Congratulations to Professor Sousa! Note is below--
Chris and David:
It is my pleasure to inform you that your book, American Environmental
Policy, 1990-2006, is recipient of the 2008 Lynton Keith Caldwell Award
for the best book in environmental politics and policy, awarded by the
Science, Technology, and Environmental Policy section of the American
Political Science Association. Your book was selected out of a group of
over thirty works by a committee comprised of Sheldon Kamienecki, Sarah
Pralle, and myself.
Congratulations. It is a well deserved recognition by your peers in the
discipline. As a former winner, I can tell you that the award makes you
grow taller in the eyes of your colleagues, your students start to
actually listen to you, and your domestic partner starts to believe that
you know something. OK, maybe two out of three. But it is nice, if only
because it validates all of those hours spent wondering why you bother. So
enjoy.
News of your award will be posted in the program of the coming APSA annual
meeting in Boston, which I hope at least one of you will attend so that
you can be recognized formally at the STEP section business meeting at
12:15 on Friday, August 29. I will also contact MIT Press with the good
news.
Congratulations again.
All the best,
Christopher J. Bosso
Associate Dean, School of Social Science, Urban Affairs and Public Policy
150 Meserve Hall
Northeastern University | Boston, MA 02115
