The James D. McBrayer, Jr. Award

The McBrayer Award and an accompanying $500.00 cash prize will be awarded
by the GPSA in years when a paper of outstanding scholarship  within the discipline is
presented in its entirety on the annual meeting program, published in the Proceedings and subsequently
recognized as such at the discretion of the Editorial Board and Editor-in-Chief of the Proceedings
of the GPSA by their decision to bestow the McBrayer Award.

 Please contact Dr. Joe Trachtenberg , Editor-in-Chief, with questions and concerns at joetrachtenberg@clayton.edu or (678) 466-4810.  

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2004 McBrayer Award

Jennifer E. C. Seitz and Jason M. Seitz 
University of Georgia

"Standing By the Party: Women in the United States Senate"

 

2005 McBrayer Award

Helen Johnson
The University of Queensland

"Can Rationality Embrace the Uncanny?: New Ways to Manage Conflict in the South Pacific"

 

2007 McBrayer Award

 Craig B. Greathouse
North Georgia College & State University

"Diverging Theoretical Influences between the United States and the European Union:
Comparing Current Grand Strategic Statements"

 

2008 McBrayer Award

Charles S. Bullock III
University of Georgia

Karen Padgett Owen
University of Georgia

"Alternative Paths to the Bench: Recruitment of Women to Becomes Judges in Georgia"


2009 McBrayer Award

The 2009 award winner will be announced at the GPSA Business Meeting in November 2010.