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FPSA Awards

 Manning J. Dauer Award
Best Graduate Paper Award
Best Undergraduate Paper Award
 

The FPSA recognizes the best graduate and undergraduate paper presented at the annual conference.  
The recipient of the Best Graduate Student Paper Award is recognized at the following conference with a plaque and a $250 check from the Association.  In addition, the paper is considered for inclusion in the next volume of the Association’s peer-reviewed journal, The Florida Political Chronicle.  

The recipient of the Best Undergraduate Student Paper Award is recognized at the following conference with a plaque and a $200 check from the Association.  In addition, the paper is considered for inclusion in the next volume of the Association’s peer-reviewed journal, The Florida Political Chronicle.  

Graduate students who present a paper at the annual conference are encouraged to submit their paper for the Best Graduate Student Paper Award by April 15. Please email your paper as an attachment (MS Word or PDF) to Dr. Sean Foreman ([email protected]), Chair of the Best Graduate Student Paper Award Selection Committee. 
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Undergraduate students who present a paper at the annual conference are encouraged to submit their paper for the Best Undergraduate Student Paper Award by April 15.  Please email your paper as an attachment (MS Word or PDF) to Dr. Austin Trantham ([email protected]), Chair of the Best Undergraduate Student Paper Award Selection Committee.
Manning J. Dauer Award
​Manning J. Dauer was a distinguished professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Florida for over half a century. When he passed away in 1986, he left a legacy that is unparalleled in the State of Florida. He had served as both a formal and an informal advisor to scores of governors, the state legislature, mayors, county commissioners, and city councilpersons. Indeed, it is said that he left his imprint on many public policies at both the state and local level. He is perhaps best known for leading a team of scholars and public officials that devised a reapportionment scheme for the State in the aftermath of the famous Baker v. Carr and Reynolds v. Sims cases. As an academic, he wrote numerous articles and books on state and local government and politics, and his work was frequently cited by other scholars. He also edited a well-received book on government and politics in Florida. Professor Dauer was a well-known figure within and outside of academia including both the political science and public administration communities, local and state government, and the media. But, his heart and loyalty were perhaps tied closest to the organization that helped to co-found—the Florida Political Science Association (FPSA).  

In the late 1990s, the FPSA decided that it was time to establish a lasting and fitting tribute to the person who had breathed life into our Association and devoted so much of his time and energy to the FPSA and the state he loved. To that end, the Association’s officers, Executive Council, and membership in 2000 created the Manning J. Dauer Award that would be given every three years to a faculty member at a Florida institution. 

Recipients of the Manning Dauer Award should have a sustained exemplary record of research, teaching, mentoring and service related to Florida politics and policy and supportive involvement with the Florida Political Science Association. Like Manning Dauer himself, recipients of the award should be recognized experts on Sunshine State politics and have impact and recognition beyond the discipline of political science reaching out to their local community, the state, nation and/or internationally.
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Manning J. Dauer Award Recipients
2021     Aubrey Jewett, University of Central Florida

2016     Jonathan West, University of Miami

2009     J. Edwin Benton, University of South Florida 

2006     Joan Carver, Jacksonville University

2003     Susan A. MacManus, University of South Florida
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2000     Thomas R. Dye, Florida State University

 Best Graduate Paper Award
The FPSA recognizes the best graduate paper presented at the annual meeting. The recipient of the award is recognized at the following meeting and receives a $250 check from the association. In addition, the paper is considered for inclusion in the next volume of the association’s journal, The Florida Political Chronicle.

Best Graduate Paper Award Winners
2024      David Olusanjo, Florida International University 
​              "Political Violence and Democratic Transition in West Africa:  A Vicious Circle of Relationship"

2023      Alexander Krest, University of South Florida-St. Petersburg
​              "Citizen Departure: Investigating Party Dissolution Within Urban & Rural Populations​"

2022     Sara Belligoni, University of Central Florida
​             “Held in the Grip: Governing Institutions and Emergency Management Procedural Arrangements in the Cases
             of Florida and Puerto Rico.”

2021     Craig Wilding, University of Central Florida
             "Florida Campaign Money: Are Constituents Being Represented?"


2019     Davide Dell’Isola, University of Central Florida
             “Immigration and Demise of Social-Democratic Parties in Western Europe: France, United Kingdom, Germany
              and Italy.” 

2018     Sandor Fabian, University of Central Florida
             "Why Does David Sometimes Defeat Goliath? Effects of Military Culture on the Outcome of Asymmetric Wars”
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2017     Christopher Faulkner and Joshua Lambert, University of Central Florida)
             "Sign on the Dotted Line: Contracting Private Military and Security Companies in African Civil Wars"
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2016     Jennifer L. Hudson, University of Central Florida
             “Legislative Gridlock, Partisanship and Trust in Government” 
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2015     Thomas Just, Florida International University
             "Post-Communist Recovery and the State: The Case Studies of Poland and Ukraine" 

2014     Enrijeta Shino, University of Florida
             "Absentee Voting: A Cross State Analysis"

2013     Essien Ukpe Ukoyo Ukpe, Akwa Ibom State University
             "The Arab Connection & the Upsurge of Insurgency in Africa: A Case Study of Boko Haram in Nigeria"

2012     Tammie Marcus Clary, Florida Atlantic University
             "Politicians of a Feather, Tweet Together"

2011     Magda Giurcanu, University of Florida
             "Europe at Stake at first European Parliament Elections Organized in an Enlarged Europe"

2010     Jordan Michael Ragusa, University of Florida
             "Chamber Hopping" in the U.S. Congress: Structure-Induced Learning and the Development of a Partisan
              Senate."

Best Undergraduate Paper Award
The FPSA recognizes the best undergraduate paper presented at the annual meeting. The recipient of the award is recognized at the following meeting and receives a $200 check from the association. In addition, the paper is considered for inclusion in the next volume of the association’s journal, The Florida Political Chronicle.

Best Undergraduate Paper Award Winners
2024     Adam Bernstein, University of Florida 
             “Pay Fathers to Work Less? Paternity Leave Policy’s Impact on EU Women’s Employment" 

2023     Colin Kennerly, Stetson University 
             "Mauritius: A Question of Democratic Development"

2022     Carlos Gonzalez, New College of Florida
             "Paving over Democracy: The Relationship Between Highways and Voter Turnout in Florida"

2021     Alyson E. Johnson, University of Central Florida 
             "Explaining Income Inequality in Florida: 2000-2016" 


2019     Meghan L. Stevens, University of Central Florida
             "Differences in Vote Margin of Candidates in the Florida Legislature”  

2018     Alexander Bruens and Mirella Miranda, Florida Atlantic University
             “Redefining Post-Conflict Peacekeeping Success in Regional and International Missions” 
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2017     Bradley J. Caouette, University of Central Florida
              "Regional Political Power in Florida” 
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