The Emerging Scholar award is designed to recognize a scholar who is no more than 6 years from the year of their PhD who has informed the study of legislative politics through innovative and rigorous scholarship. The recipient of this award will be an individual who has a strong early career publication trajectory, and has presented their work actively at conferences and other public venues. Letters of nomination for this award should be sent to the committee along with the candidate’s most recent CV.
The Emerging Scholar award is funded by The Dirksen Congressional Center.
Deadline for Nominations: March 1, 2024.
2023 Winner
Annelise Russell, University of Kentucky
2023 Selection Committee:
Jaclyn Kaslovsky (Chair), Rice University | jk83@rice.edu |
Jamil Scott, Georgetown University | jamil.scott@georgetown.edu |
James Strickland, Arizona State University | jmstric6@asu.edu |
2022 Winner
Jaclyn Kaslovsky, Rice University
2022 Selection Committee:
Ken Opalo (Chair), Georgetown University | Ken.Opalo@georgetown.edu |
Sophia Wallace, University of Washington, Seattle | sophiajw@uw.edu |
Claire Abernathy, Stockton University | claire.abernathy@stockton.edu |
2021 Winner
Ken Opalo, Georgetown University
2021 Selection Committee:
Melinda Ritchie (Chair), University of California Riverside | melinda.ritchie@gmail.com |
Alexander Bolton, Emory University | alexander.daniel.bolton@emory.edu |
Taeko Hiroi, University of Texas at El Paso | thiroi@utep.edu |
2020 Winner
Melinda Ritchie, University of California Riverside
2020 Selection Committee:
Molly Reynolds (Chair), Brookings Institution | MEReynolds@brookings.edu |
David Fortunato, Texas A&M | fortunato@tamu.edu |
Valeria Palanza, Universidad Catolica de Chile | vpalanza@uc.cl |
2019 Winner
Molly Reynolds, The Brookings Institution
Award Committee:
Tiffany Barnes (Co-Chair)
University of Kentucky
tiffanydbarnes@uky.edu
Justin Kirkland (Co-Chair)
University of Virginia
Jhk9y@virginia.edu
Christian Grose
University of Southern California
crespin@ou.edu
2018 Winners
Tiffany Barnes, University of Kentucky
Justin Kirkland, University of Virginia
Award Committee:
Laurel Harbridge, Chair
Northwestern University
l-harbridge@northwestern.edu
Leslie Schwindt-Bayer
Rice University
schwindt@rice.edu
Michael Crespin
University of Oklahoma
crespin@ou.edu