Rob Franzese awarded Gosnell Prize for Excellence in Political Methodology

Rob Franzese has just been awarded the Gosnell Prize for Excellent in Political Methodology! This award goes to the best paper in political methodology presented at any political science conference during the preceding year. Rob’s award-winning paper is “Modeling History-Dependent Network Coevolution” (co-authored with Jude Hays and Aya Kachi). Great work, Rob!

Tessler, Kollman to Lead International Efforts in Revised Roles

As the university continues to advance global engagement opportunities for its students and faculty, Provost Phil Hanlon and LSA Dean Terrence McDonald have announced that Mark Tessler will take on the full-time role of vice provost for international affairs. He has served for six years in this capacity part time while also directing the International… Continue reading Tessler, Kollman to Lead International Efforts in Revised Roles

Arab Barometer receives APSA Comparative Politics Section Data Set Award

The Arab Barometer has just received the Lijphart/Przeworski/Verba Data Set Award given by the APSA Comparative Politics Section. The Data Set Award is for a publicly available data set that has made an important contribution to the field of comparative politics.

Arthur Lupia’s book wins Robert E. Lane Award

Congratulations to Skip, whose book with Jamie Druckman, Don Green, and James Kuklinski, the “Cambridge Handbook of Experimental Political Science”, won the Robert E. Lane Award for the best book in political psychology published in 2011!

Vince Hutchings elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Vince Hutchings has been elected as a leader by the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. He will be inducted at a ceremony in Cambridge, Massachusetts on October 6, 2012. This is a wonderful and well-deserved honor. Congratulations, Vince!

Arthur Lupia nominated as President-Elect of MPSA

Skip Lupia has been nominated President-Elect of Midwest Political Science Association (MPSA), effective April, 2012. This is great news. Congratulations, Skip!

Arthur Lupia elected by the American Association for the Advancement of Science

Skip Lupia has been named Chair of the Section on Social, Economic, and Political Sciences at the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). This is a well-deserved and major honor. Congratulations, Skip!

Walter Mebane announced winner of Best Statistical Software Award

Walter Mebane (along with Jas Sekhon) has been announced as the winner of the Best Statistical Software Award by the Political Methodology Section of APSA. The award is for genoud (Genetic Optimization using Derivatives), a free software package that Walter and Jas developed. Congratulations, Walter!

Donald Kinder receives EPOVB Miller Award

Don Kinder received the honor of the APSA Elections, Public Opinion, and Voting Behavior (EPOVB) Warren E. Miller Award honoring a career of outstanding intellectual contribution and service to the profession. He will be honored at the APSA Annual Meeting in New Orleans at a dinner following the business meeting reception. Congratulations, Don!

CLEA wins 2012 Lijphart/Przeworski/Verba Dataset Award

Ken Kollman, Allen Hicken, and Jill Wittrock along with David Backer (one of our PhDs, currently at Maryland) and Daniele Caramani have just been awarded this year’s Lijphart/Przeworski/Verba Dataset Award from APSA’s Comparative Politics section. Established in 1999, the Lijphart/Przeworski/Verba Data Set Award is presented annually to the best data set in comparative politics. They’re… Continue reading CLEA wins 2012 Lijphart/Przeworski/Verba Dataset Award