Awards & Accolades
Faculty Awards
Political Science Advisory Board Professor of the Year Award
- 2009 -
Kenneth
D. Wald
- 2008 - Daniel A. Smith
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Teaching Award
- 2007 - Benjamin B. Smith
University of Florida Teacher/Scholar Award
- 2007 - Lawrence C. Dodd
Doctoral Dissertation Advisor/Mentoring Award
- 2006-2007 - Lawrence C. Dodd
- 2005-2006 - Goran S. Hyden
Graduate Student Awards
Best Graduate Paper Award
- 2008 - Levy Odera
Paper Title: "The Positive Effect of Judicial Independence on the Electoral Performance of Minority Parties in Africa"
Seminar: POS 6933, Comparative Elections and Party Systems, in Spring 2008 (Professor Bryon Moraski)
Presented at the 2008 African Studies Association Conference. - 2007 - Co-winner -
Sean
Walsh
Paper Title: "The Ghetto of Writing: A Genealogy of Fear in Ancient and Modern Political Thought"
Seminar: POS 6933, Modern Political Thought, in Spring 2007 (Professor Dan O'Neill) - 2007 - Co-winner -
Jordan
Ragusa
Paper Title: "Contextual and Institutional Explanations of Macro-Level Policy Change: 1951-2002"
Seminar: POS 6933, Maximum Likelihood Estimation, in Spring 2007 (Professor Won-ho Park)
Presented at the 2008 Annual Meeting of the Southern Political Science Association. - 2006 - Jason Kassel
- 2005 - Jason Kassel
- 2004 - Jason Gainous
- 2003 - Guillermina Seri
- 2002 - Kevin Wagner
- 2001 - Napp Nazworth
- 2000 - Elizabeth Oldmixon
- 1999 - Larissa Ruiz-Baia
- 1998 - Fiona Wright
Best Graduate Teacher Award (sponsored by Pearson Publishers)
Gary is presently teaching PAD 3003, Introduction to Public Administration.
Dr. Barbara Noreen Roth Memorial Award
- 2008 - Natasha Christie
- 2007 - Jonathan Pruden
- 2006 - Jamie Pimlott
- 2005 - Fredline M'Cormack
- 2004 - Kelli Moore
- 2003 - Kimberly Sloan
- 2002 - Guillermina Seri
The Honorable Walter G. "Skip" Campbell Leadership Award
Graduate Program in Political Campaigning
- 2007 - T.J. Harrington and Katy Smallwood (Co-winners)
- 2006 - Jeanette Materio
- 2005 - Nicole James
- 2004 - Elizabeth Christie
- 2003 - Tracey Sticco
- 2002 - Michael Luethy
- 2000 - N. Lee Concha
James W. Button Memorial Award
- 2008 - Rebecca Guerra and Rachel Yff Yon (Co-winners)
- 2007 - Steve Marr
- 2006 - Kelli Moore
Undergraduate Student Awards
Best Undergraduate Thesis Award
- 2007 - Sara
Meerow
Thesis Title: "The Effects of Natural Resource Dependence on Democracy and Conflict in Africa"
Faculty Supervisor: Professor Staffan Lindberg. - 2006 - Camille West
- 2005 - John Turner
- 2004 - Brian Janovitz
- 2003 - Mike Malecki
- 2002 - Joel Feldman
- 2001 - Michael Schwartz
Best Undergraduate Paper Award
- 2007 - Kelly
Lenahan
Paper Title - "Did Caring About the American People Matter in 2004?"
Class: POS 3204, Political Behavior, in Fall 2007 (Professor Michael Martinez) - 2006 - Candace Sharrow
- 2005 - George Stoupas
- 2004 - Drew Shenkman
- 2003 - Devon Suprovici
- 2001 - Jasmine Babin
- 2000 - Jeff Corey
- 1999 - Nicole Pasricha
