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EDUCATION

Ph.D. in Political Science, University of Pittsburgh, April 2023
Committee: Dr. Kris Kanthak (Co-Chair), Dr. Tessa Provins (Co-Chair), Dr. Jonathan Woon, and Dr. Jessica Trounstine
Dissertation: “Compromise for Whom? Bargaining Coalitions in American Cities”

M.A. Political Science, University of Pittsburgh, May 2018
Concentration: American Politics and Political Behavior

B.A. Political Science, Tufts University, May 2012
Concentration: American Politics

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Instructor of Record

American Public Policy

University of Pittsburgh, Fall 2023

American Public Policy

University of Pittsburgh, Spring 2022

Constitution and Civil Liberties

University of Pittsburgh, Fall 2021

Religion and American Politics

University of Pittsburgh, Spring 2021

U.S. Congress

University of Pittsburgh, Spring 2020

Introduction to American Politics

University of Pittsburgh, Summer 2018

TV’s West Wing and the Executive Branch

Tufts University, Spring 2012

Teaching Assistant

Introduction to American Politics

Instructor of Record: Dr. Tessa Provins
University of Pittsburgh, Fall 2022

Political Theory

Instructor of Record: Dr. Michael MacKenzie
University of Pittsburgh, Fall 2020

Introduction to American Politics

Instructor of Record: Dr. Meri Long
University of Pittsburgh, Fall 2019

Introduction to American Politics

Instructor of Record: Dr. Chris Bonneau
University of Pittsburgh, Fall 2018

PUBLICATIONS

Woon, J., Jang, M., Pronin, K., & Schiller, J. 2023. Discussion and Fairness in a Laboratory Voting Experiment. Journal of Experimental Political Science, 1-13. doi:10.1017/XPS.2023.29

WORKING PAPERS

“A Competent Citizenry? Who Do Citizens Hold Accountable for Economic Inequality”

“Does it Take a Village to Adjudicate?: Measuring the Effects of Women’s Representation on the ABA’s Ratings of Judicial Nominees”

“Does It Take a Village to Legislate?: Measuring the Effects of Proportional Descriptive Representation on Legislature Policy Responsiveness”

“‘Gender Stereotypes’ 25 Years Later: A Replication of Huddy and Terkildsen” (With Kris Kanthak, Minsu Jang, Steven Huang, Maxfield Peterson, and David McCoy)

CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS

“Does It Take a Village to Legislate?: Measuring the Effects of Proportional Descriptive Representation on Legislature Policy Responsiveness,” Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, IL, April 2018

“‘Gender Stereotypes’ 25 Years Later: A Replication of Huddy and Terkildsen,” Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, IL, April 2018 (With Kris Kanthak, Minsu Jang, Steven Huang, Maxfield Peterson, and David McCoy)

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

Research Supervisor to:

Cecilia Newhart (January 2022 - April 2022)

Tai Shanahan (January 2022 - April 2022)

Evan Addison (September 2021 - April 2022)

Dylan Sloat (September 2018 - May 2019)

Research Assistant to:

Dr. Jonathan Woon (Summer 2021)
Dr. Kris Kanthak (Summer 2021)
Dr. Steven Finkel (Spring 2019)
Dr. Victoria Shineman (Spring 2019)
Dr. Emily West (Fall 2017)

ADMINISTRATIVE EXPERIENCE

Editorial Assistant, State Politics & Policy Quarterly (SPPQ)
Coordinator, US Chamber of Commerce
Administrative and HR Information Systems Assistant, US Chamber of Commerce

SERVICE ACTIVITIES

Team Member, Politics of Representation Research Team (PORRT)
University of Pittsburgh, Fall 2018-Present

Cohort Representative, Graduate Student Executive Council
University of Pittsburgh, Summer 2017-Spring 2019

GRANTS

- 2022: Summer 2022 Degree Completion Fellowship, University of Pittsburgh, $9,000

- 2021: CAPS Small Research Grant, University of Pittsburgh, $1,000

- 2016: Arts & Sciences Graduate Fellowship, University of Pittsburgh, $22,000

SKILLS

Computer: Microsoft Office, CourseWeb, LaTeX, Stata, Qualtrics, Z-Tree, Mechanical Turk, SQL (Proficient), R (Basic)
Foreign Language: French (Intermediate), Italian (Intermediate)