Duke University	Searle Visiting Assistant Professor and Postdoctoral Fellow
	Department of Political Science
	2009-2011

2009	The University of Georgia - Athens, GA
	Ph.D. in Economics
	Dissertation: “Congressional Politics and Income Redistribution.”
	Committee: Robert Grafstein, Keith Dougherty, Jamie L. Carson,
	and David B. Mustard.
	Fields: Econometrics, Political Economy, and Public Choice
2007	The University of Georgia - Athens, GA
	M.A. in Political Science
	Thesis: “The Implications of Using Direct Democracy Models for Cases
	of Representative Democracy.”
	Committee: Robert Grafstein, Keith Dougherty, and Jamie L. Carson
	Fields: American Politics, Positive Political Theory and Political Methodology
1999	The University of Georgia - Athens, GA
	B.B.A. in Economics

“The Implications of Using Direct Democracy Models for Cases of Representative
Democracy.”
Revise-and-Resubmit, Journal of Theoretical Politics
“The Implications of Inherited Status Quos for Models of Congress.”
”An Experimental Study of the Efficiency of Unanimity Rule and Majority Rule.”
with Keith Dougherty, Brian Pitts and Justin Moeller
“A Congressional Theory of the Size of Government.”
“Growing Conditional Party Government in an Agent Based Model
of Congress.” with Gregory Robinson
“Proportional Allocation versus Winner-Take-All in Presidential Primaries:
A Computational Investigation.” with Paul Gurian
Click on paper titles to view abstracts.

Congress, Political Economy, Formal Theory, Computational Political Science, Complex
Adaptive Systems

American Political Institutions, Computational Methods, Formal Theory, Political Economy,
Political Methodology, Research Design

Political Science Department
Research design, statistics, ordinary least squares, maximum likelihood and limited dependent
variable estimation.
Economics Department
Mathematical statistics, probability theory, cross sectional microeconometrics, panel data methods,
limited dependent variable models, sample-selectivity, and failure time models.
Passed Department of Economics Field Exam in Econometrics (June 2006).

Santa Fe Institute Summer Workshop in Computational Social Sciences (Summer 2007)
Complex adaptive systems, agent based modeling, and complexity social science.
Political Science Department
Game theory, spatial voting models, and collective action theory.
Economics Department
Decision theory, social choice theory, cooperative and non-cooperative game theory.
Passed Department of Economics Comprehensive Exam in Microeconomic Theory (August 2004).
NSF’s Empirical Implications of Theoretical Models V (Summer 2006)
EITM, institutions and institutional analysis, empirical evaluation of causality, and complexity.

	Computational Political Science (Graduate)
	American Values and Institutions
	Research Methods in Political Science
	Introduction to Political Science
	Contemporary Political Thought
	Principles of Microeconomics
	*2006 Swift Award - Outstanding Undergraduate Teaching
	*Instructor for all courses. Evaluations and syllabi available on the teaching page.

2009
“An Experimental Study of the Efficiency of Unanimity Rule and Majority Rule”
with Keith Dougherty, Brian Pitts and Justin Moeller
Paper Presented at Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association
“The Complex Adaptive Congress”with Gregory Robinson
Paper Presented at Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association
2008
“Proportional Allocation versus Winner-Take-All in Presidential Primaries:
A Computational Investigation.” with Paul Gurian
Poster Presented at Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association
“The Implications of Inherited Status Quos for Models of Congress.”
Poster Presented at Annual Conference of the Society for Political Methodology
“Growing Conditional Party Government in an Agent Based Model
of Congress.” with Gregory Robinson
Paper Presented at Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association
“The Complexity of Presidential Primaries.” with Paul Gurian
Paper Presented at Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association
“A Congressional Politics Theory of the Size of Government.”
Paper Presented at Binghamton University Department of Political Science
“A Congressional Politics Theory of the Size of Government.”
Paper Presented at Annual Meeting of the Southern Political Science Association
“The Complex Adaptive Congress: Conditional Party Government.” with Gregory Robinson
Paper Presented at Annual Meeting of the Southern Political Science Association
2007
‘‘Congress, Complexity, and Redistribution.”
Paper Presented at Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association
“The Implications of Using Direct Democracy Models for Cases of Representative
Democracy.”
Poster Presented at Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association
“A Congressional Politics Theory of the Size of Government.”
Paper Presented at Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association

2005-2008	H.B. Earhart Foundation Fellowship
2007	Department of Economics Travel Stipend
	American Political Science Association Meeting
2007	National Science Foundation EITM Travel Stipend
	Midwest Political Science Association Meeting
2006	Swift Award - Outstanding Undergraduate Teaching in Economics
	Awarded by Department Faculty
2005-2006	President - Omicron Delta Epsilon (Graduate Economics Honor Society)

Manuscript Reviewer	Journal of Theoretical Politics and Public Choice
Professional Memberships
2005 - Current	American Political Science Association
	Member of Political Methodology, Legislative Studies and
	Political Economy sections
2005 - Current	Southern Political Science Association
2006 - Current	Midwestern Political Science Association
Professional Conference Activities
April 2009	Midwest Political Science Association Meeting
	Panel Chair and Discussant
January 2006	Southern Political Science Association Meeting
	Panel Chair

Robert Grafstein		Jamie L. Carson
Department of Political Science		Department of Political Science
308 Baldwin Hall		304B Baldwin Hall
The University of Georgia		The University of Georgia
Athens, GA 30602		Athens, GA 30602
Keith Dougherty		David B. Mustard
Department of Political Science		Department of Economics
408 Baldwin Hall		528 Brooks Hall
The University of Georgia		The University of Georgia
Athens, GA 30602		Athens, GA 30602