ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS

Assistant Professor July 2002 – Present

Department of Political Science, University of California, San Diego

EDUCATION

Ph.D. Political Science, Harvard University, 2002.

A.B. International Relations, Stanford University, 1992.

PUBLICATIONS

2004. “Iterative Approaches to R x C Ecological Inference Problems: Where They Can Go Wrong and One Quick Fix.” Political Analysis 12(2), Spring 2004.

2003. “Multiparty Competition, Founding Elections and Political Business Cycles in Africa.” Coauthored with Steven A. Block and Smita Singh. Journal of African Economies 12: 444-468.

2002. “Political Institutions and Economic Growth in Africa: 1970-1995.” Co-authored with Smita Singh. In Coping with Globalization: Cross-National Patterns in Domestic Governance and Policy, edited by Steve Chan and James Scarritt. Boulder: Frank Cass.

1998. "Fiscal Policy Outcomes and Electoral Accountability in American States," co-authored with James Alt and Robert Lowry. American Political Science Review 92(4), December.

WORKING PAPERS, CONFERENCE PAPERS, AND WORKS IN PROGRESS

2004. “The Microfoundations of Ethnic Voting: Evidence from South Africa.” Afrobarometer Working Paper No. 40.

2004. “Ethic Demographics and Electoral Volatility in Africa.” Paper in progress.

AWARDS AND FELLOWSHIPS

Committee on Research Grant, UCSD (2003)

Mellon Dissertation Completion Grant (1999-2000).

National Science Foundation Grant for Improving Doctoral Dissertation Research (1998-1999)

National Security Education Program Fellowship. (Declined). (1997-1998).

Social Science Research Council International Predissertation Fellowship. (1996-1997).

National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship. (1994-1996; 1997-1998).

Karl Deutsch Fellowship, Harvard University. (1993-2002)

SELECTED PROFESSIONAL TALKS AND PRESENTATIONS

“The Microfoundations of Ethnic Voting: Evidence from South Africa.” Presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, Philadelphia, August 2003; the Comparative Politics Workshop, Stanford University, May 2003.

“Ethnic Demographics and Electoral Volatility in Africa.” Presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, Chicago, September 2004; the Comparative Politics Workshop, University of California, Los Angeles, May 2004; the Spring 2004 Meeting of the Laboratory in Comparative Ethnic Processes (LiCEP), University of Wisconsin, May 2004; the Spring 2004 Meeting of the Working Group in African Political Economy (WGAPE), Clairemont College, March 2004.

“Rainbow Parties: The Manipulation of Racial Image by South African Parties in Recent South African Elections.” Presented at the Spring 2002 Meeting of the Laboratory in Comparative Ethnic Processes (LiCEP), Stanford University, May 2002.

“Racial Polarization and Political Mobilization in South Africa.” Presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, Washington D.C., August 2000.

“Beyond 2 x 2 Tables : An R x C Ecological Inference Model.” Poster session at the Summer Methods Conference, University of California, Los Angeles, July 2000.

“Political Institutions and Economic Growth in Africa: 1970-1995.” Presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, Atlanta, August 1999.

"Iterative Approaches to R x C Ecological Inference Problems: Where They Can Go Wrong.” Poster session at the Summer Methods Conference, Texas A&M University, July 1999.

COURSES TAUGHT (G)raduate, (U)ndergraduate

Introduction to Comparative Politics (U)

Comparative Politics: Institutions (G)

Elections in Consolidating Democracies (G)

CONFERENCE PARTICIPATION (P)aper, (D)iscussant

APSA 1999(P), 2000(P), 2002 (P,D), 2003(P), 2004(P)

Methods 1999(P), 2000(P)

LiCEP 2001(P), 2002(P), 2004(P)

WGAPE 2004(P)

REVIEWER FOR

American Political Science Review

American Journal of Political Science

Political Analysis

International Organization

Journal of Politics

British Journal of Political Science

Political Behavior

Latin America Research Review

Theoria

Studies in Comparative International Development

PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS

American Political Science Association, 1999-Present

Laboratory in Comparative Ethnic Processes, 2000-Present

Working Group in African Political Economy, 2002-Present