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HIGHLIGHTS OF THE 2024 NEPSA ANNUAL MEETING
Newport Marriott ... Newport, Rhode Island
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Past NEPSA Presidents' champagne toast to NEPSA's 75th anniversary
L-R: M.J. Peterson (2006), Jean Yarbrough (2005), Mark Graber (2012), Anne Marie Cammisa (2021), Scott McLean (2024)
Kevin McMahon (2022), R. Shep Melnick (2001), James Morone (2003), Garrison Nelson (1992), Wilbur Rich (2009), June Speakman (2017)
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NEPSA President Scott McLean
welcomes guests to the Friday luncheon
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past program covers display
for NEPSA's 75th anniversary
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Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) addresses the Friday luncheon via Zoom
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John Della Volpe, Director of Polling, Harvard Kennedy School of Politics, addresses the Saturday luncheon
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presentation of the
John C. Donovan Prize
for Best Faculty Paper at the
2023 NEPSA conference to
Erin O'Brien and Jane JaKyung Han
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presentation of the
Wilson Carey McWilliams Prize
for Best Undergraduate Paper at the
2023 NEPSA conference to
Alyssa Stankevitz
(accepted by her faculty advisor, Chris Galdieri)
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NEPSA President Scott McLean
passes the gavel to the
2024 NEPSA President,
Amy Fried (University of Maine)
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