Mary Butler mary.buttler@gmail.com 773-643-4759 Personal Profile Lecturer and researcher with 10+ years of experience teaching courses in both undergraduate and postgraduate levels. Supervised 25 BA theses, 10 MA theses, and 3 Ph.D. dissertations. Edited and co-authored 2 monographs on contemporary trends in political thought. Published over 10 articles in peerreviewed journals. Education 2010 Ph.D. in Political Science The Department of Political Science University of Chicago, Chicago, IL Graduated summa cum laude Thesis title: “The Disruption of Multiculturalism in Populist Times: A Statistical Analysis” Thesis supervisor: Professor Robert Isaac 2005 M.A. in Political Science The Department of Political Science University of Chicago, Chicago, IL Graduated summa cum laude Thesis title: “Restricting Voting Rights: Disenfranchisement as a Political Instrument” Thesis supervisor: Professor Johnathan Carter 2002 B.A. in Political Science The Department of Political Science Northwestern University, Chicago, IL Professional Appointments Assistant Professor of Political Science University of Iowa, 2014–2019 Taught a total of 20 undergraduate and 7 postgraduate courses, mainly focused on research methods in political science, as well as comparative politics. Supervised 10 MA theses. Head of the political economy research group. Visiting Professor at the Department of Social Science Humboldt University, 2012–2014 Taught a total of 5 undergraduate and 5 postgraduate courses, mainly focused on quantitative analysis in social science, as well as comparative political research. Supervised 5 MA theses. Publications “The Tipping Point of Governmentality: Economic Development”, (Johns Hopkins University Press), forthcoming 2019. “The End of Statistical Analysis in the Populist Movement? Three New Approaches,” Journal of Political Science, vol. 37, no. 3 (May 2018): 400– 422. “Collective Action and Dispersed Insecurity,” American Political Science Review, vol. 3, no. 5 (December 2017): 255–287. “Cognitive Bias, Spatial Models, and the Problem of Minority Rule”, British Journal of Political Science, vol. 1, no. 34 (April 2016): 170–205. “Democratic Deliberations and How Populist Leaders Rule: A Quantitative Analysis,” World Politics, vol. 58, no. 4 (January 2015): 55–89. "Dependent Development: A Quantitative Variant," International Studies Quarterly, vol. 27, no. 3 (September 2014): 271–293. “Political Mobilization in the Global South: Economic Adversity in Perilous Times,” Electoral Studies, vol. 1, no. 20 (January 2013): 371–98. Awards and Honors Fellow, Society for Political Methodology, 2019. Sage Paper Award for the best paper in the field of comparative politics, 2018. Robert Dahl Fellow, American Academy of Political and Social Science, 2018. University of Iowa Political Science Faculty Advising Award, 2015. Awarded KW Deutsch Visiting Professorship, WZB Berlin, 2012-2014 Visiting Research Fellow, WZB Center for Dynamics of Social Inequalities, 2013. Grants and Fellowships Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Grant: “Political Incentives for Voting Law Reform” ($330,000), 2015-2019. National Science Foundation Grant: “Public Expenditures and the Use of Voter Registration Lists” ($110,000), 2014-2015. The Russell Sage Foundation Grant: “Research on Trust and Ethnicity in American Politics”, 2013. National Science Foundation Grant: “Political Communication and Accountability in the Deep South”, 2011. Conferences “Political Incentives: Theorizing Sympathetic Economies and Nationalism,” Political Science Association Sixth Biennial Conference, New York, New York, January 2019. “Why Does the Left Not Believe in Postmodern Societies?”, Fourteenth National Conference on Political Economy, Society for Economic Developments, Baltimore, Maryland, September 2018. “In the Name of Public Expenditures”, 2018 Buell Colloquium, Columbia University, New York, July 2018. “Why Voter Registration Matters,” Urban Movements Association Fifth Biennial Conference, Las Vegas, Nevada, January 2018. “Two Models of Analysis for Populist Sentiment”, The American Political Science Association Annual Meeting, Chicago, Illinois. October 2017. “Cognitive Bias and Dissident Populism”, Brookings Institute, Washington, D.C. September 2017. “So Much for Globalization”, Georgetown University, Washington, D.C. August 2017. “Why the Canadian Model Differs and What We Can Learn From It”, International Development Research Centre, Ottawa, Canada, October 2016. “Between Models and Facts: A New Take on the Far Right”, London School of Economics, London, England, January 2015. “Building a Quantitative Bridge to Nowhere”, The International Peace Institute, Oslo, Norway, February 2013. “Why Political Communication Dies in Development”, WZB Center for Political Development, Berlin, Germany, January 2013. “Another Day, Another Quantitative Method”, Hertie School of Governance, Berlin, Germany, October 2012. Teaching Experience Undergraduate level courses covering statistical analysis: Introduction to Statistics, Experimental Methods Graduate level courses covering statistical analysis: Advanced Quantitative Methods, Introduction to Formal Models of Politics Graduate and undergraduate courses on American politics: Financing American Elections, Political Participation, Quantifying Populism: Sentiments and Attitudes Research Experience Full-time Researcher, University of Iowa, 2015–2019 Managed and organized a research project on political incentives for voting law reform Associate Researcher, WZB, 2012–2013 Co-managed a project with Felix Hoffenheim comparing models of economic development between the United States and Germany Research Assistant, University of Chicago, 2007–2010 Helped launch a project on populist attitudes throughout Central and Eastern Europe Additional Activities Editorial Board, Journal of the American Political Science Association, 2017– present. Social Science Research Council - Comparative Methods in Populist Attitudes, 2016–present. IREX Selection Committee for Exchanges with Germany, 2014–2016. Founding Member, Contemporary American Political Economy Research Seminar, Humboldt University, 2013. Affiliated Researcher, IPA, 2012. Languages and Skills English — native German — bilingual Spanish — fully proficient Statistical software: SPSS, Deducer, R, Stata References Robert Isaac Professor Department of Political Science University of Chicago (312) 863-9054 risaac@uoc.edu Johnathan Carter Professor Department of Political Science University of Kansas (312) 222-3876 jcarter@uoc.edu Erica F. Acker Associate Professor Department of Political Science University of California-Irvine (949) 846-6082 erica.acker@ucla.edu Brian S. Yuen Associate Professor Department of Economics University of Kansas (785) 444-0506 bsyuen@ku.edu
