List of political scientists

This is a list of notable political scientists. See the list of political theorists for those who study politics without using the scientific method. See also Political Science.

Contents 1 Notable political scientists 1.1 A 1.2 B 1.3 C 1.4 D 1.5 E 1.6 F 1.7 G 1.8 H 1.9 I 1.10 J 1.11 K 1.12 L 1.13 M 1.14 N 1.15 O 1.16 P 1.17 R 1.18 S 1.19 T 1.20 U 1.21 V 1.22 W 1.23 Y 1.24 Z 2 Presidents of the American Political Science Association 3 Presidents of the Midwest Political Science Association 4 Presidents of the Canadian Political Science Association 5 Presidents of the Politics and History Section of the American Political Science Association 6 See also

Notable political scientists

A

• David Abernethy- Comparative Politics, Africa Specialist at Stanford University; author of "The Dynamics of Global Dominance"
• Christopher H. Achen - Political methodologist at Princeton University, first president of the Society for Political Methodology.
• Prajesh Adhikari - Comparative politics; Eastern Europe specialist at Arizona State University; author of "The Hope Gene"
• John Aldrich - Political parties expert at Duke University, author of Why Parties?
• Graham Allison - "Essence of decision" author; early bureaucratic politics model proponent; former Dean of Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University.
• Gabriel A. Almond - Originator of culturist movement in Comparative Politics
• R. Douglas Arnold - Congress scholar, author of The Logic of Congressional Action
• Robert Axelrod - Notable game theorist, wrote extensively on the "Prisoner's Dilemma"

B

• Stephen Barber - Noted for his work on political strategy and political economy. Author of Political Strategy. Also a respected member of the highly-acclaimed G3 (tour).
• Benjamin Barber - proponent of participatory democracy and local governance. Teaches at the University of Maryland School of Public Policy at the University of Maryland College Park.
• Larry Bartels - Democracy and voting expert at Princeton University
• Barzilai Gad - Law and Politics; Human Rights and Politics; Communities and Law University of Washington
• Nathaniel Beck - Political methodologist, international relations scholar
• Jeffrey Berry - American Politics & Political Behavior Expert. John Richard Skuse, Class of 1941, Professor of Political Science at Tufts University.
• Duncan Black - Responsible for unearthing the work of many early political scientists, including Charles Dodgson.
• Hans T. Blokland - Author of Freedom and Culture in Western Society (Routledge 1997) and Modernization and its political consequences (YaleUP 2006).
• Jean Blondel - Comparative politics (University of Siena) and emeritus at European University Institute
• Catherine Boone - Comparative politics, Africa (University of Texas at Austin)
• Jean-Charles de Borda - 18th century mathematician who devised the Borda count.
• Steven Brams - Expert on voting systems.
• Ahron Bregman - Expert on the Arab-Israeli conflict
• John Brehm - Public opinion and political psychology expert.
• Ian Bremmer - Political risk specialist.
• Stephen Bronner
• Stephen Brooks - International relations scholar
• Bruce Bueno de Mesquita - Pioneering game theorist with applications to international relations, seminal book "The War Trap". See also: selectorate theory.
• Walter Dean Burnham - Expert in the field of realigning elections, emeritus at University of Texas at Austin

C

• Edward Hallett Carr - Noted international relations theorist.
• Alfredo Castillero Hoyos - Democracy and Human Rights. Former member of the United Nations's Human Rights Committee.
• James Ceaser - Major scholar of American politics (University of Virginia)
• Partha Chatterjee, Indian postcolonial critic, political and social scientist
• John Coakley - specialist in ethnic conflict and Irish politics
• David Collier (political scientist), - comparativist, Latin Americanist, Methodologist
• Ruth Berins Collier, - comparativist, Latin Americanist, specialist on labor politics and democratization
• Josep M. Colomer - Institutionalist, comparativist, and game theorist scholar.
• Marquis de Condorcet - 18th century mathematician and philosopher who contributed the often used Condorcet criterion and devised the concept of a Condorcet method.
• John Coneybeare - International organizations theorist.
• Satyabrata Rai Chowdhuri - International Relations, Indology at Institute of Commonwealth Studies
• Philip Converse - Public opinion scholar, author of "The Nature of Belief Systems in Mass Publics."
• Clyde Coombs - Voting systems expert, designed "Coombs' method"
• Colm Costigan - Renowned Irish Politician of the 1970s, professor at University of Dublin
• Gary Cox - Noted scholar of comparative and American politics.
• Philip Cowley - Author of "Revolts and Rebellions".

D

• Robert A. Dahl - Noted American politics specialist, author of On Democracy (Yale University Press)
• Daniel Deudney - Writer and associate professor at Johns Hopkins University; author of Bounding Power: Republican Security Theory from the Polis to the Global Village
• Robert Devigne - Political Theory Expert. Professor at Tufts University.
• Larry Diamond - Comparative democratization specialist. Professor at Stanford University.
• John DiIulio- American politics expert at the University of Pennsylvania; first director of the White House Office of Faith-Based and Community Groups
• Charles Lutwidge Dodgson (also known as Lewis Carroll) - Author of Alice in Wonderland and professor of mathematics at the University of Oxford; devised Dodgson's method of voting.
• Michael Scott Doran - Assistant Professor of Near Eastern Studies at Princeton University and Adjunct Senior Fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations.
• Anthony Downs - has contributed to democratic theory, elections studies.
• Donald Downs - Professor at University of Wisconsin; researcher for Independent Institute
• Maurice Duverger - French lawyer and sociologist responsible for Duverger's law.
• Michael Doyle - International Relations theorist, author of "Empires".
• John Dunn - Political theorist at the University of Cambridge.
• Rand Dyck - Canadian politics expert and professor at Carleton University.
• Thomas R. Dye - Elite theory vs. Pluralism; author of The Irony of Democracy and Who's Running America?

E

• David Easton - Originator of systemic theory
• Harry Eckstein - Noted comparative politics expert in culture and democracy.
• Jon Elster - Norwegian social and political theorist authored works in the philosophy of social science and rational choice theory and a notable proponent of Analytical Marxism.

F

• Peter D. Feaver - International security expert.
• David Fellman - Constitutional scholar
• Richard Fenno - Congress scholar, author of Home Style: House Members in their Districts
• Samuel Finer - Academic and author on political science and history of government.
• Martha Finnemore - International organizations and ethics scholar.
• Peter Fishburn - Operations analysis and probability theory expert.
• Keith Fitzgerald - Immigration politics expert.
• James H. Fowler - Expert on political participation, the evolution of cooperation, and social network theory (UCSD)
• Ernst Fraenkel
• Francis Fukuyama - International political theory and biopolitics.

G

• Gerald Gamm - Political Science Department Chair at the University of Rochester.
• Anthony Giddens - Noted political sociologist originator of the Third Way.
• Anthony Gill - Comparativist, religion and politics specialist. Author of Rendering Unto Caesar (University of Chicago Press)
• Robert Gilpin - International political economics specialist.
• James Glaser - American Politics & Political Behavior Expert. Professor and Dean of Undergraduate Education at Tufts University. Author of The Hand of the Past in Contemporary Southern Politics & Race, Campaign Politics, and the Realignment in the South.
• Joanne Gowa - International political economy expert (democratic peace theory).
• Joseph Grieco - International relations theorist; Duke University professor.
• Amy Gutmann - political theory expert; (2004-present) President of the University of Pennsylvania

H

• Harry Harding - China specialist.
• Thomas Hare - Devised Single Transferable Vote (also known as Hare's method).
• Michael Hart - British twentieth century politics specialist.
• Louis Hartz - American author of The Liberal Tradition in America (1955).
• Marc Hetherington - Author of "Why Trust Matters" and offered new participation paradigm.
• Christopher J. Hill - International Relations scholar, Professor and Director of the Cambridge Centre of International Studies.
• Roger Hilsman - JFK Aid, Columbia University Professor, and prolific author.
• Thomas Holbrook - Public Opinion and Elections Research, author Do Campaigns Matter?
• Donald Horowitz - Pioneered political science models for assessing ethnic conflict.
• Michael P. Howlett - Canadian political economy.
• Patrick Hunout - International Political Theory
• Samuel P. Huntington - Author of "Clash of Civilizations" and a noted comparativist.

I

• Kancha Ilaiah - Dalit scholar and social scientist

J

• Larry Jacobs - Presidential and legislative politics
• Gary Jacobsohn - Comparative constitutional theory
• Gary C. Jacobson - Congressional politics expert
• M. Kent Jennings - Grandfather of political socialization.
• Robert Jervis - International security specialist.
• Chalmers Johnson - Comparative theorist.
• Loch K. Johnson - United States intelligence expert.
• Bertrand de Jouvenel - French political scientist. Co-founder of Mont Pelerin Society
• Jalil A khan-political theorist on terrorism and independence.

K

• Robert Kagan
• Peter Katzenstein
• Dennis Kavanagh
• Michael Keating - Specialist in nationalism, European integration and regionalism
• Robert O. Keohane - Interdependence theory author.
• V.O. Key, Jr. - Elections, parties and public opinion scholar.
• Gary King - Professor at Harvard, political methodologist.
• Henry Kissinger - Former Secretary of State and National Security Advisor to President Richard M. Nixon.
• Herbert Kitschelt - author on new radical right parties
• Ruud Koole - Professor at Leiden University, Netherlands and former labour party president.
• Stephen D. Krasner - International regimes author, Director of Policy Planning under Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, and professor at Stanford University.
• Keith Krehbiel - Congress scholar and formal theorist.
• Oskar Krejčí - Theory of international relations, elections and political psychology, former advisor to two Czechoslovak premieres
• James Kurth
• Will Kymlicka - Originated the theoretical foundations of multiculturalism.

L

• Guy Laforest -Liberalism (John Locke) scholar and Quebec and Canadian politics specialist
• David A. Lake - International Relations Theorist
• Richard Ned Lebow - Noted constructivist, Cold War expert, author of "Tragic Vision of Politics".
• Michael Leifer - International Relations, South Asian Studies, London School of Economics
• Arend Lijphart - Originator of consociationalism.
• Dan Lipinski - US House of Representatives (IL-D, 3rd)
• Juan Linz - Democracy specialist
• Seymour Martin Lipset - Renowned political theorist on democracy and development and parties. Taught at Stanford University.
• Ramon Llull - Discoverer of Condorcet Criterion and Borda Count
• Theodore Lowi - Major scholar of American politics at Cornell
• Ian Lustick - State territioriality ethnic conflict and computer modelling in political science; University of Pennsylvania
• Rodrigo Losada Lora - political behavior from a sociopsychological framework. Works on Colombia's political participation. Pontificia Universidad Javeriana,Bogotá, Colombia

M

• Niccolò Machiavelli - considered to be the originator of historically based political science. Author of The Prince
• Harvey C. Mansfield - Political philosophy (Harvard University)
• Donald Manzullo - Congressional Representative of Illinois' 16th District.
• Zeev Maoz - Arab-Israeli Conflict and international relations expert
• Jose M. Maravall - Political economist.
• Pierre Martin - French parties and elections scholar.
• David R. Mayhew - US legislative behavior and political parties expert.
• Mathew McCubbins - Formal theorist. U.S. Congress and bureaucracy specialist.
• Michael McFaul - Russia specialist, professor and director of the Center on Democracy, Development, and the Rule of Law at Stanford University
• John McGarry - Ethnic conflict specialist
• John Mearsheimer - Noted international relations theorist and national security expert.
• Uday Mehta - Political theorist and author of Liberalism and Empire
• Thierry Meyssan - Political theorist of anti-imperialism
• Samuel Merrill III - Voting behavior and party competition.
• George Michael - specialist in right-wing extremism.
• Peter Middlebrook - political economist specialising in transition economies.
• Terry Moe - American politics specialist and game theorist, teaches at Stanford University.
• Hans Morgenthau - Noted realist, international relations specialist.
• James Morrow - International relations expert and game theorist.
• David Miller - Political Philosopher specialized in theories of social justice

N

• Douglass North - Nobel laureate
• Philip Norton - Acclaimed British politics expert
• Joseph Nye - "Soft power" international security specialist; Kennedy School Dean.

O

• Brendan O'Leary - Ethnic conflict specialist
• Mancur Olson - International political economy specialist. Expert on collective action problems. Taught at the University of Maryland, College Park.
• A.F.K. Organski - Developed power transition theory in his 1958 book "World Politics".

P

• Thomas Pangle - Political theorist at University of Texas at Austin
• Gianfranco Pasquino Italian political scientist. Electoral systems, comparative politics.
• Nelson W. Polsby - American politics scholar.
• Karl Popper - Theorist who invented the Open Society
• Samuel L. Popkin - Early expert on rational choice theory.
• G. Bingham Powell - Leader in the field of comparative politics, professor at the University of Rochester.
• Sergei M. Plekhanov - Russia relations expert
• Adam Przeworski - Democratic transitions theorist, author of Democracy and Development. Member of the September Group.
• Robert D. Putnam - Social capital theorist, author of Bowling Alone.

R

• Condoleezza Rice - Former National Security Adviser now Secretary of State. Professor at Stanford University.
• Floyd M. Riddick - Parliamentarian of the United States Senate from 1964 to 1974, and developer of Riddick's Senate procedure.
• William H. Riker - 20th century political scientist who applied game theory to political science.
• Douglas Rivers - Political econometrician, quantitative methods expert at Stanford University.
• David Rohde - Congress scholar
• Stein Rokkan - Expert on political parties and movements, founder of the Institute for Comparative Politics.
• Richard Rosecrance - International relations and political economy expert.
• Clinton Rossiter - American government and constitutional history theorist.
• John Ruggie - International relations theorist, social constructivist.
• John Rawls - Political philosopher.
• William D. Richardson - Political philosopher.
• Malaya C. Ronas - Filipino political scientist, professor at the University of the Philippines, Diliman.
• Jordan Renaud - Canadian Political Scientist, writer and Socialist.

S

• David Samuels - Comparativist scholar of Brazilian politics and political institutions.
• Giovanni Sartori - Comparativist, expert on constitutional theory and party systems; author of Parties and Party Systems.
• E.E. Schattschneider - Early political parties expert, author of Party Government and The Semisovereign People: A Realist's View of Democracy in America
• Hossein Seifzadeh - Iranian Professor of Political Scince at University of Tehran and expert on strategic and security issues in the Middle East
• Randolph M. Siverson - Research includes studies of international conflict, comparative political leadership, and foreign policy decision-making. See: selectorate theory.
• Theda Skocpol - Comparative sociologist, former president of American Political Science Association, (Harvard University)
• Stephen Skowronek - Presidency and American political development scholar (Yale University)
• Matthew Soberg Shugart - Scholar of constitutional design and electoral systems.
• Jean Edward Smith - political economist, biographer, international relations, constitutional law.
• Rogers Smith - Pulitzer Prize finalist, American politics expert at the University of Pennsylvania
• Herbert Simon - Nobel Prize winning professor at Carnegie Mellon. A founder of artificial intelligence research, he received his Ph.D. in political science from the University of Chicago
• Zeev Sternhell - Theorist, political historian of political ideology.
• James A. Stimson - Americanist, former editor of Political Analysis.
• John G. Stoessinger - International relations theorist, author of "The Might of Nations: World Politics in our Time".
• Herbert Storing - American politics expert.
• Leo Strauss - History of political philosophy scholar.
• Surain Subramaniam - professor and prolific author, realist school of international relations
• Prithi Pal Singh Sohi - Professor and Ph.d on International Politics, Political Analyst and Free lance writer on National and International issues. Book: Foreign Policy of Communists. Hosting political shows and debates on Indian Television.

T

• Rein Taagepera - Comparativist, expert on electoral systems and history of government.
• Dennis Thompson - Political theorist at Harvard University
• James Tong - Comparativist, with interests in Chinese Politics and political violence.
• David B. Truman
• Jeffrey K. Tulis author of The Rhetorical Presidency
• J. Ann Tickner feminist international relations theorist and current president of the International Studies Association(ISA).
• George Tsebelis - Game theorist notable for his general theory of Veto players and for describing the Robinson Crusoe fallacy.

U

V

• Sidney Verba
• Eric Voegelin - Major work, "Order and History" in five volumes, he rejected the notion that political science should become a positivistic social science.

W

• Helen Wallace - International relations specialist.
• Stephen Walt - International relations specialist.
• Kenneth N. Waltz - A dean of the realist international relations school
• Michael Walzer - International relations, just war theory
• Alexander Wendt - Social constructivism proponent
• Aaron Wildavsky - Author of "Risk and Culture"
• James Q. Wilson - Former President of the American Political Science Association
• Woodrow Wilson - Former Professor of Politics at Princeton University and former U.S. President
• William Wohlforth - International relations scholar
• Susan L. Woodward

Ken, Ward - Constitutional Law Texas State University

Y

• Crawford Young - Noted comparativist, Africa scholar.

Z

• John Zaller - Author of "The Nature and Origins of Mass Opinion," at UCLA.

Presidents of the American Political Science Association

• Frank J. Goodnow, 1904-1905
• Albert Shaw, 1905-1906
• Frederick N. Judson, 1906-1907
• James Bryce, 1907-1908
• A. Lawerence Lowell, 1908-1909
• Woodrow Wilson, 1909-1910
• Simeon E. Baldwin, 1910-1911
• Albert Bushnell Hart, 1911-1912
• W.W. Willoughby, 1912-1913
• John Bassett Moore, 1913-1914
• Ernst Freund, 1914-1915
• Jesse Macy, 1915-1916
• Munroe Smith, 1916-1917
• Henry Jones Ford, 1917-1918
• Paul S. Reinsch, 1918-1919
• Leo S. Rowe, 1919-1920
• William A. Dunning, 1920-1921
• Harry A. Garfield, 1921-1922
• James W. Garner, 1923-1924
• Charles E. Merriam, 1924-1923
• Charles A. Beard, 1925-1924
• William Bennett Munro, 1926-1925
• Jesse S. Reeves, 1927-1926
• John A. Fairlie, 1928-1927
• Benjamin F. Shambaugh, 1929-1928
• Edward S. Corwin, 1930-1929
• William F. Willoughby, 1931-1932
• Isidor Loeb, 1932-1933
• Walter J. Shepard, 1933-1934
• Francis W. Coker, 1934-1935
• Arthur N. Holcombe, 1935-1936
• Thomas Reed Powell, 1936-1937
• Clarence A. Dykstra, 1937-1938
• Charles Grove Haines, 1938-1939
• Robert C. Brooks, 1939-1940
• Frederic A. Ogg, 1940-1941
• William Anderson, 1941-1942
• Robert E. Cushman, 1942-1943
• Leonard D. White, 1943-1944
• John Gaus, 1944-1945
• Walter F. Dodd, 1945-1946
• Arthur W. MacMahon, 1946-1947
• Henry R. Spencer, 1947-1948
• Quincy Wright, 1948-1949
• James K. Pollock, 1949-1950
• Peter H. Odegard, 1950-1951
• Luther Gulick, 1951-1952
• Pendleton Herring, 1952-1953
• Ralph J. Bunche, 1953-1954
• Charles McKinley, 1954-1955
• Harold D. Lasswell, 1955-1956
• E.E. Schattschneider, 1956-1957
• V.O. Key, Jr., 1957-1958
• R. Taylor Cole, 1958-1959
• Carl B. Swisher, 1959-1960
• Emmette S. Redford, 1960-1961
• Charles S. Hyneman, 1961-1962
• Carl J. Friedrich, 1962-1963
• C. Herman Pritchett, 1963-1964
• David B. Truman, 1964-1965
• Gabriel A. Almond, 1965-1966
• Robert A. Dahl, 1966-1967
• Merle Fainsod, 1967-1968
• David Easton, 1968-1969
• Karl W. Deutsch, 1969-1970
• Robert E. Lane, 1979-1971
• Heinz Eulau, 1971-1972
• Robert E. Ward, 1972-1973
• Avery Leiserson, 1973-1974
• Austin Ranney, 1974-1975
• James MacGregor Burns, 1975-1976
• Samuel H. Beer, 1976-1977
• John C. Wahlke, 1977-1978
• Leon D. Epstein, 1978-1979
• Warren E. Miller, 1979-1980
• Charles E. Lindblom, 1980-1981
• Seymour Martin Lipset, 1981-1982
• William H. Riker, 1982-1983
• Philip E. Converse, 1983-1984
• Richard F. Fenno, Jr., 1984-1985
• Aaron B. Wildavsky, 1985-1986
• Samuel P. Huntington, 1986-1987
• Kenneth N. Waltz, 1987-1988
• Lucian W. Pye, 1988-1989
• Judith N. Shklar, 1989-1990
• Theodore J. Lowi, 1990-1991
• James Q. Wilson, 1991-1992
• Lucius J. Barker, 1992-1993
• Charles O. Jones, 1993-1994
• Sidney Verba, 1994-1995
• Arend Lijphart, 1995-1996
• Elinor Ostrom, 1996-1997
• M. Kent Jennings, 1997-1998
• Matthew Holden Jr., 1998-1999
• Robert O. Keohane, 1999-2000
• Robert Jervis, 2000-2001
• Robert Putnam, 2001-2002
• Theda Skocpol, 2002-2003
• Susanne Hoeber Rudolph, 2003-2004
• Margaret Levi, 2004-2005
• Ira Katznelson, 2005-2006
• Robert Axelrod, 2006-2007

Presidents of the Midwest Political Science Association

• James K. Pollock, University of Michigan, 1939
• W.H.C. Laves, University of Chicago, 1940
• Francis G. Wilson, University of Illinois, 1941
• John E. Briggs, State U. of Iowa, 1942
• Howard White, Miami University, 1943-47
• Harold Zink, DePauw University, 1948
• Llewellyn Pfankuchen, University of Wisconsin, 1949
• Harold M. Door, University of Michigan, 1950
• Charles M. Kneier, University of Illinois, 1951
• Harold M. Vinacke, University of Cincinnati, 1952
• Kirk H. Porter, State University of Iowa, 1953
• Harry W. Voltmer, DePauw University, 1954
• Asher Christensen, University of Minnesota, 1955
• Edward H. Buehrig, Indiana University, 1955 (Acting President)
• David Fellman, University of Wisconsin, 1956
• Wilfred E. Binkley, Ohio Northern University, 1957
• Clarence A. Berdahl, University of Illinois, 1958
• Jasper B. Shannon, University of Nebraska, 1959
• Amry Vandenbosch, University of Kentucky, 1960
• Lloyd M. Short, University of Minnesota, 1961
• Richard Spencer, Coe College, 1962
• E. Allen Helms, Ohio State University, 1963
• William O. Farber, University of South Dakota, 1964
• John E. Stoner, Indiana University, 1965
• Clara Penniman, University of Wisconsin, 1966
• Vernon Van Dyke, University of Iowa, 1967
• John D. Lewis, Oberlin College, 1968
• Samuel J. Eldersveld, University of Michigan, 1969
• Merle Kling, Washington University, 1970
• John Wahlke, University of Iowa, 1971
• Leon D. Epstein, University of Wisconsin, 1972
• Doris A. Graber, University of Illinois, Chicago Circle, 1973
• Frank Sorauf, University of Minnesota, 1974
• Charles Press, Michigan State University, 1975
• Norton Long, University of Missouri, St. Louis, 1976
• Samuel Krislov, University of Minnesota, 1977
• Robert Salisbury, Washington University, 1978
• John Kessel, Ohio State University, 1979
• Malcolm E. Jewell, University of Kentucky, 1980
• Samuel C. Patterson, University of Iowa, 1981
• Dina Zinnes, University of Illinois, 1982
• Jack Dennis, University of Wisconsin, 1983
• Lucius Barker, Washington University, St. Louis, 1984
• Elinor Ostrom, Indiana University, 1985
• W. Phillips Shively, University of Minnesota, 1986
• Ada Finifter, Michigan State University, 1987
• John Kingdon, University of Michigan, 1988
• William Crotty, Northwestern University, 1989
• Richard Watson, University of Missouri, Columbia, 1990
• Marjorie Randon Hershey, Indiana University, 1991
• Charles O. Jones, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1992
• Susan Welch, Penn State, 1993
• Lee Sigelman, George Washington University, 1994
• John Sprague, Washington University, 1995
• James Stimson, University of Minnesota, 1996
• Arlene Saxonhouse, University of Michigan, 1997
• Harold Spaeth, Michigan State University, 1998
• James L. Gibson, Washington University, 1999
• Milton Lodge, SUNY-Stony Brook, 2000
• Robert Huckfeldt, Indiana University, 2001
• Herbert Weisberg, The Ohio State University, 2002
• Lee Epstein, Washington University, 2003
• Virginia Gray, University of North Carolina, 2004
• John Aldrich, Duke University, 2005

Presidents of the Canadian Political Science Association

• Adam Shortt, (Civil Service Commission), 1913-1914
• O.D. Skelton, (Queen’s), 1929-1930
• Stephen B. Leacock, (McGill), 1934-1935
• R.H. Coats, (Toronto), 1935-1936
• W.A. Mackintosh, (Queen’s), 1936-1937
• H.A. Innis, (Toronto), 1937-1938
• J.W. Dafoe, (Winnipeg Free Press), 1938-1939
• J.C. Hemmeon, 1939-1940
• W.C. Clark, (Deputy Minister of Finance), 1940-1941
• H. Mitchell, 1941-1942
• C.A. Dawson, 1942-1943
• R.A. MacKay, (Dalhousie), 1943-1944
• K.W. Taylor, 1944-1945
• R. MacGregor Dawson, (Toronto), 1945-1946
• F.A. Knox, 1946-1947
• V.W. Bladen, (Toronto), 1947-1948
• H.F. Angus, (British Columbia), 1948-1949
• W.B. Hurd, (McMaster), 1949-1950
• C.A. Curtis, (Curtis), 1950-1951
• G.-H. Levesque, (Laval), 1951-1952
• Herbert Marshall, 1952-1953
• Alexander Brady, (Toronto), 1953-1954
• J.A. Corry, (Queen’s), 1954-1955
• J.D. Gibson, 1955-1956
• G.E. Britnell, (Sasktachewan), 1956-1957
• G.A. Elliott, (Alberta), 1957-1958
• S.D. Clark, (Toronto), 1958-1959
• Mabel Timlin, (Saskatchewan), 1959-1960
• C.A. Ashley, 1960-1961
• Eugene A. Forsey, (Canadian Labour Congress), 1961-1962
• W.J. Waines, 1962-1963
• C.B. Macpherson, (Toronto), 1963-1964
• Jean-Charles Falardeau, (Laval), 1964-1965
• Harry G. Johnson, (London School of Economics/Chicago), 1965-1966
• Anthony D. Scott, (British Columbia), 1966-1967
• H.B. Mayo, (Carleton), 1967-1968
• Donald V. Smiley, (British Columbia), 1968-1969
• Douglas V. Verney, (York), 1969-1970
• Gilles Lalande, (Montréal), 1970-1971
• J.E. Hodgetts, (Toronto), 1971-1972
• Jean Laponce, (British Columbia), 1972-1973
• John Meisel, (Queen’s), 1973-1974
• Léon Dion, (Laval), 1974-1975
• Donald C. Rowat, (Carleton), 1975-1976
• Alan C. Cairns, (British Columbia), 1976-1977
• Hugh Thorburn, (Queen’s), 1977-1978
• Kenneth D. McRae, (Carleton), 1978-1979
• Paul W. Fox, (Toronto), 1979-1980
• Walter D. Young, (Victoria), 1980-1981
• Denis W. Stairs, (Dalhousie), 1981-1982
• Edwin R. Black, (Queen’s), 1982-1983
• Caroline Andrew, (Ottawa), 1983-1984
• Kalevi J. Holsti, (British Columbia), 1984-1985
• Frederick C. Engelmann, (Alberta), 1985-1986
• O.P. Dwivedi, (Guelph), 1986-1987
• John C. Courtney, (Saskatchewan), 1987-1988
• David J. Elkins, (British Columbia), 1988-1989
• André-J. Bélanger, (Montréal), 1989-1990
• Peter H. Russell, (Toronto), 1990-1991
• Vincent Lemieux, (Laval), 1991-1992
• V. Seymour Wilson, (Carleton), 1992-1993
• Sylvia Bashevkin, (Toronto), 1993-1994
• David Smith, (Saskatchewan), 1994-1995
• Peter Aucoin, (Dalhousie), 1995-1996
• Jane Jenson, (Montréal), 1996-1997
• Tom Pocklington, (Alberta), 1997-1998
• Donald Savoie, (Moncton), 1998-1999
• Roger Gibbins, (Calgary), 1999-2000
• Kenneth McRoberts, (York), 2000-2001
• R. Kenneth Carty, (British Columbia), 2001-2002
• Grace Skogstad, (Toronto), 2002-2003
• Robert Young, (Western Ontario), 2003-2004
• André Blais, (Montréal), 2004-2005

Presidents of the Politics and History Section of the American Political Science Association

• Jeffrey K. Tulis, (University of Texas at Austin), 1990-1991
• Theda Skocpol, (Harvard University), 1991-1992
• Ira Katznelson, (Columbia University), 1992-93
• Walter Dean Burnham, (University of Texas at Austin), 1993-1994
• Stephen Skowronek, (Yale University), 1994-1995
• Karen Orren, (UCLA), 1995-1996
• Martin Shefter, (Cornell), 1996-97
• Margaret Weir, (University of California, Berkeley) 1997-1998
• Ian Lustick, (University of Pennsylvania), 1998-1999
• James Morone, (Brown University), 1999-2000
• Anne Norton, (University of Pennsylvania), 2000-2001
• Rogers Smith, (Yale University), 2001-2002
• Eileen McDonough, (Northeastern University), 2002-2003
• Paul Pierson, (Harvard University), 2003-2004
• Elizabeth Sanders, (Cornell), 2004-2005
• Sidney Milkis, (University of Virginia), 2005-2006
• Victoria Hattam, (New School for Social Research), 2006-2007

See also

• Political Science
• Political Theorists
• List of people