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The organized section on Political Organizations and Parties works to further scholarship on political parties and interest groups in both the United States and cross-nationally. We do this in several ways.

Through our meetings, workshops, newsletter, and website, we provide a means of interaction and communication for like-minded scholars. At our annual workshop at the American Political Science Association conference we work to train scholars in the use of various methods or databases, or to promote new research in a particular area.

Our participation through the sections mechanism of the American Political Science Association allows us to be a voice for our members' interests within APSA. We also organize the panels in our subfields for the annual APSA conference. Finally we recognize excellence in scholarship with our awards for best book, best article, best APSA paper, career achievement, and emerging scholar.

We are governed by the volunteer efforts of our officers and board. We're eager to reach out in new directions so let us hear your ideas!

Website: www.apsanet.org/~pop/

2009-2010 Officers

President:
Paul S. Herrnson
Center for American Politics and Citizenship
Department of Government and Politics
University of Maryland, College Park
3102 Morrill Hall
College Park, MD 20742
pherrnson@capc.umd.edu

Secretary/Treasurer:
Holly Brasher
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Government
1212 University Blvd, 238 Ullman Bldg.
1530 3rd Avenue South
Birmingham AL 35294-3050
hbrasher@uab.edu

VOX/POP Editor:
John C. Green
Bliss Institute of Applied Politics
University of Akron
306 East Buchtel Avenue
Akron, OH 44325-1904
green@uakron.edu 

2010 Program Co-Chairs:
Richard  Herrera
Arizona State University
Political Science
Box 873902
Tempe AZ 85287-3902
richard.herrera@asu.edu

Miki Caul Kittilson
Arizona State University
Political Science
P.O. Box 873902
Tempe, AZ AZ 85287-3902
Miki.Kittilson@asu.edu

Webmaster:
Amy Alexander
University of California
Political Science
Irvine CA 92697-5100
alexanda@uci.edu

Executive Council:
Frederick J. Boehmke, University of Iowa
Paul N. Goren, University of Minnesota
Marc J. Hetherington, Vanderbilt University
Barbara  Sinclair, University of California, Los Angeles
Christopher Anderson, Cornell University
Marie Hojnacki, Pennsylvania State University
Ron John Hrebenar, University of Utah
Christia Woldbrecht, University of Pittsburgh

Awards

• Previous Award Recipients 

Jack L. Walker Outstanding Article Award
This award honors an article published in the last two calendar years that makes an outstanding contribution to research and scholarship on political organizations and parties. Submissions should be received by April 30, 2010.

Award Committee Chair:
Michael Laver, New York University
michael.laver@nyu.edu

Award Committee Member:
Bonnie Mequid, Rochester University
Kevin Esterling, University of California, Riverside

Leon D. Epstein Outstanding Book Award
This award honors a book published in the last two calendar years that makes an outstanding contribution to research and scholarship on political organizations and parties.  Submissions should be received by April 30, 2010.

Samuel J. Eldersveld Award
This award is to honor a scholar whose lifetime professional work has made an outstanding contribution to the field.  Submissions should be received by April 30, 2010.

Emerging Scholar Award
This honor is awarded to a scholar who has received his or her Ph.D. within the last seven years and whose career to date demonstrates unusual promise.  Submissions should be received by April 30, 2010. 

Best POP Paper Award
This award honors the best paper presented on a POP panel at the preceding APSA annual meeting. Submissions should be received by April 30, 2010. 

Award Committee Members:
Sona Golder, Florida State University
Eric Schickler, University of California, Berkeley