Legal Studies and School of Public Policy faculty members Paul Collins, Doug Rice, and Jamie Rowen all won awards at the 2026 American Political Science Association (APSA) conference. The conference, which was held September 3-6 in Boston, Massachusetts, was the 122nd meeting of the preeminent professional association for political scientists and focused on the theme of "Democracy Under Threat: How to Understand, Protect, and Rebuild.”
Awards:
Honorable Mention for the C. Herman Pritchett Book Award
Jamie Rowen, Worthy of Justice: The Politics of Veterans Treatment Courts in Practice. Stanford University Press, 2025.
The C. Herman Pritchett award is given annually for the best book on law and courts written by a political scientist and published the previous year.
Best Journal Article Award, Law and Courts Section of the APSA
Christine Bailey (Austin Peay State University), Paul M. Collins Jr., Jesse H. Rhodes (UMass Amherst Political Science), Douglas Rice, “The Effect of Judicial Decisions on Issue Salience and Legal Consciousness in Media Serving the LGBTQ+ Community.” American Political Science Review 119(1): 108-123. 2025.
Founders Award Honoring Dom Bonafede for the Best Paper on Executive Politics, from the Presidents and Executive Politics Section of the APSA
Matthew Eshbaugh-Soha (University of North Texas), Paul M. Collins Jr., “Presidential References to Executive Actions in Public Comments on Supreme Court Cases.” Presented at the 2025 APSA Annual Meeting.