The Society of Political Methodology is pleased to announce a new vice
president (who will assume the SPM presidency on July 1, 2024): Arthur
Spirling.

Professor Spirling is the Class of 1987 Professor of Politics at Princeton
University, and his career is marked by a commitment to developing
methodological innovation and building our community. He helped to host the
NYU PolMeth meeting (online).

His goals as president are two-fold:

First, to continue the international expansion of Polmeth—both as an
umbrella organization and its  conference(s)—such that it includes more
scholars currently based outside the United States. Wherever there are
researchers interested in what we do, they should find our Society ready to
help them contribute, broaden our perspectives, and improve our work.

Second, to focus Society minds on supporting our most junior members as
they navigate the career. This is partly about ensuring there are plentiful
presentation venues, and incentivizing high quality discussion at those
places. But it is also about doing our best to ensure that the “nuts and
bolts” of the discipline—including journal review times and review
quality—help rather than hinder the progress of our least professionally
secure colleagues.

We would like to thank Professor R. Michael Alvarez for his tremendous
service to SPM as the vice president for the previous two years. As VP,
Mike helped SPM renegotiate its CUP contract, launch the Expansions
initiative, and hold its first two annual meetings in person after covid.


We encourage you to join us by following this link:
https://www.cambridge.org/core/membership/spm/membership


Onwards!

Betsy Sinclair

PolMeth President


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Betsy Sinclair
Professor: Washington University in St Louis
Department of Political Science
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