Curriculum Vitae
Here is the pdf version of my curriculum vitae.
Education
Harvard University: Ph.D. in Political Science, 2001
Oxford University: M.Phil. in Politics, 1994. Marshall Scholar
Georgetown University: B.S.F.S., summa cum laude, in International Relations, 1992
Current Positions
Stanford University, Stanford, California
Chair, Department of Political Science, 2020–present
William Bennett Munro Professor, Department of Political Science, 2019–present
Senior Fellow, Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research, 2009–present
Senior Fellow, Stanford King Center on Global Development, 2009–present
Landreth Family University Fellow in Undergraduate Education, 2017–present
Director, Stanford Center for American Democracy, 2018–present
Co-Director, Stanford Laboratory for the Study of American Values, 2012–present
Faculty Affiliate, Center for Democracy, Development, and the Rule of Law
Faculty Affiliate, Center for International Security and Cooperation
Faculty Affiliate, Institute for Research in the Social Sciences
Faculty Affiliate, Woods Institute for the Environment
Previous Positions
Stanford University, Stanford, California
Professor, Department of Political Science, 2010–19
Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, 2008–10
Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, 2001–08
Assistant Professor (Subject to Ph.D.), Department of Political Science, 2000–01
Faculty Fellow, Institute for Research in the Social Sciences, 2011–12, 2019–20
Victoria Schuck Faculty Scholar Chair in Political Science, 2006–09
Hoover Institution, Stanford University, Stanford, California
W. Glenn Campbell and Rita Ricardo-Campbell National Fellowship, Summers 2010–12
Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences, Palo Alto, California
Fellow in Residence, 2006–07
Research Interests
International Relations, Political Economy, Public Opinion, Elections, Methodology
Books
Reputation and International Cooperation: Sovereign Debt across Three Centuries. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2007. The book is available from Princeton University Press and Amazon.com.
Modern Political Economy and Latin America: Theory and Policy. Editor (with Jeffry Frieden and Manuel Pastor). Boulder: Westview Press, 2000. The book is available from Amazon.com.
Articles and Chapters
The Effects of Naming and Shaming on Public Support for Compliance with International Agreements: An Experimental Analysis of the Paris Agreement (with Dustin Tingley), International Organization 76, no. 2 (Spring 2022): 445-68.
Military Alliances and Public Support for War (with Jessica Weeks), International Studies Quarterly, Volume 65, Issue 3, September 2021, Pages 811–824.
Public Opinion and Foreign Electoral Intervention (with Jessica Weeks). American Political Science Review 114, no. 3 (August 2020): 856–73.
Public Opinion and Decisions about Military Force in Democracies (with Jessica Weeks and Keren Yarhi-Milo). International Organization 74, no. 1 (Winter 2020): 119–43.
Human Rights and Public Support for War (with Jessica Weeks). Journal of Politics 82, no. 1 (January 2020): 182–94.
International Commitments and Domestic Opinion: The Effect of the Paris Agreement on Public Support for Policies to Address Climate Change (with Dustin Tingley). Environmental Politics 29, no. 7 (2020): 1135-1156.
Does Private Regulation Preempt Public Regulation? (with Neil Malhotra and Benoît Monin). American Political Science Review 113, no. 1 (February 2019): 19–37.
Why Don’t Trade Preferences Reflect Economic Self-Interest? (with Sungmin Rho). International Organization 71, no. S1 (2017): S85–S108.
Conditional Cooperation and Climate Change (with Dustin Tingley). Comparative Political Studies 47, no. 3 (March 2014): 344–68.
Public Opinion and the Democratic Peace (with Jessica Weeks). American Political Science Review 107, no. 4 (November 2013): 849–65.
Empirical Research on Sovereign Debt and Default (with Mark Wright). Annual Review of Economics 5 (May 2013): 247–72.
International Finance. In Handbook of International Relations, 2nd ed., eds. Walter Carlsnaes, Thomas Risse, and Beth Simmmons, pp. 692–719. New York: Sage, 2012.
Sovereign Theft: Theory and Evidence about Sovereign Default and Expropriation (with Mark Wright). In The Natural Resources Trap: Private Investment without Public Commitment, eds. William Hogan and Federico Sturzenegger, pp. 69–110. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 2010.
The Electoral Implications of Candidate Ambiguity (with Robert Van Houweling). American Political Science Review 103, no. 1 (February 2009): 83–98.
The Foundations of Domestic Audience Costs: Attitudes, Expectations, and Institutions. In Kitai, Seido, Gurobaru-shakai (Expectations, Institutions, and Global Society), eds. Masaru Kohno and Aiji Tanaka, pp. 85–97. Tokyo: Keiso-Shobo, 2009. The final version in Japanese is here.
Candidate Positioning and Voter Choice (with Robert Van Houweling). American Political Science Review 102, no. 3 (August 2008): 303–18.
Domestic Audience Costs in International Relations: An Experimental Approach. International Organization 61, no. 4 (Fall 2007): 821–40.
Do We Really Know That the WTO Increases Trade? Comment (with Judith Goldstein and Douglas Rivers). American Economic Review 97, no. 5 (December 2007): 2005–18.
Institutions in International Relations: Understanding the Effects of the GATT and the WTO on World Trade (with Judith Goldstein and Douglas Rivers). International Organization 61, no. 1 (Winter 2007): 37–67.
Do Countries Default in Bad Times? (with Mark Wright). Journal of the European Economic Association 5, no. 2–3 (May 2007): 352–60.
How Does Voting Equipment Affect the Racial Gap in Voided Ballots? (with Robert Van Houweling). American Journal of Political Science 47, no. 1 (January 2003): 46–60.
Clarify: Software for Interpreting and Presenting Statistical Results (with Jason Wittenberg and Gary King). Journal of Statistical Software 8, no. 1 (2003). Abstract published in Journal of Computational and Graphical Statistics 12, no. 1 (2003): 245–46.
An Easy and Accurate Regression Model for Multiparty Electoral Data (with Joshua Tucker and Jason Wittenberg). Political Analysis 10, no. 1 (Winter 2002): 66–83.
Making the Most of Statistical Analyses: Improving Interpretation and Presentation (with Gary King and Jason Wittenberg). American Journal of Political Science 44, no. 2 (April 2000): 347–61.
Electoral Surprise and the Midterm Loss in U.S. Congressional Elections (with Kenneth Scheve). British Journal of Political Science 29, no. 3 (July 1999): 507–21.
The Long-Run Advantages of Centralization for Collective Action (with Edward Schwartz). American Political Science Review 92, no. 3 (September 1997): 685–93.
Current Projects and Working Papers
Books in Progress:
Political Repositioning (with Robert Van Houweling). Book project. Under advance contract, Princeton University Press.
Working Papers (available online):
Alliance Terms and Audience Costs (with Fjelstul, Weeks, and Reiter), September 2015
Human Rights, Democracy, and Alliance Formation (with Jessica Weeks), August 2014
How Does the U.N. Security Council Influence Public Opinion (with Dustin Tingley), November 2012
Industry, Self-Interest and Individual Preferences over Trade Policy (with Sungmin Rho), April 2015
Political Repositioning: A Conjoint Analysis (with Robert Van Houweling), April 2016
Candidate Repositioning (with Robert Van Houweling), October 2012
Political Pledges as Credible Commitments (with Robert Van Houweling), March 2012
The Effect of International Law on Preferences and Beliefs, February 2008
Brand Names and the Organization of Mass Belief Systems (with Paul Sniderman)
Interests, Information, and the Domestic Politics of International Agreements
Democratic Default: Domestic Audiences and Compliance with International Agreements
Databases in Progress:
“U.S. Presidential Debates since World War II.” Contains transcripts of nearly all primary and general-election debates in U.S. presidential elections since 1948. The transcripts, gathered from archives across the United States, allow analysis of position-taking on foreign and domestic issues.
“A Century of Expropriation.” Describes cases of expropriation of foreign direct investment since 1900. The data allow new research into the causes and effects of expropriation, including reputation spillovers from FDI expropriation to other areas of international relations. The database contains all known twentieth-century cases of expropriation of U.S. firms.
“Commerce and the Law before World War II.” Contains data on commercial treaties and bilateral trade in the pre-GATT era. The database includes MFN agreements, direction of trade, and national accounts for the years 1920–40.
“MIDipedia: An Expanded Database of Militarized Interstate Disputes” (with Jessica Weeks). Provides narratives, new variables, and complete documentation for the Militarized Interstate Dispute Database. Our research group has documented more than 1,200 disputes in the post-WWII era. Data are stored in an internet wiki that facilitates collaboration to improve the database.
Software
Clarify: Software for Interpreting and Presenting Statistical Results (with Jason Wittenberg and Gary King), © 1998–2003. Latest Version 2.1, released January 5, 2003. Uses stochastic simulation to interpret statistical results of non-linear models. Clarify won the 1999 APSA Award for the Best Research Software in Political Science.
ReLogit: Rare Events Logistic Regression (with Gary King and Langche Zeng), © 1999–2003. Latest Version 2.0, released January 22, 2003. Performs logistic regression when the sample is unbalanced or has been selected by a rule correlated with the dependent variable.
Awards and Research Grants
Research Awards:
International Studies Association, Karl Deutsch Award (presented annually to a scholar under age 40, or within ten years of defending his or her dissertation, who is judged to have made, through a body of publications, the most significant contribution to the study of international relations and peace research), 2011
American Political Science Association, Best Paper Award (for the best paper on Elections, Public Opinion, and Voting Behavior), 2011
American Political Science Association, Experimental Research Best Paper Award (for the best paper featuring experimental analyses), 2011
American Political Science Association, Jack L. Walker, Jr. Outstanding Article Award (for making an outstanding contribution to research and scholarship on political organizations and parties), 2009
American Political Science Association, Giovanni Sartori Award (for the best book developing or applying qualitative methods), 2008
American Political Science Association, Okidata Best Research Software Award, 1999
Residential and Non-Residential Fellowships:
Institute for Research in the Social Sciences, Stanford University, Faculty Fellow, 2011–12, 2019–20
Hoover Institution, W. Glenn Campbell and Rita Ricardo-Campbell National Fellowship, 2010–12
Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences, Fellow, 2006–07
Howard Foundation, George A. and Eliza Gardner Howard Fellowship, 2006–07
External Research Grants:
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, “The Role of Corporations in Improving Public Health and Well-Being" (with Sara Singer and Neil Malhotra), 2018–20
National Science Foundation, Research Grant, “The Democratic Peace: An Experimental Approach” (with Jessica Weeks), 2014–18
National Science Foundation: Time-Sharing Experiments for the Social Sciences (TESS), Research Grant, “Shifting Positions on Abortion: An Experimental Study,” 2014
National Science Foundation, Research Grant, “Candidate Ambiguity and Voter Choice” (with Robert Van Houweling), 2009–11
National Science Foundation, Early Career Development (CAREER) Award, “Credible Commitments in International Relations,” 2006–12
National Science Foundation, Research Grant, “Studies of Spatial Reasoning in Political Choice” (with Paul Sniderman and Robert Van Houweling), 2006–08
National Science Foundation: Time-Sharing Experiments for the Social Sciences (TESS), Research Grant, “Audience Costs in International Crises,” 2003
National Science Foundation: Time-Sharing Experiments for the Social Sciences (TESS), Research Grant, “Political Choice Spaces and Political Choices” (with Paul Sniderman), 2003
Stanford University Research Grants:
Bill Lane Center for the American West, 2020
Center for International Security and Cooperation, 2012
Center for Latin American Studies, 2002, 2003
Institute for International Studies, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2010, 2012
Institute for Research in the Social Sciences, 2006–07
Japan Fund Grant, Freeman Spogli Institute, 2014–16
Office of International Affairs Seed Grant, 2015–16
Office of Technology Licensing, 2001–04
Social Science History Institute, 2001, 2003
Stanford Institute for the Quantitative Study of Society, 2001
UPS Endowment Grant, 2010–11
Woods Institute Environmental Venture Grant, 2012–15
Doctoral Fellowships:
MacArthur Foundation, MacArthur Fellowship in Transnational Security, 1999–2000
Harvard Merit Fellowship (awarded to the top ten Ph.D. students in any field at Harvard), 1997–98
Social Science Research Council, International Dissertation Field Research Fellowship, 1998–99
Institute for the Study of World Politics, Dissertation Fellowship, 1998–99
Foreign Language and Area Studies Fellowship, 1997–98
National Science Foundation, Graduate Research Fellowship, 1994–97
Marshall Scholarship (for master’s degree at Oxford University), 1992–94
Undergraduate Awards, Georgetown University:
Scholar’s Medal for Highest Achievement in the School of Foreign Service, 1992
Nevils Medal for Highest Scholarship in U.S. Diplomatic History, 1992
Walsh Medal for Highest Scholarship in International Politics, 1992
Phi Beta Kappa Honor Society, 1991
Omicron Delta Epsilon Honor Society, 1991
Alpha Sigma Nu Honor Society, 1991
National Champion in Extemporaneous Speaking and Runner-up in Team Debate, 1988
Visiting Positions
Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, Visiting Scholar, July 2006, November 2018
International Monetary Fund, Research Department, Visiting Scholar, April 2004
Conference Presentations and Invited Talks
University of Georgia, February 2022
American Political Science Association Conference, October 2021
University of Konstanz, April 2021
American Political Science Association Conference, September 2020
University of Oslo, Environmental Politics and Governance Conference, June 2020
Yale University, Department of Political Science, January 2020
Cornell University, Department of Government, October 2019
American Political Science Association Conference, August 2019
Stanford University, Summer Institute in Political Psychology, August 2019
Academia Sinica, Taiwan, Institute of Political Science, May 2019
National Defense University, Taiwan, May 2019
National Taiwan University, Taiwan, May 2019
University of Gothenburg, Workshop on Experimental Political Science, May 2019
Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Department of International Relations, May 2019
Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Department of Communication, April 2019
Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Program in Conflict Research, April 2019
Midwest Political Science Association Conference, April 2019
University of Toronto, Legitimacy in Global Governance Conference, March 2019
UC Berkeley, Department of Political Science, February 2019
University of Washington, Center for Environmental Politics, December 2018
Stanford University, Comparative Politics of Environmental Policy Making Workshop, October 2018
American Political Science Association Conference, September 2018
Stanford University, Summer Institute in Political Psychology, August 2018
Hoover Institution, IP2 Summer Institute, August 2018
University of Hong Kong, Pacific International Politics Conference, July 2018
University of Stockholm, Environmental Politics and Governance Conference, June 2018
Stanford University, Political Psychology Research Group, May 2018
University of Barcelona, Workshop on Experimental Political Science, May 2018
International Studies Association Conference, San Francisco, April 2018
Kobe University, Graduate School of Law, December 2017
Harvard University, Political Psychology and Behavior Working Group, September 2017
American Political Science Association Conference, September 2017
Stanford University, Summer Institute in Political Psychology, August 2017
Hoover Institution, IP2 Summer Institute, August 2017
Waseda University, Tokyo, Contemporary Issues in International Relations, July 2017
Yonsei University, Seoul, Pacific International Politics Conference, July 2017
University of Bergen, Norway, Workshop on Experimental Political Science, April 2017
Peace Science Society Conference, South Bend, October 2016
Research Council of Norway, Workshop on Climate Governance and the IPCC, October 2016
ETH Zürich, Center for Comparative and International Studies, September 2016
American Political Science Association Conference, September 2016
Stanford University, Summer Institute in Political Psychology, August 2016
Gerzensee, Switzerland, “Environmental Politics and Governance” Conference, June 2016
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Politics of Sovereign Default Conference, May 2016
CUIMPB Barcelona, Workshop on Experimental Political Science, May 2016
Washington University in St. Louis, Comparative Politics Conference, April 2016
Georgetown University, McDonough School of Business, April 2016
Columbia University, Department of Political Science, February 2016
Emory University, Department of Political Science, February 2016
Koç University, Istanbul, Department of International Relations, October 2015
University of Wisconsin, Madison, Department of Political Science, September 2015
American Political Science Association Conference, September 2015
University of Washington, “Environmental Politics and Governance” Conference, May 2015
Yale University, “Reconsidering Regime Type in International Relations” Conference, April 2015
Midwest Political Science Association Conference, April 2015
UCLA, Department of Political Science, April 2015
Duke University, Department of Political Science, April 2015
University of Texas, Department of Political Science, March 2015
International Studies Association Conference, New Orleans, February 2015
Waseda University, Tokyo, Graduate School of Economics, November 2014
Peace Science Society Conference, Philadelphia, October 2014
American Political Science Association Conference, August 2014
Hoover Institution, IP2 Summer Institute, August 2014
UC San Diego, School of International Relations and Pacific Studies, June 2014
UC Davis, Department of Political Science, May 2014
Princeton University, Institute for International and Regional Studies, April 2014
Stanford University, American Politics Workshop, April 2014
Midwest Political Science Association Conference, April 2014
UC San Diego, School of International Relations and Pacific Studies, January 2014
American Political Science Association Conference, August 2013
Stanford University, Summer Institute in Political Psychology, July 2013
Midwest Political Science Association Conference, April 2013
Princeton University, Institute for International and Regional Studies, March 2013
University of California at Berkeley, Boalt Hall School of Law, March 2013
Stanford University, American Politics Workshop, February 2013
Waseda University, Tokyo, Graduate School of Economics, January 2013
Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta, “Politics of the Changing World Economy,” January 2013
University of Virginia, Department of Politics, November 2012
University of Virginia, International Political Economy Conference, November 2012
BYU/Princeton, “Field Experiments in International Relations” Conference, September 2012
American Political Science Association Conference, September 2012
Stanford University, Summer Institute in Political Psychology, July 2012
Yale University, “Tools of International Pressure” Conference, June 2012
Yale University, Leitner Program in International and Comparative Political Economy, April 2012
Yale University, Department of Political Science, April 2012
Midwest Political Science Association Conference, April 2012
International Studies Association Conference, April 2012
Harvard University, “Causal Mediation Analysis” Conference, March 2012
UCLA, Department of Political Science, February 2012
UC San Diego, School of International Relations and Pacific Studies, February 2012
Stanford University, Center for International Security and Cooperation, January 2012
University of Michigan, Department of Political Science, January 2012
Tel Aviv University, “Causes and Consequences of Democracy” Conference, December 2011
Princeton University, “Research Frontiers in Environmental Politics” Conference, December 2011
American Political Science Association Conference, September 2011
European Consortium for Political Research Conference, Reykjavik, August 2011
Midwest Political Science Association Conference, April 2011
University of California at Merced, Department of Political Science, February 2011
Princeton University, New Methodologies and Applications Conference, February 2011
Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore, Globalization Conference, January 2011
UC San Diego, Laboratory on International Law and Regulation, December 2010
University of Heidelberg, “Politics in Times of Crisis” Conference, December 2010
Harvard University, International Political Economy Society Conference, November 2010
Cornell University, Political Economy Seminar, November 2010
NYU Law School, “Human Rights Treaty Ratification” Conference, October 2010
American Political Science Association Conference, September 2010
International Society of Political Psychology Conference, San Francisco, July 2010
UCLA, “West Coast Experimental Political Science Conference,” May 2010
Midwest Political Science Association Conference, April 2010
Vanderbilt University, Center for the Study of Democratic Institutions, April 2010
University of Pittsburgh, “IPE and Natural Resources,” March 2010
Northwestern University, Center for International and Comparative Studies, March 2010
New York University, Experimental Political Science Conference, February 2010
California Institute of Technology, Political Economy Seminar, December 2009
Stanford University, “Power in the Contemporary World,” December 2009
American Political Science Association Conference, September 2009
Toronto, “Politics of International Cooperation” Book Conference, September 2009
Stanford University, Summer Institute in Political Psychology, July 2009
UC San Diego, “West Coast Experimental Political Science Conference,” May 2009
University of California at Berkeley, “Reputation in International Relations” Conference, April 2009
Midwest Political Science Association Conference, April 2009
Waseda University, Tokyo, Graduate School of Economics, January 2009
Doshisha University, Kyoto, January 2009
University of California at Berkeley, Boalt Hall School of Law, October 2008
American Political Science Association Conference, September 2008
Stanford University, Summer Institute in Political Psychology, July 2008
University of Oregon, Department of Political Science, May 2008
Princeton University, “Domestic Preferences and Foreign Economic Policy” Conference, April 2008
Midwest Political Science Association Conference, April 2008
International Studies Association Conference, March 2008
Princeton University, Department of Politics, March 2008
University of Pennsylvania, Browne Center for International Affairs, March 2008
Harvard University, Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, March 2008
Stanford University, Research Workshop in American Politics, February 2008
Princeton University, “Reputations and International Agreements” Conference, February 2008
University of California at San Diego, Project on International Affairs, February 2008
Ohio State University, Mershon Center for International Security Studies, February 2008
Yale University, Department of Political Science, January 2008
UCLA, Department of Political Science, January 2008
University of Chicago, Department of Political Science, December 2007
University of Minnesota, Department of Political Science, December 2007
University of Rochester, Department of Political Science, November 2007
University of California at Berkeley, Department of Political Science, November 2007
University of Notre Dame, Department of Political Science, November 2007
University of Chicago, Harris School of Public Policy, November 2007
Stanford University, International Political Economy Society Conference, November 2007
Georgetown University, School of Foreign Service, October 2007
Duke University, Department of Political Science, October 2007
University of Michigan, Ford School of Public Policy, October 2007
American Political Science Association Conference, September 2007
Stanford University, Methods of Analysis Program in the Social Sciences, May 2007
Columbia University, Political Economy Seminar, May 2007
University of Rochester, Department of Political Science, April 2007
Midwest Political Science Association Conference, April 2007
University of Minnesota, Political Economy Colloquium, March 2007
Rice University, Department of Political Science, February 2007
University of California at Berkeley, Haas Institutional Analysis Seminar, January 2007
Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences, January 2007
Stanford Law School, International Law Workshop, December 2006
Princeton University, Department of Politics, November 2006
Princeton University, International Political Economy Society Conference, November 2006
UCLA, “States and Capital Markets in Comparative Historical Perspective” Conference, October 2006
Yale University, Leitner Political Economy Workshop, September 2006
American Political Science Association Conference, September 2006
New York University, Department of Politics, April 2006
Princeton University, “Rationality and Reputation in International Relations” Conference, April 2006
Stanford University, “Trade Liberalization and its Consequences” Conference, April 2006
Midwest Political Science Association Conference, April 2006
International Studies Association Conference, March 2006
University of Michigan, Political Economy of International Finance Conf. (participant), October 2005
Duke University, Global Governance and Democracy Seminar, September 2005
American Political Science Association Conference, September 2005
Stanford University, Summer Institute in Political Psychology, July 2005
University of Pennsylvania, “Time Sharing Experiments for Social Sciences” Conference, June 2005
Columbia University, International Politics Seminar, May 2005
Midwest Political Science Association Conference, April 2005
International Studies Association Conference, March 2005
Stanford University, SCID Latin America Conference, November 2004
International Society for New Institutional Economics Conference (Tucson), October 2004
American Political Science Association Conference, September 2004
University of Chicago, Program on International Politics, Economics, and Security, May 2004
Midwest Political Science Association Conference, April 2004
University of Southern California, “Compliance in International Law” Conference, April 2004
International Monetary Fund, Research Department, April 2004
University of California at San Diego, Department of Political Science, March 2004
University of California at San Diego, Political Economy of International Finance Conf., March 2004
Harvard University, “Politics of Globalization” Conference, October 2003
American Political Science Association Conference, September 2003
Stanford University, “Argentina at a Crossroads” Conference, May 2003
Midwest Political Science Association Conference, April 2003
Claremont Graduate University, “Global Political Economy Data” (participant), April 2003
World Affairs Council, Palo Alto, January 2003
American Economic Association Conference, January 2003
Political Economy of International Finance Conference, Georgetown (participant), October 2002
American Political Science Association Conference, September 2002
Teaching Awards
Walter J. Gores Award for Excellence in Teaching, Stanford University, 2017. This is Stanford’s highest award for excellence in teaching. For more information click here.
Landreth Family University Fellow in Undergraduate Education, Stanford University, 2017. In recognition for “extraordinary contributions to undergraduate education.”
Allan V. Cox Medal for Faculty Excellence Fostering Undergraduate Research, Stanford University, 2005. This is a university-wide award, given to one professor at Stanford each year. For more information click here.
Keynote Speaker, Summer Honors College, Stanford University, 2005. My keynote address is here.
Dean’s Award for Distinguished Teaching, School of Humanities & Sciences, Stanford University, 2003
Grants from Stanford University (Vice Provost for Undergraduate Education) to support the Political Science Program for Undergraduate Research, 2002–17.
Grants from Stanford University (Program in Ethics and Society, and Vice Provost for Undergraduate Education) for curricular development of “Introduction to International Relations,” 2001, 2002
Derek Bok Certificate for Excellence in Teaching, Harvard University, 1997
Teaching Interests
International Relations: IR theory; international political economy
Political Economy: politics of economic development; electoral politics; spatial models of voting
Methodology: research design; experimental methods; survey research; econometrics and data analysis
Teaching Experience
Undergraduate Courses at Stanford:
The Science of Politics (Introduction to Political Science)
Introduction to International Relations
Politics of Economic Development
Bing Honors College (for honors students writing senior theses)
Honors Thesis Advisor
Directed reading on Environmental Policy
Directed reading on Fiscal Policy
Directed reading on International Law
Directed reading on International Trade
Directed reading on Political Campaigns
Graduate Courses at Stanford:
International Political Economy
Research Design
Laboratory for the Study of American Values
Design and Analysis of Surveys
Research Workshop in International Relations
Directed reading on Survey Research Methods
Directed readings on Spatial Models of Voting
Other Teaching:
Interpreting and Presenting Statistical Results, APSA Annual Meeting Short Course, 1999
Introduction to Quantitative Political Methodology (Teaching Fellow), Harvard University, 1997
The Cuban Revolution: A Self-Debate (Teaching Fellow), Harvard University, 1997
Tutor in Government, Leverett House, Harvard University, 1996–2000
Debate Instructor, Berkeley, Stanford, University of Kentucky, and University of Texas, summers 1989–92
Ph.D. Students (with degree year and initial job placements):
Adina Abeles (Ph.D. 2020), Chan Zuckerberg Initiative
Daniel Abbasi (Ph.D. 2011), MissionPoint Capital Partners
Sarah Anzia (Ph.D. 2012), U.C. Berkeley, Goldman School of Public Policy
Nandita Balakrishnan (Ph.D. 2020), U.S. Government
Kirk Bansak (Ph.D. 2019), University of California, San Diego
Jeff Bonheim (Ph.D. 2015), United States Military Academy
Tabitha Bonilla (Ph.D. 2014), University of Southern California
Matthew Carnes (Ph.D. 2008), Georgetown University
Jonathan Chu (Ph.D. 2018), University of Pennsylvania Postdoctoral Scholar
Catherine Duggan (Ph.D. 2007), Harvard Business School
Ebru Erdem (Ph.D. 2006), University of California, Riverside
Abby Fanlo (ABD)
Eugenia Guilmartin (Ph.D. 2002), United States Military Academy
Robert Gulotty (Ph.D. 2014), University of Chicago
Zuhad Hai (ABD)
Katie Hedgecock (ABD)
Lindsay Hundley (Ph.D. 2020), Stanford University Postdoctoral Scholar
Moonhawk Kim (Ph.D. 2005), University of Colorado Boulder
Shiri Krebs (J.S.D. 2017), Deakin University, Melbourne
Ruth Kricheli (Ph.D. 2012), Facebook, Inc.
Masha Krupenkin (Ph.D. 2019), Boston College
Nathan Lee (Ph.D. 2020), Rochester Institute of Technology
Soyoung Lee (ABD)
Xiaojun Li (Ph.D. 2013), University of British Columbia
Lizhi Liu (Ph.D. 2018), Georgetown University School of Business
Solomon Major (Ph.D. 2005), Naval Postgraduate School
Iris Malone (Ph.D. 2019), George Washington University
Nikolay Marinov (Ph.D. 2003), Yale University
André de Mello e Souza (Ph.D. 2005), Pontifíca Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro
Eric Min (Ph.D. 2017), University of California, Los Angeles
Rachel Myrick (ABD), Duke University
Craig Neuman (Ph.D. 2016), U.S. Air Force Special Operations Command
Rebecca Perlman (Ph.D. 2019), Princeton University
Kerry Persen (Ph.D. 2018), Facebook, Inc.
Margaret Peters (Ph.D. 2012), University of Wisconsin–Madison
Netithorn Praditsarn (Ph.D. 2005), Thailand Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Lauren Prather (Ph.D. 2015), University of California, San Diego
Tonya Putnam (Ph.D. 2005), Columbia University
Sungmin Rho (Ph.D. 2015), Graduate Institute of International & Development Studies, Geneva
Amanda Robinson (Ph.D. 2013), Ohio State University
Michael Robinson (Ph.D. 2018), United States Military Academy
Benjamin Schaftel (Ph.D. 2019), United States Air Force
Todd Sechser (Ph.D. 2007), University of Virginia
Shiran Shen (Ph.D. 2018), University of Virginia
Neil Snyder (Ph.D. 2020), United States Army
Rachel Stein (Ph.D. 2012), George Washington University
Lauren Sukin (ABD), London School of Economics
Christina Toenshoff (ABD)
Elisabeth van Lieshout (ABD)
Nikki Velasco (Ph.D. 2011), Lee University
Jessica Weeks (Ph.D. 2009), Cornell University
Jason Weinreb (Ph.D. 2017), Kensho Technologies (Financial Technologies)
Seth Werfel (Ph.D. 2018), Applied Social Science Startup
Rachel Wu (Ph.D. 2016), Freelance writing
Conferences Organized
Survey Experiments in International Security, October 20, 2016. Sponsored by the Peace Science Society. Co-organizer with Joshua Kertzer, Jonathan Renshon, and Jessica Weeks.
West Coast Experiments Conference, Stanford University, May 10, 2013. Sponsored by Institute for Research in the Social Sciences at Stanford, the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research, and the Stanford Department of Political Science. Co-organizer with Kevin Esterling.
The Causes and Consequences of Democracy: Regional and Global Perspectives. Tel Aviv University, December 13–14, 2011. Co-organizer with Nachum Braverman, Charles Kupchan, Uzi Rabi, and Asher Susser.
New Methodologies and Their Applications in Comparative Politics and International Relations. Princeton University, February 4–5, 2011. Co-organizer with Kosuke Imai and Evan Lieberman.
Sovereign Debt and Latin America: Theoretical and Comparative Perspectives. A Conference of the Social Science History Institute. Stanford University, February 28–March 1, 2003.
Frontiers in Latin American Political Economy. A Conference of the Social Science History Institute. Stanford University, January 18–19, 2002. Co-organizer with Alberto Diaz Cayeros, Steve Haber, Beatriz Magaloni, and Barry Weingast.
University Service
Stanford University—Undergraduate Programs:
Director, Program in International Relations, 2012–19
Director, International Relations Undergraduate Research Program, 2012–present
Chair, Committee on Rhodes, Marshall, and Churchill Scholarships, 2018–19
Long Range Planning, First Year Design Team, 2018–19
Stanford Global Studies Advisory Committee, 2016–present
Bass Council of Fellows Advisory Committee, 2017-present
Chair, Committee on Review of Undergraduate Majors (C-RUM), 2014–15
Undergraduate Research Advisory Panel (URAP), 2015–16
VPUE Undergraduate Advisory Council (UGAC), 2014–15, 2017–19
Thinking Matters (Freshman Year Requirements) Governance Board, 2012–15
Faculty Advisory Board for Introductory Seminars, 2009–11
SUES (Study of Undergraduate Education) Beyond the Freshman Year Committee, 2010–11
New Student Orientation, Video Introduction to the Social Sciences, 2010
New Student Orientation, Choosing Courses in the Social Sciences, 2009, 2010, 2011
Grant Evaluator, Undergraduate Research Office, 2002, 2006
Award Committee, Introductory Seminars Award for Excellence, 2009
Academic advisor for Stanford undergraduates, 2001–present
Stanford University—Graduate Programs:
Co-Director, Stanford Laboratory for the Study of American Values, 2012–present
Selection Committee, CISAC Predoctoral and Postdoctoral Fellowships, 2017
Grant Evaluator, Stanford Center on Global Poverty and Development, 2017–18
Grant Evaluator, IRiSS Computational Social Sciences, 2012–13, 2014–15 (chair)
Grant Evaluator, CISAC Security Research Seed Grant Program, 2014–15, 2015–16
Grant Evaluator, IRiSS Seed Grant Competition, 2014
Research Experience Program Steering Committee/Advisory Board, 2006–present
Grant Evaluator, Institute for International Studies, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2012
Admissions Committee, International Policy Studies Graduate Program, 2001–02
Academic advisor for MA program in Latin American Studies
Academic advisor for MA program in International Policy Studies
Outside Chair, Ph.D. exams in Business, Economics, Education, History, Math, Physics, Sociology
Stanford University—Faculty Programs:
Faculty Senate, 2013–17
Faculty Senate Policy Planning Board (PPB), 2015–17
Faculty Housing Advisory Committee, 2018–present
Committee on University Honors, 2017–18 (chair)
Committee on Committees (CoC), 2015–16, 2016–17 (chair)
Committee on Libraries (C-LIB), 2010–13
Committee on the Future of Stanford’s Libraries, 2009–12
Committee on Academic Computing and Information Systems (C-ACIS), 2007–10
CASBS Fellow Selection Committee, 2013–14
Institute for Research in the Social Sciences Junior Faculty Advisory Board, 2006–08
International Documents Librarian Search Committee, Stanford Libraries, 2005–06
Grant Evaluator, Office of Technology Assessment, 2003
Research Selection Committee, Woods Institute Environmental Venture Projects, 2012–15
Executive Committee, International Relations and International Policy Studies, 2001–present
Board of Directors, Stanford Campus Residential Leaseholders, 2011–17
Chair, Ground Rent Task Force, Stanford Campus Residential Leaseholders, 2016–17
Co-Chair, Emergency Committee, Stanford Campus Residential Leaseholders, 2014–18
Stanford Department of Political Science:
Founder and Director, Political Science Undergraduate Research Program, 2002–present
Director, Research Honors Track in Political Science, 2012–13
Plans and Policies Committee, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2012–13, 2015–16, 2016–17
Faculty Search Committee, 2001–02, 2007–08, 2008–09 (chair), 2009–10, 2010–11, 2013–14, 2016–17 (chair)
Faculty Reappointment and Tenure Committees, 2013–14, 2017–18, 2018–19
Graduate Admissions Committee, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2014–15 (chair), 2015–16 (chair), 2018-19 (chair)
Curriculum Committee, 2010–11, 2012–13 (chair), 2014–15 (chair), 2015–16
Research Track Honors Program Implementation Committee, 2011–12
Graduate TA Training Course, 2007, 2009
Field Convener, International Relations Subfield, 2002–03, 2016–17
Department Representative, Conference on Training for Teaching Assistants, 2001
Presenter, Undergraduate Student Recruitment Weekend, 2011, 2012
Office Allocation Committee, 2001–02
Professional Activities
Reviewer: American Journal of Political Science, American Political Science Review, Economics & Politics, Economics Letters, Electoral Studies, European Journal of Political Research, International Interactions, International Organization, International Studies Quarterly, Journal of Conflict Resolution, Journal of International Economics, Journal of Politics, Perspectives on Politics, Political Analysis, Political Psychology, Political Research Quarterly, Public Opinion Quarterly, Quarterly Journal of Political Science, Review of International Economics, Social Science Quarterly, World Politics, World Trade Review, Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences, Grawemeyer Award for Ideas Improving World Order, National Science Foundation (Political Science and Economics), Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research, Princeton University Press, Routledge Press, Time Sharing Experiments for the Social Sciences (TESS), Japanese Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS)
Editorial Board Member, American Journal of Political Science, 2010–11; International Organization, 2009–11; International Interactions, 2009–2011; International Studies Quarterly, 2009–2011; Journal of Experimental Political Science, 2013–17; Journal of Politics, 2015–16; World Politics 2009–15
Associate Principal Investigator, Time Sharing Experiments for the Social Sciences, 2009–11
Award Committees: Robert O. Keohane Award for the best research article in International Organization by an untenured scholar, 2009; Alexander L. George Article Award for the best article employing qualitative methods, Section on Qualitative and Multi-Method Research, APSA, 2010; Jack L. Walker Outstanding Article Award for the best article about political organizations and parties, Section on Political Organizations and Parties, APSA, 2010; Mancur Olson Award for the best dissertation in political economy, Section on Political Economy, APSA, 2010
Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences, Fellowship Selection Committee, 2013–14
Leadership Committees: Search Committee for APSA Open Access Journal editor, 2015–16; Committee member, American Political Science Association Committee on International Political Science, 2010–13; Council Member, American Political Science Association Section on Experimental Research in Political Science, 2010–11
National Science Foundation, Political Science Advisory Panel, various years
National Science Board, Task Force on Mid-Scale Research, Participant, 2011
Annual Meeting Section Head, International Relations and Domestic Politics Division, Midwest Political Science Association, 2008–09
Member: American Political Science Association, Midwest Political Science Association, International Studies Association, American Economic Association