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In recognition of John T. Williams’ contribution to graduate training, the John T. Williams Award has been established for the best dissertation proposal in the area of political methodology.
2019
Naijia Liu
Princeton University
"Essays on Model Selection and Honest Inference"
Selection committee: Xun Pang (Tsinghua University), Dean Knox (Princeton, recused) and Yiqing Xu (University of California, San Diego)
2018
Kevin McAlister
University of Michigan
"Roll Call Scaling in the U.S. Congress: Addressing the Deficiencies"
Selection committee: Xun Pang (Tsinghua, chair), Arthur Spirling (NYU), and Yiqing Xu (UCSD)
2017
Naoki Egami
Princeton University
Selection committee: Justin Grimmer (Chicago, chair), Matt Blackwell (Harvard) and Teppi Yamamoto (MIT)
2016
Dean Knox (MIT)
"Essays on Modeling and Causal Inference in Network Data"
Selection committee: Justin Grimmer (Chicago, chair), Matt Blackwell (Harvard) and Teppi Yamamoto (MIT)
2015
Drew Dimmery (New York University)
"Essays on Machine Learning and Causal Inference with Application to Nonprofits "
2014
Yiqing Xu (MIT)
"Causal Inference with Time-Series Cross-Section Data with Applications to Chinese Political Economy "
2013
Scott Cook
University of Pittsburgh
The Contagion of Crises: Estimating Models of Endogenous and Interdependent Rare Events
2012
Adriana Crespo-Tenorio
Washington University in St. Louis
Three Papers on the Political Consequences of Oil Price Volatility
2011
Matthew Blackwell
Harvard University
Essays in Political Methodology and American Politics
2010
Teppei Yamamoto
Princeton University
Essays on Quantitative Methodology for Political Science
2009
Xun Pang
Washington University in St. Louis
A Bayesian Probit Hierarchical Model with AR(p) Errors and Non-nested Clustering: Studying Sovereign Creditworthiness and Political Institutions.
2008
Justin Grimmer
Harvard University
A Bayesian Hierarchical Topic Model for Political Texts: Measuring and Explaining Legislator's Express Agenda.
2007
Arthur Spirling
University of Rochester
Bringing Intuition to Fruition: 'Turning Points' and 'Power' in Political Methodology
2006
Roman Ivanchenko
The Ohio State University
Interactions Between the Supreme-Court and Congress: A Different Look at the Decision-Making Process.