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 51. Education Politics and Policy awards to-date »

Best Education Politics and Policy Paper

Recognizes the best paper on education politics and/or education policy presented at the previous year’s APSA Annual Meeting (2026). All nominations must be submitted using this link. Nomination Deadline: March 26, 2027

Award Committee

Name	Affiliation	Email
Laura Howell	Princeton University	laura.howells@princeton.edu
Maranda Joyce	Rice University	mlj6@rice.edu

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Best Education Politics and Policy Dissertation

Recognizes the best dissertation on education politics and/or education policy completed in the previous two calendar years (2025 or 2026). All nominations must be submitted using this link. Nomination Deadline: March 26, 2027

Award Committee

Name	Affiliation	Email
David Houston	George Mason University	dhousto@gmu.edu
Mohit Karnani	Harvard University	mkarnani@hks.harvard.edu

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Jeffrey R. Henig Best Book on Education Politics and Policy

Recognizes the best book on education politics and/or education policy published in the previous two years (2025 or 2026). To submit a nomination, email all the members of the award committee. Copies of the nominated books must be received by all committee members by the deadline for nominations. Nomination Deadline:  March 26, 2027

Award Committee

Name	Affiliation	Email
Vladimir Kogan	Ohio State University	kogan.18@osu.edu
Leslie Finger	University of North Texas	leslie.finger@unt.edu