Past Section Officers

Section Officers (September 2019-September 2021)

Chair: Susan Stokes
Tiffany and Margaret Blake Distinguished Service Professor, Political Science
Faculty Chair, Chicago Center on Democracy, University of Chicago

Treasurer: Erik Kuhonta
Associate Professor, Political Science, McGill University

2021 Program Chair: Henry Thomson
Assistant Professor, Politics and Global Studies, Arizona State University

Section Officers September 2018-September 2019

Chair: Rachel Beatty Riedl (R-riedl@northwestern.edu)
Associate Professor, Department of Political Science
Director, Program of African Studies, Northwestern University

Vice-chair: Sheri Berman (sberman@barnard.edu)
Professor, Political Science, Barnard College

Secretary: Anne Meng (ameng@virginia.edu)
Assistant Professor, Department of Politics, University of Virginia

Treasurer: Kelly McMann (mcmann@case.edu)
Professor and Director of the International Studies Program, Case Western Reserve University

2020 Program Chair: Bryn Rosenfeld (brr59@cornell.edu)
Assistant Professor, Government, Cornell University

Section Officers September 2016-September 2017

Chair
Anna Grzymala-Busse
Professor of Political Science
Stanford University
amgbusse@stanford.eduTreasurer
Emily Beaulieu
Assistant Professor in Comparative Politics
University of Kentucky
eabeau2@uky.edu

Newsletter Executive Editors 
Staffan I. Lindberg
Professor of Political Science University of Gothenburg
staffan.i.lindberg@pol.gu.se

Vice-Chair
Margit Tavits
Professor of Political Science
Washington University in St. Louis
tavits@wustl.edu
Secretary
Rebecca Weitz-Shapiro
Stanley J. Bernstein Assistant Professor of Political Science
Brown University
rebecca_weitz-shapiro@brown.edu

Section Officers September 2013-September 2014

Chair
Jan Teorell
Professor of Political Science
Lund University
jan.teorell@svet.lu.se

Vice-Chair
Melani Cammett
Associate Professor of Political Science
Brown University
Melani_Cammett@Brown.edu

Secretary
Jennifer Gandhi
Associate Professor of
Political Science
Emory University
jgandh2@emory.edu

Treasurer
Monika Nalepa
Assistant Professor of Political Science
University of Notre Dame
mnalepa@nd.edu

Section Officers September 2012-September 2013

Chair
Stephan Haggard
University of California, San Diego
School of Int’l Relations
9500 Gilman Drive
La Jolla, CA 92093-0519
shaggard@ucsd.edu

Vice-Chair
Melani Cammett
Brown University
Political Science
36 Prospect St.
Providence, RI 02912
Melani_Cammett@Brown.edu

Secretary
Jennifer Gandhi
Emory University
Political Science
336 Tarbutton Hall
1555 Dickey Drive
Atlanta, GA 30322
jgandh2@emory.edu

Treasurer
Amaney Jamal
Princeton University
Dept. of Politics
241 Corwin Hall
Princeton, New Jersey 08544
ajamal@princeton.edu

Section Officers September 2011-September 2012

Chair
Stephan Haggard
University of California, San Diego
School of Int’l Relations
9500 Gilman Drive
La Jolla, CA 92093-0519
shaggard@ucsd.edu

Vice-Chair
Dan Slater
University of Chicago
Dept. Political Science
5828 S. University Ave, Pick 401
Chicago, IL 60637
slater@uchicago.edu

Secretary
Henry Hale
George Washington University
Dept. of Political Science and Int’l Affairs
1957 E Street, NW, Suite 412 Washington, DC 20052hhale@gwu.edu

Treasurer
Amaney Jamal
Princeton University
Dept. of Politics
241 Corwin Hall
Princeton, New Jersey 08544
ajamal@princeton.edu

Section Officers September 2010-September 2011

Chair
Ashutosh Varshney
Brown University
Political Science
Box 1844
36 Prospect Street
Providence RI 02912
ashutosh_varshney@brown.edu

Vice-Chair
Dan Slater
University of Chicago
Department of Political Science
5828 S. University Ave, Pick 401
Chicago, IL 60637
slater@uchicago.edu

Treasurer
Juliet Johnson
McGill University
Political Science
855 Sherbrooke Street West
Montreal PQ H3A 2T7 Canada
juliet.johnson@mcgill.ca

Secretary
Henry Hale
George Washington University
Dept. of Political Science and Int’l Affairs
1957 E Street, NW, Suite 412 Washington, DC 20052hhale@gwu.edu

Section Officers September 2009-September 2010

Chair
Ashutosh Varshney
Brown University
Political Science
Box 1844
36 Prospect Street
Providence RI 02912
ashutosh_varshney@brown.edu

Vice-Chair
Leslie Anderson
University of Florida
Department of Political Science
P.O. Box 117325
Gainesville, FL 32611
landerso@polisci.ufl.edu

Treasurer
Juliet Johnson
McGill University
Political Science
855 Sherbrooke Street West
Montreal PQ H3A 2T7 Canada
juliet.johnson@mcgill.ca

Secretary
Jose Antonio Cheibub
University of Illinois
Dept. of Political Science
379 Lincoln Hall 702 S. Wright Urbana, Illinois 61801cheibub@illinois.edu

Section Officers September 2008-September 2009

Chair
Nancy Bermeo
University of Oxford
Dept. of Politics and Int’l Relations
Manor Road
Oxford, OX1 3UQ3
UK
nancy.bermeo@nuffield.ox.ac.uk

Vice-Chair
Leslie Anderson
University of Florida
Department of Political Science
P.O. Box 117325
Gainesville, FL 32611
landerso@polisci.ufl.edu

Secretary
Ellen Lust-Okar
Yale University
Dept. of Political Science
P.O. Box 208301
New Haven, Ct 06520
ellen.lust-okar@yale.edu

Treasurer 
Marc Morjé Howard
Georgetown University
Dept. of Government
ICC 670
37 and O Streets
Washington, DC 20057 mmh@georgetown.edu

Section Officers September 2007-September 2008

Chair 
Nancy Bermeo
University of Oxford
Dept. of Politics and Int’l Relations
Manor Road
Oxford, OX1 3UQ3
UK
nancy.bermeo@nuffield.ox.ac.uk

Vice-Chair
Catherine Boone
University of Texas, Austin
Dept. of Government
1 University Station A1800
Austin, TX 78712
cboone@mail.la.utexas.edu

Secretary
Ellen Lust-Okar
Yale University
Dept. of Political Science
P.O. Box 208301
New Haven, Ct 06520
ellen.lust-okar@yale.edu

Treasurer 
Marc Morjé Howard
Georgetown University
Dept. of Government
ICC 670
37 and O Streets
Washington, DC 20057 mmh@georgetown.edu

Section Officers September 2006-September 2007

Chair
Jonathan Hartlyn
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Dept. of Political Science
367 Hamilton Hall
Chapel Hill, NC 27599
hartlyn@unc.edu

Vice-Chair
Catherine Boone
University of Texas, Austin
Dept. of Government
1 University Station A1800
Austin, TX 78712
cboone@mail.la.utexas.edu

Secretary
Ellen Lust-Okar
Yale University
Dept. of Political Science
P.O. Box 208301
New Haven, Ct 06520
ellen.lust-okar@yale.edu

Treasurer
Michael Coppedge
University of Notre Dame
Dept. of Political Science
238 Hesburg Center
Notre Dame, IN 46556
Coppedge.1@nd.edu

Section Officers September 2005-September 2006

Chair
Jonathan Hartlyn
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Dept. of Political Science
367 Hamilton Hall
Chapel Hill, NC 27599
hartlyn@unc.edu

Vice-Chair 
Gretchen C. Casper
Pennsylvania State University
Dept. of Political Science
230 Pond Lab
University Park, PA 16802
gcasper@psu.edu

Secretary 
Carrie Manning
Georgia State University
Dept. of Political Science
P.O. Box 4069
Atlanta, GA 30302
polclm@panther.gsu.edu

Treasurer 
Michael Coppedge
University of Notre Dame
Dept. of Political Science
238 Hesburg Center
Notre Dame, IN 46556
Coppedge.1@nd.edu

Newsletter Editor (ex officio)
Thomas W. Skladony
International Forum for Democratic Studies
National Endowment for Democracy
1101 15th Street NW, Suite 800
Washington, DC 20005
tom@ned.org

Section Officers September 2004-September 2005

Chair
Cynthia McClintock
George Washington University
Dept. of Political Science
2201 G Street, N.W., Suite 524
Washington, DC 20052
mcclin@gwu.edu

Vice-Chair 
Gretchen C. Casper
Pennsylvania State University
Dept. of Political Science
230 Pond Lab
University Park, PA 16802
gcasper@psu.edu

Secretary 
Carrie Manning
Georgia State University
Dept. of Political Science
P.O. Box 4069
Atlanta, GA 30302
polclm@panther.gsu.edu

Treasurer 
William Reisinger
University of Iowa
Dept. of Political Science
341 Schaeffer Hall
Iowa City, IA 52242
william-reisinger@uiowa.edu

Newsletter Editor (ex officio)
Thomas W. Skladony
International Forum for Democratic Studies
National Endowment for Democracy
1101 15th Street NW, Suite 800
Washington, DC 20005
tom@ned.org

Section Officers September 2003-September 2004

Chair
Cynthia McClintock
George Washington University
Dept. of Political Science
2201 G Street, N.W., Suite 524
Washington, DC 20052
mcclin@gwu.edu

Vice-Chair 
Nancy Bermeo
Princeton University
Dept. of Politics
Corwin 135
Princeton, NJ 08544
bermeo@princeton.edu

Secretary 
Harry W. Blair
Yale University
Dept. of Political Science
124 Prospect Street, Room 312
New Haven, CT 06520
harry.blair@yale.edu

Treasurer 
William Reisinger
University of Iowa
Dept. of Political Science
341 Schaeffer Hall
Iowa City, IA 52242
william-reisinger@uiowa.edu

Newsletter Editor (ex officio)
Thomas W. Skladony
International Forum for Democratic Studies
National Endowment for Democracy
1101 15th Street NW, Suite 800
Washington, DC 20005
tom@ned.org

Section Officers September 2002-September 2003

Chair
John W. Harbeson
City University of New York
Dept. of Political Science
New York, NY 10016
jwharbeson@aol.com

Vice-Chair
Nancy Bermeo
Princeton University
Dept. of Politics
Corwin 135
Princeton, NJ 08544
bermeo@princeton.edu

Secretary 
Harry W. Blair
Yale University
Dept. of Political Science
124 Prospect Street, Room 312
New Haven, CT 06520
harry.blair@yale.edu

Treasurer
Leslie Anderson
University of Florida
Dept. of Political Science
P.O. Box 117325
Gainesville, FL 32611
landerso@polisci.ufl.edu

Member-at-Large
Carol Nechemias
Pennsylvania State University
Dept. of Public Affairs
777 West Harrisburg Pike
Middletown, PA 17057
c4n@psu.edu

Newsletter Editor (ex officio)
Thomas W. Skladony
International Forum for Democratic Studies
National Endowment for Democracy
1101 15th Street NW, Suite 800
Washington, DC 20005
tom@ned.org