Political Research Quarterly is a quarterly peer-reviewed academic journal that covers the field of political science. The editor-in-chief and American politics field editor is Seth C. McKee (Texas Tech University). Field editors: Toby J. Rider (Texas Tech University), international relations; Frank C. Thames (Texas Tech University), comparative politics and gender politics; Sophia Jordan Wallace (University of Washington), race, ethnicity and immigration; David Lay Williams (DePaul University), political theory and philosophy. The journal was established in 1948 and is published by Sage Publications on behalf of the University of Utah. It is the official journal of the Western Political Science Association.