The Seymour Sudman Student Paper Competition award is in memory of Seymour Sudman. It recognizes his many important contributions to AAPOR as well as his teaching and mentoring students in the survey research profession.
2026 Award Winner
Ujjayini Das, University of Maryland College Park
“Design-Aware Ordinal Weighted Likelihood Bootstrap (D-OWLB): A Novel Model-Based Inference Method for Ordinal Disparity Measures from Complex Surveys”
Honorable Mention
Muzhi Liu, Columbia University
“When Partisan Anchors Make Parties Legible: Transnational Partisan Generalization After U.S. Political Violence”
2025 Award Winnder
Deji Suolang, University of Michigan
“Leveraging Wearable Sensor Data to Enhance Survey Self-Reports: A Mass Imputation Approach”
2025 Honorable Mention
Stephanie Morales, University of Michigan
2024 Award Winner
Jonathan Mendelson, US Bureau of Labor Statistics
2024 Honorable Mention
Marco M. Aviña, Harvard University
2023 Award Winner
Geneva Cole, University of Chicago
2023 Honorable Mention
Xinyu Zhang, University of Michigan
2022 Award Winner
Shiyu Zhang, University of Michigan
2022 Honorable Mention
Victoria Asbury, Harvard University
2021 Award Winner
Rachel Stenger and Angelica Phillips, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
2021 Honorable Mention
Joseph Phillips, Pennsylvania State University
2020 Award Winner
Felicitas Mittereder, University of Michigan
2020 Honorable Mention
Samantha Sekar, Stanford University
2019 Award Winner
Andrew Mercer, University of Maryland
2019 Honorable Mention
Jessica Collier, University of Texas at Austin
2018 Award Winner
Mengyao Hu, University of Michigan
2018 Honorable Mention
David Vannette, Stanford University
2017 Award Winner
Ozan Kuru, University of Michigan
2017 Honorable Mention
Sarah Lessem, University of Wisconsin-Madison
2016 Award Winner
Ashley Amaya, RTI International
2015 Award Winner
Christopher Antoun, University of Michigan Program in Survey Methodology
2014 Award Winner
Nikki L. Graf, University of Wisconsin-Madison
2013 Award Winner
Andrew Guess, Columbia University
2012 Award Winner
Christopher Ojeda, The Pennsylvania State University
2012 Honorable Mention
Rebekah Young, The Pennsylvania State University
2011 Award Winner
Andrew Therriault, New York University
2011 Honorable Mention
Joseph Sakshaug, University of Michigan
2011 Honorable Mention
Susanna Dilliplane, Annenberg School for Communication
2010 Award Winner
Courtney Kennedy, University of Michigan
2010 Honorable Mention
Jocelyn Landau, University of Pennsylvania
2010 Honorable Mention
Elizabeth Roodhouse, University of Pennsylvania
2009 Award Winner
Philip Brenner, University of Wisconsin – Madison
2009 Award Winner
Brady West, University of Michigan
2008 Award Winner
Jennifer Heerwig and Brian McCabe, New York University
2008 Honorable Mention
Julianna Sandell Pacheco, Pennsylvania State University
2007 Award Winner
Mathieu Turgeon, University of North Texas
2006 Award Winner
Magdalena Wojcieszak, University of Pennsylvania
2006 Honorable Mention
Andy Peytchev, University of Michigan
2006 Honorable Mention
Ting Yan, University of Michigan
2005 Award Winner
Amy R. Gershkoff, Princeton University
2005 Award Winner
Jennifer Dykema, University of Wisconsin – Madison
2005 Honorable Mention
Adria Lawrence and Bethany Albertson, University of Chicago
2004 Award Winner
Kate Kenski and Dannagal Goldthwaite Young, University of Pennsylvania
2003 Award Winner
Devon Johnson, Harvard University
2003 Award Winner
Markus Prior, Princeton University
2003 Honorable Mention
Clarissa Davis, Annenberg School of Communication
2002 Award Winner
David Dutwin, University of Pennsylvania
2001 Award Winner
Joshua D. Clinton, Stanford University
2000 Award Winner
Alexander Todorov, New York University
1999 Award Winner
Bo Zhou, University of Akron
1998 Award Winner
Cindy T. Christen and Prathana Kannaovakun, University of Wisconsin, Madison
1998 Honorable Mention
J. Tobin Grant and Stephen T. Mockabee, Ohio State University
1998 Honorable Mention
Devon Johnson, Harvard University
1997 Award Winner
Paul Goren, University of Pittsburgh
1997 Honorable Mention
Robert D. Woodberry, University of North Carolina
1996 Award Winner
Maria Krysan, Pennsylvania State University
1996 Honorable Mention
Daniel Dowd, Yale University
1996 Honorable Mention
Julie Press and Eleanor Townsley, University of California, Los Angeles
1995 Award Winner
Mollyann Brodie, Harvard University
1995 Honorable Mention
Damarys Canache, University of Pittsburgh
1994 Award Winner
Scott L. Althaus, Northwestern University
1994 Honorable Mention
Robert M. Eisinger, University of Chicago
1994 Honorable Mention
Michael W. Link, University of South Carolina
1994 Honorable Mention
Richard J. Timpone, SUNY at Stony Brook
1993 Award Winner
Michael Wänke, Universitat Mannheim
1993 Honorable Mention
E. Clement Brooks, University of California, Berkeley
1993 Honorable Mention
E. Marla Fletcher, Northwestern University
1993 Honorable Mention
J. Frederick-Collins, University of North Carolina
1992 Award Winner
Jeffery Mondak, University of Pittsburgh
1992 Honorable Mention
Jian-Hua Zhu, University of Connecticut
1992 Honorable Mention
Anne S. Welch, Northwestern University
1991 Award Winner
Martin I. Gilen, University of California, Berkeley
1990 Award Winner
Jonathan Cowden, Yale University
1989 Award Winner
Diana Mutz, University of Wisconsin
1988 Award Winner
James Dearling, University of Southern California
1988 Honorable Mention
James Dearling, University of Southern California
1988 Honorable Mention
William Axinn, University of Michigan
1988 Honorable Mention
Glenn Dempsey, University of Chicago
1988 Honorable Mention
Donna Wasserman, University of Michigan
1987 Award Winner
Jacqueline Scott, University of Michigan
1987 Honorable Mention
Stephen Ayidiya, University of Akron
1987 Honorable Mention
Pamela Campanelli, University of Michigan
1986 Award Winner
Dorothy Watson, University of Wisconsin
1986 Honorable Mention
Jacqueline Scott, University of Michigan
1986 Honorable Mention
Ken Dautrich, Eagleton Institute
1985 Award Winner
Donald P. Green, University of California, Berkeley
1985 Honorable Mention
Gerald M. Kosicki, University of Wisconsin
1985 Honorable Mention
Gary R. Pettey, University of Wisconsin
1985 Honorable Mention
Martin I. Gilen, University of California, Berkeley
1984 Award Winner
Jon A. Krosnick, University of Michigan
1984 Award Winner
Robert W. Kubey, University of Chicago
1984 Honorable Mention
Phyllis M. Endreny, Columbia University
1984 Honorable Mention
Carrol J. Glynn, University of Georgia
1984 Honorable Mention
John Zeglarski, Rutgers University
1983 Award Winner
John Zaller, University of California, Berkeley
1983 Honorable Mention
Cynthia Fletcher, Iowa State University
1983 Honorable Mention
John G. Geer, Princeton University
1983 Honorable Mention
Jon A. Krosnick, University of Michigan
1983 Honorable Mention
Bruce Peterson, University of Chicago
1982 – Richard Bagger, Princeton University
1982 – Lynda Clarizio, Princeton University
1982 – Earl Cook, Princeton University
1982 – Linda Curtis, Princeton University
1982 – Robert Giuffra, Princeton University
1982 – Keating Holland, Princeton University
1982 – David Heubner, Princeton University
1982 – Claire Laporte, Princeton University
1982 – Warren Lazarow, Princeton University
1982 – Demetria Martinez, Princeton University
1982 – Burns Stanfield, Princeton University
1982 – Terri Steinhaus, Princeton University
1982 – Michele Warman, Princeton University
1981 – Lawrence D. Bobo, University of Michigan
1980 – Honorable Mention
Marianne Berry, University of Michigan
1979 – Eric R.A.N. Smith, University of California, Berkeley
1978 – Winner
Marie Crane, University of Michigan
1978 – Second
Michael Carozzo, University of Kentucky
1978 – Honorable Mention
Jeff Sobal, University of Pennsylvania
1977 – Winner
Twila Foster, University of California, Berkeley (Helen S. Dinnerman Prize)
1977 – Winner
Michael Goldstein, University of California, Berkeley
1977 – Winner
Trudy Martin, University of California, Berkeley
1977 – Winner
Mark J. Rogers, University of California, Berkeley
1977 – Honorable Mention
Josephine Holz, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1977 – Honorable Mention
Claire B. McCullough, University of Maryland
1977 – Honorable Mention
Michael J. O’Neil, Northwestern University
1976 – Winner
Robert Navazio, University of North Carolina
1976 – Honorable Mention
Stanley Presser, University of Michigan
1976 – Honorable Mention
Kevin Lang, Oxford University
1976 – Honorable Mention
Alicia J. Welch, University of Massachusetts
1975 – Winner
James R. Beniger, University of California, Berkeley
1975 – Second
Martin I. Horn, University of Connecticut
1975 – Third
Victoria L. Swigert, SUNY-Albany
1975 – Honorable Mention
Bonnie J. Kay, Northwestern University
1974 – D. Garth Taylor, University of Chicago
1973 – Paul J. Placek, Vanderbilt
1972 – Gwen Bellisfield, New York University
1971 – Winner
Marcus Felson, University of Michigan
1970 – Winner
Charles K. Atkin, University of Wisconsin
1970 – Second
Gary A. Mauser, University of California, Irvine
1970 – Third
Philip Palmgreen, University of Kentucky
1969 – Winner
David Knoke, University of Michigan
1969 – Second
Charles Atkin, University of Wisconsin
1969 – Second
Drury Sherrod, Stanford University
1969 – Honorable Mention
Kent Anderson, Stanford University
1969 – Honorable Mention
Douglas Hall, Stanford University
1969 – Honorable Mention
Jonathan Kelley, University of California, Berkeley
1968 – Winner
Lawrence W. Green, University of California, Berkeley
1968 – Second
John S. Reed, Jr., Columbia University
1968 – Third
Marshall Childs, Columbia University
1968 – Honorable Mention
Jonathan Kelley, University of California, Berkeley
1968 – Honorable Mention
Richard Young, Stanford University
1967 – Winner
Kay K. Deaux, University of Texas
1967 – Second
Thomas D. Cook, Stanford University
1967 – Second
G. Ray Funkhouser, Stanford University
1967 – Second
Paul Hirsch, University of Michigan
1967 – Second
John A. Michael, Columbia University
1967 – Second
Sanci Michael, Columbia University