Roger N. Pajari Award 
For Undergraduate Student Scholarship

The Roger N. Pajari Undergraduate Paper Award is awarded annually to the author/s of the best undergraduate paper
submitted to meet the requirements of an undergraduate political science course taught in the state of Georgia. Candidates
are nominated by the professor teaching a respective course. The awards committee selects the best paper from those submitted
each year. The deadline is July 1st each year. Papers submitted after the deadline will be included in the next year's competition.

Professors who wish to nominate exemplary student papers s for this award should contact Dr. Cliff Wilkinson,
Chair of the Pajari Awards Committee, at wc.wilkinson@gcsu.edu .

Georgia Political Science Association
www.gpsanet.org

Recent Roger N. Pajari Award Winners

2009
This award will be announced during the GPSA Business Meeting in November 2009.

2008

Chris Chiego

University of Georgia
 

"Democratic Disunity: Race, Religion, and Representation in
Tennessee's 9th Congressional District" 

Alexander B. Johnson
University of Georgia
 

"Georgia Congressional District 10 1994 Election:
a Partisan Tide Drowns a Moderate"

2007

DAnielle Pearl

University of Georgia
 

2006

Wesley C. Tharpe
University of Georgia
 

"Biracial Politics, Social Moderation, and Natural Advantages:
How Atlanta Defeated Birmingham to Become the Capital of the South:
1945-1970"

2005

Matthew Mauldin
University of Georgia

"The Republican Party and U.S. House Elections in the South from 1965 1994"

2004

 Nicholas Deeb
University of Georgia

"Tort Reform in the Georgia General Assembly: A Case of Legislative Malpractice"