Awards

• Previous Award Recipients

Richard F. Fenno Jr. Book Prize for the best book in legislative studies published in 2008.  In the tradition of Professor Fenno's work, this prize is designed to honor work that is both theoretically and empirically strong. Moreover, this prize is dedicated to encouraging scholars to pursue new and different avenues of research in order to find answers to previously unexplored questions about the nature of politics.

Nominations must have a 2008 copyright date, and a copy of the book must be sent to each member of the committee. The deadline for submission is March 1, 2009.

Award Committee Chair:
Kenneth A. Shepsle
Harvard University
Institute for Quantitative Social Sciences
N312 CGIS-Knafel Building
1737 Cambridge Street
Cambridge, MA 02138

Committee Members:
Sarah Binder
George Washington University
Senior Fellow, Brookings Institute
1775 Massachusetts Avenue NW
Washington, D.C. 20036

Simon Hix
London School of Economics
Government
Houghton Street
London WC2A 2AE United Kingdom

The Congressional Quarterly Press Award is given to the author of the best paper on legislative studies that was presented at the 2008 annual meeting of the APSA. Nominations should be submitted by March 1, 2009. 

The CQ Prize Committee was appointed by the Nominations Committee this year.

Award Committee Chair:
Charles Stewart III
Kenan Sahin Distinguished Professor
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Political Science
E53-463
30 Wadsworth Street
Cambridge, MA 02139

Committee Members:
Kathryn Pearson
University of Minnesota
Department of Political Science
1414 Social Sciences Bldg.
267 19th Ave. South
Minneapolis, MN 55455

John Lapinski
University of Pennsylvania
Political Science
217 Stiteler Hall
208 South 37th Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104-6215

The Carl Albert Dissertation Award is given for the best doctoral disseration in the area of legislative studies.  Topics may be national or subnational in focus-on Congress, parliaments, state legislatures, or other representative bodies. Dissertation must have a 2007 or 2008 copyright date.  Nominations should be submitted by March 1, 2009.

Award Committee Chair:
Christine DeGregorio
American University
School of Public Affairs
Government
4400 Massachusetts Ave., NW
Washington, D.C. 20016-8083

Committee Members:
Rob Salmond
University of Michigan
Political Science
5700 Haven Hall
505 South State Street
Ann Arbor, MI 48109

Sean M. Theriault
University of Texas, Austin
Government
1 University Station, A1800
Austin, TX 78712

The Jewell-Loewenberg Award is given to the author of the best article in the Legislative Studies Quarterly in the previous year (2008). Nominations shoud be submitted by March 1, 2009.

Award Committee Chair:
Michiko Ueda
California Institute of Technology
Division of Humanities and Social Sciences
1200 E. California Blvd.
MC 228-77
Pasadena, CA 91125

Committee Members:
Marian L. Currinder
Georgetown University
Government Affairs Institute
3333 K Street, NW, Suite 112
Washington, D.C. 20007

Keith E. Hamm
Rice University
Political Science MS24
PO Box 1892
Houston, TX 77251

The Alan Rosenthal Prize is given to the Best Book or Article in legislative studies written by a Junior Scholar that has potential value to legislative practitioners. The book or article must be published in 2008.  The deadline for submission is March 1, 2009.

Award Committee Chair:
Beth A. Rosenson
University of Florida
Political Science
PO Box 117325
Gainesville, FL 32611-7325

Committee Members:
David M. Primo
University of Rochester
Political Science
Harkness Hall 333
Rochester, NY 14627-0146

Daniel J. Wirls
University of California, Santa Cruz
Merrill College Faculty Services
1156 High Street
Santa Cruz, CA 95064