The association is accepting nominations for best faculty paper, best graduate student paper, and best undergraduate student paper from the 2026 Arkansas Political Science Association (ArkPSA) Conference. The committees for deciding each of these awards are provided below. If you have any ArkPSA conference paper that you would like to nominate for an award, please send it to the relevant committee members. Self-nominations are also acceptable. Please submit your nominations by Friday, April 10.
Awards will be announced in late April. If you have any questions, please reach out to the Program Chair, Brendan Connell (Brendan.connell@lyon.edu).
Committee for Best Undergraduate Student Paper
- Hans Hacker (Arkansas State University, hhacker@astate.edu)
- Amber Overholser (Southern Arkansas University, aroverholser@saumag.edu)
- Ryan Ramaker (University of Arkansas-Fayetteville, rramaker@uark.edu)
Committee for Best Graduate Student Paper
- Matt Evans (Northwest Arkansas Community College, mevans8@nwacc.edu)
- Christopher Tyler Burks (University of Arkansas-Little Rock, cburks@ualr.edu)
- Mark Mullenbach (University of Central Arkansas, markm@uca.edu)
Committee for Best Faculty Paper
*Note: Nominated papers for Best Faculty Paper can be uploaded to this Google Drive.
- Eric Button (University of Arkansas-Fayetteville, edbutton@uark.edu)
- Stephanie Davis (University of Arkansas-Little Rock, sdavis3@ualr.edu)
- Hyo-Won Shin (University of Central Arkansas, hshin@uca.edu)