Department AwardsRobert Alan Dahl Award (Outstanding Senior)Robert A. Dahl graduated from the University of Washington in 1936 and went on to become one of the most distinguished political scientists of his generation. He earned a Ph.D. from Yale in 1940 and became a professor at Yale in 1946 and remained there until his retirement in 1986. He was elected president of the American Political Science Association (APSA) in 1966. Two of his books, Who Governs (1962) and Democracy and Its Critics (1990) received APSA’s Woodrow Wilson Foundation Award as the Best Book of the Year in American Politics. In 1978 he received APSA’s first James Madison Award, given to a scholar whose career is deemed to have been preeminent. In 1982 he was honored by the University of Washington as Alumnas Summa Laude Dignatus. 2008 – Ambrogino Guisti
Sharon Redeker Award (Outstanding Acheivement in Public Service)Sharon Redeker served as the Department of Political Science’s Academic Services Director for 15 years and was an integral part of the UW campus for almost 30 years. During this time, Redeker developed the Department’s internship and volunteer service programs placing hundreds of students in public service positions. Her commitment to citizenship and public spirit remains at the core of our program. The Redeker Award is granted each year to a graduating senior with outstanding achievement in the area of public service. 2007 – Nicholas Austin Fusso
Graduate Student Teaching Award2008 – Lawrence Cushnie Severyns-Ravenholt Lectureship
Inspired by the life and work of Washington native and department alumna Mrs. Marjorie Severyns Ravenholt, who developed a lifelong commitment to Asian affairs, the goal of the lectureship is to promote awareness of contemporary Asian polities, economies, and cultures among the citizens of the State of Washington. The lectureship offers a unique opportunity to present the perspectives of speakers from a range of occupations, classes, nationalities, religions, genders, and statuses throughout Asia. 2006: Anwar Ibrahim President, Anwar Ibrahim & Associates Former Deputy Prime Minister of Malaysia and former Minister of Finance 2004: Zainah Anwar Executive Director, Sisters in Islam, Malaysia 2003: Long Yongtu Secretary-General, Bo'Ao Forum for Asia Former Vice Minister of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation of the People's Republic of China Former Chief Trade Representative 2001: Jose Ramos-Horta Nobel Peace Prize Winner 2000: Frank Ching Senior Editor, Far Eastern Economic Review Stuart A. Scheingold Award (for Best Graduate Student Paper in the Public Law Field)
Stuart A. Scheingold is an eminent scholar in the study of law and society. He has conducted pioneering research regarding the European Court of Justice, the politics of rights advocacy, political discourse about crime, and cause lawyering, among other topics. Scheingold contributed to a vibrant tradition of graduate and undergraduate education in the Political Science field of public law for over 30 years at the University of Washington. In honor of this legacy, the Scheingold Award is awarded annually to the best graduate student paper in the public law field. |