IAR is pleased to congratulate Dr. Cesi Cruz for winning the Best Conference Paper Award from the American Political Science Association – Political Networks section for her paper, written with two co-authors, “Village Social Network Structures and Electoral Competition.” This award is given annually to the best paper on political networks presented by a faculty person delivered at a political science conference in the previous year.
The jury wrote: “We found your paper to be an excellent use of network theory, data and analysis to shed light on an important substantive problem in political science. Additionally, it was well written and interesting to read.”