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Elaine Yao Receives the Best Article by a Non-Tenure Track Scholar Award from Formal Theory Section of APSA
This Best Article by a Non-Tenure Scholar Award is "given to the author(s) of the best paper published in 2025 by a non-tenured scholar. To be eligible for this award, an article must have been published during 2025 and the recipient must not have tenure on the date the article is first published on a journal’s website."
Xiaoyan Qiu Receives Outstanding Article Award from International History and Politics Section of APSA
The Outstanding Article Award recognizes "exceptional peer-reviewed journal articles representing the mission of the International History and Politics Section of the APSA, including innovative work that brings new light to events and processes in international politics, encourages interdisciplinary conversations between political scientists and historians, and advances historiographical methods."
Michael Strawbridge Receives Best Paper Award from Race, Ethnicity, and Politics Section of APSA
The Best Paper Award is given for the best paper on Race, Ethnicity, and Politics presented at the previous year’s APSA Annual Meeting.
PhD Candidate Alex Avery Selected as American Association of University Women American Doctoral Fellow
The American Doctoral Fellowship is meant to offset scholars’ expenses during one year of their doctoral program and also deepens AAUW’s impact by accelerating diversity, equity, and inclusion in academia.
Ophelia Vedder Receives the Kenneth Sherrill Best Dissertation Award
The Kenneth Sherrill Best Dissertation Prize is given by the Sexuality & Politics section and recognizes the best dissertation on sexuality and politics completed and successfully defended in the previous two calendar years.
PhD Candidate Alexis Jang Publishes New Article in Journal of Peace Research
The article looks at the relationship between women's portrayal as victims of war and public attitudes toward women's leadership capabilities.
Ophelia Vedder Receives Best Dissertation Prize from Women, Gender, and Politics Section of APSA
The Best Dissertation Prize is awarded for the best dissertation on women and politics completed and accepted in the previous year.
Diana O’Brien Co-Authors a New Article in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
The article examines how major climate patterns—including El Niño and the Indian Ocean Dipole—shape the risk of armed conflict around the world.
Shiran Victoria Shen Selected for the Stanford CASBS Summer Institute in AI Methods for Social Scientists
The Summer Institute in AI Methods for Social Scientists (AIMS) brings together scholars from across the social sciences for an intensive week of learning, practice, and collaboration in the ways to make use of AI methods in social science research.
Powering the next generation of policy-relevant graduate research
The Weidenbaum Center has awarded $45,000 for the upcoming academic year to support three exceptional PhD students in Political Science, Economics, and Sociology through the 2026-2027 Weidenbaum Graduate Fellowship.
Christopher Lucas Receives Special Honorable Mention for Best Information Technology & Politics Article Award
The Best Published Article Award recognizes the best scholarly article published about Information Technology and Politics.