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PROGRAM COMMITTEES

75th ANNIVERSARY COMMITTEE
COMMITTEE ON NOMINATIONS
COMMITTEE ON THE STATUS OF ASIAN PACIFIC AMERICANS IN
THE PROFESSION
COMMITTEE ON THE STATUS OF BLACKS IN THE PROFESSION
COMMUNITY COLLEGE COMMITTEE
FIRST GENERATION SCHOLARS COMMITTEE
COMMITTEE ON THE STATUS OF LATINOS/AS IN THE PROFESSION
COMMITTEE ON THE STATUS OF WOMEN IN THE PROFESSION
CLIMATE ACTION COMMITTEE
SOCIAL MEDIA COMMITTEE
COMMITTEE ON PUBLICATIONS
DISSERTATION AWARD COMMITTEE
BETTY MOULDS LIFETIME SERVICE AWARD
CLAY MORGAN AWARD COMMITTEE
DON T. NAKANISHI BEST PAPER ON ASIAN PACIFIC AMERICANS AND POLITICS AWARD COMMITTEE
PRQ AWARD COMMITTEE
PGI AWARD COMMITTEE

Seventy-Fifth Anniversary Committee
TBA

Committee on Nominations
Chair: Lisa Magaña, Arizona State University lisa.magana@asu.edu
Members:
Timothy Luke (2019-2021) Virginia Tech twluke@vt.edu	Victoria Farrar-Myers (2019-2021) Southern Methodist University vmyers@mail.smu.edu
Flavio R. Hickel (2020-2022) University of Delaware FlavioHickelJr@gmail.com	Janni Aragon (2020-2022) Executive Council Liaison University of Victoria jaragon@uvic.ca
Committee on the Status of Asian Pacific Americans
Chair: Ngoc Phan (2020-2024) Hawaii Pacific University ntphan@hpu.edu
Members:
Megan Ming Francis (2018-21) University of Washington meganmf@uw.edu	Christian Dyogi Phillips 2018-2021 University of Southern California cdphilli@usc.edu
Daniel Lee (2019-22) University of California, Berkeley dan.lee@berkeley.edu	Vivien Leung (2020-24) University of California, Los Angeles vivienleung@ucla.edu
Committee on the Status of Blacks in the Profession
Chair: Christopher Parker (2018-21) University of Washington csparker@uw.edu
Members:
Stacey Greene (2018-21) Rutgers University s.greene@rutgers.edu Christopher Stout (2019-22) Oregon State University christopher.stout@oregonstate.edu	Davin Phoenix (2019-22) University of California, Irvine dphoenix@uci.edu Debra Thompson (2020-24) University of Oregon thompson@uoregon.edu
Community College Committee
Chair: Rogelio Garcia East Los Angeles College garciar3@elac.edu
Members:
Peter Bowman Palomar College pbowman@palomar.edu Josue Franco Cuyamaca College josue.franco@gcccd.edu	Steven Cauchon Imperial Valley College steven.cauchon@imperial.edu Levy LaDella College of Southern Nevada LaDella.Levy@csn.edu
First Generation Committee
Chair: Jonathan Benjamin Alvarado University of Nebraska, Omaha jalvarado@unomaha.edu
Members:
Kim Yi Dionne University of California, Riverside kdionne@ucr.edu	Maricruz Osorio University of California, Riverside mosor001@ucr.edu
Shaun Bowler University of California, Riverside shaun.bowler@ucr.edu	Lorrie Frasure-Yokley University of California, Los Angeles lfrasure@polisci.ucla.edu
Committee on the Status of Latinas/os in the Profession
Chair: Mara Cecilia Ostfeld (2020-2024) University of Michigan mostfeld@umich.edu
Members:
Sophia Wallace (2018-21) University of Washington sophiajw@uw.edu Angela Ocampo (2018-21) University of Michigan axocampo@umich.edu	Claudia Sandoval (2019-22) Loyola Marymount University Claudia.Sandoval@lmu.edu Brad Jones (2020-2024) University of California, Davis jones.bradford.s@gmail.com
Committee on the Status of Women in the Profession
Chair: Linda Alvarez (2019-22) California State University, Northridge linda.alvarez@csun.edu
Members:
Dara Strolovitch (2019-21) Princeton University dzs@princeton.edu Alissa Kessel (2019-22) Puget Sound University akessel@pugetsound.edu	Melina Juarez (2020-2024) Western Washington University melina.juarez1@gmail.com Nazita Lajevardi (2020-2024) Michigan State University nazita@msu.edu
Climate Action Committee
The Western Political Science Association has formed a Climate Action Committee to generate proposals for reducing the association’s contributions to climate change.
Chair: Jamie Mayerfeld University of Washington
Members: Jessica Lavariega Monforti, California Lutheran University, President of WPSA (2020-21) Richard Clucas, Portland State University, Executive Director of WPSA Kellan Anfinson, Bard College Chris Crews, New School for Social Research Cara Daggett, Virginia Tech Nives Dolsak, University of Washington Elisabeth Ellis, University of Otago Shane Gunster, Simon Fraser University Cheryl Hall, University of South Florida Matthew Leep, Western Governors University John Meyer, Humboldt State University Aseem Prakash, University of Washington Sarah Shair-Rosenfield, Arizona State University
Social Media Committee
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Committee on Publications
Chair: Lan Chu Occidental College lchu@oxy.edu
Members:
Jane Junn University of Southern California junn@usc.edu	Tony Carey University of North Texas Tony.Carey@unt.edu
AWARDS COMMITTEES: Each year, the Western Political Science Association gives out awards for some of the best papers to be presented at the annual conference. With the cancellation of the 2020 meeting in Los Angeles, the Association will not be giving out these awards at the 2021 meeting in Seattle. However, several other award committees will be giving out awards. Listed below are the committees that will be giving out awards next year, along with the names of the committee members. If you were a recipient of a 2020 award, we hope you can join us in Seattle in April 2021. We intend to recognize all of the 2020 award recipients at next year’s meeting.
Dissertation Award: For the best doctoral dissertation completed at a university within the regional groupings of the WPSA between July 1 and June 30 of the previous academic year. ($250 award) Deadline: October 15, 2020 Chair: Hakeem Jefferson Stanford University Hakeem@stanford.edu Julia Hellewege University of South Dakota julia.hellwege@usd.edu Robin Jacobson Puget Sound University rjacobson@pugetsound.edu
Betty Moulds Lifetime Service Award: Chair: Gary Segura University of California, Los Angeles segura@luskin.ucla.edu Celeste Montoya University of Colorado, Boulder Celeste.Montoya@Colorado.EDU Andrea Simpson University of Richmond asimpson@richmond.edu
Clay Morgan Award: Chair: Chris Buck Government Department St. Lawrence University Hepburn Hall Canton, NY 13617 USA cbuck@stlawu.edu Ashley Dodsworth School of Sociology, Politics and International Studies (SPAIS) University of Bristol Room 1.6, 3 Priory Road Bristol, BS8 1TU UK ashley.dodsworth@bristol.ac.uk Yogi Hale Hendlin Dynamics of Inclusive Prosperity Initiative Erasmus School of Philosophy Erasmus University Rotterdam Postbus 1738 3000 DR Rotterdam NL hendlin@esphil.eur.nl
Don T. Nakanishi Best Paper Award on Asian Pacific Americans and Politics For an outstanding paper discussing issues and problems that concern Asian Pacific Americans. ($250 award)
Chair: Ngoc Phan (2020-2024) Hawaii Pacific University ntphan@hpu.edu
Members:
Megan Ming Francis (2018-21) University of Washington meganmf@uw.edu	Christian Dyogi Phillips 2018-2021 University of Southern California cdphilli@usc.edu
Daniel Lee (2019-22) University of California, Berkeley dan.lee@berkeley.edu	Vivien Leung (2020-24) University of California, Los Angeles vivienleung@ucla.edu
PRQ Award *The Political Research Quarterly* Best Article Award. This award is given for the best article published by the PRQ during the prior calendar year. ($1000 award) Chair: Kathy Powers University of New Mexico kpowers1@unm.edu Michael L. McLendon California State University, Los Angeles mmclend2@exchange.calstatela.edu Shane Singh** University of Georgia singh@uga.edu
PGI Award The Politics Groups and Identities Best Article Award. This award is given for the best article published by the PGI during the prior calendar year. ($500 award) Chair: Melissa Michelson Menlo College melissa.michelson@gmail.com Andrew Aoki Augsburg University aoki@augsburg.edu Malliga Och Idaho State ochmall@isu.edu

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