Jason P. Kelly
Dept. of Political Science
Columbia University
420 West 118th Street, 7th Floor
New York, NY. 10027
Phone: (858) 204-9000
Email: jpk2003@columbia.edu
Columbia University
420 West 118th Street, 7th Floor
New York, NY. 10027
Phone: (858) 204-9000
Email: jpk2003@columbia.edu
Education
Columbia University, New York, NY.
Ph.D. candidate in Political Science
Fields: American Politics and Quantitative Methods
Dissertation: Political Lines & Geographical Space: The Use of Redistricting and the Allocation of Industrial Resources to achieve Electoral and Legislative Success
Ph.D. in Political Science, expected Fall 2009
M.Phil. in Political Science, Spring 2008
M.A. in Political Science, Spring 2003
University of California, Irvine
B.A. in Political Science, Spring 2002
Senior Honors Thesis: “The Use and Role of Political Symbolism during the 2000 Presidential Post-election.”
Honors: Phi Beta Kappa, Magna Cum Laude, Honors in Political Science
Publications
Edited Books
Today’s American: How Free? Rowman & Littlefield 2008, with co-editors: Arch Puddington and Thomas Melia. (Economist review, 8 May 2008)
Chapters in Edited Volumes
“Corruption: Money and Politics” in Arch Puddington, Jason Kelly, and Thomas Melia eds., Today’s American: How Free? Rowman & Littlefield, 2008.
“The American Political Process” in Arch Puddington, Jason Kelly, and Thomas Melia eds., Today’s American: How Free? Rowman & Littlefield 2008, co-authored with Thomas Melia.
Papers Under Review
“Political Dispersion and Legislative Success: One Case of Soda and One Case of Beer.”
Revise and Resubmit, Legislative Studies Quarterly
“Dynamic Ideal Point Estimation and Senatorial Courtesy: Re-evaluating the Influences on Bureaucratic Decision-making”
Working Papers
“The Strategic Use of Prisons in Partisan Gerrymandering”
“Macro-regional Borders and State Boundaries”
“Political Parties and House Rules Changes, 1867-2003”
Data Sets
Employees per Congressional District for soft-drink bottlers, breweries, and beer distributors, 96th-100th Congresses
State and Federal Prison Populations by State legislative district for 48 states (both upper and lower chamber, save Nebraska) from 1996 to 2006
Ideological Scores for U.S. Federal Courts and Individual Judges, 1960-2004
Teaching Experience
Instructor
Parties and Elections
Baruch College, The City University of New York, Fall 2009
Introduction to American Politics
Baruch College, The City University of New York, Fall 2009
Introduction to American Politics
Columbia University, Summer 2006
Teaching Assistant
Prof. Gregory Wawro, Congressional Politics
Columbia University: Fall 2008
Prof. Jeffery Lax, Judicial Politics
Columbia University: Spring 2009, 2007, 2006 and 2005
Prof. Judith Russell, Introduction to American Politics
Columbia University: Spring 2008 and Spring 2004
Prof. Justin Phillips, Introduction to American Politics
Columbia University: Fall 2007
Prof. Raymond Smith, Race and Ethnicity in American Politics
Columbia University: Spring 2005
Prof. Raymond Smith, Introduction to American Politics
Columbia University: Fall 2004
Work Experience
Research Assistant to Prof. Gregory Wawro, Fall 2009
Assisted with data collection
Senior Researcher & Assistant Editor, Freedom House, March 2006 – December 2006
Principle consultant and a senior researcher on “Today’s American: How Free?” project
Research Assistant to Prof. Robert Erikson, Summer 2005 and Summer 2003
Assisted with data collection and analysis
Research Assistant to Prof. Charles Cameron, Summer 2004
Assisted with data collection and analysis
Conferences
Northeastern Political Science Association (November 2008)
Midwest Political Science Association (April 2009)
Northeastern Political Science Association (November 2009)
Fellowships and Grants
Thomas S. Barclay Fellowship in Government and Public Law (Columbia University) 2006-2007
GSAS Teaching Fellow, Columbia University, 2002-03, 2003-04, 2004-05, 2005-06, 2007-08, 2008-09
GSAS Summer Fellow, Columbia University, 2005
President’s Undergraduate Fellowship (PUF), University of California, July 2001
United Food & Commercial Workers Union Scholarship, April 2000
Academic Honors
Phi Beta Kappa, 2002
Phi Sigma Alpha: National Political Science Honor Society, 2001