Race, Ethnicity and Politics

The purpose of this section is to foster communication among scholars, recognize leadership in the field, facilitate research and publication opportunities, encourage undergraduate and student interest, and create a permanent forum for developing and refining appropriate theoretical models in the study of race and ethnicity.

Website: www.apsanet.org/~rep

2008 - 2009 Officers

Co-Chairs:
Pei-te  Lien
University of California, Santa Barbara
Political Science
Department of Political Science
MC 9420
Santa Barbara CA 93106-9420
plien@polsci.ucdb.edu

Michael A. Jones-Correa
Cornell University
Government
305 White Hall
Ithaca NY 14853-4601
mj64@cornell.edu

Secretary:
Jason P. Casellas
University of Texas, Austin
Government
1 University Station A1800
Austin TX 78712-0119
casellas@mail.utexas.edu

Treasurer:
Julia S. Jordan-Zachery
Providence College
Black Studies/Political Science
Howley Hall 315
549 River Avenue
Providence RI 02918
jjordanz@providence.edu

REP Newsletter Co-Editors:
Kim  Geron
California State University East Bay
Political Science
25800 Carlos Bee Boulevard
Hayward CA 94542-3041
kim.geron@csueastbay.edu

Catherine  Paden
Simmons College
Political Science
300 The Fenway
Boston MA 02115
catherine.paden@simmons.edu

Web Administrator:
Gia Barboza
American University
Justice, Law & Society
4400 Massachusetts Avenue NW
Ward Circle Building, #230
Washington DC 20016-8130
gia.barboza@gmail.com

Awards

• Previous Award Recipients 

Book Award
Revised eligibility guidelines: Books published/copyrighted in calendar year 2008 are eligible for the prize.  Books that were nominated in previous years are not eligible and should not be renominated. In addition to demonstrated superiority in scholarship on the studying of race, ethnicity, and politics, nominated work should focus substantially or entirely on developments in the U.S. context.

In September 2005 the REP Section voted to make an award in the textbook category. For the first award (2006), textbooks published in the last ten (10) years were eligible for nomination. After the 2006 award, selection is at the committee's discretion.  Instructions: Please send one copy of each nominated book directly to each of the committee members at the addresses listed below by March 1, 2009.
 
Award Committee Chair:
Andrew L. Aoki
Augsburg College
Political Science
CB 53
2211 Riverside Avenue
Minneapolis MN 55454 
 
Committee Members:
Janni L. Aragon
University of Victoria
Political Science and Women's Studies
SSM A316, 3800 Finnerty Rd.
Victoria V8P 5C2 Canada

Robin D. Jacobson
Bucknell University
Political Science
Coleman Hall
Lewisburg PA 17837

Evelyn M. Simien
University of Connecticut
Political Science
341 Mansfield Rd., U-1024
Storrs Mansfield CT 06269

Reuel R. Rogers
Northwestern University
Political Science
Scott Hall
601 University Place
Evanston IL 60208-1006

Dissertation Award
The Race, Politics, and Ethnicity Section of the American Political Science Association is accepting nominations for Best Dissertation completed in the period January 2008 to December 2008. Nominations and accompanying materials will be accepted until April 25, 2009.

The selection will be announced at the 2009 Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association. Nominations can be made by chairs of dissertation committees or individuals completing the dissertation. A nomination must include a precis of the dissertation (no more than 20 pages) and a brief cover letter explaining how the dissertation expands our understanding of race, ethnicity, and politics. After a review of the nominated material. Members of the Best Dissertation Committee will request four (4) hard copies of the completed dissertation of some nominees.

The Best Dissertation award is based on the following criteria -- the dissertation:

• makes an important theoretical contribution to our understanding of historical and/or contemporary processes of racial and ethnic formation;
  
• addresses critical substantive issues through which racial and ethnic politics are played out; 
  
• generates discourse for innovative frameworks (and analyses) for the study of race, ethnicity, and politics; 
  
• is well-written; and
  
• is analytically rigorous (primary source data, case material, extant analyses, new or underutilized methodology). 

Award Committee Chair:
H. L. T. Quan
Arizona State University
School of Justice & Social Inquiry
204 Wilson Hall
P.O. Box 870403
Tempe, AZ  85287-0403
h.q@asu.edu

Committee Members
Barbara L. Graham
University of Missouri-St. Louis
Dept of Political Science, 347 SSB
One University Boulevard
Saint Louis MO 63121
barbara.graham@umsl.edu

Louis  DeSipio
University of California, Irvine
Political Science
3151 Social Science Plaza
Irvine CA 92697-5100
ldesipio@uci.edu

Nominating Committee:
James Jennings, Tufts University (Chair)
Paula Mohan, University of Wisconsin, White Water
Janelle Wong, University of Southern California
John Garcia, University of Arizona