List of political scientists

This is a list of notable political scientists. See also political science.

Notable political scientists

Bob D'hoedt
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
Shlomo Avineri
Robert Axelrod - Notable game theorist, wrote extensively on the "Prisoner's Dilemma"

Duncan Black - Responsible for unearthing the work of many early political scientists, including Charles Dodgson
Jean-Charles de Borda - 18th century mathematician who devised the Borda count
Steven Brams
Ian Bremmer - Political risk specialist
Stephen Bronner
Bruce Bueno de Mesquita - Pioneering game theorist with applications to international relations, seminal book "The War Trap"
Walter Dean Burnham

John M. Carey - US politics specialist.
Edward Hallett Carr - Noted international relations theorist
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
Clyde Coombs
Philip Cowley - Author of "Revolts and Rebellions"

Robert A. Dahl - Noted American politics specialist
Larry Diamond - Comparative democratization specialist
Charles Lutwidge Dodgson (a.k.a. Lewis Carroll) - Famous author of Alice in Wonderland who was also a noted professor of mathematics at Oxford University. He devised Dodgson's Method of voting system.
Everett Dolman - Geopolitics expert
Anthony Downs - Elections expert
Maurice Duverger - French lawyer and sociologist responsible for Duverger's law
Michael W. Doyle

David Easton
Harry Eckstein - Noted comparative politics expert.

Anthony Giddens
Robert Gilpin - International political economics specialist
David Gordon
Joanne Gowa
Harry Harding - China specialist
Thomas Hare - Devised Single Transferable Vote (a.k.a. Hare's method)
Paul Heywood
John Hickman
Barbara Hicks - Eastern Europe expert
Roger Hilsman - JFK Aid, Columbia University Professor, and prolific author
Donald Horowitz - Pioneeded political science models for assessing ethnic conflict
Timothy Hoye
Samuel P. Huntington - "Clash of Civilizations" author, noted comparativist

Gary C. Jacobson
Robert Jervis - International security specialist
Chalmers Johnson - Comparative theorist
Loch K. Johnson - US Intelligence Expert

Robert O. Keohane - Interdependence theory author
Chong Lim Kim
Stephen D. Krasner - International regimes author, noted realist
Will Kymlicka - Author of "Multicultural Citizenship"
Mark L. Landis
Richard Ned Lebow - Noted constructivist, Cold War expert, author of "Tragic Vision of Politics"
Eugene Lewis - Expert on constitutional law and bureaucracy
Arend Lijphart
Seymour Martin Lipset

Kenneth May - International security specialist
David R. Mayhew - US legislative behavior and political parties expert.
Michael McFaul Russia specialist
John Mearsheimer
Samuel Merrill III
Terry Moe - American politics specialist
Hans Morgenthau - Noted realist, international relations specialist
James Morrow
Philip Norton
Joseph Nye - "Soft power" international security specialist; Kennedy School Dean
Mancur Olson - International political economy specialist.
Nelson Polsby - US politics specialist
Samuel L. Popkin
Robert Putnam - Social capital theorist, author of Bowling Alone
William H. Riker - 20th century political scientist who applied game theory to political science.
Douglas Rivers - Political econometrician, quantitative methods expert
Stein Rokkan
Richard Rosecrance
Fernanda Sales
Giovanni Sartori
John Schaar - Experts on patriotism, politics and American literature, and political thought.
James C. Scott
Patrick Seyd
Matthew Soberg Shugart
Theda Skocpol - Comparative politics expert
Robert J. Spitzer
Wayne P. Steger
Zeev Sternhell
James A. Stimson
John G. Stoessinger

Nicolaus Tideman
David B. Truman
Eric Voegelin - major work, "Order and History" in five volumes, he rejected the notion that political science should become a positivistic social science

Stephen Walt - International relations specialist.
Kenneth N. Waltz - A dean of the realist international relations school
Paul Whiteley
Howard J. Wiarda
Aaron Wildavsky
Ronald M. Wildenstein
Susan L. Woodward

Crawford Young

Fareed Zakaria - Newsweek International editor, comparativist.

Presidents of the American Political Science Association

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
Virginia Gray, University of North Carolina, 2003
John H. Aldrich, Duke University, 2004

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 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