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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on the analysis of empirical data, so we also provide replication data sets and example data sets from published and unpublished work on the Research and Teaching page.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.

2009 - 2010 Officers

President:
Jeff Gill
Washington University
Political Science
315 Eliot, One Brookings Drive
St. Louis MO 63130-4899
jgill@wustl.edu

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

Treasurer:
Suzanna Linn DeBoef
Pennsylvania State University
Political Science
320 Pond Lab
University Park, PA  16802-6200
 sld8@psu.edu  

Editor, Political Analysis:
Christopher  Zorn
Pennsylvania State University
Political Science
203 Pond Lab
University Park PA 16802
zorn@psu.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:
Bradford S. Jones, University of California, Davis

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 paper presented at the 2009 Political Methodology Summer Meeting.  Nominations should be received by July 30, 2010.

Award Committee Chair:
Suzanna Linn, Pennsylvania State University

Committee Members:
Curtis Signorio, University of Rochester
Karen Jusko, Stanford University
Dean Lacy, Dartmouth University
William Clark, University of Michigan
Robert Erikson, Columbia University
Jana von Stein, University of Michigan
Drew Linzer, Emory University
Tom Carsey, University of North Carolina

The Statistical Software Award recognizes statistical software that has made a  significan contribution to the advancement of political analysis.  Nominations should be received by May 30, 2010.

Award Committee Chair:
Jasjeet Sekhon, University of California, Berkeley

Committee Members:
Kosuke Imai, Princeton University
Michah Altman, Harvard University
Andrrew Martin, Washington University, Saint Louis
Simon Jackman, Stanford University

Award Committee Chair:
Kenneth W. Kollman, University of Michigan

Committee Members:
Betsy Sinclair, University of Chicago
Matthew Lebo, SUNY-Stony Brook

The Warren Miller Prize for the best article in Political Analysis, 2009. Nominations should be received by May 30, 2010. 

In recognition of John T. Williams' contribution to graduate training, The John T. Williams Award has been established for the best dissertation proposal in the area of political methodology. 

Proposals are due by May 1, 2010 and should follow the National Science Foundation format guidelines.  Proposals using quantitative or qualitative methods are welcomed. 

Award Committee Chair:
Patrick T. Brandt, University of Texas at Dallas

Committee Members:
Michael Colaresi, Michigan State University
Betsy Sinclair, University of Chicago

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, 2010. 

Award Committee Chair:
Janet M. Box-Steffensmeier, Ohio State University

Committee Members:
Nancy Burns, University of Michigan
Jake Bowers, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
John Jackson, University of Michigan
Tse-Min Lin, University of Texas, Austin