Fellowships and Awards
Department Awards
Each year, the Department of Political Science recognizes the achievments of its graduate students with two awards, the David Minar Prize and the R. Barry Farrell Prize for Teaching Excellence.
Awarded in memory of former department chair, David W. Minar, this prize honors outstanding advanced graduate students in Political Science. Judged annually by the department's faculty, the winners for the 2007-08 academic year were Larkin Terrie and Douglas Thompson. Information on past winners can be found below.
The R. Barry Farrell Prize for Teaching Excellence is awarded in recognition of exceptional contributions in the classroom by the department's teaching assistants. The winners are determined through a combination of faculty and undergraduate student evaluations. In the 2007-08 academic year, the prize was awarded to three teaching assistants: Jesse Dillon Savage, Marissa Brookes and Carlos Freytes Frey. Information on past winners can be found below.
University Fellowships and Awards
Political Science students who currently hold competitive university-wide fellowships and awards are:
Laura Ephraim - Dissertation Year Fellowship (2007-08)
"The New Politics of Science: Imagination, Method and Worldliness in Vico, Descartes and Dewey"
Laura Ephraim - Alumnae Dissertation Recognition Award (2007-08)
"Reconceiving the Relation between Science and Politics for Democratic Theory"
Demetra Kasimis - NU Alumnae Fellowship (2008-2009), named graduate affiliate by the Alice Kaplan Institute of Humanities (2007-2008)
Kendra Koivu - Weinberg Research and Dissertation Fellowship (2007-08)
"Protection for sale?: A Comparative Historical Study of Organized Crime"
Juan Olmeda - Research Fellowship (2007-08)
"Disunited they stand? A fiscal theory of gubernatorial power and coordination strategies: Argentina, Mexico and Brazil from a comparative perspective"
Diego Rossello - Paris Program in Critical Theory Fellowship (2008-2009)
Lee Seymour - Presidential Fellowship (2006-08)
Jiangnan Zhu - Alumnae Dissertation Fellowship (2007-08)
"Corruption and Anti-Corruption in China: Hierarchical Structure and Ineffective Monitoring"
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Roberta Buffett Center for International and Comparative Studies (BCICS) Graduate Student Summer Research Travel Grant Winners (2006-07)
Jennifer Cyr, (Ecuador) "Political Parties and Populist Re-Equilibrations in Ecuador"
Chris Day, (Uganda) "Humanitarian Consequences of Conflict in Uganda"
Diego Finchelstein, (Argentina) "Strategy and Structure in the Process of International Expansion by Business Groups in Latin America"
Carlos Freytes, (Brazil) "Financial Internalization and Capital Mobility in Modern Brazil"
Florencia Guerzovich, (Czech Republic/Hungary) "International Actors and Fomenting Change in Anticorruption Mechanisms"
Sebastian Karcher, (Germany) "The Politics of Labor Market Segmentation in Germany"
Deme Kasimis, (Greece) "The Resident Foreigner in Ancient Greece: A Study of Citizenship and Democracy"
Erin Kimball, (Ethiopia) "Strategic Causes for Collective Action: Peacekeeping in Africa"
Kendra Koivu, (Kosovo) "The Thin Line Between Rebellion and Crime: A Comparative Study of Rebel Groups in Northern Ireland and Kosovo"
Natacha Lemasle, (Sierra Leone) "Political Responses and Strategies of Local Actors Targeted by Outsiders' Efforts at Reconstruction and Democratization"
Ji Li, (China) "The Rise of Judicial Power in China's Authoritarian Regime: Potential Reasons for Regional Differences"
Juan Olmeda, (Brazil) "Fiscal Institutions and Intergovernmental Relations: Patterns of Cooperation and Conflict Between National and Sub-national Authorities in Brazil"
David Steinberg, (Argentina) "Logrolling and the Politics of Exchange Rate Valuation in Developing Countries"
Larkin Terrie, (Chile) "The Agrarian Origins of Chile's Economic Takeoff"
Ariel Zellman, (Israel) "Ethnic Militias utilization of Post-Colonial and Liberal Human Rights Discourses along with Defense of State Sovereignty to Legitimize their Work and Garner Support"
Jiangnan Zhu, (China) "Middle Level Administrators' Monitoring Effort Against Corruption is Determined by their Prospect of Further Promotion, or "Promotion Likelihood"
External Fellowships and Awards
The department strongly encourages its students to pursue external fellowships and awards, believing they not only assist students to achieve their research ambitions but also to demonstrate to potential employers the student's contributions to the academic community. Students currently holding fellowships and awards, outside the university are:
Chris Day - Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada Doctoral Fellowship (2007-10)
Jesse Dillon Savage - Joan Rydon Travelling Scholarship in Government - University of Sydney (2008)
Miklos Gosztonyi - Fulbright Scholarship ( 2006-08)
Olivier Henripin - Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Quebec Doctoral Fellowship (2007-10)
Erin Kimball - United States Institute of Peace Fellowship (2007-08)
Patrick Johnston - Stanford Pre-doctoral Fellowship (2007-08)
Andre Munro - Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada Doctoral Fellowship (2007-10)
Julia Rabinovich - National Science Foundation (2007-08)
David Steinberg - Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada Doctoral Fellowship (2006-08)
Department Awards - Recent Past Winners
David Minar Prize
2006-07 - Sebastian Karcher
2005-06 - Laura Ephraim
2004-05 - Julia Rabinovich, Crina Archer (shared)
2003-04 - Lee Seymour
2002-03 - Ato Kwamena Onoma
2001-02 - Ella Myers
R. Barry Farrell Prize for Teaching Excellence
2006-07 - Ross Carroll, Julieta Suarez Cao and Erin Kimball
2005-06 - Sean Burns, Kendra Koivu and Chris Swarat
2004-05 - Claire Metelits and Catherine Paden
2003-04 - Ramona Angelescu and David Tully
2002-03 - Barbara Murphy
2001-02 - Sarah Stucky