Political Methodology

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on the analysis of empirical data, so we also provide replication data sets and example data sets from published and unpublished work on the Research and Teaching page.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

2007 - 2008 Officers

Chair:
Philip A. Schrodt
University of Kansas
Political Science
1541 Lilac Lane
Lawrence KS 66044
schrodt@ku.edu

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

Secretary/Treasurer:
Jonathan Katz
California Institute of Technology
Division of Humanities and Social Sciences
DHSS (228-77)
Pasadena, CA 91125
jkatz@caltech.edu

2008 Program Chair:
Jude C. Hays
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Political Science
361 Lincoln Hall
702 South Wright
Urbana IL 61801
jchays@uiuc.edu

Editor, Political Analysis:
Christopher  Zorn
Pennsylvania State University
Political Science
203 Pond Lab
University Park PA 16802

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:
Robert J. Franzese Jr.
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Political Science
PO Box 1248
Room 4256 ISR
Ann Arbor MI 48106-1248
franzese@umich.edu

Executive Council:
Philip A. Schrodt, University of Kansas
Jeff Gill, Washington University, St. Louis
Jonathan Katz, California Institute of Technology
Robert J. Franzese Jr., University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

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Awards

• Previous Award Recipients 

Award Details and Nomination Procedures:

The Society of Political Methodology Poster Award is given for the Best Poster paper presented at the 2007 APSA Annual Meeting.  Nominations should be received by July 30, 2008.

Award Committee Chair:
Kathy L. Powers
University of New Mexico
Political Science
1915 Roma NE, SSCI 2051
MSC05 3070, 1 Univ of New Mexico
Albuquerque NM 87131-0001

Committee Members:
Cherie Maestas, Florida State University
Michael Bailey, Georgetown University
Won-Ho Park, University of Florida

The Gosnell Prize is given for the best methodology paper presented at a conference between Aug 1, 2006 and July 31, 2007.  Nominations should be received by May 30, 2008.

Award Committee Chair:
Kenneth W. Kollman
University of Michigan
Political Science & Institute for Social Research
4248 Inst for Social Research
426 Thompson Street
Ann Arbor MI 48109-1248

Committee Members:
Michael Crespin, University of Georgia
Matthew Lebo, SUNY-Stony Brook

The Warren Miller Prize for the best article in Political Analysis, 2007.  Nominations should be received by May 30, 2008. 

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, 2008 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
School of Economic
Political and Policy Sciences-GR 31
P.O. Box 830688
Richardson TX 75083

Committee Members:
Michael Colaresi, Michigan State University
Tse-Min Lin, University of Texas Austin

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, 2008. 

Award Committee Chair:
Janet M. Box-Steffensmeier
Ohio State University
Political Science
2140 Derby Hall, 154 N. Oval Mall
Columbus OH 43210-1373

Committee Members:
R. Michael Alvarez, California Institute of Technology
Elisabeth Gerber, University of Michigan
Marco Steenbergen, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill