Samuel P. Huntington, 1986-1987 Kenneth N. Waltz, 1987-1988 Lucian W. Pye, 1988-1989 Judith N. Shklar, 1989-1990 Theodore J. Lowi, 1990-1991 James Q. Wilson, 1991-1992 Lucius J. Barker, 1992-1993 Charles O. Jones, 1993-1994 Sidney Verba, 1994-1995 Arend Lijphart, 1995-1996 Elinor Ostrom, 1996-1997 M. Kent Jennings, 1997-1998 Matthew Holden Jr., 1998-1999 Robert O. Keohane, 1999-2000 Robert Jervis, 2000-2001 Robert Putnam, 2001-2002 Theda Skocpol, 2002-2003 Susanne Hoeber Rudolph, 2003-2004 Margaret Levi, 2004-2005 Ira Katznelson, 2005-2006 Robert Axelrod, 2006-2007 Dianne Pinderhughes, 2007-2008 Peter Katzenstein, 2008-2009 Henry E. Brady, 2009-2010 Carole Pateman, 2010-2011 G. Bingham Powell, 2011-2012 Jane Mansbridge, 2012-2013 John Aldrich, 2013-2014 Rodney E. Hero, 2014-2015 Jennifer Hochschild, 2015-2016 David A. Lake, 2016–2017 Kathleen Thelen, 2017-2018 Rogers Smith, 2018–2019 Paula D. McClain 2019–2020 Janet Box-Steffensmeier, 2020-2021 John Ishiyama, 2021-22 Lisa Martin, 2022-23 Mark Warren APSA organized sections APSA members may also join the 41 membership organized sections focused around research themes in political science. 1. Federalism and Intergovernmental Relations 2. Law and Courts 3. Legislative Studies 4. Public Policy 5. Political Organizations and Parties 6. Public Administration 7. Conflict Processes 8. Representation and Electoral Systems 9. Presidents and Executive Politics 10. Political Methodology 11. Religion and Politics 13. Urban Politics 15. Science, Technology and Environmental Politics 16. Women and Politics Research 17. Foundations of Political Theory 18. Information Technology and Politics 19. International Security 20. Comparative Politics 21. European Politics and Society 22. State Politics and Policy 23. Political Communication 24. Politics and History 25. Political Economy 27. New Political Science 28. Political Psychology 29. Political Science Education 30. Politics, Literature, and Film 31. Foreign Policy 32. Elections, Public Opinion, and Voting Behavior 33. Race, Ethnicity and Politics 34. International History and Politics 35. Comparative Democratization 36. Human Rights 37. Qualitative and Multi-method Research 38. Sexuality and Politics 39. Health Politics and Policy 40. Canadian Politics 41. Political Networks 42. Experimental Research 43. Migration and Citizenship 44. African Politics 45. Class and Inequality 46. Ideas, Knowledge and Politics 47. American Political Thought 48. International Collaboration 49. Middle East and North Africa Politics Presidential rankings Since 2015, they have conducted two rankings of American Presidents. 2015 In 2015, Republican President Abraham Lincoln was rated the greatest President, while Democratic President James Buchanan was considered the worst. Barack Obama, president at the time of the survey, being ranked 18th. 2018 In 2018, Republican Abraham Lincoln was ranked the greatest American President, while Donald Trump, president at