Quantitative and formal analysis of international relations, comparative politics, and American politics.
I, unfortunately, will be leaving ISA and NYC this morning and will be missing a bloggers get together of sorts tonight. However, for those of you here at ISA and reading blogs instead of attending panels, this gathering may be of interest. Michael A. AllenMichael A. Allen is an Associate Professor of Political Science at … Read more
Just in case you were not subject to the barrage of email reminders, the deadline for Midwest Proposals is today: Call for Papers for the 67th MPSA Political Science Conference April 2-5, 2009, Palmer House Hilton Hotel, Chicago*******************************************************************************Deadline to submit a proposal: October 10, 2008. Please forward this email to faculty or graduate students … Read more
Since it had become suggested reading for our first year graduate students in their introduction to methods course, I finally compelled myself to read over the April edition of PS: Political Science and its symposium on duplicate paper presentations at conferences. That is, whether it is acceptable for an identical paper to be presented at … Read more
I was hoping to produce a substantive post this week, but the upcoming conference for the American Political Science Association seems to monopolizing my time this week. As such, I may see some of you there ; though, maybe not at 8am. This is my first official trip to Boston, so thankfully I am going with … Read more
It appears that I might be a little late to the game judging by the Technorati reactions; however, that will not stop me now or in the near future. After some initial prompting from Richard Frank, this stellar introductory piece for graduate students posted back in January (universalized for all disciplines) details four avenues for … Read more
I have actively played video games since before I could actively recall solid memories of my childhood.* Some of my earliest memories do include an Atari system set up by my father and primitive graphics. A lifetime of video games has lead to my current past time of World of Warcraft which I have since … Read more
A quick reminder for those who push deadlines. The International Studies Association deadline (5/30/08) for proposals is today and the Peace Science deadline will be on Sunday (6/1/08). Michael A. AllenMichael A. Allen is an Associate Professor of Political Science at Boise State University. His research focuses on international conflict, military alliances, and quantitative methods … Read more