About the Department

Congratulations to Professor Daniel Carpenter, whose name is attached to a new award from the APSA Organized Section for Qualitative and Multi-Method Research. This is a wonderful and much deserved honor for Daniel’s signal contributions to this field.  The award is described as follows:

"The David Collier Mid-Career Achievement Award has been established by the APSA Organized Section for Qualitative and Multi-Method Research.  The Award honors David Collier's contributions . . . through his research, graduate teaching, and institution-building . . . as a founder of the qualitative and multi-method research movement in contemporary political science.  The award will be presented annually to a mid-career political scientist to recognize distinction in methodological publications, innovative application of qualitative and multi-method approaches in substantive research, and/or institutional contributions to this area of methodology."