Society for Political Methodology

The Society for Political Methodology (SPM) is a learned society focused on quantitative methods in political science, and an organized section of the American Political Science Association. Founded in 1983, it publishes the peer-reviewed journal Political Analysis via Cambridge University Press.^[1][2] The society annually awards the John T. Williams Dissertation Prize for the best dissertation proposal in the area of political methodology.^[3]

Society for Political Methodology

Abbreviation	SPM
Formation	1983; 42 years ago (1983)
Type	Learned society
Field	Political methodology
President	Suzanna Linn
Publication	Political Analysis The Political Methodologist
Affiliations	American Political Science Association
Website	polmeth.org

Presidents

• 1983–1985: Christopher H. Achen
• 1985–1987: John E. Jackson
• 1987–1989: Stanley Feldman
• 1989–1991: John R. Freeman
• 1991–1993: Henry E. Brady
• 1993–1995: Larry Bartels
• 1995–1997: James Stimson
• 1997–1999: Gary King
• 1999–2001: Charles Franklin
• 2001–2003: Jonathan Nagler
• 2003–2005: Simon Jackman
• 2005–2007: Janet M. Box-Steffensmeier
• 2007–2009: Philip A. Schrodt
• 2009–2011: Jeff Gill
• 2011–2013: Robert Franzese
• 2013–2015: Kevin Quinn
• 2015–2017: Jeffrey Lewis
• 2017–2019: Kosuke Imai
• 2019–present: Suzanna Linn