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2020-2021 Awards Gallery
2021 ISA Awards
Carl Beck Award
Rotem Dvir, Texas A&M University
Deborah Gerner Innovative Teaching Award
Franklin Obeng-Odoom, University of Helsinki
ISA Annual Best Book Award
Margaret Roberts, UC San Diego, and Christopher Meyer, King's College London, Chiara De Franco, University of Southern Denmark, and Florian Otto, Control Risks
J. Ann Tickner Award
Elisabeth Prügl, Graduate Institute - Geneva, and Bina D'Costa, Australian National University
Karl Deutsch Award
Joshua D. Kertzer, Harvard University
Ladd Hollist Service Award
Laura J. Shepherd, University of Sydney
Susan Strange Award
Barbara Walter, UC San Diego
Robert W. & Jessie Cox Award
Sarah Sharma, Queen's University
2021 Region/Section/Caucus Awards
Distinguished Scholar Award [ALIAS]
Cristina Y. A. Inoue, University of Brasilia
Bertha Lutz Award [DPLST]
Susan Harris Rimmer, Griffith University
Article Award [DPLST]
Deepak Nair, National University of Singapore
Book Award [DPLST]
Marina Henke, Northwestern University, and Lora Anne Viola, Free University Berlin
Distinguished Scholar Award [DPLST]
Kathy Fitzpatrick, University of South Florida
Young Scholar Award [DPLST]
Clara Weinhardt, Maastricht University
Best Article & Chapter Award [ENMISA]
Jelena Golubović, Simon Fraser University
Distinguished Book Award [ENMISA]
Lauren Duquette-Rury, Wayne State University, and Noora Lori, Boston University
Emerging Scholar Award [ENMISA]
Gerasimos Tsourapas, University of Birmingham, and Zoltán Búzás, Drexel University
Distinguished Scholar Award [ENMISA]
Jennifer Brinkerhoff, George Washington University
Outstanding Paper Award [ENMISA]
Erin Aeran Chung, Johns Hopkins University, and Jaeeun Kim, University of Michigan
Martin O. Heisler Award [ENMISA]
Patricia Martuscelli, Universidade de Sao Paulo
Distinguished Scholar Award [ESS]
Frank Biermann, Utrecht University
Graduate Student Paper Award [ESS]
Recipient TBD
Alexander George Award [FPA]
Brendan Cooley, Princeton University
Distinguished Scholar Award [FPA]
Mark Schafer, University of Central Florida
Outstanding Book in Foreign Policy [FPA]
Keren Yarhi-Milo, Princeton University
Book Prize [FTGS]
Rauna Kuokkanen, University of Lapland
Early Career Award for Community Engagement [FTGS]
Yolande Bouka, Queen’s University, and Jaira Harrington, University of Illinois at Chicago
Eminent Scholar Award [FTGS]
Maria Eriksson Baaz, Uppsala University, and Maria Stern, University of Gothenburg
Grad Student Paper Award [FTGS]
Eda Gunaydin, University of Sydney
Convention Grant [FTGS]
Ayako Kobayashi, Sophia University. Huey Fen Cheong, Universiti Malaya. Sharmila Parmanand, University of Cambridge. Ariel Mekler, Graduate Center, CUNY.
Teresia Teaiwa Award [FTGS & GDS]
Emma Ngakuraevaru Powell, Victoria University of Wellington
Edward Said Award: GDS Grad Paper Awards [GDS]
Laura Jung, University of Sussex
Eminent Scholar Award [GDS]
Veena Das, Johns Hopkins University
Book Award [GDS]
Richa Nagar, University of Minnesota
Andrew Price-Smith Book Award (formerly the GHS Book Award) [GHS]
Recipient TBD
Best Early Investigator Paper Prize [GHS]
Recipient TBD
Best Grad Student Paper Prize [GHS]
Recipient TBD
Distinguished Scholar Award [GSCIS]
Mohamed Mahmoud Mohamedou, Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies
Barbara W. Tuchman Prize for Best Paper in Historical Intercational Relations by Grad Student [HIST]
J. Luis Rodriguez, Johns Hopkins University
Francesco Guicciardini Prize for Best Book in Historial International Relations [HIST]
Vineet Thakur, Leiden University, and Peter Vale, University of Johannesburg
Distinguished Scholar Award [HIST]
John M. Hobson, The University of Sheffield
Joseph Fletcher Prize for Best Edited Book in Historical International Relations [HIST]
Duncan Bell, Cambridge University
Best Book Award [HR]
David FitzGerald, University of California, San Diego
Best Paper Award [HR]
Ella McPherson, University of Cambridge, Isabel Guenette Thornton, University of Cambridge, and Matt Mahmoudi, University of Cambridge
Distinguished Scholar Award [HR]
Beth Simmons, University of Pennsylvania (2020 recipient, not awarded in 2021)
Lynne Rienner Publishers Award for Best Dissertation [HR]
Eleanor Paynter, Cornell University
Steven C. Poe Best Grad Student Paper Award [HR]
Kristopher Velasco, University of Texas at Austin
Best Paper Award [ICOMM]
Recipient TBD
Book Award [ICOMM]
Christoph Meyer, King's College London, Chiara De Franco, University of Southern Denmark, and Florian Otto, King's College London
Distinguished Scholar Award [ICOMM]
Nanette S. Levinson, American University
Best Paper at ISA [IDSS]
Recipient TBD
Best Book in Interdisciplinary Studies [IDSS]
Murad Idris, University of Virginia
Fraces V. Harbour Grad Student Paper Award [IETHICS]
Recipient TBD
Book Award [IETHICS]
Yvonne Chiu, U.S. Naval War College
Distinguished Scholar [IETHICS]
Anthony F. Lang, Jr., University of St Andrews
Distinguished Scholar Award [ILAW]
Hilary Charlesworth, Australian National University
Best Paper Award [ILAW]
Recipient TBD
Best Student Paper Award [ILAW]
Recipient TBD
Book Award [ILAW]
Gavin Sullivan, Edinburgh Law School, University of Edinburgh
Chadwick Alger Prize [IO]
Lora Anne Viola, Free University Berlin
Distinguished Senior Scholar [IO]
Audie Klotz, Syracuse University (2020 recipient, not awarded in 2021)
Lawrence S. Finkelstein Award for Best Paper [IO]
Kelebogile Zvobgo, University of Southern California, and Christina Cottiero, University of California, San Diego
Best Book Award [IPE]
Jeffrey Chwieroth, London School of Economics and Political Science, and Andrew Walter, University of Melbourne
Best Dissertation Award [IPE]
Recipient TBD
Best Grad Student Paper Award [IPE]
Tuuli-Anna Huikuri, University of Oxford, and Benjamin Raynor, University of California, Irvine
Distinguished Scholar Award [IPE]
Judith L. Goldstein, Stanford University
Outstanding Activist Scholar Award [IPE]
Heikki Patomaki, University of Helsinki
Swipe Mentor Award [IPE]
Kenneth Scheve, Yale University
Book Award [IPS]
Rahul Rao, SOAS, University of London
Distinguished Scholar Award [IPS]
Debbie Lisle, Queen's University of Belfast (2020 recipient, not awarded in 2021)
Best Postgraduate Paper Award [IPS]
Misbah Hyder, University of California, Irvine
Best Conference Paper Award [AP]
Recipient TBD
Conference 2019 Best New Scholar [AP]
Recipient TBD
Distinguished Scholar Award [ISA-Canada]
Ronald J. Deibert, University of Toronto (2020 recipient, not awarded in 2021)
Student Paper Award [ISA Canada]
Tyler Tyler Girard, Western University
Excellence in Teachin and Mentoring Award [ISA Midwest]
John Ishiyama, University of North Texas
Frank J. Klingberg Award for Best Paper Presented by a Faculty Member [ISA Midwest]
Cody Schmidt, University of Iowa, Bomi Lee, University of Iowa, and Sara McLaughlin Mitchell, University of Iowa
Lynne Rienner Award for Best Paper Presented by a Grad Student [ISA Midwest]
Suzie Mulesky, University of Southern California
Margaret Hermann Award [ISA Midwest]
Sercan Canbolat, University of Connecticut
Quincy Wright Award (Distinguished Scholar) [ISA Midwest]
Dursun Peksen, University of Memphis
A. Leroy Bennet Award [ISA Northeast]
Oumar Ba, Morehouse College
Fred Hartmann Award [ISA Northeast]
Amoz Hor, George Washington University
Yale H. Ferguson Award [ISA Northeast]
Cara Daggett, Virginia Tech
Jim Winkates Grad Student Paper Competition [ISA South]
Recipient TBD
Jim Winkates Grad Student Paper Competition [ISA South]
Recipient TBD
Jim Winkates Grad Student Paper Competition [ISA South]
Recipient TBD
Faculty Paper Award [ISA West]
Robert Asaadi, Portland State University
Grad Student Paper Award [ISA West]
Shing Hon Lam, UCLA
Ole R. Holsti Distinguished Scholar Award [ISA West]
Cameron Thies, Arizona State University
ISS/Lynne Rienner Publishers Best Student Paper Award [ISS]
Benjamin Oudet, Poitiers University (2020 recipient, not awarded in 2021)
Distinguished Scholar Award [ISS]
Mark Phythian, University of Leicester (2020 recipient, not awarded in 2021)
Best Security Article Award [ISSS]
Henry Farrell, Johns Hopkins, and Abraham Newman, Georgetown University
Book Award [ISSS]
Lise Morjé Howard, Georgetown University
ISSS Distinguished Scholar Award [ISSS]
Marc Trachtenberg, University of California, Los Angeles
Patricia Weitsman Award [ISSS]
Roya Izadi, Binghamton University
Emerging Scholar Award [ISSS]
Severine Autesserre, Columbia University
LGBTQA & HR Global South Scholars Travel Award [LGBTQA & HR]
Juan Carlos Valarezo Sanchez, Pontifical Catholic University of Ecuador
Eminent Scholar Award [LGBTQA]
Dennis Altman, La Trobe University
LGBTQA Caucus Book Award [LGBTQA]
Ashley Currier, University of Cincinnati
Emerging Scholar Paper Award [LGBTQA]
Recipient TBD
The Courage Award [LGBTQA]
Recipient TBD
Ignite Speaker Duckies Award [OMC]
Recipient TBD
Grad Student Fellowship [OMC]
Recipient TBD
Jacek Kugler Political Demography and Geography Student Paper Award [PDG]
Recipient TBD
Myron Weiner Distinguished Scholar Award [PDG]
John Agnew, University of California, Los Angeles (2020 recipient, not awarded in 2021)
Kenneth Boulding Award [PEACE]
Recipient TBD
Kenneth Boulding Award [PEACE]
Recipient TBD
Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies Glubal South Travel Grant [PEACE]
Recipient TBD
Lynne Rienner Publishers Global South Travel Grant [PEACE]
Matheus Souza, Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro
Distinguished Scholar Award [PEACE]
Marie Breen-Smyth, University of Massachusetts Boston
Robert H. Donaldson Award [POSTCOMM]
Recipient TBD
Book Award [REL]
Cecelia Lynch, University of California, Irvine
Distinguished Scholar Award [REL]
Daniel Philpott, University of Notre Dame
Best Paper in South Asian Securtiy Award [SAWP]
Recipient TBD
Dina Zinnes Award [SSIP]
Recipient TBD
Distinguished Scholar Award [SSIP]
Recipient TBD
Book Award [STAIR]
Gavin Sullivan, Edinburgh Law School, University of Edinburgh
Distinguished Schoalr Award 'Transversal Acts' [STAIR]
Timothy W. Luke, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Best Book Award [THEORY]
Brent J. Steele, University of Utah, and Hendrik Spruyt, Northwestern University
Conference Post PhD Paper Award [THEORY]
Recipient TBD
Conference Pre-PhD Paper Award [THEORY]
Recipient TBD
Distinguished Scholar Award [THEORY]
Friedrich Kratochwil, European University Institute (2020 recipient, not awarded in 2021)
Theory Edited Volume, Special Issue, or Symposium Award [THEORY]
Recipient TBD
Deborah Gerner Grant for Professional Development [WCIS]
Katharine Petrich, University of Albany
Susan S. Northcutt Award [WCIS]
Naazneen H. Barma, University of Denver
Grad Student Best Paper Award [WCIS]
Eda Gunaydin, University of Sydney
2020 ISA Awards
Carl Beck Award
Selim C. Sazak, Brown University
Deborah Gerner Innovative Teaching Award
Sebastian Kaempf, University of Queensland
ISA Book of the Decade Award
Jessica A. Stanton, Temple University, and Clifford Bob, Duquesne University
J. Ann Tickner Award
Caron Gentry, University of St. Andrews
James N. Rosenau
Ole Wæver, University of Copenhagen
Karl Deutsch Award
Nils B. Weidmann, University of Kostanz
Ladd Hollist Service Award
T. Clifton Morgan, Rice University
Susan Strange Award
Laura Sjoberg, University of Florida
2020 Region/Section/Caucus Awards
Distinguished Scholar Award [ALIAS]
Jeffrey S. Lantis, The College of Wooster
Bertha Lutz Award [DPLST]
Torild Skard, Norwegian Institute of International Affairs, and Katherine Marino, UC Los Angeles
Article Award [DPLST]
David Banks, King's College London
Distinguished Scholar Award [DPLST]
Paul Sharp, University of Minnesota
Distinguished Book Award [ENMISA]
Alan Gamlen, Monash University
Distinguished Scholar Award [ENMISA]
Susan Martin, Georgetown University
Outstanding Paper Award [ENMISA]
Darshan Vigneswaran, University of Amsterdam, and Laia Balcells, Georgetown University, Spencer Dorsey, Duke University, and Juan Tellez, Duke University
Martin O. Heisler Award [ENMISA]
Shubha Prasad, Georgetown University, and Filip Savatic, Georgetown University
Distinguished Scholar Award [ESS]
Matthew Paterson, University of Manchester
Graduate Student Paper Award [ESS]
Dona Azizi, Utrecht University (co-author with Calvin Pritchard)
Harold & Margaret Sprout Award [ESS]
Jessica Steinberg, Indiana University
Harold & Margaret Sprout Award [ESS]
Cristina Balboa, Baruch College - CUNY
Alexander George Award [FPA]
Stephan Fouquet, Catholic Univeristy
Distinguished Scholar Award [FPA]
Richard K. Herrmann, Ohio State University
Book Prize [FTGS]
Sara Motta, University of Newcastle
Early Career Award for Community Engagement [FTGS]
Akanksha Mehta, Goldsmiths University
Eminent Scholar Award [TFGS]
Jacqui True, Monash University
Grad Student Paper Award [FTGS]
María José Méndez, University of Minnesota
Convention Grant [FTGS]
Claudia Zanardi, King's College London, and Ariel Mekler, Graduate Center - CUNY
Eminent Scholar Award [GDS]
Linda Tuhiwai Smith, University of Waikato
Book Award [GDS]
Michael Levien, Johns Hopkins University
Andrew Price-Smith Book Award (formerly the GHS Book Award) [GHS]
Amy S. Patterson, University of the South
Best Early Investigator Paper Prize [GHS]
Yara Asi, University of Central Florida
Best Grad Student Paper Prize [GHS]
Jimyong Brenton Um, University of Sydney
Global South Caucus Distinguished Scholar Award [GSCIS]
Jacqueline Braveboy-Wagner, City University of New York
Barbara W. Tuchman Prize for Best Paper in Historical International Relations by Grad Student [HIST]
Kendrick Kuo, George Washington University, and Yuan Yi Zhu, University of Oxford
Francesco Guicciardini Prize for Best Book in Historical International Relations [HIST]
Iver B. Neumann, The Fridtjof Nansen Institute, and Einar Wigen, University of Oslo
Joseph Fletcher Prize for Best Edited Book in Historical International Relations [HIST]
Julian Go, University of Chicago, and George Lawson, Australian National University
Chandra Sriram HR Global South Travel Grant [HR]
Carlos A. Paredes, FLACSO, and Avantika Dureha, Jawaharlal Nehru University
Best Book Award [HR]
Lindsey N. Kingston, Webster University
Best Paper Award [HR]
Mark Berlin, Marquette University
HR-Lynne Rienner Publishers Award for Best Dissertation [HR]
Cindy Ewing, University of Missouri
Steven C. Poe Best Grad Student Paper Award [HR]
Rachel Schmidt, University of Denver
Book Award [ICOMM]
Henry Farrell, George Washington University, and Abraham L. Newman, Georgetown University
Best Paper at ISA [IDSS]
Berit Bliesemann de Guevara, Aberystwyth University, and Roland Kostić, Uppsala University
Fraces V. Harbour Grad Student Paper Award [IETHICS]
Michael R. Gonzalez, Baylor University
Book Award [IETHICS]
Murad Idris, University of Virginia
Distinguished Scholar Award [IETHICS]
Kimberly Hutchings, Queen Mary University - London
Book Award [ILAW]
Antje Wiener, University of Hamburg and University of Cambridge
Chadwick Alger Prize [IO]
Christian Kreuder-Sonnen, Friedrich Schiller University Jena
Distinguished Senior Scholar Award [IO]
Audie Klotz, Syracuse University
Lawrence S. Finkelstein Award for Best Paper [IO]
Ueli Staeger, Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies - Geneva, and Fabian Bohnenberger, King's College London
Best Book Award [IPE]
Taylor St. John, University of St. Andrews
Best Grad Student Paper Award [IPE]
Alexandra Zeitz, Concordia University
Distinguished Scholar Award [IPE]
Eric Helleiner, University of Waterloo
Outstanding Activist Scholar Award [IPE]
Heikki Patomäki, University of Helsinki
Swipe Mentor Award [IPE]
Kathleen McNamara, Georgetown University
Book Award [IPS]
Emma Mc Cluskey, King's College London
Distinguished Scholar Award [IPS]
Debbie Lisle, Queen's University of Belfast
Best Postgraduate Paper Award [IPS]
Chantal Berman, Princeton University
Best Conference Paper Award [ISA Asia Pacific]
Stéphanie Martel, Queen's University, Aarie Glas, Northern Illinois University, and Salvador Santino Fulo Regilme, Jr., University of Leiden
AP Conference 2019 Best New Scholar [ISA Asia Pacific]
Stéphanie Martel, Queen's University, and Aarie Glas, Northern Illinois University
Distinguished Scholar Award [ISA Canada]
Ronald Deibert, University of Toronto
Frank J. Klingberg Award for Best Paper Presented by a Faculty Member [ISA Midwest]
Olga Chyzh, Iowa State University, Mark David Nieman, Iowa State University, and Clayton Webb, University of Kansas
J. David Singer Book Award [ISA Midwest]
Oliver Kaplan, University of Denver
Lynne Rienner Award for Best Paper Presented by a Grad Student
Travis Curtice, Emory University
Margaret Hermann Award [ISA Midwest]
Susan H. Allen, University of Mississippi, and Leah Windsor, University of Memphis
Quincy Wright Award (Distinguished Scholar) [ISA Midwest]
Jeff Pickering, Kansas State University
A. Leroy Bennet Award [ISA Northeast]
Denis Kennedy, College of the Holy Cross
Fred Hartmann Award [ISA Northeast]
Elif Kalaycioglu, University of Alabama
Yale H. Ferguson Award [ISA Northeast]
Noelle K. Brigden, Marquette University, and Einar Wigen, University of Oslo
Jim Winkates Grad Student Paper Competition [ISA South]
Abdiasis Issa, Queen’s University
Jim Winkates Grad Student Paper Competition [ISA South]
Kimbra L. Fishel, American Military University
Jim Winkates Grad Student Paper Competition [ISA South]
William Kakenmaster, University of Notre Dame
Faculty Paper Award [ISA West]
Luba Levin-Banchik, California State University - San Bernardino
Grad Student Paper Award [ISA West]
Kyle Rapp, University of Southern California
Ole R. Holsti Distinguished Scholar Award [ISA West]
Amy Eckert, Metropolitan State University of Denver
ISS/Lynne Rienner Publishers Best Student Paper Award [ISS]
Benjamin Oudet, Poitiers University
Distinguished Scholar Award [ISS]
Mark Phythian, University of Leicester
Best Security Article Award [ISSS]
Lise Morjé Howard, Georgetown University, and Alexandra Stark, New America Foundation
Book Award [ISSS]
Lindsey O'Rourke, Boston College
Distinguished Scholar Award [ISSS]
Cynthia H. Enloe, Clark University
Patricia Weitsman Award [ISSS]
Audrey Wong, Princeton University
Emerging Scholar Award [ISSS]
Vipin Narang, MIT
Eminent Scholar Award [LGBTQA]
Ashley Currier, University of Cincinnati
Emerging Scholar Paper Award [LGBTQA]
Emma Paszat, York University
The Courage Award [LGBTQA]
Lanakila Mangauil and Hinaleimoana Wong-Kalu
Myron Weiner Distinguished Scholar Award [PDG]
John Agnew, UC Los Angeles
Kenneth Boulding Award [PEACE]
Lisa McLean, Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies - Notre Dame
Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies Glubal South Travel Grant [PEACE]
Zineb Benalla, Al Akhawayan University
Lynne Rienner Publishers Global South Travel Grant [PEACE]
Eduardo Bechara-Gómez, Externado de Colombia University
Distinguished Scholar Award [PEACE]
Cyril Obi, Social Science Research Council
Best Grad Student Paper in Religion and IR [REL]
Gina Giliberti, Northwestern University
Book Award [REL]
Dmitry Adamsky, IDC Herzliya, and Daniel Philpott, University of Notre Dame
Distinguished Scholar Award [REL]
Jocelyne Cesari, Georgetown University/University of Birmingham
Dina Zinnes Award [SSIP]
Robert U. Nagel, Georgetown Institute for Women, Peace and Security, and Austin C. Doctor, Eastern Kentucky University
Distinguished Scholar Award [SSIP]
James D. Morrow, University of Michigan
Book Award [STAIR]
Nick Dyer-Witheford, University of Western Ontario (co-author with Svitlana Matviyenko)
Distinguished Scholar Award 'Transversal Acts' [STAIR]
Ronald J. Deibert, University of Toronto
Best Book Award [THEORY]
Adom Getachew, University of Chicago
Conference Post-PhD Paper Award [THEORY]
Marina Duque, Florida State University
Conference Pre-PhD Paper Award [THEORY]
Sarah Naumes, UC Merced, and Dean Caivano, York University
Distinguished Scholar Award [THEORY]
Friedrich Kratochwil, European University Institute
Theory Edited Volume, Special Issue, or Symposium Award [THEORY]
Duncan Bell, Cambridge University
Deborah Gerner Grant for Professional Development [WCIS]
Mariam F. Alkazemi, Virginia Commonwealth University
Susan S. Northcutt Award [WCIS]
Malinda S. Smith, University of Edmonton
Grad Student Best Paper Award [WCIS]
Sevde Arpaci Ayhan, Seoul National University