People

Current Team

The leadership of the Representation and Electoral Systems Section has transitioned to a new team for 2026–2027. The new leadership team is as follows:

  • Chair
    • Yuki Atsusaka (University of Houston)
  • Council
    • Asya Magazinnik (Hertie School)
    • Paru Shah (Rutgers University)
    • Sona Golder (Pennsylvania State University)
    • Yann Kerevel (Louisiana State University)
  • Treasurer
    • Thiago M. Q. Moreira (Louisiana State University)
  • 2026 APSA Division Co-chairs
    • Eduardo Alemán (University of Houston)
    • Taeko Hiroi (University of Texas, El Paso)

Past chairs and teams

The section’s officers and leadership teams over time, drawn from the APSA section records.

Chairs

  • 2026–2027 (15th)
    • Yuki Atsusaka (University of Houston)
  • 2023–2026 (14th)
    • Yann Kerevel (Louisiana State University)
  • 2021–2022 (13th)
    • Emily Beaulieu (University of South Carolina)
  • 2019–2021 (12th)
    • Magda Hinojosa (Arizona State University)
  • 2017–2019 (11th)
    • Melody E. Valdini (Portland State University)
  • 2015–2017 (10th)
    • Lawrence Ezrow (University of Essex)
  • 2013–2015 (9th)
    • Brian F. Crisp (Washington University in St. Louis)
  • 2011–2013 (8th)
    • Matt Golder (Pennsylvania State University)
  • 2009–2011 (7th)
    • Shaun Bowler (University of California, Riverside)
  • 2005–2009 (6th)
    • André Blais (Université de Montréal)
  • 2002–2005 (5th)
    • Richard S. Katz (Johns Hopkins University)
  • 1996–2001 (4th)
    • Mark E. Rush (Washington and Lee University)
  • 1994–1997 (3rd)
    • Richard Lee Engstrom (University of Houston)
  • 1991–1992 (2nd)
    • Bernard N. Grofman (University of California, Irvine)
  • 1990–1991 (1st)
    • Joseph F. Zimmerman (Rockefeller College, University at Albany (SUNY))

All officers

Term Position Officer Affiliation
2025–2026 Chair Yuki Atsusaka University of Houston
2025–2026 Treasurer Thiago M. Q. Moreira Louisiana State University
2025–2026 Annual Meeting Division Chair Eduardo Alemán University of Houston
2025–2026 Annual Meeting Division Chair Taeko Hiroi The University of Texas at El Paso
2024–2025 Annual Meeting Division Chair Jeong Hyun Kim Yonsei University
2024–2025 Annual Meeting Division Chair Yann Kerevel Louisiana State University
2023–2025 Chair Yann Kerevel Louisiana State University
2023–2025 Vice Chair Taeko Hiroi The University of Texas at El Paso
2023–2025 Treasurer Adrian Lucardi ITAM
2023–2025 Secretary Allison P. Harris Yale University
2023–2024 Annual Meeting Division Chair David Fortunato University of California, San Diego
2021–2022 Chair Emily Beaulieu University of South Carolina
2021–2022 Annual Meeting Division Chair Cynthia McClintock George Washington University
2021–2022 Annual Meeting Division Chair Michael Becher IE University
2020–2022 Treasurer Kristin Noella Wylie James Madison University
2020–2021 Annual Meeting Division Chair Heather Stoll University of California, Santa Barbara
2020–2021 Annual Meeting Division Chair Jack Santucci The George Washington University
2019–2021 Chair Magda Hinojosa Arizona State University
2019–2020 Annual Meeting Division Chair Jason P. Casellas University of Houston
2019–2020 Annual Meeting Division Chair Ruth Dassonneville KU Leuven
2018–2020 Treasurer Amanda Driscoll Florida State University
2018–2020 Council Ko Maeda University of North Texas
2018–2020 Council Kristin Noella Wylie James Madison University
2018–2020 Council Sarah Shair-Rosenfield University of York
2018–2019 Annual Meeting Division Chair David Lublin American University
2017–2019 Chair Melody E. Valdini Portland State University
2017–2019 Council Jessica Luce Trounstine Vanderbilt University
2017–2018 Council Todd Donovan Western Washington University
2017–2019 Council Zeynep Somer-Topcu University of Texas at Austin
2017–2018 Annual Meeting Division Chair Miki Caul Kittilson Arizona State University
2016–2018 Treasurer Erik S. Herron West Virginia University
2016–2018 Council Bonnie M. Meguid University of Rochester
2016–2018 Council Jose Antonio Cheibub University of Pittsburgh
2016–2018 Council Karen Long Jusko Meta
2016–2017 Annual Meeting Division Chair Mitchell Brown Auburn University
2015–2017 Chair Lawrence Ezrow University of Essex
2015–2017 Council Bridgett King Auburn University
2015–2017 Council Felipe Botero Universidad de los Andes
2015–2017 Council Karen Bird McMaster University
2013–2015 Chair Brian F. Crisp Washington University in St. Louis
2013–2016 Treasurer Timothy Hellwig University at Buffalo
2013–2016 Secretary Timothy Hellwig University at Buffalo
2013–2014 Council Emily Beaulieu University of South Carolina
2013–2016 Council Heather Stoll University of California, Santa Barbara
2013–2014 Council Ignacio Lago Universitat Pompeu Fabra
2013–2014 Council Jessica Luce Trounstine Vanderbilt University
2013–2016 Council Sona N. Golder Pennsylvania State University
2013–2014 Council Thomas Gschwend University of Mannheim
2013–2016 Council Zeynep Somer-Topcu University of Texas at Austin
2013–2014 Annual Meeting Division Chair Sven-Oliver Proksch University of Cologne
2012–2014 Secretary Heather Stoll University of California, Santa Barbara
2012–2013 Council Erik S. Herron University of Kansas
2012–2013 Council Iain S. McLean University of Oxford
2012–2013 Council Jack Vowles Victoria University of Wellington
2012–2013 Council Kathleen Bawn University of California, Los Angeles
2012–2013 Council R. Kenneth Carty University of British Columbia
2012–2013 Council Sarah Birch King’s College London
2012–2013 Annual Meeting Division Chair Allen D. Hicken University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
2012–2013 Journal Editor - Representation Journal Andrew Russell University of Liverpool
2012–2013 Webmaster Erik S. Herron University of Kansas
2012–2013 Newsletter Editor - Newsletter Heather Stoll University of California, Santa Barbara
2012–2013 Newsletter Editor - Newsletter Jean-Benoît Pilet Université Libre de Bruxelles
2012–2013 Newsletter Editor - Newsletter Miki Caul Kittilson Arizona State University
2012–2013 Journal Editor - Representation Journal Stephen de Wijze University of Manchester
2011–2013 Chair Matt Golder Pennsylvania State University
2011–2012 Secretary Steven E. Schier Carleton College
2011–2012 Annual Meeting Division Chair Dawn Brancati Yale University
2011–2012 Journal Editor - Newsletter Joseph F. Zimmerman
2010–2012 Treasurer Indridi Haukur Indridason University of California, Riverside
2009–2011 Chair Shaun Bowler University of California, Riverside
2009–2010 Council Erik S. Herron University of Kansas
2009–2010 Council Iain S. McLean University of Oxford
2009–2010 Council Jack Vowles Victoria University of Wellington
2009–2010 Council Kathleen Bawn University of California, Los Angeles
2009–2010 Council Matt Golder Pennsylvania State University
2009–2010 Council R. Kenneth Carty University of British Columbia
2009–2010 Council Sarah Birch King’s College London
2009–2010 Annual Meeting Division Chair Orit Kedar Hebrew University of Jerusalem
2007–2011 Treasurer Bonnie M. Meguid University of Rochester
2007–2011 Secretary Bonnie M. Meguid University of Rochester
2007–2008 Council Bonnie M. Meguid University of Rochester
2007–2008 Council Josep M. Colomer Georgetown University - School of Foreign Service
2007–2008 Annual Meeting Division Chair Matt Golder Pennsylvania State University
2007–2008 Newsletter Editor - Newsletter Joseph F. Zimmerman
2006–2008 Council André Blais Université de Montréal
2006–2008 Council Joseph F. Zimmerman
2006–2007 Annual Meeting Division Chair Sarah Birch King’s College London
2005–2009 Chair André Blais Université de Montréal
2005–2008 Council Douglas J. Amy Mount Holyoke College
2005–2008 Council Gary W. Cox Stanford University
2005–2007 Council Jason F. Kirksey Oklahoma State University
2005–2008 Council Sarah Birch King’s College London
2005–2006 Annual Meeting Division Chair Shaun Bowler University of California, Riverside
2005–2006 Webmaster Erik S. Herron University of Kansas
2004–2005 Annual Meeting Division Chair Richard E. Matland Loyola University, Chicago
2003–2004 Annual Meeting Division Chair Kathleen Bawn University of California, Los Angeles
2002–2005 Chair Richard S. Katz Johns Hopkins University
2002–2007 Treasurer Jason F. Kirksey Oklahoma State University
2002–2003 Annual Meeting Division Chair Richard Lee Engstrom University of Houston
2001–2002 Vice Chair Mark E. Rush Washington and Lee University
2001–2006 Secretary Jason F. Kirksey Oklahoma State University
2001–2005 Council André Blais Université de Montréal
2001–2005 Council Joseph F. Zimmerman
2001–2005 Council Mark E. Rush Washington and Lee University
2001–2007 Council Pippa Norris Harvard University
2001–2005 Council Richard Lee Engstrom University of Houston
2001–2003 Council Richard S. Katz Johns Hopkins University
2001–2008 Council William J. Crotty Northeastern University
2001–2005 Newsletter Editor Joseph F. Zimmerman
2000–2001 Annual Meeting Division Chair André Blais Université de Montréal
1999–2000 Treasurer Jason F. Kirksey Oklahoma State University
1999–2000 Secretary Jason F. Kirksey Oklahoma State University
1999–2000 Council Douglas J. Amy Mount Holyoke College
1999–2000 Council Jason F. Kirksey Oklahoma State University
1999–2000 Council Joseph F. Zimmerman
1999–2000 Council Lynne L. Manganaro Texas A&M International University
1999–2000 Council Mark E. Rush Washington and Lee University
1999–2000 Council Richard E. Matland Loyola University, Chicago
1999–2000 Annual Meeting Division Chair Burt L. Monroe Pennsylvania State University
1999–2000 Newsletter Editor Joseph F. Zimmerman
1998–1999 Annual Meeting Division Chair Shaheen Mozaffar Bridgewater State University
1997–1998 Annual Meeting Division Chair Henry Flores St. Mary’s University
1996–2001 Chair Mark E. Rush Washington and Lee University
1995–1999 Council Margaret E. Ellis University of Oklahoma
1995–2000 Council Richard Lee Engstrom University of Houston
1995–2000 Council Richard S. Katz Johns Hopkins University
1995–1996 Annual Meeting Division Chair Jason F. Kirksey Oklahoma State University
1994–1997 Chair Richard Lee Engstrom University of Houston
1994–1999 Treasurer Wilma Rule University of Nevada-Reno
1994–1995 Council Arend Lijphart University of California, San Diego
1994–1995 Council Edward Still Edward Still Law Firm
1994–1995 Council J. Paul Johnston University of Alberta
1994–1995 Council Lawrence D. Longley Lawrence University
1994–1999 Council Lorn S. Foster Pomona College
1994–1999 Council Luis Ricardo Fraga University of Notre Dame
1994–1999 Council Wilma Rule University of Nevada-Reno
1994–1996 Annual Meeting Division Chair Luis Ricardo Fraga University of Notre Dame
1993–1994 Annual Meeting Division Chair Richard Lee Engstrom University of Houston
1992–1993 Annual Meeting Division Chair Lorn S. Foster Pomona College
1991–1992 Chair Bernard N. Grofman University of California, Irvine
1991–1992 Annual Meeting Division Chair Georgia A. Persons Georgia Institute of Technology
1990–1991 Chair Joseph F. Zimmerman