Princeton University

Daniel Diermeier, Northwestern University

James N. Druckman, University of Minnesota

Victoria A. Farrar-Myers, University of Texas, Arlington

Tracey L. Gladstone-Sovell, University of Wisconsin, River Falls

Eric Gorham, Loyola University

Jeffrey Herbst, Princeton University

Wendy Hunter, University of Texas

Paul K. Huth, University of Michigan

Ellen M. Immergut, Humboldt University

Jocelyn M. Johnston, University of Kansas

Cynthia S. Kaplan, University of California, Santa Barbara

Christine A. Kelly, University of Northern Colorado

Jytte Klausen, Brandeis University

Deborah Welch Larson, University of California, Los Angeles

Beth L. Leech, Rutgers University

Jeffrey B. Lewis, University of California, Los Angeles

Benjamin Marquez, University of Wisconsin, Madison

Michael A. McFaul, Stanford University

Kevin T. McGuire, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

Kathleen R. McNamara, Princeton University

Tali Mendelberg, Princeton University

Michael Mintrom, University of Auckland

Carol Nackenoff, Swarthmore College

Laura R. Olson, Clemson University

Diana M. Owen, Georgetown University

Desiree S. Pedescleaux, Spelman College

Steven C. Poe, University of North Texas

Nicol C. Rae, Florida International University

Andrew S. Reynolds, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

Norma M. Riccucci, Rutgers University, Newark

Stephen M. Sachs, Indiana University-Purdue University

Joseph M. Schwartz, Temple University

Christa Daryl Slaton, Auburn University

Marco R. Steenbergen, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

Lana Stein, University of Missouri, St. Louis

Shannon C. Stimson, University of California, Berkeley

Steven Weber, University of California, Berkeley

Kurt Weyland, Univeristy of Texas, Austin

William C. Wohlforth, Dartmouth College

Priscilla Machado Zotti, United States Naval Academy

Trust and Development Board of Trustees

The Trust and Development Fund Board of Trustees consists of the Treasurer of the Association, who serves ex-officio as chair, and six other trustees who direct the investment of the Fund's resources.

Terms expiring December 2003:

David Adamy, Temple University

Thomas Cronin, Whitman College

Terms expiring December 2004:

Leslie Anderson, University of Florida

Graham Wilson, University of Wisconsin, Madison

Term expiring December 31, 2005:

Morris Fiorina, Stanford University

Ruth S. Jones, Arizona State University

Elections Committee

Three members are appointed after the election from among newly elected and continuing Council members. The committee supervises the conduct of Association elections.

Christian Davenport, University of Maryland

Lawrence C. Dodd, University of Florida

Kirstie M. McClure, University of California-Los Angeles, Chair

Rules Committee

Three members are appointed after the election from among newly elected and continuing Council members. The committee reviews the Association's By-Laws and Rules of Procedure for governing the conduct of the annual business meeting and proposes revisions as they are deemed necessary.

Susan E. Clarke, University of Colorado

Wilbur C. Rich, Wellesley College

Jack L. Snyder, Columbia University, Chair

Committee on Annual Meeting

The Committee on the Annual Meeting is designed to oversee the practices and policies of the APSA Annual Meeting.

Term expiring December 31, 2003

Ibrahim Karawan, University of Utah

Marion Smiley, University of Wisconsin, Madison

Dorothy McBride Stetson, Florida Atlantic University

Darrell M. West, Brown University

Term expiring December 31, 2004

Michael C. Desch, University of Kentucky

Kristen Renwick Monroe, University of California, Irvine

Term expiring December 31, 2005

Troy McGrath, Central European University

Marianne C. Stewart, University of Texas, Dallas, Chair

Ex Officio:

Henry Brady, University of California, Berkeley

Margaret Weir, University of California, Berkeley

Rob Hauck, APSA Staff

Jennifer Richards, APSA Staff

Committe on Civic Education and Engagment

The Committee on Civic Education and Engagement addresses issues of schooling, public policy, and political and social institutions that impact the health of our civic order.

Term expiring December 31, 2004:

Yvette M. Alex-Assensoh, Indiana University, Bloomington

Jeffrey M. Berry, Tufts University

David E. Campbell, University of Notre Dame

Pamela J. Conover, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

E.J. Dionne, The Brookings Institution

Luis Ricardo Fraga, Stanford University

William A. Galston, University of Maryland, College Park

Margaret Levi, University of Washington

Meira Levinson, Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Studies

Stephen Macedo, Princeton University, Chair

Richard G. Niemi, University of Rochester

Robert D. Putnam, Harvard University

Wendy M. Rahn, University of Minnesota

Keith Reeves, Swarthmore College

Rob Reich, Stanford University

Katherine Cramer Walsh, University of Wisconsin, Madison

Congressional Fellowship Program Advisory Committee

The Congressional Fellowship Program Advisory Committee provides overall policy guidance for the program and has its own selection procedure.

Michael Barone, U.S. News & World Report

Walter Broadnax, American University

David Broder, The Washington Post

Richard Cohen, National Journal

Charles E. Cook, Jr., The Cook Political Report

Joan Claybrook, Public Citizen,

Thomas Daschle, U.S. Senate

Robert Dole, Verner Liipfert

Ronald D. Elving, National Public Radio

Eugene Eidenberg, Granite Ventures, LLC

Vic Fazio,Clark & Weinstock

Thomas Foley, Akin Gump,

Bill Frenzel, The Brookings Institution

David Gergen, Harvard University

Robert G. Gilpin, Jr., Princeton University

Lee H. Hamilton, Woodrow Wilson Center for International Scholars

Steve Horn, U.S. House of Representatives

Albert Hunt, The Wall Street Journal

Gary Hymel, Hill & Knowlton

Charles O. Jones,The Brookings Institution and University of Wisconsin

Gerald Kovach, NeuStar

Richard Lugar,United States Senate

Robert Merry, Congressional Quarterly, Inc.

Norman Ornstein, chair, American Enterprise Institute

Leonard Parkinson, Atlantic Research Corporation

David Price, U.S. House of Representatives

Cokie Roberts, ABC News

Catherine E. Rudder, George Mason University

Barbara Sinclair, University of California at Los Angeles

Janet Steiger,Former Chair, Federal Trade Commission

Committee on Departmental Services

The Committee on Departmental Services advises on publications and other services for members of the Departmental Services Program.

Terms expiring December 31, 2003:

Paul Hagner, University of Hartford

Kenneth Sherrill, CUNY, Hunter College

Terms ending December 31, 2004:

Jeffrey Kraus, Wagner College

Susan Pharr, Harvard University, chair

Term expiring December 31, 2005:

Janet K. Boles, Marquette University

Peter F. Nardulli, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Editorial Board, PS

The Editorial Board consists of fifteen members who advise the editor on the content of each issue.

Terms expiring December 31, 2003:

Maurice East, George Washington University

Cynthia Enloe, Clark University

Michael Leiserson, Gonzaga University

Cheryl Welch, Simmons College

Robert Pastor, Emory University

Terms expiring December 31, 2004:

James Morone, Brown University, chair

James Thompson, Columbia University

Gary Segura, University of Iowa

Frances Hagopian, Notre Dame University

Kenneth Newton, University of Essex

Term expiring December 31, 2005:

Kevin G. Barnhurst, University of Illinois

Joseph L. Klesner, Kenyon College

Thomas D. Lairson, Rollins College

Mark A. Peterson, UCLA

Laura R. Woliver, University of South Carolina

Committee on Publications

The Committee on Publications has six members, in addition to ex-officio members. The Committee oversees and coordinates existing publications, explores possible relationships with political science journals not sponsored by the Association, and develops proposals for new publications, when appropriate.

Terms expiring December 31, 2003:

Peter Lyman, University of California, Berkeley

Linda Miller, Brown University

Terms expiring December 31, 2004:

Gregory Kasza, University of Indiana

Andrea Simpson, University of Washington

Term expiring December 31, 2005:

M. Margaret Conway, University of Florida

Mark I. Lichbach, University of Maryland, College Park, chair

Ex-officio:

James Morone, Brown University (PS)

Lee Sigelman, George Washington University (APSR)

Committee on Education and Professional Development

The Committee on Education and Professional Development consists of six members who develop, coordinate and review educational programs and activities following guidelines outlined by the Council.

Terms expiring December 31, 2003:

Sharon Alter, William Rainey Harper College

Alan Gitelson, Loyola University Chicago

Terms expiring December 31, 2004:

Kendra Stewart, Columbia College

Susan Carroll, Rutgers University

Term expiring December 31, 2005:

Norman Furniss, Indiana University, Bloomington

Edie N. Goldenberg, University of Michigan, Chair

Committee on International Programs

This committee was created by the Council to develop relationships between American political science and political science in other nations.

Terms expiring December 31, 2003:

Timothy Colton, Harvard University, chair

I. M. Destler, University of Maryland

Terms expiring December 31, 2004:

John Odell, University of Southern California

Richard Simeon, University of Toronto

Term expiring December 31, 2005:

Karen Beckwith, College of Wooster

Ashutosh Varshney, University of Michigan

Committee on Professional Ethics, Rights and Freedoms

The Committee on Professional Ethics, Rights and Freedoms' responsibility is to protect the rights of political scientists and ensure that the ethical policies of the Association are followed.

Terrms expiring December 31, 2003:

James Eisenstein, Pennsylvania State University, chair

Martin Shefter, Cornell University

Terms expiring December 31, 2004:

Pearl Robinson, Tufts University

Walt Stone, University of Colorado, Boulder

Term expiring December 31, 2005:

R. Claire Snyder, George Mason University

Clyde Wilcox, Georgetown University

Research Support Advisory Board

The Research Support Committee oversees activities regarding public and private research support for political scientists.

Terms expiring December 31, 2003:

Donna Bahry, Vanderbilt University, chair

Catherine Scott, Agnes Scott College

Terms expiring December 31, 2004:

Mark Schneider, SUNY, Stony Brook

Wendy Rahn, University of Minnesota

Term expiring December 31, 2005:

Rodney E. Hero, University of Notre Dame

Nancy E. McGlen, Niagara University

Task Force on Graduate Education

This Task Force was established to review graduate education with the eventual product being be a report about excellent practices, important issues, and suggestions for innovations.

Term expiring December 31, 2003:

Christopher H. Achen, Univesity of Michigan

Cristina Beltran, Haverford College

Cathy J. Cohen, University of Chicago

David Collier, University of California, Berkeley, Chair

Edie N. Goldenberg, University of Michigan

Robert O. Keohane, Duke University

Kristen Renwick Monroe, University of California, Irvine

Theda Skocpol, Harvard University

Rogers M. Smith, University of Pennsylvania

Michael Wallerstein, Northwestern University

Task Force on Inequality and Amerian Democracy

Term expiring December 31, 2004:

Benjamin R. Barber, University of Maryland, College Park

Larry M. Bartels, Princeton University

Michael C. Dawson, Harvard University

Morris Fiorina, Stanford University

Jacob S. Hacker, Yale University

Hugh Heclo, George Mason University

Rodney E. Hero, University of Notre Dame

Lawrence R. Jacobs, University of Minnesota, Chair

Claire Jean Kim, University of California, Irvine

Suzanne B. Mettler, Syracuse University

Benjamin I. Page, Northwestern University

Dianne M. Pinderhughes, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Kay Lehman Schlozman, Boston College

Theda Skocpol, Harvard University

Task Force on Mentoring

The APSA Council established the Task Force on Mentoring to provide advice and assistance with mentoring members of the profession, focusing especially on the needs of women and minorities.

Term expiring December 31, 2005:

Susan E. Clarke, University of Colorado, Boulder

Irasema Coronado, University of Texas, El Paso

Leonie Huddy, SUNY-Stony Brook

Julia S. Jordan-Zachery, Wheaton College

Martha Joynt Kumar, Towson University

Kristen Renwick Monroe, University of California, Irvine, chair

Elinor Ostrom, Indiana University,

Ronald J. Schmidt, Sr., California State University, Long Beach

Laura R. Woliver, University of South Carolina

Committee on the Status of Blacks in the Profession

The Committee on the Status of Blacks in the Profession develops and promotes activities concerning the professional development of blacks within the discipline.

Terms expiring December 31, 2003:

Clarence Stone, University of Maryland, College Park

Shelia Harmon-Martin, University of District of Columbia

Terms expiring December 31, 2004:

Kathy Stromile Golden, Mississippi Valley State University

Wilbur Rich, Wellesley College

Kenny J. Whitby, University of South Carolina

Term expiring December 31, 2005:

Yvette M. Alex-Assensoh, Indiana University-Bloomington

Terri E Givens, University of Washington

Committee on the Status of Latinos in the Profession

The Committee on the Status of Latinos in the Profession develops and promotes activities concerning the professional development of Latinos within the discipline.

Terms expiring December 31, 2003:

Manuel Avalos, Arizona State University, West

Lisa Garcia Bedolla, University of California, Irvine

Terms expiring December 31, 2004:

Michael A. Jones-Correa, Cornell University

Edwina Barvosa-Carter, University of California, Santa Barbara

Term expiring December 31, 2005:

John G. Bretting, College of Charleston

Velma Garcia, Smith College

Committee on the Status of Women in the Profession

The Committee on the Status of Women in the Profession develops and promotes activities concerning the professional development of women within the discipline.

Terms expiring December 31, 2003:

Lisa Brandes, Yale University

Bang Soon Yoon, Central Washington University

Terms expiring December 31, 2004:

Martha Ackelsberg, Smith College, chair

Laura Van Assendelft, Mary Baldwin College

Term expiring December 31, 2005

Georgia Duerst-Lahti, Beloit College

Jane Y. Junn, Rutgers University, New Brunswick

Committee on Development

This committee was authorized by the Council in 1988 to propose development goals and policies to the Council and oversee their eventual implementation.

Terms expiring December 31, 2003:

F. Chris Garcia, University of New Mexico

Robert Ayres, World Bank

Terms expiring December 31, 2004:

Ruth Morgan, Southern University

Henry Brady, University of California, Berkeley

Term expiring December 31, 2005:

Rodney E. Hero, University of Notre Dame

Nancy E. McGlen, Niagara University, chair

Committee on the Status of Gays, Lesbians, Bisexuals & the Transgendered in the Profession

This committee assesses the status of gay and lesbian scholars in the profession, advances the research on gay and lesbian issues, develops curriculum materials, and works to ensure tolerance toward gay and lesbian political scientists.

Terms expiring December 31, 2003:

William Corlett, Bates College

Melissa Orlie, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, chair

Terms expiring December 31, 2004:

Charles Gossett, Georgia Southern Univresity

Genie N.L. Stowers, San Francisco State University

Term expiring December 31, 2005

Aaron Belkin, University of California, Santa Barbara

Patricia J. Campbell, State University of West Georgia

Committee on Organized Sections

The role of the Committee is to help Organized Sections carry out their work and to oversee the balance between Sections and APSA as a whole.

Terms expiring December 31, 2003:

Stephen Frantzich, U.S. Naval Academy, chair

Judith Garber, University of Alberta

Terms expiring December 31, 2004:

Anne Sisson Runyan, University of Cincinnati

Arnold Fleischmann, University of Georgia

Term expiring December 31, 2005:

Paul A. Djupe, Denison University

Marian Lief Palley, University of Delaware

Gabriel A. Almond Award - $750

This award is given each year for the best doctoral dissertation completed and accepted that year or the previous one in the field of compartive politics.

Stathis N. Kalyvas, University of Chicago

Anthony W. Marx, Columbia University, chair

Aili Tripp, University of Wisconsin-Madison

William Anderson Award - $750

This award is given each year for the best doctoral dissertation completed and accepted that year or the previous one in the field of state and local politics, federalism or intergovernmental relations.

Thad L. Beyle, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, chair

Laura S. Jensen, University of Massachusetts, Amherst

Ronald E. Weber, University of Wisconsin, Madison

Edward S. Corwin Award - $750

This award is for the best doctoral dissertation completed and accepted during that year or the previous year in the field of public law, broadly defined to include the judicial process, judicial behavior, judicial biography, courts, law, legal systems, the American constitutional system, civil liberties, or any other substantial area, or any work which deals in a significant fashion with a topic related to or having substantial impact on the American Constitution.

Daniel R. Pinello, John Jay College, CUNY

Rebecca Mae Salokar, Florida International University

C. Neal Tate, University of North Texas, Chair

Harold D. Lasswell Award - $750

This award is for the best doctoral dissertation completed and accepted during that year or the previous year in the field of policy studies and is supported by the Policy Studies Organization.

Jocelyn Elise Crowley, Rutgers University, New Brunswick

Paul J. Rich, University of the Americas

Steven K. Vogel, University of California, Berkeley, chair

Helen Dwight Reid Award - $750

This award is for the best doctoral dissertation completed and accepted during that year or the previous year in the field of international relations, law and politics and is supported by the Helen Dwight Reid Foundation.

G. John Ikenberry, Georgetown University

Brett Ashley Leeds, Rice University

Jeffrey W. Taliaferro, Tufts University, chair

E.E. Schattschneider Award - $750

This award is for the best doctoral dissertation completed and accepted during that year or the previous year in the field of American government.

Gerald Gamm, University of Rochester, chair

Richard L. Hall, University of Michigan

Gretchen Ritter, University of Texas-Austin

Leo Strauss Award - $750

This award is for the best doctoraln dissertation completed and accepted during that year or the previous year in the field of political philosophy.

Lisa J. Disch, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis

Joanna Vecchiarelli Scott, Eastern Michigan University, chair

Nathan Tarcov, University of Chicago

Leonard D. White Award - $750

This award is for the best doctoral dissertation completed in that year or the previous year in the general field of public administration, including broadly related problems of policy formation and administrative theory.

Heidi O. Koenig, Northern Illinois University, chair

Lawrence M. Mead, New York University

James L. Perry, Indiana University

Franklin L. Burdette Pi Sigma Alpha Award - $750

This award is for the best paper presented at the previous annual meeting and is supported by Pi Sigma Alpha.

Gregory A. Caldeira, Ohio State University, chair

Jean Reith Schroedel, Claremont Graduate University

Richard M. Valelly, Swarthmore College

Heinz Eulau Award - $750

This award is for the best article published in the American Political Science Review in the previous year.

Joanne Gowa, Princeton University

Michael S. Lewis-Beck, University of Iowa, chair

Paul Pierson, Harvard University

Ralph J. Bunche Award - $1,000

This award is for the best scholarly work in political science published in the previous year exploring the phenomenon of ethnic and cultural pluralism.

Allison Calhoun-Brown, Georgia State University, chair

Rodolfo O. de la Garza, Columbia University

Melissa Nobles, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Gladys M. Kammerer Award - $1,000

This award is for the best political science publication in the previous year in the field of U.S. national policy.

Amy Fried, University of Maine, chair

Fredrick C. Harris, University of Rochester

Nelson W. Polsby, University of California, Berkeley

Victoria Schuck Award - $1,000

This award is for the best book on Women and Politics published in the previous year.

Mary E. Hawkesworth, Rutgers University, chair

Suzanne B. Mettler, Syracuse University

Cindy Simon Rosenthal, University of Oklahoma

Woodrow Wilson Foundation Award - $5,000

This award is for the best book published in the U.S. in the previous year on government, politics or international affairs and is supported by the Woodrow Wilson Foundation.

Jean C. Oi, Stanford University

John F. Padgett, University of Chicago

Kathleen Thelen, Northwestern University, chair

Carey McWilliams Award - $750

This award is given to recognize a journalist who has made a substantial contribution to our understanding of politics.

Virginia A. Chanley, Florida International University

William A. Galston, University of Maryland, College Park, chair

Larry J. Sabato, University of Virginia

Hubert H. Humphrey Award - $750

This award is given in recognition of notable public service by a political scientist.

Christopher Howard, College of William & Mary

Pauline Vaillancourt Rosenau, University of Texas, Houston

David Vogel, University of California, Berkeley, chair

John Gaus Lecture - $1,500

This award is to honor the recipient's lifetime of exemplary scholarship in the joint tradition of political science and public administration and, more generally, to recognize achievement and encourage scholarship in public administration.

Patricia W. Ingraham, Syracuse University

Shui-Yan Tang, University of Southern California

Charles Wise, Indiana University, chair

Charles E. Merriam Award

Given to a person whose published work and career represents a significant contribution to the art of government through application of social science research.

James J.F. Forest, U.S. Military Academy

Laura Stoker, University of California, Berkeley

Kent Weaver, The Brookings Institution, chair

Benjamin E. Lippincott Award

For a work of exceptional quality by a living political theorist that is still considered significant after a time span of at least 15 years since the original publication.

Peter Berkowitz, George Mason University, chair

George W. Downs, New York University

Jane Flax, Howard University

APSA Representatives to Affiliated Organizations American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) - Section K

Term Expiring January 31, 2004

Arthur Lupia, University of Michigan

American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies (AAASS)

Term Expiring December 31, 2003

Karen Dawisha, Miami University (OH)

American Council of Learned Societies

Term Expiring December 31, 2006

Anne Norton, University of Pennsylvania

Consortium of Social Science Associations

Term Expiring December 31, 2003

Paula McClain, Duke University

Michael Brintnall, APSA

International Political Science Association

Term Expiring December 31, 2003

Paula D. McClain, University of Virginia

Social Science Research Council

Term Expiring June 30, 2005

Kathryn Sikkink, University of Minnesota

National Archives and Records Administration Representative

Term Expiring August 31, 2003

Martha J. Kumar, Towson State University

National Coordinating Committee for the Promotion of History

Term Expiring December 31, 2003

Martha J. Kumar, Towson State University

State Department Advisory Committee on Historical Diplomatic Documentation

Term expiring September, 30 2003

Meena Bose, Hofstra University