Janet M. Box-Steffensmeier

Vernal Riffe Professor of Political Science

• American Politics
• Political Methodology

Janet M. Box-Steffensmeier (Ph.D., Texas, 1993), Vernal Riffe Professor of Political Science, pursues research and teaching interests in American politics (legislative politics, public opinion, and voting behavior) and in methodology (time series, event history, and network analysis). She has published articles in the American Political Science Review, American Journal of Political Science, Journal of Politics, Political Analysis, and Legislative Studies Quarterly. She is the author of Event History Modeling: A Guide for Social Scientists, published by Cambridge University Press. She is currently working on a Monte Carlo project to evaluate the treatment of heterogeneity in event history models, which is partially funded by the National Science Foundation. Other funded research includes projects on the use of Blue Slips by Senators to oppose court nominations. She has twice received the Gosnell Award for the best work in political methodology and the Emerging Scholar Award of the Elections, Public Opinion, and Voting Behavior Section of the American Political Science Association. She is the former treasurer of the American Political Science Association and President Elect of the Midwest Political Science Association.

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