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)