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HOUSE RESOLUTION

  
 
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    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of 
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Representatives are pleased to congratulate the University of 
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Illinois at Springfield for hosting the American Political 
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Science Association's 10th annual State Politics and Policy 
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Conference and Professor Christopher Z. Mooney on the naming of 
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the American Political Science Association's annual Best 
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Dissertation in State Politics and Policy award in his honor; 
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and
  
 
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    WHEREAS, On June 3 to 5, 2010, the University of Illinois 
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at Springfield will host the 10th Annual State Politics and 
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Policy Conference; the event is a major national conference, 
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being the premier event of the year for political scientists 
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studying state politics and policy; and
  
 
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    WHEREAS, The American Political Science Association 
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announced that it is honoring University of Illinois at 
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Springfield political science professor Christopher Z. Mooney 
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by naming a national Ph.D. dissertation award in his honor; and
  
 
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    WHEREAS, Doctoral candidates worldwide can be nominated 
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for the award in the category of Best Dissertation in State 
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Politics and Policy and, beginning in 2010, the award will be 
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given annually for the best Ph.D. dissertation in the field 
 


 






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that is written in the previous calendar year at any 
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university; and
  
 
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    WHEREAS, This award has been named in honor of Christopher 
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Mooney in recognition of his founding of State Politics and 
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Policy Quarterly, an academic journal that he edited from 2001 
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to 2007, and has served as business manager of since 2001; and
  
 
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    WHEREAS, Christopher Mooney was instrumental in founding 
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the annual State Politics and Policy Conferences and has helped 
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lead the recent resurgence in the study of comparative state 
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politics in political science; and
  
 
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    WHEREAS, Christopher Mooney received considerable 
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assistance from Barbara Ferrara of the University of Illinois 
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at Springfield Center for State Policy and Leadership to 
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organize the national conference and is a frequent panelist on 
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State Week in Review for Illinois Public Radio; and
  
 
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    WHEREAS, Christopher Mooney has authored and edited 
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numerous books and papers, and his edited volume, The Public 
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Clash of Private Values: The Politics of Morality Policy 
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(2001), created a new area of inquiry within the field of 
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policy research; and
  
 
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    WHEREAS, In 2006, Christopher Mooney received the 
 


 






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University of Illinois at Springfield Faculty Excellence Award 
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and is a member of numerous disciplinary associations and 
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journal editorial boards; and
  
 
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    WHEREAS, Christopher Mooney currently resides in Rochester 
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and attended the University of Wisconsin at Madison, earning 
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his Bachelors of Arts degree with honors in 1982, his Masters 
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of Public Administration in 1985, his Masters of Arts in 
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Political Science in 1987, and his Ph.D. in Political Science 
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in 1990; therefore, be it
  
 
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    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE 
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NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we

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congratulate the University of Illinois at Springfield for 
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hosting the American Political Science Association's 10th 
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annual State Politics and Policy Conference and Professor 
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Christopher Z. Mooney for the national recognition he so justly 
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deserves as one of the nation's leading experts on state 
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politics and policy; and be it further
  
 
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    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be 
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presented to Professor Christopher Z. Mooney as a symbol of our 
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respect and esteem.