2022 Best NPSA Paper Awards

Wilson Carey McWilliams Best Faculty Paper in Political Theory
The Question of Divine Justice in Plato’s Myth of Er.
Mark Lutz, University of Nevada

Wilson Carey McWilliams Best Graduate Student Paper in Political Theory
Power, Totality, and Violence: Machiavelli and the Dark Side of Hegel
Shterna Friedman, University of California, Berkeley

Public (dis)Orientation: Ida B. Wells-Barnett and the Public’s Ability to Act
Damali Britton, Brown University

Pi Sigma Alpha Best Paper
The Literary Dimension to U.S. Foreign Policy: A Critique of Deep Engagement
Gregory Williams, Simmons University

Lanahan Best Graduate Student Paper
Herodotus and the Case for Persian Freedom
Matthew Reising, Baylor University

Identity Issues Best Paper
The Hyper-Masculine Campaign: Party Leader Brand Image, Heteronormativity, and the 2021 Canadian Federal Election
Mireille Lalancette, Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières
Vincent Raynauld, Emerson College