Political Communication

Website: www.apsanet.org/~polcomm/  

2007 - 2008 Officers

Chair:
Diana Owen
Georgetown University
Department of Political Science
311 Car Barn
Washington DC 20057
owend@georgetown.edu

Vice Chair:
Richard Davis
Brigham Young University
Political Science
754 SWKT
Provo UT 84602
richard_davis@byu.edu

Secretary/Treasurer:
Dianne G. Bystrom
Iowa State University
Carrie Chapman Center for Women & Politics
315 Catt Hall
Ames IA 50011-1305
dbystrom@iastate.edu

Newsletter Editor:
David M. Ryfe
University of Nevada, Reno
Donald Reynolds School of Journalism
Mail Stop 310
Reno NV 89557
dryfe@unr.edu

2008 Program Chair:
Dietram Scheufele
University of Wisconsin, Madison
Department of Journalism & Mass Communication
821 University Avenue
5140 Vilas Hall
Madison, WI  53726
scheufele@journalism.wisc.edu

2009 Program Chair:
Stephen J. Farnsworth
University of Mary Washington
Political Science
1301 College Avenue
Fredericksburg VA 22401

At-Large Members of Executive Committee:
Kim Fridkin, Arizona State University
Patricia Moy, University of Washington
Kim Gross, George Washington University

Nominations Committee:
Todd Belt, University of Hawai,  Hilo

Awards

• Previous Award Winners 

Paul Lazarfeld Best Paper Award for the best paper on political communication presented at the previous years APSA Annual Meeting.

Award Committee Chair:
Ann  Gordon
Ohio University
Political Science
Bentley Hall Annex
Athens OH 45701

Committee Members:
Jennifer Jerit, Florida State University
David Ryfe, University of Nevada, Reno
Paul Brewer, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee  

Doris Graber Outstanding Book Award for the best book published on political communication in the last ten years.  

Award Committee Chair:
Michael W. Traugott
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Center for Political Studies
426 Thompson Street
4230 ISR
Ann Arbor MI 48106-1248

Committee Members:
James N. Druckman, Northwestern University
Mike Xenos,University of Wisconsin-Madison
John Cavanaugh, Cross Cultural Communications

Murray Edelman Distinguished Career Award for lifetime contribution to the study of political communication.

Award Committee Chair:
Robert Entman
George Washington University
School of Media and Public Affairs
805 21st Street NW, Suite 400
Washington DC 20052

Committee Members:
Audrey A. Haynes, University of Georgia
Lynda Lee Kaid, University of Florida

Best Paper by a Graduate Student Award for the best paper on political communication presented by a Graduate Student at the previous year's APSA Annual Meeting. 

Award Committee Chair:
Kate M. Kenski
University of Arizona
Communication
1103 E. University Blvd
Communication Building #25, Room 211
Tucson AZ 85721-0025

Committee Members
Michael Parkin, Oberlin College
Travis N. Ridout, Washington State University