Department faculty members were honored at the 2005 Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, held in Washington, DC, September 1-4.

Macartan Humphreys was a co-recipient, with Jeremy M. Weinstein (Stanford) of the Sage Best Paper Award, given to the best paper in the field of comparative politics presented at the previous year's APSA Annual Meeting. Humphreys and Weinstein presented "Handling and Manhandling Civilians in Civil War: Determinants of the Strategies of Warring Factions."

Ira Katznelson received the David Easton Award, which recognizes a book that broadens the horizons of contemporary political science by engaging issues of philosophical significance in political life through any of a variety of approaches in the social sciences and humanities. Professor Katznelson was recognized for Desolation and Enlightenment: Political Knowledge After Total War, Totalitarianism and the Holocaust (Columbia University Press, 2003).

Vicky Murillo was a co-recipient, with Ernesto F. Calvo (University of Houston) of the Leubbert Best Article Award, given for the best article in the field of comparative politics published in the previous two years. Murillo and Calvo published "Who Delivers? Partisan Clients in the Argentine Electoral Market" in American Journal of Political Science, Vol. 48, No. 4, October 2004.

Kenneth Prewitt received the Charles E. Merriam Award, biennially awarded to a person whose published work and career represents a significant contribution to the art of government through application of social science research.

Charles Tilly received one of two Best Book Awards made for the best single-authored, multi-authored, or edited book on comparative democratization published in the previous year. Professor Tilly's Contention and Democracy in Europe, 1650-2000 was published by Cambridge Univesity Press in 2003.