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The Florida Political Science Association has picked a UCF associate professor for its most prestigious honor – an award given only every three years.<\/p>\n
Aubrey Jewett, Ph.D., was honored with the Manning J. Dauer award in recognition of his \u201csustained exemplary record of research, teaching, mentoring and service related to Florida politics and policy and supportive involvement with the Florida Political Science Association.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI am so honored and humbled that my incredible colleagues \u2014 people that have achieved so much and that I look up to \u2014 decided to choose me for this award,\u201d said Jewett, a member of the FPSA since 1995, a former president and its current treasurer.<\/p>\n
Jewett joined UCF in 1995 and earned his Ph.D. in political science from Florida State University in 1997. Teaching has always been a passion of the professor, along with conducting research and mentoring students.<\/p>\n
\u201cI love teaching,\u201d said Jewett. \u201cI\u2019ve taught thousands of students over the time that I\u2019ve been here, and it\u2019s one of my favorite parts of the job. I developed the Florida Politics course at UCF and it is my favorite course to teach because I feel that in connects students to political science in a particularly relevant way.\u201d<\/p>\n
Jewett\u2019s publications cover many aspects of Florida politics and policy and his co-authored book Politics in Florida<\/em> is in its fifth edition.<\/p>\n Jewett\u2019s expertise on Florida politics is acknowledged outside the discipline. He has been interviewed thousands of times with his analysis and commentary appearing in a wide variety of local, state, national and international media.<\/p>\n The Manning J. Dauer award, named after FPSA co-founder Manning Julian Dauer, was established in the early 2000s. Jewett is the seventh person to receive the award.<\/p>\n \u201cI am flattered that my professional colleagues recognized my career achievements to date, and I look forward to continuing my research, teaching and service related to Florida politics for many years to come\u201d said Jewett.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Florida Political Science Association has picked a UCF associate professor for its most prestigious honor – an award given only every three years. Aubrey Jewett, Ph.D., was honored with the Manning J. Dauer award in recognition of his \u201csustained exemplary record of research, teaching, mentoring and service related to Florida politics and policy and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":134,"featured_media":20658,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[38,39,13,16,28],"tags":[361],"class_list":["post-26816","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-breaking-news","category-faculty-news","category-news","category-political-science-departments","category-top-news","tag-aubrey-jewett"],"yoast_head":"\n