Andrew W. Pierce
CONTACT
INFORMATION
Department of Political Science
1555 Dickey Drive
Emory University
Atlanta, GA 30322
Phone: (404) 626-4818
E-mail: awpierc@emory.edu
www.andrewwpierce.com
EDUCATION
Ph. D. Political Science, Emory University, in progress, expected 2014
M. A. Political Science, University of Georgia, 2009
A. B. Political Science, University of Georgia, 2008 (Magna Cum Laude
with High Honors)
A. B. Philosophy, University of Georgia, 2008 (Magna Cum Laude with
High Honors)
DISSERTATION
Incorporation, Socialization, and the Development of Partisan-Ideological Polarization.
Committee: Alan Abramowitz (Chair)
Beth Reingold
Drew Linzer
RESEARCH
INTERESTS
Voting Behavior, Public Opinion, Latent Variable Analysis
PUBLICATIONS
Esarey, Justin and Andrew Pierce. 2012. “A New Model Specification and
Fit Assessment Statistic for Binary Dependent Variable Models.” Political
Analysis. 20: 480-500.
UNDER REVIEW
“Partisan Polarization and Gender Socialization in the United States.”
“Sorted and Polarized: The Foundations of Partisan-Ideological Change in
the American Electorate.”
INVITED TALKS
“Sorted and Polarized: The Foundations of Partisan-Ideological Change in
the American Electorate,” presented at the University of Georgia, April
2014
CONFERENCE
PRESENTATIONS
“A Substantive, Not Statistical Problem: Multicollinearity and Hypothesis
Testing,” Poster Presented at the 2014 Annual Meeting of the Society for
Political Methodology
“Sorted and Polarized: The Foundations of Partisan-Ideological Change in
the American Electorate,” Paper Presented at the 2014 Annual Meeting of
the Midwest Political Science Association
“When Did Polarization Begin?: Improving Upon Estimates of Ideology
over Time” Poster Presented at the 2013 Annual Meeting of the Society
for Political Methodology
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“Political Incorporation, Socialization, and Black Public Opinion.” Paper
presented at the 2013 Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science
Association
“Improving Estimates of Macro-Ideology across Time and Space.” Paper
presented at the 2013 Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science
Association
“Assessing Fit Quality and Testing for Misspecification in Binary
Dependent Variable Models.” Poster presented at 2012 Annual Meeting of
the Society for Political Methodology
“Gender Socialization and Polarization in American Politics.” Paper
presented at the 2012 Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science
Association
“Issue Ownership in Presidential and Senatorial Elections, 1980-2000.”
Paper presented at the 2009 Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political
Science Association
TEACHING
EXPERIENCE
Co-teacher, POLS352 - Constitutional Law
Teaching Assistant, POLS 208 - Political Science Methods
Teaching Assistant, POLS 100 – Intro to American Politics
JOURNAL
REVIWER
Political Behavior
SOFTWARE
PROFICIENCIES
R (programmer), Stata (user), LaTex, Excel, Word, Access
PROFESSIONAL
MEMBERSHIPS
American Political Science Association, Midwest Political Science
Association, Southern Political Science Association
HONORS AND
AWARDS
Phi Beta Kappa, University of Georgia
Golden Key Honor Society, University of Georgia
Phi Sigma Tau, University of Georgia
REFERENCES
Alan Abramowitz
310 Tarbutton Hall
Department of Political Science
Emory University
1555 Dickey Drive
Atlanta, GA 30322
(404) 727-0108
Beth Reingold
331 Tarbutton Hall
Department of Political Science
Emory University
1555 Dickey Drive
Atlanta, GA 30322
(404) 727-6569
Updated 08/08/2014
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