Political Organizations and Parties

The organized section on Political Organizations and Parties works to further scholarship on American political parties, comparative political parties, and interest groups. We do this in a number of different 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/

2007 - 2008 Officers

President:
Russell J. Dalton
University of California, Irvine
Political Science
3151 Social Science Plaza
Irvine CA 92697-5100
rdalton@uci.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 

2008 Program Co-Chairs:
Seth E. Masket
University of Denver
Political Science
471 Sturm Hall
2000 E. Asbury Avenue
Denver CO 80208
smasket@du.edu

Jennifer Nicoll Victor
University of Pittsburgh
Political Science
4600 Wesley W. Posvar Hall
Pittsburgh PA 15260
jnvictor@pitt.edu

Webmaster:
Michael Brady
Duke University
Political Science
326 Perkins Library
PO Box  90204
Durham NC 27708-0204
michael.brady@duke.edu

Executive Council:
Barry Burden, (2005-2007),  Harvard University
Marjorie Hershey, (2005-2007), Indiana University Bloomington
Kenneth Kollman, (2005-2007), University of Michigan
Beth L. Leech, 2005-2007), Rutgers University
Scott Ainsworth, (2006-2008), University of Georgia
Lonna Rae Atkeson, (2006-2008),  University of New Mexico
Tom Carsey, (2006-2008), University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Kira Sanbonmatsu, (2006-2008), Rutgers University

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, 2008.

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, 2008.

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, 2008.

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, 2008.

Party Politics Award
This award honors the best paper presented on a POP panel at the preceding APSA annual meeting. The award recipient is offered the opportunity to publish the paper in Party Politics.  Submissions should be received by April 30, 2008.