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Presidents & Executive Politics (PEP) Section Award Winners<\/strong><\/h1>\n

Legacy Award (for\u00a0a 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).<\/strong><\/p>\n

2024\u00a0 David E. Lewis, <\/b>Vanderbilt University<\/p>\n

The Politics of Presidential Appointments (<\/em>University Press of Kansas, 2004).<\/p>\n

2022\u00a0 Mary Stuckey<\/strong>, Pennsylvania State University<\/p>\n

Defining Americans: The Presidency and National Identity (<\/em>University Press of Kansas, 2004).<\/p>\n

2022\u00a0 \u00a0George Edwards III,<\/strong> Emeritus, Texas A&M University<\/p>\n

On Deaf Ears: The Limits of the Bully Pulpit Strategic Presidency: Hitting the Ground Running\u00a0<\/em>(Yale University Press, 2006).<\/p>\n

2021\u00a0 \u00a0James P. Pfiffner<\/strong>, George Mason University<\/p>\n

The Strategic Presidency: Hitting the Ground Running\u00a0<\/em>(2nd ed., University Press of Kansas, 1996).<\/p>\n

2020\u00a0 \u00a0 Terry M. Moe<\/strong>, Stanford University<\/p>\n

“The Politicized Presidency,” in John E. Chubb and Paul E. Peterson, eds., The New Direction in American Politics<\/em> (The Brookings Institution, 1985)<\/p>\n

2019\u00a0 \u00a0 Shirley Anne Warshaw<\/strong>, Gettysburg College<\/p>\n

Powersharing: White House-Cabinet Relations in the Modern Presidency (<\/em>State University of New York Press, 1996)<\/p>\n

2018\u00a0 \u00a0Jeffrey Tulis<\/strong>, University of Texas at Austin, The Rhetorical Presidency\u00a0<\/em>(Princeton University Press, 1987)<\/p>\n

2017\u00a0 \u00a0Stephen Skowronek<\/strong>, Yale University<\/p>\n

The Politics Presidents Make: Leadership from John Adams to Bill Clinton\u00a0 <\/em>(Harvard University Press, 1987)<\/p>\n

2016\u00a0 \u00a0 Samuel Kernell<\/strong>, University of California, San Diego, Going Public: New Strategies of Presidential Leadership<\/em> (CQ Press, 1986).<\/p>\n

2015\u00a0 \u00a0 William Howell<\/strong>, University of Chicago<\/p>\n

Power without Persuasion: The Politics of Direct Presidential Action <\/em>(Princeton University Press, 2003)<\/p>\n

Richard E. Neustadt Book Award (for the best book published that contributed to research and scholarship in the field of the American presidency).<\/strong><\/p>\n

2025\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0Kenneth Lowande,<\/em> <\/strong>University of Michigan.\u00a0\u00a0False Front: The Failed Promise of Presidential Power in a Polarized Age <\/em>(The University of Chicago Press)<\/p>\n

2024\u00a0 \u00a0 Charles M. Cameron,<\/strong> Princeton University, and Jonathan P. Kastellec, <\/strong>Princeton University.\u00a0\u00a0Making the Supreme Court, the Politics of Appointments, 1930-2020 <\/em>(Oxford University Press)<\/p>\n

2023\u00a0 \u00a0 Alexander D. Bolton<\/strong>, Emory University, and Sharece Thrower<\/strong>, Vanderbilt University. Checks in the Balance: Legislative Capacity and the Dynamics of Executive Power (<\/em>Princeton University Press)<\/p>\n

2022\u00a0 \u00a0 John A. Dearborn<\/strong>, Vanderbilt University<\/p>\n

Power Shifts: Congress and Presidential Representation\u00a0<\/em>(University of Chicago Press)<\/p>\n

2022\u00a0 \u00a0 Andrew Rudalevige<\/strong>, Bowdoin College<\/p>\n

By Executive Order: Bureaucratic Management and the Limits of Executive Order\u00a0<\/em>(Princeton University Press)<\/p>\n

2021\u00a0\u00a0Paul M. Collins, Jr., University of Massachusetts Amherst, and Matthew Eshbaugh-Soha<\/b>, University of North Texas<\/p>\n

The President and the Supreme Court\u00a0<\/em>(Cambridge University Press)<\/p>\n

2020\u00a0 Rachel Augustine Potter<\/strong>, University of Virginia\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Bending the Rules: Procedural Politicking in the Bureaucracy <\/em>(University of Chicago Press)<\/p>\n

2019\u00a0 John Sides, <\/strong>Vanderbilt University,\u00a0 Michael Tesler<\/strong>, University of California-Irvine, and Lynn Vavreck, <\/strong>University of California, Los Angeles<\/p>\n

Identity Crisis: The 2016 Presidential Campaign and the Battle for the Meaning of America\u00a0<\/em>(Princeton University Press)<\/p>\n

2018\u00a0 \u00a0 Amnon Cavari, <\/strong>IDC Herzliya<\/p>\n

The<\/em> Party Politics of Presidential Rhetoric <\/em>(Cambridge University Press)<\/p>\n

2018\u00a0 \u00a0 Trygve Throntveit<\/strong>, University of Washington<\/p>\n

Power without Victory: Woodrow Wilson and the American International Experiment <\/em>(University of Chicago Press)<\/p>\n

2017\u00a0 \u00a0 Eric Schickler, <\/strong>University of California, Berkeley,\u00a0 and Douglas L. Kriner, <\/strong>Cornell University<\/p>\n

Investigating the President: Congressional Checks on Presidential<\/em> Power (Princeton University Press)<\/p>\n

2016\u00a0 \u00a0 Douglas L.\u00a0 Kriner, <\/strong>Cornell University, and Andrew Reeves, <\/strong>Washington University in St. Louis<\/p>\n

The Particularistic President: Executive Branch Politics and Political Inequality<\/em> (Cambridge University Press)<\/p>\n

2015 \u00a0 \u00a0Rebecca Thorpe<\/strong>, University of Washington<\/p>\n

The American Warfare State: The Domestic Politics of Military Spending<\/em> (University of Chicago Press)<\/p>\n

2015\u00a0 \u00a0 Michael Nelson,<\/strong> Rhodes College<\/p>\n

Resilient America: Electing Nixon in 1968, Channeling Dissent, and Dividing Government <\/em>(Kansas University Press)<\/p>\n

2014 \u00a0 \u00a0Mariah Zeisberg,<\/strong> University of Michigan
\nWar Powers: The Politics of Constitutional Authority<\/em> (Princeton University Press)<\/p>\n

2013\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Jean M. Yarbrough,<\/strong> Bowdoin College
\nTheodore Roosevelt and the American Political Tradition<\/em> (University of Kansas Press)<\/p>\n

2012\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Michael J. Korzi,<\/strong> Towson University
\nPresidential Term Limits in American History: Power, Principles, and Politics<\/em> (Texas A&M University Press)<\/p>\n

2011\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Jeffrey E. Cohen,<\/strong> Fordham University
\nGoing Local: Presidential Leadership in the Post-Braodcast Age<\/em> (Cambridge University Press)<\/p>\n

2010 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0B. Dan Wood<\/b>, Texas A&M University
\nThe Myth of Presidential Representation\u00a0<\/i>(Cambridge University Press)<\/p>\n

2009 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0David E. Lewis<\/b>, Vanderbilt University
\nThe\u00a0Politics of Presidential Appointments: Political Control and Bureaucratic Performance\u00a0<\/i>(Princeton University Press)<\/p>\n

2008 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Martha Joynt Kumar<\/b>, Towson University
\nManaging the President\u2019s Message: The White House Communications Operation<\/i> (Johns Hopkins University Press)<\/p>\n

2007\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0William G. Howell,<\/strong> University of Chicago; and\u00a0Jon C. Pevehouse<\/b>, University of Wisconsin
\nWhile Dangers Gather\u00a0<\/i>(Princeton University Press)<\/p>\n

2007 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Brandice Canes-Wrone<\/b>, Princeton University
\nWho Leads Whom? Presidents, Policy, and the Public\u00a0<\/i>(University of Chicago Press)<\/p>\n

2006 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Louis Fisher<\/b>, Law Division, Library of Congress
\nMilitary Tribunals and Presidential Power: American Revolution to the War on Terrorism\u00a0<\/i>(University Press of Kansas)<\/p>\n

2006\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Joel D. Aberbach <\/b>and\u00a0Mark A. Peterson<\/b>, University of California, Los Angeles
\nThe Executive Branch\u00a0<\/i>(Oxford University Press)<\/p>\n

2005 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Kevin J. McMahon<\/b>, Trinity College
\nReconsidering Roosevelt on Race: How the Presidency Paved the Road to Brown\u00a0<\/i>(University of Chicago Press)<\/p>\n

2004 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Janet M. Martin<\/b>, Bowdoin College
\nThe Presidency and Women: Promise, Performance, and Illusion\u00a0<\/i>(Texas A&M University Press)<\/p>\n

2003 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Andrew C. Rudalevige<\/b>, Dickinson College
\nManaging the Presidents Program: Presidential Leadership and Legislative Policy Formation\u00a0<\/i>(Princeton University Press)<\/p>\n

2002 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Kenneth R. Mayer<\/b>, University of Wisconsin (Co-recipient)
\nWith the Stroke of a Pen: Executive Orders and Presidential Power\u00a0<\/i>(Princeton University Press)<\/p>\n

2002\u00a0 \u00a0 Patricia<\/strong> H. Conley<\/b>, Northwestern University (Co-recipient)
\nPresidential Mandates: How Elections Shape the National Agenda\u00a0<\/i>(University of Chicago Press)<\/p>\n

2002\u00a0 \u00a0Larry<\/strong> Berman<\/b>, University of California, Washington Center (Honorable Mention)
\nNo Peace, No Honor: Nixion, Kissinger, and Betrayal in Vietnam\u00a0<\/i>(Free Press)<\/p>\n

2001 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Lawrence J. Jacobs<\/b>, University of Minnesota; and\u00a0Robert Y. Shapiro<\/b>, Columbia University
\nPoliticians Don’t Pander: Political Manipulation and the Loss of Democratic Responsiveness<\/i> (University of Chicago Press)<\/p>\n

2000 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0David Alistair Yalof<\/b>, University of Connecticut
\nPursuit of Justices: Presidential Politics and the Selection of Supreme Court Nominees\u00a0<\/i>(University of Chicago Press)<\/p>\n

1999 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Keith Krehbiel<\/b>, Stanford University
\nPivotal Politics: A Theory of U.S. Lawmaking\u00a0<\/i>(University of Chicago Press)<\/p>\n

1998 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Jeffrey E. Cohen<\/b>, University of Kansas
\nPresidential Responsiveness and Public Policy-Making: The Public and the Policies That Presidents Choose\u00a0<\/i>(University of Michigan Press)<\/p>\n

1997 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Stanley A. Renshon<\/b>, City University of New York Graduate Center
\nHigh Hopes: The Clinton Presidency and the Politics of Ambition\u00a0<\/i>(New York University Press)<\/p>\n

1996 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Karen Hult\u00a0<\/b>and\u00a0Charles Walcott<\/b>, Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University
\nGoverning the White House: From Hoover through LBJ\u00a0<\/i>(University of Kansas)<\/p>\n

1995 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Charles O. Jones<\/b>, University of Wisconsin
\nThe Presidency in a Separated System\u00a0<\/i>(The Brookings Institution)<\/p>\n

1994 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Stephen Skowronek<\/b>, Yale University
\nThe Politics Presidents Make: Leadership from John Adams to George Bush\u00a0<\/i>(Harvard University Press)<\/p>\n

1992 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0David R. Mayhew<\/b>, Yale University
\nDivided We Govern<\/i><\/p>\n

1991 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Harold Hongju Koh<\/b>, Yale University
\nThe National Security Constitution<\/i><\/p>\n

1990 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0John P. Burke<\/b>, University of Vermont; and\u00a0Fred I. Greenstein<\/b>, Princeton University; and Collaborators\u00a0Larry Berman<\/b>, University of California, Davis; and\u00a0Richard Immerman\u00a0 <\/b>How Presidents Test Reality\u00a0<\/i>(Russell Sage Foundation)<\/p>\n

1989 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Erwin Hargrove<\/b>, Vanderbilt University
\nJimmy Carter as President\u00a0<\/i>(Louisiana State University Press)<\/p>\n

Founders Award Honoring Peri Arnold for the Best Paper On Executive Politics Authored by a Ph.D.-Holding Scholar at the previous year\u2019s APSA annual meeting.<\/strong><\/p>\n

2025\u00a0 \u00a0John A. Dearborn<\/strong>, Vanderbilt University “Contesting the Reach of the Rights Revolution: The Reagan Administration\u00a0 and the Unitary Executive.”<\/p>\n

2025\u00a0 \u00a0Anna F. Callis<\/strong>, Tulane University, and Christopher L. Carter<\/strong>, University of Virginia, “Balancing Bossism: Education Expansion in the Face of Elite Capture.”<\/p>\n

2023\u00a0 Joshua B. Kennedy<\/strong>, Georgia Southern University, and Andrew Rudalevige<\/strong> Bowdoin College,\u00a0 \u201cExecutive Orders and the Administrative State: Formulation, Implementation, and Regulation.\u201d<\/p>\n

2022\u00a0\u00a0Kyuwon Lee,<\/strong> New York University, and Hye Young You<\/b>, New York University,\u00a0\u00a0“Bureaucratic Revolving Doors and Interest Group Participation in Policymaking”<\/p>\n

2021\u00a0 Kevin M. Baron<\/strong>,\u00a0Austin Peay State University, “Informal and Private: Veto Threats Over the Freedom of Information Act”<\/p>\n

2020\u00a0 Kenneth Lowande, <\/strong>University of Michigan, and Charles R. Shipan,<\/strong> University of Michigan, “Where is Presidential Power? Measuring Discretion With Experts and Laypersons\u201d<\/p>\n

2020\u00a0 \u00a0 George A. Krause<\/strong>, University of Georgia, and Jason S. Byers, <\/strong>University of North Georgia\u00a0 \u00a0\u201cConfirmation Dynamics: Distinguishing Between Informational Versus Procedural Delay in the Appointment of U.S. Federal Agency Leaders, 1981-2008\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

2019\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0Julia Azari,<\/strong> Marquette University,\u00a0 and William D. Adler,\u00a0<\/strong>Northeastern Illinois University,\u00a0“The Party Decides (Who the Vice President Will Be”)<\/p>\n

2018\u00a0 \u00a0 Aaron R. Kaufman, <\/strong>New York University Abu Dhabi and Jon C. Rogowski, <\/strong>Harvard University<\/p>\n

“Interbranch Conflict, Unilateral Action, and the Presidency”<\/p>\n

2017\u00a0 \u00a0Larry Rottenberg,<\/strong> University of Rochester and Matthew Sweeten<\/strong>,\u00a0 University of Rochester<\/p>\n

“Analyzing Agency Choice with Text Analysis: The Case of the NRLB”<\/p>\n

2016\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0Jasmine Farrier<\/b>, University of Louisville
\n“Judicial Restraint and the New War Powers”<\/p>\n

2015 \u00a0 \u00a0Magna In\u00e1cio<\/strong>,\u00a0Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, and Mariana Llanos<\/strong>, GIGA Institut f\u00fcr Lateinamerika-Studien
\n“The Institutional Presidency in Latin America: A Comparative Analysis”<\/p>\n

2014 \u00a0 \u00a0Andrew Rudalevige<\/strong>, Bowdoin College
\n“Bargaining with the Bureaucracy: Executive Orders and the Transaction Costs of Unilateral Action”<\/p>\n

2013\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Stephen Weatherford<\/strong>, University of California at Santa Barbara
\n“Obama and the Economy: The Financial Crisis, the Fed, and the Inequality Agenda”<\/p>\n

2012\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Brendan J.\u00a0Doherty<\/strong>, United States Naval Academy
\n“The President as Party-Builder-in-Chief: Presidential Fundraising, 1977-2011”<\/p>\n

2011\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Matthew Beckman<\/strong>, University of California, Irvine, and Vimal Kumar<\/strong>, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur
\n“Opportunism in Polarization: Presidential Success in Senate Key Votes, 1953-2008”<\/p>\n

2010\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Kevin J. McMahon<\/b>, Trinity College
\n“Richard Nixon, the Supreme Court, and the Politics of Desegregation in the Urban North”<\/p>\n

2009 \u00a0\u00a0 Jeffrey E. Cohen<\/b>, Fordham University
\n“The Congressional Roots of Presidential Approval”<\/p>\n

2008 \u00a0\u00a0 B. Dan Wood<\/b>, Texas A&M University
\n“Presidential Saber Rattling and the Economy”<\/p>\n

2007 \u00a0\u00a0 Jeffrey Cohen<\/b>, Fordham University, and Matthew Eshbaugh-Soha<\/b>, University of North Texas
\n“Change and Stability in the President\u2019s Legislative Policy Agenda, 1789-2002”<\/p>\n

2006\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Andrew C. Rudalevige<\/b>, Dickinson College; and David E. Lewis, <\/b>Princeton University
\n“Parsing the Politicized Presidency: Centralization and Politicization as Presidential Strategies for Bureaucratic Control”<\/p>\n

2005\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 James N. Druckman<\/b>, University of Minnesota
\n“Lumpers and Splitters: The Public Opinion Information that Politicians Collect and Use”<\/p>\n

2004 \u00a0\u00a0 Marty Cohen, Hans Noel, <\/b>and John Zaller<\/b>, University of California Los Angeles
\n“Constant Rules, Changing Game: A General Model of Presidential Primaries, 1972-2000”<\/p>\n

2003 \u00a0\u00a0 Andrew C. Rudalevige<\/b>, Dickinson College
\n“The Structure of Leadership: Information, Organization, and Presidential Decision Making”<\/p>\n

2002\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 B. Dan Wood<\/b>, University of California, Los Angeles; and John Bohte<\/b>, Oakland University
\n“The Politics of Administrative Design”<\/p>\n

2001\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Matthew Baum<\/strong>, University of California, Los Angeles
\n“Who Rallies? The Constituent Foundations of the Rally-Round-the-Flag Phenomena”<\/p>\n

2000 \u00a0\u00a0 Keith Whittington<\/b>, Princeton University; and Daniel Carpenter<\/b>, University of Michigan
\n“Institutional Development in a System Separation of Powers”<\/p>\n

1999 \u00a0\u00a0 John Frendreis, Raymond Tatalovich, <\/b>and John Schaff<\/b>, Loyola University of Chicago
\n“Predicting Legislative Output in the First ‘100 Days,’ 1897-1995”<\/p>\n

1998 \u00a0\u00a0 Bruce Buchanan<\/b>, University of Texas, Austin
\n“Presidential Campaign Quality: What the Variance Implies”<\/p>\n

1996 \u00a0\u00a0 Robert J. Spitzer<\/b>, SUNY at Cortland
\n“‘It’s My Constitution and I’ll Cry If I Want to’: Veto Dispute”<\/p>\n

1995 \u00a0\u00a0 Richard A. Forshee<\/b>, University of Michigan
\n“Presidential Activism and Obstruction in Committee and on the Floor”<\/p>\n

Founders Award Honoring James Sterling Young for the Best Paper on Executive Politics presented by a Graduate Student at either the previous year\u2019s APSA annual meeting, or at any of the regional meetings in the previous two calendar years.<\/strong><\/p>\n

2025\u00a0\u00a0Benjamin Goehring<\/strong>, University of Michigan “Partisan Departures from the Administrative State.”<\/p>\n

2024 \u00a0Nicholas R. Bednar<\/strong>, University of Minnesota, and Christopher Piper<\/strong>, Vanderbilt University. \u201cAdministrative Policymaking Amid Vacancies and Actings\u201d<\/p>\n

2023\u00a0 \u00a0Benjamin S. Noble,\u00a0<\/strong>Washington University in St. Louis, “\u201cHow Presidents Persuade: Facts, Feelings, and the Language of Presidential Power”<\/p>\n

2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Christopher W. Blair,<\/strong>\u00a0University of Pennsylvania, and Joshua A. Schwartz<\/b>, University of Pennsylvania and Beifer Center, Harvard Kennedy School \u201cThe Gendered Peace Premium\u201d<\/p>\n

2021\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Nicholas G. Napolio,<\/strong> University of Southern California, \u201cExecutive Coalition Building\u201d<\/p>\n

2020\u00a0 \u00a0Justin Pottle, <\/b>Harvard University, \u201cParty Teamsmanship and Presidential Polarization\u201d\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n

2019\u00a0 \u00a0 Christina M. Kinane<\/strong>, University of Michigan<\/p>\n

“Control without Confirmation: The Politics of Vacancies in Presidential Appointments or Administration Without Confirmation: The Value of Absent and Interim Appointees.\u201d<\/p>\n

2018\u00a0 \u00a0 John A. Dearborn<\/strong>, Yale University
\n“The ‘Proper Organs’ for Presidential Representation: A Fresh Look at the Budget and Accounting Act of 1921.”<\/p>\n

2017\u00a0 \u00a0 Elizabeth Mann<\/b>, University of Michigan
\n“Presidential Polcymaking at the State Level: Revision Through Waivers?”<\/p>\n

2016\u00a0 \u00a0 Kenny Lowande<\/b>, University of Virginia
\n“Delegation or Unilateral Action?”<\/p>\n

2015 \u00a0 \u00a0Christopher A. Martinez<\/strong>, Loyola University, Chicago
\n“Surviving the Presidency in South America: Rethinking the Role of Democracy”<\/p>\n

2014 \u00a0 \u00a0Janna Rezaee<\/strong>, University of California, Berkeley
\n“OIRA: The Other Edge of the Sword”<\/p>\n

2013\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Rachel Potter<\/strong>, University of Michigan
\n“Strategic Transparency in Agency Rulemaking”<\/p>\n

2011\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0John Hudak<\/strong>, Vanderbilt University
\n“The Politics of Federal Grants: Presidential Influence Over the Distribution of Federal Funds”<\/p>\n

2010 \u00a0\u00a0 Amnon Cavari<\/b>, University of Wisconsin, Madison
\n“Presidential Rhetoric and the Economic Policy Image of the Parties”<\/p>\n

2009 \u00a0\u00a0 Cari Lynn Hennessy<\/b>, Northwestern University
\n“The Effect of Public Opinion on Policy Outcomes in Sequential Veto Bargaining”<\/p>\n

2008 \u00a0\u00a0 Curtis W. Nichols <\/b>and Adam Myers<\/b>, University of Texas, Austin
\n“The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly: Exploiting the Opportunity for Reconstructive Leadership”<\/p>\n

2007 \u00a0\u00a0 Kevin James Parsneau<\/b>, University of Minnesota
\n“Politicizing Policy Priorities and Sub cabinet Nominations”<\/p>\n

2006 \u00a0\u00a0 Michael Cutrone<\/b>, Princeton University
\n“Parties, Pivots, and the Patients\u2019 Bill of Rights”<\/p>\n

2003 \u00a0\u00a0 Elvin T. Lim<\/b>, Nuffield College, University of Oxford
\n“The Lion and the Lamb: De-Mythologizing Franklin Roosevelt’s Fireside Chats”<\/p>\n

2002 \u00a0\u00a0 Casey B. K. Dominguez<\/b>, University of California Berkeley
\n“Is it a Honeymoon? An Empirical Investigation of the President’s First Hundred Days”<\/p>\n

2001\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Matthew Eshbaugh-Soha<\/strong>, Texas A&M University
\n“Anticipating Agendas: Dynamics of Presidential Policy”<\/p>\n

2000 \u00a0\u00a0 Kevin S. Price<\/b>, University of Wisconsin, Madison
\n“The Partisan Legacies of Preemptive Leadership: Assessing the Eisenhower Cohorts in the U.S. House”<\/p>\n

1999 \u00a0\u00a0 David E. Lewis<\/b>, Stanford University
\n“The Presidential Advantage in the Design of Bureaucratic Agencies”<\/p>\n

1997 \u00a0\u00a0 Richard J. Powell<\/b>, Northwestern University
\n“Taking the Show on the Road: The Politics of Presidential Travel in the Modern Era”<\/p>\n

1996 \u00a0\u00a0 David B. Cohen<\/b>, University of South Carolina
\n“President Bush’s Chiefs of Staff: Sununu and Skinner in the White House”<\/p>\n

1991 \u00a0\u00a0 Bartholomew H. Sparrow<\/b>, University of Texas, Austin
\n“Raising Taxes and Going into Debt: A Resource Dependence Model of U.S. Public Finance in the 1940s”<\/p>\n

Founders Award for the best paper written by an undergraduate student.<\/strong><\/p>\n

2014 \u00a0 \u00a0Aaron Goodman<\/strong>, Dartmouth College
\n“Presidential Delegation of Foreign Policy Powers”<\/p>\n

2013\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Lisa McAlister<\/strong>, University of North Texas
\n“Exploration of Ticket Splitting: The Battleground State Effect”<\/p>\n

2011\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Alexander Gibbons<\/strong>, University of Maryland
\n“Keeping Time for Skowronek: A Quantification of Secular and Political Time”<\/p>\n

2009 \u00a0\u00a0 Adam Aliano<\/strong>, United States Naval Academy
\n“From the New Frontier to Change You Can Believe In: The Issues of Person and the Campaigns of 1960 and 2008”<\/p>\n

2008 \u00a0\u00a0 Brett Amelkin<\/strong>, Princeton University
\n“Fit to Print: Trends in New York Times Election Coverage, 1960-2006”<\/p>\n

2007 \u00a0\u00a0 Carrie Roush<\/strong>, Dickenson College
\n“‘Great Writ,’ Great Power: Habeus Corpus and Prerogative in the Lincoln and Bush II Presidencies”<\/p>\n

2006 \u00a0\u00a0 Andrew Kaufman<\/strong>, Carleton College
\n“Historical Continuities in the 2004 Presidential Debates”<\/p>\n

2005\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Rebecca Stark<\/strong>, Carleton College
\n“The Influence of Foreign Affairs in Presidential Elections,\u00a01992-2004”<\/p>\n

Richard E. Neustadt Best Reference Book Award
\n<\/b>Given once every three years for the best reference book on the US presidency published during the past three years.<\/p>\n

2017\u00a0 \u00a0 John Woolley<\/b>, University of California, Santa Barbara, and Gerhard Peters<\/strong>, Citrus College
\nRichard Neustadt Award for Best Reference Resource for \u00a0American Presidency Project<\/i>, American Political Science Association, Section on Presidents and Executive Politics<\/p>\n

2010 \u00a0\u00a0 George C. Edwards, III<\/b>, Texas A&M University; and William Howell<\/b>, University of Chicago
\nThe Oxford Handbook of the American Presidency <\/i>(New York: Oxford University Press, 2009)<\/p>\n

2010\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Lyn Ragsdale<\/b>, Rice University
\nVital Statistics on the Presidency<\/i>, Third Edition (Washington, DC: CQ Press 2009)<\/p>\n

PEP Career Service Award<\/b><\/p>\n

2024\u00a0\u00a0Samuel Kernell,\u00a0<\/strong>University of California, San Diego<\/p>\n

2021\u00a0 \u00a0Thomas E. Cronin<\/b>,\u00a0<\/em>Colorado College<\/p>\n

2021\u00a0 \u00a0Martha Joynt Kumar<\/b>, Towson University<\/p>\n

2017\u00a0 \u00a0Louis Fisher, <\/em><\/strong>The Constitution Project<\/p>\n

2012\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Karen Hult<\/strong>, Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University<\/p>\n

2008 \u00a0\u00a0 George C. Edwards<\/b>, III<\/b>, Texas A&M University<\/p>\n

2004\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Fred I. Greenstein<\/b>, Princeton University<\/p>\n

2003 \u00a0\u00a0 Richard E. Neustadt<\/b>, Harvard University<\/p>\n

George C. Edwards III Dissertation Award
\n<\/b>Given annually for the best dissertation in presidency research completed and accepted during the previous calendar year.<\/p>\n

2025\u00a0 \u00a0Julian Michel,\u00a0<\/strong>University of California, Los Angeles, “The Subnational Roots of Democratic Stability.”<\/p>\n

2024\u00a0\u00a0Benjamin Noble<\/strong>, Washington University, \u201cThree Essays on Presidential Power, Persuasion, and Interbranch Conflict.\u201d<\/p>\n

2023\u00a0 \u00a0Robert E. Thompson<\/strong>, Wayne State University
\n“Emotional Intelligence and Intensification of Impeachment Threats to US Presidents, 1789-2021.”<\/p>\n

2022\u00a0 \u00a0Nathan Gibson<\/b>, Princeton University
\n“Presidential Use of Centralizing and Politicization”<\/p>\n

2021\u00a0 \u00a0David R. Miller<\/b>, Vanderbilt University
\n“All the President’s Organized Interests”<\/p>\n

2020\u00a0 \u00a0 John A. Dearborn<\/b>, Yale University
\n“The Representative Presidency: The Ideational Foundations of Institutional Development and Durability”<\/p>\n

2020\u00a0 \u00a0 Christian M. Kinane<\/b>, University of Michigan
\n“Control Without Confirmation: The Politics of Vacancies in Presidential Appointments”<\/p>\n

2019\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0Matthew Zarit,\u00a0<\/strong>University of Pittsburgh<\/p>\n

“Lost in Translation: How Bureaucratic Hierarchies Limit Presidential Control over Distributive Policymaking in U.S. Federal Agencies”<\/p>\n

2017\u00a0 \u00a0 Elizabeth Mann<\/b>, University of Michigan
\n“Presidential Polcymaking at the State Level: Revision Through Waivers?”<\/p>\n

2016\u00a0 \u00a0 Rachel Augustine Potter<\/strong>, <\/b>University of Michigan
\n“Writing the Rules of the Game: The Strategic Logic of Agency Rulemaking”<\/p>\n

2015 \u00a0 \u00a0Ian Ostrander<\/b>, Washington University in St. Louis
\n“Winning the Waiting Game: Senatorial Delay in Executive Nominations”<\/p>\n

2013\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0John Hudak<\/strong>, Vanderbilt University
\n“The Politics of Federal Grants: Presidential Influence over the Distribution of Federal Funds”<\/p>\n

2012\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0William G. Resh<\/strong>, American University
\n“Rethinking the Administrative Presidency: Trust, Intellectual Capital, and Appointee-Careerist Relations”<\/p>\n

2011\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Amnon Cavari<\/strong>, University of Wisconsin
\n“The Party Politics of Presidential Rhetoric”<\/p>\n

2009 \u00a0\u00a0 Jos\u00e9 D. Villalobos<\/b>, Texas A&M University
\n“Presidential-Bureaucratic Management and Policy Making Success in Congress”<\/p>\n

Emerging Scholar Award.\u00a0 <\/strong>Given to an early career scholar (10 years from date of award of PhD) that has made a significant contribution to the intellectual development of the fields of presidency and executive politics<\/p>\n

2025\u00a0 \u00a0Kenneth Lowande<\/strong>, University of Michigan<\/p>\n

2023\u00a0 \u00a0John A. Dearborn<\/strong>, Vanderbilt University<\/p>\n

Lyn Ragsdale Mentorship Award.\u00a0 <\/strong>The Lyn Ragsdale Mentorship Award recognizes outstanding mentorship in the field of presidency and executive politics<\/p>\n

2025\u00a0 \u00a0Nancy Kassop<\/strong>, SUNY-New Paltz<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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