Elections, Public Opinion, and Voting Behavior

Membership

Section List

The purpose of this section is to promote interest in teaching and research on elections, electoral behavior, public opinion, voting turnout, and political participation, both within the United States and in comparative perspective.

Website: www.apsanet.org/~elections

Section Journal: Political Behavior
http://www.springer.com/west/home/social+sciences/political+science?SGWID=4-40394-70-35711740-0

2008 - 2009 Officers

President:
William G. Jacoby
Michigan State University
Political Science
303 South Kedzie Hall
East Lansing MI 48824-1032
jacoby@msu.edu

Vice-President:
André Blais
Université de Montréal
Political Science
C.P. 6128, Succ. Centre-Ville
Montreal H3C 3J7 Canada
andre.blais@UMontreal.CA

Treasurer:
David E. Campbell
University of Notre Dame
Political Science
217 O'Shaughnessy Hall
Notre Dame IN 46556
dave_campbell@nd.edu

Communications Director:
Caroline Tolbert
University of Iowa
Department of Political Science
341 Shaeffer Hall
Iowa City IA 52242
caroline-tolbert@uiowa.edu

2009 APSA Convention Section Organizers on:
Elections andVoting Behavior
Christopher J. Anderson
Cornell University
Government
214 White Hall
Ithaca NY 14853
cja22@cornell.edu

Public Opinion
Marc J. Hetherington
Vanderbilt University
Political Science
VU Station B #351817
Nashville TN 37235-1817
marc.j.hetherington@vanderbilt.edu

2010 APSA Convention Section Organizers on:
Elections andVoting Behavior
Scott D. McClurg
Southern Illinois University
Political Science
Mailcode 4501
Carbondale IL 62901-4501

Public Opinion
David A. M. Peterson
Texas A&M University
Political Science
4348 TAMU
College Station TX 77843-4348

Council:
Leonie Huddy, SUNY, Stony Brook
Geoffrey Layman, University of Maryland
Mark Sawyer, University of California, Los Angeles
Adam Berinsky, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Cindy D. Kam, Vanderbilt University
Stephen P. Nicholson, University of California, Merced

Awards

Previous Award Recipients

The Best Paper Award and the Sullivan Award for the Best Graduate Student paper is given for the best paper delivered at the 2008 APSA Annual Meeting. Nominations should be submitted by March 1, 2009.

Award Committee Chair:
Matt A. Barreto
University of Washington
Political Science
Box 353530
Seattle WA 98195
mbarreto@washington.edu

Award Committee Members:
Jan E. Leighley
University of Arizona
Political Science
315 Social Sciences Building
Tucson AZ 85721-0027
leighley@email.arizona.edu

Stephen P. Nicholson
University of California, Merced
Political Science
P. O. Box 2039
Merced CA 95344
snicholson@ucmerced.edu

The Philip Converse Book Award for an outstanding book in the field published five or more years ago. Nominations should be submitted by March 31, 2009.

Award Committee Chair:
Robert Y. Shapiro
Columbia University
Political Science
7th Floor, International Affairs Building
Mail Code 3320
New York NY 10027
rys3@columbia.edu

Award Committee Members:
Sunshine Hillygus
Harvard University
Government
IQSS, 1737 Cambridge Street, 3rd floor
Cambridge MA 02138
hillygus@fas.harvard.edu

Laura Stoker
University of California, Berkeley
Political Science
210 Barrows Hall, MC 1950
Berkeley CA 94720-1950
stoker@socrates.berkeley.edu

The Emerging Scholar Award is awarded to the top scholar in the field who is within ten years of his or her doctorate. Nominations should be submitted by March 1, 2009.

Award Committee Chair:
Darren Davis
University of Notre Dame
Political Science
217 O'Shaughnessy Hall
Notre Dame IN 46556
Darren.Davis@nd.edu

Award Committee Members:
Barbara Norrander
University of Arizona
Political Science
315 Social Sciences Building
Tucson AZ 85721
norrande@u.arizona.edu

David P. Redlawsk
University of Iowa
Political Science
341 Schaeffer Hall
Iowa City IA 52242
david-redlawsk@uiowa.edu

Warren E. Miller Prize awarded every two or three years for an outstanding career of intellectual accomplishment and service to the profession in the Elections, Public Opinion, and Voting Behavior field. The Warren E. Miller Prize will not be awarded in 2009.