Professional Development
The Artinian Award is a travel grant available for program participants who are fulltime but untenured faculty members.
To apply, please send an email to
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expressing your interest in the Artinian Travel Award and attach a current CV. Applications should be received by November 30, 2009.
You must be presenting a paper at the 2010 meeting to be eligible.
You may only receive this award once.
Outstanding achievement in politics and government
This award is presented biennially to a political scientist who has played an outstanding role in politics and/or government during their career at the local, state, national or international level. It emphasizes how important it is for political scientists to use their professional skills and learning as Diane Blair did in the real world of politics and government.
2010 Award Winner:
Mamie Locke, Hampton University
Created in memory of his parents, the Joseph Bernd Award supports the activities of the editorial offices of The Journal of Politics. Professor Bernd was an editor of The Journal of Politics and editor of Mathematical Application in Political Science
2010 Award Winners
- Janet Box-Steffensmeier, David Darmofal & Christian Farrell for "The Aggregate Dynamics of Campaigns"
Outstanding Graduate Student Paper
2010 Award Winners
Ian Smith for "Election Boycotts and Regime Survival"
J. Dauer founded the Political Science Department at the University of Florida. He was the President of the SPSA in 1955. He guided the revision of Florida's Constitution in the 1950s and 1960s. The SPSA Manning Dauer Award is presented biennially to a political scientist for exceptional service to the profession.
2009 Award Winner:
Charles S. Bullock, III, University of Georgia
Outstanding Women and Politics Paper
2010 Award Winner
Amy Atchison & Ian Down for "Women in Cabinet and Female-Friendly Social Policy"
2010 Award Winners -
Ashley Jochim & Bryan Jones for "Is Choice Space Dimensionality a Variable? Roll Call Voting Across Issues and Through Time"
The Prestage-Cook Award is a travel grant exclusively for graduate students that are program participants.
To apply, please send an email to
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expressing your interest in the Prestage-Cook Travel Award and attach a current CV. Applications should be received by November 30, 2009.
You must be presenting a paper at the 2010 meeting to be eligible. You may only receive this award once.
Outstanding book on Southern Politics in previous year
2010 Award Winner
Ronald Eller, Uneven Ground: Appalachia Since 1945,published by University Press of Kentucky.
This award is an excellent way to recognize the contributions of a fine man like Walter Beach. The Walter Beach Award provides an opportunity for foreign colleagues to attend the SPSA annual conference.
