Christina M. Kinane
Contact
Information
5700 Haven Hall
505 S. State Street
Ann Arbor, MI 48109
Cell: 310.293.7614
E-mail: ckinane@umich.edu
Website: www-personal.umich.edu/∼ckinane/
Research
Interests
American institutions, legislative and executive political behavior, politics of labor and health policy,
distributive politics, formal and statistical modelling
Education
University of Michigan
Ph.D., Political Science, expected 2018
Fields: American Politics, Quantitative Methods, Public Policy
M.A., Political Science, 2014
London School of Economics and Political Science
M.P.A., Public and Economic Policy, 2010
Dissertation: “More Than They Bargained For? The Effects of Legislative Term Limits on
State Spending”
University of California, Los Angeles
B.A., Economics-International Area Studies, 2007
B.A., Political Science, 2007
Senior Thesis: “The Effects of Candidate Quality on Female Electoral Success in Japan”
Honors and
Awards
University of Michigan, Center for Political Studies, Roy Pierce Award ($5000), 2014
University of Michigan, Ph.D. Fellowship, 2012 - 2013
London School of Economics, Graduate Merit Award, 2008, 2009
London School of Economics, Graduate Support Scheme Scholarship, 2008 - 2010
UCLA, Sylvia Sorkin Greenfield Memorial Prize (best senior honors thesis in Political Science), 2007
UCLA, College of Letters and Sciences Honors, 2007
UCLA, Chancellor’s Service Award, 2007
UCLA, Dean’s Honor List, 2003 - 2007
UCLA: graduated Cum Laude, Highest Honors in Political Science, Phi Beta Kappa, 2007
Working Papers
“The Politics of Public-Sector Unionism in the American States.” (with Robert Mickey)
“The Minority War of Attrition: Understanding Legislative Standoffs.”
“Strategic Representation and the Choice to Expand Medicaid.”
“Affording Discretion to the Devil You Know: Information Symmetry and Agency Discretion.” (with
Fabian Neuner)
Publications
Roby DH, Watson G, Jacobs K, Graham-Squire D, Kinane CM, Gans D, and Needleman J.
“Modeling the Impact of the Affordable Care Act and the Individual Mandate on Californians.”
Journal of Family and Economic Issues, 34(1): January 2013.
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Non
Peer-Reviewed
Publications
“Assessing Pent-Up Demand in Californias Uninsured Population: Preliminary Findings.” California
Program on Access to Care, August 2012. (Coauthored).
“Achieving Equity by Building a Bridge from Eligible to Enrolled.” UCLA Center for Health Policy
Research, February 2012. (Coauthored).
“Newly Insured Californians Would Fall by More than 1 Million under the Affordable Care Act
without the Requirement to Purchase Insurance.” UCLA Center for Health Policy Research, January
2012. (Coauthored).
“Proposed Regulations Could Limit Access to Affordable Health Coverage for Workers Children
and Family Members.” University of California, Berkeley Center for Labor Research and Education,
December 2011. (Coauthored).
“Who Can Participate in the California Health Benefit Exchange? The Profile of Subsidy-Eligible
Uninsured and Individually Insured.” UCLA Center for Health Policy Research, May 2011. (with
Naderah Pourat and Gerald F. Kominski).
Presentations
“Strategic Representation and the Choice to Expand Medicaid.” American Political Science Association Annual Meeting, Washington D.C., August 2014
“Suggestions for the Inclusion of Fiscal Stability Indicators in the 2011 Edition of the OECD Government at a Glance.” Presented at the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development
(OECD) in March 2010. (Coauthored).
Academic
Experience
Research Assistant, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan
Institute for Social Research, Population Studies Center, September 2013 - present
Research Associate, University of California, Los Angeles, California
Center for Health Policy Research, September 2010 - July 2012
Research Assistant, University of California, Los Angeles, California
School of Law, Empirical Research Group, July 2010 - September 2010
Undergraduate Grader, University of California, Los Angeles, California
Department of Economics, September 2005 - June 2007
Professional
Experience
Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)
Consultant
September, 2009 - June, 2010
Hillary Clinton for President Primary Election Campaign
Campaign Staff
August, 2007 - May, 2008
West Virginia for Hillary, Regional Field Director
North Carolina for Hillary, Regional Field Director
California for Hillary, Field Organizer and Logistics Coordinator
Sumitomo Electric Industries
International Intern
June, 2006 - September, 2006
Overseas Contracts and Legal Affairs Department, Osaka, Japan
International Sales and Marketing Department, Itami, Japan
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Professional
Service
Co-Chair, Interdisciplinary Workshop on American Politics, University of Michigan, 2014 - 2015
Member, Graduate Affairs Committee, Political Science, University of Michigan, 2012 - 2013
Member, MPA Student-Staff Liaison Committee, London School of Economics, 2008 - 2010
Computer Skills
Statistical Packages: STATA, R, BUGS, SAS
Applications: LATEX, common Windows database, spreadsheet, and presentation software
Algorithms: Experience programming Markov Chain Monte Carlo simulations of Bayesian posterior distributions
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