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2026 APSA Conference Co-Chairs
The Religion and Politics section wants to thank Alexandra Blackman (Cornell) and Enrique Quezada (Holy Cross) for agreeing to serve as our section’s 2026 APSA conference co-chairs!
2025 Religion and Politics Award Winners
Religion and Politics is thrilled to announce our 2025 award winners. Thank you to our committee members and congratulations to the winners!
Susanne Hoeber Rudolph Outstanding Scholar Award (joint winners)
Clyde Wilcox (Georgetown University)
Jocelyne Cesari (University of Birmingham, UK)
Hubert Morken Best Book Award
Günes Murat Tezcür (Arizona State University): Liminal Minorities: Religious Difference and Mass Violence in Muslim Societies, Cornell University Press
Ted Jelen Best Journal Article Award
Peitong Jing (Notre Dame) and Karrie Koesel (Notre Dame): “Church and State in Contemporary China: Securing Christianity”
Weber Best Conference Paper in Religion and Politics Award
Anirvan Chowdhury (University of Louisville): “Domesticating Politics: How Religiously Conservative Parties Mobilize Women in India”
Wildavsky Dissertation Award
Rajeshwari Majumdar (NYU): “Essays on Religion Nationalism and Partisan Cues in India”
Honorable Mention: Mohammad Isaqzadeh (Princeton/Chapman University): “Coping With War Through God: Reassessing The Relationship Between Religiosity and Political Violence”
Help Wanted: Communications Coordinator
The Religion and Politics Section is calling for nominations, including self-nominations, for the Communications Coordinator position. The Communications Coordinator oversees, coordinates, and updates the content of the section website and manages the section correspondence and social media outreach in coordination with the other members of the Executive Committee. The Communications Coordinator is an ex-officio member of the Executive Committee, and must be a member of the section once appointed.
The section currently uses WordPress, X, and Bluesky in addition to APSA Connect, so any experience with those applications would be considered a plus. If you are interested in serving the section in this capacity, please send a short bio (150 words max) to the section chair, Vineeta Yadav at vyadav@psu.edu), by August 1.
If you have any questions about the position, contact Brooklyn Walker (brooklyn.evann.walker@gmail.com), the current Communications Coordinator.
Religion and Politics is now on Bluesky
The Religion and Politics section now has a presence on Bluesky at @apsareligion.bsky.social. Going forward, we will use both our X and Bluesky social media accounts to post announcements.
As a service to our members, we are creating a Starter Pack on Bluesky. If you would like to be included, please visit our Bluesky account and reply to our initial post with your Bluesky handle.