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2025-2026 Awards Committees, <\/strong>Presidents and Executive Politics Section<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Richard E. Neustadt Award<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Award Description: <\/strong>The Richard E. Neustadt Award will be given for the best book on executive politics published during 2025. PEP Bylaws require that\u00a0a hard copy of nominated\u00a0books be sent to the committee members for award consideration.<\/p>\n

Nomination Deadline:\u00a0<\/strong>February 2, 2026<\/p>\n

Award Committee:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Kenneth Lowande (Chair), University of Michigan, lowande@umich.edu<\/a><\/p>\n

Jeffrey Crouch, American University, crouch@american.edu<\/a><\/p>\n

Lilly Goren, Carroll University, lgoren@carrollu.edu<\/a><\/p>\n

Karen Hult, Virginia Tech, khult@vt.edu<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n

Brandon Rottinghaus, University of Houston, bjrottin@central.uh.edu<\/a><\/p>\n

George C. Edwards III Dissertation Award<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Award Description: <\/strong>The George C. Edwards III Dissertation Award is given for the best dissertation in presidency research completed and accepted during the previous two calendar years (January 1, 2024\u2013 December 31, 2025).\u00a0 The recipient will receive a $250 award.<\/p>\n

Nomination Deadline:\u00a0<\/strong>February 20, 2026<\/p>\n

Award Committee:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Julian Michel (Chair), Hong Kong Baptist University, julianmichel@ucla.edu<\/a><\/p>\n

Julia Azari, Marquette University, julia.azari@marquette.edu<\/a><\/p>\n

Zak Taylor,\u00a0 Georgia Institute of Technology, mzak@gatech.edu<\/a><\/p>\n

Founders Award for Best Graduate Student Paper<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Award Description: <\/strong>The Founders Award honoring Thomas Cronin will be given for the best paper on executive politics presented by a Graduate Student at either the preceding year\u2019s APSA annual meeting or at any of the regional meetings in 2025.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Nomination Deadline:\u00a0<\/strong>March 2, 2026<\/p>\n

Award Committee:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Benjamin Goehring (Chair), University of Michigan, bengoehr@umich.edu<\/a><\/p>\n

MaryAnne Borelli, Connecticut College,\u00a0 mabor@conncoll.edu<\/a><\/p>\n

Nancy Kassop, SUNY-New Paltz, kassopm@@newpaltz.edu<\/a><\/p>\n

Founders Best Paper Award By a Ph.D. Holding Scholar<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Award Description:\u00a0<\/strong>The Founders Award honoring Dom Bonafede will be given for the best paper on executive politics authored by a PhD \u2013 holding scholar at the previous year\u2019s (2025) APSA annual meeting.<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/strong>Nomination Deadline:\u00a0<\/strong>March 2, 2026<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/strong>Award Committee:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Christopher Carter (Chair), University of Virginia, christopher.carter@virginia.edu\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n

Anna Callis, Tulane University, acallis@tulane.edu<\/a><\/p>\n

John Dearborn, Vanderbilt University, john.a.dearborn@vanderbilt.edu<\/a><\/p>\n

Justin Vaughn, Coastal Carolina University, jvaughn@coastal.edu<\/a><\/p>\n

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

Award Description:\u00a0<\/strong>An Emerging Scholar Award will be given to an early career scholar (10 years from date of award of PhD) that has made a contribution to the intellectual development of the fields of presidency and executive politics. Letters of nomination should provide a rationale for the work receiving the award.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/strong>Nomination Deadline:\u00a0<\/strong>February 20, 2026<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/strong>Award Committee:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Brandice Canes-Wrone (Chair), Stanford University, bcwrone@stanford.edu<\/a><\/p>\n

Irwin Morris, North Carolina State University, ilmorri2@ncsu.edu<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n

James Pfiffner, George Mason University, pfiffner@gmu.edu<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n

Legacy Award<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Award Description: <\/strong>A Legacy Award will be given to a living author for a book, essay, or article, published at least 10 years prior to the award year, that has made a continuing contribution to the intellectual development of the fields of presidency and executive politics. Letters of nomination should provide a rationale for the work receiving the award. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nomination Deadline: <\/strong>February 2, 2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Award Committee:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

David Lewis (Chair), Vanderbilt University, david.lewis@vanderbilt.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Meena Bose, Hofstra University, meena.bose@hofstra.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Amnon Cavari, Reichman University, cavari@runi.ac.il <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Anne Pluta, Rowan University, pluta@rowan.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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