Congratulations to Professor Carly Wayne and co-author Yuri M. Zhukov (University of Michigan) on the publication of their article, "Never Again: The Holocaust and Political Legacies of Genocide" in World Politics.
Dr. James L Gibson and co-author Michael J. Nelson were awarded the American Political Science Association - Law and Courts' C. Herman Pritchett Book Award for their book, "Judging Inequality: State and Supreme Courts and the Inequality Crisis". The C. Herman Pritchett Book Award is given annually to the best book on law and courts published in the previous year (2021).
This book examines how the psychosocial motivations underpinning political discussion present dire challenges to meaningful political conversations across lines of difference.
Congratulations to Professor James L Gibson on being ranked #35 among top scientists in the world & ranked #23 in the United States for 2022 by Research.com.
Chancellor Andrew D. Martin, Professor Lee Epstein, & co-author Christina Boyd win APSA's Law & Court Lasting Contribution Award for their 2010 article, "Untangling the Causal Effects of Sex on Judging."
Professors Brian Crisp & Matt Gabel have been awarded a Center for the Study of Race, Ethnicity, and Equity Seed Grant to support their research, "Migration and Racial Representation in St. Louis County since 1970."
Professors Butler and Tavits, and a former graduate student Dino Hadzic (currently at Trinity College, Dublin) publish in the Political Research Quarterly. Their study focuses on post-conflict Bosnia and reports a significant pro-male bias in the policy responsiveness of local politicians (both men and women) to their constituency preferences.
Professor Tavits, a former graduate student William O’Brochta (currently at Louisiana Tech University) and former colleague Michael Bechtel (currently at Cologne) publish in the Journal of Experimental Political Science on whether and when policy responses to pandemics can fuel or tame feelings of fear.
The State Politics & Policy Organized Section of the American Political Science Association has announced that the book Judging Inequality: State Supreme Courts and the Inequality Crisis by James L. Gibson and Michael J. Nelson (published by the Russell Sage Foundation, 2021) has been awarded the Virginia Gray Book Award, an annual award that recognizes the best political science books published on the subject of U.S. state politics or policy in the preceding three calendar years.