Honors and Awards

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UW College of Arts&Sciences News: Aseem Prakash Recognized for Lifetime Achievement 
September 29, 2025
Aseem Prakash in a suit, holding a microphone
Prakash recognized for lifetime achievement
September 25, 2025
Prof. Aseem Prakash
Prof. Aseem Prakash Receives the 2025 John Gaus Award from APSA
August 20, 2025
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University of Washington's Nu chapter of Pi Sigma Alpha awarded a Best Chapter Award for 2024-2025
August 5, 2025
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College of Arts & Sciences Students Recognized in the 2025 Husky 100
June 12, 2025
Faculty/staff honors: Innovation grant, best paper, outstanding research award
Faculty/staff honors: Innovation grant, best paper, outstanding research award
June 11, 2025
Jasmin Weaver
2025 Distinguished Alumni Award 
June 4, 2025
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Prof. Aseem Prakash Awarded American Political Science Association "John Gaus Award"
June 4, 2025
APSA MENA
Prof. Asli Cansunar Wins American Political Science Association Middle East and North Africa Best Paper
May 16, 2025
Prof. Aseem Prakash
Profs. Aseem Prakash & Lance Bennett Named  "Best Political Science Scientists" by Research.com
April 28, 2025
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Adolph ranked #1 among political scientists for impact
April 23, 2025
Kimberly Il
Four Political Science Majors Make the Husky 100 List
April 21, 2025
Christopher Adolph
Prof. Christopher Adolph Ranked 1st in Recent Research Impact in PS: Political Science & Politics, "A Global Ranking of Research Productivity of Political Science Departments"
April 7, 2025
Gabriella Levy
Prof. Gabriella Levy Wins American Political Science Association (APSA) Best Dissertation Awards
September 12, 2024
Aseem Prakash
Prof. Aseem Prakash Elected to Washington State Academy of Sciences!
August 2, 2024
Aseem Prakash
Prof. Aseem Prakash Awarded the APSA Excellence in Mentoring and Ranked as One of the Best Scientists in Political Science
May 30, 2024
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A Record Four Political Science Students on the Husky 100 for 2024!
April 30, 2024
Prof. Michael McCann
Professor Emeritus Michael McCann chosen for the 2024 American Bar Foundation Fellows "Outstanding Scholar Award"
November 1, 2023
Aseem Prakash
Prof. Aseem Prakash selected as Fellow of the National Academy of Public Administration
October 4, 2023
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Prof. Margaret Brower Awarded the American Political Science Association's Harold D. Lasswell Award
August 19, 2022
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Prof. Aseem Prakash the ISA Environmental Studies Distinguished Scholar Awardee for 2023
May 31, 2022
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Four Political Science Students on the Husky 100!
April 25, 2022
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Xin Peng, 2021 Recipient of the Nancy C. M. Hartsock Award
June 11, 2021
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Prof. Rachel Cichowski wins a UW 2021 Research Mentor Award
May 21, 2021
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Carnegie Endowment for International Peace Gaither Junior Fellowship Awarded to Maha  Alhomoud,Senior in Political Science
March 11, 2021
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UW political scientist Megan Ming Francis named one of 12 grant-supported ‘Freedom Scholars’ for work on economic and social equity
September 25, 2020
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Ph.D. Student Beatrice Magistro Wins UW Presidential Dissertation Award
July 6, 2020
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Prof. Jake Grumbach wins APSA Best REP Paper Award for "Gender, Race, and Intersectionality in Campaign Finance"
June 26, 2020
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Prof. Aseem Prakash Awarded APSA's Elinor Ostrom Career Achievement Award
June 19, 2020
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Political Science Student Receives Fulbright US Student Award
June 8, 2020
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Prof. Sophia Jordán Wallace A New Scholar in The Library of Congress
June 2, 2020
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Three Political Science UW Students Grace the Husky 100 for 2020!
May 5, 2020
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Political Science Major Virginia Burton Selected for the Prestigious Truman Scholarship
April 23, 2020
Prof. Lance Bennett receiving honorary doctorate University of Bern
Prof. Lance Bennett Awarded Doctor Honoris Causa at the University of Bern
December 12, 2019
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Prof. John Wilkerson and Political Science Graduate Andreu Casas Win CQ Press Award
October 11, 2019
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Political Science Prof. Emerita Margaret Levy Named the 2019 Recipient of the Johan Skytte Prize
October 11, 2019
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Prof. Jake Grumbach Wins Two American Political Science Assoc. Awards
August 22, 2019
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Prof. Margaret Levi Named Recipient of the Johan Skytte Prize in Political Science
March 28, 2019
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Political Science Undergraduate Caleb Huffman Wins Library Research Award for "Fuel on the Flame: Open-Air Drug Markets and Homicide Clusters"
June 8, 2018
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Political Science Graduate Alumna Erin Mayo-Adam Garners American Political Science Association "Best Dissertation Award"
June 8, 2018
Megan Francis
Imagine you had a class with Distinguished Faculty Award Winner Megan Francis
June 5, 2018
Gary Duck
This Year's Distinguished Alumnus - Gary Duck
May 22, 2018
May Lim
Political Science alumna May Lim wins fellowship for the Humanity in Action program
May 18, 2018
Austin Hudgens
Political Science Undergraduate Awarded Recognition by Claremont-UC Undergraduate Research Conference on the European Union
May 2, 2018
Yenching University
Two UW Political Science Honors Seniors Selected as China’s Yenching Academy Scholars
March 20, 2018
The Washington Center Award
The Washington Center awarded the UW as the Public Institution of the Year
October 30, 2017
Brendan McGovern
Top Honors for Four Undergrads
June 7, 2017
Distinguished Teacher Awards 2017
Of the highest grade
June 5, 2017