Faculty Awards

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

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)

Brian Lai

2026 Hubbard-Walder Award from the Office of the Executive Vice President and Provost
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

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

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

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

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