LGBTQ Caucus Awards
LGBTQ Caucus Bailey Award: The LGBTQ Caucus of the American Political Science Association bestows the Bailey Award every year on an exceptional paper on LGBTQ issues presented at the previous year’s annual meeting. The paper may have been presented at a panel sponsored by any division or group at the previous year’s APSA annual meeting. The award is named after the late Robert Bailey, author of the landmark book, Gay Politics, Urban Politics (Columbia University Press, 1999). The award ceremony is conducted during the LGBTQ Caucus Business Meeting at the next following Annual Meeting.
Award for the Best Paper Presented at APSA: The LGBTQ Caucus of the American Political Science Association bestows the Award for the Best Paper Presented at APSA to an exceptional paper on LGBTQ issues presented at the previous year’s annual meeting. The paper may have been presented at a panel sponsored by ANY division or group at the previous year’s APSA annual meeting. This award is offered to recognize exceptional scholarship, in cases where there are multiple submissions to the LGBTQ Caucus Award Committee that are of an excellent caliber. The award ceremony is conducted during the LGBTQ Caucus Business Meeting at the next following Annual Meeting.
2021 LGBTQ Caucus Award Nomination Instructions: The LGBTQ Caucus invites nominations of exceptional papers on LGBTQ issues presented at the 2021 annual meeting of APSA. The paper may have been presented at a panel sponsored by ANY division or group. Self-nominations are welcome, as are nominations from panel chairs and discussants. All papers submitted will be considered for both awards. Membership in the LGBTQ Caucus is NOT a prerequisite. The deadline for submission is November 1, 2021. Nominated papers must be submitted via email by the deadline. Address the email to the Award Committee Chair and the Chair of the LGBTQ Caucus (aflores@american.edu; zmurib@fordham.edu). Please include the paper as an attachment to your email and use the subject line “2021 LGBTQ Caucus Award Submission.”
Past LGBTQ Caucus Award Winners
- 2022 LGBTQ Caucus Bailey Award: Benjamin Bishin and Nicholas Weller, “The Substantive Effects of Descriptive Representation: Gay and Lesbian Members of Congress are more Supportive of Gay Rights”
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2021 LGBTQ Caucus Bailey Award: Benjamin G. Bishin, Thomas J. Hayes, Matthew Incantalupo, and Charles Anthony Smith, “Elite Mobilization: A Theory Explaining Opposition to Gay Rights”
- 2020 LGBTQ Caucus Bailey Award: Andrew Flores, American University, for the paper entitled “Mediated Contact and Selective Exposure: Transgender Topics on Mass Media and Public Attitudes”
- 2019 LGBTQ Caucus Bailey Award: Jeff Feng, Ph.D. candidate, University of California, Santa Barbara, for the paper entitled “Eco-Queer: Queering Environmental Politics and Greening Queer Politics”
- 2019 Award for the Best Paper Presented at APSA: Joanna Wuest, Fund for Reunion-Cotsen Postdoctoral Fellow in the Society of Fellows, Princeton University, for the paper entitled “A Conservative Right to Privacy Against Trans Rights: The Reassociation of a Progressive Ideal”
Past LGBTQ Award Committees
- 2022: LGBTQ Caucus Award Committee: Calla Hummel, Matthew Incantalupo, and Thomas Hayes
- 2021 LGBTQ Caucus Award Committee: Andrew Flores (Chair), Edward F. Kammerer, Jr., and Brian Harrison
- 2020 LGBTQ Caucus Award Committee: R.G. Cravens (Chair), Jeff Feng, Joanna Wuest, and Andrew Proctor
- 2019 LGBTQ Caucus Award Committee: Charles Gossett (Chair), Julie Novkov, and Howell Williams