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Education

Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, Ph.D. 1993 – Political Science
Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, B.S. 1988 – Political Science and Philosophy
Management & Leadership in Higher Education Program - Harvard Ed School - 2018

Current principal appointments

Ambassador Henry Taylor Professor of Politics, University of Virginia, 2018-
Dorothy Danforth Compton Professor of Public Affairs, Miller Center, UVA, 2018-
Professor Public Policy, Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy, UVA 2009-
Director, Batten Global Policy Center, 2015-

Past principal faculty and administrative appointments

Chair, Department of Politics, University of Virginia, 2010-2017 (sabbatical 2014)
J. Wilson Newman Professor of Governance, Miller Center of Public Affairs, UVA, 2008-2018
Professor, Dept of Political Science, University of Colorado, 2006-2009
Acting Chair, Department of Politics, University of Colorado, Spring/Summer 2005
Associate Professor, Dept of Political Science, University of Colorado, 2002-2006
Assistant Professor, Dept of Political Science, University of Colorado, 2000-2002
Assistant Professor, Dept of Political Science, University of North Texas, 1995-2000
Visiting Assistant Professor, Dept of Government, College of William and Mary, 1992-1995

Past research affiliations

Visiting Scholar, University of St Gallen, Switzerland, October 2014.
Visiting Scholar, Interdisciplinary Center, Herzliya, Israel, July 2014.
Visiting Scholar, Centro Studi Luca d’Agliano, Milan, Italy, May 2014.
Visiting Scholar, École des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales, Paris, France, March-April 2014.
Visiting Research Fellow, Directorate General for Economics and Finance, European Commission, Brussels, June-July 2006
Visiting Scholar, Research Division, International Monetary Fund, Washington, DC, Fall 2003
Research Associate, Institute for Behavioral Science, University of Colorado, 2000-2009

RESEARCH

Major awards

  • “Provost Award for Collaborative Excellence in Public Service,” awarded by the Office of the Provost, University of Virginia, 2019 (with Bob Bruner, Julia Mahoney, Petro Matos, and David Smith).
  • “SWIPE (Society for Women in International Political Economy) Mentoring Award, International Studies Association, 2016.
  • “Excellence in Faculty Mentoring Award,” awarded by the Office of the Provost, University of Virginia, 2015
  • Franklin L. Burdett Pi Sigma Alpha Award for the best paper presented at the 2004 American Political Science Association Meetings (with William Bernhard).
  • Political Economy Section’s award for the best paper presented at the 2004 American Political Science Association Meetings (with William Bernhard).
  • Robert H. Durr Award for the best paper applying quantitative methods to a substantive problem at the 2003 Midwest Political Science Association Meetings (with William Bernhard).

Major external contracts and grants

  • Department of Homeland Security research grant ($447,000) for “Modeling International Migrant Flows: Theory, Evidence and Forecasts”  July 2017 - July 2018.
  • National Science Foundation RAPID Grant ($86,500) for “A Referendum on Debt: The Political Economy of Icesave” (with Joseph Jupille).
  • National Science Foundation Dissertation Grant (Advisor for Jessica Teets), August 2007-July 2008.
  • National Science Foundation Grant ($216,534) for “The Political Economy of Exchange Rate Regimes” (with Tom Willett), January 2002 – December 2005.
  • National Science Foundation Grant ($48,600) for “To Devalue or to Defend,” January 2000 – December 2001.

Internal (UVA) research grants

  • Global Infectious Disease Institute ($98,850) for “Network-based Mobility Modeling for Complex Humanitarian Emergencies” (with Bryan Lewis, BioComplexity Institute), June 2019-May 2020.
  • Bankard Fund for Political Economy ($27,950) for “Modelling Global Refugee Flows,” 2017-2018.
  • Bankard Fund for Political Economy ($29,560) for “How to Deter Illegal Migration into the United States,” 2015-2016.
  • Batten Institute, Darden Business School ($12,000) for “Migrant Entrepreneurship in Emerging Markets,” 2013-2014.
  • Bankard Fund for Political Economy ($29,000) for “The Political Economy of Migrant Remittances: Dual Citizenship and External Voting Rights,” 2013-2014.
  • Batten Institute, Darden Business School ($22,500) for “Migrant Entrepreneurs, Remittances and Venture Capital in Emerging Markets,” 2011-2013.
  • Bankard Fund for Political Economy ($49,500) for “Occupational Licensing and the Migration of Skilled Professionals,” (with Sonal Pandya), 2011-2012.
  • Bankard Fund for Political Economy ($25,000) for “Another Link in the Chain: Migrant Networks and International Investment,” 2010-2011.

Book

  • Democratic Processes and Financial Markets: Pricing Politics (with William Bernhard), Cambridge University Press, 2006.

Refereed articles (*student)

  • “Populists at the Polls: Economic, Political, and Social Factors in the 1896 Presidential Election,” forthcoming, Research in Economic History, in press, (with Barry Eichengreen, Michael Haines, and Matt Jaremski).
  • “Controlling Immigration?” (with Marc Helbing), European Journal of Political Research, 58:248-69 (2019)..
  • “Ethnocentrism Reduces Foreign Direct Investment,” (with *Sarah Andrews and Sonal Pandya), Journal of Politics, February 2018.
  • “Deal or No Deal: “Deal or No Deal: Institutions versus Social Networks in FDI,” Economics and Politics, (April 2017) 29:91-117 (with Sonal Pandya)
  • “Harnessing the Diaspora: The Political Economy of Migrant Dual Citizenship.” Comparative Political Studies, (2017) 50(1)75-101.
  • “Sovereign Debt, Migration, and Government Survival,” (with William Bernhard) , Comparative Political Studies, (April 2016) 49(7)907-38.
  • “Babies Across Borders: The Political Economy of International Child Adoption,”, International Studies Quarterly (September 2015) 59:615-29 (with Asif Efrat, *Steven Liao and Sonal Pandya).
  • “Migration and Foreign Aid,” International Organization, (Summer 2015) 69:627-57 (with Sarah Blodgett Bermeo).
  • “Lingua Mercatoria: Language and Foreign Direct Investment,” International Studies Quarterly, (June 2015) 59:330-43 (with Moonhawk Kim, Amy Liu, *Kim-Lee Tuxhorn and David Brown).
  • “Defying the Law of Gravity: The Political Economy of International Migration,” World Politics, (2014) 66(3):406-445 (with Jennifer Fitzgerald and *Jessica Teets).
  • “Iceland on the Rocks: The Political Economy of a Referenda on Debt,”  International Organization, (2014) 68(3):721-740 (with *Amber Curtis and Joseph Jupille).
  • “Doctors with Borders: Occupational Licensing as an Implicit Barrier to High Skill Migration,” Public Choice (2014) 160:45-63 (with *Brenton Peterson and Sonal Pandya)
  • “Familiarity Breeds Investment: Diaspora Networks and International Investment,” American Political Science Review (August 2010) 104:584-600.
  • “The Political Economy of Exchange Rate Regimes in Transition Economies,” (with Jeff Frieden and Neven Valev), Review of International Organization (March, 2010) 5:1.
  • “The Financial Crisis of 2007: Our Waterloo or Take a Chance on IPE,” International Interactions (2009) 35:4 (with Sonal Pandya)
  • “Cabinet Collapses and Currency Crashes,” Political Research Quarterly, (2008) 61(3):517-531 (with William Bernhard).
  • “Democracy and Globalization,” Economics and Politics, (2008) 20(3):289-334 (with Barry Eichengreen).
  • “Politically Generated Uncertainty and Currency Crises: Theory, Tests and Forecasts,” Journal of International Money and Finance (2008) 27:480-97 (with Shanker Satyanath).
  • “Voting for Change: Calculation, Community and Euro Referendums,” International Organization, (2007) 61(4):763-782 (with Joseph Jupille).
  • “Elections, Partisan Politics and Stock Market Performance: Theory and Evidence from a Century of American and British Returns,” Economics and Politics (2007) 19:135—67 (with Bumba Mukherjee).
  • “Minority Governments and Exchange Rate Regimes: Examining Evidence from 21 OECD Countries, 1975-1999,” European Union Politics (2006) 7:450-76 (with Bumba Mukherjee).
  • “Polls and Pounds: Political Expectations and Exchange Rate Volatility in Britain,” Quarterly Journal of Political Science (2006) 1:25-47 (with William Bernhard).
  • “Parliamentary Politics and Foreign Exchange Markets: The World According to GARCH.” International Studies Quarterly, (2006) 24:69-92 (with William Bernhard)
  • “Institutions, Expectations and Currency Crises,” International Organization, (2006), 60:254-62 (with Shanker Satyanath).
  • “Government Partisanship, Elections and the Stock Market: Examining American and British Stock Returns, 1930-2000.” American Journal of Political Science. (October, 2005) 49:781-803 (with Bumba Mukherjee).
  • “Presidential Elections and the Stock Market: Comparing Markov-Switching and (FIE)GARCH Models of Stock Volatility, Political Analysis, (Summer 2004) 12:296-322 (with Bumba Mukherjee)
  • “To Defend or to Devalue: The Political Economy of Exchange Rate Policy,” International Studies Quarterly, (March 2003) 47:533-559.
  • “Exchange Rates and Cohesion: Historical Perspectives and Political Economy Considerations,” Journal of Common Market Studies, (2003) 41:797-822. (with Barry Eichengreen)
  • “Explaining Wars Fought by Established Democracies: Do Institutional Constraints Matter?” Political Research Quarterly, (2003) 56:385-400. (with Steve Chan).
  • “Capital Account Liberalization and Growth: Was Mr. Mahathir Right?” International Journal of Finance and Economics (2003) 8:205-24 (with Barry Eichengreen)
  • “Political Parties and Monetary Commitments,” International Organization, (2002) 56:803-31 (with William Bernhard).
  • “The Political Economy of Speculative Attacks in the Developing World,” International Studies Quarterly, (2002) 46:69-91.
  • “Democratic Processes and Political Risk: Evidence from Foreign Exchange Markets,” American Journal of Political Science, (2002) 46:316-333 (with William Bernhard).
  • “Speculative Attacks in Industrial Democracies: The Role of Politics,” International Organization, (2000) 54:291-324 (with William Bernhard)
  • “Democratic Political Institutions and Exchange Rate Commitments in the Developing World,” International Studies Quarterly, (1999) 43: 599-620. Reprinted in Benjamin Cohen (ed) International Money Relations in the New Global Economy, Edward Elgar Publishing.
  • “Democratic Institutions and Exchange Rate Commitments,” International Organization (1999) 53:71-97 (with William Bernhard).  Reprinted in Benjamin Cohen (ed) International Money Relations in the New Global Economy, Edward Elgar Publishing.
  • “Security Rights, Subsistence Rights, and Liberties: A Theoretical Survey of the Empirical Landscape,” Human Right Quarterly, (1999) 21:403-43 (with *Wesley Milner and Steve Poe).
  • “Domestic and Systemic Determinants of Capital Controls,” International Studies Quarterly, (1997) 41:435-54.  Reprinted in Benjamin Cohen (ed) International Money Relations in the New Global Economy, Edward Elgar Publishing.
  • “Political Democracy and Economic Growth: Pooled Cross-Sectional and Time-Series Evidence,” British Journal of Political Science, (1997) 27:453-66.
  • “The Effect of Cultural Attitudes on Economic Development: Theory, Hypotheses and Some Empirical Tests,” American Journal of Political Science, (1996) 40:607-31 (with James Granato and Ronald Inglehart).
  • “Cultural Values, Stable Democracy and Economic Development: A Reply,” American Journal of Political Science, (1996) 40:680-96 (with James Granato and Ronald Inglehart).
  • “Property Rights, Democracy, and Economic Growth,” Political Research Quarterly, (1996) 49:5-26. 

Book chapters (*student)

  • “The Determinants of Migrant Flows,” Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Politics. (2018) (with *Ben Helms)
  • “Migrant Networks, Political Institutions, and International Investment,” in Handbook on Migration and Social Policy (eds. Gary Freeman and Nikola Mirilovic). (2016). London: Edward Elgar Publishing.
  • “Another Link in the Chain: Migrant Networks and International Investment,” in Diasporas for Development (eds, Sonia Plaza and Dilip Ratha).  (2011). Washington, DC: World Bank.
  • "Legislative Bargaining and the Macro-Economy," in E. Scott Adler & John S. Lipinski (ed) The Macropolitics of Congress. (2006). Princeton University Press (with E. Scott Adler).
  • “Is Democracy Incompatible with International Economic Stability,” in Marc Uzan (ed.) The Future of the International Monetary System.  (2005) London: Edward Elgar Publishing.
  • “Providing Subsistence Rights: Do States Make a Difference?” in Sabine Carey and Steven Poe (eds.) Understanding Human Rights Violations: New Systematic Studies. (2004)  London: Ashgate. (with Wesley Milner and Steven Poe).
  • “Political Uncertainty and Speculative Attacks,” in Steve Chan and James Scarritt (eds.), Coping with Globalization: Cross-National Patterns in Domestic Governance and Policy Performance.  (2002) London: Frank Cass.
  • “Political Capacity and Economic Growth,” in Marina Arbetman and Jacek Kugler (eds.), Political Capacity and Economic Behavior.  (2002) Boulder, CO: Westview Press.
  • “The Impact of Culture on Economic Development,” in Ronald Inglehart, Modernization and Postmodernization. (1997) Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press. (with Ronald Inglehart and James Granato)
  • “Economic Development, Political Culture and Democracy: Bringing the People Back In,” in Ronald Inglehart, Modernization and Postmodernization.  (1997) Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press. (with Ronald Inglehart,  James Granato, and Sue Ellis). 

Shorter Pieces/Op-Eds (*student)

  • “Temporary Protected Status and Immigration to the United States,” CATO Research Briefs in Economic Policy, No. 47. January 23, 2019 (with *Ankita Satpathy, *Alexa Iadarola, *Ben Helms, *Kelsey Hunt, *Rebecca Brough, and *Eric Xu).
  • “Populists at the Polls: Economic Factors in the 1896 Presidential Election.”  VOXEU 10/25/2018 (with Barry Eichengreen, Michael Haines, and Matthew Jaremski).
  • “Exporting Murder: US Deportations and the Spread of Violence.”  The Crime Report 9/12/2018 (with Christian Ambrosius).
  • “How Deporting Immigrants from the US Increases Immigration to the US.”  Washington Post 8/22/2018 (with Christian Ambrosius)
  • “By Ending ‘Temporary Protected Status’ for Half a Million People, Trump has Probably Increased Illegal Immigration.”  Washington Post 8/7/2018 (with *Ankita Satpathy, *Alexa Iadarola, *Ben Helms, *Kelsey Hunt, *Rebecca Brough, and *Eric Xu).
  • “Trump Wants to Cut Immigration and Foreign Aid: Here’s How They’re Connected.”  Washington Post 2/22/2018 (with Sarah Bermeo).
  • “Greece Isn’t the First Country to Have a Debt Referendum.  Does Iceland Provide Useful Lessons?” Washington Post 7/4/2015 (with *Amber Curtis and Joseph Jupille).
  • “Is Amnesty Really That Bad for the GOP Voting Base?”  The Hill 3/28/2015 (with Tony Lucadamo)

Work under review and in progress (*student)

  • “Labor Market Policy as Immigration Control,” Under review (with *Benjamin Helms, *Alexa Iadarola, *Ankita Satpathy,  *Kelsey Hunt, *Rebecca Brough, *Eric Xu, and *Mahesh Rao).
  • “Exporting Murder: US Deportations and the Spread of Violence,” R&R (with Christian Ambrosius).
  • “Migration and Cross-Border Banking: The Missing Link?” in preparation (with *Alexandra Zeitz).
  • “Politically Costly Migration and Bilateral Financial Bailouts,” in preparation (with Jennifer Tobin and Christina Schneider).
  • “Migrants: Saviors of the Liberal International Order,” in preparation (with Margaret Peters).
  • “Border Barriers, Inequality, and the Demand for Refuge,” in preparation (with *Justin Schon)
  • “Stemming the Flood: Statecraft, Policy Tools, and Border Control,” Under revision (with William Bernhard and *Abby Post).

Invited talks and seminars (Scheduled and last several  years)

  • University of Laval (March 2019), University of South Carolina (March 2019), University of Colorado (December 2018), Oxford University (February 2018), Indiana University (Sept 2017), College of William and Mary (Sept 2017) London School of Economics (June 2017), University of Michigan (April 2017), UC Berkeley (March 2017), Johns Hopkins University (February 2017), UCLA (January 2017), Princeton University (April 2016), Dartmouth College (November 2015), Middlebury  College (November, 2015), Duke University (April 2015), George Washington University (March 2015), UCSD (March 2015), College of William and Mary (January 2015), London School of Economics (January 2015), University of Konstanz (October 2014), University of Zurich (October 2014), University of St. Gallen (October 2014), WBZ Berlin (June 2014), University of Milan (May 2014), University of Zurich (March 2014), University of Washington (January 2014), University of Colorado (October 2013), London School of Economics (March 2013), Columbia University (October 2012), University of Pennsylvania (October 2011); Duke University (April 2011); University of North Carolina (April 2011); Political Economy of International Finance, Berlin, Germany (January 2011); Carlson School of Management (April 2010); Georgetown University (March 2010); College of William and Mary (2010); Vanderbilt University (January 2010). 

SERVICE

Professional service

  • Editor, SSRN’s Political Economy eMigration Newsletter, May 2013-
  • Co-Organizer, Society of Political Methodology Annual Conference, July, 2013.
  • Co-Organizer, International Political Economy Society Annual Conference, November, 2012.
  • Member, Steering Committee, International Political Economy Society, 2008-2014.
  • Member, Political Science Panel, National Science Foundation, 2008-2010.
  • Secretary/Treasure, Political Economy Section, 2007-2010.
  • Chair, Political Economy Section’s Best Paper Award Committee, 2005.
  • Member, Carl Beck Award Committee, International Studies Association, 2004 – 2007.
  • Member, Best Paper Award Committee, Southwest Political Science Association, 2004 – 2007.
  • Program Coordinator, Section on IPE, Midwest Political Science Association, 2001.
  • Program Coordinator, Section on Comparative and IPE,  SWPSA, 2001.
  • Manuscript reviewer for American Political Science Review, American Journal of Political Science, Journal of Politics, Political Research Quarterly, British Journal of Political Science, Comparative Political Studies, International Organization, International Studies Quarterly, Journal of Conflict Resolution, Economics and Politics, Review of Economics and Statistics, Scottish Journal of Political Economy, European Journal of Political Research, European Journal of International Relations, European Review of Political Research, Political Analysis, Journal of Common Market Studies, Human Rights Quarterly, European Union Politics, European Journal of Political Economy, World Development, the National Science Foundation, Israeli Science Foundation, Brookings Institution Press, Cambridge University Press, Oxford University Press, Elsevier Science/Academic Press, MIT Press, Princeton University Press.

Editorial board memberships

  • World Politics, 2016-
  • Pi Sigma Alpha Journal of Politics, 2009-
  • International Organization, 2003 – 2006.
  • Political Research Quarterly, 2001 – 2006.

Major university service (last ten years)

  • Member, Applied Research Institute Advisory Board, 2018-
  • Member, Organizational Excellence Research Council, 2013-2014, 2019-
  • Member, Presidential Task Force on Naming Policies, 2017-2018
  • Member, Vice Provost for Global Strategy Search Committee, 2017-2018
  • Member, Global Infectious Disease Initiative Steering Committee, 2016- 
  • Member, Virginia Data Science Institute Steering Committee, 2013-16
  • Director, Caplin Conference on the World Economy, Miller Center of Public Affairs, 2008-2015
  • Member, Dean Search Committee, Batten School of Leadership & Public Policy, 2013-2014.
  • Member, Presidential Strategic Planning Subcommittee on Streamlining, 2012-2014
  • Member, University Library Committee, 2011-2013

Major College & Departmental service (last ten years)

  • Chair, Senior Associate Dean for Administration and Finance Search Committee, College of Arts and and Sciences, 2015
  • Member, Bachelors of Arts in Computer Science Steering Committee, 2015-
  • Member, College of Arts and Sciences Committee on Priorities and Resources, 2012-2013
  • Member, Quantitative Collaborative Steering Comm., College of Arts and Sciences, 2009-2013
  • Member, Chair’s Advisory Committee, 2008-2010
  • Member, Graduate Studies and Admissions Committee, 2008-2010
  • Major Batten School service (last ten years)
  • Member, Executive Advisory Committee, 2018-
  • Member, Professor of Practice Search Committee, 2017-18
  • Member, Curriculum Committee, 2016-2018
  • Chair, General Faculty Promotion Committee, 2017-18
  • Chair, Global Policy Search Committee, Batten School of Leadership & Public Policy, 2012-2013
  • Member, Personnel Committee, Batten School of Leadership and Public Affairs, 2008-2011

Past significant administrative appointments

  • Director of the Governing American in a Global Era Program, Miller Center of Public Affairs, University of Virginia, 2009-2010
  • Director of Graduate Studies, Dept of Political Science, University of Colorado, 2002-2006
  • Acting Department Chair, Dept of Political Science, University of Colorado, 2005
  • Director, Social Science Data Lab, University of Colorado, 2004-2006.