President: Ashley Jardina (University of Virginia) ajardina@virginia.edu
Past President:Eric Groenendyk (Stony Brook University) grnendyk@memphis.edu
President Elect: Joshua Kertzer (Harvard University) jkertzer@gov.harvard.edu
Treasurer: Nicholas Davis (University of Alabama) ntdavis2@ua.edu
Communications Director: Taylor Carlson (Washington University in St. Louis) tncarlson@wustl.edu
Officer at Large: Cara Wong (UIUC) carawong@illinois.edu
2026 APSA Pre-conference coordinator: Joshua Gubler (BYU) jgub@byu.edu and Ris Swank (University of Washington) ris.swank@wsu.edu
2026 APSA Division Chairs: Jennifer Chudy (Wellesley College) jchudy@wellesley.edu; Elizabeth Connors (University of South Carolina) connors4@mailbox.sc.edu
Section Award Committees. If you are interested in information about how to submit nominations for the awards, please visit the nominations page.
Robert E. Lane Award: Yanna Krupnikov (Stony Brook University), Bert Bakker (University of Amsterdam), Tom Wood (The Ohio State University)
Best Dissertation Award: Kevin (Vin) Arceneaux (Temple University), Gwyneth McClendon (NYU), Pavielle Haines (University of Denver)
Best Paper Award: Shana Gadarian (Syracuse University), Aleksander Ksiazkiewicz (University of Illinois), Melissa Michelson (Menlo College)
Distinguished Junior Scholar Award: Antoine Banks (University of Maryland), Mara Ostfeld (University of Michigan), Peter Dineson (University of Copenhagen)