Organized Section 16: Best Dissertation Prize
Women and Politics Research Section Award Recipients
Best Dissertation Prize
The Best Dissertation Prize for the best dissertation on women and politics completed and accepted in the previous year.
| 2017 | Catherine Reyes-Householder, Cornell University “Presidentas, Power, and Pro-Women Change.” |
| 2016 | Dawn Teele, Yale University (Ph.D); University of Pennsylvania (assistant professor) “The Logic of Women’s Enfranchisement: A Comparative Study of the United States, France, and the United Kingdom.” Yale University, 2015 |
| 2016 | Honorable Mention Hürcan Asli Aksoy, University of Tübingen “Engendering Democracy in Turkey: Participation and Inclusion of Women’s Civil Society Organizations under AKP Rule.” University of Tübingen, 2015 |
| 2015 | Mona Tajali, Concordia University “Demanding a Seat at the Table: Iranian and Turkish Women’s Organizing for Political Representation” |
| 2015 | Honorable Mention Shauna Lani Shames, Harvard University “The Rational Non-Candidate: A Theory of (Uneven) Candidate Deterrence” |
| 2014 | Cheryl O'Brien, Purdue University “Beyond the National: Transnational Influences on (Subnational) State Policy Responsiveness to an International Norm on Violence Against Women” |
| 2013 | Diana O'Brien, University of Southern California “When Women Matter: The Relationship Between Women's Numeric and Policy Representation in Western European States” |
| 2012 | Jennifer Piscopo, Salem College Do Women Represent Women? Gender and Policy in Argentina and Mexico (comnpleted at the University of California, San Diego; advised by Peter H. Smith) |
| 2012 | Honorable Mention Valerie Hennings, Carrie Chapman Catt Scholar-in-Residence at Iowa State Civic Selves: Gender, Candidate Training Programs, and Envisioning Political Participation |
| 2011 | Dara Cohen, University of Minnesota “Explaining Sexual Violence During Civil War” |
| 2011 | Rosanne Kennedy, Union Institute and University of Cincinnati Ohio “Rousseau and the Perversion of Gender” |
| 2010 | Samantha Majic, John Jay College “Protect By Other Means? Sex Workers, Social Movement Evolution, and the Political Possibilities of Nonprofit Service Provision |
| 2009 | Melanie Hughes, University of Pittsburgh “Politics at the Intersection: A Cross-National Analysis of Minority Women's Legislative Representation” |
| 2006 | Kate Bedford, Rutgers University “The World Bank's Employment Programs in Ecudor and Beyond: Empowering Women, Domesticating Men, and Resolving the Social Reproduction Dilemma” |
| 2006 | Honorable Mention Mona Lena Krook, Columbia University “Politicizing Representation: Campaigns for Candidate Gender Quotas Worldwide” |
| 2005 | Carisa Showden, University of North Carolina-Greensboro “Mythologies of Choice: The Politics of Domestic Violence and Alternative Reproduction” |
| 2004 | Leslie Schwindt-Bayer, University of Arizona “Legislative Representation in Latin America: A Comparative Study of Descriptive, Substantive, and Symbolic Representation of Women” (Supervisor: Brian F. Crisp) |
| 2004 | Sarah Song, Yale University “Culture, Gender, and Equality” (Supervisor: Rogers M. Smith) |
| 2003 | Jennifer Disney, Winthrop University The Theories and Practices of Women's Organizing: Marxism, Feminism, Democratization and Civil Society in Mozambique and Nicaragua. |
| 2002 | Wendy Smooth, University of Nebraska at Lincoln “African American Women State Legislators: The Impact of Gender and Race on Legislative Influence.” |
| 2001 | Kimberly Morgan, Princeton University “Whose Hand Rocks the Cradle? The Politics of Child Care Policy in Advanced Industrialized States” |
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