Daniel Stockemer Department of Political Science University of Connecticut 341 Mansfield Rd, Unit 1024 Storrs, Ct, 06269 Phone: (860) 427-8961 Fax: (860) 486-8307 E-mail:
[email protected] EDUCATION: University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT PhD. in political science Aug. 2007 – May 2010 Dissertation title: Why are people active in social movements? A comparative study of Attac Germany and France Major dissertation advisor: Dr. Lyle Scruggs University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT Master of Arts (GPA 3.93)
Aug. 2004 – May 2006
Universität Mannheim Staatsexamen (Political Science, English, French) Magister (Political Science, English, French)
Oct. 2001 – May 2007 Oct. 2001 – March 2007
Study Abroad: La Sorbonne – Paris IV, Paris, France
Oct. 2003 – Feb. 2004
AREAS OF CONCENTRATION: Comparative Politics, International Relations RESEARCH INTERESTS: Political Participation, Social Movements, Democratization, Right-Wing Extremism, HIV/Aids, Women’s representation PUBLICATIONS IN REFEREED JOURNALS: “Determinants of HIV Prevalence - A Global Perspective." International Politics, forthcoming (coauthored with Bernadette LaMontagne) “The French National Front: A comparision between elected officials’ assessment of popular support for the French National Front and public opinion polls.” Perspectives on European Politics and Society, forthcoming, April 2010 (co-authored with Bernadette LaMontagne) “Women’s parliamentary representation – Are women more highly represented in (consolidated) democracies than in non-democracies?” Contemporary Politics, forthcoming, December 2009. “Does Democracy lead to good governance: The question applied to Africa and Latin America.” Global Peace, Change & Security, vol. 21, issue 2, pages 241-245, 2009. “Women’s representation in Europe: A comparison between the national parliaments and the European Parliament.” Comparative European Politics, vol. 6, issue 4, pages 463-485, 2008. “Women’s representation: A comparison between Europe and the Americas.” Politics, vol. 28, issue 2, pages 65-73, 2008. “Right-wing extremism in France – Departmental differences in the vote for the FN.” The Romanian Journal of Political Science, vol. 7, issue 2, pages 45-65, 2007 (co-authored with Bernadette LaMontagne). “HIV/AIDS in Africa: Explaining the Differences in HIV Prevalence Rates.” Contemporary Politics, vol. 13, issue 4, pages 365-378, 2007 (co-authored with Bernadette LaMontagne).
“Why are there differences in the political representation of women in the 27 countries of the European Union?” Perspectives on European Politics and Society, vol. 8, issue 4, pages 476-493, 2007. PUBLICATIONS IN EDITED VOLUMES: “Barbados” in Wolfgang Gieler (ed.) Handbuch Migrationspolitik. Berlin: LIT Verlag (forthcoming) PUBLICATIONS IN NON-PEER REVIEWED JOURNALS: “Gender Inequalities and Hurricane Katrina.” The International Journal of Diversity in Organisations, Communities & Nations, vol. 6, issue 1, pages 137-142, 2006. PUBLICATIONS IN ENCYCLOPEDIA: “Cohabitation, Duverger’s Law and Gender Quotas” in George T. Kurian (ed.) International Encyclopedia of Political Science. (Washington D.C.: CQ Press, forthcoming) “Voter Turnout” in Kenneth Warrant (ed.) Encyclopedia of U.S. Campaigns, Elections, and Electoral Behavior: (London: Sage Publications, 2008). WORK CURRENTLY UNDER REVIEW
“Why do richer democracies survive? - The non-effect of unconventional political participation.” (coauthored with Benjamin Carbonetti) Revise and Accept The Social Science Journal “When do people protest? Using a game theoretic framework to shed light on the relationship between repression and protest in hybrid and autocratic regimes” submitted to Social Science Quarterly “Income Inequality, Clientelism and Electoral Turnout” (co-authored with Lyle Scruggs) submitted to The Journal of Politics.
CONFERENCE PARTICIPATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS: Paper Presenter: Macro Trends in Political Engagement: A Comprehensive Study of Turnout and Unconventional Political Participation. American Political Science Association, annual meeting, Toronto, September 2-6, 2009. Paper Presenter: Why do people protest? Using a game theoretic framework to shed light on the protestrepression nexus. Midwest Political Science Association, annual conference, Chicago, April 2-5, 2009. Paper Presenter: The relationship between inequality and turnout – New evidence on a burgeoning debate. Midwest Political Science Association, annual conference, Chicago, April 2-5, 2009 (co-authored with Lyle Scruggs) Paper Presenter: The Relationship between Democracy and Civil War: A Re-evaluation of the Inverted URelationship. International Studies Association, annual conference, New York, February 15-18, 2009. Panel Organizer: Challenges of Democracy and Democratization. International Studies Association, annual conference, New York, February 15-18, 2009. Paper Presenter: Democracy, Corruption and Socio-Economic Development: A Comparison between Africa and Latin America. International Studies Association, annual conference, New York, February 15-18, 2009. Paper Presenter: Why do richer democracies survive? – (Post)modernization and unconventional political participation”, Northeastern Political Science Association, annual conference, Boston, November 13-15, 2008 (co-authored with Benjamin Carbonetti) Paper Presenter: “Democracy and Good Governance: A comparison between Africa and Latin America”, American Political Science Association, annual meeting, Boston, August 28-31, 2008.
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Paper Presenter: “Elected officials’ assessment of popular support for extremist parties: A survey of French parliamentarians”, New England Political Science Association, annual meeting, Providence, April 25-26, 2008 Paper Presenter: “The Democratic Peace: An evaluation of the dyadic and monadic hypotheses and intrastate conflict”, International Studies Association, annual meeting, San Fransisco, March 26-29, 2008. Paper Presenter: “Right Wing Extremism in France: Departmental Differences in the Vote Share of the Front National”, Northeastern Political Science Association, annual conference, Philadelphia, November 1517, 2007 (co-authored with Bernadette LaMontagne) Chair and Discussant of the Panel: “Challenges and Conflict in Resource Security”, American Graduate School of Diplomacy and International Relations International Graduate Student Conference, Paris (France), June 20-21, 2007. Paper Presenter: “Gender Inequalities and Hurricane Katrina” The Sixth International Conference on Diversity in Organisations, Communities, and Nations, New Orleans, June 12-15, 2006. Paper Presenter: “Women representation in Europe – A comparison between the national parliament and the European Parliament”, New England Political Science Association, annual conference, Portsmouth, May 5-6, 2006. Paper Presenter: “Why are there differences in political representation of women in the 25 countries of the European Union” Women and Political Research Conference, Washington, April 14-15, 2006. Paper Presenter: “Women representation in Europe: The role of party ideology”, Northeastern Political Science Association, annual conference, Philadelphia, 15-18 November, 2005 FELLOWSHIPS/GRANTS: University of Connecticut pre-doctoral fellowship ($ 1500)
August 2009 – May 2010
University of Connecticut Dissertation Fellowship ($ 2000)
June 2009
University of Connecticut summer fellowship ($ 600)
Summer 2009
University of Connecticut pre-doctoral fellowship ($1500)
August 2008 – May 2009
University of Connecticut summer fellowship ($1000)
Summer 2008
University of Connecticut pre-doctoral fellowship ($1500)
August 2007 – May 2008
Scholarship of the Konrad-Adenauer Foundation
October 2002 – March 2007
AWARDS: ISA Conference Travel Award ($ 250)
February 2010
APSA Conference Travel Award ($ 200)
September 2009
University of Connecticut Conference Travel Award ($1000)
April 2009
Norman Kogan Award for excellence in European Studies ($1000)
March 2008
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TEACHING EXPERIENCE: Instructor of Record, University of Connecticut Quantitative Methods for Political Science
Spring/ Fall 2008/ 09
Teaching Assistant, University of Connecticut Introduction to International Relations Introduction to Comparative Politics Contemporary International Politics
Fall 2007 Spring 2006 Fall 2005
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT: st
The 1 EITM (Empirical Implication of Theoretical Models) Europe workshop, Mannheim (Germany) University of Mannheim June 29 – July 10, 2009 th
The 45 ICPSR Summer School in Quantitative Methods of Social Research University of Michigan, Ann Arbor July 20 – Aug. 15, 2008 Courses in Advanced Maximum Likelihood Estimation and Simultaneous Equation Models The 41st Essex Summer School in Social Data Analysis and Collection, Essex (Great Britain), University of Essex. July 7 – July 18, 2008 Course in Game Theory The 7th Institute on Qualitative and Multi-Method Research, Tempe, Arizona State University
January 2 – 12, 2008
The 40th Essex Summer School in Social Data Analysis and Collection, Essex (Great Britain) University of Essex, July 21– Aug 17, 2007. Courses in Time Series Analysis and Pooled Times Series Analysis PROFESSIONAL/ UNIVERSITY SERVICE Chief organizer of the 2nd Annual University of Connecticut Democracy and Democratization Conference, Storrs Ct February 26/27, 2010 Chief organizer of the 1st Annual University of Connecticut Democracy and Democratization Conference, Storrs Ct February 27/28, 2009 10 thematic panels with 40 participants from 9 different countries Keynote address by Sterling Professor Ian Shapiro Organizer of the Political Science Department Brown Bag Colloquium
August 2007 – current
President of the Political Science Graduate Student Association
August 2007 – current
Member of the Graduate Student Senate
August 2008 – current
President of the Graduate Residence Association
August 2009 – current
Vice-President of the Graduate Residence Association
August 2008 – August 2009
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS: American Political Science Association International Studies Association Midwest Political Science Association
October 2006 – present October 2007 – present March 2008 – present
LANGUAGE SKILLS: German (native), French (fluent)
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PROFESSIONAL REFERENCES: Prof. Lyle Scruggs, University of Connecticut E-mail:
[email protected] Office Phone: (860) 486-0409 Prof. Peter Kingstone, University of Connecticut E-mail:
[email protected] Office Phone: (860) 486-3244 Prof. Shareen Hertel, University of Connecticut E-mail:
[email protected] Office Phone: (860) 486-4129
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