{"id":59,"date":"2017-07-13T20:12:16","date_gmt":"2017-07-13T20:12:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/connect.apsanet.org\/s13\/?page_id=59"},"modified":"2025-10-16T14:33:23","modified_gmt":"2025-10-16T14:33:23","slug":"best-paper-award-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/connect.apsanet.org\/s13\/best-paper-award-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Best Paper Award"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Jared Carr presents the Best Paper Award at the 2019 APSA conference.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Urban Affairs Review<\/em> is sponsoring a $250 award for the Best Paper in Urban or Regional Politics<\/strong> presented at the latest American Political Science Association conference. We encourage panel chairs to nominate papers. We also welcome self-nominations.<\/p>\n

Papers presented on any panel associated with the conference are eligible for this award.<\/p>\n

The award will be made by a three person panel: one editor of Urban Affairs Review<\/em>, one member of the UAR<\/em> editorial board, and one member of the executive council of the Urban and Local Politics Section.<\/p>\n

The award will be announced at the Urban and Local Politics Section meeting at the following APSA conference. The recipient will be invited to submit the paper to the Urban Affairs Review<\/em> for fast-track review and publication.<\/p>\n

This is an annual award. Awards may not be made every year, depending on the number and quality of submissions.<\/p>\n

Award committee (2025):<\/strong><\/p>\n

Tim Weaver (Chair)
\nUniversity at Albany, SUNY
\ntweaver@albany.edu<\/a><\/p>\n

Christina Greer
\nFordham University
\ncgreer@fordham.edu<\/a><\/p>\n

Adrienne LeBas
\nAmerican University
\nlebas@american.edu<\/a><\/p>\n


\n<\/strong>Nomination Deadline: October 31, 2025<\/strong>
\n<\/strong><\/span>Please send papers to the chair person listed above.\u00a0<\/strong><\/span>
\n<\/strong><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

\n

Recipients:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
2025<\/b><\/td>\nElisa Maria Wirsching<\/strong> (Princeton University), \u201cBarriers to Representation: Selection Processes and Political Diversity in US Urban Bureaucracy\u201d
\nHonorable Mention<\/em>: Joshua Ferrer (UCLA), \u201cTo Elect or Appoint? Evidence from Local Election Administration\u201d
\nHonorable Mention<\/em>: Mirya Holman (UH), Rebecca Johnson (Georgetown) and Tyler Simko (Princeton), \u201cMeasuring Conflict in Local Politics.\u201d<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a02024<\/b><\/td>\nJonathan Colner <\/strong>(UC Davis), “Ward Against Ward? Particularism in District-Based City Councils”<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a02023<\/b><\/td>\nAlice Xu <\/strong>(Harvard University), “The Political Origins of Slum Growth and Segregation in Cities”
\n<\/strong>Honorable Mention: <\/em>Veronica Herrera (<\/strong>UCLA), “Citizen-led Environmental Governance: Regulating Urban Wetlands in South America”<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2022<\/b><\/td>\nVarun Karekurve-Ramachandra<\/strong>\u00a0(Stanford University)\u00a0and Alexander Lee<\/strong>\u00a0(University of Rochester), \u201cCan Gender Quotas Improve Public Service Provision? Evidence from Indian Local Government\u201d<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2021<\/b><\/td>\nRafaelle Bazurli <\/strong>(Ca\u2019 Foscari University) and David Kaufmann <\/strong>(Swiss Federal Institute for Technology), \u201cAsylum Policy-Making in European Cities\u201d<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2020<\/b><\/td>\nMirya Holman<\/strong>, Tulane University
\n\u201cWeak Boards, Strong Boards: Local Appointed Boards and the Diluting of Democracy.\u201d<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2019<\/b><\/td>\nPeter Bucchianeri<\/strong>, Vanderbilt University.
\n\u201cThere\u2019s More than One Way to Party: Progressive Politics and Representation in Nonpartisan San Francisco.\u201d<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2018<\/b><\/td>\nBrian Y. An<\/strong>,\u00a0University of Southern California,\u00a0Morris E. Levy<\/strong>,\u00a0University of Southern California, and\u00a0Rodney E. Hero<\/strong>,\u00a0Arizona State University
\n“It\u2019s Not Just Welfare: Racial Inequality and the Local Provision of Public Goods in the United States”<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2017\u00a0<\/b><\/td>\nMelody Crowder-Meyer<\/strong>,<\/b> The University of the South,\u00a0Shana Kushner Gadarian<\/strong>,<\/b> Syracuse University,\u00a0Jessica Trounstine<\/strong>, Unviersity of California, Merced, and\u00a0Kau Vue<\/strong>, <\/b>University of California, Merced
\n\u201cA Different Kind of Disadvantage: Candidate Race, Electoral Institutions, and Voter Choice.\u201d<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2016<\/b><\/td>\nKathleen Sullivan<\/strong>, Ohio University, Elizabeth P\u00e9rez-Chiqu\u00e9s<\/strong>, University at Albany, State University of New York, and Patricia Strach<\/strong>, University at Albany, State University of New York
\n\u201cTrash: A Political History, 1880-1920.\u201d<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2015<\/b><\/td>\nKatherine Einstein<\/strong>, Boston University
\n\u201cCities, Inequality and Redistribution: Evidence from a Survey of Mayors.\u201d APSA Conference 2014<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2015<\/b><\/td>\nDavid Glick<\/strong>, Boston University
\n\u201cCities, Inequality and Redistribution: Evidence from a Survey of Mayors.\u201d APSA Conference 2014<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2014<\/strong><\/td>\nVeronica Herrera<\/strong>, University of Connecticut
\n“From Participatory Promises to Partisan Capture: Local Democratic Transitions and Citizen Water Boards in Urban Mexico.”<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a02012<\/strong><\/td>\nTodd Swanstrom<\/strong>
\n\u201cDivorcing Power and Responsibility: How National Policies Have Shaped Local Policy Responses to Foreclosures\u201d<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2011<\/strong><\/td>\nVladimir Kogan<\/strong>, University of California San Diego
\n\u201cWho Benefits from Jurisdictional Competition?\u201d<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2011<\/strong><\/td>\nScott Minkoff<\/strong>, Barnard College
\n\u201cThe Proximate Polity: The Spatial Context of Local Develpmental Goods Provision\u201d<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2010<\/strong><\/td>\nJen Nelles<\/strong>, University of Toronto
\n\u201cCooperation and Capacity: Exploring the Sources and Limits of City-Region Governance Partnership\u201d<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2009<\/strong><\/td>\nMargaret Reid<\/strong> and William Schreckhise<\/strong>, University of Arkansas
\n\u201cWhen Does Politics Matter? A Reexamination of the Determinants of African American and Latino Municipal Employment Patterns\u201d<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2007<\/strong><\/td>\nMichael Jones-Correa<\/strong>, Cornell University
\n\u201cElectoral Representation of New Actors in Suburbia\u201d<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2006<\/strong><\/td>\nDorothy Shipps<\/strong>, Teachers College, Columbia University
\n\u201c\u2018Sticky\u2019 School Reform: A Path Dependent Argument about Corporate Influence and Union Weakness in 20th Century Chicago\u201d<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2005<\/strong><\/td>\nMichael Jones-Correa<\/strong>, Cornell University<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2004<\/strong><\/td>\nMegan Mullin<\/strong>, University of California, Berkeley
\n\u201cSpecialization and Responsiveness in Local Policy Making: The Case of Water Districts\u201d<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2003<\/strong><\/td>\nJessica Trounstine<\/strong>, University of California, San Diego
\n\u201cWhy Turnout Does Matter: The Effects of a Skewed Electorate on Minority Representation in Local Politics\u201d<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2002<\/strong><\/td>\nLoren King<\/strong>, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
\n\u201cDemocratic Hopes in the Polycentric City\u201d<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2001<\/strong><\/td>\nVojislava Filipcevic<\/strong>, Columbia University
\n\u201cReclaiming the Urban Trenches\u201d<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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