Section 1: Federalism & Intergovernmental Relations

Formed: 1983 Dues: $10

The purpose of this section is to plan, develop, and implement professional activities for Association members with interests in federalism, intergovernmental relations, and state and local government. Web site: www.apsafederalism.org

Chair: Michael A. Pagano, University of Illinois, Chicago, mapagano@uic.edu

Secretary: Michael McGuire, Indiana University %Treasurer: Michael McGuire, Indiana University

2007 Annual Meeting Program Chair: Karen Mossberger University of Illinois at Chicago %Council: Jocelyn Johnston, American University; Troy Smith, Brigham Young University; Jody Neathery-Castro, University of Nebraska, Omaha; Michelle Sager, U.S. Government Accountability Office; William Gormley, Georgetown University; Robert Vipond, University of Toronto; Beryl Radin, American University; Barry Rabe, University of Michigan; Michael Hail, Morehead State University

The Martha Derthick Book Award is conferred for the best book on federalism and intergovernmental relations published at least 10 years ago that has made a lasting contribution to the study of federalism and intergovernmental relations.

Deil S. Wright Best Paper Award

The Deil S. Wright Best Paper Award is conferred for the best paper in the field of federalism and intergovernmental relations presented at the previous year's APSA Annual Meeting.

Daniel Elazar Distinguished Federalism Scholar Award

The Daniel Elazar Distinguished Federalism Scholar Award recognizes distinguished scholarly contributions to the study of federalism and intergovernmental relations.

Section 2: Law and Courts

Formed: 1983 Dues: $10

The purpose of this section is to promote interest in teaching and research in the areas of law and the judicial process.

Web site: www.law.nyu.edu/lawcourts

Chair: Jeffrey A. Segal, SUNY, Stony Brook, jsegal@notes.cc.sunysb.edu

Chair Elect: Howard Gillman, University of Southern California

Secretary: Gordon Silverstein, University of California, Berkeley

Treasurer: Gordon Silverstein, University of California, Berkeley

Law and Courts Electronic Discussion List Moderators: Howard Gillman, University of Southern California and Christine B. Harrington, New York University

2007 Annual Meeting Program Chair: Paul Frymer, University of California, Santa Cruz

Executive Council: Stephanie Lindquist, Vanderbilt University; Rorie Spill Solberg, Oregon State University; Keith Whittington, Princeton University; Timothy Johnson, University of Minnesota; Doris Marie Provine, Arizona State University

American Judicature Society Award

The American Judicature Society Award is given annually for the best paper on law and courts presented at the previous year's annual meetings of the American, Midwest, Northeastern, Southern, Southwestern, or Western Political Science Associations.

C. Herman Pritchett Award

The C. Herman Pritchett award is given annually for the best book on law and courts written by a political scientist and published the previous year.

CQ Press Outstanding Student Paper

The CQ Press Award is given annually for the best paper on law and courts written by a graduate student.

Harcourt College Publishers Award

The Harcourt College Publishers Award given for a book or journal article, 10 years or older, that has made a lasting impression on the field of law and courts.

Lifetime Achievement Award

The Lifetime Achievement Award honors a distinguished career of scholarly achievement and service to the Law and Courts

McGraw Hill Award

The McGraw Hill Award recognizes the best journal article on law and courts written by a political scientist and published during the previous calendar year.

Teaching and Mentoring Award

The Teaching and Mentoring Award recognizes innovative teaching and instructional methods and materials in law and courts. The Award is supported by a contribution from the Division for Public Education of the American Bar Association.

Wadsworth Publishing Award

The Wadsworth Publishing Award is given annually for a book or journal article, 10 years or older, that has made a lasting impression on the field of law and courts.

Section 3: Legislative Studies

Formed: 1983 Dues: $10

The purpose of this section is to provide members with an interest in legislative processes, behavior, and representation opportunities to meet and exchange ideas.

Web site: www.apsanet.org/~lss

Chair: Steven S. Smith, Washington University, smith@wustl.edu

Treasurer: John D. Wilkerson, University of Washington

2007 Annual Meeting Program Chair: Linda L. Fowler Dartmouth College, linda.fowler@dartmouth.edu

Council: Kim L. Fridkin, Arizona State University; Charles Stewart, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Eric Schickler, Harvard University; Wendy Schiller, Brown University

Legislative Studies Quarterly: Peverill Squire, University of Iowa; Gerhard Loewenberg University of Iowa; C. Lawrence Evans, College of William and Mary

Editor, LSS Newsletter: Ronald M. Peters, Jr., University of Oklahoma

Alan Rosenthal Prize

In the spirit of Alan Rosenthal's work, this prize is dedicated to encouraging young scholars to study questions that are of importance to legislators and legislative staff and to conduct research that has the potential application to strengthening the practice of representative democracy.

Carl Albert Dissertation Award

The Carl Albert Dissertation Award is given annually for the best dissertation in legislative studies. Topics may be national or subnational in focus—on Congress, parliaments, state legislatures, or other representative bodies. Dissertations must have a copyright date of one or two years previous to the year in which the award is presented.

CQ Press Award

The CQ Press Award for the best paper on legislative studies presented at the previous year's APSA Annual Meeting.

Jewell-Loewenberg Paper Award

The Jewell-Loewenberg Paper Award for the best article published in the Legislative Studies Quarterly in the previous year.

Richard F. Fenno Prize

In the tradition of Professor Fenno's work, this prize is designed to honor work that is both theoretically and empirically strong. Moreover, this prize is dedicated to encouraging scholars to pursue new and different avenues of research in order to find answers to previously unexplored questions about the nature of politics.

Section 4: Public Policy

Formed: 1983 Dues: $10

The organized section on Public Policy is committed to producing rigorous empirical and theoretical knowledge of the processes and products of governing and the application of that knowledge to critical policy issues.

Web site: www.apsapolicysection.org

President: R. Kent Weaver, Georgetown University, weaverrk@ georgetown.edu

President-Elect: Anne L. Schneider, Arizona State University, anne. schneider@asu.edu

Secretary: David M. Hedge, University of Florida

Treasurer: David M. Hedge, University of Florida

Information Officer: Kenneth N. Bickers, University of Colorado

2007 Annual Meeting Program Chair: Anne L. Schneider, Arizona State University, anne.schneider@asu.edu

Executive Council: Brenda Bushouse, University of Massachusetts; William R. Lowry, Washington University; Karen Mossberger, University of Illinois at Chicago; Harry P Pachon, University of Southern California; Michael Howlett, Simon Fraser University; Antonia Maioni, McGill University; Amy Zegart, University of California, Los Angeles; Julian E. Zelizer, Boston University; Sally Cohen, Yale University; Dorothy Daley, Kansas University; Alan Jacobs, University of British Columbia; Joseph White, Case Western Reserve University

Award for Distinguished Contribution

The Award for Distinguished Contribution recognizes creative policy analysis that has had a significant influence on the course of American public policy.

Aaron Wildavsky Enduring Contribution Award

The Aaron Wildavsky Enduring Contribution Award given for a book or article published in the last 10 to 20 years that continues to influence the study of public policy.

Best Public Policy Paper Prize

Given to best paper presented at previous year's Annual Meeting.

Donald Campbell Award

Donald Campbell Award for an outstanding methodological innovator in public policy.

Excellence in Mentoring Award

This is the inaugural offering of this award, which recognizes excellence in mentoring junior scholars in the field of public policy.

Harold Lasswell Award

The Harold D. Lasswell prize is awarded annually by the American Political Science Association for the best dissertation in the field of public policy. It is co-sponsored by the Policy Studies Association and the APSA Public Policy Section.

Hubert H. Humphrey Award

For outstanding scholarship contributing to the understanding of the public policy practitioner.

Jeffrey Pressman Award

Jeffrey Pressman Award for the best article in Policy Studies Review.

Policy Studies Award

Policy Studies Award for the best policy studies paper presented at the Annual Meeting.

Theodore Lowi Award

Theodore Lowi Award for the best article in Policy Studies Journal.

Policy Currents

Web site: http://apsapolicysection.org/currents.html

Section 5: Political Organizations and Parties

Formed: 1983 Dues: $5

The organized section on Political Organizations and Parties works to further scholarship on American political parties, comparative political parties, and interest groups. We do this in a number of different ways. Through our meetings, workshops, newsletter, and web site, we provide a means of interaction and communication for like-minded scholars. At our annual workshop at the American Political Science Association Annual Meeting we work to train scholars in the use of various methods or databases, or to promote new research in a particular area. Our participation through the sections mechanism of the American Political Science Association allows us to be a voice for our members' interests within APSA. We also organize the panels in our subfields for the APSA Annual Meeting. Finally, we recognize excellence in scholarship with our awards for best book, best article, best APSA paper, career achievement, and emerging scholar. We are governed by the volunteer efforts of our officers and board. We're eager to reach out in new directions so let us hear your ideas!

Web site: www.apsanet.org/~pop

President: John H. Aldrich, Duke University, aldrich@duke.edu

Secretary: Holly Brasher, University of Alabama at Birmingham

Treasurer: Holly Brasher, University of Alabama at Birmingham

2007 Annual Meeting Program Chair: Philip Paolino, National Science Foundation, ppaolino@nsf.gov

Executive Council: Barry Burden, Harvard University; Marjorie Hershey, Indiana University, Bloomington; Kenneth Kollman, University of Michigan; Beth L. Leech, Rutgers University; Scott Ainsworth, University of Georgia; Lonna Rae Atkeson, University of New Mexico; Tom Carsey, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill; Kira Sanbonmatsu, Rutgers University

The Emerging Scholars Award

This award is given to a scholar who has received his or her Ph.D. within the last five years and whose career to date demonstrates unusual promise.

Jack Walker Award

This award “honors an article published in the last two calendar years that makes an outstanding contribution to research and scholarship on political organizations and parties.”

Leon Epstein Book Award

This award “honors a book published in the last two calendar years that makes an outstanding contribution to research and scholarship on political organizations and parties.”

POP/Party Politics Award

This award honors the best paper delivered on a Political Organizations and Parties-sponsored panel at the preceding APSA Annual Meeting. The award recipient is offered the opportunity to publish the paper in Party Politics.

Samuel Eldersveld Career Achievement Award

This award is “to honor a scholar whose lifetime professional work has made an outstanding contribution to the field.”

VOX POP Newsletter Editor: John C. Green, University of Akron, green@uakron.edu

Webmaster: Michael Brady, Duke University

Web site: www3.uakron.edu/bliss/voxpop/index.htm

Section 6: Public Administration

Formed: 1983 Dues: $8

The purpose of this section is to provide an arena in which individuals interested in public administration may exchange ideas, enhance their professional development, and act to ensure that activities of the APSA encompass their interests.

Web site: http://h-net.msu.edu/~pubadmin

Chair: Katherine C. Naff, San Francisco State University, kcnaff@ sfsu.edu

Chair-Elect: J. Edward Kellough, University of Georgia

Webmaster: Melvin J. Dubnick, University of New Hampshire

2007 Annual Meeting Program Chair: Julie Dolan, Macalester College, dolan@macalester.edu

Council: Dale Krane, University of Arizona; Donald P. Moynihan, Texas A&M University; Roddrick Colvin, John Jay College; Christine Roch, Georgia State University; Suzanne J. Piotrowski, Rutgers University, Newark; Charles Gossett, California State Polytechnic University; Roger Hartley, University of Arizona; Greg Saxton, SUNY at Brockport

Best Article Award

Given for the best article in the American Review of Public Administration.

Herbert Kaufman Award

The Herbert Kaufman Award is given for the best paper presented at the preceding year's APSA Annual Meeting.

Herbert A. Simon Book Award

The Herbert A. Simon Book Award conferred annually for the best book on public administration published in the last three to five years that has made a significant contribution to public administration scholarship.

Public Administration Section E-Newsletter

The APSA Public Administration Section's Electronic Newsletter

Web site: www2.h-net.msu.edu/~pubadmin/#sectnews

Section 7: Conflict Processes

Formed: 1984 Dues: $8

The purpose of this section is to be a forum for the study of any and all forms of political conflict both within and between nation-states.

Web site: www.apsanet.org/~conflict

President: D. Scott Bennett, Pennsylvania State University, sbennett@psu.edu

Treasurer: D. Scott Bennett, Pennsylvania State University, sbennett@psu.edu

2007 Annual Meeting Program Chair: Paul R. Hensel, Florida State University, phensel@garnet.acns.fsu.edu

Council: Errol A. Henderson, Pennsylvania State University; Scott Gates, PRIO; Kristian Gleditsch, University of California, San Diego; Sarah Mitchell, Iowa University; Michelle Benson, University of Buffalo; Bill Reed, Rice University

Best Book Award

Given annually for the best book in Conflict Processes that was published in the two calendar years prior to the year in which the award is given.

Web site: www.apsanet.org/~conflict/book.award.html

Lifetime Achievement Award

This award was created to honor lifetime achievement in the study of conflict and peace.

Web site: www.apsanet.org/~conflict/lta.award.html

Conflict Processes Newsletter

Web site: www.apsanet.org/~conflict/index.html#NEWSLETTER

Section 8: Representation and Electoral Systems

Formed: 1984 Dues: $5

The purpose of this section is to promote teaching and research in the areas of representation and electoral systems, and to encourage communication among persons interested in these fields within the Association and with related disciplines.

Chair: André Blais, Université de Montréal, andre.blais@UMontreal.CA

Secretary: Jason F. Kirksey, Oklahoma State University, jason. kirksey@okstate.edu

Treasurer: Jason F. Kirksey, Oklahoma State University, jason. kirksey@okstate.edu

2007 Annual Meeting Program Chair: Sarah Birch University of Essex, bircsi@essex.ac.uk

Council: Douglas Amy, Mount Holyoke College; Sarah Birch, University of Essex; André Blais, Université de Montréal; Gary W. Cox, University of California, San Diego; William Crotty, Northeastern University; Jason F. Kirksey, Oklahoma State University; Pippa Norris, Harvard University; Joseph Zimmerman, University of Albany

George H. Hallett Award

The George H. Hallett Award is presented annually to the author of a book published at least 10 years ago that has made a lasting contribution to the literature on representation and electoral systems.

Lawrence Longley Award

The Lawrence Longley Award is given for the best article published in the previous year.

Leon Weaver Award

The Leon Weaver Award given for the best paper presented at a panel sponsored by the Representation and Electoral Systems organized section.

Representation and Electoral Systems Newsletter

Section 9: Presidency Research

Formed: 1985 Dues: $10

The purpose of this section is to further research on the presidency and other political executives.

Web site: http://cstl-cla.semo.edu/renka/prg

Chair: Lori Cox Han, Chapman University, lhan@chapman.edu

Vice President/President Elect: Victoria A. Farrar-Myers, University of Texas, Arlington, victoria@uta.edu

Secretary: Charles E. Walcott, Virginia Polytechnic Institute

Treasurer: Charles E. Walcott, Virginia Polytechnic Institute

2007 Annual Meeting Program Chair: Meena Bose, Hofstra University

PRG Report Editor: Richard Powell, University of Maine

Board of Directors: Randall Adkins, University of Nebraska, Omaha; David Gray Adler, Idaho State University; Lydia Andrade, University of the Incarnate Word; Nancy Baker, New Mexico State University; Terri Bimes, Harvard University; James Campbell, University at Buffalo, SUNY; David B. Cohen, University of Akron; David Crockett, Trinity University; Brendan Doherty, University of California, Berkeley; Chris Dolan, University of Central Florida; Matthew Eshbaugh-Soha, University of North Texas; John Fortier, American Enterprise Institute; Karen Hoffman, Wheeling Jesuit University; Christopher S. Kelley, Miami University; Martha Joynt Kumar, Towson University; Andrew Rudalevige, Dickinson College; Steven Schier, Carleton College; Stephen Weatherford, University of California, Santa Barbara

Best Undergraduate Paper Award Founders

Best Graduate Student Paper Award

The Founders Award is given for the best paper presented by a graduate student at the previous year's Annual Meeting.

Founders Best Paper Award

The Founders Award is given for the best paper presented at the previous year's Annual Meeting.

Paul Peck Presidential Award

PRG, acting for APSA, is one of eight nominating organizations for the Paul Peck Presidential Awards. There are two awards, one for “portrayal of a president,” and the other for “service to a president.” PRG may nominate a maximum of four people per award. The Paul Peck Presidential Awards are part of the Paul Peck Presidential Initiative at the National Portrait Gallery.

Web site: www.npg.si.edu/event2/initiative5.htm

PRG Career Service Award Richard E. Neustadt Best Book Award

The Richard E. Neustadt Award given for the best book published during the year that contributed to research and scholarship in the field of American presidency.

PRG Report

Section 11: Religion and Politics

Formed: 1986 Dues: $8

The purpose of this section is to encourage the study of religions and politics by political scientists including issues of church and state, law, morality, political behavior, social justice, and the contributions of faith to political understanding.

Web site: www.denison.edu/~djupe/relpol/index.html

Chair: Elizabeth A. Oldmixon, University of North Texas, oldmixon@unt.edu

Secretary: Daniel J. B. Hofrenning, St. Olaf College, dhofrenn@stolaf.edu

Treasurer: Daniel J. B. Hofrenning, St. Olaf College, dhofrenn@stolaf.edu

2007 Annual Meeting Program Chair: J. Peter Pham, James Madison University, phamjp@jmu.edu

Executive Council: Geoff Layman, University of Maryland; Deina Abdelkader, Islamic Jurisprudential Council of North America; Ed Cleary, Providence College; Kim Conger, Iowa State University; Mary Segers, Rutgers University, Newark

Aaron Wildavsky Dissertation Award

The Aaron Wildavsky Award for the best dissertation on religion and politics.

Web site: http://staging.denison.edu/~djupe/relpol/index.html

Best Paper Award

The Best Paper Award for the best paper dealing with religion and politics presented at the previous year's APSA Annual Meeting.

Web site: http://staging.denison.edu/~djupe/relpol/index.html

Best Publication Award

Religion and Politics Section Newsletter Editor:

Maurice M. Eisenstein, Purdue University, Calumet, m_eisens@calumet.purdue.edu

Section 13: Urban Politics

Formed: 1986 Dues: $10

The purpose of the section is to promote interest in teaching and research in urban politics and policy. The section seeks to encourage communication among persons interested in urban politics within the Association and within related disciples.

Web site: http://www.apsanet.org/~urban

President: Wilbur Rich, Wellesley College, wrich@wellesley.edu

President-Elect: Richard Stren, University of Toronto (Emeritus), rstren@gmail.com

Secretary: Karen Mossberger, University of Illinois at Chicago

Treasurer: Karen Mossberger, University of Illinois at Chicago

2007 Program Chairs: Judith Garber, University of Alberta, judith. garber@ualberta.edu; J. Edwin Benton, University of South Florida, jbenton@cas.usf.edu

Council: J. Edwin Benton, University of South Florida; Susan Baer, San Diego State University; Regina Freer, Occidental College; Lorraine Minnite, Barnard College; Sharon Austin, University of Florida; Lenneal Henderson, University of Baltimore; Janice Bockmeyer, City University of New York; Julie-Anne Boudreau, University of Quebec; Peter F. Burns, Loyola University-New Orleans; Richard C. Feiock, Florida State University; Michael Owens, Emory University; Takashi Tsukamoto, University of North Carolina, Greensboro

Best Book Award

Best Book Award for the best book on urban politics published in the previous year.

Best Book in Urban Politics within Five Years

Best Dissertation Award

The Best Dissertation Award is given annually for the best dissertation on urban politics accepted in the previous year.

Byran Jackson Dissertation Research on Minority Politics Award

Bryan Jackson Award for outstanding scholarship by a graduate student in the area of race and urban politics.

Best Paper Award

Best Paper Award for the best paper given at an Urban Politics Section panel at the previous year's APSA Annual Meeting.

Norton Long Career Achievement Award

Norton Long Career Achievement Award for a profound and lasting impact on the field of urban politics.

Norton Long Young Scholars

Norton Long Young Scholars recognition given via poster session presentations at APSA Annual Meeting.

Special Award

Special Award for contributions to urban political theory.

Special Award for Best Book on Urban Policy

Special Award for Best Book on Urban Policy for the best book on a special topic within the field of urban politics.

Urban News Newsletter Editor:

Baodong (Paul) Liu, University of Wisconsin, liu@uwash.edu

Web site: http://apsanet.org/~urban

Section 15: Science, Technology & Environmental Politics

Formed: 1986 Dues: $8

The purpose of this section is to stimulate fundamental inquiry on science, technology, and environmental issues as political phenomena.

Web site: www.apsanet.org/section_320

Chair: J.P. Singh, Georgetown University, jps6@georgetown.edu

Secretary/Treasurer: Patrick W. Hamlett, North Carolina State University

2007 Annual Meeting Program Chair: Andrea K. Gerlak, University of Arizona, agerlak@email.arizona.edu

Executive Council: Mark Lubell, University of California, Davis; J. P. Singh, Georgetown University; Judy Layzer, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Renee Marlin-Bennet, American University; Pamela Strickler, California State University, San Marcos; Bruce Bimber, University of California, Santa Barbara; Patrick Hamlett, North Carolina State University

Best Paper Award

Best Paper Award in the field of Science, Technology, and Environmental Studies.

Web site: www.apsanet.org/~step/awards.htm

Don K. Price Award

Don K. Price Award for the best book on science, technology, and environmental politics published in the last year.

Lynton Keith Caldwell Prize

The Lynton Keith Caldwell Prize for the best book on environmental politics and policy published in the past three years.

Virginia M. Walsh Dissertation Award

The Virginia Walsh Dissertation Award, named in honor of a young scholar who tragically passed away last year, is given for the best dissertations in the field of science, technology, and environmental politics.

STEP Ahead Newsletter

Web site: www.apsanet.org/~step/newsletter.htm

Section 16: Women and Politics Research

Formed: 1986 Dues: $25

The purpose of this section is to foster the study of women and politics within the discipline of political science.

Web site: www.apsanet.org/~wpol

President: Karen O'Connor, American University, oconn@american. edu

President-Elect/2007 Annual Meeting Program Chair: Kira Sanbonmatsu, Rutgers University, sanbon@rci.rutgers.edu

President-Elect, Elect: Debra J. Liebowitz, Drew University, dliebowi@drew.edu

Secretary: Kathleen Dolan, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee

Treasurer: Debra J. Liebowitz, Drew University, dliebowi@drew.edu

Council: Ange-Marie Hancock, Yale University; Sonia Kruks, Oberlin University; Julia Jordan Zachery, Howard University; Holloway Sparks, Emory University

Best Dissertation Prize

The Best Dissertation Prize for the best dissertation on women and politics. To be eligible, a dissertation must be completed and successfully defended in the previous calendar year.

Web site: www.apsanet.org/~wpol/awards.htm

Best Paper Award

The Best Paper Award presented for the best paper presented at the previous year's Annual Meeting in the field of women and politics.

Web site: www.apsanet.org/~wpol/awards.htm

Best Article Award

The Victoria Schuck prize is awarded annually by APSA for the best book published on women and politics in the previous year. It carries a prize of $500. Publishers should send a copy of nominated books to each member of the award committee.

Web site: www.apsanet.org/~wpol/awards.htm

Politics and Gender

Politics and Gender is designed as a new quarterly peer-reviewed academic journal. The aim is to publish groundbreaking essays, provoke lively debate, stimulate original research, and generate cutting-edge scholarship.

Section 17: Foundations of Political Thought

Formed: 1987 Dues: $10

The Foundations of Political Theory section exists to advance the linkage of political theory and philosophy with political science as a discipline. Foundations recognizes and encourages research and teaching that crosses intellectual and disciplinary boundaries. It stands at and seeks to support the intersection where philosophical, psychological, normative, and empirical approaches and problems meet. Foundations, as the name suggests, aims to study the more permanent dimensions of political life ranging from the design of institutions and political practices to the terms and concepts used to interpret the former.

Web site: www.political-theory.org

Chair: Michael T. Gibbons, University of South Florida, mgibbons@cas.usf.edu

Treasurer: Stephen T. Leonard, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, sleonard@E.unc.edu

Newsletter Editor: George Klosko, University of Virginia, gk@ virginia.edu

Webmaster: Jan Meine, Leipzig University, mail@janmeine.de

2007 Annual Meeting Program Chair: Lisa J. Disch University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, ldisch@polisci.umn.edu

Council: Wendy Brown, University of California, Berkeley; Thomas L. Dumm, Amherst College; Nancy J. Hirschmann, University of Pennsylvania; Leslie Paul Thiele, University of Florida; Stephen K. White, University of Virginia; Elizabeth Wingrove, University of Michigan

Best Paper Award

The Best Paper Award given for the best paper presented on a Foundations panel at the previous year's Annual Meeting.

David Easton Award

The David Easton Award recognizes a book that broadens the horizons of contemporary political science by engaging issues of philosophical significance in political life through any of a variety of approaches in the social sciences and humanities.

First Book Award

The First Book Award recognizes the best first book published in the previous year by a scholar in the early stages of his or her career in the area of political theory/philosophy.

Foundations of Political Theory Newsletter

Section 18: Information Technology and Politics

Formed: 1988 Dues: $5

The purpose of this section is to provide a forum for members with an interest in the use of computers, the Internet, and multimedia in teaching, research, and policy applications in political science and all related subfields and disciplines.

Web site: www.apsanet.org/~itp

Chair: Kenneth S. Rogerson, Duke University, rogerson@pps.duke. edu

Chair-Elect: Renee Marlin-Bennett, American University, rmarlin@ american.edu

Chair-Elect, Elect: Derrick L. Cogburn, Syracuse University, dcogburn@syr.edu

Secretary: Cecilia G. Manrique, University of Wisconsin, La Crosse, manrique.ceci@uwlax.edu

Treasurer: Cecilia G. Manrique, University of Wisconsin, La Crosse, manrique.ceci@uwlax.edu

2007 Annual Meeting Program Chair: Renee Marlin-Bennett, American University, rmarlin@american.edu

2008 Annual Meeting Program Chair: Derrick L. Cogburn, Syracuse University, dcogburn@syr.edu

Council: Jongpil Chung, Huanzhong University of Science & Technology; Ernest Wilson, University of Maryland; Patrick Hamlett, North Carolina State University; Nanette Levinson, American University; Priscilla Regan, George Mason University

Best Instructional Software Award

Recognizing a work that enhances the teaching of political science through the use of technology.

Best Research Software Award

Recognizes a work that contributes to the furtherance and improvement of research in the field.

Best Instructional Political Science Website Award

Best Graduate Student Paper Award

The Best Graduate Student Paper Award recognizes the best, sole-authored conference paper written by a political science graduate student working in the area of information technology and politics. The competition is for the current year's papers (presented at a APSA Annual Meeting in the calendar year 2005). The winner will receive a certificate and a check for the cost of one year's membership in the APSA and the ITP section.

Best Information Technology & Politics Article Award

The Best Published Article Award recognizes the best scholarly article published about information technology and politics. The contest is limited to articles published in the calendar year 2005. The winner will receive a certificate and a check for the cost of one year's membership in the APSA and the ITP section.

Instructional Web Application Award

Outstanding Political Science Computer Software Award

Outstanding Political Science Computer Software Award recognizes excellence in the creation of political science computer software for classroom or research applications.

ITP Newsletter

Web site: http://lilt.ilstu.edu/gmklass/ITPnews

Newsletter Editor: Stuart W. Shulman, University of Pittsburgh, shulman@pitt.edu

Section 19: International Security and Arms Control

Formed: 1988 Dues: $8

The purpose of this section is to encourage research and scholarship in international security and arms control, providing an opportunity for presentation of papers and discussion of theoretical and empirical work at APSA section meetings.

Web site: www.intlsecurity.org

President: James J. Wirtz, Naval Postgraduate School, jwirtz@nps.edu

President-Elect: Jeffrey A. Larsen, University of Denver, larsenj@saic.com

Treasurer: Paul R. Viotti, University of Denver, pviotti@du.edu

Board Members: Karen Ruth Adams, University of Montana; Jeffrey Larsen, SAIC; Dave Sako, USAF Academy; Chris Demchak, University of Arizona; Pete Dombrowski, Naval War College; Andrew Dorman, Kings College London; T. V. Paul, McGill University; Dan Caldwell, Pepperdine University; Christopher Carr, Air War College; David Goldfischer, University of Denver

Joseph J. Kruzel Memorial Award for Public Service

Joseph J. Kruzel Memorial Award for Public Service is given to memorialize Joseph Kruzel, a security studies scholar killed while on a diplomatic mission to Bosnia.

Section 20: Comparative Politics

Formed: 1988 Dues: $8

The purpose of this section is to promote the comparative, especially cross-national, study of politics and to integrate work of comparativists, area studies specialists, and those interested in American politics.

President: Sidney Tarrow, Cornell University, sgt2@cornell.edu

Vice President: Peter A. Gourevitch, University of California, San Diego, pgourevitch@ucsd.edu

Treasurer: Karen L. Remmer, Duke University, remmer@duke.edu

At-Large Executive Committee Members: Elisabeth Wood, Yale University; Isabela Mares, Columbia University

Data Set Award

Data Set Award, for a publicly available data set that has made an important contribution to the field of comparative politics.

Luebbert Best Article Award

The Luebbert Article Award is given for the best article in the field of comparative politics published in the previous two years.

Luebbert Best Book Award

The Luebbert Book Award is given for the best book in the field of comparative politics published in the previous two years.

Sage Best Paper Award

The Sage Best Paper Award is given to the best paper in the field of comparative politics presented at the previous year's

Section 21: European Politics and Society

Formed: 1989 Dues: $10

The purpose of the section is to promote comparative discussion, research, and debate about the changing sociology of politics, the state, and social structures in modern Western Europe.

Web site: www.apsanet.org/~ep

Chair: Christopher J. Anderson, Cornell University, cja22@cornell. edu

Chair-Elect: Jonas Pontusson, Princeton University

Treasurer: Karl C. Kaltenthaler, University of Akron

2007 Annual Meeting Program Chair: Paulette Kurzer, University of Arizona, kurzer@arizona.edu

Webmaster: Leonard Ray, Louisana State University

EPS Newsletter Editor: Mark A. Pollack, University of Wisconsin, pollack@polisci.wisc.edu

Council: Christopher Anderson, Cornell University; Tanja Borzel, Free University Berlin; Valerie Bunce, Cornell University; Mark Franklin, Trinity College; Karl Kaltenthaler, University of Akron; Kees van Kersbergen, Free University Amsterdam; Isabela Mares, Stanford University; Jonas Pontusson, Princeton University; Milada Anna Vachudova, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

Best Book Award

The Best Book Award is given for the best book on European Politics and society published in the previous year.

Ernst B. Haas Best Dissertation Award

The Ernst B. Haas Best Dissertation Award is given for the best dissertation on European Politics and Society filed during the previous year.

Best Paper Award

The Best Paper Award is given for the best paper presented at a panel sponsored by the section at the most recent Annual Meeting.

European Politics and Society Newsletter

Section 22: State Politics and Policy

Formed: 1989 Dues: $27

The purpose to this section is to further our understanding of the American states including their institutions, political actors, policies, and local, national, and international influence.

Web site: www.fsu.edu/~statepol

President: Melinda Gann Hall, Michigan State University, hallme@msu.edu

Secretary: Thomas M. Carsey, Florida State University, tcarsey@fsu.edu

Treasurer: Thomas M. Carsey, Florida State University, tcarsey@fsu.edu

Newsletter Editor: Thomas M. Carsey, Florida State University, tcarsey@fsu.edu

2007 Annual Meeting Program Chair: Thad Kousser, University of California, San Diego, tkousser@weber.ucsd.edu

Council: Kerry Haynie, Duke University; Cherie Maestas, Florida State University; Paul Teske, University of Colorado, Denver; Frederick Boehmke, University of Iowa; Nancy Martorano, University of Dayton; Charles Shipan, University of Michigan

Best Graduate Student Paper Award

The Best Graduate Student Paper Award for the best paper on state and politics given at the previous year's APSA Annual Meeting by a graduate student.

Best Paper Award

The Best Paper Award for the best paper on state politics given at the previous year's APSA Annual Meeting.

Career Achievement Award

The Career Achievement Award given every biennium to a political scientist who has made a significant lifetime contribution to the study of politics and public policies in the American states.

State Politics and Policy Section Newsletter

Web site: www.fsu.edu/~statepol/section/news.htm

State Politics and Policy Quarterly

The mission of State Politics and Policy Quarterly is to stimulate research on state politics and policy and to provide an institutional structure for development of a progressive and coherent research agenda in the field.

Web site: http://cspl.uis.edu/InstituteForLegislativeStudies/SPPQ

Editors, State Politics and Policy Quarterly: Richard Winters, Dartmouth College; Ronald Weber, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee; David Lowery, University of Leiden

Section 23: Political Communication

Formed: 1989 Dues: $8

The purpose of this section is to foster the study of political communications within the discipline of political science including research on mass media, telecommunications policy, new media technologies, and the process of communicating and understanding.

Web site: www.apsanet.org/~polcomm

Chair: Gadi Wolfsfeld, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, msgadi@ mscc.huji.ac.il

Vice Chair: Diana Owen, Georgetown University, owend@georgetown.edu

Secretary: Dianne G. Bystrom, Iowa State University, dbystrom@iastate.edu

Treasurer: Dianne G. Bystrom, Iowa State University, dbystrom@iastate.edu

Chair Nominations Committee: J. Cherie Strachan, SUNY, Albany, strachan@albany.edu

Newsletter Editor: David M. Ryfe, Middle Tennessee State, dryfe@ mtsu.edu

2007 Annual Meeting Program Chair: Kim L. Fridkin, Arizona State University, fridkin@asu.edu

2008 Annual Meeting Program Chair: Dietram Scheufele University of Wisconsin, Madison, scheufele@journalism.wisc.edu

At-Large Members of Executive Committee: Patricia Moy, University of Washington; Darrell West, Brown University; Christina Holtz-Bacha, University of Erlangen-Nuernberg

Best Graduate Student Paper Award Murray Edelman Distinguished Career Award

The Murray Edelman Distinguished Career Award for lifetime contribution to the study of political communication.

Doris Graber Award

Awarded to the best book published on political communication in the last ten years

Web site: www.apsanet.org/~polcomm/awards.htm

Paul Lazarsfeld Best Paper Award

Awarded to the best paper on political communication presented at the previous year's APSA Annual Meeting.

Political Communication Report

The Section Newsletter is published in winter, spring, and fall.

Web site: www.apsanet.org/~polcomm/newsletter.htm

Section 24: Politics and History

Formed: 1989 Dues: $8

The purpose of this section is to bring together political scientists interested in historical issues and problems drawing from almost every traditional disciplinary subfield.

Web site: www.h-net.msu.edu/~apsaph

Chair: Victoria Hattam, New School University, hattam@earthlink. net

Chair-Elect: Kathleen Thelen, Northwestern University, thelen@ northwestern.edu

Secretary: David B. Robertson, University of Missouri, St. Louis, daverobertson@umsl.edu

Treasurer: David B. Robertson, University of Missouri, St. Louis, daverobertson@umsl.edu

Newsletter Editor: David B. Robertson, University of Missouri, St. Louis, daverobertson@umsl.edu

Council: Andrea Campbell, Massachusetts Institue of Technology; Jacob Hacker, Yale University; David Hart, George Mason University; Sven Steinmo, University of Colorado; Daniel Tichenor, Rutgers University; Dorian Warren, Columbia University; Adam Sheingate, Johns Hopkins University; Eric Patashnick, University of Virginia

J. David Greenstone Book Prize

Given for the best book in history and politics in the past two calendar years.

Mary Parker Follett Prize

The Mary Parker Follett Prize for the best article on politics and history published in the previous year.

CLIO Newsletter of Politics and History

Clio, the newsletter of the Politics and History section, is published twice a year and is available to Politics and History section members of the APSA.

Web site: www.h-net.msu.edu/~apsaph/clio.htm

Section 25: Political Economy

Formed: 1990 Dues: $7

The purpose of this section is to promote teaching and research that integrates politics and economics.

Web site: www.apsanet.org/~polecon

Chair: Jeffry Frieden, Harvard University, jfrieden@harvard.edu

Secretary: Robert J. Franzese, Jr., University of Michigan, franzese@umich.edu

Treasurer: Robert J. Franzese, Jr., University of Michigan, franzese@umich.edu

Co Editor, The Political Economist: William T. Bernhard, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, bernhard@uiuc.edu; J. Lawrence Broz, University of California-San Diego, jlbroz@weber.ucsd.edu; Matthew Gabel, Washington University in St. Louis, mgabel@artsci. wustl.edu; Randall L. Calvert, Washington University in St. Louis, calvert@wustl.edu

2007 Annual Meeting Program Chairs: Irfan Nooruddin, Ohio State University, nooruddin.3@osu.edu; Craig Volden, Ohio State University, volden.2@osu.edu

Council: Jim D. Fearon, Stanford University; Nolan M. McCarty, Princeton University; Layna Mosley, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill; Scott Gehlbach, University of Wisconsin; Cathie Jo Martin, Boston University; Beatriz Magaloni, Stanford University

Best Paper Award

The Best Paper Award is given for the best paper in Political Economy presented at the previous year's APSA Annual Meeting.

Best Published Word Award

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.

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.

The Political Economist Newsletter

Web site: www.apsanet.org/~polecon/newsletter.html

Section 27: New Political Science

Formed: 1992 Dues: $5

The purpose of this section is to help make the study of politics relevant to the struggle for a better world.

Web site: www.apsanet.org/~new

Chairs: Christine A. Kelly, William Paterson University, kellyc@ wpunj.edu; and Alethia Jones, SUNY-Albany, ajones@albany.edu

Secretary: Meredith Reid Sarkees, Saint Mary's College, msarkees@ saintmarys.edu

Treasurer: Meredith Reid Sarkees, Saint Mary's College, msarkees@saintmarys.edu

2007 Annual Meeting Program Chair: R. Claire Snyder, George Mason University, rcsnyder@gmu.edu

2008 Annual Meeting Program Chair: Clyde W. Barrow, University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth, cbarrow@umassd.edu

Executive Council: Laura Katz Olson, Lehigh University; Michael Forman, University of Washington, Tacoma

Christian Bay Award

The Christian Bay Award for a New Political Science paper presented at the previous year's Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association.

Richard Cloward and Frances Fox Piven Award

The Richard Cloward and Frances Fox Piven Award for an activist group, in the region of the Annual Meeting, that puts the ideals of the New Political Science section, “to make the study of politics relevant to the struggle for a better world,” into practice.

Charles A. McCoy Career Achievement Award

The Charles A. McCoy Career Achievement Award for a progressive political scientist who has had a long, successful career as a writer, teacher, and activist.

Michael Harrington Book Award

The Michael Harrington Book Award is given for an outstanding book that demonstrates how scholarship can be used in the struggle for a better world.

Editor, New Political Science: Joseph G. Peschek, Hamline University

Web site: www.tandf.co.uk/journals/carfax/07393148.html

Section 28: Political Psychology

Formed: 1993 Dues: $8

The purpose of this section to facilitate communication across subfields and disciplinary boundaries among individuals interested in the relationship between political and psychological processes.

Chair: Arthur Lupia, University of Michigan, lupia@umich.edu

Chair-Elect: Howard Lavine, SUNY, Stony Brook, howard.lavine@ sunysb.edu

Treasurer: David P. Redlawsk, University of Iowa, david-redlawsk@ uiowa.edu

Communications Director: Jennifer Jerit, Florida State University

At-Large Member: Penny Visser, University of Chicago

2007 Annual Meeting Program Chair: James N. Druckman, Northwestern University, druckman@northwestern.edu

Past Chair and Member of the Council: Ann N. Crigler, University of Southern California

Best Dissertation Award

Given for the best dissertation in political psychology filed during the previous year.

Robert E. Lane Award

The Robert E. Lane Award for the best book in political psychology published in the past year.

Newsletter

Section 29: Undergraduate Education

Formed: 1993 Dues: $5

The purpose of this section is both to promote exemplary undergraduate teaching within the political science discipline and to the scholarship of teaching. The section is especially dedicated to increasing the use of innovative teaching methods, particularly those tooted in experience (internships, service learning, simulations, and study abroad).

Web site: www.iupui.edu/~ueweb/

Chair: Michelle D. Deardorff, Jackson State University, michelle.d.d eardorff@jsums.edu

Vice-Chair: Kerstin Hamann, University of Central Florida, khamann@mail.ucf.edu

Secretary: Johnny Goldfinger, Indiana University, jgoldfin@iupui.edu

Treasurer: Johnny Goldfinger, Indiana University, jgoldfin@iupui.edu

2007 Annual Meeting Program Chair: Scott Erb, University of Maine-Farmington, scotterb@maine.edu

Council: Elizabeth Williams, Santa Fe Community College; Quentin Kidd, Christopher Newport University; Elizabeth Bennion, Indiana University, South Bend; Jeff Bernstein, Eastern Michigan University; Andrew Oros, Washington College

Editors, Journal of Political Science Education: John Ishiyama, Truman State University, jishiyam@truman.edu; Marijke Breuning, Truman State University, mbreunin@truman.edu

Editor, Political Science Educator (Newsletter): Michelle D. Deardorff, Jackson State University

Best Paper Presentation Award

The Best Paper Presentation Award for the best presentation on undergraduate education at the past year's APSA Annual Meeting.

Lifetime Achievement Award

The Lifetime Achievement Award is given to a person whose lifetime contributions to political science have had a significant impact on undergraduate education.

Political Science Educator

Journal of Political Science Education

Web site: www.tandf.co.uk/journals/titles/15512169.asp

Section 30: Politics, Literature, and Film

Formed: 1993 Dues: $5

The study of literature and film offers political scientists a particularly stimulating mode of inquiry into political institutions and principles, and into the ways of life that sustain them and are, in turn, shaped by them. Indeed, the creation of this division is itself a sign of the complex and changing landscape of the study of politics. The section explores the way in which literature—broadly understood to include film and other literary genres—provides unique insights into the nature of political life and the study of politics.

Web site: www.apsanet.org/~politicsandlit

Chair: Lisa Pace Vetter, American University, lvetter@american.edu

Chair-Elect: Peter Josephson, Saint Anselm College, pjosephs@ anselm.edu

Secretary: Natalie Taylor, Skidmore College, ntaylor@skidmore.edu

Treasurer: Natalie Taylor, Skidmore College, ntaylor@skidmore.edu

2007 Annual Meeting Program Chair: Lisa Pace Vetter, American University, lvetter@american.edu

Executive Council: David Whiteman, University of South Carolina; Mary P. Nichols, Baylor University; Lilly Goren, Carroll College

Wilson Carey McWilliams Best Paper Award

Given for the best paper presented at the previous year's APSA Annual Meeting.

Politics and Literature Newsletter

Web site: www.apsanet.org/~politicsandlit/newsletters.html

Section 31: Foreign Policy

Formed: 1993 Dues: $5

The section on Foreign Policy is the organization for those interested in multilevel approaches to the study of international relations. The section emphasizes individual, role, organizational, bureauratic, societal, and/or state as well as situational and system level variables in foreign policy analyses. Members of the section employ a wide range of approaches, including historical, normative, rational, behavioral, liberal, institutional, psychological, and constructivist. Section members emphasize comparative as well as American studies of foreign policy. And the Section recognizes the contributions of practitioners as well as academics in a broad range of professions and disciplines, e.g., communications, economics, diplomacy, government, history, political science, public opinion polling, philosophy, psychology, and sociology.

Web site: www.apsanet.org/~fp

Chair: Miriam Fendius Elman, Arizona State University, miriam.elman@asu.edu; and Patrick James, University of Missouri, jamesp@missouri.edu

Chair-Elect: Alfred Cooper Drury, University of Missouri, drury@ missouri.edu

Secretary: Carolyn C. James, Stephens College, ccjames1@msn.com

Treasurer: Carolyn C. James, Stephens College, ccjames1@msn. com

2007 Annual Meeting Program Chair: Alfred Cooper Drury, University of Missouri, drury@missouri.edu

Council: Jay Parker, Center for the Study of the Presidency; Marijke Breuning, Truman State University; Jeffrey Fields, University of Southern California; Cameron Thies, University of Missouri

Best Graduate Student Paper Award

Panel chairs from any division are invited to nominate outstanding graduate student papers presented at the APSA Annual Meeting that are relevant to the study of foreign policy. Nominations should be sent to the Foreign Policy section chair.

Best Paper Award

The Best Paper on foreign policy presented at the previous year's APSA Annual Meeting.

Section 32: Elections, Public Opinion, and Voting Behavior

Formed: 1994 Dues: $8

The purpose of this section is to promote interest in teaching and research on elections, electoral behavior, public opinion, voting turnout, and political participation, both within the United State and in comparative perspective.

Web site: www.apsanet.org/~elections

President: Robert Huckfeldt, University of California, Davis, rhuckfeldt@ucdavis.edu

Vice-President: Alan S. Zuckerman, Brown University, alan_zuckerman@brown.edu

Communications Director: Caroline Tolbert, University of Iowa, caroline-tolbert@uiowa.edu

Treasurer: David Campbell, University of Notre Dame, dave_campbell@nd.edu

2007 Annual Meeting Program Chairs: Lonna Rae Atkeson, University of New Mexico, atkeson@unm.edu; William G. Jacoby, Michigan State University, jacoby@msu.edu

2008 Annual Meeting Program Chairs: Jan Leighley, University of Arizona, leighley@email.arizona.edu; Stephen P. Nicholson, University of California, Merced, snicholson@ucmerced.edu

Council: William Jacoby, University of South Carolina; Holli Semetko, Emory University; Andre Blais, University of Montreal; Claudine Gay, Harvard University; Jonathan Nagler, New York University; Matthew Wilson, Southern Methodist University

Best Paper Award

The Best Paper Award is given for the best paper delivered at the previous year's APSA Annual Meeting.

Emerging Scholar Award

The Emerging Scholar Award is awarded to the top scholar in the field who is within 10 years of her or his Ph.D.

Philip E. Converse Book Award

The Philip E. Converse Book Award is given for an outstanding book in the field published at least five years before.

Warren E. Miller Award

The Warren E. Miller Prize is awarded every two or three years for an outstanding career of intellectual accomplishment and service to the profession in the Elections, Public Opinion, and Voting Behavior field.

Section 33: Race, Ethnicity and Politics

Formed: 1995 Dues: $8

The purpose of this section is to foster communication among scholars, recognize leadership in the field, facilitate research and publication opportunities, encourage undergraduate and student interest, and create a permanent forum for developing and refining appropriate theoretical models in the study of race and ethnicity.

Web site: www.apsanet.org/~rep

Co-Chairs: Paula Mohan, University of Wisconsin, Whitewater, mohanp@uww.edu; John G. Bretting, University of Texas, El Paso, jbretting@utep.edu

Secretary: Russell Benjamin, Northeastern Illinois University, rusbenjamin@yahoo.com

Treasurer: Julia S. Jordan-Zachery, Howard University, jjordanzachery@howard.edu

Listserv Editor: Paula Mohan, University of Wisconsin, Whitewater

Newsletter Editors: Kim Geron, California State University, Hayward, kgeron@csuhayward.edu; and David Leal, University of Texas, Austin, dleal@gov.utexas.edu

Executive Council: Julia Jordon-Zachery, Howard University; Manuel Avalos, Arizona State University, West Campus; Karthick Ramakrishnan, University of California, Riverside; Lisa Garcia Bedolla, University of California, Irvine; Angela Lewis, University of Alabama at Birmingham; Robert Brown, Emory University; Elizabeth Wabindato, Northern Arizona University; Janelle Wong, University of Southern California; Melissa Michaelson, University of California, East Bay; Jessica Monforti, University of Texas, Pan American

Graduate Student Issues Committee: Kouslaa Kessler-Mata, University of Chicago; Elizabeth Bejarano, University of Iowa; Byron Pacheco Miller, Harvard University; Bettie Ray, Texas A & M University

Best Book Award

The Best Book Award is given for the best book in the field of race, ethnicity, and politics.

Best Dissertation Award

The Best Dissertation Award is given for the best American dissertation on race, ethnicity, and politics accepted in the previous year.

Best Comparative Dissertation Award

The Best Comparative Dissertation Award is given for the best comparative dissertation on race, ethnicity, and politics of the previous year.

Best Paper Award

The Best Paper Award is given for the best paper on race, ethnicity, and politics presented at the previous year's APSA Annual Meeting.

Race, Ethnicity and Politics Section Newsletter

Website: www.apsanet.org/~rep/section_newsletter.htm

Section 34: International History and Politics

Formed: 1999 Dues: $5

The purpose of this section is to promote the study of international history and politics, to disseminate research results; to encourage interdisciplinary conversations between political scientists and historians, and to advance the development, dissemination, integration, and application of qualitative and historiographical methodologies.

Web site: www.asu.edu/clas/polisci/ihap

President: Emily O. Goldman, University of California, Davis, eogoldman@ucdavis.edu

Vice-President: John M. Owen IV, University of Virginia, jmo4n@ virginia.edu

Secretary: Colin Elman, Arizona State University, colin.elman@asu. edu

Treasurer: Colin Elman, Arizona State University, colin.elman@asu.edu

2007 Annual Meeting Program Chair: Jeffrey W. Legro, University of Virginia, legro@virginia.edu

Robert L. Jervis and Paul W. Schroeder Prize

The Robert L. Jervis and Paul W. Schroeder Prize for the best book on international history and politics published in the previous two years.

Section 35: Comparative Democratization

Formed: 2000 Dues: $8

The Comparative Democratization section exists to promote the analysis of the origins, processes, and outcomes of democratization among nations, spur communication among political scientists whose scholarship focuses on particular world regions, and stimulate greater involvement within APSA of political scientists working in various areas like Africa, the Middle East, Latin America, the Far East, Europe, and the countries of the former Soviet Union.

Web site: www.ned.org/apsa-cd/home.html

Chair: Jonathan Hartlyn, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, hartlyn@unc.edu

Vice-Chair: Catherine Boone, University of Texas, Austin, cboone@mail.la.utexas.edu

Secretary: Ellen M. Lust-Okar, Yale University, ellen.lust-okar@yale.edu

Treasurer: Michael J. Coppedge, University of Notre Dame, coppedge.1@nd.edu

Newsletter Editor: Melissa Aten, National Endowment for Democracy

2007 Annual Meeting Program Chair: Valerie Bunce, Cornell University, vjb2@cornell.edu

Best Article Award

Best Article Award given for the best article published on Comparative Democratization within the last year.

Best Book Award

Best Book Award for the best single authored, multi-authored, or edited book on comparative democratization published in the previous year.

Best Field Work Award

Juan Linz Best Dissertation Award

Comparative Democratization Section Newsletter

Section 36: Human Rights

Formed: 2000 Dues: $8

The section on Human Rights was established to encourage scholarship and facilitate exchange of data and research findings on all components of human rights (e.g., civil, political, economic, social, cultural, environmental), their relationship, determinants and consequences of human rights policies, structure and influence of human rights organizations, development, implementation, and impact on international conventions, and changes in the international human rights regime.

Web site: www.apsahrs.org

President: James M. McCormick, Iowa State University, jmmcc@ iastate.edu

President-Elect: Julie Mertus, American University, mertus@american.edu

Vice President: Julie Mertus, American University, mertus@american.edu

Vice President-Elect: Lillan A. Barria, Eastern Illinois University

Secretary: Bethany Barratt, Roosevelt University

Treasurer: Susanna D. Wing, Haverford College, swing@haverford. edu

2007 Annual Meeting Program Chair: Julie Mertus, American University, mertus@american.edu

Executive Council: Mark Gibney, University of North Carolina, Asheville; James McCormick, Iowa State University; Rhonda Calla-way, Rochester Institute of Technology; Julie Mertus, American University; Bethany Barratt, Roosevelt University; Lilian Barria, Eastern Illinois University; Julie Harrelson-Stephens, Stephen F. Austin State University; Melissa Scheier, University of Houston; Clair Apodaca, Florida International University

Best Book Award

The competition is open to all books on human rights that were written by a political scientist and published in the previous two years. Nominations are due by April 30.

Best Dissertation Award

Political science dissertations that focus on human rights and completed and accepted in the previous two calendar years are eligible for the award competition. Copies of the nominated dissertation and a letter of support from the dissertation Chair, which should specify the contribution of the work to the field of human rights within no more than 1,000 words, should be received by members of the Dissertation Award Committee by April 30.

Human Rights Section Newsletter

Web site: www.apsahrs.org/newsletter.htm