At its annual Graduate Awards Reception, the following graduate students were recognized by the Political Science Department.
Three students were awarded the Distinguished Teaching Assistant Award:
Joshua Dean
Brian Lovato
Alisa Rod
Colin Reed Manzer-Robert G.Wesson Awards for best papers were given in the following categories:
Best Dissertation Prospectus--to Tabitha Benney for
"Making Environmental Markets Work" The International Political Economy of Carbon Markets in Emerging Market Economies"
Best Paper Presented at a Professional Meeting--to Kathleen Cole for
"Social Construction, Social Cognition, and Unconscious Maintenance of Social Hierarchies"
Best Seminar Paper--to Cecilia Farfan-Mendez for
"Don't Be Surprised: A Strategic Account of SB 1070"
Best Seminar Paper --to Justin Rohrer for
"Resisting the President" Historical Institutionalism and the Limits of Presidential Foreign Policy"