Faculty Awards

Joel Barkan

awarded the first of three $100,000 grants from DFID, the British foreign assistance agency, to support the African Legislatures Project (ALP), a comparative study of legislative development in 18 African countries. They also expect co-funding from the World Bank. ALP is based at the Centre for Social Science Research (CSSR) at the University of Cape Town where Joel has been a research fellow the past three years

Frederick Boehmke

2023 CLAS Collegiate Teaching Award
NSF Grant recipient
Council Member for MPSA (2021-2024)
2020 NSF RAPID Collaborative Research Grant
2020 Excellence in Mentoring Award by the Society of Political Methodology
2018-2019 Graduate College Outstanding Faculty Mentor Award, Honorable Mention
State Policy and Politics Best Journal Award, "Partisan Gridlock and Use of Initiative in U.S. States"
2013 Best Conference Paper in Political Networks
2009-2012 CLAS Faculty Scholar award. The University of Iowa's program of Faculty Scholar Awards gives leading scholars the opportunity for creative work of the highest quality. Faculty Scholar Awards are meant to provide faculty of great promise with opportunities for extended and concentrated work
"The Influence of Unobserved Factors on Position Timing and Content in the NAFTA Vote" was awarded the Miller Prize for 2007. The prize is given by the Society for Political Methodology for the best article appearing in Political Analysis in the previous calendar year

George (Bob) Boynton

2013 Outstanding Learning Innovation Award, Information Technology and Politics section of the American Political Science Association for Best Instructional Software

John Conybeare

2008 International Studies Outstanding Faculty Mentor Award in May. They are being honored for their willingness to devote their time and expertise to working individually with International Studies students

Cary Covington

2008 inaugural Lane Davis Award for Honors Team Teaching in recognition of their pioneering work with the Iowa Policy Research Organization

Vicki Hesli Claypool

2016-2017 Marion L. Huit Award from the Honors Program

Kelly Kadera

2022 Quincy Wright Distinguished Scholar by the International Studies Association, Midwest
2020 Special Projects Grant from the American Political Science Association
Editorial Team, American Political Science Review (2020-2024)
Associate Editor, International Studies Review (June 2013-present)

Martha Kirby

2023 Staff Award for Distinguished Leadership in Diversity, Equity, Inclusion from UI Staff Council
2020-2022 President of the Midwest Association of Pre-law
2019 Excellence in Advising Award – Advisor Primary Role from the National Academic Advising Association, North Central Region 6
2017 Scholar Advocate Award from the Honors Program

Brian Lai

2021-2022 Lane Davis Award from the Honors Department
2008 International Studies Outstanding Faculty Mentor Award in May. They are being honored for their willingness to devote their time and expertise to working individually with International Studies students

Michael Lewis-Black

Co-Editor, Electoral Studies Journal (2019)
Awarded a SAS-International Institute of Forecasters grant to “Improve the Forecasting of General Elections in the United Kingdom

Ron McMullen

2018-2019 International Engagement Teaching Award from the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences and UI International Programs
2016-2017 Collegiate Teaching Award from the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. Collegiate Teaching Awards are given each year to faculty who demonstrate outstanding performance in the classroom, laboratory, or studio. They are recognized by their peers for stimulating and satisfying students' desire to learn, developing innovative and effective methods of presenting the most current and exciting knowledge in their disciplines, and for fostering productive and generous mentoring relationships with individual students

Elizabeth Menninga

NSF Grant recipient
2020 grant recipient from the Army Research Office and the Folke Bernadotte Academy
2019 Negotiation Dynamics Grant from the Folke Bernadotte Academy
2018-2019 Collegiate Teaching Award from the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences

Sara Mitchell

2023 Lifetime Achievement Award from the Conflict Processes Section of the American Political Science Association
2023 CLAS Collegiate Fellow Award
2023 FPA Distinguished Scholar Award from the ISA FPA’s Executive Committee
NSF Grant recipient
2022 Award for Excellence from the Iowa Board of Regents
Council Member for American Political Science Association (2021-2024)
2021-2022 Outstanding Teacher Award from the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
2020 ICRU Research Fellowship from the University of Iowa
2020 Special Projects Grant from the American Political Science Association
2020 Frank J. Klingberg Award for Best Paper Presented by a Faculty Member from the International Studies Association
2019-2020 Best Reviewer by Political Science Research and Methods
2019 J. David Singer Data Innovation Award from the Conflict Processes Section
December 2019 Member of the Month for the American Political Science Association
awarded the F. Wendell Miller Professor from the College of Liberal Arts, 2017
2013 Susan S. Northcutt Award. The award recognizes a person who actively works towards recruiting and advancing women and other minorities in the profession, and whose spirit is inclusive, generous and conscientious
2012 recipient of the Graduate College Faculty Mentor Award in Social Sciences
recipient of The Dean's Scholar award for 2011-2013. The award established in 1999, recognizes newly tenured faculty early in their careers. The awards are made on the advice of the college's Committee on Faculty Promotion and Tenure. Dean's Scholars are two-year awards that carry discretionary funds to support teaching and research initiatives
Faculty Scholar for the years 2007-2010. These University awards are given to mid-career faculty to recognize scholarship that demonstrates exceptional promise. Mitchell will be released from half of her usual teaching, advising, and service for three years, allowing for concentration on research

Tracy Osborn

Editorial Team, State Politics and Policy Quarterly (June 2020)
2017-2018 Collegiate Teaching Award from the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
State Policy and Politics Best Journal Award, "Partisan Gridlock and Use of Initiative in U.S. States"
Associate Editor, Politics & Gender (August 2013-present)
2012-2014 Dean's Scholar award. The award established in 1999, recognizes newly tenured faculty early in their careers. The awards are made on the advice of the college's Committee on Faculty Promotion and Tenure. Dean's Scholars are two-year awards that carry discretionary funds to support teaching and research initiatives

Julie Pacheco

2024 grant from County Health Rankings and Roadmaps
Seeding Excellence Initiative Grant from the Iowa Office of the Vice President of Research
NSF Grant recipient
Associate Editor for Public Opinion Quarterly (2020)
2013 Old Gold Summer Fellowship from the College of Liberal Arts. This award provides recipients with funding for summer work to carry out the activities described in the proposal, which may center on research activities, creative work, or instructional development

Elise Pizzi

2025 CLAS Collegiate Teaching Award
NSF Grant recipient

Alyssa Prorok

2014 Old Gold Summer Fellowship from the College of Liberal Arts. The Old Gold Summer Fellowship Awards provide support to not-yet-tenured faculty for summer work on an approved developmental project, which may focus on research, creative work, or instruction. The fellowship is expected to result in at least one project for publication, exhibit, performance, or instructional use

Bill Reisinger

2021-2022 Outstanding Teacher Award from the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences

Tom Rice

2008 inaugural Lane Davis Award for Honors Team Teaching in recognition of their pioneering work with the Iowa Policy Research Organization
2008 Student Award for Outstanding Honors Teaching. Students presented the award at the annual Honors Recognition Ceremony in April

Rene Rocha

2024 Hubbard-Walder Award for Excellence in Teaching from the UI Council on Teaching
2014 University of Iowa Obermann Interdisciplinary Research Grant. The Obermann Interdisciplinary Research Grants (IDRG) foster collaborative scholarship and creative work by offering recipients time and space to exchange new ideas leading to invention, creation, and publication.
2013 Collegiate Teaching Award from the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. Collegiate Teaching Awards are given each year to faculty who demonstrate outstanding performance in the classroom, laboratory, or studio. They are recognized by their peers for stimulating and satisfying students' desire to learn, developing innovative and effective methods of presenting the most current and exciting knowledge in their disciplines, and for fostering productive and generous mentoring relationships with individual students

Emily Schilling (PhD alumnus)

State Policy and Politics Best Journal Award, "Partisan Gridlock and Use of Initiative in U.S. States"

Fred Solt

2013 Old Gold Summer Fellowship from the College of Liberal Arts. This award provides recipients with funding for summer work to carry out the activities described in the proposal, which may center on research activities, creative work, or instructional development

Cameron G. Thies

2013 recipient of the Ladd Hollist Service Award from the International Studies Association. This award is given in recognition of an International Studies Association member’s significant volunteer contribution to the ISA
2009 Northeast Political Science Association Award for Best Article Published in Polity

Caroline Tolbert

2022 Goldsmith Prize from the Shorenstein Center at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government
NSF Grant recipient
2021 Carnegie Fellow
2020 Distinguished Professorship from the University of Iowa Office of the Provost
2009-2011 Collegiate Scholar Award. Given to recognize mid-career faculty for exceptional achievement. The award carries discretionary funds to support the recipient's teaching and research initiatives. Collegiate Scholar awards are funded by a generous unrestricted gift to the College