Announcements

• Date: 01 June 2013
• DOI: 10.1177/1065912913485354
• Published date: 01 June 2013
• Subject Matter: Announcements

Political Research Quarterly

66(2) 482 –483

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Western Political Science

Association (WPSA)

The 2014 meeting of the WPSA will be held at the

Sheraton Seattle Hotel in Seattle, Washington, from April

17 to 19. Victoria Farrar-Myers, University of Texas

Arlington, is serving as Program Chair for this meeting.

Christine DiStefano, University of Washington, is the

Local Arrangements Chair.

Proposals for the 2014 meeting are encouraged. The

DEADLINE for submission of paper proposals/program

participation forms is September 16, 2013. The theme for

the 2014 meeting is “The Power of Information.” Details

about the conference, its theme, the Call for Papers, and

proposal instructions appear on the WPSA website: http://

www.wpsanet.org.

Recipients of 2013 WPSA Awards

The following WPSA awards were presented by the

Association at the 2013 Annual Meeting held in

Hollywood, California.

The Pi Sigma Alpha Award for the best paper pre-

sented at the 2012 Annual Meeting of the WPSA was

awarded to Matthew C. Ingram, State University of New

York, Albany, for his paper, “Networked Justice: Judges,

The Diffusion of Ideas, and Legal Reform Movements in

Mexico.”

The Dissertation Award was given to Nathan Jones for

his dissertation, “The State Reaction: A Theory of Illicit

Network Resilience,” completed at University of

California, Irvine.

The award for the best paper on Asian Pacific

Americans and Politics was awarded to Chris Haynes and

Carrie Skulley, University California, Riverside, for their

paper, “Linked Fate and the Inter-Ethnic Differences

among Asian-Americans.”

The Betty Nesvold Award for the best paper on Women

and Politics was given to Heath Fogg Davis, Temple

University, for his paper, “Gender Inspection in Public

Transit: Trans Identity and the Race-Class Politics of

Urban Place.”

The award for the best paper on Blacks and Politics

was awarded to Hannah L. Walker, University of

Washington, for her paper, “The Political Effects of

Geographically Sensitive Crime Rates: Preliminary

Research from Washington State.”

The award for the best paper on Latina/Latino Politics

was given to Juan Urbano, Brian Hanson, and Thomas

Ringenberg, University of Kansas, for their paper, “Racial

Threat, Immigration, and Trust in Congress in Rural

Communities.”

The Charles Redd Award for the best paper on the

politics of the American West was given to Bradley Clark

Jr., Fort Lewis College, for his paper, “Dam Removal and

River Restoration on the Elwha River: Does Size Really

Matter?”

The award for the best paper on Environmental

Political Theory was awarded to Andrew Biro, Acadia

University, for his paper, “The Good Life in the

Greenhouse? Autonomy, Democracy, and Citizenship in

a Warmer World.” An Honorable Mention in this cate-

gory was given to Piers H. G. Stephens, University of

Georgia, for his paper, “Liberalism, Pragmatism and the

Political Animal.”

The award for the best article published in the Political

Research Quarterly during the previous calendar year was

given to Sarah Fulton, Texas A&M University, for her June

2012 article, “Running Backwards and in High Heels: The

Gendered Quality Gap and Incumbent Electoral Success.”

Submissions for 2014 WPSA Awards

Instructions and deadlines for paper submissions and

nominations for 2014 WPSA awards may be found on the

WPSA website. The deadlines for most awards are set for

June 15, 2013.

WPSA Nominations

The WPSA Committee on Nominations requests that

nominations be submitted for the following WPSA offi-

cer positions:

A. Vice President: to serve as Program Chair for the

2016 annual meeting (San Diego, California).

This individual will serve as Association Presi-

dent 2016–2017 subsequent to service as Program

Chair.

B. Four members of the Executive Council: two from

Region A (California), one from Region B (Arizona,

Hawaii, Nevada, New Mexico, Texas, and Utah),

and one from Region C (Alaska, Colorado, Idaho,

Montana, Oregon, Washington, Wyoming, British

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