Past Sudman Paper Competition Winners

Nomination details

2024 – Winner

Jonathan Mendelson, US Bureau of Labor Statistics

2024 – Honorable Mention

Marco M. Aviña, Harvard University

2023 – Winner

Geneva Cole, University of Chicago

2023 – Honorable Mention

Xinyu Zhang, University of Michigan

2022 – Winner

Shiyu Zhang, University of Michigan

2022 – Honorable Mention

Victoria Asbury, Harvard University

2021 – Winner

Rachel Stenger and Angelica Phillips, University of Nebraska-Lincoln

2021 – Honorable Mention

Joseph Phillips, Pennsylvania State University

2020 – Winner

Felicitas Mittereder, University of Michigan

2020 – Honorable Mention

Samantha Sekar, Stanford University

2019 – Winner

Andrew Mercer, University of Maryland

2019 – Honorable Mention

Jessica Collier, University of Texas at Austin

2018 – Winner

Mengyao Hu, University of Michigan

2018 – Honorable Mention

David Vannette, Stanford University

2017 – Winner

Ozan Kuru, University of Michigan

2017 – Honorable Mention

Sarah Lessem, University of Wisconsin-Madison

2016 – Winner

Ashley Amaya, RTI International

2015 – Winner

Christopher Antoun, University of Michigan Program in Survey Methodology

2014 – Winner

Nikki L. Graf, University of Wisconsin-Madison

2013 – Winner

Andrew Guess, Columbia University

2012 – Winner

Christopher Ojeda, The Pennsylvania State University

2012 – Honorable Mention

Rebekah Young, The Pennsylvania State University

2011 – Winner

Andrew Therriault, New York University

2011 – Honorable Mention

Joseph Sakshaug, University of Michigan

2011 – Honorable Mention

Susanna Dilliplane, Annenberg School for Communication

2010 – Winner

Courtney Kennedy, University of Michigan

2010 – Honorable Mention

Jocelyn Landau, University of Pennsylvania

2010 – Honorable Mention

Elizabeth Roodhouse, University of Pennsylvania

2009 – Winner

Philip Brenner, University of Wisconsin – Madison

2009 – Winner

Brady West, University of Michigan

2008 – Winner

Jennifer Heerwig and Brian McCabe, New York University

2008 – Honorable Mention

Julianna Sandell Pacheco, Pennsylvania State University

2007 – Winner

Mathieu Turgeon, University of North Texas

2006 – Winner

Magdalena Wojcieszak, University of Pennsylvania

2006 – Honorable Mention

Andy Peytchev, University of Michigan

2006 – Honorable Mention

Ting Yan, University of Michigan

2005 – Winner

Amy R. Gershkoff, Princeton University

2005 – Winner

Jennifer Dykema, University of Wisconsin – Madison

2005 – Honorable Mention

Adria Lawrence and Bethany Albertson, University of Chicago

2004 – Winner

Kate Kenski and Dannagal Goldthwaite Young, University of Pennsylvania

2003 – Winner

Devon Johnson, Harvard University

2003 – Winner

Markus Prior, Princeton University

2003 – Honorable Mention

Clarissa Davis, Annenberg School of Communication

2002 – Winner

David Dutwin, University of Pennsylvania

2001 – Winner

Joshua D. Clinton, Stanford University

2000 – Winner

Alexander Todorov, New York University

1999 – Winner

Bo Zhou, University of Akron

1998 – 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 – Winner

Paul Goren, University of Pittsburgh

1997 – Honorable Mention

Robert D. Woodberry, University of North Carolina

1996 – 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 – Winner

Mollyann Brodie, Harvard University

1995 – Honorable Mention

Damarys Canache, University of Pittsburgh

1994 – 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 – 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 – Winner

Jeffery Mondak, University of Pittsburgh

1992 – Honorable Mention

Jian-Hua Zhu, University of Connecticut

1992 – Honorable Mention

Anne S. Welch, Northwestern University

1991 – Winner

Martin I. Gilen, University of California, Berkeley

1990 – Winner

Jonathan Cowden, Yale University

1989 – Winner

Diana Mutz, University of Wisconsin

1988 – 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 – Winner
Jacqueline Scott, University of Michigan

1987 – Honorable Mention
Stephen Ayidiya, University of Akron

1987 – Honorable Mention

Pamela Campanelli, University of Michigan

1986 – Winner

Dorothy Watson, University of Wisconsin

1986 – Honorable Mention
Jacqueline Scott, University of Michigan

1986 – Honorable Mention
Ken Dautrich, Eagleton Institute

1985 – 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 – Winner
Jon A. Krosnick, University of Michigan

1984 – 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 – 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