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AWARDS Professor G. Bingham Powell, Jr., receives the University of Rochester's 2009 Goergen Award for Distinguished Achievement and Artistry in Undergraduate Teaching. Professor Bonnie Meguid wins the 2009 William H. Riker Award, recognizing the best book published in the field of political economy, for her book titled Party Competition between Unequals. Professor Bonnie Meguid wins the 2009 Best Book Award presented by the European Politics and Society Section of the American Political Science Association for Party Competition between Unequals. Daniel Gillion receives the 2009 Sammy Younge Award for his paper "Knocking on the President's Door." The award, presented by the National Conference of Black Political Scientists, recognizes the best paper delivered by a graduate student at the 2008 annual meeting.Professor David Primo receives the 2008 Alan Rosenthal Prize for his book Rules and Restraint: Government Spending and the Design of Institutions. The award, presented by the Legislative Studies Section of the American Political Science Association, honors the best publication by a young scholar in 2007 that is of importance to legislators and legislative staff and of merit in strengthening the practice of representative democracy. Professor Gerald Gamm (with coauthor Thad Kousser) receives the 2008 award for the best paper presented on state politics at any conference in 2007. The award, for the paper titled "Diversity and the Breakdown of Deference: Evidence from District Bills in State Legislatures," is presented by the State Politics and Policy Section of the American Political Science Association. Professor Valeria Sinclair-Chapman receives the 2007 Ralph Bunche Award for her book Countervailing Forces in African-American Civic Activism (coauthored with Fredrick Harris and Brian McKenzie). The award, presented by the American Political Science Association, is given to the best book published each year on the subject of "ethnic and cultural pluralism." Professor Richard Niemi was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. He will be inducted into the Academy in October 2007. Other department members of the Academy are Professors Richard Fenno and G. Bingham Powell. Professor James Johnson receives the 2007 Alexander George Award for his article, "Consequences of Positivism: A Pragmatist Assessment," which was published in 2006 in Comparative Political Studies. The award, presented by the Qualitative Methods Section of the American Political Science Association, is given to the best article or book chapter published in 2006 that develops or applies qualitative methods in political science. Professor Gerald Gamm (with coauthor Thad Kousser) receives the 2007 award for the best paper presented on state politics and policy at the 2006 annual meeting of the American Political Science Association. The award, for the paper titled "Localism and Factionalism in American State Legislatures," is presented by the State Politics and Policy Section of the Association. Professor Mark Kayser (with coauthor Chris Wlezien) receives the 2007 award for the best paper presented on European politics and society at the 2006 annual meeting of the American Political Science Association. The award, for the paper titled "Performance Pressure: Patterns of Partisanship and the Economic Vote," is presented by the European Politics and Society Section of the Association. Arthur Spirling receives the 2007 John Williams Award, presented by the Society for Political Methodology for the best dissertation prospectus in the field. Matthew Platt received the Sammy Younge best paper award at the 2007 meeting of the National Conference of Black Political Scientists, given for the best paper presented by a graduate student at the previous year's conference. Matthew won the award for his paper entitled "Participation for What? The Relationship between Black Participation and Agenda Setting."
Professor Richard G. Niemi, with Paul S. Herrnson, Michael J. Hanmer, Benjamin B. Bederson, Frederick C. Conrad, and Michael W. Traugott, has published Voting Technology: The Not-So-Simple Act of Casting a Ballot (Brookings, 2008).
Professor Richard G. Niemi, with Harold W. Stanley, has published Vital Statistics on American Politics (CQ Press, 2007; Online edition, 2008).
Professor David Primo has published Rules and Restraint: Government Spending and the Design of Institutions (University of Chicago Press, 2007).
Professor Richard Fenno, Jr., has published Congressional Travels: Places, Connections, and Authenticity (Longman, 2007).
Professor William Bluhm, with Robert Heineman, has published Ethics and Public Policy: Method and Cases (Prentice Hall, 2007).
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