Previous Joseph L Bernd JOP Best Paper Award Winners
| 2026 | Alexander Sahn |
| 2025 | Elias DinasSergi Martinez Vicente Valentim |
| 2024 | Tom S. ClarkElisha Cohen Adam N. Glynn Michael Lee Owens |
| 2023 | Christian GrosePamela Lopez Sara Sadhwani |
| 2022 | Elias DinasVasiliki Fouka Alain Schlapfer |
| 2021 | Nichole Bauer |
| 2020 | Mark D. Richardson |
| 2019 | Douglas J AhlerDavid E. Broockman |
| 2018 | Howard LavineYamil Ricardo Velez |
| 2017 | Avidit AcharyaMatthew Blackwell Maya Sen |
| 2016 | Jeffrey Conroy-KrutzDevra C. Moehler |
| 2015 | Lene AaroeMichael Bang Petersen |
| 2014 | Lanny MartinGeorg Vanberg |
| 2013 | Michael HorowitzMatthew Levendusky |
| 2012 | Will BullockJoshua Clinton |
| 2011 | Raymond DuchRandy Stevenson |
| 2010 | Janet Box SteffensmeierDavid Darmofal Christian Farrell |
| 2009 | Cindy KamCarl Palmer |
| 2008 | Christopher AndersonAida Paskeviciute |
| 2007 | Simon JackmanPaul Sniderman |
| 2006 | William MishlerLeslie A. Schwindt-Bayer |
| 2005 | Unknown |
| 2004 | Kim Quaile Hill |
| 2003 | No Conference |
| 2002 | Clifford Carrubba |
| 2001 | Benjamin RadcliffEd Wingenbach |
