Explorations of Quantitative and Formal Research in Political Science
While I am not attending ISA physically this year, I have two different papers being presented by co-authors. As such, a bit of shameless self-promotion. The first paper is being presented by Matt DiGiuseppe on Tuesday (4/3) at 8:15 AM in Hospitality Suite 2201 on the Economics in International Processes panel. Our paper, "Austere Alliances: Sovereign … Read more
I will be flying for Chicago early Wednesday morning for the Midwest Political Science Association Conference. This is my first co-authored paper with Julie (another contributor to his blog) and we will present the following paper Thursday morning: The contemporary rise to infamy of Blackwater Worldwide and the private corporation's misdeeds in the Iraq War … Read more
My teaching style, as well as my presentation style, is marked by a relatively rapid delivery. I had favored such a style quite awhile ago for many public speaking formats as the general perception of the speaker by the audience is favorable (generally heighten perceptions of intelligence and mastery of the material). However, now I … 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
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
Christopher Zorn over at the Empirical Legal Studies blog is doing a series on presenting results in an understandable and useful manner. Given my own sins in generating tables, this should be an enlightening series to follow.
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).