ISA Paper Awards

ISA Paper Awards

 

ISA sponsors several paper awards for scholars and graduate students in the field of international studies. We welcome nominations and applications from authors, section members and annual convention participants. We hope to encourage, support and recognize outstanding scholarship. Questions may be addressed to the chair of each award committee or to Angelica Robison, the ISA Award Coordinator at arobison@isanet.org; you may also use the Comments link below to send us a question regarding our paper awards. To navigate this site, please use the Paper Awards links menu to the left.

Jim Winkates Graduate Student Paper Award

Graduate students are invited to submit their paper for the the Jim Winkates Graduate Student Paper Award competition sponsored by the ISA-South Region of ISA. The region has named the award in honor of Dr. Jim Winkates in recognition of his contributions to the discipline and his support for graduate students.

About the Award:

• The competition is open to any graduate student who is enrolled in a graduate program at the time of the ISA-South conference.
• To be eligible in any given year, the student must attend the ISA-South Conference and present her or his paper as a member of a panel.
• Three prizes will be awarded:
  Grand Prize: $250 / First Runner-up: $200 / Second Runner-up: $150
• The awards will be announced at the ISA-South conference banquet (NOTE: the Paper Competition Coordinator reserves the right to decide not to award prizes if a sufficient number of graduate student papers are not submitted for the competition).
• Additional non-monetary awards will include a one-year paid membership in ISA and ISA-South and a plaque acknowledging the award, presented at the annual ISA-South conference banquet.
• The Coordinator of the Graduate Student Paper Competition is responsible for forming a committee to decide on the awarding of prizes.
• The criteria for judging the papers include mastery of the field, originality, logic, organization, good writing, and proper documentation.
• Students who wish to enter the competition must submit four (4) final copies of their conference paper to the Paper Competition Coordinator no later than Thursday, September 27, 2010. No papers will be accepted electronically. Mail four hard copies of your paper postmarked by/before the deadline to the award committee chair.

Award Committee

Prof. Thomas Badey
Coordinator, ISA-S Jim Winkates Graduate Student Paper Competition
Department of International Studies & Political Science
PO Box 5005
Randolph-Macon College
Ashland, VA  23005-5505
Email:  tbadey@rmc.edu

Previous Winners

2010 Annual Conference

• Grand Prize: Beatrice Mosello, Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies
• First Runner-Up: Joanna K. Rozpedowski, University of South Florida
• Second Runner-up: Katherine  S. Grover, American University

Human Rights Faculty/Professional Best Paper Award

This award will be given to the best paper presented at the ISA Annual Convention by a faculty member (not restricted to rank) or professional or activist.

About the Award:

• Eligibility: Eligibility is limited to Human Rights Section-sponsored panels, and must be original (not presented or published elsewhere) research in the field of human rights.
• Prize Amount: The award is accompanied by $100 cash prize as well as a paid one-year membership in the Human Rights Section. In addition, the winning paper will be forwarded (with the consent of the author) to the Journal of Human Rights for special consideration for publication.
• Nomination Process: Papers may be nominated by panel chairs/discussants or other conference participants, and by authors. Papers should have been uploaded to the ISA paper archive by the deadline.  Alternatively, if you are submitting your own paper for consideration, please submit it electronically to the Chair of the Award Committee: David L. Richards, david.l.richards@uconn.edu
• Award Committee: Two at-large members of the executive committee and one additional member (non-executive committee) chosen by the Section Chair.
• Nomination Deadline: June 15, 2010

The section would like to recognize the generous contribution made by the Journal of Human Rights and its editor, Richard Hiskes, in funding these awards. The Journal of Human Rights is a Routledge/Taylor and Francis publication.

Award Winners

• 2009:  Kathleen Staudt (University of Texas at El Paso) won the Faculty/Professional Best Paper Award for her paper entitled “Explaining the Persistence of Femicide Amid Transnational Activist Networks: Where Did Human Rights Theory Go Wrong?”
• 2008: Thomas W. Smith (University of South Florida) - “Can Human Rights Win a Better War?”

Steven C. Poe Graduate Student Paper Award

Graduate students are invited to participate in the Steven C. Poe Graduate Student Paper Competition sponsored by the Human Rights Section of the ISA. The Section has named its Graduate Student Paper Award in honor of the late Steven C. Poe in recognition of his contributions in the field of human rights and support to graduate students. 

About the Award: 

• Eligibility: To be eligible for the award, the paper must be presented at the ISA  annual meeting immediately preceding the deadline (not restricted to the human rights section panels), and must be original (not presented or published elsewhere) research in the field of human rights.  Papers presented as posters are also eligible for the award.
• Award: The award will be accompanied by $100 cash prize as well as a paid one-year membership in the Human Rights Section. In addition, the winner will receive $300 to subsidize travel to the following year’s ISA meeting (contingent upon provision of receipts).
• Nomination Process: Papers may be nominated by panel chairs, other conference participants, and authors. Papers should have been uploaded to the ISA paper archive by the deadline. Alternatively, if you are submitting your own paper for consideration, please submit it by e-mail to the Chair of the committee: Carrie Booth Walling <bwalling@umich.edu>
• Award Committee: Two at-large members of the executive committee and one additional member (non-executive committee) will be chosen by the Section Chair to receive and review nominations and select the winner(s).
• Deadline for Nominations: June 15, 2010

Award Committee:

Carrie Booth Walling, Chair
University of Michigan
bwalling@umich.edu

James O'Higgins-Norman
Dublin City University
james.norman@dcu.ie

Natalie Florea Hudson
University of Dayton
hudsonnb@notes.udayton.edu

Previous Award Winners:

• 2009  Joel Pruce (University of Denver) “Outlaws, Rogues, and Robin Hoods in the Delivery of Human Rights Goods?"
• 2008  Mark Massoud (UC-Berkeley) “Legal Development and Human Rights in a Divided Society”
• 2007  Natalie Florea Hudson (University of Connecticut) “Securitizing Women and Gender Equality: Who and What is it Good For?”

Intelligence Studies Section Student Paper Award

The Intelligence Studies Section (ISS) of the International Studies Association, is pleased to announce the opening of the annual competition for the Intelligence Studies Section Student Paper Award. The award is made annually by ISS in recognition of excellence for the best undergraduate or graduate student paper on a subject dealing with intelligence presented at the ISA annual conference.

Eligibility Criteria
The competition is open to undergraduate and graduate students enrolled in any university or college in a humanities, social science, or similar program. Only papers submitted and presented at the 2011 ISA conference are eligible.

The Award
One award will be made in the amount of $500.

Submission
Papers may not exceed 40 pages, including notes. Theses and other major research projects are not eligible, but chapters from theses, research projects, or dissertations may be submitted within the specified length. Submissions must include the author’s name, institution, and complete contact information.  All submissions are to be made in Word or PDF format. The deadline for submissions is 15 March 2011. Only electronic submissions will be accepted. Submissions should be submitted to the Section chair.

COMMITTEE:

Daniel S. Gressang, PhD
Chairman
Intelligence Studies Section
Gressang@aol.com

The Alexander George Award

Graduate students are invited to participate in the Alexander George Graduate Student Paper Competition sponsored by the Foreign Policy Analysis Section of the ISA. The award was established in 1990 to recognize an outstanding graduate student paper presented on a Foreign Policy Analysis Section panel at the ISA Annual Convention.

ABOUT THE AWARD:

• Entries for the competition must be papers presented at the last annual ISA convention on a panel (or during a poster session) sponsored or co-sponsored by the Foreign Policy Analysis Section.
• Recipient receives a plaque (1st place) and a monetary award, there is the potential for multiple cash awards based on the quality and number of papers received, up to $500 total.
• To enter the competition, e-mail a copy of your paper (in MS Word or PDF format) by no later than October 1st to the chair of the award committee.
• The Award Committee consists of the Foreign Policy Analysis Section Members-at-Large. Committee terms are at the discretion of the Foreign Policy Analysis Officers.
• The Committee is responsible for notifying the recipient of the award.

AWARD RECIPIENTS:

• 2008: Christopher J. Fariss, University of North Texas
• 2007: Sam Robinson, 1st Place Winner
  Min Ye, Runner-Up
  Srdjan Vucetic, Ohio State University, 2nd Runner-Up

COMMITTEE:

Patrick J. Haney
CHAIR, FEB 2010 - MARCH 2011
Department of Political Science
Miami University
haneypj@muohio.edu

Zeynep Taydas
MEMBER, FEB 2010 - MARCH 2011
Department of Political Science
Clemson University
ztaydas@clemson.edu

Cameron G. Thies
MEMBER, FEB 2010 - MARCH 2011
Department of Political Science
University of Iowa
cameron-thies@uiowa.edu

ARCHIVED SITE: The Carl Beck Award

The Carl Beck Award, established in 1980, is presented on an annual basis to a graduate student for his or her paper in the field of International Studies. Carl Beck was aware that the field of international relations faced difficult new challenges. To respond to those challenges it must be adaptive and innovative, open to new ideas, perspectives and approaches. The Committee therefore looks for original papers that deal with traditional concerns in new and interesting ways or with emergent international conditions and problems.

About the Award:

• A $500.00 (USD) prize is awarded from the ISA General Account
• The winner will also receive a plaque at the awards presentations at the annual ISA conference
• Graduate students are invited to submit their papers for the competition. Moreover, they need to include a letter of support for the nomination of the paper, written by department chairs, program directors, deans, chairs of sessions at ISA annual or regional meetings, or from chairs of sessions at other meetings of international studies associations. Such a letter has to explain why the paper has special merit and deserves consideration for the Carl Beck Award.
• In addition, department chairs, program directors, deans, chairs of sessions at ISA annual or regional meetings, or from chairs of sessions at other meetings of international studies associations are invited and encouraged to submit excellent student papers for the competition. In addition to the paper, they have to send a letter explaining why the paper has special merit and deserves consideration for the Carl Beck Award.
• The manuscript and letter should be sent to the Chair of the Carl Beck Award Committee. Submissions should arrive by October 20th of each year. Submissions should, if possible, be made electronically.
• Application Deadline: October 20th.

Eligibility:
To be eligible for the award, submitted papers must:

• be in English
• not exceed 10,000 words
• be delivered at the ISA conference in New Orleans (February 2010) or one of the other meetings affiliated with, organised or co-sponsored by the ISA (between October 20th 2009- October 20th 2010). See for all applicable meetings, http://www.isanet.org/conventions/
• not be considered for any other ISA award
• not be published as of the 20 October submission deadline
• be authored by graduate students who have not received their PhD as of the date of the paper presentation. To be eligible for consideration for the Carl Beck Award a paper must be the work of a full-time or part-time graduate student enrolled in a formal degree program at an established college or university. There is no restriction on the location of the institution. Jointly-authored papers are not eligible.

About the Committee:

• The three Member Committee is appointed by the ISA President with the concurrency of the Governing Council; Members serve two-year terms
• The Committee Chair is responsible for notifying the Recipient of the Award and encouraging the Recipient to attend the Annual Convention at which the Award is to be presented so as to receive the Award in person.

     
Committee:
     
Renske Doorenspleet
CHAIR, FEB 2009 - MAR 2011
Department of Politics and International Studies/ Centre for Studies in Democratization
University of Warwick
renske.doorenspleet@warwick.ac.uk
     
Scott Kastner
MEMBER, FEB 2010 - APR 2012     
Department of Government and Politics     
University of Maryland         
skastner@gvpt.umd.edu

Duncan Snidal
MEMBER, FEB 2010 - APR 2012
Harris School and the Department of Political Science     
University of Chicago  
snidal@uchicago.edu

Award Recipients :

2010: Tina Freyburg, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology; Vsevolod Gunitskiy, Columbia University (Honorable Mention)

2009: Michael Beckley, Columbia University, "Material Preponderance and Military Power"

2008: No award

2007: Shelley L. Hurt, The New School for Social Research, "Patent Law, Biodefense, and the National Security State, 1945-1972" (PDF).

2006: Idean Salehyan, University of California, San Diego, "Transnational Rebels: Neighboring States As Sanctuary for Rebel Groups" (PDF).

2005: Shuhei Kurizaki, UCLA, "Efficient Secrecy: Public Versus Private Threats in Crisis Diplomacy" (PDF)

2004: No award

2003: Kristopher W. Ramsay, University of Rochester, "Crisis Bargaining and Representative Democracy" (PDF)

2002: Carolyn Lloyd, University of Montreal, "Knowledge and the Emerging Global Small Arms Control Regime: Where There Is No Vision, the People Perish"

2001: No award

2000: Nita Rudra, University of Southern California.

1999: No award

1998: No award

1997: Renske Doorenspleet, University of Leiden, "Political Democracy: A Cross National Quantitative Analysis of Modernization and Dependency Theories"

1996: Bear Braumoeller, University of Michigan, "Deadly Doves? Liberalism, Nationalism, Domestic Structure, and the Democratic Peace in Soviet Successor States"

1995: Yukiko Koga, Syracuse University, "In Search of a People’s Space in IR/IPE Theory: Reintroducing Dialectic Ontology and Social Identity"

1994: Erik Gartzke, University of Iowa, "Congress and Back Seat Driving: Modeling the War Powers Resolution with an Information Theory of Delegation"

1993: Robert Latham, New School for Social Research, "Liberal Capitalism as an International System: Europe and the World"

1992: Lizbeth Barnard, Tufts University, "Beyond Mediation: Third Party Consultation in International Conflict Resolution"

1991: No award

1990: Patrick Regan, University of Michigan

1989: Jeffrey William Knopf, Stanford University, "Soviet Public Diplomacy and U.S. Policymaking on Arms Control: The Case of Gorbachev's Nuclear Testing Moratorium"

1988: No award

1987: Marie Henehen, Rutgers University, "A Quantitative Analysis of Disagreement on Foreign Policy in the U.S. Senate"

1986: Carolyn Rhodes-Jones, Utah State University, "Reciprocity and Cooperation in the GATT Regime"

1985: Lev Gonick, York University, "Constraints of the World Economy on National Political Development: 1948-1973"

1984: No award

1983: T. Clifton Morgan, University of Texas-Austin, "The Effects of War on the Economic Productivity of Nations in the Twentieth Century"

1982: Theodore Koontz, Princeton University, "A Public Policy Case for Permitting Selective Conscientious Objection"

The A. Leroy Bennett Award

The Bennett Award was established in honor of Professor A. LeRoy Bennett, who taught international relations for more than forty years at Michigan State University, Drake University, and the University of Delaware from which he retired in 1995 as Professor Emeritus.  He served as a Ford Foundation fellow at UN headquarters in 1951-51. Professor Bennett developed and administered the international relations program at University of Delaware and was instrumental in establishing the Northeast Regional division of the International Studies Association.  Throughout his professional life he has been active in the United Nations Association of the United States of America and the World Affairs Council of Delaware.  Professor Bennett is a prolific scholar and authored one of the leading undergraduate textbooks on international organizations.  This award is supported by his colleagues at the University of Delaware.

ABOUT THE AWARD:

• The Award is sponsored by the International Studies Association Northeast Region (ISA - NE). The competition recognizes the best paper presented at the ISA Northeast Regional Conference by a scholar who holds a PhD.
• Papers presented at the ISA Northeast Regional Conference may be nominated during or after the conference by the conference panel chair, discussant, or paper-presenter. Nomination forms are available at the conference registration desk.
• The winner receives a cash prize of $100.00 and a certificate.
• The ISANE Region President is responsible for notifying the Recipient of the Award and encouraging the Recipient to attend the Annual Convention to receive the award in person.
• The application deadline is December 15th (of the year the paper is presented at the November region conference).

AWARD RECIPIENTS:

• 2009: Not awarded
• 2008: Not awarded
• 2007: Not awarded

AWARD COMMITTEE:
Laura Sjoberg
REGION PRESIDENT, NOV 2010-NOV 2011
University of Florida
sjoberg@ufl.edu

Robert & Jessie Cox Award

Established in 1997, the Robert W. and Jessie Cox Award honors the best graduate student paper of critical inquiry into international relations. The purpose of the prize is to encourage critical study of international political economy, world orders, and civilizations. Papers submitted should relate, broadly, to the main normative principles for which the Coxes stand, including:  diffusion of power; democratization; mutual respect for distinct civilizations, concern for the biosphere; and, greater  equality among societies, genders, and races.

ABOUT THE AWARD:

• The winner will receive a $500.00 cash prize and a plaque at the awards presentations at the annual ISA conference.
• Graduate students are invited to submit their papers for the competition themselves. In addition, department chairs, program directors, deans, chairs of sessions at ISA annual or regional meetings, or from chairs of sessions at other meetings of international studies associations are invited and encouraged to nominate submissions.
• Nominations, including copies of the paper, should be sent to the Chair of the Cox Award Committee. Submissions should arrive by October 1st of each year. Submissions should, if possible, be made electronically.
• Stephen Gill and James Mittelman, co-editors of the book Innovation and Transformation in International Studies, a volume honoring Robert W. and Jessie Cox and funding this Award, will name two (2) members of the Committee to award this prize. The ISA President will name three (3) members, including the Committee Chair. All members will serve three-year terms.
• The Committee Chair is responsible for notifying the Recipient of the Award and encouraging the Recipient to attend the Annual Convention at which the Award is to be presented so as to receive the Award in person.

ELIGIBILITY:
To be eligible for the award, submitted papers must:

• be in English
• be submitted in Microsoft Word format
• include a title page with name, institutional affiliation, email and the total word count
• not exceed 10,000 words for the total paper (the word count includes title, notes and references)
• not be considered for any other ISA award
• not be accepted for publication as of the submission deadline
• be authored by graduate students who have not received their PhD as of the submission deadline
• relate, broadly, to the main normative principles for which the Coxes stand, including: diffusion of power; democratization; mutual respect for distinct civilizations, concern for the biosphere; and, greater equality among societies, genders, and races
• while paper submitters are encouraged to attend the 2011 ISA conference, this is NOT a condition of eligibility

AWARD RECIPIENTS:

• 2010: Jeff Ballinger, Columbia University, "The Threat Posed by 'Corporate Social Responsibility' to Trade Union Rights"
• 2009: Renk Ozdemir, University of Sussex
• 2008: Sandy Hager, York University-Toronto; Arne Ruckert, Carleton University
• 2007: James Perry,  Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
• 2006: Martijn Konings, York University
• 2005: Daniel Preece, University of Alberta
• 2004: No Recipient Selected
• 2003: Latha Varadarajan, San Diego State University
• 2002: No recipient information on file
• 2001: M. Patrick Ngcoya, American University
• 2000: Gary Burn, University of Connecticut

COMMITTEE:

Adam Harmes, 2009-2012*
CHAIR, FEB 2009 - APR 2012
University of Western Ontario
aharmes@uwo.ca

Michèle Rioux, 2009-2012
MEMBER, FEB 2009 - APR 2012
Department of Political Science
Université du Québec à Montréal
rioux.michele@uqam.ca

J. Magnus Ryner, 2009-2012
MEMBER, FEB 2009 - APR 2012
Department of IR, Politics & Sociology
Oxford Brookes University
mryner@brookes.ac.uk

Matt Davies
MEMBER, FEB 2009 - APR 2012
Newcastle University
Matt.Davies@ncl.ac.uk

Heikki Patomäki
MEMBER, FEB 2009 - APR 2012
Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology University
Globalism Research Centre
RMIT University
heikki.patomaki@helsinki.fi

* Members nominated by the founders.

The Finkelstein Award

ISA’s International Organization Section is seeking high quality graduate student papers that were presented (on a panel or as a poster) at the 2008 Annual Convention for competition to win the Lawrence S. Finkelstein Prize. Papers must discuss international organization, as broadly defined. Students are permitted to edit the paper presented at the conference, as long as the paper remains unchanged in substance. The Section particularly welcomes submissions from outside the United States.

ABOUT THE AWARD:

• The prize will be awarded at the IO Business Meeting at the upcoming Convention. The winner will receive a $100 cash prize plus a travel grant for up to $500 to attend the ISA Annual Convention. The Section also encourages the prize recipient to submit her/his paper to the journal Global Governance for possible publication. 
• Professors and other 2008 panel participants: the Committee would appreciate it if you would alert graduate students to this excellent opportunity.
• Students should email their papers to the Prize Committee Chair, David Forsythe, at dforsythe@unlnotes.unl.edu. Please include “Finkelstein Prize Submission” in the subject line. In the email, please note the panel or poster session for which you presented the paper.
• The deadline for submissions is June 30 of each year.

AWARD RECIPIENTS

• 2008: Daniela Donno, Yale University
• 2007: Vaidyanatha Gundlupet, University of Chicago

COMMITTEE:

Carolyn Stephenson
SECTION CHAIR, FEB 2010-APRIL 2012 
University of Hawaii, Manoa
cstephen@hawaii.edu

FTGS Graduate Student Paper Award

This award, established in 1996, honors the best feminist theory and/or gender studies graduate student paper presented at the current year’s ISA Annual Convention.

ABOUT THE AWARD

• The recipient receives a certificate and $100. The prize money is drawn from the FTGS Section account
• The award comes with a peer-review by the International Feminist Journal of Politics with a prospect for publication.
• Nominations may be made by anyone in the profession. We encourage in particular discussants and chairs on FTGS panels to let us know about outstanding papers you encountered. Self-nominations are also welcome. The person nominated must have been a student at the time the paper was presented.
• The Award Committee consists of members of the FTGS Executive Committee. The Committee terms are at the discretion of the Section Chair.
• The Committee Chair is responsible for notifying the Recipient of the Award and encouraging the Recipient to attend the Annual Convention at which the Award is to be presented so as to receive the Award in person.
• Nominations should include contact information of the nominee and, in the case of self-nominations, also a copy of the relevant paper. They should be submitted to the chair of the Award Committee: Elisabeth.Pruegl@graduateinstitute.ch
• Nomination deadline: July 1, 2010
• Results of the competition will be announced in early September 2010.
  

AWARD RECIPIENTS:

• 2010: Lauren Wilcox, University of Minnesota, "Explosive Bodies: Suicide Bombing as an Embodied Practice and the Politics of Abjection"
• 2009: Rahel Kunz, University of Lucerne, Ann-Kristin Sjoberg, Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, "Emancipated or Oppressed? Female Combatants in the Colombian Guerrilla"
• 2008: Nikki Detraz, Colorado State University
• 2007: Catia Confortini, University of Southern California

COMMITTEE CHAIR:

Elisabeth Prügl, Professor
Political Science Unit
Institut de Hautes Etudes Internationales et du Développement
Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies
Case postale 136 - 1211 Genève 21 - Suisse
Elisabeth.Pruegl@graduateinstitute.ch
http://graduateinstitute.ch