Category Archives: Call for Nominations

Susanne Hoeber Rudolph Outstanding Scholar Award – Call for Nominations

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.

The award is presented annually, following a review of applications by the committee. (The 2022 Susanne Hoeber Rudolph Awardee will be honored at the 2023 APSA Annual Meeting during the section business meeting).

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, Paul Djupe (pdjupe@gmail.com) by March 17th, 2023. The nomination letter should clearly and substantially describe how the nominee fulfills the criteria described above: scholarship, teaching/mentoring, policy impact, and public engagement. Since this award is meant to reflect peer recognition, self-nominations will not be considered. One letter per candidate will be accepted, with the possibility of several signatories.

Award Committee:

Paul Djupe (Committee Chair), Denison University (djupe@denison.edu)
Laura Olson, Clemson University (laurao@clemson.edu)
Sabri Ciftci, Kansas State University (ciftci@ksu.edu)

Kenneth D. Wald Best Graduate Student Paper Award – Call for Nominations

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 and presented in 2021 or 2022.

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 members.

Deadline for Nominations: March 17th, 2023

Award Committee:

L. Felipe Mantilla (Committee Chair), University of South Florida (lfm1@usf.edu)
Jeremy Menchik, Boston University (menchik@bu.edu)
Ben Gaskins, Lewis & Clark College (bgaskins@lclark.edu)

Weber Best Paper in Religion and Politics Award – Call for Nominations

The Weber Best Paper in Religion and Politics Award recognizes the best paper
dealing with religion and politics presented at the previous year’s APSA Annual
Meeting (2022). The paper should address a timely and relevant topic, within the
discipline and beyond, in a theoretically innovative and methodologically thorough
manner.

Please submit nominations to all committee members by email by March 17, 2023.

Award Committee:
Kikue Hamayotsu (Committee Chair), Northern Illinois University (khamayotsu@niu.edu)
Cammie Bolin, University at Albany, SUNY (cbolin@albany.edu)
Ahmed Ezzeldin Mohamed, Stanford University (aem2251@columbia.edu)

Aaron Wildvasky Dissertation Award – Call for Nominations

We would like to invite nominations for APSA’s 2023 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 (2021 or 2022) and should make a distinctive contribution to the study of religion and politics, broadly understood.

Nomination Instructions: Please send a letter of nomination (maximum 2 pages) and a copy of the dissertation to the committee members by email. Self-nominations are welcome. If you have any questions, please contact the committee chair, Nandini Deo (ndd208@lehigh.edu).

Deadline for Nominations: March 17th, 2023

Award Committee:

Nandini Deo (Committee Chair), Lehigh University (ndd208@lehigh.edu)
Jessica Soedirgo, University of Amsterdam (j.soedirgo@uva.nl)
John McTague, Towson University (jmctague@towson.edu)

Kenneth D. Wald Best Graduate Student Paper Award – Call for Nominations

The Kenneth D. Wald Best Graduate Student Paper Award is 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 and presented in 2020 or 2021. 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 members.

Deadline for Nominations: April 15, 2022 May 2, 2022

Award Committee:

Vineeta Yadav (Committee Chair), Penn State University (vuy2@psu.edu)
Jim Guth, Furman University (jim.guth@furman.edu)
David Barker, American University (dbarker@american.edu)