The Midwest Political Science Association
(MPSA) is a professional association of political
science scholars and students in the United
States.
It was founded in 1939, and publishes the
American Journal of Political Science in conjunction
with Rice University.
In April of each year, the MPSA holds one
of the largest political science conferences
in the United States.
In 2013, more than 5,700 presenters presented
almost 4,700 papers at the conference.
Traditionally, the MPSA Conference is held
in Chicago, Illinois at the historic Palmer
House Hilton.
== Presidents ==
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, University 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, University of Iowa, 1953
Harry W. Voltmer, DePauw University, 1954
Asher Christensen, University of Minnesota,
1955
Edward 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 in St.
Louis, 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 in St.
Louis, 1984
Elinor Ostrom, Indiana University, 1985
W. Phillips Shivley, University of Minnesota,
1986
Ada W. Finifter, Michigan State University,
1987
John W. Kingdon, University of Michigan, 1988
William Crotty, Northwestern University, 1989
Richard Watson, University of Missouri, 1990
Marjorie Randon Hershey, Indiana University,
1991
Charles O. Jones, University of Wisconsin–Madison,
1992
Susan Welch, Pennsylvania State University,
1993
Lee Sigelman, George Washington University,
1994
John Sprague, Washington University in St.
Louis, 1995
James Stimson, University of Minnesota, 1996
Arlene Saxonhouse, University of Michigan,
1997
Harold Spaeth, Michigan State University,
1998
James L. Gibson, Washington University in
St. Louis, 1999
Milton Lodge, Stony Brook University, 2000
Robert Huckfeldt, Indiana University, 2001
Herbert Weisberg, The Ohio State University,
2002
Lee Epstein, Washington University in St.
Louis, 2003
Virginia Gray, University of North Carolina,
2004
John Aldrich, Duke University, 2005
Kenneth J. Meier, Texas A&M University, 2006
Gregory Caldeira, The Ohio State University,
2007
Rodney Hero, University of Notre Dame, 2008
Jeffrey Segal, Stony Brook University, 2009
Gary Segura, Stanford University, 2010
Bryan Jones, University of Texas at Austin,
2011
Nancy Burns, University of Michigan, 2012
Arthur Lupia, University of Michigan, 2013
Edward G. Carmines, Indiana University, 2014-2015
Paula McClain, Duke University, 2015-2016
