Richard W. Frank

Curriculum Vitae

EDUCATION

            

Ph.D., 2009        Political Science. Binghamton University

(expected)                      Major Field: World Politics

                                       Advisor: Patrick M. Regan

 

M.A., 2008         Political Science. Binghamton University

 

A.L.M., 2005      Government. Harvard University

                                       Thesis: “Fueling Violence? Natural Resources and Civil War”                                                                         Advisor: Robert H. Bates

 

B.A., 1994        English. University of California at Los Angeles

            

 

PUBLICATIONS

 

“External Interventions in Civil Wars: A New Dataset.” With Patrick M. Regan and Aysegul Aydin. Forthcoming from Journal of Peace Research.

 

“New Datasets on Political Institutions and Elections, 1972-2005.” With Patrick M. Regan and David H. Clark. Forthcoming from Conflict Management and Peace Science.

 

“Migrant Remittances as Social Welfare Payments and the Prospects for Internal Political Instability.” With Patrick M. Regan. Revise and resubmit at a peer-reviewed journal.

 

 

ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE

 

Instructor:

             Political Economy of Civil War, Summer 2008 (PLSC 389G)

             Poverty and Conflict, Fall 2008 (PLSC 486T)

 

Teaching Assistant:

             Islam in World Politics, Spring 2008 (PLSC 289G)

             Introduction to American Politics, Fall 2007 (PLSC 111)

 

Research Assistant:

Predictive Social Indicators of Radicalism (PSIR). Principle Investigators David Cingranelli and Patrick M. Regan, Summer 2008.

Institutions and Elections Project Database. Principal Investigators Patrick M. Regan and David H. Clark, Summer 2006, Fall 2006, Spring 2007, Summer 2007.

 

Graduate Advisor:

             Global and International Affairs Dual Diploma Programs, Fall 2005, Spring 2006.

 

 

CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS

 

“Transnational Microfinance, Welfare Provision, and Civil War Onset.” Paper presented at the Peace Science Society 2008 Annual Meeting, Claremont, CA, October 24-26, 2008.

 

“Migrant Remittances as Social Welfare Payments and the Prospects for Internal Political Instability.” Paper presented at the American Political Science Association 2008 Annual National Conference, Boston, MA, August 28-31, 2008. With Patrick M. Regan.

 

"Leviathan Bound: Democratic Institutional Constraints and Human Rights Observance." Paper presented at the American Political Science Association 2008 Annual National Conference, Boston, MA, August 28-31, 2008.

 

“Migrant Remittances as Social Welfare Payments and the Prospects for Internal Political Instability.” Paper presented at the 2008 International Studies Association Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA, March 26-29, 2008. With Patrick M. Regan.

 

“Can Grievances Be Bought Off? External Economic Flows, Social Welfare, and Political Instability.” Poster presented at the 2007 Peace Science Society Annual Meeting, Columbia, SC, November 2-4, 2007.

 

“Honor Thy Neighbor? Political and Economic Interests when Intervening in Adjacent Civil Wars.” Poster presented at the American Political Science Association 2007 Annual National Conference, Chicago, IL, August 30-September 2, 2007.

 

“Who’s Using Whom? Strategic Bargaining and Civil War Mediation.” Paper presented at the Midwest Political Science Association 65th Annual National Conference, Chicago, IL, April 12-15, 2007.

 

“On Political Violence: Motivations and Tactics of Opposing the State.” Paper presented at the Western Political Science Association, Las Vegas, NV. March 8-10, 2007. With Michael Allen.

 

“Commodity Prices, State Capacity, and Civil War.” Paper presented at the Midwest Political Science Association 64th Annual National Conference, Chicago, IL. April  20-23, 2006.

 

 

HONORS, GRANTS AND AWARDS

 

Graduate Scholars Fellowship. Political Science Department. Binghamton University. 2007-2008.

 

Travel grant. International Studies Association. 2008.

 

Political Science Department Fellowship. Binghamton University.  2005-2006.

 

 

METHODS TRAINING

 

Research Methods and Statistics (I & II)

Formal  Theory (I & II)

Maximum Likelihood Estimation

Extensions of the Linear Model

 

Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR) Summer Program in Quantitative Methods of Social Research, Summer 2007: Simultaneous Equation Models, Complex Adaptive Systems.

 

 

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

 

2006-2007          Treasurer of Binghamton University Political Science Graduate Student Organization

 

2003                  Researcher-Writer for the first edition of Let’s Go Brazil. Cambridge, MA: Let’s Go Publications.

 

 

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

 

American Political Science Association

Midwest Political Science Association

International Studies Association

Peace Science Society (International)

 

 

REFERENCES

 

Patrick M. Regan (dissertation chair)

Professor

Department of Political Science

P.O. Box 6000

Binghamton, NY 13902-6000

(607)777-2167

pregan@binghamton.edu

 

David Clark

Associate Professor

Department of Political Science

P.O. Box 6000

Binghamton, NY 13902-6000

(607)777-6786

dclark@binghamton.edu

 

Benjamin Clark

Associate Professor

Department of Political Science

P.O. Box 6000

Binghamton, NY 13902-6000

(607)777-4398

bfordham@binghamton.edu

 

 

Last updated August 10, 2008

 

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