{"id":777,"date":"2021-02-15T10:02:01","date_gmt":"2021-02-15T17:02:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/connect.apsanet.org\/s11\/?p=777"},"modified":"2025-09-24T13:04:09","modified_gmt":"2025-09-24T19:04:09","slug":"kenneth-d-wald-best-graduate-student-paper-award-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/connect.apsanet.org\/s11\/kenneth-d-wald-best-graduate-student-paper-award-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"Kenneth D. Wald Best Graduate Student Paper Award &#8211; 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"twitter-share\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?via=apsa_section11\" class=\"twitter-share-button\">Tweet<\/a><\/div>\n\n<h4 style=\"text-align: right\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff\">02\/15\/2021<\/span><\/h4>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\">Call for Nominations<\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\">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 2019 or 2020. 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.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\">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.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;font-size: 14pt\"><strong>Deadline for Nominations: April 15, 2021<\/strong><\/span><br \/><br \/><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\"><strong>Award Committee:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\">Christopher Hale (Committee Chair)<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\">The University of Alabama<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\"><a href=\"mailto:cwhale@ua.edu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">cwhale@ua.edu<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><br \/><br \/><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\">Robert Braithwaite\u00a0<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\">Michigan State University<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\"><a href=\"mailto:brathwa1@msu.edu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">brathwa1@msu.edu<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><br \/><br \/><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\">Esen Kirdis<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\">Rhodes College<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\"><a href=\"mailto:kirdise@rhodes.edu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">kirdise@rhodes.edu<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"yj6qo\">\u00a0<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>02\/15\/2021 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. 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