The members of the 2011 MPSA Awards Committees are listed below. These individuals will select recipients of awards for outstanding papers delivered at the 2011 MPSA Annual National Conference and the AJPS Best Article Award. The awards will be announced at the MPSA business meeting during 2012 MPSA Conference.

Section heads, panel chairs, and panel discussants may nominate papers for these awards. MPSA strongly encourages individuals with section or panel responsibilities to nominate papers from their panels for consideration. Nominators should prepare a memo identifying the award for which the paper is to be considered, the author(s) name(s), paper title, and the panel on which the paper was presented. Nominations should be sent to mpsainfo at mpsanet dot org no later than July 1.

AJPS Best Article Award. A $1,000 award sponsored by Wiley-Blackwell Publishing for the best article appearing in the volume of the American Journal of Political Science preceding the conference.
Award Committee: James Fowler, University of California, San Diego (Chair); Brandon Bartels, George Washington University; Kyle Joyce, University of California, Davis

Best Paper by an Emerging Scholar Award. A $250 award given for the best paper, regardless of field of topic, authored by a scholar or scholars who have received their terminal degree(s) no sooner than six years prior to the year in which the paper was delivered.
Award Committee: Chris Wlezien, Temple University (Chair); Jacqueline DeMeritt, University of North Texas; Vera Troeger, University of Essex

Best Paper in International Relations. A $250 award for the best paper on the topic of international relations.
Award Committee: David Bearce, University of Colorado (Chair); Sara Croco, University of Maryland; Megan Shannon, University of Mississippi

Best Poster Award. A $250 award for the best poster presentation.
Award Committee: Sona Golder, Pennsylvania State University (Chair); Kentaro Fukumoto, Gakushuin University; Paul Herrnson, University of Maryland; Kris Miler, University of Illinois

Best Undergraduate Poster Award. A $250 award for the best poster presented by an undergraduate.
Award Committee: Steve Frantzich, U.S. Naval Academy (Chair); George Marcus, Williams College; Grant Neeley, University of Dayton

Kellogg/Notre Dame Award. A $250 award for the best paper in comparative politics.
Award Committee: Mikki Kittilson, Arizona State University (Chair); Michelle Dion, McMaster University; Ray Duch, University of Oxford

Lucius Barker Award. A $250 award for the author or authors of the best paper presented at the annual meeting on a topic investigating race or ethnicity and politics honoring the spirit and work of Professor Barker.
Award Committee: Matt Barreto, University of Washington (Chair); Rodolfo Espino, Arizona State University; Ismail White, The Ohio State University

Patrick J. Fett Award. A $250 award for best paper on the scientific study of Congress and the presidency.
Award Committee: Shawn Trier, University of Minnesota (Chair); Scott Meinke, Bucknell University; Jennifer Nicoll Victor, University of Pittsburgh

Pi Sigma Alpha Award. A $250 award for the best paper presented at the MPSA Annual National Conference. Sponsored by Pi Sigma Alpha, the national political science honor society.
Award Committee: John Scholz, Florida State University (Chair); Jason Mycoff, University of Delaware; Corwin Smidt, Michigan State University

Review of Politics Award. A $250 award for the best paper in normative political theory.
Award Committee: Eric MacGilvray, The Ohio State University (Chair); Aurelian Craiutu, Indiana University; Lisa Ellis, Texas A&M University

Robert H. Durr Award. A $250 award for best paper applying quantitative methods to a substantive problem.
Award Committee: Fred Boehmke, University of Iowa (Chair); Dino Christenson, Boston University; Jas Sekhon, University of California, Berkeley

Sophonisba Breckinridge Award. A $250 award for the best paper delivered on women and politics.
Award Committee: Lee Ann Banaszak, Pennsylvania State University (Chair); Amber Boydstun, University of California, Davis; Kira Sanbonmatsu, Rutgers University

Westview Press Award. A $250 award sponsored by Westview Press for best paper by delivered by a graduate student.
Award Committee: Paul Collins, University of North Texas (Chair); Amanda Licht, University of South Carolina; Anand Sokhey, University of Colorado