Dr. Ryan Black wins APSA book award

May 29, 2025

MSU Political Science Professor Dr. Ryan Black has been awarded the C. Herman Pritchett Book Award for his most recent publication “Cognitive Aging and the Federal Circuit Courts: How Senescence Influences the Law and Judges.”

The C. Herman Pritchett Award is given annually to the best book on law and courts published in the previous year, as determined by the Law and Courts Section of the American Political Science Association.

“The committee received many outstanding submissions, making the selection process extremely competitive,” said Ali Masood, Assistant Professor of Politics at Oberlin College.

The book was co-authored by Ryan J. Owens (Professor of Political Science at the University of Wisconsin-Madison) and Patrick C. Wohlfarth (Professor of Government and Politics at the University of Maryland College Park). All three will receive their award during the APSA meeting this summer.