Western Political Science Association

• DOI: 10.1177/1065912909336663
• Date: 01 June 2009
• Published date: 01 June 2009
• Subject Matter: Articles

Political Research Quarterly

Volume 62 Number 2

June 2009 427-428

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Announcements

Western Political Science Association

The April 2010 meeting of the Association will

be held at the San Francisco Hyatt Regency

Hotel, April 1–3. Christine DiStefano, University of

Washington is serving as Program Chair for this

meeting. Local Arrangements Co-Chairs are Lisa

Garcia Bedolla, University of California, Berkeley

and Melissa Michelson, California State University,

East Bay. Information regarding the conference, its

theme, and the section chairs appears on the WPSA

Web site: www.csus.edu/org/wpsa.

Recipients of 2009 WPSA Awards

The following WPSA awards were presented by

the Association at the 2009 Annual Meeting held in

Vancouver, British Columbia.

The Pi Sigma Alpha Award for the best paper

given at the 2008 Annual Meeting of the WPSA was

awarded to Dr. Margaret Farrar, Augustana College,

for her paper: “Amnesia, Nostalgia, and the Politics

of Place Memory.”

The Dissertation Award was given to Dr. Thomas

Louis Masterson for his dissertation: “Workforce

Diversity in California Community Colleges, 1988 –

2007,” completed at Claremont Graduate University.

The Betty Nesvold Award for the best paper on

Women and Politics was given to Professor Elizabeth

Ben-Ishai, Albion College for her paper: “The New

Paternalism: Forced, but not Free.”

The award for the best paper on Latina/Latino

Politics was given to Professor Jessica Lavariega

Monforti, University of Texas – Pan American for

her paper, “The Awakening of the Sleeping Giant?

Latino Political Participation and the 2006 Immigrant

Rights Protests.”

The award for the best paper on Blacks and Politics

was Awarded to Dr. Sharon Wright Austin, University

of Florida for her paper, “Black Political Incorporation

in Miami-Dade County: Do African Americans and

Haitian Americans Share a Sense of Linked Fate?”

The Charles Redd award for the best paper on the

politics of the American West was given to Professor

Elaine B. Sharp, University of Kansas for her paper,

“The Politics of Eminent Domain Reform.”

The award for the best article published in the

Political Research Quarterly during the previous

calendar year was given to Professor Kathleen Dolan,

University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee for her March

2008 PRQ Article, “Is There a ‘Gender Affinity

Effect’ in American Politics?” Honorable Mention

was awarded to Eric McDaniel and Christopher

Ellison, University of Texas at Austin for their June

2008 PRQ Article, “God’s Party? Race, Religion, and

Partisanship over Time.”

Submissions for 2010 WPSA Awards

Instructions and deadlines for paper submissions

and nominations for 2010 WPSA awards may be

found on the WPSA website. The deadlines for most

awards are set for June 15, 2009. And, note the new

award described below.

New WPSA Award for Best Paper

in Environmental Political Theory

At its meeting in Vancouver, the WPSA Executive

Council approved the addition of a new WPSA award.

This new award will be given for the best paper in

environmental political theory presented at the annual

WPSA meeting. Information regarding submissions/

nominations for this award is now available on the

WPSA website. The deadline is June 15, 2009.

WPSA Nominations

The WPSA Committee on Nominations requests

that nominations be submitted for the following WPSA

officer positions:

• Vice President: to serve as Program Chair 2012

annual meeting (Portland meeting). This individ-

ual will serve as Association President 2012-2013

subsequent to service as Program Chair.

• Four members of the Executive Council: two

from Region A (California); one from Region

B (Arizona, Hawaii, Nevada, New Mexico,

Texas, Utah); and one from Region C (Alaska,

Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington,