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Betsy Sinclair Publishes New Article on AI and Misinformation in Royal Society Open Science

8.6.26

Michael Strawbridge Featured on Nine PBS Discussing Missouri's District 1 Democratic Primary

8.4.26 | Nine PBS

Elaine Yao Receives the Best Article by a Non-Tenure Track Scholar Award from Formal Theory Section of APSA

8.4.26

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 Qui Receives Outstanding Article Award from International History and Politics Section of APSA

8.4.26

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

8.3.26

The Best Paper Award is given for the best paper on Race, Ethnicity, and Politics presented at the previous year’s APSA Annual Meeting.

Ophelia Vedder Receives the Kenneth Sherrill Best Dissertation Award

7.27.26

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.

Ophelia Vedder Receives Best Dissertation Prize from Women, Gender, and Politics Section of APSA

7.14.26

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

7.13.26

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

7.9.26

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.

Christopher Lucas Receives Special Honorable Mention for Best Information Technology & Politics Article Award

6.30.26

The Best Published Article Award recognizes the best scholarly article published about Information Technology and Politics.

Lucia Motolinia Receives Legislative Studies Emerging Scholar Award from APSA

6.19.26

The Emerging Scholar award is designed to recognize a scholar who is no more than 6 years from the year of their PhD who has informed the study of legislative politics through innovative and rigorous scholarship.

James Gibson Received the Warren E. Miller Prize from the APSA

6.16.26

The award, granted from the Elections, Public Opinion, and Voting Behavior section, is given every 2-3 years for "an outstanding career of intellectual accomplishment and service to the profession in the EPOVB field."