Christopher Z. Mooney Dissertation Award
I would like to draw your attention to an exciting new development in the State Politics and Policy section of the American Political Science Association. The section has a new award: the Christopher Z. Mooney Dissertation Award for the Best Dissertation in American State Politics and Policy Research. We seek nominations for excellent dissertations in this academic field completed during the 2009 calendar year. The deadline for submitting a nomination is March 31, 2010.
The dissertation award will be granted for the first time at the State Politics and Policy Conference in Springfield, Illinois on June 4-5, 2010. The finalists will be invited to attend the conference to present the dissertation research in a special poster session, and the winner will be announced at the conference. The dissertation author and the dissertation chair will each receive a plaque honoring the research, and there is the possibility of a stipend for the dissertation author, pending approval of funding and final implementation arrangements.
Consideration for the award requires a letter of nomination from the Dissertation Chair (or other member of a dissertation committee) and an electronic copy of the full dissertation, including a completed signature page from the dissertation defense or other official university documentation to verify that the dissertation was successfully defended between January 1, 2009 and December 31, 2009. The electronic copy of the dissertation can be submitted by the student, the department, or a member of the dissertation committee. All materials should be submitted to the dissertation award committee chair by March 31, 2010.
The Mooney dissertation award committee includes Elizabeth Rigby at the University of Houston (chair), Marjorie Sarbaugh-Thompson at Wayne State University, and Todd Donovan at Western Washington University. Please send inquiries, nominations, and supporting documentation to:
Elizabeth Rigby
Chair, Christopher Z. Mooney Dissertation Award Committee
University of Houston
erigby@uh.edu
Thanks,
Lilliard Richardson
President, State Politics and Policy Section, American Political Science Association
