NCPSA ANNUAL CONFERENCES
52nd Annual Meeting, a joint Conference with the North Carolina Public Administration Alliance, March 24-25, 2023, UNC Wilmington
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- Troutman-Rainey Undergraduate Paper Award: MaKayla Schill, NC A&T, "How We Move Forward: Analysis of Community and Police Relations to Create Mindful Solutions" (award committee Nadine Gibson and Christopher Cooper)
50th Annual Meeting, a Virtual Conference with the North Carolina Public Administration Alliance, February 26, 2021
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- Oral Parks Memorial Best Faculty Paper Award: Anup Phayal, UNC-Wilmington, "Does Terrorism Lower Interpersonal Trust?" (award committee chaired by Magdalena Krajewska, Wingate University)
- Fidelity Investments Graduate Student Paper Award: Sarah Merkle, UNC-Wilmington, "Indo-Pakistani Hydro-politics" (award committee chaired by David McClennan, Meredith College)
- Troutman-Rainey Undergraduate Paper Award: Bilal Laghari, UNC-Charlotte, "Natural Resources and Civil Conflict Intensity" (award committee chaired by Jason Giersch, UNC-Charlotte)
49th Annual Meeting, a Joint Conference with the North Carolina Public Administration Alliance, February 21, 2020, NC State University, Raleigh
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- Oral Parks Memorial Best Faculty Paper Award: Jason Giersch, UNC Charlotte, "Protecting Free Speech on Campus (Depending on Ideology)"
- Troutman-Rainey Undergraduate Paper Award: Stefanie Pousoulides, Duke University, "The Strategic Choice in Challenging Partisan Gerrymandering"
48th Annual Meeting, February 22, 2019, Johnson C. Smith University, Charlotte
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- Oral Parks Memorial Best Faculty Paper Award: Zachary T. Mohr, JoEllen V. Pope, Martha Kropf, and MaryJo Shepherd, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, "Does Politics Influence Election Administration Expenditure? A Political Model of Election Administration Expenditure in North Carolina Counties"
- Fidelity Investments Graduate Paper Award: Edward Lawson, University of South Carolina: "Police Militarization as a Response to Racial Threat"
- Troutman-Rainey Undergraduate Paper Award: Catherine Koontz, Meredith College, "Pick Your Politics: Exploring Student Perspectives on Personal Political Influences During their Undergraduate Studies"
47th Annual Meeting, February 23, 2018, Meredith College, Raleigh
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- Best paper award: Charles Prysby, UNC Greensboro, "Changing Electoral Patterns in the American South"
- Fidelity Investments best graduate paper award: Faith M. Butta, UNC Charlotte, "Life After the Uniform: Women Veterans and Voter Turnout in Presidential Elections"
- Troutman-Rainey Award (best undergraduate paper): Cristy Villalobos, Meredith College, "Public Opinion of Voter Identifications in North Carolina"
46th Annual Meeting (w/the South Carolina Political Science Association), March 3 & 4, 2017, Winthrop University, Rock Hill, South Carolina
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- Best paper award: Elizabeth Wemlinger, Salem College, and Meika Berlan, UNC Charlotte, "Voluntary Memberships and Equality: The Influence of Country Level Equality on the Voluntary Behavior of Men and Women"
- Fidelity Investments best graduate paper award: Jonathan Jackson, University of Nebraska Lincoln, "Deferring to the Experts: Perceptions of Interest Group Expertise as Heuristic Sources Cues in Downballot Statewide Races"
- Troutman-Rainey Award (best undergraduate paper): Emily Grassett, UNC Charlotte, "The Rebel Party: Political Implications of Rebel Funding"
45th Annual Meeting, Feb. 26, 2016, The Frontier, Raleigh
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- Best paper award: Maggie Commins and Jeremiah Wills, Queens University, "Explaining State by State Variation in Immigration Policy Outcomes: Threats or Interests?"
- Fidelity Investments best graduate paper award: Clyde Ray, UNC Chapel Hill, "John Marshall, Marbury v. Madison, and the Construction of Constitutional Legitimacy"
- Troutman-Rainey Award (best undergraduate paper): None awarded
44th Annual Meeting, Feb. 27, 2015, UNC Charlotte, Charlotte
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- Best paper award: Charles Prysby (UNC Greensboro), "Age and Voting in the South: Electoral Patterns in the 2012 Election"
- Troutman-Rainey Award (best undergraduate paper): Justin Jones (UNC-Charlotte), "Paradox of Humanitarianism: A Quantitative Analysis of Humanitarian Aid and Civil War Violence (1995-2011)"
43rd Annual Meeting, Feb. 28, 2014, Fidelity Investments, Cary
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- Best paper award: Elisha Carol Savchak and Amanda Ross Edwards (NC State), "Judges Among Us: A Look at Judicial Outreach in the States"
- Troutman-Rainey Award (best undergraduate paper): Sarah Macut (East Carolina University), "Tar Heel Terrorism: Assessing the Domestic Threat to Fort Bragg from Case Studies of Fort Dix and Fort Hood"
42nd Annual Meeting, Feb. 22, 2013, Holiday Inn, Raleigh
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41st Annual Meeting, Feb. 24, 2012, Duke University, Durham
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- Troutman-Rainey Award (best undergraduate paper): Barbara Smith, "Political Parties in Iowa: An American Political Party System," UNC Greensboro.
40th Annual Meeting, Feb. 25, 2011, University of North Carolina, Charlotte
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- Best paper award: Dan Masters, "Strong States, Weak States and Terrorism: The Nexus of Terrorism and Anocracy."
- Troutman-Rainey Award (best undergraduate paper): Jason Trudell, "Environmental Performance Indicators: A Comparison by State," Methodist University, Fayetteville, NC.
39th Annual Meeting, Feb. 26, 2010, North Carolina Central University (Durham NC)
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38th Annual Meeting, Feb. 27, 2009, University of NC, Greensboro
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- Troutman-Rainey Award (best undergraduate paper): Robert Hatem (UNC-Wilmington), "Retaliation as a Counter-Terrorist Strategy and Its Impact on Semi-State Groups"
37th Annual Meeting, March 15-16, 2008, University of NC, Wilmington
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- Best paper award: Jody C. Baumgartner, Peter L. Francia, and Jonathan S. Morris, "A Clash of Civilizations? Evangelical Christian Opinion on U.S. Foreign Policy"
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35th Annual Meeting, March 31, 2006, High Point University
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- Best paper award: Jody C. Baumgartner and Peter L. Francia, "Red State-Blue State Redux and the Re-Examination of Rural, Suburban, and Urban Divisions in Presidential Politics"
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34th Annual Meeting, March 18-19, 2005, University of NC, Pembroke
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33rd Annual Meeting, March 26-27, 2004, Western Carolina University
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- Best paper award: Jody C Baumgartner and Jonathan S. Morris, "Naming Names"
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32nd Annual Meeting, March 21-22, 2003, Elon University
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