The Administrative Committee consists of the president, president- elect, treasurer and four other Council members whose main duties include preparing agendas for Council meetings and annual business meetings and acting on behalf of the Council to dispose of policy issues deemed of insufficient weight to require decisions by the Council.

• Janet Box-Steffensmeier, Ohio State University
• Michael Doyle, Columbia University
• John Ishiyama, Truman State University
• Peter Katzenstein, Cornell University
• Arthur (Skip) Lupia, University of Michigan
• Valerie Martinez-Ebers, Texas Christian University
• Dianne Pinderhughes, University of Notre Dame