{"id":79,"date":"2019-03-28T16:01:36","date_gmt":"2019-03-28T16:01:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/connect.apsanet.org\/s42\/?page_id=79"},"modified":"2025-09-19T13:50:45","modified_gmt":"2025-09-19T13:50:45","slug":"awards","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/connect.apsanet.org\/s42\/awards\/","title":{"rendered":"Awards"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We congratulate all the winners of awards at the 2025 meeting of APSA&#8217;s Experimental Research Section!\u00a0 Please find the prize winners below, together with the award committees.<\/p>\n<p><b>Best Dissertation Defended in 2024<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Winner: <strong>Nat\u00e1n Skigin<\/strong>, <em>Harvard University<\/em>: \u201cChallenging Stigma from Below: How Human Rights Movements Contest Repressive States and Shape Democratic Citizenship.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Award committee: <span style=\"font-size: revert;font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, 'Apple Color Emoji', 'Segoe UI Emoji', 'Segoe UI Symbol'\">Mackenzie Israel-Trummel, Lotem Bassan-Nygate, Salma Mousa<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Best Paper Presented at APSA in 2024<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Winners: <strong>Priyadarshi Amar<\/strong>,<em> University of Wisconsin-Madison<\/em>, <strong>Sumitra Badrinathan<\/strong>, <em>American University<\/em>, <strong>Simon Chauchard<\/strong>, <em>University Carlos III Madrid<\/em>, <strong>Florian Sichart<\/strong>, <em>Princeton University<\/em>: \u201cCountering Misinformation Early: Evidence from a Classroom-Based Field Experiment in India.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Award committee: <span style=\"font-size: revert;font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, 'Apple Color Emoji', 'Segoe UI Emoji', 'Segoe UI Symbol'\">Lauren Prather, Naoki Egami, David Romney<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Best Book Published in 2024<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Winner: <strong>William G. Nomikos, <\/strong><em><span style=\"font-size: revert;font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, 'Apple Color Emoji', 'Segoe UI Emoji', 'Segoe UI Symbol'\">Local Peace, International Builders: How UN P<\/span><span style=\"font-size: revert;font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, 'Apple Color Emoji', 'Segoe UI Emoji', 'Segoe UI Symbol'\">eacekeeping Builds Peace from the Bottom Up<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Award committee: <span style=\"font-size: revert;font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, 'Apple Color Emoji', 'Segoe UI Emoji', 'Segoe UI Symbol'\">Jonathan Ladd, Adam Auerbach, Matt Graham<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Three awards for papers in the Journal of Experimental Political Science (JEPS):<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>2025 Rebecca Morton Award (for best article published in the Journal of Experimental Political Science)<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Winner: <strong>Frederico Batista Pereira<\/strong>, <em>University of North Carolina at Charlotte<\/em>, <strong>Nat\u00e1lia S. Bueno<\/strong>, <em>Emory University<\/em>, <strong>Felipe Nunes<\/strong>, <em>Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais<\/em>, <strong>Nara Pav\u00e3o<\/strong>, <em>Universidade Federal de Pernambuco<\/em>: \u201cInoculation Reduces Misinformation: Experimental Evidence from Multidimensional Interventions in Brazil.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><b>Best JEPS Article with a Preregistration Award<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Winner: <strong>D.G. Kim<\/strong>, <em>Harvard University<\/em>: \u201cThe Politicization of COVID-19 and Anti-Asian Racism in the United States: An Experimental Approach.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><b>Best New Replication Paper<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Winner: <strong>Rafael Ahlskog<\/strong>, <em>Uppsala University<\/em>: \u201cIt Matters What and Where We Measure: Education and Ideology in a Swedish Twin Design.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Committee for the three JEPS awards: Jenn Jerit, Scott Clifford, Bert Bakker<\/p>\n<p><b>Best Public Service in 2024 (prize given for promotion of research partnerships that foster experimental research)<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Winner:<\/p>\n<p>Committee: <span style=\"font-size: revert;font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, 'Apple Color Emoji', 'Segoe UI Emoji', 'Segoe UI Symbol'\">Amy Lerman, Adam Levine, Eddy Malesky<\/span><\/p>\n<div><span style=\"color: #ffffff\">&#8211;<\/span><\/div>\n<div><strong>Past winners include:<\/strong><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none\">\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Rebecca Morton Award for Best JEPS Article (before 2020, &#8220;Best JEPS Article&#8221;)<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>2024 &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/smpa.gwu.edu\/catie-bailard\">Catie Snow Bailard<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/m-graham.com\/\">Matthew Graham<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/smpa.gwu.edu\/kimberly-gross\">Kimberly Gross<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ethanporter.com\/\">Ethan Porter<\/a>, Rebekah Tromble, &#8220;Combating Hateful Attitudes and Online Browsing Behavior: The Case of Antisemitism&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>2023 &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/faculty.utah.edu\/u6026357-BEN_LYONS\/hm\/index.hml\">Benjamin A. Lyons,<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cfarhart.com\/\">Christina Farhart<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wichita.edu\/profiles\/academics\/fairmount_college_of_liberal_arts_and_sciences\/Political_Science\/Hall-Michael.php\">Michael Hall<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/communication.gmu.edu\/people\/jkotcher\">John Kotcher<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/live-sas-www-polisci.pantheon.sas.upenn.edu\/people\/standing-faculty\/matthew-levendusky\">Matthew Levendusky<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/cos.northeastern.edu\/people\/joanne-miller\/\">Joanne Miller<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.dartmouth.edu\/nyhan\/\">Brendan Nyhan<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/closup.umich.edu\/faculty\/kaitlin-raimi\">Kaitlin Raimi<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/jasonreifler.com\/\">Jason Reifler<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/kylesaunders.com\/\">Kyle Saunders<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rasmusskytte.com\/\">Rasmus Skytte<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/communication.gmu.edu\/people\/xzhao3\">Xiaoquan Zhao<\/a>, \u201cThe Study of Self-Affirmation and Identity-Driven Behavior.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>2022 &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dhdannychoi.com\/\">Donghyun Danny Choi<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mathiaspoertner.com\/\">Mathias Poertner<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/web.sas.upenn.edu\/sambanis\/\">Nicholas Sambanis<\/a><span style=\"font-size: revert;font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, 'Apple Color Emoji', 'Segoe UI Emoji', 'Segoe UI Symbol'\">, \u201cLinguistic Assimilation Does Not Reduce Discrimination Against Immigrants: Evidence from Germany\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n<li>2021 &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.florianfoos.net\/\">Florian Foos<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fabriziogilardi.org\/\">Fabrizio Dilardi<\/a>, \u201cDoes Exposure to Gender Role Models Increase Women\u2019s Political Ambition? A Field Experiment with Politicians\u201d<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span style=\"font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, 'Apple Color Emoji', 'Segoe UI Emoji', 'Segoe UI Symbol'\">2020 &#8211; <\/span><a style=\"font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, 'Apple Color Emoji', 'Segoe UI Emoji', 'Segoe UI Symbol'\" href=\"http:\/\/www.yue-hou.com\/\">Yue Hou<\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, <\/span><a style=\"font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, 'Apple Color Emoji', 'Segoe UI Emoji', 'Segoe UI Symbol'\" href=\"https:\/\/ppaweb.hku.hk\/faculties\/name\/quek\">Kai Quek<\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cViolence Exposure and Support for State Use of Force in a Non-Democracy\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none\">\n<ul style=\"list-style-type: circle\">\n<li class=\"p1\"><strong>Award for Best Article with a Pre-registration in JEPS<\/strong>\n<ul style=\"list-style-type: square\">\n<li>2024 &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/lovechristensen.com\/\">Love Christensen<\/a>, &#8220;Optimal Persuasion Under Confirmation Bias: Theory an Evidence From a Registered Report&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>2023 &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/brendanapfeld.com\/\">Brendan Apfeld<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tcd.ie\/research\/profiles\/?profile=COMANE\">Emanuel Coman<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/liberalarts.utexas.edu\/government\/faculty\/jg29775\">John Gerring<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/laits.utexas.edu\/~sjessee\/\">Stephen Jessee<\/a>, \u201cEducation and Social Capital.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>2022 &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/faculty.wcas.northwestern.edu\/jnd260\/index.html\">James N. Druckman<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/samaraklar.com\/\">Samara Klar<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yannakrupnikov.com\/\">Yanna Krupnikov<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/web.sas.upenn.edu\/mleven\/\">Matthew Levendusky<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/lsa.umich.edu\/polisci\/people\/faculty\/john-barry-ryan.html\">John Barry Ryan<\/a><span style=\"font-size: revert;font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, 'Apple Color Emoji', 'Segoe UI Emoji', 'Segoe UI Symbol'\">, \u201cHow Affective Polarization Shapes Americans\u2019 Political Beliefs: A Study of Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic&#8221;<\/span><\/li>\n<li>2021 &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/web.sas.upenn.edu\/danhop\/\">Daniel J. Hopkins<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/uwsilab.wixsite.com\/home\">Cheryl R. Kaiser<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/eoperez.com\/\">Efr\u00e9n O. P\u00e9rez<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.google.com\/site\/sarhaga\/\">Sara Hag\u00e1<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.catalyst.org\/bio\/corin-ramos\/\">Corin Ramos<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.utep.edu\/liberalarts\/psychology\/people\/michael-zarate.html\">Michael Z\u00e1rate<\/a>, \u201cDoes Perceiving Discrimination Influence Partisanship among U.S. Immigrant Minorities? Evidence from Five Experiments&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul style=\"list-style-type: circle\">\n<li><strong>Award for Best Replication Article in JEPS<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>2024 &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/bcastanho.github.io\/\">Bruno Silva<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.google.com\/asu.edu\/fabianneuner\">Fabian Neuner<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/wratil.eu\/\">Christopher Wratil<\/a>, &#8220;Populism and Candidate Support in the US: The Effects of &#8216;Thin&#8217; and &#8216;Host&#8217; Ideology&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>2022 &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/as.nyu.edu\/faculty\/chris-dawes.html\">Chris Dawes<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/chass.ncsu.edu\/people\/jrzink\/\">James Zink<\/a>, \u201cIs &#8216;Constitutional Veneration&#8217; An Obstable to Constitutional Amendment?\u201d<\/li>\n<li>2021 &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/jared-mcdonald.com\/\">Jared McDonald<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/jamesigoewalsh.com\/\">James Igoe Walsh<\/a>, &#8220;The Costs of Conflict and Support for the Use of Force: Accounting for Information Equivalence in Survey Experiments&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>2020 &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/costaspanagopoulos.com\/\">Costas Panagopoulos<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/cssh.northeastern.edu\/student\/kendall-bailey\/\">Kendall Bailey,<\/a>\u00a0<span style=\"font-size: revert;font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, 'Apple Color Emoji', 'Segoe UI Emoji', 'Segoe UI Symbol'\">\u201c\u2018Friends-and-Neighbors\u2019 Mobilization: A Field Experimental <\/span><span style=\"font-size: revert;font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, 'Apple Color Emoji', 'Segoe UI Emoji', 'Segoe UI Symbol'\">Replication and Extension.\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Best Book Award<\/strong>\n<ul style=\"list-style-type: square\">\n<li>2023 &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.google.com\/site\/adammichaelauerbach\/\">Adam Michael Auerbach<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tariqthachil.com\/\">Tariq Thachil<\/a>, <em>Migrants and Machine Politics: How India&#8217;s Urban Poor Seek Representation and Responsiveness<\/em><\/li>\n<li>2023 &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/graemeblair.com\/\">Grame Blair<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/alexandercoppock.com\/\">Alex Coppock<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/macartan.github.io\/\">Macartan Humphreys<\/a>, <em>Declare Design: Declaration, Diagnosis, and Redesign<\/em><\/li>\n<li>2022 &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dhdannychoi.com\/\">Danny Choi<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mathiaspoertner.com\/\">Mathias Poertner<\/a>, Gwyneth McClendon, <em>Native Bias: Overcoming Discrimination Against Immigrants<\/em><\/li>\n<li>2022 &#8211; Jamie Druckman, <em>Experimental Thinking: A Primer on Social Science Experiments<\/em><\/li>\n<li>2021 &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/faculty.wcas.northwestern.edu\/jnd260\/index.html\">James N. Druckman<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.donaldgreen.com\/\">Donald P. Green<\/a>, <em>Advances in Experimental Political Science\u00a0<\/em><\/li>\n<li>2021 &#8211; Cigdem Sirin, Nicholas Valentino, and Jose Villalobos,\u00a0<em>Seeing Us in Them: Social Divisions and the Politics of Group Empathy<\/em><\/li>\n<li>2020 &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.anabracic.com\/about.html\">Ana Bracic<\/a>, <em>Breaking the Exclusion Cycle: How to Promote Cooperation between Majority and Minority Ethnic Groups<\/em><\/li>\n<li>2019 &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thaddunning.com\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Thad Dunning<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/web.sas.upenn.edu\/ggros\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Guy Grossmann<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/macartan.nyc\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Macartan Humphreys<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/susan.hyde.co\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Susan D. Hyde<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/gps.ucsd.edu\/faculty-directory\/craig-mcintosh.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Craig McIntosh<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/garethnellis.github.io\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Gareth Nellis , <\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201c<em>Information, Accountability, and Cumulative Learning: Lessons from Metaketa I<\/em>\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n<li>2018 &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/jsettle.people.wm.edu\/index.html\">Jaime Settle,<\/a>\u00a0<em>Frenemies: How Social Media Polarizes America<\/em><\/li>\n<li>2017 &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/arceneaux\/\">Vin Arceneaux<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/rvwielen\/\">Ryan Vander Wielen,<\/a>\u00a0<em>Taming Intuition: How Reflection Minimizes Partisan Reasoning and Promotes Democratic Accountability<\/em><\/li>\n<li>2017 &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/ryandenos.com\/\">Ryan Enos,<\/a>\u00a0<em>The Space Between Us: Social Geography and Politics<\/em><\/li>\n<li>2016 &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/samaraklar.com\/\">Samara Klar<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yannakrupnikov.com\/\">Yanna Krupnikov,<\/a>\u00a0<em>Independent Politics: How American Disdain for Political Parties Leads to Political Inaction\u00a0<\/em><\/li>\n<li>2015 &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/government.cornell.edu\/adam-levine\">Adam Seth Levine,<\/a>\u00a0<em>American Insecurity: Why our Economic Fears Lead to Political Inaction<\/em><\/li>\n<li>2014 &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.danielmarkbutler.com\/\">Daniel Butler, <\/a><em>Representing the Advantaged: How Politicians Reinforce Inequality<\/em><\/li>\n<li>2014 &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/ckarpowitz.com\/\">Christopher Karpowitz<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/scholar.princeton.edu\/talim\/home\">Tali Mendelberg, <\/a><em>The Silent Sex: Gender, Deliberation, and Institutions\u00a0<\/em><\/li>\n<li>2013 &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thaddunning.com\/\">Thad Dunning,<\/a>\u00a0<em>Natural Experiments in the Social Sciences: A Design-Based Approach\u00a0<\/em><\/li>\n<li>2013 &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/politicalscience.yale.edu\/people\/alan-gerber\">Alan Gerber<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.google.com\/site\/donaldpgreen\/\">Don Green, <\/a><em>Field Experiments: Design, Analysis, and Interpretation<\/em><\/li>\n<li>2012 &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/faculty.wcas.northwestern.edu\/~jnd260\/\">Jamie Druckman<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.google.com\/site\/donaldpgreen\/\">Don Green<\/a>, James Kuklinski, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.arthurlupia.com\/\">Arthur Lupia, <\/a>\u00a0<em>The Cambridge Handbook of Experimental Political Science<\/em><\/li>\n<li>2010 &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/nyuad.nyu.edu\/en\/academics\/divisions\/social-science\/faculty\/rebecca-morton.html\">Rebecca Morton<\/a> and Kenneth Williams,\u00a0 <em>From Nature to the Lab: The Methodology of Experimental Political Science and the Study of Causality<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul style=\"list-style-type: circle\">\n<li><strong>Award for Best Paper Presented at Previous Year&#8217;s APSA Conference<\/strong>\n<ul style=\"list-style-type: square\">\n<li>2024 &#8211;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/naokiegami.com\/\">Naoki Egami<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dianadainlee.com\/\">Diana Dee In Lee<\/a><strong>, <\/strong>&#8220;Designing Multi-Site Studies for External Validity: Site Selection via Synthetic Purposive Sampling&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>2023 &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chagaiweiss.com\/\">Chagai Weiss<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/en.achord.huji.ac.il\/people\/shira-ran\">Shira Ran<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eranhalperin.com\/\">Eran Halperin<\/a>, &#8220;Addressing the Elephant in the Room: Field Experiments in Israel Show that Education Programs That Broach Sensitive Topics Can Reduce Prejudice.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>2022 &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/r-majumdar.github.io\/\">Rajeshwari Majumdar<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/as.nyu.edu\/faculty\/jonathan-nagler.html\">Jonathan Nagler<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/as.nyu.edu\/faculty\/joshua-tucker.html\">Joshua Tucker<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/cims.nyu.edu\/people\/profiles\/BONNEAU_Richard.html\">Richard Bonneau<\/a>, &#8220;Reducing Prejudice and Support for Religious Nationalism Through Conversations on WhatsApp.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left\">2020 &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/robblair.net\/\">Robert A. Blair<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/watson.brown.edu\/gpd\/portfolio\/manuel-moscoso\/\">Manuel Moscoso<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/ocvprogram.macmillan.yale.edu\/people\/andres-vargas-castillo\">Andres Vargas Castillo<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/michael-weintraub.squarespace.com\/bio\">Michael Weintraub, <\/a>\u201cAfter Rebel Governance: A Field\n<p class=\"p1\">Experiment in Security and Justice Provision in Rural Colombia&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>2020 &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mathiaspoertner.com\/\">Mathias Poertner<\/a>, \u201cDoes Political Representation Increase Participation? Evidence from Party Candidate Lotteries in Mexico\u201d (Honorable mention)<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left\">\n<p class=\"p1\"><span style=\"font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, 'Apple Color Emoji', 'Segoe UI Emoji', 'Segoe UI Symbol'\">2019- <\/span><a style=\"font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, 'Apple Color Emoji', 'Segoe UI Emoji', 'Segoe UI Symbol'\" href=\"https:\/\/www.salmamousa.com\/\">Salma Mousa<\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, &#8220;Creating Coexistence: Intergroup Contact and Soccer in Post-ISIS Iraq.&#8221;\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left\">\n<p class=\"p1\">2018 &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/piaraffler.com\/\">Pia Raffler<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/danielnposner.com\/\">Daniel Posner<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.poverty-action.org\/people\/doug-parkerson\">Doug Parkerson, <\/a>&#8220;The Weakness of Bottom-Up Accountability: Experimental Evidence from the Ugandan Health Sector&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left\">\n<p class=\"p1\">2017 &#8211;\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/web.sas.upenn.edu\/ggros\/\">Guy Grossman<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.google.com\/site\/kristinmichelitch\/\">Kristin Michelitch,<\/a>\u00a0 &#8220;Information Dissemination, Competitive Pressure, and Politician Performance Between Elections: A Field Experiment in Uganda&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left\">2016 &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/ddoherty.sites.luc.edu\/\">David Doherty<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/politicalscience.olemiss.edu\/conor-m-dowling\/\">Conor Dowling<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.google.com\/site\/millerpolsci\/\">Michael Miller,<\/a>\u00a0&#8220;The Effects of Candidate Race and Gender on Party Chairs&#8217; Assessments of Electoral Viability&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>2015 &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/dbroock.people.stanford.edu\/\">David Broockman<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.danielmarkbutler.com\/\">Daniel Butler,<\/a>\u00a0&#8220;The Causal Effects of Elite Position-Taking on Voter Attitudes: Field Experiments with Elite Communication&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>2014 &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/thomasleeper.com\/\">Thomas Leeper<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/kevinmullinix.com\/\">Kevin Mullinex,<\/a>\u00a0&#8220;What If You Had Done Things Differently? Testing The Generalizability Of Framing Effects With Parallel Experiments&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>2012 &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jjerit.com\/\">Jennifer Jerit<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jasonbarabas.com\/\">Jason Barabas<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/ssl.uh.edu\/class\/political-science\/faculty-and-staff\/professors\/clifford\/\">Scott Clifford,<\/a>\u00a0&#8220;Comparing Treatment Effects in Parallel Experiments&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul style=\"list-style-type: circle\">\n<li><strong>Award for Best Dissertation<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>2024 &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hks.harvard.edu\/faculty\/lotem-bassan-nygate\">Lotem Bassan-Nygate<\/a>, &#8220;Who is Watching? The Consequences of Foreign Criticism&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>2023 &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/lovechristensen.com\/\">Love Christensen<\/a>,\u00a0&#8220;Uncertainty and Persuasion &#8211; Essays on Behavioral Political Economy.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>2022 &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nataliagarbirasdiaz.com\/\">Natalia Garbiras-D\u00edaz<\/a>, \u201cPaving the way for the rise of outsiders: Candidate and voter behavior in an era of political disillusionment.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>2022 &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/erossiter.com\/\">Erin Rossiter<\/a>,\u00a0\u201cThree Papers on Interpersonal Communication.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>2022 &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/anna-wilke.com\/\">Anna Wilke<\/a>, \u201cEssays on the Politics of Maintaining Order.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>2021 &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/taraslough.com\/\">Tara Slough<\/a>, \u201cEssays on the Distributive Politics of Bureaucracy\u201d<\/li>\n<li>2020 &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/kyle-peyton.com\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Kyle Peyton<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cExperiments on Legitimacy and Intergroup Relations: Policing, Trust, and Prejudice in the United States\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li>2019 &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/adamzelizer.com\/\">Adam Zelizer,<\/a>\u00a0<em>Legislating While Learning: How Staff Briefings, Cue-Taking, and Deliberation Help Legislators Take Policy Positions<\/em><\/li>\n<li>2018 &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/saadgulzar.com\/\">Saad Gulzar,<\/a>\u00a0E<em>ssays on the Political Economy of Development in South Asia<\/em><\/li>\n<li>2018 &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/piaraffler.com\/\">Pia Raffler,<\/a>\u00a0<em>Information, Accountability, and Elite Political Behavior<\/em><\/li>\n<li>2017 &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/alexandercoppock.com\/\">Alex Coppock,<\/a>\u00a0<em>Positive, Small, Homogenous, and Durable: Political Persuasion in Response to Political Information\u00a0<\/em><\/li>\n<li>2016 &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/eunbinc.wixsite.com\/echung\">Eun Bin Chung,<\/a>\u00a0<em>Overcoming the History Problem &#8211; Group Affirmation in International Relations<\/em><\/li>\n<li>2015 &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.meredithsadin.com\/\">Meredith Sadin,<\/a>\u00a0<em>A Wealth of Ambivalence: How Stereotypes About The Rich Matter For Political Attitudes and Candidate Choice<\/em><\/li>\n<li>2012 &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdanmyers.com\/\">Dan Myers,<\/a>\u00a0<em>Information Use in Small Group Deliberation<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul style=\"list-style-type: circle\">\n<li><strong>Award for Best Public Service<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">2020 &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/thepolicylab.brown.edu\/about\/team\/david-yokum\">David Yokum,<\/a>\u00a0The Policy Lab, Brown University<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">2019<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/archive.voterparticipation.org\/our-team\/page-gardner\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> -Page Gardner, <\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Voter Participation Center (VPC)<\/span><\/li>\n<li>2018 &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mercycorps.org\/people\/rebecca-wolfe\">Rebecca Wolfe,<\/a>\u00a0University of Chicago<\/li>\n<li>2017 &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.workingamerica.org\/staff\/matt-morrison\">Matt Morison, <\/a>Working America<\/li>\n<li>2016 &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.poverty-action.org\/people\/kelly-bidwell\">Kelly Bidwell,<\/a>\u00a0OES<\/li>\n<li>2015 &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/lalgbtcenter.org\/leadership-advocacy\/leadership-lab\">David Fleischer,<\/a>\u00a0Leadership Lab of the Los Angeles LGBT Center<\/li>\n<li>2014 &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/bos.smcgov.org\/district-4-warren-slocum\">Warren Slocum, <\/a>San Mateo County Board of Supervisors<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We congratulate all the winners of awards at the 2025 meeting of APSA&#8217;s Experimental Research Section!\u00a0 Please find the prize winners below, together with the award committees. Best Dissertation Defended in 2024 Winner: Nat\u00e1n Skigin, Harvard University: \u201cChallenging Stigma from Below: How Human Rights Movements Contest Repressive States and Shape Democratic Citizenship.\u201d Award committee: Mackenzie &#8230; <a title=\"Awards\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/connect.apsanet.org\/s42\/awards\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Awards\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18144,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-79","page","type-page","status-publish"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/connect.apsanet.org\/s42\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/79","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/connect.apsanet.org\/s42\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/connect.apsanet.org\/s42\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/connect.apsanet.org\/s42\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/18144"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/connect.apsanet.org\/s42\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=79"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/connect.apsanet.org\/s42\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/79\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/connect.apsanet.org\/s42\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=79"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}