2023 PAPOR Student Paper Competition

The Pacific Chapter of the American Association for Public Opinion Research (PAPOR) announces the early opening of its annual student paper competition.
We welcome entries from students and early-career professionals of any discipline that employs survey and opinion research, including political science, communications, psychology, sociology, public policy, and marketing.

Eligible papers should focus on survey methods, public opinion, or market research and be authored by graduate or undergraduate students currently attending, or recently graduated from, colleges and universities in PAPOR’s geographic region.

Students submit papers by email to studentpaper@papor.org. The entries will be judged by a panel of survey and public opinion researchers selected from PAPOR’s membership.

Student Paper Awards

First Place Winner:

• Cash award
• Up to $500 travel award to attend the annual PAPOR conference
• PAPOR conference registration, recognition in the program
• Opportunity to present the research at the conference
• Honorary one-year membership to PAPOR
• Recognition in the PAPOR Trail Newsletter

Second Place Winner:

• PAPOR conference registration, recognition in the program
• Opportunity to present the research at the conference
• Honorary one-year membership to PAPOR
• Recognition in the PAPOR Trail Newsletter

Past Student Paper Award Winners

2023 Winner

First Place Winner: Justine Orgel (University of Pennsylvania), Do Misconceptions about Abortion’s Legal Status in One’s State Impact Opinions on State Policy?

2022 Winners

First Place Winners: Nicolas Witts and Morgan Wack (University of Washington), To the Loser goes the Spoils: Examining the Effects of Illegitimate Election Victories in the Digital Age

Runner-up: Alexandria Albers (University of Montana), Routine and COVID-19 Childhood Vaccination Practices and Parental Hesitancy Barriers Among Rural and Urban Primary Care Providers

2021 Winner

First Place Winner: Joseph Skylar White (University of Denver), Google Search Prediction and Message-Testing

2020 Winners

First Place Winner: Rafiuddin Najam (Oregon State University), Financing of Public Higher Education in Afghanistan: Public Opinion and Information Effects

Runner-up: Christian Law (California Lutheran University), Abuse of Trust? The Influence of College Students’ Race and Major on Perceptions of Police

2019 Winners

First Place Winner: Anna Boch (Stanford University), Towards a more “European” Tolerance? Attitudes on Civil Liberties Using the General Social Survey, 1996-2018

Runner-up: Michele Zamora (UC Santa Barbara), The Kids Are Alright: Connective Identity and the Youth Climate Movement

2018 Winners

First Place Winner: Rebecca Hofstein Grady (University of California, Irvine), When only the other side is to blame: Order effects and motivated reasoning in judgments of free speech, inciting violence, and sexual assault allegations

Runner-up: Henry Noone (Southern Oregon University), Measuring Attitudes Towards National Security Whistleblowers

2017 Winners

First Place Winner: Rebecca Hofstein Grady (University of California, Irvine), What is the best size for matrix-style questions in online surveys?

Runner-up: Heather Hisako Kitada (Oregon State University), The Implications of Functional Form Choice on Model Misspecification in Longitudinal Survey Mode Adjustments and Consideration of Underlying Trend

If you have any questions or would like more information, please contact the PAPOR Student Paper Competition Chair.