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Lonna Rae Atkeson (University of New Mexico) and Jonathan Kropko (University of Virginia)
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Dr. Lonna Rae Atkeson, University of New Mexico
The committee wishes to recognize Dr. Atkeson, for her longstanding work serving as a mentor and advisor to a diverse set of students. Her commitment to her students is clear and significant; Dr. Atkeson recognizes that mentoring is important in and out of the classroom, and that mentoring continues long after students receive their degrees. In the words of one of many who wrote to nominate Dr. Atkeson for this award Dr. Atkeson makes herself available to students and truly commits to helping students produce quality research ... her students are forever indebted to her for her mentorship and guidance, and we are
forever grateful to have had the opportunity to learn from her.
Dr. Jonathan Kropko, University of Virginia
The committee commends Dr. Jonathan Kropko for his efforts to mentor students at the University of Virginia, and for his work to develop strong programs in political methodology at his university. A nominator wrote that Dr. Kropko encourages creative and theoretically driven empirical innovation, and he is passionate about improving the quality of empirical work done in political science. Dr. Kropkos efforts, as an Assistant Professor at the University of Virginia, are a wonderful example of the excellent mentoring done by junior faculty in our discipline, and we hope that his example encourages other junior faculty to also serve as mentors.