Michael D. Ward

Michael D. Ward

Michael D. Ward is Professor of Political Science at the University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA. He is an affiliate of the Center for Statistics and Social Sciences. His primary interests are in international relations (spanning democratization, globalization, international commerce, military spending, as well as international conflict and cooperation), political geography, as well as mathematical and statistical methods. Current vita.

This page distributes recent and ancient writings, graphics, and maps.

Frequently consulted sites include:

Andrew Gelman's site and blog for information about teaching quantitative material
Ben Fry's magical vizualizations
Chris Adolph's resources for students in political science
Daniel Drezner's Web site and Blog for a now-tenured take on everything
Edward Tufte's site for examples on how to present information, expensively and elegantly
Franzese's useful site at Michigan
Great vizualization tools from Macrofocus
Help someone out
Imai's site at Princeton
Jackman's Stanford Site
King of Harvard, need I say more?
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StellarCargography, anyone? Don't blog like my brother.
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University of Washington International Security Colloquium Series (I know, but it really is not Madison)
War Outcomes Project....nice web site design!
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Xun Cao, Ph. D. Student at UW; off to Princeton, then Essex.