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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT:Tom Kecskemethy, Executive DirectorThe American Academy of Political and Social Sciencethomask@upenn.edu Philadelphia, PA (July 15, 2026) — The American Academy of Political and Social Science (AAPSS) will award the 2026 Daniel Patrick Moynihan Prize to Esther Duflo, an acclaimed economist best known for her work on the microeconomics of economic development and …
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Tom Kecskemethy, Executive DirectorThe American Academy of Political and Social Sciencethomask@upenn.edu Philadelphia, PA (June 24, 2026) — The American Academy of Political and Social Science (AAPSS) has elected three distinguished scholars/public servants as its 2026 Fellows. “The AAPSS is pleased to announce these fellows,” said AAPSS President Sheldon Danziger.…
On June 30, the AAPSS will bid farewell to Paula D. McClain, who has been a member of our board of directors since 2020 and its chair since 2023. Below, she reflects on her time with the AAPSS and shares some early findings from her most recent research. The AAPSS board and staff thank Dr. …
Political scientist and public servant Kenneth “Ken” Prewitt, the AAPSS’s 2001 Harold Lasswell Fellow and its president from 2015 to 2021, passed away on June 5. Prewitt, 90, was most recently Carnegie Professor Emeritus of Public Affairs at Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs. Born in 1936 in Alton, Illinois, Prewitt received his …
In anticipation of the publication of volume 716 of The ANNALS, Educating Boys: Bridging Gaps, Building Futures, co–special editor Richard V. Reeves previews the volume’s contents and discusses his hopes for improving socioeconomic outcomes for boys and young men by closing gender gaps in education systems. Reeves, the president of the American Institute for Boys …
On January 13, the AAPSS hosted a panel event in partnership with the Johns Hopkins University School of Government and Policy. “Entitled to Your Own Facts? Science and Public Policy in a Post-Truth America” united policymakers and social scientists for a dialogue about their shared responsibilities in advancing a fruitful relationship between science and good …
This month, we’re expanding the “Fellows’ Corner” column by welcoming a contribution by economist and AAPSS board member Michael R. Strain with coauthor Duncan Hobbs. If you are an AAPSS Fellow or board member and would like to contribute a post for a future edition of the Dispatch, please contact Jessica Erfer. Reemployment Bonuses: A …
AAPSS Program Manager Jessica Erfer recently celebrated 10 years at the Academy. The AAPSS thanks her for her service and is delighted to share an essay she recently wrote about her experiences and memories of the past decade. In summer 2015, when my husband and I decided to return to our roots in Philadelphia after …
The 2025 Fellows of the AAPSS were inducted on October 30 at a luncheon held in Washington, DC. Xavier de Souza Briggs, Michael Jones-Correa, Goodwin Liu, Sharon Parrott, Celeste Watkins-Hayes, and James P. Ziliak received a warm welcome from AAPSS President Sheldon Danziger, the board of directors, and other fellows as they accepted their fellowships. …
On October 30, the AAPSS honored Timothy Snyder, winner of the 2025 Daniel Patrick Moynihan Prize, in Washington, DC, at Georgetown University’s McCourt School of Public Policy. Snyder accepted the Moynihan Prize and delivered the 2025 Moynihan Lecture on Social Science and Public Policy, titled “Ukrainian Humanity: Rethinking How World History Is Told.” The event …
