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. The society annually awards the John T. Williams Dissertation Prize for the best dissertation proposal in the area of political methodology.

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