The Political Methodology field at Wisconsin is broadly defined. It includes training in qualitative and quantitative design, empirical theory, statistical methods and formal theory. As a consequence, Wisconsin students are unusually well trained in the entire field and are prepared to both teach and apply methodologies in all empirical fields of the discipline. The study of, and testing in, methods is not isolated from work in substantive fields, and the exam requires students to be able to apply the methodological questions (theory and technique) to the student’s substantive area in an intelligent way.
Political Methodology Faculty
Rikhil R. Bhavnani
Position title: Associate Professor: Comparative Politics | Political Methodology
Email: bhavnani@wisc.edu
Barry Burden
Position title: Lyons Family Professor: American Politics | Political Methodology
Email: bcburden@wisc.edu
Lisa Martin
Position title: Professor: International Relations | Political Methodology
Email: llmartin3@wisc.edu
Jon C. W. Pevehouse
Position title: Vilas Distinguished Professor of Political Science: International Relations | Political Methodology
Email: pevehous@polisci.wisc.edu
Eleanor Neff Powell
Position title: Booth Fowler Associate Professor: American Politics | Political Methodology
Email: eleanor.powell@wisc.edu
Jonathan Renshon
Position title: Hawkins Associate Professor and Trice Faculty Scholar: International Relations | Political Methodology
Email: renshon@wisc.edu
David L. Weimer
Position title: Professor: American Politics | Political Methodology
Email: weimer@lafollette.wisc.edu
Zhenhuan (Reed) Lei
Position title: Assistant Professor Political Science and Public Affairs : Comparative Politics | Politics Methodology
Email: zhenhuan.lei@wisc.edu