Section awards are presented during the APSA annual meeting awards ceremony. To learn more about any award listed, contact the award committee chair for the award.

All section 33. Race, Ethnicity and Politics awards to-date »

Best Dissertation in Race, Ethnicity, and Politics Award

Best dissertation on the subject of Race, Ethnicity, and Politics defended during calendar year 2026 (January 1 – December 31). Any individual can nominate a dissertation for the award, including self-nominations. Please submit the final digital version of the dissertation to each of the award committee members; no other nomination materials are required. Deadline for nominations: April 30, 2027

Award Committee

Name	Affiliation	Email
Jane Junn	University of Southern California	junn@usc.edu
Jasmine Smith	George Washington University	smithjas@gwu.edu
Marques Zarate	Brown University	Marques_zarate@brown.edu

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Best Book Award

The REP Section’s annual book award recognizes the very best research exploring the multiple junctures between politics and issues of race, ethnicity, immigration, and indigeneity, as well as their intersections with other axes of identity and marginalization. We seek nominations for books that broadly focus on racial and ethnic politics, from scholars across all sub-fields of political science and allied disciplines. Single and co-authored books, monographs, as well as textbooks, will be considered. Books with a publication year of 2026 are eligible for the prize. Books that were nominated in previous years are not eligible and should not be renominated. Potential nominees should contact their publisher and ask that a digital and hard copy of the book is sent to each award committee member; no other nomination materials are required.
Deadline for nominations: May 1, 2027

Award Committee

Name	Affiliation	Email
Loren Collingwood	University of New Mexico	lorenc@ucr.edu
Amanda d’Urso	Georgetown University	Asdurso1@gmail.com
Sally Nuamah	Northwestern University	Sally.nuamah@northwestern.edu

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Best Paper in Racial and Ethnic Politics Award

Best paper presented on a panel listed under Division 32 (Race, Ethnicity, and Politics) during the previous APSA Annual Meeting (2065). Any individual can nominate a paper for the award, including self-nominations. Division 32 (the Division associated with Section 33: Race, Ethnicity, and Politics) must be a listed sponsor or co-sponsor of the panel the paper appeared on. Please submit the conference version of the paper via email to each of the award committee members; no other nomination materials are required.
Deadline for nominations: June 1, 2027

Award Committee

Name	Affiliation	Email
Allison Anoll	Duke University	Allison.anoll@duke.edu
Michael Strawbridge	Washington University in St. Louis	Strawbridge@wustl.edu
Roberto Carlos	University of Michigan	Rfcarlos@umich.edu

Best Paper on Intersectionality (Joint with Section 16)

The Best Paper Award is given for the best paper on women, gender, and politics at the previous year’s APSA conference. Any individual can nominate a paper for the award, including self-nominations. In addition, all papers presented in the Women and Politics Research Section and posted to the APSA conference paper website will be considered nominated. Award amount: $500
Deadline for nominations: TBA

Award Committee

Name	Affiliation	Email