Political Methodology

Membership

Section List

The purpose of this Section is to provide members with an interest in methodology, including research design, measurement, statistics and the opportunities to meet and exchange ideas.

Website: The home page of the Society for Political Methodology, the Political Methodology Section of the American Political Science Association is located at http://polmeth.wustl.edu/, and it is the central web site for the political methodology community. The primary purpose of this site is to serve as the gateway to the Electronic Paper Archive, which is an exchange of syllabi and publication of section activities. From there you can view abstracts of conference and Working Papers online and download papers for local printing. This is also the gateway to The Political Methodologist, our newsletter, and Political Analysis, the official journal of the section.

Much of the work we do relies upon the use of mathematical and statistical software, so this site also includes links to useful computing resources. Political methodology focuses on the analysis of empirical data, so we also provide replication data sets and example data sets from published and unpublished work on the Research and Teaching page. The Section Activities page includes additional useful information about the Society such as officers, events, announcements about upcoming events, and other useful information such as local groups, travel links, awards, and polmeth in the news. There is also a Conference page with information about conferences in political science and other disciplines that are of interest to section members.

We have collected and stored links to Individual Syllabi that are oriented around political methodology (broadly defined). The goal is to provide a new resource where visitors to this site can browse a wide range of syllabi in quantitative political science, research methods, and other closely related areas of interest. This page also has instructions if you would like to link your class syllabus and become part of the project.

2011 - 2012 Officers

President:
Robert Franzese
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Political Science
PO Box 1248
Room 4246 ISR
Ann Arbor MI 48106-1248
franzese@umich.edu

Vice President:
Kevin M. Quinn
University of California, Berkeley
School of Law
490 Simon #7200
Berkeley CA 94720-7200
kquinn@law.berkeley.edu

Treasurer:
Luke Keele
Ohio State University
Political Science
2137 Derby Hall
154 N. Oval Mall
Columbus OH 43210
keele.4@polisci.osu.edu

2012 Program Chair:
Lonna Rae Atkeson
University of New Mexico
Political Science
MSC05-3070
1 University of New Mexico
Albuquerque NM 87131-0001
atkeson@unm.edu

Editors, Political Analysis:
R. Michael Alvarez
California Institute of Technology
Humanities and Social Sciences
1200 E. California Blvd.
MC 228-77
Pasadena CA 91125
rma@caltech.edu

Jonathan N. Katz
California Institute of Technology
Humanities and Social Sciences
1200 E. California Blvd.
DHSS (228-77)
Pasadena CA 91125
jkatz@caltech.edu

Editors, The Political Methodologist:
Paul M. Kellstedt
Texas A&M University
Political Science
College Station TX 77843-4348
kellstedt@polisci.tamu.edu

Guy D. Whitten
Texas A&M University
Political Science
TAMUS 4348
College Station TX 77843
whitten@polisci.tamu.edu

David A. M. Peterson
Texas A&M University
Political Science
4348 TAMU
College Station TX 77843-4348
dave@polisci.tamu.edu

Webmaster:
Andrew Martin
Washington University
Political Science
Campus Box 1063
One Brookings Drive
St. Louis, MO 63130
admartin@artsci.wustl.edu

Member at Large:
Frederick J. Boehmke, University of Iowa

Executive Council:
Robert Franzese, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Jeff Gill, Washington University, St. Louis
Suzanna Linn DeBoef, Pennsylvania State University
Bradford Jones, University of California, Davis

Awards

Previous Award Recipients

The Society of Political Methodology Poster Award is given for the best poster presented at the annual summer Political Methodology meeting. Nominations should be received by July 30, 2012.

Award Committee Chair:
Walter R. Mebane Jr.
University of Michigan
Political Science and Statistics
7735 Haven Hall
Ann Arbor MI 48109-1045
wmebane@umich.edu

Award Committee Members:
Drew Linzer, Emory University, dlinzer@emory.edu
Robert S. Erikson, Columbia University, rse14@columbia.edu
Patrick T. Brandt, University of Texas at Dallas, pbrandt@utdallas.edu
Stephen R. Haptonstahl, University of California, Davis, srh@ucdavis.edu

The Statistical Software Award recognizes statistical software that has made a significant contribution to the advancement of Political Analysis. Nominations should be received by May 30, 2012.

Award Committee Chair:
Curtis S. Signorino
University of Rochester
Political Science
303 Harkness Hall
Rochester NY 14627
curt.signorino@rochester.edu

Award Committee Members:
Micah Altman, Harvard University, micah_altman@harvard.edu
Andrew D. Martin, Washington University, admartin@wustl.edu
Kosuke Imai, Princeton University, kimai@princeton.edu
Arthur Spirling, Harvard University, aspirling@gov.harvard.edu

The Gosnell Prize is given for the best methodology paper on political methodology presented at any political science conference during the preceding year. Nominations should be received by May 30, 2012.

Award Committee Chair:
Matthew Lebo
Stony Brook University
Political Science
SBS Building, Room S719
Stony Brook NY 11794-4392
matthew.lebo@stonybrook.edu

Award Committee Members:
Kenneth W. Kollman, University of Michigan, kkollman@umich.edu
Betsy Sinclair, University of Chicago, betsy@uchicago.edu

The Warren Miller Prize for the best work appearing in Political Analysis the previous year. Nominations should be received by May 30, 2012.

Award Committee Chair:
B. Dan Wood
Texas A&M University
Political Science
4348 TAMUS
College Station TX 77843-4348
bdanwood@polisci.tamu.edu

Award Committee Members:
Gregory J. Wawro, Columbia University, gjw10@columbia.edu
Burt L. Monroe, Pennsylvania State University, burtmonroe@psu.edu
Kosuke Imai, Princeton University, kimai@princeton.edu

In recognition of John T. Williams' contribution to graduate training, the John T. Williams Award recognizes the best dissertation proposal in the area of political methodology. Proposals are due by May 1, 2012 and should follow the National Science Foundation format guidelines. Proposals using quantitative or qualitative methods are welcomed.

Award Committee Chair:
Guy D. Whitten
Texas A&M University
Political Science
TAMUS 4348
College Station TX 77843
whitten@polisci.tamu.edu

Award Committee Members:
Michael P. Colaresi, Michigan State University, colaresi@gmail.com
Jonathan Nagler, New York University, jonathan.nagler@nyu.edu

The Career Achievement Award honors an outstanding career of intellectual accomplishment and service to the profession in the Political Methodology field. Nominations may be made by any member of the Section and should consist of a statement outlining the contributions of the nominee and, if possible, the nominee's vitae. Nominations should be received by May 30, 2012.

Award Committee Chair:
Nancy Burns
University of Michigan
Political Science
Center for Political Studies
PO Box 1248
Ann Arbor MI 48106-1248
nburns@umich.edu

Award Committee Members:
James A. Stimson, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, jstimson@email.unc.edu
Jake Bowers, University of Illinois at Urbana-Campaign, jwbowers@illinois.edu
Janet M. Box-Steffensmeier, Ohio State University, steffensmeier.2@osu.edu

The Political Methodology Emerging Scholar Award is designed to honor a young researcher, within ten years of their degree, who is making notable contributions to the field of political methodology. Nominations should be received by May 30, 2012.

Award Committee Chair:
Simon D. Jackman
Stanford University
Political Science
Encina Hall
Stanford CA 94305-6044
jackman@stanford.edu

Award Committee Members:
Wendy K. Tam Cho, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, wendycho@illinois.edu
Kevin M. Quinn, University of California, Berkeley, kquinn@law.berkeley.edu
Jeffrey B. Lewis, University of California, Los Angeles, jblewis@polisci.ucla.edu