ISA Paper Awards

The Frederick Hartmann Award

The Hartmann Award is named after Dr. Frederick H. Hartmann, a distinguished international relations scholar born in 1922 in New York City who received his Ph.D. from Princeton University in 1949.  Dr. Hartmann, who taught many years at the University of Florida, the Naval War College in Newport, Rhode Island, and a host of other public and private institutions, including overseas, produced a dozen books on international relations and foreign policy, including student texts. His definition of "international relations" was included in UNESCO's Social Science Dictionary published in 1965. Having served on several national and state committees and boards of higher education and as a Captain in the U.S. Naval Reserve, Dr. Hartmann retired from the Naval War College as Alfred Thayer Mahan Professor Emeritus.

ABOUT THE AWARD:

• The Hartmann Award is given for an outstanding graduate student or ABD paper presented at the ISA-Northeast Annual Conference.  The award winner is announced at the ISA-NE regional conference subsequent to the one at which the winning paper was presented.  The winner receives a certificate, a one-year student membership in ISA, and a $100 prize at the annual ISA conference following the award's announcement.
• Any paper presented on a panel sponsored by the ISA-Northeast at the joint ISA-NE/NPSA annual conference each November may be considered for the Hartmann Award. Panel chairs and discussants may nominate outstanding papers, or paper-givers may self-nominate. Nomination forms are provided at the conference registration desk.
• The award review committee, composed of members of the ISA-NE Executive Committee -- read and score the nominated papers individually, assigning points based on criteria established by the committee.  Should the committee decide that no paper merits the Hartmann Award in a particular year, the award is not given.
• The application deadline is December 15th (of the year the paper is presented at the November region conference).

AWARD RECIPIENTS

• 2009: Not awarded
• 2008: Leonardo E. Helland-Figueroa, Arizona State University, "Epistemology/Ontology/Politics: A Critique of Metatheory in World Political Inquiry"
• 2007: Not awarded

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

Martin O. Heisler Award

This award recognizes the best paper presented at a panel or poster session by a graduate student at the ISA Annual Convention. Students matriculated in a graduate program (masters or doctorate) are eligible. Submissions must focus on at least one of the three principal areas of concern to the ENMISA Section: ethnicity, nationalism, and/or migration.

ABOUT THE AWARD:

• The Martin O. Heisler Graduate Student Paper Competition is open to any student who is enrolled in a graduate degree program (masters or doctoral) at the time of the annual ISA conference.
• To be eligible for the competition, the student should have attended the 2010 ISA annual meeting and presented his/her paper as a member of a panel or poster session.  
• The content of the paper must be related to at least one of the three main focus areas of ENMISA–ethnicity, nationalism and migration.
• Two prizes may be awarded: Grand Prize-1st place –$200.00 and First Runner-Up– $100.00. The winners will be announced at the next ENMISA business meeting. In addition, the first place winner will receive a one year paid membership in ISA and the ENMISA section. (Note: The Selection Committee reserves the right to decide not to award prizes if there are not a sufficient number of papers submitted for consideration or if the committee decides that the submitted papers are not deserving of the awards.)
• The Coordinator of the Heisler Award competition is responsible for forming a committee to decide on the awarding of the prizes. He/she will try to ensure that the committee membership is representative of scholars working in the three main focus areas of ENMISA–ethnicity, nationalism and migration.
• The criteria for judging the papers include mastery of the field, originality, logic, organization, and documentation. ENMISA encourages not only the submission of dissertation related research, but also outstanding seminar papers. We emphasize original "think-pieces" and research rather than assessments of the literature.
• Students who wish to enter the competition may submit papers and their contact information on or before November 1, 2010 to the Heisler Award Competition Coordinator, Dr. Stephen Deets, sdeets@babson.edu .  Other members of the award committee are Mike Lebson and Peter Trumbore.

Send papers to:

Stephen Deets
COORDINATOR, FEB 2010 - MARCH 2011
Babson College
sdeets@babson.edu

COMMITTEE:

Peter Trumbore   
MEMBER, FEB 2010 - MARCH 2011
Oakland University
ptrumbor@oakland.edu

Micah Lebson
MEMBER, FEB 2010 - MARCH 2011
University of Maryland, College Park
mikegvpt@gmail.com

Award Recipients:

• 2010 Heisler Award Winner : Mike Lebson, "Ethno-Nationalism and Violent Projects of Return: The Effect of Homeland Attachment on Refugees' Engagement in Conflict," University of Maryland College Park
  
• 2009 Heisler Award Winner : The Heisler Award committee is pleased to recognize Matthew Lieber (Brown University) for his  paper  “National Institutions for a World Polity: Transnational Migrant Diasporas, Political Remittances and State Responses.”
  
• 2008 Heisler Award Winner : NA
• 2007 Heisler Award Winner: The 2007 Martin O. Heisler Award Committee is pleased to announce the winners for the 2007 graduate student paper competition.
  • The First Place recipient is Tristan James Mabry (PhD Candidate, Department of Political Science- University of Pennsylvania) for the paper "Laitin on Language ". The recipient will receive a one-year paid membership in ISA and the ENMISA section and an award of $200.00. 
  • The Second Place recipient is Omar McDoom (London School of Economics) for his paper "Why Men Kill: The Microfoundations of Ethnic Radicalization and Extremism: Insights from Rwanda" The second place award carries with it a $100.00 prize.
• 2006 Heisler Award Winner: Jonathan Acuff, "Identity and Legitimacy," University of Washington
• 2006 Heisler Award Winner Runner-Up: Idean Salehyan, "Migrant Diasporas, International Borders, and Rebellion," University of California, San Diego
• 2005 Heisler Award Winner: Alana Erin Tiemessen; Susanna Pearce, Runner-up

Update: October 27, 2010
Please send updates and/or corrections to Joel Davis, Director of Online Services, at ISA HQ.

International Communication Best Paper Award

The International Communication Best Paper Award is presented on an annual basis to an author (or authors) of a paper that makes an original and important contribution to the field of International Communication.  The Committee accepts nominations (including self-nominations) of papers that are presented in a panel or poster session sponsored by the International Communication Section at the Annual Meeting of the International Studies Association.

Jenifer Whitten-Woodring
CHAIR FEB 2010-FEB 2011
University of Massachusetts Lowell
E-Mail: whittenw@usc.edu

AWARD COMMITTEE
Slavka Antonova
FEB 2010-FEB 2011
University of North Dakota
E-Mail: slavka.antonova@und.edu

Amy Below
FEB 2010-FEB 2011
Oregon State University
E-Mail: amy.below@oregonstate.edu

David Faris
FEB 2010-FEB 2011
University of Pennsylvania
E-Mail: dfaris@sas.upenn.edu

 

The ICOMM Section has not provided any information on the award application/nomination deadline. Please contact the Section Chair for more information.

AWARD RECIPIENTS:

• 2009 Distinguished Scholar Best Paper Award: Philip Seib, University of Southern California

The International Law Award

The ISA International Law section would like to announce two student paper awards to replace the single paper that we have instituted the past two years. A subcommittee of the International Law Section Executive Committee will make up to two awards-one each for the best undergraduate paper written by a law and non-law student on an international law topic and nominated by a member of the ISA International Law Section. The winner(s) will be announced at the Section Business Meeting and will be awarded a cash prize of $100 and an award certificate.

Nominated papers should be submitted with the author's permission to the International Law Section Chair no later than: TBA

AWARD RECIPIENTS:

• 2010: TBA
• 2009: TBA
• 2008: Not Awarded
• 2007: Not Awarded

CONTACT:

Stephanie Carvin
SECTION CHAIR, FEB 2010-APR 2012
Royal Holloway
University of London
Stephanie.Carvin@rhul.ac.uk

 

The Dina Zinnes Award

This award is sponsored by the Scientific Study of International Processes Section and honors the best graduate student paper presented at a panel or poster session sponsored by the SSIP section or the Convention Theme at the prior year’s Annual Convention.

About the Award

• The recipient receives a cash prize in the amount of $100.00 from the SSIP account and a certificate.
• Nominations should be sent to the Award Chair (e-mail submissions okay).
• The deadline for submissions is June 1st of the year in which the paper was presented.
• Award will be announced at the SSIP Business Meeting at the ISA Annual Convention

Award  Recipients:

2010 - Jesse C. Johnson, Rice University, "Do Alliances Matter? A Counterfactual Analysis of Alliance Formation and War Intervention"
2009 - Ursula Daxecker, Colorado State University, and Jacqueline DeMeritt, Florida State University
2008 - Daniela Donno, University of Pittsburgh
2007 - No Recipient
2006 - Shuhei Kurizaki, Texas A&M University
2005 - Michaela Mattes, Vanderbilt University
2004 - Idean Salehyan, University of North Texas

COMMITTEE:

Sara McLaughlin Mitchell
CHAIR, FEB 2009 – MAR 2011
Department of Political Science
University of Iowa
sara-mitchell@uiowa.edu

Vesna Danilovic, 2007-2010
MEMBER, FEB 2007 - FEB 2010
Department of Political Science
University at Buffalo, SUNY
vesna@buffalo.edu

Mark Crescenzi
MEMBER, FEB 2009 - APR 2012
Dept. of Political Science
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
crescenzi@unc.edu

Kristian Skrede Gleditsch
MEMBER, MAR 2008 - MAR 2011
Department of Government
University of Essex
ksg@essex.ac.uk

The Kenneth E. Boulding Award

The Peace Studies Section of ISA invites nominations for the Boulding Award. The award was established to honor Kenneth E. Boulding, a founder of the field of Peace Studies. The Award Committee seeks a graduate student research paper, delivered at the most recent ISA meetings, that is (a) theoretically based, (b) empirical (qualitative and/or quantitative), and (c) relevant to a significant problem in the field of peace studies. Any excellent exploration in the area of Peace Research is eligible. Direct submissions from graduate students and nominations from panel chairs and discussants are welcome.

The award recipient will receive a two-year membership in ISA, a travel grant from the Peace Studies section toward expenses to attend the ISA Annual Convention, and a certificate to be awarded at the convention.

To nominate, please submit an electronic copy of the paper presented at the most recent annual convention to Gavan Duffy, gduffy@maxwell.syr.edu. Please include the full contact information institutional affiliations of the nominator and, if different, the nominee. Deadline for submissions: May 1st.

COMMITTEE:

Gavan Duffy
AWARD COMMITTEE CHAIR, FEB 2010 - FEB 2011
Syracuse University
gduffy@maxwell.syr.edu

Swati Parashar
SECTION CHAIR, FEB 2010-APR 2012
Department of Politics and Pub Ad.
University of Limerick
swati.parashar@ul.ie

Procedures of the Boulding Award Committee:

1.     Deadline for submission, at least one week after ISA sends out the first newsletter after the national convention.
2.     Chair receives submissions and sends them to all committee members.
3.     Committee members are given one day per nomination to consider the papers.
4.     If there are no nominations, no award is issued.
5.     If there is one nomination, an award is issued to that nominee, provided that a majority of committee members concurs.
6.     If there are two or more nominations, a vote of committee members is conducted via email. Before the vote, committee members are afforded an opportunity to state to one another the reasons for their preference.
7.     If one nominee receives a majority of votes, an award is issued to that nominee.
8.     If there are more than two nominees and no nominee receives a majority of votes, a runoff is held between the two nominees who received the most votes.  Go to step 6.
9.     If there is a tie between two nominees, they share the award.
10.   Once a winner is determined, the chair transmits that information plus all the contact information for all nominators and nominees to the Peace Studies section chair and to the ISA Executive Director, cc-ed to the committee membership.
11.   The Peace Studies section chair notifies the winner and all unsuccessful nominees prior to any public announcement of the award.
12.   The Peace Studies section chair will announce the award in the ISA Newsletter.
13.   The certificate will be awarded at the Peace Studies reception or business meeting at the next ISA convention.

Award Recipients:

2009: 

• Everita Silina, "Genocide and Information;"
• Shane Joshua Barter, "Peace by Piece: Voice and Village Authority in the Aceh Conflict"

Human Rights Section Best Paper Award

The Human Rights Section of the International Studies Association is pleased to invite nominations for two paper awards, for papers delivered at the 2009 convention in New York. If you were in attendance at a panel, or chaired or acted as a discussant for a panel, and heard a paper you wish to nominate, please do so through the contacts below. Self-nominations are also invited. Please note that papers must have been presented on a panel sponsored or co-sponsored by the Human Rights Section, as indicated in the convention program.

ABOUT THE AWARD

• There are two categories of award: the Stephen C. Poe best graduate student paper award, and the best faculty/practitioner paper award.
• Nominations: Please direct nominations to the following:
• Papers that have not been uploaded to the ISA's 2010 paper archive by [DATE] will not be considered for an award.
• The section is grateful to the Journal of Human Rights for its sponsorship of both awards.
• Application Deadline: DATE for paper nominations by authors, panel chairs and discussants, or others.

COMMITTEE: TBA

The Section has not  yet selected the Award Committee for 2010-2011

AWARD RECIPIENTS:

• 2009 Best Faculty/Practitioner Paper Award: Kathleen Staudt , PhD Professor of Political Science University of Texas at El Paso
• 2009 Stephen C. Poe Best Graduate Student Paper Award: Joel Pruce Ph.D. Candidate (ABD) Josef Korbel School of International Studies, University of Denver

2009 Award Winners

Steven C. Poe Graduate Student Paper Award: The winner of the  Steven C. Poe Graduate Student Paper Award for the best paper presented at the 2009 ISA Convention is Joel Pruce (University of Denver) for his paper entitled “Outlaws, Rogues, and Robin Hoods in the Delivery of Human Rights Goods?.”

Faculty/Professional Best Paper Award: 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?”

Previous Award Winners:

Steven C. Poe Graduate Student Paper Award

• 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?”

Faculty/Professional Best Paper Award

• 2008: Thomas W. Smith (University of South Florida) - “Can Human Rights Win a Better War?”

International Security Studies Paper Award

Best Graduate Student Paper Competition

Nominations are being accepted for the ISSS best graduate student paper. Papers presented at the February 2010 ISA conference and the ISSS/ISAC conference (to be held in Providence, RI, in October 2010) are eligible for submission. Nominations (with an electronic copy of the paper) normally come from faculty supervisors and mentors as well as panel chairs or discussants at the above mentioned conferences and should include a one paragraph justification.

ABOUT THE AWARD:

• Nominations (with an electronic copy of the paper) normally come from faculty supervisors and mentors as well as panel chairs or discussants at the above mentioned conferences and should include a one paragraph justification.
• Please send your papers to the selection committee chair.
• The award includes a plaque and a small monetary component which will be distributed at a reception at the ISA Annual Convention in 2011.  
• Nomination Deadline: October 31, 2010

COMMITTEE:

Chris Demchak
CHAIR, FEB 2010 - MARCH 2011
US Naval War College
chris.demchak@usnwc.edu

The other committee members are: Gale Mattox; Gunhild Hoogensen, Stefanie von Hlatky.

AWARD RECIPIENTS:

• 2009: Dylan Craig, Ph.D. Student, School of International Service, American University, "Ultima Ratio Regum: Remix or Redux?  State Security Policy and Proxy Wars in Self-governing Africa"