Organized Section 11: Best Paper Award
Religion And Politics Section Award Recipients
Weber Best Conference Paper Award
The Best Paper Award recognizes the best paper dealing with religion and politics presented at the previous years APSA Annual Meeting
| 2018 | Paul Djupe, Denison University “Are the Politics of the Christian Right Linked to States of the Non-Religious?” |
| 2018 | Jacob Neiheisel, University at Buffalo “Are the Politics of the Christian Right Linked to States of the Non-Religious?” |
| 2018 | Kimberly Conger, University of Cincinnati “Are the Politics of the Christian Right Linked to States of the Non-Religious?” |
| 2016 | Sultan Tepe, University of Illinois, Chicago “The Elusive Structure of State Secularism and its Disguised Critics.” |
| 2015 | Jason A. Klocek, University of California-Berkeley “Band of Believers?: The Influence of Religion on Rebel Group Structure” |
| 2014 | Elizabeth Shakman Hurd, Northwestern University “The Religious Offensive’: The Politics of Religious Engagement.” |
| 2014 | Frank-Borge Wietzke, London School of Economics “One Nation, Two Histories: Long-Term Consequences of Colonial Institutions and Missionary Work in Madagaskar.” |
| 2012 | Ramazan Kilinc, University of Nebraska-Omaha Opportunity Junctures as Catalysts: Islam, Secularism and Democratic Consolidation in Turkey |
| 2011 | Lisa Blaydes, Stanford University “How Does Islamist Local Governance Affect the Lives of Women?: A Comparative Study of Two Cairo Neighborhoods” |
| 2009 | Kerem Kalkan, University of Maryland Will Americans Vote for Muslims? The Impact of Religious and Ethnic Identifiers on Support for Political Candidates |
| 2009 | Geoffrey Layman, University of Notre Dame Will Americans Vote for Muslims? The Impact of Religious and Ethnic Identifiers on Support for Political Candidates |
| 2009 | John Green, University of Akron Willl Americans Vote for Muslims? The Impact of Religious and Ethnic Identifiers on Support for Political Candidates |
| 2009 | Brinck Kerr, University of Arkansas “When Does Politics Matter? A Reexamination of the Determinants of African American and Latino municipal Employment Patterns” |
| 2009 | William Miller, University of Illinois, Springfield “When Does Politics Matter? A Reexamination of the Determinants of African American and Latino Muncipal Employment Patterns” |
| 2007 | Elizabeth Oldmixon, University of North Texas When Church Teachings and Republican Ideology Collide: The Perspectives of Catholic Republicans in the House of Representatives |
| 2006 | David Campbell, University of Notre Dame “The Religion Card: Evangelicals, Catholics, and Gay Marriage in the 2004 Presidential Election” |
| 2006 | Quin Monson, Brigham Young University “The Religion Card: Evangelicals, Catholics, and Gay Marriage in the 2004 Presidential Election” |
| 2004 | Kenneth Wald, University of Florida Co-Presented with Adam Silverman, University of Florida, and Kevin Fridy, University of Florida, “Making Sense of Religion in Political Life” |
| 2004 | Kevin Fridy, University of Florida Co-Presented with Kenneth Wald, University of Florida, and Adam Silverman, University of Florida, “Making Sense of Religion in Political Life” |
| 2004 | Adam Silverman, University of Florida Co-Presented with Kenneth Wald, University of Florida, and Kevin Fridy, University of Florida, “Making Sense of Religion in Political Life” |
| 2003 | Steven Mazie, University of Michigan “Political Liberalism and Public Religion: Lessons from Israel” |
| 2003 | Zoltan Hajnal, University of California-San Diego “Why Does Turnout Matter: The Effects of a Skewed Electorate on Minority Representation in Local Politics |
| 2002 | Stephen Whitefield, Oxford University “Religiosity, Political Attitudes, and Political Participation in Russia, 1993-1998.” |
| 2000 | Anthony Gill, University of Washington “Religious Values, Social Change, and Democracy in Latin America” |
| 1999 | Tristan Borer, Connecticut College “Political Context and Religious Identities: The Rise and Fall of Liberation Theology in South Africa.” |
| 1998 | Timothy Shah, Harvard University “Making the World Safe for Liberalism: The Moralization of Christianity and the Roots of Liberal Public Reason in Hugo Gratius (1583-1645)” |
| 1996 | Elizabeth Donnelly, Harvard University “Catholic Church Activism on Issues of International Ethics: The Case of Third World Debt” |
| 1994 | David Leege, University of Notre Dame “The Decomposition of the Religious Vote” |
| 1994 | Stephen Monsma, Pepperdine University “Justice Potter Stewart on Church and State” |