awards

Past Awards Recipients

 

Past Awards Recipients

Year Recipient
2020 Seulki Lee New York University
2019 Trang Hoang University of Texas at Dallas 
2018 Christopher Davis Portland State University
2017 Lang Yang Indiana University, Bloomington
2016 Lucy Sorensen Duke University
2015 Tyler Scott University of Washington
2014

Felicia Sullivan University of Massachusetts Boston

Galia Cohen University of Texas at Dallas

2013

Il Hwan Chung Syracuse University

Honorable Mention Amit Patel George Mason University

2012 John McCaskill, Jr. University of Texas at Dallas
2011 Alexander C. Henderson Rutgers University, Newark
2010

Amy S. DeGroff Georgia State University/Georgia Institute of Technology

Honorable Mention Mustafa Cosar Unal University of Maryland, Baltimore County

2009 T. Lucas Hollar Florida Atlantic University
2008 Manoj Shrestha Florida State University
2007

Heather Getha-Taylor Syracuse University

Stephanie Newbold Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University

Manuel Teodoro University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

2006

Todd Eberly University of Maryland, Baltimore County

Anna A. Amiurhanyan Syracuse University, Honorable Mention

2005

Meg Patrick Haist University of Kentucky

Sergio Fernandez Indiana University, Bloomington

2004 Carolyn Bourdeaux Syracuse University
2003

Andrea Hetling University of Maryland, College Park

Young Han Chun University of Georgia

2002

Jason S. Palmer Ohio State University

Ann Marie Thomson Indiana University, Bloomington

2001 Amy Kneedler Donahue Syracuse University
2000 David Joseph Bernstein The George Washington University
1999 Maureen Berner University of Texas at Austin
1998 Samuel Brown University of Maryland, Baltimore County
1997 Julie Anne Dolan American University
1996

Ralph Brower The University at Albany, SUNY

James R. Thompson Syracuse University

1995

Jing Shiang The Ohio State University

Phillip Crewson The American University

1994

Susan C. Schwab The George Washington University

Cynthia Yvonne Jackson University of Southern California

Linda M. Williams Arizona State University

1993

Sauwakon Ratanawijitrasin University at Albany, SUNY

Sung Deuk Hahm Carnegie Mellon University

1992 Rowan A. Miranda University of Chicago
1991

Katherine G. Willoughby The University of Georgia

Leslie E. Cummings Arizona State University

1990

Gary Roberts University of Pittsburgh

Deuk Jong Bae University of Albany, SUNY

Shui Yan Tang Indiana University

1989

Rosemary O'Leary Syracuse University

Keun Namkoong University of Pittsburgh

1988 Bradley C. Chilton University of Georgia
1987 Wesley F. Vassar, Jr. University of Pittsburgh
1986

Judith Anne Truelson University of Southern California

James Allan Feldt SUNY, Albany

Shye-Tu Lee Western Michigan University

1985 Stephen C. Loveless Syracuse University
1984 Ronald B. Hoskins University of Georgia
1983 Edward S. Kiely University of Pittsburgh
1982 Madeline Weiss American University

 

Year
Recipient
2020 Norma Riccucci Rutgers University - Newark
2019 Kenneth Meier American University
2018 Steven Maynard-Moody University of Kansas
2017 Anna Gassman-Pines Duke University
2016 Kathryn Newcomer The George Washington University
2015 Hal Rainey The University of Georgia
2014 Stuart Bretschneider Syracuse University

 

Year Recipient
2020 Stephen Page University of Washington
2019 Tina Nabatchi Syracuse University
2018

Leslie Elise Crowley Rutgers University, Bloustein School

Alfred Tat-Kei Ho University of Kansas

2017 Barbara Crosby University of Minnesota
2016 Peter Wilcoxen Syracuse University
2015 Beverly Cigler The Pennsylvania State University, Harrisburg
2014 Carole Chetkovich Mills College
2013 David Schultz Hamline University
2010 Kenneth M. Matwiczak University of Texas at Austin
2009 Ingrid Gold Ellen New York University
2008 William Simonsen University of Connecticut
2007 Robert F. Durant American University
2006 William Duncombe Syracuse University
2005 N. Joseph Cayer Arizona State University
2004 Eric Jacobson University of Delaware
2003 Sue R. Faerman University of Albany, SUNY
2002 Patricia M. Shields Southwest Texas State University
2001 Stuart Bretschneider Syracuse University

 

Year Recipient
2000 Leslie Whittington Georgetown University
1999 Donald Goldstein University of Pittsburgh
1998 Marc Holzer Rutgers University, Newark
1997

Damien Ejigiri Southern University

John Nalbandian The University of Kansas

1996 Rosemary O'Leary University of Indiana Bloomington
1994 Louis F. Weschler Arizona State University
1993 Donald Stone Princeton University

 

Year Recipient
2020

Benjamin Glasner University of Washington

Yali Pang Virginia Commonwealth University

2019

Andrew Osorio University of Kansas

David Schwegman Syracuse University

Fengxiu Zhang Arizona State University

2018

Adam Hayes University of Washington

Trang Hoang The University of Texas at Dallas

Angela Park University of Kansas

2017

Rashmi Chordiya University of Texas at Dallas

Federica Fusi Arizona State University

Mallory Flowers Georgia Institute of Technology

2016

Andrew Heiss Duke University

Stephen Holt American University

2015

Katie Vinopal American University

Will Swan Florida State University

Jeongyoon Lee The University of Albany - SUNY

David Cater University of Colorado Denver

2014

Weijie Wang University of Southern California

Seunghoo Lim Florida State University

2013

Cali Curley, Florida State University

Michael Hayes, American University

Jiahuan Lu, University of Maryland

2012

Robert Greer,  University of Kentucky

John Marvel, American University

Kerri Raissian, Syracuse University

 

Year Recipient
2020 Georgia State University, Andrew Young School of Policy Studies
2019 University of Kansas, School of Public Affairs & Administration
2018 Duke University
2016

University of Southern California

Long Island University, Brooklyn

2015 University of Connecticut
2014 John Jay College of Criminal Justice
2013 North Carolina State University
2011 University of Minnesota

 

Year Recipient
2020 University of Michigan, Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy
2019 Rutgers University - Newark, School of Public Affairs and Administration
2018 University of Baltimore
2016 Virginia Commonwealth University
2015 The New School
2014

Rutgers University - Newark (Honorary)

John Jay College of Criminal Justice

2011 University of Massachusetts, Amherst

 

Year Recipient
2020 Anthony Starke University of Colorado Denver
2019 Lori Brainard The George Washington University 
2018 Jay Pearson Duke University
2017 RaJade Berry-James North Carolina State University
2016 Tia Sheree Gaynor Marist College
2013

Albany State University

Binghamton University

2011 Virginia Commonwealth University

 

Year Recipient
2009 Philip G. Joyce The George Washington University
2007 Richard Barrington University of Southern Maine
2005 Kenneth W. Tolo University of Arkansas Clinton School of Public Service
2003 Thomas Vocino Auburn University at Montgomery
2001 Cynthia McSwain The George Washington University
1999 B.J. Reed University of Nebraska at Omaha
1998 Jerome R. Lewis University of Delaware
1996 Donald E. Stokes Princeton University
1995 Frank P. Sherwood Florida State University
1994 Guthrie S. Birkhead Syracuse University
1993 Charldean Newell University of North Texas
1992 Robert Backoff The Ohio State University
1991 James Banovetz Northern Illinois University
1990 Barbara Jordan The University of Texas at Austin
1989 Chester Newland University of Southern California

 

Year Recipient
2020

Dwight Denison University of Kentucky

Saerim Kim Columbus State University    

2019

Akhlaque Haque University of Alabama at Birmingham

Wendy Gunther-Canada University of Alabama at Birmingham

2018

Willow Jacobson University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

Krstina Lambright Binghamton University, SUNY

2017

Matie Careaga, Universidad de los Andes, Colombia

Santiago Leyva, Universidad EAFIT, Colombia

Nadia Rubaii, Binghamton University, SUNY

2015 Roger Rose University of Minnesota, Morris
2013 Cheryl Simrell King, The Evergreen State College
2012

Bruce J. Neubauer. Albany State University

Richard W. Hug, Indian University, Northwest

Keith W. Hamon, Albany State University

Shelly K. Stewart, University of South Florida

2009

Esteban G. Dalehite Florida International University

Kristina Lambright Binghamton University

2008

Blue Wooldridge Virginia commonwealth University

Susan Gooden Virginia commonwealth University

2007

James L. Perry Indiana University, Bloomington

Karen Harlow-Rosentraub Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis

2006

Heather E. Campbell Arizona State University

Sue Steiner Arizona State University 

Karen Gerdes Arizona State University

2005

Katherine A. Karl Marshall University

Barbara Peat Indiana University, South Bend

2004

Jeffrey Straussman Syracuse University

Caroline Tong Syracuse University

2003 Carole L. Jurkiewicz Louisiana State University

 

Year Recipient
2020 Erin Borry The University of Alabama of Birmingham
2019 Meagan Jordan Old Dominion University

 

Year Recipient
2019 Kirk Emerson University of Arizona
2017 Evan Berman Victoria University of Wellington (New Zealand)
2014 Barry Bozeman Arizona State University
2013 Sanjay Pandey Rutgers University-Newark
2012 Donald P. Moynihan University of Wisconsin-Madison
2010 H. Brinton Milward University of Arizona
2007 John M. Yinger Syracuse University
2006 John M. Bryson University of Minnesota
2005 Paul E. Teske University of Colorado at Denver
2004 Rosemary O'Leary Syracuse University
2003 Kenneth J. Meier Texas A&M University
2002 Norma Riccucci Rutgers University, Newark
2001 Howard McCurdy American University
2000 Fred Thompson Willamette University
1998 Allen Schick University of Maryland, College Park
1997 James L. Perry
1996 Robert T. Golembiewski
1995 Charles Goodsell
1994 Patricia Ingraham
1992 David Rosenbloom
1990 H. George Frederickson
1988 John Rohr
1986 Charles Levine

 

Year Recipient
2012 Deorah D. Tucker, Executive Director National Center on Domestic and Sexual Violence
2004 Al Haines Chicago South Mission of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints
2000 Charles R. Matthew, Commissioner Texas Railroad Commission
1998 John C. Buechner, President University of Colorado
1996 Walter Broadnax
1995 Alfred M. Zuck

 

Year Recipient
2011 Charles K. Coe North Carolina State University
2010 John Nalbandian University of Kansas
2008 John M. Bryson University of Minnesota
2007 Rosemary O'Leary Syracuse University
2006 Norma Riccucci  Rutgers University
2005 Kenneth J. Meier  Texas A&M
2004 Edward T. Jenning, Jr. University of Kentucky
2003 Robert Durant American University
2002 Laurence J. O'Toole, Jr. The University of Georgia
2001 Robert B. Denhardt Arizona State University
2000 Marc Holzer Rutgers University, Newark
1999 Barry Bozeman Georgia Institute of Technology
1998 Donald F. Kettl University of Wisconsin
1997 H. George Frederickson The University of Kansas
1996 Patricia Ingraham  Syracuse University
1995 Hal Rainey The University of Georgia
1994 Irene Rubin Northern Illinois University
1993 David Rosenbloom American University
1992 Frances Burke Suffolk University
1990 Philip J. Cooper Rockefeller College, SUNY-Albany

 

Year Recipient
2020 University of Central Florida
2019 Governors State University
2016 Governors State University
2015 University of Connecticut
2014 Shippensburg University
2013 The University of Texas at Dallas
2012 San Francisco State University
2010 California State University, Dominguez Hills
2009 Boise State University
2008 The University of Texas at Dallas
2007 The University of Utah
2006 Boise State University
2005 California State University, Dominguez Hills
2004 University of Connecticut
2003 The University of Utah
2002 Boise State University

 

Year Recipient
2020 Agatha Caraballo Florida International University
2019

Nevbahar Ertas University of Alabama at Birmingham

Bruce McDonald North Carolina State University

2018

Myung Jin Virginia Commonwealth University

Oluponmile Olonilua Texas Southern University

2017 Daniel Williams Baruch College, CUNY
2015 Mark Robbins University of Connecticut
2014 Rich Jacobs Villanova University
2013 Phillip Nufrio Metropolitan College of New York
2012 Elizabeth Fredericksen Boise State University
2010 Iris Baxter California State University, Dominguez Hills
2009 Kuotsai Tom Liou University of Central Florida
2007 Richard Green The University of Utah
2006 Iris Baxter California State University, Dominguez Hills
2005 Janet Mills Boise State University
2004 Frank J. Sackton Arizona State University

 

Year Recipient
2020 Benjamin Glasner University of Washington, Doctoral Student Manuscript
2020 Shaddi Zeid Virginia Commonwealth University, Master's Student Manuscript
2020 Melinda Jensen  Rutgers University – Newark, Master's Student Manuscript
2019 Sunyoung Pyo University at Albany, SUNY, Doctoral Student Manuscript
2019 Changwe Park University of Kentucky, Master's Student Manuscript
2018

Adam Hayes University of Washington, Doctoral Student Manuscript

2018 Jonathan Nord University of North Dakota, Master's Student Manuscript
2017 Jinhai Yu University of Kentucky, Doctoral Student Manuscript
2017 John Palatucci Rutgers University - Newark, Master's Student Manuscript
2016 Roger Chin Claremont Graduate University (inducted by California State University San Bernadino, Doctoral Student Manuscript
2016 Evan Walter Northern Illinois University, Master's Student Manuscript
2015 Jekyung Lee The University of Georgia, Doctoral Student Manuscript
2015 Sandra Matar University of Massachusetts, Boston, Master's Student Manuscript
2014 Can Chen University of Nebraska Omaha, Doctoral Student Manuscript
2014 Jamie Giles University of Kentucky, Master's Student Manuscript
2014 Maureen Thomas University of Massachusetts Boston, Master's Student Manuscript
2013 Jisun Youm Florida State University, Doctoral Student Manuscript
2013 Garland Doyle Eastern Michigan University, Master's Student Manuscript
2013 Scarlet Smith University of Utah, Master's Student Manuscript
2012 Kaitlin Bromann University of Kentucky, Master's Student Manuscript
2012 Sana Khosa University of Central Florida, Doctoral's Student Manuscript
2011 Thomas Farace Northern Illinois University, Master's Student Manuscript
2010 Graham Drake University of Kentucky, Master's Student Manuscript
2009 Jennifer Price University of Kentucky, Master's Student Manuscript
2008 Barbara Rua University of Connecticut, Master's Student Manuscript
2008 Jacob Fowles University of Kentucky, Doctoral Student Manuscript
2007 Yujin Choi The University of Georgia, Master's Student Manuscript
2007 Sung-Wook Kwon Florida State University, Doctoral Student Manuscript
2006 Noelle Denny-Brown University of Connecticut, Master's Student Manuscript
2005 Pitima Boonyarak The University of Utah, Doctoral Student Manuscript
2005 Nadezda Nikolova University of Kentucky, Master's Student Manuscript
2004 Jeremy L. Hall University of Kentucky, Doctoral Student Manuscript
2004 Julie W. Loera Texas State University-San Marcos, Master's Student Manuscript
2003 David W. Pitts The University of Georgia, Doctoral Student Manuscript
2003 Erin McNees University of Kentucky, Master's Student Manuscript
2002 Suzanne J. Piotrowski American University, Doctoral Student Manuscript
2002 Timothy L. Wilson Southwest Texas University, Master's Student Manuscript
2001 Louay M. Constant University of Kentucky, Doctoral Student Manuscript
2001 Ana Lisa Garza Southwest Texas State University, Master's Student Manuscript
2000 Meg Patrick Haist University of Kentucky, Doctoral Student Manuscript
2000 Shivaun Perez Southwest Texas State University, Master's Student Manuscript
1999 April Walters University of Utah
1998 Kevin Baum Southwest Texas University
1997 Kristi Stillwell University of New Mexico
1996 Jo Ann Ewalt University of Kentucky, Doctoral Student Manuscript
1996 Suzanne R. Varnell University of North Texas, Master's Student Manuscript
1995 David Marttala University of Arizona

 

Year Recipient
2020 Carrie Mathes, Orange County Florida Government, School of Public Administration, University of Central Florida
2019

CDR, Zeita Merchant, United States Coast Guard, Trachtenberg School of Public Policy &Public Administration, The George Washington University

Randy Engstrom, City of Seattle Office Arts and Culture, Evans School of Public Policy & Governance, University of Washington

2018

Mandy Elder, Women’s International Leadership and Learning, Mark O. Hatfield School of Government, Portland State University

David Toland, Thrive Kansas, School of Public Affairs & Administration, University of Kansas

2017

Coltrane Stansbury, Manager, Corporate Equity & Partnerships, Johnson & Johnson, Rutgers University, Edward Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy

Christopher Williams, Field Services Captain, City of El Monte, California Police Department, The College of Business and Public Management, University of La Verne