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Presidency Research

The purpose of this section is to further research on the presidency and other political executives.

Website: http://cstl-cla.semo.edu/Renka/PRG/


2009 - 2010 Officers

President:
Jeffrey E. Cohen
Fordham University
Political Science
441 East Fordham Road
Bronx NY 10458
cohen@fordham.edu

Vice President & President-Elect:
Mary E. Stuckey
Georgia State University
Communication
1022 One Park Place South
PO Box 4000
Atlanta GA 30302-4000
joumes@langate.gsu.edu

Secretary/Treasurer:
M. Stephen  Weatherford
University of California, Santa Barbara
Political Science
Mailcode 9420
Santa Barbara CA 93106-9420
weatherford@polsci.ucsb.edu

PRG Report Editor:
David A. Crockett
Trinity University
Political Science
One Trinity Place
San Antonio TX 78212-7200
dcrocket@trinity.edu

2010 Program Chair:
Richard S. Conley
University of Florida
Political Science
309 Anderson Hall
Gainesville FL 32611
rconley@polisci.ufl.edu

Past President:
Charles E. Walcott
Virginia Polytechnic Institute
Political Science
528 Major Williams Hall - 0130
Blacksburg VA 24061
cwalcott@vt.edu

Board of Directors:
Randall Adkins, University of Nebraska, Omaha
Meena Bose, Hofstra University
Lara Brown, Villanova University
Lilly Goren, Carroll College 
Christopher Kelley, Miami University, Ohio
David Lewis, Vanderbilt University
Janet Martin, Bowdoin University
Ken Mayer, University of Wisconsin
Kevin McMahonTrinity College
Jeffrey Peake, Bowling Green State University
Steven Schier, Carleton College
Wayne Steger, DePaul University
Justin Vaughn, Cleveland State University
Jose Villalobos, Texas A&M University
Shirley Anne Warshaw, Gettysburg College
David Yalof, Connecticut University



Awards

The Career Service Award is given every four years during a presidential election year, the PRG shall form a committee to give an award to recognize career service to the study of the Presidency. 

The Richard E. Neustadt Award is given for the best book on the U.S. presidency published during the previous year.  Nominations should be submitted by February 1, 2010.

Award Committee Chair: 
Paul Quirk, University of British Columbia
quirk@politics.ubc.ca

Award Committee Members:
William Howell, University of Chicago
whowell@uchicago.edu

Matthew Beckmann, University of California, Irvine
beckmann@uci.edu

Martha Joynt Kumar, Towson State University
joyntkumar@aol.com

Richard Waterman, University of Kentucky
rwate2@email.uky.edu

The Founders Award named in honor of Stephen Wayne will be given for the best paper presented by a Graduate Student at either the preceding year's APSA annual meeting or at any of the regional meetings in 2009-2010.   Nominations should be submitted by May 1, 2010.

Award Committee Chair:
B. Dan Wood, Texas A&M University
bdanwood@polisci.tamu.edu

Award Committee Members:
Brandice Canes-Wrone, Princeton University
bcwrone@princeton.edu

Julia Azari, Marquette University
julia.azari@marquette.edu

Daniel DiSalvo, City College of New York
ddisalvo@ccny.cuny.edu

Bruce Nesmith, Coe College
bnesmith@coe.edu

The Founders Award (PhD.) is named in honor of James Young will be given for the best paper presented by a PhD-holding scholar at the previous year's APSA annual meeting.  Nominations should be submitted by February 1, 2010.  

Award Committee Chair:
John Woolley, University of California, Santa Barbara
woolley@polsci.ucsb.edu

Award Committee Members:
George Edwards, Texas A&M University
gedwards@polisci.tamu.edu

Dan Galvin, Northwestern University
galvin@northwestern.edu

Brian Newman, Pepperdine University
brian.newman@pepperdine.edu

James King, University of Wyoming
jking@uwyo.edu

The Best Undergraduate Paper completed in the academic year 2009-2010.  Nominations should be submitted by May 1, 2010. 

Award Committee Chair:
Lydia Andrade, University of the Incarnate Word
andrade@uiwtx.edu

Award Committee Members:
Shannon Bow, University of Texas
shannonbow@hotmail.com

Karen Hoffman, Marquette University
karen.hoffman@marquette.edu

Jose Villalobos, University of Texas at El Paso
jdvillalobos2@utep.edu

Diane Heith, Saint Johns University
heithd@stjohns.edu

The George C. Edwards III Dissertation Award will be given annually for the best dissertation in presidency research completed and accepted during the 2009 calendar year (January 1, 2009-December 31, 2009).  The recipient will received a $250 award.  To be considered for the award, nominees must submit the following documents to each member to the Award Committtee: (1) a hard copy of the dissertation, (2) a .pdf of the dissertation on a CD, (3) a nominee form Nominee Submission Form , and (4) a nominator form Nominator Submission Form and letter.

The Award Committee welcomes nominations by dissertation committee chairs or committee members.  Nominations are to be submitted by February 1, 2010.

Award Committee Chair:
Karen Hult, Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University
khult@vt.edu

Committee Members:
Richard Powell, University of Maine
rpowell@maine.edu

Bert Rockman, Purdue University
barockma@purdue.edu

Randy Adkins, University of Nebraska-Omaha
adkins@mail.unomaha.edu

Christopher Kelley, Miami University of Ohio
kelleycs@muohio.edu