NEPSA congratulates the winners of the best paper prizes for the 2026 Annual Meeting,

held at the DoubleTree by Hilton in Burlington, Vermont:

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JOHN C. DONOVAN PRIZE FOR BEST PAPER WRITTEN BY A FACULTY MEMBER

Lindsey Kaler, Brown University

Cameron Arnzen, Brown University

Alejandro Contreras, Brown University

Susan Moffitt, Brown University

Bryan Natividad, Brown University

Niamh Stull, Brown University
"The Politics of Administrative Ease: Public Access to Local Special Education Information"

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ROBERT C. WOOD PRIZE FOR BEST PAPER WRITTEN BY A GRADUATE STUDENT

Justin Greenman, Yale University
"Party Building and Its Consequences:  Guy Vander Jagt, the NRCC, and the Republican Revolution"

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WILSON CAREY McWILLIAMS PRIZE FOR BEST PAPER WRITTEN BY AN UNDERGRADUATE

Ashley Soto, University of Connecticut
"More Than a Mask: How South Korea Leverages Private Industry to Cultivate Global Power through Beauty and Culture"

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The New England Political Science Association gratefully acknowledges

PI SIGMA ALPHA

as the sponsor of the graduate student and undergraduate paper prizes

and as the Founding Sponsor of the Wilson Carey McWilliams Prize