Political Psychology

The purpose of this section is to facilitate communication, across subfields and disciplinary boundaries, among individuals interested in the relationship between political and psychological processes.

Website: /~psychology

2007 - 2008 Officers

Chair:
Howard  Lavine
SUNY, Stony Brook
Departmenty of Political Science
Stony Brook NY 11794-4392
howard.lavine@sunysb.edu

Chair-Elect:
Christopher M. Federico
University of Minnesota-Twin Cities
Department of Psychology and Political Science
75 East River Road
Minneapolis MN 55455
federico@umn.edu

Treasurer:
David P. Redlawsk
University of Iowa 
Department of Political Science
321 Schaeffer Hall
Iowa City, IA 52242
david-redlawsk@uiowa.edu 

Communications Director:
Jennifer Jerit
Florida State University
Department of Political Science
531 Bellamy Building
Tallahassee, FL  32306-2230
jjerit@mailer.fsu.edu

At Large Member:
Penny Visser
University of Chicago
Department of Psychology
Chicago IL 60637
pvisser@uchicago.edu

2008 Program Chair:
Adam J. Berinsky
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Department of Political Science
77 Massachusetts Avenue, E53-459
Cambridge MA 02139
berinsky@mit.edu

Executive Council:
Howard Lavine, Stony Brook University
Chris Federico, University of Minnesota
Jennifer Jerit, Florida State University
David Redlawsk, University of Iowa
Arthur Lupia, University of Michigan
Penny Viser, University of Chicago
Adam Berinsky, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Awards

• Previous Award Recipients 

Nominations Sought for 2008 Book, Dissertation, and Article Awards
 
At the 2008 APSA Meeting, the Political Psychology section will give three awards.  The deadline for nominations is March 1, 2008.
 
Best Book Award (Robert E. Lane Award) 
The Robert E. Lane Award is given for the best book in political psychology published in 2007. Self nominations are accepted. Please send one copy of the nominated book to each committee member.

Best Book Committee (Robert E. Lane Award): 
Diana Mutz (Penn), Chair
Ted Brader (Michigan)
Zoe Oxley (Union College)
 
Contact Information: 
Diana Mutz
Department of Political Science
University of Pennsylvania
208 S. 37th Street, Room 217
Philadelphia, PA 19104-6215
mutz@sas.upenn.edu
 
Ted Brader
Department of Political Science
5700 Haven Hall
505 South State Street
Ann Arbor,  Michigan 48109-1045
 
Zoe Oxley
Department of Political Science
Union College
Schenectady, New York 12308

Best Paper Award 
The Best Paper Award is awarded to the authors of a paper in the area of Political Psychology that was presented during the 2007 APSA Annual Meeting. The paper did not have to be presented on a Political Psychology panel to qualify. Self nominations are accepted. Please send a hard copy of the nominated paper to each committee member.

Best Paper Committee:  
Jamie Druckman (Northwestern), Chair
Joanne Miller (Minnesota)
David Nickerson (Notre Dame)
 
Contact Information:
James N. Druckman
Department of Political Science
Northwestern University
Scott Hall
601 University Place
Evanston, IL 60208
druckman@northwestern.edu
 
Joanne Miller
Department of Political Science
1414 Social Sciences Building
267 19th Ave S
Minneapolis, MN 55455
 
David Nickerson
Department of Political Science
217 O'Shaughnessy Hall
University of Notre Dame
Notre Dame, IN 46556 

Best Dissertation Award 
The Best Dissertation Award is given for the best dissertation in political psychology filed during 2007.  Self-nominations are accepted. All nominations should include a letter of support from the chair of the dissertation committee that addresses the contribution of the dissertation to the field of political psychology. Please send a hard copy of the nominated dissertation to each committee member. 

Best Dissertation Committee: 
George Marcus (Williams), Chair
Cindy Kam (UC Davis)
Jason Barabas (Florida State)
 
Contact Information:
George E. Marcus
Department of Political Science
Williams College
Williamstown, MA 01267
gmarcus@williams.edu
 
Cindy Kam
Department of Political Science
University of California-Davis
One Shields Avenue
Davis, CA  95616
 
Jason Barabas
Department of Political Science
531 Bellamy Building
Florida State University
Tallahassee, FL 32306-2230  

See the section website for more information:  www.apsanet.org/~psychology/index.cfm