CSAP Summer Conference 2014 | Institution for Social and Policy Studies

AUTHOR BIOS

	Ruben Durante is Associate Professor in the department of Economics at Sciences Po (Paris, France) and Leitner Research Fellow for the 2013-14 academic year. He holds an M.A. in Political Economy from Sorbonne, and an M.A. and a Ph.D. in Economics from Brown University. His main field of research is political economy with particular interest in the relationship between mass media (both traditional and new) and politics; however, he has also worked on a range of other topics including the historical origins of social trust, the determinants of preferences for redistribution, the emergence of the Sicilian mafia, and anti-crime policy in Mexico. His recent publications include: “Partisan Control, Media Bias and Viewer Responses: Evidence from Berlusconi's Italy" (with B. Knight) Journal of the European Economic Association, 2012; “Preferences for Redistribution and Perception of Fairness: an Experimental Study" (with L. Putterman and J. van der Weele) Journal of the European Economic Association, forthcoming.
	Anthony Fowler is an Assistant Professor in the Harris School of Public Policy Studies at the University of Chicago. He studies political representation with particular interests in elections and participation. His work has recently appeared in the American Journal of Political Science, Journal of Politics, British Journal of Political Science, and Quarterly Journal of Political Science.
	Yanna Krupnikov is an assistant professor of political science at Northwestern University. Her research focuses on the way exposure to new information affects the way people make political choices and, ultimately, take political actions. Her work has been published in such journals as the American Journal of Political Science, Journal of Politics, Political Communication and Political Behavior.
	Rebecca Morton is a Professor of Politics at New York University, New York and New York University, Abu Dhabi. Her research focuses on voting processes as well as experimental methods. She has authored books on experimental political science and on voting and elections, as well as numerous journal articles, which have appeared in noted outlets such as the American Economic Review, American Journal of Political Science, American Political Science Review, Journal of Law and Economics, Journal of Politics, and Review of Economic Studies. She is the co-editor of the new Journal of Experimental Political Science, the official journal of the Experimental Research Section of the American Political Science Association, which will begin publication in 2014. In the 2014 Summer School, Professor Morton is teaching a course on experimental methods in political science.
	Ken Shotts uses game theory to analyze how elections and political institutions influence policy choices made by government officials. He has published papers on presidential leadership, term limits, racial redistricting, and the politics of regulatory enforcement. He is currently doing research on several topics, including electoral challengers, competitive policy entrepreneurship, and the politics and economics of industry-level self-regulation.
	Lynn Vavreck is professor of political science and communication studies at UCLA where she teaches courses on and writes about campaigns, elections, and public opinion. She holds an M.S. and Ph.D. in political science from the University of Rochester and previously worked at Princeton University, Dartmouth College, and The White House. She is the recipient of multiple grants from the National Science Foundation and awards for her work on political advertising. She has published four books, including The Message Matters, which Stanley Greenberg called “required reading” for presidential candidates, and The Gamble, described by Nate Silver as the “definitive account” of the 2012 election. Professor Vavreck has served on the Boards of the British and American National Election Studies and is the co-founder of the Cooperative Campaign Analysis Project. She is a contributing columnist to The New York Times and a frequent guest on MSNBC, NPR, and the BBC.