Janet Box-Steffensmeier
Vernal Riffe Professor of Political Science and Professor of Sociology
2049S Derby Hall
154 N Oval Mall
Columbus, OH 43210
Janet M. Box-Steffensmeier is Vernal Riffe Professor of Political Science, Professor of Sociology by courtesy, and Distinguished University Professor (B.A., Coe College 1988; Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin, 1993.) She was honored as an inaugural Fellow of the Society for Political Methodology in 2008 and member of the 2017 class of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Box-Steffensmeier has held leadership roles in various political science associations, including serving as President of the American Political Science Association, having served as the Treasurer and Vice President previously. She also served as the President of the Midwest Political Science Association and Political Methodology Society. In 2013, she received the Warren E. Miller Award for Meritorious Service to the Social Sciences from the Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR). 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 in 2001. Additionally, she has been recognized as for her mentoring and teaching excellence. The Box-Steffensmeier Graduate Student Award, given annually by the Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research, is named after her in recognition of her contributions in political methodology and her support of women in the field. She received a Distinguished Teaching Award from the Political Science Department in 2013, Distinguished Undergraduate Mentor Award from The Ohio State University in 2009, Political Methodology Excellence in Mentoring Award in 2016, Women’s Caucus for the Midwest Political Science Association’s Outstanding Professional Achievement for Scholarship and Mentorship in 2016, Ohio State University Distinguished Scholar award in 2012, and Political Methodology Career Achievement Award in 2013. Her service at The Ohio State University includes Faculty Representative to The Ohio State University Board of Trustees in 2013 and 2014, Divisional Dean for Social and Behavioral Sciences and the Dean for Graduate Affairs for the College of Arts and Science from 2014-2018, and Interim Executive Dean and Vice Provost 2018-2019. As a scholar of American Politics and Political Methodology, she continues to direct the Program in Statistics and Methodology (PRISM) at the graduate level and the American Institutions and Methodology Lab for undergraduates. For a more detailed account, you can also refer to the article, "Making (and Sometimes Taking) a Difference: The Dynamic Career of Janet M. Box-Steffensmeier" published in PS: Political Science & Politics.