At the JOP, we use a team-based editorial model. Each member of the editorial team possesses full editorial discretion within their field: they  choose referees, send out manuscripts for review, collect and review referee reports, and make editorial decisions.

Jeffery A. Jenkins - University of Southern California

• Editor-in-Chief, American Institutions Field Editor

Elisabeth Ellis - University of Otago

• Political Theory Field Editor

Sean Gailmard  - University of California, Berkeley

• Formal Theory and Methodology Field Editor

Lanny Martin - University of Bocconi

• Comparative Politics Field Editor

Jennifer Merolla - University of California, Riverside

• American Behavior Field Editor

William Reed - University of Maryland

• International Relations Field Editor

Beginning in January 2019, a new editorial team will take over.  The members of this new team will be:

Jeffery A. Jenkins - University of Southern California

• Editor-in-Chief, American Institutions Field Editor

Ernesto Calvo - University of Maryland

• Comparative Institutions Field Editor

Tom Clark  - Emory University

• Formal Theory and Methodology Field Editor

Courtenay Conrad - University of California, Merced

• International Relations Field Editor

Jacob Levy - McGill University

• Political Theory Field Editor

Neil Malhotra - Stanford University

• American Behavior Field Editor

Margit Tavits - Washington University in St. Louis

• Comparative Behavior Field Editor