Shaina D. Western
University of California, Davis
One Shields Avenue
Davis, CA 95616
sdwestern@ucdavis.edu
www.shainawestern.com
EDU CATIO N
University of California, Davis — PhD (June 2015).
Dissertation: Hollow Commitments: An Analysis of Institutional Design and Ratification Rates.
Committee: Jeannette Money (chair), Heather McKibben, and Josephine Andrews
Whitworth University — B. A. (2008)
Major: Peace Studies
Honors: magna cum laude
PE E R REVIEWED P UBLICATI O NS
“Levels of Linkage: Across-Agreement v. Within-Agreement Explanations of Consensus
Formation Among States” (2014). International Studies Quarterly. 58(1) (with Heather McKibben)
“Why Migrant Rights are Different than Human Rights” (2015) in Gary Freeman and Nikola
Mirilovic (eds), Handbook of Migration and Social Policy. Edward Elgar Press (with Jeannette Money
and Sarah Lockhart), forthcoming.
U ND ER REVIE W
“How Do We Make a Reservation? The Type of Reservations States Enter on Human Rights
Treaties?” (with Heather McKibben).
AD DITIONAL PROJECTS
Citizenship in Comparative Perspective (with Jeannette Money)
Hollow Commitments: An Analysis of Institutional Design and Ratification Rates.
“Whose Rights Matter?: An Analysis of Human Rights Treaties”
“Which States Take a Bite Out of Crime?: An Analysis of the Convention on Transnational Organized Crime and Its Protocols”
AWAR DS & GRA NT S
Summer Collaborative Research Grant, Department of Political Science. University of
California, Davis. (with Jeannette Money)—2013
Summer Collaborative Research Grant, Department of Political Science. University of
California, Davis. (with Heather McKibben)—2012
International Studies Association Travel Award—2012
Best Graduate Student Paper, International Studies Association West— 2011
2011-2013 Travel Awards, Department of Political Science. University of California, Davis.
T EACHING E XPE RIENCE
Instructor:
University of California, Davis: Introduction to International Relations (Spring and Summer 2014)
Tutor:
University of Strathclyde: Introduction to Politics, American Politics, U.S. National Security, and War,
Terrorism and Conflict (2014-2015)
University of the West of Scotland: Democracy in the UK (2015)
University of California, Davis: Introduction to International Relations, Introduction to Comparative
Politics, Scientific Study of Politics, Western European Politics, Politics of Global Inequality,
National Security Policy, Scientific Study of War, Environmental Politics, The Presidency
(2010-2014)
PR O F ESS IO NAL ASS OCIATI O NS
American Political Science Association and International Studies Association
DEPARTMENTA L S ERVICE
Graduate Association of Political Science Students
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Vice President (2012-2014)
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Treasurer (2010-2012)
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Graduate Student Association Representative (2009-2010)
Graduate Student Mentorship Program
SKILLS
Proficient in Stata and R.
Statistical skills: duration models, Bayesian statistics, agent based modeling, and social network
analysis.
REFERENCES
Jeannette Money jnmoney@ucdavis.edu
Heather McKibben hemckibben@ucdavis.edu
Josephine Andrews jtandrews@ucdavis.edu