In 2023, we inaugurated the Rebecca Morton Poster Award for the best graduate student poster in the poster session. This award is given in honor of Rebecca Morton’s commitment to graduate student mentoring. Past winners include:
- 2025: Rex Weiye Deng, Washington University in St. Louis, “Screened realities: How Entertainment Fosters Political Compliance in China” (Honorable Mention: Gary Zhu, UC San Diego, “Rule of Law in Autocracy: A Nationwide Field Experiment of Chinese Legal Service Hotlines”)
- 2024: Iris Acquarone, Rice University, “Strategically Inclusive Parties and Diversity of Representation”
- 2023: Alexander F. Gazmararian, Princeton University, “Geographic Mobility, Social Identity, and Self-Interest”