James Gibson, the Sidney W. Souers Professor of Government, has received the 2026 Warren E. Miller Prize from the American Political Science Association (APSA).

The award, granted from the Elections, Public Opinion, and Voting Behavior (EPOVB) section, is given every 2-3 years for "an outstanding career of intellectual accomplishment and service to the profession in the EPOVB field." The award is named for celebrated political scientist, Warren E. Miller, a professor at University of Michigan, University of California - Berkeley, and Arizona State University, where he created the Warren E. Miller Junior Faculty Endowment to enable junior faculty  to learn and establish connections that help in their career progression.

James Gibson has had a long and award-winning career in political science. Gibson earned his BA in political science from Emory University in 1972 (with highest honors, and membership in Phi Beta Kappa), and his PhD in 1975, from the University of Iowa. After teaching at the University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, and the University of Houston, Gibson became the Sidney W. Souers Professor of Government at Washington University in St. Louis in 1999. He is also professor of African and African American Studies and Director of the Program on Citizenship and Democratic Values at the Weidenbaum Center on the Economy, Government, and Public Policy. In South Africa, he holds the position of Professor Extraordinary in Political Science at Stellenbosch University.

This is not Gibson's only award for a lifetime of study -- in 2011, he also received the "Lifetime Achievement Award" from the Law and Courts Section of the American Political Science Association.