{"id":9,"date":"2017-06-08T16:13:03","date_gmt":"2017-06-08T16:13:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/connect.apsanet.org\/s32\/?page_id=9"},"modified":"2026-05-30T16:13:48","modified_gmt":"2026-05-30T16:13:48","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/connect.apsanet.org\/s32\/","title":{"rendered":"Welcome to EPOVB!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n
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NEWS<\/b>
\nEPOVB is on Twitter\/X<\/em>!<\/a> \u00a0– \u00a0EPOVB Award Winners<\/a><\/p>\n

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APSA\u2019s\u00a0organized section on\u00a0Elections, Public Opinion, and Voting Behavior\u00a0(EPOVB)<\/strong>\u00a0promotes scholarly dialogue related to teaching and research on elections, electoral behavior, public opinion, voting turnout, and political participation, both within the United States and throughout the world.<\/p>\n

EPOVB is one of the largest and most active sections in the\u00a0American Political Science Association.<\/a>\u00a0 The section (APSA Section 32) is the union of two divisions: Elections and Voting Behavior (Division 36) and Public Opinion (Division 37).<\/p>\n

In addition to organizing dozens of interesting panels and presentations at the annual APSA meetings, our\u00a0awards<\/a>\u00a0recognize superior research in our field by advanced, emerging, and graduate student scholars. Our official journal,\u00a0Political Behavior<\/a>, publishes original research in the general fields of political behavior, public opinion, institutions, processes, and policies.<\/p>\n

Become an EPOVB member!<\/strong> \u00a0When\u00a0joining<\/a>\u00a0APSA or\u00a0renewing<\/a>\u00a0your membership, or at any other time, consider joining EPVOB. Want to be even more involved? Reach out to any member of our section officers to express an interest in getting involved in the section\u2019s organization, activities, and leadership.<\/p>\n

Graduate students<\/strong> \u2013 we welcome your participation! Join the section at a discounted rate ($0!). Apply for travel awards from the section. And attend our business meeting and reception at the annual convention.<\/p>\n

Section Bylaws<\/strong> – our section’s bylaws can be found here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

CALl FOR PROPOSALS –
\nEPOVB EARLY-CAREER FELLOWSHIP<\/h4>\n

Now accepting applications for the 2026 EPOVB Early-Career Fellowship<\/strong>.\u00a0The fellowship supports graduate students and junior scholars who are no more than two years post-Ph.D. Fellows will receive $500<\/strong>, mentorship from a scholar in the field, and the opportunity to present their work at the Spring 2027 EPOVB Conference<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Applicants should submit a short research proposal, a brief statement on the value of mentorship, a brief explanation of how the funds will be used, and a CV. Fellowship funds may be used for research-related expenses including data access, survey costs, travel, books, translation, membership fees, childcare, or other materials that support the fellow\u2019s research.<\/p>\n

Applications are due July 1, 2026<\/strong> and more details on how to submit are here.<\/a><\/p>\n

2026 Award Committees<\/h4>\n

The 2026 Award Committee Members can be found here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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<\/a>EPOVB is on Twitter\/X<\/em>!<\/h3>\n

You can follow us @epovb<\/a> and share news. We\u2019d love to use social media to publicize work by our members and opportunities that are of interest.<\/p>\n

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<\/a>Congratulations to EPOVB’s 2025 Award Winners!<\/h3>\n

We’re delighted to announce the winners of EPOVB’s Section Awards. Information about previous winners may be found here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Warren E. Miller Prize<\/strong><\/p>\n

Andr\u00e9 Blais, University of Montreal; Awarded every two or three years for an outstanding career of intellectual accomplishment and service to the profession in the elections, public opinion, and voting behavior field.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

2025 Philip E. Converse Book Award <\/strong><\/p>\n

The Philip E. Converse Book Award goes to Ismail K. White and Chryl Laird for the book, Steadfast Democrats: How Social Forces Shape Black Political Behavior.\u00a0The Converse Award recognizes the author(s) of an outstanding book published at least five years ago.<\/p>\n

2025 Emerging Scholar Award <\/strong><\/p>\n

Tyler Reny (Claremont University) wins our Emerging Scholar Award, which is presented to top scholars in the field who are within ten years of the Ph.D.<\/p>\n

2025 EPOVB Best Paper Award<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Best Paper Award recognizes the best paper delivered at one of the section\u2019s panels at the previous year\u2019s APSA. This year the award goes to Priyadarshi Amar, Sumitra Badrinathan, Simon Chauchard and Florian Sichart for the\u00a0paper\u00a0\u201c<\/span>Countering Misinformation Early: Evidence from a Classroom-based Field Experiment in India.\u201d<\/p>\n

2025 Best Article, Political Behavior<\/i><\/strong><\/p>\n

This year, the section\u2019s Best Paper in Political Behavior Award is given to Benjamin S. Noble and Taylor N. Carlson for their article \u201cCueAnon: What QAnon Signals About Congressional Candidates and What it Costs Them.”<\/p>\n

2025 John Sullivan Graduate Student Paper Award<\/strong><\/p>\n

The John Sullivan Award, for the best paper presented by a graduate student at one of the section\u2019s panels at the previous year\u2019s APSA, goes to Sophie Mainz for the paper \u201cFemonationalism and Citizens’ Preferences: A Multifactorial Survey Experiment.”<\/td>\n

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Officers<\/h3>\n

Chair:<\/b>
\nMelissa Michelson, Menlo College
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Vice-Chair:<\/b>
\nAnja Neundorf, University of Glasgow
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Treasurer:<\/b>
\nMatthew Hayes, Washington University, St. Louis
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Communications Director:<\/b>
\nLucia Lopez, NC State University<\/span><\/p>\n

Executive Council:
\n<\/b>Tanika Raychaudhuri, Rice University
\nElizabeth Connors, University of South Carolina
\nRodrigo Castro Cornejo, University of Massachusetts, Lowell
\nDave Peterson, Iowa State University
\nMollie Cohen, Purdue University
\nRongbo Jin, Chinese University of Hong Kong Shenzhen
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\nDivision Chairs:<\/b>
\nElections and Voting:<\/em> Michal Grahn, University of Uppsala
\nPublic Opinion:<\/em> Allison Archer, University of Houston<\/span><\/p>\n

Editors of Political Behavior<\/i>:<\/b>
\nChris Karpowitz, Brigham Young University
\nJessica Preece, Brigham Young University<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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