Jonathan Renshon
Position title: Professor: International Relations | Political Methodology
Email: renshon@wisc.edu
Phone: (608) 263-2032
Address:
409 North Hall
Education:
Ph.D. in Political Science, Harvard University, 2012
M.S.c. in International Relations, London School of Economic and Political Science, 2005
B.A. in Government, Wesleyan University, 2004
Research Interests:
Armed Conflict, Decision Making, Experiments, Foreign Policy, Psychology
Biography:
I am a Professor of Political Science at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. At UW, I run the experimental methods portion of our Methods, Experiments and Data (MEAD) workshop and teach courses on Political Psychology, International Relations, Research Design and Experimental Methods.
Courses:
PS 919 Experimental Methods in Political Science Fall 2019-2020
PS 170 Research Methods in Political Science Fall 2019-2020
PS 170 Research Methods in Political Science Summer 2019
PS 960 Seminar-International Relations Spring 2018-2019
PS 170 Research Methods in Political Science Spring 2018-2019
PS 601 Decision-Making Nuclear Crisis Fall 2018-2019
PS 919 Experimental Methods in Political Science Spring 2017-2018
PS 206 Introduction to Political Psychology Spring 2017-2018
PS 960 Psychology & World Politics Spring 2016-2017
PS 200 Research Methods in Political Science Spring 2016-2017
PS 267 Introduction to Political Psychology Fall 2016-2017
PS 200 Research Methods in Political Science Spring 2015-2016
PS 601 Eye to Eye: The Cuban Missile Crisis in Perspective Fall 2015-2016
Awards:
2021
Best Faculty Poster, Society for Political Methodology
UW-Madison Faculty Development Grant
2019
Best Book Award (International Studies Association)
2018
2018 Bruce Russett Award for best paper published in Journal of Conflict Resolution
2017
APSA Foreign Policy Section “Best Paper Award” for “Tying Hands, Sinking Costs and Leader Attributes”
Grant from the Stanton Foundation to develop a course on nuclear security
Awarded the Lepgold Prize (Mortara Center, Georgetown University) for best book in IR for Fighting for Status: Hierarchy and Conflict in World Politics (Princeton, 2017)
2016-2017
Award for Best Paper by Untenured Scholar from International Organization for “Losing Face and Sinking Costs: Experimental Evidence on the Judgment of Political and Military Leaders.”
2013-2014
2013 Best Dissertation Award from the International Society of Political Psychology for “Fighting for Status.”