Bloomington, IN - April 27, 2017 - The Midwest Political Science Association announced fourteen award recipients at its annual MPSA Business Meeting earlier this month at the Palmer House Hilton in Chicago. Awards committees select the winners from among nominations made by chairs, discussants and section heads at the previous year's conference.
Best Paper by an Emerging Scholar - Honoring the best paper, regardless of field or topic, by a scholar or scholars who has or have received the terminal degree(s) within six years of the year in which the paper was presented.
Vigilante Mobilization and Local Order: Evidence from Mexico
Javier Osorio, City University of New York
Livia I. Schubiger, London School of Economics
Michael Weintraub, Binghamton University, SUNY
Award Committee: Suzanna Linn, Penn State University (Chair); Danny Hayes, George Washington University; David Stasavage, New York University
Best Paper in International Relations - Honoring the best paper on the topic of international relations.
Rural Grievances, Landholding Inequality and Civil Conflict
Henry Roderick Thomson, University of Oxford
Award Committee: Vesna Danilovic, University at Buffalo (Chair); David Cunningham, University of Maryland; Karl Kalenthaler, University of Akron
Best Paper Presented by a Graduate Student - Honoring the best paper delivered by a graduate student.
Can New Procedures Improve the Quality of Policing? The Case of 'Stop, Question and Frisk' in New York City
Jonathan Mummolo, Stanford University
Award Committee: Rene Rocha, The University of Iowa (Chair); Leslie Schwindt-Baer, Rice University; Martin Johnson, Louisiana State University
Best Paper Presented in a Poster Format - Honoring the best paper presented in a poster format.
Mobile Phone Ownership, Gender, and Political Participation in Africa
Matthew Bondy, College of William & Mary
Award Committee: Marisa Abrajano, University of California, San Diego (Chair); Jason Barabas, Stony Brook University; Jie Lu, American University
Best Undergraduate Paper Presented in a Poster Format - Honoring the best paper presented in a poster format by an undergraduate.
The Effect of Nationality on Grass-root Volunteer and Donors Support for Nongovernmental Organizations
Laura Boyer, Brigham Young University
Award Committee: Christine Lipsmeyer, Texas A&M University (Chair); Chris Mann, Skidmore College; Eric Gonzalez Juenke, Michigan State University
Kellogg/Notre Dame Award - Honoring the best paper in comparative politics.
Anti-Identities in Latin America: Chavismo, Fujimorismo, and Uribismo in Comparative Perspective
Jennifer Cyr, University of Arizona
Carlos Meléndez, Universidad Diego Portales
Award Committee: Sarah Brooks, The Ohio State University (Chair); Alex Tan, University of Canterbury; Zeynep Somer-Topcu, The University of Texas at Austin
Kenneth J. Meier Award - Honoring the best paper in bureaucratic politics, public administration, or public policy.
Slow-Rolling, Fast-Tracking, and the Pace of Bureaucratic Decisions in Rulemaking
Rachel Augustine Potter, University of Virginia
Award Committee: Vicky Wilkins, American University (Chair); Christopher Berry, University of Chicago; Valerie Martinez-Ebers, University of North Texas
Lucius Barker Award - Honoring the best paper on a topic investigating race or ethnicity and politics and honoring the spirit and work of Professor Barker.
Saved from a Second Slavery: Black Voter Registration in Louisiana from Reconstruction to the Voting Rights Act
William Cubbison, George Washington University
Ismail White, George Washington University
Award Committee: Micheal Giles, Emory University (Chair); Lorrie Frasure-Yokley, University California, Los Angeles; Valeria Sinclair-Chapman, Purdue University
Review of Politics Award (co-winners) - Honoring the best paper in normative political theory.
Reparative Justice and the Moral Limits of Discretionary Philanthropy
Chiara Cordelli, University of Chicago
Edmund Burke and the Deliberative Sublime
Rob Goodman, Columbia University
Award Committee: Mark Warren, University of British Columbia (Chair); Clarissa Rile Hayward, Washington University, St. Louis; Eileen Hunt Botting, University of Notre Dame
Robert H. Durr Award - Honoring the best paper applying quantitative methods to a substantive problem.
Of Rents and Rumors: Government Competence and Media Freedom in Authoritarian Countries
Haifeng Huang, University of California, Merced
Yao-Yuan Yeh, University of California, Merced
Award Committee: Michael Alvarez, CalTech (Chair); Christina Wolbrecht, University of Notre Dame; David Siegel, Duke University
Sophonisba Breckinridge Award - Honoring the best paper on the topic of women and politics.
Making Space for Women: Explaining Citizen Support for Legislative Gender Quotas in Latin America
Tiffany D. Barnes, University of Kentucky
Abby Córdova, University of Kentucky
Award Committee: Mona Lena Krook, Rutgers University (Chair); Evelyn Simien, University of Connecticut; Sarah F. Anzia, UC Berkeley
Pi Sigma Alpha Award - Honoring the best paper presented at the MPSA Annual National Conference. Sponsored by Pi Sigma Alpha, the national political science honor society.
Judicial Federalism and Representation
Jonathan P. Kastellec, Princeton University
Award Committee: Peter Enns, Cornell University (Chair); Irfan Nooruddin, Georgetown University; Lonna Atkeson, University of New Mexico
AJPS Best Article Award - Honoring the best article appearing in the volume of the American Journal of Political Science published in the year preceding the conference.
Sources of Authoritarian Responsiveness: A Field Experiment in China
Jidong Chen, Beijing Normal University
Jennifer Pan, Stanford University
Yiqing Xu, University of California, San Diego
Award Committee: Adam Berinsky, MIT (Chair); Margit Tavits, Washington University, St. Louis; Vera Troeger, University of Warwick
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The Midwest Political Science Association (MPSA) is an international organization with a membership of approximately 7,000 political science faculty, researchers and graduate students representing more than 100 countries. Founded in 1939, the MPSA is dedicated to the advancement of scholarship in all areas of political science. MPSA publishes the American Journal of Political Science the top research journal in the discipline.