Political Methodology Section Award Recipients
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Career Achievement Award
Emerging Scholar Award
Harold F. Gosnell Prize
John T. Williams Dissertation Prize
Society for Political Methodology Poster Award
Latin American Political Methodology Meeting Poster Award
Asian Political Methodology Meeting Best Poster Award
Statistical Software Award
Warren Miller Article Award
Outstanding Reviewer Award
Excellence in Mentoring Award
Janet M. Box-Steffensmeier & John A. Garcia ICPSR Scholarships
Advanced Empirical Research on Politics for Undergraduates Program (AERoPUP)
Career Achievement Award
The Career Achievement Award honors an outstanding career of intellectual accomplishment and service to the profession in the Political Metholdology field.
| 2021 | Larry Bartels, Vanderbilt University |
| 2020 | Howard Rosenthal, New York University |
| 2019 | Philip Schrodt, Pennsylvania State University |
| 2018 | Michael D. Ward, Duke University |
| 2017 | Robert Erikson, Columbia University |
| 2016 | Keith T. Poole, University of Georgia |
| 2015 | Douglas Rivers, Stanford University |
| 2014 | John Freeman, University of Minnesota |
| 2013 | Janet Box-Steffensmeier, Ohio State University |
| 2012 | Henry Brady, University of California, Berkeley |
| 2010 | Gary King, Harvard University |
| 2009 | James Stimson, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill |
The Emerging Scholar Award honors a young researcher, within ten years of their degree, who is making notable contributions to the field of Political Methodology.
| 2021 | Molly Roberts, University of California, San Diego |
| 2020 | Jacob Montgomery, Washington University, St Louis |
| 2019 | Teppei Yamamoto, Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| 2018 | Arthur Spirling, New York University |
| 2017 | Betsy Sinclair, Washington University in St. Louis |
| 2016 | Rocio Titiunik, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor |
| 2015 | Justin Grimmer, Stanford University |
| 2014 | Jens Hainmueller, Stanford University |
| 2013 | Luke Keele, Pennsylvania State University |
| 2012 | Jacob Bowers, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
| 2011 | Kosuke Imai, Princeton University |
Harold F. Gosnell Prize
The Harold Gosnell Prize recognizes the best work of Political Methodology presented at a political science conference in the previous year.
| 2021 | Avidit Acharya, Stanford University “Combining Outcome-Based and Preference-Based Matching: A Constrained Priority Mechanism.” |
| 2021 | Kirk Bansak, University of California, San Diego “Combining Outcome-Based and Preference-Based Matching: A Constrained Priority Mechanism.” |
| 2021 | Jens Hainmueller, Stanford University “Combining Outcome-Based and Preference-Based Matching: A Constrained Priority Mechanism.” |
| 2020 | Dean Knox, Princeton University “A Dynamic Model of Speech for the Social Sciences.” Knox, Dean and Lucas, Christopher, A Dynamic Model of Speech for the Social Sciences (November 22, 2019). |
| 2020 | Christopher Lucas, Washington University, St Louis “A Dynamic Model of Speech for the Social Sciences.” Knox, Dean and Lucas, Christopher, A Dynamic Model of Speech for the Social Sciences (November 22, 2019). |
| 2019 | Naijia Liu, Princeton University “Identification of Causal Diffusion Effects using Stationary Causal Directed Acyclic Graphs.” |
| 2018 | Fredrik Savje, Yale University “A Folk Theorem on Interface in Experiments.” |
| 2018 | Peter Aronow, Yale University “A Folk Theorem on Interface in Experiments.” |
| 2018 | Michael Hudgens, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill “A Folk Theorem on Interface in Experiments.” |
| 2017 | Matthew Blackwell, Harvard University “Instrumental Variable Methods for Conditional Effects and Casual Interaction in Voter Mobilization Experiments.” |
| 2016 | Marc Ratkovic, Princeton University “Sparse Estimation with Uncertainty: Subgroup Analysis in Large Dimensional Designs.” |
| 2016 | Dustin Tingley, Harvard University “Sparse Estimation with Uncertainty: Subgroup Analysis in Large Dimensional Designs.” |
| 2015 | Rocio Titiunik, University of Michigan “Robust Nonparametric Confidence Intervals for Regression-Discontinuity Designs” |
| 2015 | Matias Cattaneo, University of Michigan “Robust Nonparametric Confidence Intervals for Regression-Discontinuity Designs” |
| 2015 | Sebastian Calonico, University of Miami “Robust Nonparametric Confidence Intervals for Regression-Discontinuity Designs” |
| 2014 | Margaret Roberts, University of California, San Diego “Topic Models for Open-Ended Survey Responses with Applications to Experiments.” |
| 2014 | Brandon Stewart, Harvard University “Topic Models for Open-Ended Survey Responses with Applications to Experiments.” |
| 2014 | Dustin Tingley, Harvard University “Topic Models for Open-Ended Survey Responses with Applications to Experiments.” |
| 2014 | Christopher Lucas, Harvard University “Topic Models for Open-Ended Survey Responses with Applications to Experiments.” |
| 2014 | Shana Gadarian, Syracuse University “Topic Models for Open-Ended Survey Responses with Applications to Experiments.” |
| 2014 | Bethany Albertson, University of Texas at Austin “Topic Models for Open-Ended Survey Responses with Applications to Experiments.” |
| 2014 | Jetson Leder-Luis, California Institute of Technology “Topic Models for Open-Ended Survey Responses with Applications to Experiments.” |
| 2014 | David Rand, Yale University “Topic Models for Open-Ended Survey Responses with Applications to Experiments.” |
| 2013 | Adam Glynn, Harvard University Front door Versus Back door Adjustment with Unmeasured Confounding: Bias Formulas for Front door and Hybrid Adjustments |
| 2013 | Konstantin Kashin, Harvard University Front door Versus Back door Adjustment with Unmeasured Confounding: Bias Formulas for Front door and Hybrid Adjustments |
| 2012 | Thomas Gschwend, Universität Mannheim A Common Left-Right Scale for Voters and Parties in Europe |
| 2012 | James Lo, University of Mannheim A Common Left-Right Scale for Voters and Parties in Europe |
| 2012 | Sven-Oliver Proksch, University of Mannheim A Common Left-Right Scale for Voters and Parties in Europe |
| 2011 | Robert Franzese Jr., University of Michigan Ann Arbor “Modeling History-Dependent Network Convolution” |
| 2011 | Jude Hays “Modeling History-Dependent Network Convolution” |
| 2011 | Aya Kachi, University of Illinois, Urbana Champaign “Modeling History-Dependent Network Convolution” |
| 2010 | Jong Hee Park, University of Chicago |
| 2009 | John Freeman, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities Dynamic Elicited Priors for Updating Covert Networks |
| 2009 | Jeff Gill, Washington University, St Louis Dynamic Elicited Priors fro Updating Covert Networks |
| 2007 | Alberto Abadie, Harvard University Synthetic Control Methods for Comparative Case Studies: Estimating the Effect of California's Tobacco Control Program |
| 2007 | Alexis Diamond, Harvard University Synthetic Control Methods for Comparative Case Studies: Estimating the Effect of California's Tobacco Control Program |
| 2007 | Jens Hainmueller, Harvard University Synthetic Control Methods for Comparative Case Studies: Estimating the Effect of California's Tobacco Control Program |
| 2006 | Kevin Quinn, Harvard University “An Automated Method of Topic-Coding Legislative Speech Over Time With Application to the 105th-108th U.S. Senate” |
| 2006 | Burt Monroe, Michigan State University “An Automated Method of Topic-Coding Legislative Speech Over Time With Application to the 105th-108th U.S. Senate” |
| 2006 | Michael Colaresi, Michigan State University “An Automated Method of Topic-Coding Legislative Speech Over Time With Application to the 105th-108th U.S. Senate” |
| 2006 | Michael Crespin, University of Georgia “An Automated Method of Topic-Coding Legislative Speech Over Time With Application to the 105th-108th U.S. Senate” |
| 2006 | Dragomir Radev, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor “An Automated Method of Topic-Coding Legislative Speech Over Time With Application to the 105th-108th U.S. Senate” |
| 2005 | Alexis Diamond, Harvard University Genetic Matching for Estimating Causal Effects: A General Multivariate Matching Method for Achieving Balance in Observational Studies |
| 2005 | Jasjeet Sekhon, UC Berkeley Genetic Matching for Estimating Causal Effects: A General Multivariate Matching Method for Achieving Balance in Observational Studies |
| 2004 | Henry Brady, University of California, Berkeley “A ‘Natural Experiment’ on the Costs of Voting: Methodologies for Analyzing Data when the Treatment is Nearly Randomized” |
| 2004 | John McNulty, University of California, Berkeley “A ‘Natural Experiment’ on the Costs of Voting: Methodologies for Analyzing Data when the Treatment is Nearly Randomized” |
| 2003 | Won-Ho Park, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor “Estimation of Voter Transition Rates and Ecological Inference” |
| 2002 | Janet Box-Steffensmeier, Ohio State University |
| 1999 | Nathaniel Beck, University of California-San Diego “Improving Quantitative Studies of International Conflict: A Conjecture” |
| 1999 | Gary King, Harvard University “Improving Quantitative Studies of International Conflict: A Conjecture” |
| 1999 | Langche Zeng, Harvard University “Improving Quantitative Studies of International Conflict: A Conjecture” |
| 1998 | Dean Lacy, Ohio State University “A Theory of Nonseparable Preferences in Survey Responses” |
| 1997 | Gary King, Harvard University “A Solution to the Ecological Inference Problem: Reconstructing Individual Behavior From Aggregate Data” |
| 1996 | Nathaniel Beck, University of California-San Diego “Conflicts in Time and Space” |
| 1996 | Richard Tucker, Indiana University-Bloomington “Conflicts in Time and Space” |
| 1996 | Walter Mebane Jr., Cornell University “Markov Chain Models for Rolling Cross-Section Data” |
| 1996 | Jonathan Wand, Cornell University “Markov Chain Models for Rolling Cross-Section Data” |
| 1995 | Bradley Palmquist, Harvard University “Respecification Approaches to Ecological Inference: A Comparison of Control Variables and the Quadratic Model” |
| 1995 | Janet Box-Steffensmeier, Ohio State University “The Microfoundations of Aggregate Partisanship: A Fractional Integration Analysis of Heterogeneity and Permanence” |
| 1995 | Renee Smith, University of Rochester “The Microfoundations of Aggregate Partisanship: A Fractional Integration Analysis of Heterogeneity and Permanence” |
John T. Williams Dissertation Prize
In recognition of the 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 using quantitative or qualitative methods are welcomed. Proposals should follow National Science Foundation format guidelines.
| 2020 | Ye |