PROGRAM COMMITTEES

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Administrative Committees Committee on Nominations
Equity and Access Taskforce
Social Media Committee
Virtual Community Program Committee
WPSA Climate Action Committee
The Western Newsletter

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Status Committees Committee on the Status of Asian Pacific Americans
Committee on the Status of Blacks in the Profession
Committee on the Status of Latinas/os in the Profession
Committee on the Status of Women in the Profession
Community College Committee
First Generation Scholars Committee
Queer Status Committee

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Award Committees Asian Pacific Americans and Politics Best Paper Award Committee
Betty Moulds Lifetime Service Award
Betty Nesvold Women and Politics Award Committee
Blacks and Politics Best Paper Award Committee
Charles Redd Politics of the American West Award Committee
Clay Morgan Award Committee
Dissertation Award Committee
Don Nakanishi Award Committee
Environmental Political Theory Award Comittee
Latino/Latina Politics Best Paper Award Comittee
PGI Award Comittee
WPSA Best Paper Award Committee
PRQ Award Committee
William E. Connolly Award Committee

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Committee on Nominations
Chair: Yalidy Matos 2024-2026 Rutgers University yalidy.matos@rutgers.edu
Members:
Michelle Ramirez (2024-2026) Texas A&M University Kingsville Michelle.Ramirez@tamuk.edu	Natasha Altema-McNeely (2025-2027) University of North Texas natasha.altema@unt.edu
Loren Collingwood (2025-2027) University of New Mexico lcollingwood@unm.edu	Kouslaa Kessler-Mata (2025-2027) University of San Francisco ktkesslermata@usfca.edu
Equity and Access Taskforce
Chair: Debra Thompson (2025-2026) McGill University
Members:
Paru Shah Rutgers University	Tiffany Willoughby-Herard University of California-Irvine
Ivy Cargile Califronia State University-Bakersville	Jeff Feng Northwestern University
Grace Howard San José State University	Jordie Davies University of California-Irvine
Rogelio Garcia East Los Angeles College	La Della Levy College of Southern Nevada
Isabel Felix Gonzales University of Virginia
Social Media Committee
Chair: Eraldo Souza dos Santos (2025-2028) University of California-Irvine er.cmcg@gmail.com
Members:
Mario Guerrero Cal Poly Pomona ADVISOR	Desiree Melonas Cal State University-San Bernardino ADVISOR
Virtual Community Program Committee
Chair: Amit Ron Arizona State University amit.ron@asu.edu
Members:
Maria Struble Western Colorado University mstruble@western.edu	Eraldo Souza dos Santos University of California-Irvine er.cmcg@gmail.com
Climate Action Committee
Chair: Michaele Ferguson (2025-2028) University of Colorado Boulder michaele.ferguson@colorado.edu
Members:
Paasha Mahdavi (2025-2028) University of California, Santa Barbara paasha@polsci.ucsb.edu	Desiree Melonas (2025-2028) University of California, Riverside dmelonas@ucr.edu
Juliet Carlisle (2024-2027) University of Utah u6017639@utah.edu	Meherun Nesa (2025-2028) Loyola University Chicago mnesa@luc.edu
The Western Newsletter
Michael Artime Pacific Lutheran University artimemr@plu.edu	Benjamin Gonzalez O'Brien San Diego State University bgonzalezobrien@sdsu.edu
Chase Porter California Baptist University cporter@calbaptist.edu
Committee on the Status of Asian Pacific Americans
Chair: Paru Shah Rutgers University ps1372@polisci.rutgers.edu 2025-2028
Members:
Yeaji Kim Cal State Domingues Hills yeakim@csudh.edu 2023-2026	Nhat-Dang Do Trinity College dang.do@trincoll.edu 2023-2026
Nathan Chan Loyola Marymount University nathan.chan@lmu.edu 2024-2027	Tanika Raychaudari Rice University tanikar@rice.edu 2024-2027
Committee on the Status of Blacks in the Profession
Chair: Tiffany Willoughby-Herard (2025-2028) University of California-Irvine twilloug@uci.edu
Members:
Christopher Paul Harris (2025-2027) Univeristy of California-Irvine christopher.paul.harris@uci.edu	Christine Slaughter (2023-2026) Boston University csla@bu.edu
Chaya Crowder (2024-2027) Loyola Marymount University chaya.crowder@lmu.edu	Maruice Mangum (2024-2027) Jackson State University maruice.l.mangum@jsums.edu
Committee on the Status of Latinas/os in the Profession
Chair: Ivy Cargile (2025-2028) California State University-Bakersville icargile@csub.edu
Members:
Alejandra Campos (2024-2027) University of Arkansas ac011@uark.edu	Sam Acuña (2024-2027) Occidental College sacuna@oxy.edu
Marcel Roman (2023-2026) Harvard University mroman@fas.harvard.edu	Angie Bautista-Chavez (2024-2027) Johns Hopkins University abauti16@jh.edu
Committee on the Status of Women in the Profession
Chair: Jordie Davies (2024-2027) University of California-Irvine jordiedavies426@gmail.com
Members:
Joyce Ejukonemu (2023-2026) Federal College of Education fuoma34@yahoo.com	Verónica Zebadúa-Yañez (2025-2028) Spelman College vzebadua@spelman.edu
Sara Angevine (2023-2026) Whittier College sangevin@whittier.edu	Rebeca Castañeda Leffler (2025-2028) University of Florida rebeca.leffler@ufl.edu
Community College Committee
Co-Chair: Rogelio Garcia (2023-2026) East Los Angeles College garciar3@elac.edu
Co-Chair: La Della Levy (2023-2026) College of Southern Nevada ladella.levy@csn.edu
Members:
Erin Richards (2025-2028) Cascadia College College	Tony Wohlers (2023-2026) SUNY Corning Community College awohlers@corning-cc.edu
Michael Lim (2024-2027) East Los Angeles College LINM@elac.edu
First Generation Scholars Committee
Chair: Grace Howard (2023-2026) San José State University grace.howard@sjsu.edu
Members:
Tye Rush (2024-2027) University of California, San Diego tarush@ucsd.edu	Ian Hartshorn (2025-2028) University of Nevada-Reno ihartshorn@unr.edu
Joyce Nguy (2025-2028) University of California, Los Angeles joycenguy@g.ucla.edu	Ana Oaxaca (2024-2027) University of Texas, Austin oaxaca@utexas.edu
Queer Status Committee
Co-Chair: Jeff Feng (2024-2027) Northwestern University jeff.feng@northwestern.edu
Co-Chair: Isabel Felix Gonzales (2024-2027) University of Virginia xtb2pr@virginia.edu
Members:
Maya Fitch (2025-2028) University of Houston mfitch@cougarnet.uh.edu	Mzilikazi Koné (2025-2028) College of the Desert mkone@collegeofthedesert.edu
Asian Pacific Americans and Politics Best Paper Award
For an outstanding paper discussing issues and problems that concern Asian Pacific Americans. ($250 award)
Chair: Paru Shah Rutgers University ps1372@polisci.rutgers.edu 2025-2028
Members:
Yeaji Kim Cal State Domingues Hills yeakim@csudh.edu 2023-2026	Nhat-Dang Do Trinity College dang.do@trincoll.edu 2023-2026
Nathan Chan Loyola Marymount University nathan.chan@lmu.edu 2024-2027	Tanika Raychaudari Rice University tanikar@rice.edu 2024-2027
Betty Moulds Lifetime Service Award
Chair: Ricardo Ramirez (2025-2026) University of Notre Dame Ricardo.Ramirez.83@nd.edu
Members:
Lorrie Frasure (2025-2026) University of California-Los Angeles lfrasure@polisci.ucla.edu	Lisa Magaña Arizona State University lisa.magana@asu.edu
Betty Nesvold Women and Politics Award:
Chair: Jordie Davies (2024-2027) University of California-Irvine jordiedavies426@gmail.com
Members:
Joyce Ejukonemu (2023-2026) Federal College of Education fuoma34@yahoo.com	Verónica Zebadúa-Yañez (2025-2028) Spelman College vzebadua@spelman.edu
Sara Angevine (2023-2026) Whittier College sangevin@whittier.edu	Rebeca Castañeda Leffler (2025-2028) University of Florida rebeca.leffler@ufl.edu
Blacks and Politics Best Paper Award:
Chair: Tiffany Willoughby-Herard (2025-2028) University of California-Irvine twilloug@uci.edu
Members:
Christopher Paul Harris (2025-2027) Univeristy of California-Irvine christopher.paul.harris@uci.edu	Christine Slaughter (2023-2026) University of Washington csla@bu.edu
Chaya Crowder (2024-2027) Loyola Marymount University chaya.crowder@lmu.edu	Maurice Mangum (2024-2027) Jackson State University maruice.l.mangum@jsums.edu
Charles Redd Politics of the American West Award
Chair: Christina Bejarano (2025-2026) Texas Women's University cbejarano@twu.edu
Members:
Jennifer Lynn Robinson (2025-2026) University of Utah jennifer.robinson@utah.edu	Brent Steel (2025-2026) Oregon State University bsteel@oregonstate.edu
Clay Morgan Award
Chair: Sharon Krause (2025-2026) Brown University sharon_krause@brown.edu
Members:
Jessica Croteau (2025-2026) Haverford College jcroteau@haverford.edu	June Ann Jones University of Texas at Dallas june.jones@utdallas.edu
Dissertation Award
Chair: Brian Lovato (2025-2026) California State University-Fullerton blovato@fullerton.edu
Members:
Gary Johnson (2025-2026) Weber State University garyjohnson@weber.edu	Jenn Jackson (2025-2026) Syracruse University jjacks37@syr.edu
Don Nakanishi Award Committee
Chair: Claire Jean Kim (2025-2026) University of California-Irvine cjkim@uci.edu
Members:
Loan Le (2025-2026) San Francisco State University lkle@thinkiggi.com	James Lai (2025-2026) Santa Clara University jlai@scu.edu
Environmental Political Theory Award
Chair: Christine Winter (2025-2026) University of Otago christine.winter@otago.ac.nz
Members:
Matt Harvey (2025-2026) Princeton University matthew.harvey999@gmail.com	Rudy Leal McCormack (2025-2026) Sam Houston State University rudymc@shsu.edu
Latino/Latina Politics Best Paper Award
Chair: Ivy Cargile (2025-2028) California State University-Bakersville icargile@csub.edu
Members:
Alejandra Campos (2024-2027) University of Arkansas ac011@uark.edu	Sam Acuna (2024-2027) Occidental College sacuna@oxy.edu
Marcel Roman (2023-2026) Harvard University mroman@fas.harvard.edu	Angie Bautista-Chavez (2024-2027) Johns Hopkins University abauti16@jh.edu
WPSA Best Paper Award
Chair: Elli Menounou (2025-2026) California Polytechnic-Pomona emenounou@cpp.edu
Members:
Martin Adamian (2025-2026) California State University-Los Angeles madamia2@exchange.calstatela.edu	Kiku Huckle California Lutheran University khuckle@callutheran.edu
PRQ Award
Chair Ange-Marie Hancock (2025-2026) Ohio State University hancock.39@osu.edu
Members:
Alex Keena Virginia Commonwealth University keenaja@vcu.edu	Michael Latner California Polytechnic University, San Luis Obispo mlatner@calpoly.edu
PGI Award
Chair TBA
Members:
Valerie Martinez-Ebers University of North Texas Valerie.Martinez-Ebers@unt.edu	Richard C. Witmer Creigton University RichardWitmer@creighton.edu
William E. Connolly Award (Political Theory)
Chair: Derefe Kimarley Chevannes (2025-2026) University of Toronto dkchvnns@memphis.edu
Members:
Heather N. Pool (2025-2026) Denison University poolh@denison.edu	Ferris Lupino (2025-2026) New York University fal7633@nyu.edu

 

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