"Best Paper" Awards

Nominations for "Best Paper" awards of research papers in the categories shown below may come from section or panel chairs, paper authors, or any member of the association.  To be eligible, the papers must have been presented by one or more authors during the annual conference.  Nominations should be forwarded (along with a copy of each paper) to the chair of the appropriate awards committee within one month of the end of the conference.  Decisions will be announced by the association within three months of the end of the conference.  The authors of the best undergraduate student paper and the graduate student paper are each awarded a certificate and a $25.00 check (shared by co-authors).  The author of the best faculty paper is awarded a certificate and a $50.00 check.


2012 Arkansas Political Science Asosciation (ArkPSA) Conference, Conway, AR - "Best Paper" Awards"

(1)  Best Faculty Paper - TBA

(2)  Best Graduate Student Paper - TBA

(3)  Best Undergraduate Student Paper - TBA


2011 Arkansas Political Science Association (ArkPSA) Conference, Little Rock, AR - "Best Paper" Awards:

(1)  Best Faculty Paper - Dr. Richard Hartwig, Texas A&M University at Kingsville and Jesus Trevino, Autonomous
      University of Nuevo Leon, Mexico, "Understanding and Coping with Mexican Drug Violence."

(2)  Best Graduate Student Paper - None.

(3)  Best Undergraduate Student Paper - Elizabeth Whittington, Hendrix College, "Policy Challenges and
      Recommendations for the Implementation of Health Exchanges in Arkansas."


2010 Arkansas Political Science Association (ArkPSA) Conference, Jonesboro, AR - "Best Paper" Awards:

(1)  Best Faculty Paper - None.

(2)  Best Graduate Student Paper - Wade Derden, Kalynn Heald, et al., University of Arkansas-Fayetteville, "An
      Implementation Analysis of the Arkansas System of Care Network."

(3)  Best Undergraduate Student Paper - Carol Verbeek, Centenary College, "The Ties That Bind Are Fraying? An
      Examination of the New Transatlantic Relations."


2009 Arkansas Political Science Association (ArkPSA) Conference, Russellville, AR - "Best Paper" Awards:

(1)  Best Faculty Paper - Dr. Michael Rogers, Arkansas Tech University, "Elected Monarchy and Aristocratic Junto:
      Criticisms of the Election of the President During Ratification of the Constitution."

(2)  Best Graduate Student Paper - Cameron C. Wimpy, Arkansas State University, "Unconventional Political Behavior in
      the Middle East."

(3)  Best Undergraduate Student Paper - Hunter Gillium, University of Arkansas at Monticello, "Al-Qaeda: A new
      Generation of Terror."


2008 Arkansas Political Science Association (ArkPSA) Conference, Fayetteville, AR - "Best Paper" Awards:

(1)  Best Faculty Paper - Dr. Michael Rogers, Arkansas Tech University, "Thomas Hobbes and Who Should Rule."

(2)  Best Graduate Student Paper - Angela Wolfe, University of Delaware, "Subnational Actors and the Impact of Human
      Rights Norms."

(3)  Best Undergraduate Student Paper - Chris McNeal, Harding University, "State Legislative Professionalism: An
      Examination of Its Effects on Spending and Taxation."