NCPSA ANNUAL CONFERENCES

52nd Annual Meeting, a joint Conference with the North Carolina Public Administration Alliance, March 24-25, 2023, UNC Wilmington

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Troutman-Rainey Undergraduate Paper Award: MaKayla Schill, NC A&T, "How We Move Forward: Analysis of Community and Police Relations to Create Mindful Solutions" (award committee Nadine Gibson and Christopher Cooper)

50th Annual Meeting, a Virtual Conference with the North Carolina Public Administration Alliance, February 26, 2021

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Oral Parks Memorial Best Faculty Paper Award: Anup Phayal, UNC-Wilmington, "Does Terrorism Lower Interpersonal Trust?" (award committee chaired by Magdalena Krajewska, Wingate University)
Fidelity Investments Graduate Student Paper Award: Sarah Merkle, UNC-Wilmington, "Indo-Pakistani Hydro-politics" (award committee chaired by David McClennan, Meredith College)
Troutman-Rainey Undergraduate Paper Award: Bilal Laghari, UNC-Charlotte, "Natural Resources and Civil Conflict Intensity" (award committee chaired by Jason Giersch, UNC-Charlotte)

49th Annual Meeting, a Joint Conference with the North Carolina Public Administration Alliance, February 21, 2020, NC State University, Raleigh

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Oral Parks Memorial Best Faculty Paper Award: Jason Giersch, UNC Charlotte, "Protecting Free Speech on Campus (Depending on Ideology)"
Troutman-Rainey Undergraduate Paper Award: Stefanie Pousoulides, Duke University, "The Strategic Choice in Challenging Partisan Gerrymandering"

48th Annual Meeting, February 22, 2019, Johnson C. Smith University, Charlotte

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Oral Parks Memorial Best Faculty Paper Award: Zachary T. Mohr, JoEllen V. Pope, Martha Kropf, and MaryJo Shepherd, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, "Does Politics Influence Election Administration Expenditure? A Political Model of Election Administration Expenditure in North Carolina Counties"
Fidelity Investments Graduate Paper Award: Edward Lawson, University of South Carolina: "Police Militarization as a Response to Racial Threat"
Troutman-Rainey Undergraduate Paper Award: Catherine Koontz, Meredith College, "Pick Your Politics: Exploring Student Perspectives on Personal Political Influences During their Undergraduate Studies"

47th Annual Meeting, February 23, 2018, Meredith College, Raleigh

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Best paper award: Charles Prysby, UNC Greensboro, "Changing Electoral Patterns in the American South"
Fidelity Investments best graduate paper award: Faith M. Butta, UNC Charlotte, "Life After the Uniform: Women Veterans and Voter Turnout in Presidential Elections"
Troutman-Rainey Award (best undergraduate paper): Cristy Villalobos, Meredith College, "Public Opinion of Voter Identifications in North Carolina"

46th Annual Meeting (w/the South Carolina Political Science Association), March 3 & 4, 2017, Winthrop University, Rock Hill, South Carolina

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Best paper award: Elizabeth Wemlinger, Salem College, and Meika Berlan, UNC Charlotte, "Voluntary Memberships and Equality: The Influence of Country Level Equality on the Voluntary Behavior of Men and Women"
Fidelity Investments best graduate paper award: Jonathan Jackson, University of Nebraska Lincoln, "Deferring to the Experts: Perceptions of Interest Group Expertise as Heuristic Sources Cues in Downballot Statewide Races"
Troutman-Rainey Award (best undergraduate paper): Emily Grassett, UNC Charlotte, "The Rebel Party: Political Implications of Rebel Funding"

45th Annual Meeting, Feb. 26, 2016, The Frontier, Raleigh

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Best paper award: Maggie Commins and Jeremiah Wills, Queens University, "Explaining State by State Variation in Immigration Policy Outcomes: Threats or Interests?"
Fidelity Investments best graduate paper award: Clyde Ray, UNC Chapel Hill, "John Marshall, Marbury v. Madison, and the Construction of Constitutional Legitimacy"
Troutman-Rainey Award (best undergraduate paper): None awarded

44th Annual Meeting, Feb. 27, 2015, UNC Charlotte, Charlotte

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Best paper award: Charles Prysby (UNC Greensboro), "Age and Voting in the South: Electoral Patterns in the 2012 Election"
Troutman-Rainey Award (best undergraduate paper): Justin Jones (UNC-Charlotte), "Paradox of Humanitarianism: A Quantitative Analysis of Humanitarian Aid and Civil War Violence (1995-2011)"

43rd Annual Meeting, Feb. 28, 2014, Fidelity Investments, Cary

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Best paper award: Elisha Carol Savchak and Amanda Ross Edwards (NC State), "Judges Among Us: A Look at Judicial Outreach in the States"
Troutman-Rainey Award (best undergraduate paper): Sarah Macut (East Carolina University), "Tar Heel Terrorism: Assessing the Domestic Threat to Fort Bragg from Case Studies of Fort Dix and Fort Hood"

42nd Annual Meeting, Feb. 22, 2013, Holiday Inn, Raleigh

41st Annual Meeting, Feb. 24, 2012, Duke University, Durham

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Best paper award:
Troutman-Rainey Award (best undergraduate paper): Barbara Smith, "Political Parties in Iowa: An American Political Party System," UNC Greensboro.

40th Annual Meeting, Feb. 25, 2011, University of North Carolina, Charlotte

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Best paper award: Dan Masters, "Strong States, Weak States and Terrorism: The Nexus of Terrorism and Anocracy."
Troutman-Rainey Award (best undergraduate paper): Jason Trudell, "Environmental Performance Indicators: A Comparison by State," Methodist University, Fayetteville, NC.

39th Annual Meeting, Feb. 26, 2010, North Carolina Central University (Durham NC)

38th Annual Meeting, Feb. 27, 2009, University of NC, Greensboro

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Best paper award:
Troutman-Rainey Award (best undergraduate paper): Robert Hatem (UNC-Wilmington), "Retaliation as a Counter-Terrorist Strategy and Its Impact on Semi-State Groups"

37th Annual Meeting, March 15-16, 2008, University of NC, Wilmington

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Best paper award: Jody C. Baumgartner, Peter L. Francia, and Jonathan S. Morris, "A Clash of Civilizations? Evangelical Christian Opinion on U.S. Foreign Policy"
Troutman-Rainey Award (best undergraduate paper):

35th Annual Meeting, March 31, 2006, High Point University

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Best paper award: Jody C. Baumgartner and Peter L. Francia, "Red State-Blue State Redux and the Re-Examination of Rural, Suburban, and Urban Divisions in Presidential Politics"
Troutman-Rainey Award (best undergraduate paper):

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