State Politics and Policy Section Award Recipients
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Best Journal Article Award
Best Paper Award
Career Achievement Award
Christopher Z. Mooney Dissertation Award
Mac Jewell Enduring Contribution Book Award
State Politics and Policy Quarterly (SPPQ) Best Paper Award
Virginia Gray Best Book Award
Tom Carsey Scholars
Emerging Scholar Award
The award recognizes the best journal article on U.S. state politics or policy published during the previous calendar year in any peer-reviewed journal (book reviews, review essays, and chapters published in edited volumes are not eligible.
| 2024 | James M. Strickland, Arizona State University “The Contingent Value of Connections: Legislative Turnover and revolving-door Lobbyists.” Business and Politics 25(2): 152-172. 2023. |
| 2023 | Mitchell Kilborn, Harvard University “Public Money Talks Too: How Public Campaign Financing Degrades Representation.” American Journal of Political Science 66: 730-744. 2022. |
| 2023 | Arjun Vishwanath, Harvard University “Public Money Talks Too: How Public Campaign Financing Degrades Representation.” American Journal of Political Science 66: 730-744. 2022. |
| 2022 | Gerald Gamm, University of Rochester “Life, Literacy, and the Pursuit of Prosperity: Party Competition and Policy Outcomes in 50 States.” American Political Science Review, 2021. |
| 2022 | Thad Kousser, University of California, San Diego “Life, Literacy, and the Pursuit of Prosperity: Party Competition and Policy Outcomes in 50 States.” American Political Science Review, 2021. |
| 2021 | Jeffrey J. Harden, University of Notre Dame “Does Transparency Inhibit Political Compromise?” American Journal of Political Science, Early View, September, 2020. |
| 2021 | Justin H. Kirkland, University of Virginia “Does Transparency Inhibit Political Compromise?” American Journal of Political Science, Early View, September, 2020. |
| 2021 | Srinivas Parinandi, University of Colorado “Policy Inventing and Borrowing among State Legislatures.” American Journal of Political Science 64(4): 852-868. 2020. |
| 2020 | Alexandra Filindra, University of Illinois at Chicago |
| 2019 | Mirya R. Holman, Tulane University |
| 2019 | Anna Mahoney, Tulane University |
| 2018 | Neal D. Woods, University of South Carolina “Gone with the Wind: Federalism and the Strategic Location of Air Polluters.” American Journal of Political Science. 16(2):257–270. |
| 2018 | David M. Konisky, Indiana University “Gone with the Wind: Federalism and the Strategic Location of Air Polluters.” American Journal of Political Science. 16(2):257–270. |
| 2018 | James E. Monogan III, University of Georgia “Gone with the Wind: Federalism and the Strategic Location of Air Polluters.” American Journal of Political Science. 16(2):257–270. |
| 2017 | Devin Caughey, Massachusetts Institute of Technology “The Dynamics of State Policy Liberalism, 1936-2014.” The American Journal of Political Science 60(4):899-913. |
| 2017 | Christopher Warsaw, Massachusetts Institute of Technology “The Dynamics of State Policy Liberalism, 1936-2014.” The American Journal of Political Science 60(4):899-913. |
| 2016 | Frederick J. Boehmke, University of Iowa “Pivotal Politics and Initiative Use in the American State.” Political Research Quarterly, 2015, 68(4): 665-677 |
| 2016 | Tracy L. Osborn, University of Iowa “Pivotal Politics and Initiative Use in the American State.” Political Research Quarterly, 2015, 68(4): 665-677 |
| 2016 | Emily U. Schilling, University of Tennessee “Pivotal Politics and Initiative Use in the American State.” Political Research Quarterly, 2015, 68(4): 665-677 |
| 2015 | Eric McGhee, Public Policy Institute of California “A Primary Cause of Partnership? Nomination Systems and Legislator Ideology.” AJPS 2014. |
| 2015 | Seth Masket, University of Denver “A Primary Cause of Partnership? Nomination Systems and Legislator Ideology.” AJPS 2014. |
| 2015 | Boris Shor, Georgetown University “A Primary Cause of Partnership? Nomination Systems and Legislator Ideology.” AJPS 2014. |
| 2015 | Steven Rogers, Saint Louis University “A Primary Cause of Partnership? Nomination Systems and Legislator Ideology.” AJPS 2014. |
| 2015 | Nolan McCarty, Princeton University “A Primary Cause of Partnership? Nomination Systems and Legislator Ideology.” AJPS 2014. |
| 2015 | Barry Burden, University of Wisconsin-Madison “Election Laws, Mobilization, and Turnout: The Unintended Consequences of Electoral Reform.” AJPS 2014. |
| 2015 | David Canon, University of Wisconsin-Madison “Election Laws, Mobilization, and Turnout: The Unintended Consequences of Electoral Reform.” AJPS 2014. |
| 2015 | Ken Mayer, University of Wisconsin-Madison “Election Laws, Mobilization, and Turnout: The Unintended Consequences of Electoral Reform.” AJPS 2014. |
| 2015 | Don Moynihan, University of Wisconsin-Madison “Election Laws, Mobilization, and Turnout: The Unintended Consequences of Electoral Reform.” AJPS 2014. |
| 2014 | Elizabeth Rigby, George Washington University “Political Parties and Representation of the Poor in the American States.” (American Journal of Political Science, 57 (2013), 552-54) |
| 2014 | Gerald Wright, Indiana University, Bloomington “Political Parties and Representation of the Poor in the American States.” (American Journal of Political Science, 57 (2013), 552-54) |
The Best Paper Award is given for the best paper on state politics given at the previous year’s APSA Annual Meeting.
| 2015 | Devin Caughey, Massachusetts Institute of Technology “Dynamic Representation in the American States, 1960-2012” |
| 2015 | Christopher Warshaw, Massachusetts Institute of Technology “Dynamic Representation in the American States, 1960-2012” |
| 2014 | Gerald Gamm, University of Rochester “Contingent Partisanship: When Party Labels Matter- and When They Don't- in the Distribution of Pork in American State Legislators” |
| 2014 | Thad Kousser, University of California, San Diego “Contingent Partisanship: When Party Labels Matter- and When They Don't- in the Distribution of Pork in American State Legislators” |
| 2014 | Gerald Gamm, University of Rochester “Contigent Partisanship: When party Labels Matter – and When They Don’t't – in the Distribution of Pork in American State Legislators” |
| 2013 | Michael Herron, Dartmouth College “Getting Your Souls to the Polls: The Racial Impact of Reducing Early In-Person Voting in Florida” |
| 2013 | Daniel Smith, University of Florida “Getting Your Souls to the Polls: The Racial Impact of Reducing Early In-Person Voting in Florida.” |
| 2012 | William Franko, Auburn University “Income Inequality” |
| 2012 | Loren Collingwood, University of California, Riverside “The Pursuit of Victory and Incorporation: Elite Strategy, Group Pressure, and Cross Racial Mobilization” |
| 2012 | Seth Masket, University of Denver “Polarization without Parties: The Rise of Legislative Partisanship in Nebraska’s Unicameral Legislature” |
| 2012 | Boris Shor, University of California, Berkeley “Polarization without Parties: The Rise of Legislative Partisanship in Nebraska’s Unicameral Legislature” |
| 2011 | Stephen Yoder, University of Maryland “With a Little Help from Our Feds: Understanding State/Federal Cooperation on Immigration Enforcement” |
| 2011 | Heather Creek, University of Maryland “With a Little Help from Our Feds: Understanding State/Federal Cooperation on Immigration Enforcement” |
| 2011 | Thad Kousser, University of California, San Diego “The Roots of Executive Power” |
| 2011 | Justin Phillips, Columbia University “The Ro |