Religion and Politics Section Awards
2020
Susanne Hoeber Rudolph Outstanding Scholar in Religion and Politics Award
The Susanne Hoeber Rudolph Outstanding Scholar Award recognizes a scholar who has made outstanding contributions to the field of religion and politics. These contributions should be through a combination of excellent and widely influential scholarship, policy input/impact, public engagement, service, teaching, and mentorship. Although the committee highly encourages nominations of APSA members and takes service to APSA seriously, nominees do not have to be current APSA members. The nominees are expected to attend the following year’s APSA Annual Meeting and participate in the roundtable organized in to celebrate their work.
The award is presented annually, following a review of applications by the committee. The winner will be honored with a plaque, a monetary award of $500, and a roundtable symposium honoring their work at the APSA Annual Meeting of the next calendar year. (The 2020 Susanne Hoeber Rudolph Awardee will be honored at the 2021 APSA Annual Meeting both during the business meeting and the roundtable).
The award is intended as an addition to, not replacement for, the practice of awarding special lifetime achievement awards’ for scholars who have made substantial contributions to the Section on the event of their retirement. Instead, this is meant to reward political scientists (including those who are mid-career) who have made a substantial contribution to the field of religion and politics.
Nomination letters and the CVs of the nominees are due to the Committee Chair, Ben Gaskins, (bgaskins@lclark.edu) by April 15, 2020. The nomination letter should clearly describe how the nominee fulfills the criteria described above. Since this award is meant to reflect peer recognition, self-nominations will not be considered.
Award Committee:
Ben Gaskins (bgaskins@lclark.edu)
Lewis and Clark College
Tanya Schwarz (tschwarz@apsanet.org)
APSA
Andrea Hatcher (ahatcher@sewanee.edu)
The University of the South
Aaron Wildavsky Best Dissertation in Religion and Politics
The APSA Religion and Politics Section invites nominations for the Aaron Wildavsky Dissertation Award. The Aaron Wildavsky Award recognizes the best dissertation in the field of religion and politics. Eligible dissertations have been defended in the last two years (2018 or 2019), and should make a distinctive contribution to the study of religion and politics, broadly understood. Please submit nominations to the committee by email – self-nominations are welcome!
Nomination Instructions: Please send a letter of nomination (maximum 2 pages) and a copy of the dissertation to the committee by email.
Deadline for Nominations: April 15, 2020
Award Committee:
Christopher Hale (Chair) – University of Alabama – cwhale@ua.edu
David Buckley – University of Louisville – dtbuck02@louisville.edu
Jason Klocek – University of Notre Dame – jklocek@nd.edu
Kenneth D. Wald Best Graduate Student Paper Award in Religion and Politics
Kenneth D. Wald Best Graduate Student Paper Award will be given to a conference paper studying any aspect of religion and politics presented by a Ph.D. student in political science in 2019. The conference can be affiliated with any of the US-based political science associations or a conference affiliated with another association, such as the Society for the Scientific Study of Religion, the American Academy of Religion, the Middle East Studies Association, or the International Studies Association, as long as the paper was written by a student or students enrolled in a graduate program in political science. Papers co-authored with faculty will not be considered. Papers presented at poster sessions are welcome. The award will be announced and presented at the annual APSA conference during the business meeting. The award committee is under no obligation to make an award if no submissions merit such recognition.
Nomination Instructions: Please send nominations (self-nominations are welcome) including an electronic copy of the paper and an electronic copy of the conference program listing to the committee members. Questions can be directed to the award committee chair.
Deadline for Nominations: April 30, 2020
Güneş Murat Tezcür (Chair)
University of Central Florida
tezcur@ucf.edu
Consuelo Amat
Stanford University
amat@stanford.edu
Kikue Hamayotsu
Northern Illinois University
khamayotsu@niu.edu
Hubert Morken Best Book Award
Given for the best book dealing with religion and politics published within the previous year. The criteria for the award include the originality of the argument presented, quality of the research, innovative methods, readability of the text and the policy or practical implications of the scholarship.
To be eligible for the award, books must have been published in 2019. The nomination should include a brief statement (250-750 words) summarizing the book’s contributions and why it is nominated for the award. This statement can be sent by email. As part of the nomination, publishers should send a copy of the nominated book to EACH member of the awards committee at the addresses below, making sure that the books arrive by the nomination deadline, March 15th, 2020.
Self nominations are welcome.
If you have any questions, please contact the committee chair,
Rina Williams (willi3ra@ucmail.uc.edu)
Committee Members Contact Information:
Dr. Rina Williams
Dept. of Political Science
University of Cincinnati
Box 210375, Crosley Tower 1118
Cincinnati OH 45221-0375
willi3ra@ucmail.uc.edu
Dr. Quin Monson
Political Science Dept.
Brigham Young University
745 Spencer W. Kimball Tower
Provo, UT 84602
Quin.Monson@byu.edu
Dr. Jonathan Agensky
Bentley Annex 211, 6 President St.
Department of Political Science
Ohio University
Athens, OH 45701
agensky@ohio.edu
Religion and Politics Section Awards
2019
Ken Wald Best Graduate Student Paper Award – 2019
The Kenneth D. Wald Best Graduate Student Paper Award will be given annually to a conference paper studying any aspect of religion and politics presented by a Ph.D. student in political science. The conference can be affiliated with any of the US-based political science associations or a conference affiliated with another association, such as the Society for the Scientific Study of Religion, the American Academy of Religion, the Middle East Studies Association, or the International Studies Association, as long as the paper was written by a student or students enrolled in a graduate program in political science. Papers written with faculty will not be considered. Papers presented at poster sessions are welcome. The award will be announced and presented at the annual APSA conference during the business meeting. The award committee is under no obligation to make an award if no submissions merit such recognition.
Nomination Instructions: Please send nominations (self-nomination is okay) including an electronic copy of the paper and an electronic copy of the conference program listing to the committee chair.
Deadline for Nominations: May 24, 2019
Award Committee
Daniel Bennett (Chair)
Assistant Professor
Department of Political Science
John Brown University
DBennett@jbu.edu
Nandini Deo
Associate Professor
Department of Political Science
Lehigh University
Ndd208@lehigh.edu
Benjamin Knoll
John Marshall Harlan Associate Professor
Department of Politics
Centre College
Benjamin.knoll@centre.edu
Ted Jelen Best Journal Article Award – 2019
This award is presented for the best article published in Politics and Religion in the 2018 calendar year (volume 11, issues 1-4).
Committee:
Amy Erica Smith (Chair)
Elizabeth Oldmixon
Chris Reardon
Paul Djupe.
Hubert Morken Best Book Award – 2019
The Hubert Morken Award is given for the best book dealing with religion and politics published within the past year. The criteria for the award include the originality of the argument presented, quality of the research, innovative methods, readability of the text and the policy or practical implications of the scholarship.
To be eligible for the award, books must have been published in 2018. The nomination should include a brief statement (250-750 words) summarizing the book’s contributions and why it is nominated for the award. This statement can be sent by email. As part of the nomination, publishers should send a copy of the nominated book to EACH member of the awards committee at the addresses below, making sure that the books arrive by the nomination deadline, March 15th, the latest.
Self nominations are welcome.
If you have any questions, please contact the committee chair, Nukhet A. Sandal (sandal@ohio.edu).
Committee Members Contact Information
Nukhet A. Sandal
Ohio University
Department of Political Science
Bentley Annex 259
Athens OH 45701
sandal@ohio.edu
Andrew Lewis
University of Cincinnati
Department of Political Science
301 Clifton Court
1102 Crosley Tower (ML 0375)
Cincinnati, OH 45221
lewis2a5@UCMAIL.UC.EDU
Jeremy Menchik
152 Bay State Rd
Pardee School of Global Studies
Boston University
Boston MA 02215
menchik@bu.edu
Award Committee
Andre Audette (chair)
Assistant Professor
Department of Political Science
Monmouth College
aaudette@monmouthcollege.edu
Amanda Friesen
Associate Professor
Department of Political Science
Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis
amfriese@iupui.edu
Kerem Ozan Kalkan
Assistant Professor
Department of Government
Eastern Kentucky University
kerem.kalkan@eku.edu
Rachel Beatty Riedl
Associate Professor
Department of Political Science
Northwestern University
r-riedl@northwestern.edu
Aaron Wildavsky Dissertation Award – 2019
The APSA Religion and Politics Section invites nominations for the Aaron Wildavsky Dissertation Award. The Aaron Wildavsky Award recognizes the best dissertation in the field of religion and politics. Eligible dissertations have been defended in the last two years, and should make a distinctive contribution to the study of religion and politics, broadly understood. Please submit nominations to the chair of the committee – self-nominations are welcome!
Nomination Instructions: Please send a letter of nomination (maximum 2 pages) and a copy of the dissertation to the committee chair, Rebecca Glazier at raglazier@ualr.edu.
Deadline for nominations: April 15, 2019
2018
Ted Jelen Award for the best article published in Politics and Religion
Borjan Zic
“The Political Impact of Displacement: Wartime IDPs, Religiosity, and Post War Politics in Bosnia”
Weber Best Conference Paper Award
Paul A. Djupe, Jacob R. Neiheisel, Kimberly H. Conger
“Are the Politics of the Christian Right Linked to State Rates of the Non Religious?”
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Aaron Wildavsky Dissertation Award
Michael Hoffman
“Communal Religion, Sectarian Interests, and Democracy”
The Hubert Morken Book Award
Andrew R. Lewis
The Rights Turn in Conservative Christian Politics
Cambridge University Press
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Distinguished Reviewer Awards
Paul Djupe
Ekrem Karakoc
Melanie Kolbe
Jacob Neiheisel
Lavinia Stan