JEFFREY K. CONROY-KRUTZ

 

                                                Department of Political Science, Columbia University

CONTACT                         420 West 118th Street, 7th Floor                                                                 42 Standish Street

INFORMATION              New York, NY  10027                                                                                       Cambridge, MA  02138

                                                Email:  jkk2003@columbia.edu                                                            Cell:  917-621-5708

                                                http://www.columbia.edu/~jkk2003

 

 EDUCATION                   Ph.D. candidate, Columbia University, Department of Political Science (August 2002-Present)

                                                Dissertation project:  Political Information and Electoral Behavior in Sub-Saharan Africa

                                                Advisors:  John Huber, Macartan Humphreys, Kimuli Kasara


                                                M.Phil. in Political Science, Columbia University (May 2005)

 

                                                M.A. in Political Science, Columbia University (May 2003)

 

                                                B.A. in World Politics and History, Hamilton College (May 2001) (summa cum laude)  

                                                Theses:      “Militaries, Moscow, and Mnogovektornizatsiya:  Building a New Security Architecture in Eastern Europe”  (World Politics, department honors)

                                                    “From Khaki to ‘Civies’:  Monument Building, ‘Shell Shock,’ and Gender in Post-World War I British Historicization” (History, department honors)


INTERESTS                      Political information and mass media, voting behavior, ethnic politics, clientelism, electoral campaigns, political parties, decentralization, Sub-Saharan Africa


PUBLICATIONS &         The Ethnic Shortcut:  In-Group Voting and Information Availability in African Politics

WORKING PAPERS      (Under review)

 

                                                The Informational Face of Patronage:  Reputation-Building in African Electoral Contexts

 

                                                Senegalese Electoral Politics:  Evidence of a Serial Dominant-Party System? (w/ Linda Beck)

                                    (Under review)

 

                                                African Cities and Incumbent Hostility: Explaining Opposition Success in Urban Areas

                                (Revise and resubmit at Comparative Politics)

 

                                                Review of Staffan I. Lindberg, Democracy and Elections in Africa (Baltimore:  Johns  Hopkins UP, 2006), in Political Science Quarterly, vol. 122, no. 2 (2007), pp. 348-9.

                                                Decentralization as Patronage?  The Politics of District Creation in Uganda

 

                                                Whither the Angry Voter?:  Evaluation, Information, and Party Support in Africa

 

TEACHING                       Teaching Assistant, Harvard University (Cambridge, MA) (September 2008-Present)

EXPERIENCE                   Introduction to Comparative Politics (September 2008-Present) (Prof. Steven Levitsky)


                                                Teaching Fellow, Columbia University (New York, NY) (January 2004-Present)

                                                Japanese Politics (September-December 2007, September 2008-Present)  (Prof. Gerald Curtis)

                                                Chinese Foreign Policy (January-May 2008) (Prof. Andrew Nathan)

                                                Political Development in the Third World (September-December 2004) (Prof. Ousmane Kane) (January-May 2007) (Prof. Philip Oldenburg)

                                                Life Cycles of Communist Regimes (January-May 2006) (Prof. Thomas Bernstein)

                                                Political Economy and Sociology of Global Capitalism (September-December 2005) (Prof. Mark Kesselman)

                                                Introduction to Comparative Politics (January-May 2004; January-May 2005) (Prof. Linda Beck)

 

CONFERENCE                 American Political Science Association Annual Meeting (Boston, August 2008)

PRESENTATIONS         “Information, Ethnicity, and Voting Behavior in Africa:  Results of a Survey Experiment in Uganda”

 

                                                New England Political Science Association Annual Meeting (Providence, April 2008)

                                                “Information, Petty Patronage, and Voting Behavior in Africa:  Results of a Survey Experiment in Uganda”                               

 

                                                Midwest Political Science Association National Conference (Chicago, April 2008)

                                                “Information, Ethnicity, and Voting Behavior in Africa:  Results of a Survey Experiment in Uganda”

 

                                                African Studies Association meeting (New York, October 2007)

                                                Panel organizer (w/Kate Baldwin):  “A Closer Look at Patronage Politics”

                                                Special selection of the African Politics Conference Group

                                                Individual paper:  “The Informational Face of Patronage: Reputation-Building in African Electoral Contexts”

 

                                                Midwest Political Science Association National Conference (Chicago, April 2007)

                                                “How Common is Communalism?  Diversity, Information Access, and Community Political Cohesion in Uganda”

 

                                                Boston University African Studies Graduate Conference (Boston, March 2007)

                                                “Whither the Angry Voter?:  Evaluation, Information, and Party Support in Africa”

 

                                                African Studies Association meeting (San Francisco, November 2006)

                                                “African Cities and Incumbent Hostility:  Explaining Opposition Success in Urban Areas”

 

                                                Midwest Political Science Association National Conference (Chicago, April 2006)

                                                “Decentralization as Patronage?  Local Government and Regime Support in Uganda”

 

                                                Conference on Media and Social Change in Africa (London, March 2006)

                                                “The Media, Political Information, and Changing Patterns in Urban & Rural Voting”

 

                                                Midwest Political Science Association National Conference (Chicago, April 2005)

                                                “Determinants of Party Support in Ghana’s Fourth Republic”  

 

AWARDS &                      Teaching Fellowship

FELLOWSHIPS               Columbia University Graduate School of Arts and Sciences (September 2002-Present)

 

                                                Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grant

                                                National Science Foundation (September 2007)

 

                                                James Leitner Summer Travel Grant

                                                Institute of African Studies, Columbia University (Summer 2006)

               

                                                Frank Educational Fund Scholarship

                                                The Ashburn Institute (for study of federalism) (May 2005)

 

                                                Constantine Karamanlis Prize in World Politics (outstanding senior)

                                                Hamilton College (May 2001)

                                               

                                                Edgar Baldwin Graves Prize in History (outstanding senior)

                                                Hamilton College (May 2001)


                                    Pi Sigma Alpha (National political science honor society) (May 2001)


                                    Phi Alpha Theta (International history honor society) (May 2001)


                                    Clark Prize in Public Speaking, First Place, Hamilton College (April 2001)

 

                                                Phi Beta Kappa (elected September 2000)


                                                McKinney Public Speaking Contest, First Place, Hamilton College (April 1999, April 2000)


                                                Warren E. Wright Public Speaking Contest, First Place, Hamilton College (April 2000)


PROFESSIONAL             Research Assistant, Barnard College (New York, NY) (February 2004-June 2006)

EXPERIENCE                   Assisted Dr. Linda Beck in development of syllabi for courses on pan-African studies, Islam and politics, and introductory comparative politics.

                                              

                                                Writing Consultant, Columbia University (New York, NY) (September 2005-May 2006)                                                 

                                                Worked with students on writing skills, including argument, organization, and style.

                                             

                                                Junior Fellow, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (Washington, DC) (July 2001-July 2002)

                                                Researched topics such as democracy and rule-of-law promotion, parties, and conflict.   Served as research assistant to vice president for global studies.  Assisted in 

                                                preparation of books, journal articles, and opinion pieces.

                                                 

                                                Senior Intern, Office of Admissions, Hamilton College (Clinton, NY) (August 2000-May 2001)

                                                Interviewed and evaluated prospective students.


SERVICE                            Editorial Assistant, Political Science Quarterly (New York, NY) (September 2004-Present)

                                                Monitor recently released publications, recommend appropriate books on African and Latin American politics for review in quarterly journal, and suggest potential 

                                                reviewers.


                                                Project Assistant, Institute of African Studies, Columbia University (New York, NY) (May 2005-November 2005)

                                                Acted as a primary developer of a (successful) proposal for a National Resource Centers grant, which enables Columbia University students to study African languages. 


                                                Consultant, Uganda Bureau of Statistics (Entebbe, Uganda) (July-August 2005)

                                                Conducted training for staff on use of the latest GIS software.  Produced an evaluation of—and recommendations regarding—Directorate operations, relationships with 

                                                other Uganda government offices, and service to the Ugandan people, for Bureau review.

                                              

                                                Admissions Committee, Political Science, Columbia University (New York, NY) (Spring 2005)

                                                Comparative politics sub-field committee member

   

FIELDWORK                    Uganda (July-August 2005, December 2007-February 2008)

EXPERIENCE                   Sénégal (June-July 2006, May-June 2007)

 

SKILLS                                Languages: 

                                                French (proficient); Spanish (reading proficiency); German (introductory); Wolof (introductory)

 

                                                Packages:

                                                ArcGIS, MapWindow GIS, R, SPSS