Jennifer L. Erickson, an associate professor of political science at Boston College in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, received the is the inaugural recipient of the Best Book Award from the Foreign Policy Section of the American Political Science Association.
The new full professors at Saint Olaf College in Northfield, Minnesota are Tina Garrett in mathematics, Diane LeBlanc in interdisciplinary studies, Nancy Thompson in art and art history, and Mary Trull in English.
Paula Mabee is a professor of biology at the University of South Dakota. Her appointment will last from one to four years and she will reside in the Washington, D.C., metropolitan area for the duration of her appointment. But she will remain on the faculty at the university.