C-SoDA Conference – New Faces in Political Methodology III

New Faces in Political Methodology III was held on May 1, 2010, and featured:

Matthew Buttice (University of California - Davis).

"A Bayesian Approach to Estimating Candidate Characteristics with Expert Data," co-authored with Cherie Maestas and Walt Stone. This paper was published (as "Extracting Wisdom from Experts and Small Crowds: Strategies for Improving Informant-based Measures of Political Concepts") in Political Analysis.

Matt received his PhD in 2012 and is currently Senior Policy Analyst at the Office of the Independent Monitor, City and County of Denver.

Jason Coronel (University of Illinois).

"If Citizens with Severe Brain Lesions Can Make Rational Voting Decisions, Then So Can Everybody Else," coauthored with Melissa Duff, David Warren, Karen Federmeier, Brian Gonsalves, Daniel Tranel, and Neal Cohen. This paper was published (as "Remembering and Voting: Theory and Evidence from Amnesia Patients") in the American Journal of Political Science.

Jason is currently an Assistant Professor in the School of Communication at The Ohio State University.

Ines Levin (California Institute of Technology).

"Economic Policy in Times of Crisis and Political Participation: A Multilevel Modeling Approach," co-authored with Andrew Sinclair and Michael Alvarez. This paper was published (as "Participation in the Wake of Adversity: Blame Attribution, Policy-Oriented Evaluations, and Civic Engagement") in Political Behavior.

Ines received her PhD in 2012 and is currently an Assistant Professor of Political Science at UC-Irvine.

Paul Poast (University of Michigan).

"Does Issue Linkage Work? Evidence from European Alliance Negotiations, 1815 to 1945." This paper was published in International Organization.

Paul received his PhD in 2011 and is currently an Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Chicago.

Marc Ratkovic (University of Wisconsin).

"Identifying the Effects of Political Boundaries: Simultaneous Variable Selection and Curve Fitting through Mixed-Penalty Regularization."

Marc received his PhD in 2011 and is currently an Assistant Professor in the Department of Politics at Princeton University.

Maya Sen (Harvard University).

"Quantifying Discrimination: The Role of Race and Gender in the Awarding of Subprime Mortgage Loans."

Maya received her PhD in 2012 and is Associate Professor at the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University.

Nils Weidmann (Princeton University [Postdoctoral Fellow]).

"Violence and Ethnic Segregation: A Computational Model Applied to Baghdad," coauthored with Idean Salehyan. This paper was published in International Studies Quarterly.

Nils is currently Professor of Political Science and head of the Communication, Networks, and Contention Research Group at  Universitat Konstanz.

Teppei Yamamoto (Princeton University).

"Understanding the Past: Statistical Analysis of Causal Attribution." This paper was published in the American Journal of Political Science.

Teppei is currently Associate Professor and Alfred Henry and Jean Morrison Hayes Chair in the Department of Political Science at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.