2019-2020 NPSA Best Paper Awards
Yingqi-Ariel Tang ((Yale University), receiving the 2018-McWilliams-Best-Graduate Student Paper in Theory (Handed by Professor Bruce E. Caswell)
The 2020 Awards
The Polity Prize
Democratic Non-Participation
Michael K. MacKenzie, University of Pittsburgh and Alfred Moore, University of York, United Kingdom
The limited number of awards that year was due a reduced online conference during the pandemic.
The 2019 Awards
The Polity Prize
Is Liberalism Bad for Women? Reclaiming Susan Okin’s Democratic Feminist Thesis.
Liza Taylor, Elon University
Lanahan Best Graduate Student Paper
Property Formation in Weak States: Theory and Evidence from Imperial Brazil
Jorge Mangonnet, Columbia University
The Pi Sigma Alpha Best Paper
Nietzche’s New Socrates
Alex Priou, University of Colorado, Boulder
Carey McWilliams Best Faculty Paper in Theory
Beyond Democracy and Autocracy: The Opening of Thucydides.
Mark Fisher, Georgetown University
Carey McWilliams Best Graduate Student Paper in Theory
The New Priestly Class: The Beneficiaries of White Guilt.
Hadass G. Silver, The University of Pennsylvania
Franco Mattei Best Graduate Student Paper in American Politics, Political Parties, and Elections
Polarization and Presidential Nominations: A Historical Analysis using Party Platforms Paper
Matthew Walz, Binghamton University