Michael R. Tomz, P. 1

Michael R. Tomz, p. 1

Michael R. Tomz

Assistant Professor, StanfordUniversity

Department of Political Science

Encina Hall West, Stanford, CA94305-6044

Phone: 650-725-4031, Email:

Website:

Education

HarvardUniversity: Ph.D. in Political Science, 2001.

OxfordUniversity: M.Phil. in Politics, 1994. Marshall Scholar.

GeorgetownUniversity: B.S., summa cum laude, in International Relations, 1992.

Research Interests

International Relations, Statistical Methods, Public Opinion, Elections, Latin America

Publications

“How Does Voting Equipment Affect the Racial Gap in Voided Ballots?” (with Robert Van Houweling). American Journal of Political Science 47 (January 2003): 46-60.

“Relogit: Rare Events Logistic Regression” (with Gary King and Langche Zeng). Journal of Statistical Software 8, no. 2 (2003) and Journal of Computational and Graphical Statistics 12, no. 1 (2003).

“Clarify: Software for Interpreting and Presenting Statistical Results” (with Jason Wittenberg and Gary King). Journal of Statistical Software 8, no. 2 (2003) and Journal of Computational and Graphical Statistics 12, no. 1 (2003).

“An Easy and Accurate Regression Model for Multiparty Electoral Data” (with Joshua Tucker and Jason Wittenberg). Political Analysis 10, no. 1 (Winter 2002): 66-83.

Modern Political Economy and Latin America: Theory and Policy, editor (with Jeffry Frieden and Manuel Pastor). Boulder: Westview Press, 2000.

“Making the Most of Statistical Analyses: Improving Interpretation and Presentation” (with Gary King and Jason Wittenberg). American Journal of Political Science 44, no. 2 (April 2000): 347-61.

“Electoral Surprise and the Midterm Loss in U.S. Congressional Elections” (with Kenneth Scheve). British Journal of Political Science 29 (July 1999): 507-21.

"The Long-Run Advantages of Centralization for Collective Action” (with Edward Schwartz). American Political Science Review 91 (September 1997): 685-93.

Manuscripts Currently Under Review:

Sovereign Debt and International Cooperation. Book manuscript. Under review, Princeton University Press.

“Interests, Information, and the Domestic Politics of International Agreements.” Revise and resubmit, American Journal of Political Science.

“Membership Has Its Privileges: The Impact of GATT on International Trade” (with Judith Goldstein and Doug Rivers). Revise and resubmit, American Economic Review.

“Domestic Audience Costs in International Relations: An Experimental Approach.” Under review, International Organization.

“Brand Names and the Organization of Mass Belief Systems” (with Paul Sniderman). Under review, American Journal of Political Science

“Institutions in International Relations” (with Judith Goldstein and Doug Rivers). Under review, International Organization.

Working Papers and Current Projects:

“The Influence of International Agreements on Foreign Policy Preferences.” Working Paper. Presented at the Annual Meetings of the American Political Science Association, 2005.

“Sovereign Debt, Defaults and Bailouts.” (with Mark Wright). Working Paper. Presented to the International Finance and Macroeconomics Group, National Bureau of Economic Research, 2005.

“Finance and Trade: Issue Linkage and the Enforcement of International Debt Contracts.” Working paper. Presented at the Annual Meetings of the American Political Science Association, 2004.

Directional Voting

Other papers Upcoming Conferences

Statistical and Survey Software

REPORT: Randomized Experiments in Public Opinion Research and Teaching (with Nico Benitez), © 2005. Uses stochastic simulation to interpret statistical results of non-linear models.

Clarify: Software for Interpreting and Presenting Statistical Results (with Jason Wittenberg and Gary King), © 1998-2003. Latest Version 2.1, Released January 5, 2003. Uses stochastic simulation to interpret statistical results of non-linear models. Clarify won the 1999 APSA Award for the Best Research Software in Political Science.

ReLogit: Rare Events Logistic Regression (with Gary King and Langche Zeng), © 1999-2003. Latest Version 2.0, Released January 22, 2003. Performs logistic regression when the sample is unbalanced or has been selected by a rule correlated with the dependent variable.

Research Awards and Fellowships

Scheduled Fellow, Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences (2006-07)

National Science Foundation, Early Career Development (CAREER) Award (2006)

Visiting Scholar, International Monetary Fund Research Department (2004)

Okidata Award for the Best Research Software in Political Science, APSA (1999)

MacArthur Fellowship in Transnational Security (1999-2000)

Social Science Research Council Dissertation Fellowship (1998-99)

Institute for the Study of World Politics Dissertation Fellowship (1998-99)

Harvard Merit Fellowship, given to the top ten Ph.D. candidates in any field at Harvard (1997-98)

Foreign Language and Area Studies Fellowship (1997-98)

National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship (1994-97)

Marshall Scholarship for Master’s Study at OxfordUniversity (1992-94)

Scholars Medal, Highest Achievement in the School of Foreign Service, Georgetown (1992)

Phi Beta Kappa, Omicron Delta Epsilon, and Alpha Sigma Nu Honor Societies (1991)

National Champion in Extemporaneous Speaking, Runner-up in Team Debate (1988)

Research Grants

National Science Foundation, “CAREER: Credible Commitments in International Relations” (November 2005).

National Science Foundation, “Studies of Spatial Reasoning in Political Choice,” with Paul Sniderman and Robert Van Houweling (November 2005).

National Science Foundation: Time-Sharing Experiments for the Social Sciences, “Audience Costs in International Crises” (February 2003).

National Science Foundation: Time-Sharing Experiments for the Social Sciences,“Political Choice Spaces and Political Choices,” with Paul Sniderman (February 2003).

Institute for International Studies, StanfordUniversity. Hewlett Grants for “Audience Costs in Elite Surveys” (November 2005), others, “Global Finance before World War I” (December 2003), “Political Risk and Lending to Emerging Markets” (April 2003), “Audience Costs in International Crises” (December 2002), “Political Instability and International Commitment” (April 2002), and “Reputation and International Debt: The Dutch Capital Market, 1670-1815” (April 2001).

Social Science History Institute, StanfordUniversity. “Sovereign Debt and Latin America” (September 2003 and June 2001).

Center for Latin American Studies, StanfordUniversity. “Public Opinion and Foreign Debt in Argentina” (May 2003 and May 2002).

Stanford Institute for the Quantitative Study of Society, StanfordUniversity. “Who Spoils their Ballots?” (June 2001).

Office of Technology Licensing Research Initiatives, StanfordUniversity. “The Influence of Domestic Politics on International Debt” (May 2001).

DavidRockefellerCenter for Latin American Studies, HarvardUniversity. Travel Grant for archival research and elite interviews in Buenos Aires, Argentina (May 1998).

HarvardBusinessSchool, Chandler Fellowship in International Business History, for archival research at the Bank of England and Guildhall Library, London (May 1997).

Teaching Awards

Allan V. Cox Medal for Faculty Excellence Fostering Undergraduate Research, StanfordUniversity, 2005. This is a university-wide award, given to one professor at Stanford each year. For more information see

Keynote Speaker, SummerHonorsCollege, StanfordUniversity, 2005. For a copy of my keynote address, see

Dean’s Award for Distinguished Teaching, School of Humanities and Sciences, StanfordUniversity, 2003.

Founder and Director, Political Science Program for Undergraduate Research (PSPUR). The program enables Stanford undergraduates to work closely with professors on research projects, and it sponsors a semi-weekly research seminar during the seminar. I have written the grant proposals and run the program since 2002.

Curricular development grant from the Stanford Program in Ethics in Society, 2002. The grant helped me develop lectures and exercises about the ethics of war, trade, the environment and foreign aid for my undergraduate “Introduction to International Relations.”

Curricular development grant from the Vice Provost for Undergraduate Education at Stanford, 2001. The grant helped me develop a new course, “Introduction to International Relations,” which I taught for more than 400 students that year.

Derek Bok Certificate for Excellence in Teaching, HarvardUniversity, 1997.

Teaching Interests

International Relations: international political economy, political aspects of international finance, sovereign debt and capital flows, international relations of Latin America

Political Methodology: Introductory through advanced econometrics and data analysis, simulation-based approaches to statistics, research design

Comparative Politics: elections and political parties, public opinion, the politics of economic development, Latin America

Teaching Experience

StanfordUniversity- Undergraduate

Introduction to International Relations. A lecture course on the causes of war and peace, free trade and protectionism, environmental degradation, global poverty and foreign aid.

The Politics of Economic Development. A seminar for freshman on the relationship between politics and economics in developing countries, with a special focus on Latin America.

Undergraduate Honors Thesis advisor for Bard Lippold (2001), Makena Coffman (2002), and Caroline Schuster (2005).

Academic Advisor for Kali Albright (2004-present), Elizabeth Ayala (2002-03), Peter Belisle (2005-present), Karen Brand (2002-04), Margot Brooks (2005-present), Juan Carlos Camacho (2002-03), Amanda Canevaro (2002-03), Eric Chow (2004-present), Robert Tod Chubrich (2004-present), Joel Cretan (2004-present), Samo Devenica (2002-04), Sagar Doshi (2005-present), Malindi Elmore (2001-03), Katharyn Field (2002-03), Owen Frivold (2004-present), Johann Gagnon-Bartsch (2001-02), Natasha Grach (2002-04), Brett Hammon (2004-present), Tucker Herbert (2004-present), Ernest Alexandre Jacquet (2004-present), Sarah Johnson (2005-present), Jonathan Jourdane (2004-present), Philip Kim (2004-present), Erin Krampetz (2002-04), John Krzywicki (2002-present), Dawn Kwan (2005-present), Francesca Leiweke (2004-present), Savannah Lengsfelder (2001-02), Malcom Levine (2002-04), Christopher Lin (2005-present), Margarita Liptsin (2004-present), Martin B. Lucas (2002-04), Gary Marshall (2002-04), Brendan Marten (2003-04), Julia Martinez (2001-02), Alexandra Michalko (2002-03), Sonia Mittal (2001-02), Tara Murphy (2002-03), Allison Reid (2004-present), Leena Sanzgiri (2005-present), Caroline Schuster (2002-03), Charles Shioleno (2001-02), Rachel Torres (2003-present), Juan Trinidad (2002-03), Chelsea Trotter (2002-present), Daniel Van Fleet (2002-present), Noah Veltman (2003-present), Gregory Oi Walder (2005-present), Jessica Weigel (2005-present), Yeajin Yoon (2005-present), Jingni Zhao (2005-present).

StanfordUniversity - Graduate

International Relations Theory. A seminar for Ph.D. students on international security and international political economy.

Theoretical Issues in International Political Economy. A seminar for Ph.D. students on the politics of international trade and finance.

Research Workshop in International Relations. A seminar for Ph.D. students who are writing dissertations in the field of international relations.

Political Economy of International Relations Research Group. Meets weekly throughout academic year to discuss student research projects.

Ph.D. Thesis committee member for Catherine Duggan (current), Ebru Erdem (current), Gingee Guilmartin (2002, now at West Point), Moonhawk Kim (current), Solomon Major (2004, now at Naval Postraduate Institute), Nikolay Marinov (2002, now at Yale), Andre de Mello (2004, now at Pontifical Universidade Catolica of Rio de Janeiro), Netithorn Praditsarn (current), Tonya Putnam (2004, will be postdoc at Princeton), and Todd Sechser (current).

Harvard – Undergraduate and Graduate

Teaching Fellow, Introduction to Quantitative Political Methodology (Fall 1997). Led weekly review sessions, wrote and graded problem sets, and assisted with lectures. The class was taught to PhD students and advanced undergraduates. Received the Derek Bok Certificate for Excellence in Teaching.

Teaching Fellow, The Cuban Revolution: A Self-Debate (Fall 1997). Led weekly discussions to assist students in interpreting qualitative and quantitative evidence about Cuba.

Tutor in Government, Leverett House (1996-2000). Advised students who were writing honors theses, applying for Rhodes and Marshall Scholarships, selecting courses, and making post-graduate plans.

Other

Lecturer, Interpreting and Presenting Statistical Results, Annual Meetings of the APSA (September 1999). Led a half-day course on analyzing and communicating statistical results.

Debate Instructor at Berkeley, Stanford, the University of Kentucky, and the University of Texas (summers 1989-1992). Delivered lectures, conducted seminars, directed research, and administered programs for high-school debaters.

Conferences Organized

Sovereign Debt and Latin America: Theoretical and Comparative Perspectives. A Conference of the Social Science History Institute. StanfordUniversity, February 28-March 1, 2003 (Principal organizer).

Frontiers in Latin American Political Economy. A Conference of the SocialScienceHistoryInstituteStanfordUniversity. January 18-19, 2002. (Co-organizer with Alberto Diaz Cayeros, Steve Haber, Beatriz Magaloni, Barry Weingast.)

University and Professional Service

Service at Stanford:

Founder and Director, Political Science Undergraduate Research Program, 2002-present

Executive Committee, International Relations and International Policy Studies, 2001-present

Field Convener for International Relations, Political Science Department, 2002-03

Graduate Admissions Committee, Political Science Department, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2006

Graduate Admissions Committee, International Policy Studies, 2001-02

Curriculum Committee for Ph.D. Program, Political Science Department, 2003-04

Faculty Search Committee, Political Science Department, 2001-02

Academic Advisor, Freshman Advising Program, 2004-present

Outside Chair, PhD exam committees in Business, Economics, History, 2003-present

Grant Evaluator, Office of Technology Assessment, 2003

Grant Evaluator, Institute for International Studies, 2002, 2003, 2005

Grant Evaluator, Undergraduate Research Office, 2002

Discussant, Tanner Lecture on Human Values, 2002

Office Allocation Committee, Political Science Department, 2001-02

Computational Infrastructure Committee, Political Science Department, 2001-02

Department Speaker Series Committee, 2001-02

Department Representative, Conference on Training for Teaching Assistants, 2001

Service at Harvard:

Coordinator, Harvard-MIT MacArthur Seminar on Transnational Security, 1999-2000

Executive Committee,WeatherheadCenter for International Affairs, 1998-99

Coordinator, Political Economy and Rational Choice Discussion Group, 1997-98

Coordinator, Harvard Center for International Affairs Graduate Research Series, 1996-97

Coordinator, Harvard Seminar on Ethics and International Affairs, 1995-97

Service to the Profession:

Referee, American Journal of Political Science, American Political Science Review, Electoral Studies, International Organization, Journal of Conflict Resolution, Journal of Politics, Perspectives on Politics, Political Analysis, Political Psychology, Routledge Press, Social Science Quarterly, State Politics & Policy Quarterly, World Politics, Grawemeyer Award for Ideas Improving World Order, National Science Foundation/Time Sharing Experiments for the Social Sciences.

Revised: November 2005