Joshua A. Tucker

 

19 West 4th Street, Room 430

New York, NY 10012

joshua.tucker_at_nyu.edu

 

 

 

Abstracts of all publications and working papers can be found by clicking here.

 

 

 

Employment

 

New York University, New York, NY

Associate Professor of Politics with tenure, September 2006 – present.

Affiliated Appointment, Department of Russian and Slavic Studies, 2007- present.

 

Princeton University, Princeton NJ

Ralph O. Glendinning University Preceptor, July 2005 – August 2006.

Assistant Professor of Politics and International Affairs, joint in the Woodrow Wilson School and Department of Politics, February 2001 – August 2006.

Instructor of Politics and International Affairs, July 2000 – January 2001.

 

Education

 

Harvard University, Cambridge, MA

            Ph.D. and M.A. in Political Science, November, 2000.

            Winner of Edward M. Chase Dissertation Prize.

 

Jagellonian University, Krakow, Poland

            Intensive Polish Language Certificate, July 1996

 

University of Birmingham, Birmingham, England

            M.I.S. (Master of International Studies), December 1994.

            Winner of Graduate School of International Studies Prize.

 

Harvard University, Cambirdge, MA

            B.A. magna cum laude and phi beta kappa in Social Studies, June 1993.

            Winner of Thomas Hoopes Prize for Excellence in Research.

 

 

Awards

 

2006. Emerging Scholar Award, Elections, Public Opinion, and Voting Behavior Section of the American Political Science Association, for the top scholar in the field within 10 years of the doctorate.

2005. Ralph O. Glendinning University Preceptor, Princeton University, 2005- 2008.  Competitive position awarded to junior faculty providing leave and research fund (Declined last two years).

2003. National Election Studies Visiting Scholar, University of Michigan, 2003.

2003. Center of International Studies Junior Faculty Fellowship, Princeton University, 2003. 

2001. Edward M. Chase Dissertation Prize, Harvard University, 2001.

1999. Westview Press Award, Mid-West Political Science Association, 1999, for the best paper by a graduate student presented at the 1998 MPSA Annual Conference (co-authored with Ted Brader).

1999. East European Dissertation Fellowship, American Council for Learned Societies.

1999. Dissertation Fellowship, Institute for the Study of World Politics.

1998. Center for European Studies Dissertation Writing Fellowship, Harvard University.

1998. Dissertation Research Fellowship, Mellon Foundation.

1997. Bok Center Certificates of Distinction (2), Harvard University, for excellence in teaching, 1997.

1997. Foreign Language Area Studies Full Academic Year Fellowship: Russia and Eastern Europe, United States Department of Education.

1996. Predoctoral Fellowship for the Performance of Democracies, Sawyer Foundation

1996. Foreign Language Area Studies Summer Fellowship: Russia and Eastern Europe, United States Department of Education.

1995. Foreign Language Area Studies Full Academic Year Fellowship: Russia and Eastern Europe, United States Department of Education.

1994. Graduate School of International Studies Prize, University of Birmingham, for best results.

1993. Rotary Ambassadorial Graduate Scholarship.

1993. Commencement Speaker. Harvard College Speaker.  Harvard University.

 

Books

 

2006. Regional Economic Voting: Russia, Poland, Hungary, Slovakia and Russia, 1990-99, New York: Cambridge University Press. 

           

Reviewed in: Perspectives on Politics; Comparative Political Studies; The Journal of Politics; Foreign Affairs; Slavic Review; The Russia Review; Canadian Journal of Politics

 

The Nature and Origins of Partisan Identification (with Ted Brader, manuscript in progress).

 

 

Refereed Journal Articles

 

2009. “Disenchanted or Discerning? Voter Turnout in Post-Communist Countries” with Alexander Pacek and Grigore Pop-Eleches, forthcoming at The Journal of Politics

2008. “Pathways to Partisanship: Evidence from Russia” with Ted Brader, forthcoming at Post-Soviet Affairs

2007. “Enough! Electoral Fraud, Collective Action Problems, and the "2nd Wave" of Post-Communist Democratic Revolutions”, Perspectives on Politics, 5(3): 537-553.

2007. "Strategic Voting and Information Transmission in Sequential Elections: Run Boris Run", with Adam Meirowitz, The Journal of Politics, 69:1, 88-99.

2006. “‘Don’t Knows’ and Public Opinion Towards Economic Reform: Evidence from Russia”, with Adam Berinsky, Communist and Post-Communist Studies, 39(1), 73-99.

2005. "Pocketbooks, Politics, and Parties: A Macro and Micro Analysis of the June 2003 Polish Referendum on EU Membership,” with Radoslaw Markowski, Electoral Studies, 24(3): 409-433.

2005. “Feeding the Hand that Bit You: Voting for Ex-Authoritarian Rulers in Russia and Bolivia”, with Amber Seligson, Demokratizatsiya: The Journal of Post-Soviet Democratization, 13(1): 11-42.

2004. “Learning from Terrorist Markets” with Adam Meirowitz, Perspectives on Politics, 2(2): 331-6.

2002. "Transitional Winners and Losers: Attitudes Toward EU Membership in Post-Communist Countries" with Alexander Pacek and Adam Berinsky, American Journal of Political Science, 46(3): 557-71.

2002. "The First Decade of Post-Communist Elections and Voting: What Have We Studied, and How Have We Studied It?", Annual Review of Political Science, 5: 271-304.

2002. “An Easy and Accurate Regression Model for Multiparty Electoral Data”, with Michael Tomz and Jason Wittenberg, Political Analysis, 10(1): 66-83.

2001. "Economic Conditions and the Vote for Incumbent Parties in Russia, Poland, Hungary, Slovakia, and the Czech Republic from 1990-1996", Post Soviet Affairs, 17(4): 309-331.

2001. "The Emergence of Mass Partisanship in Russia, 1993-96," with Ted Brader, American Journal of Political Science, 45(1): 69-83.

1995. "Walking the Tightrope: An Exploration of the Political Culture Concept and its Applications for Foreign Policy Analysis," Paradigms: The Kent Journal of International Relations, 9(1): 37-61.

NOTE: Articles should be downloaded for personal use only.

 

Articles Under Review

 

Euroskepticism and the Emergence of Political Parties in Poland (with Radoslaw Markowski)

Conventional vs. Transitional Economic Voting: Evidence from Poland, 1997-2005 (with Andrew Owen)

 

Additional Working Papers

 

Which Way is the Rich Way?  The Micro-Macro Paradox of EU Accession (with Alexander Herzog)

New Approaches to Electoral Volatility: Evidence from Postcommunist Countries (with Eleanor Powell)

Reflective and Unreflective Partisans? Experimental Evidence on the Links between Information, Opinion, and Party Identification (with Ted Brader)

Subjective vs. Objective Proximity in Poland: New Directions for the Empirical Study of Political Representation  (with Radoslaw Markowski)

People Power or a One-Shot Deal? The Legacy of the Colored Revolutions Considered from a Collective Action Framework

It’s Nothing Personal: The Appeal of Party Leaders and the Development of Partisan Attachment in Russia (with Ted Brader)

Red, Brown, and Regional Economic Voting: Russia, Poland, Hungary, Slovakia and the Czech Republic from 1990-99

Transitional Economic Voting: Economic Conditions and Election Results in Russia, Poland, Hungary, Slovakia, and Russia from 1990-1999

 

Book Reviews

 

2007. “Review of Rizman, Rudolf Martin, 2006, Uncertain Path: Democratic Transition and Consolidation in Slovenia, Texas A&M University Press”, Slavic Review, 66(3): 542-3.

 

2004. “Review of Rose, Richard and Neil Munro, Elections without Order : Russia's Challenge to Vladimir Putin, Cambridge University Press”, Political Science Quarterly, 18(4): 691-2.

 

 

Opinions and Media Appearances

2004. “After Beslan: A Glimmer of Hope in Putin’s Power Grab,” International Herald Tribune, September 18-19, 2004, p.4.  Translated into Russian and published online at ИноСМИ.Ru, September 20, 2004.

2004. Guest on “Russia After Beslan: Putin’s Shake up of the Government,” Weekday, Seattle Public Radio (KUOW), September 23, 2004.

 

Invited Presentations

2008. Conference on New Approaches to Political Economy, Moscow, Russia

2008. Stanford University, Comparative Politics Seminar

2008. Columbia University, Quantitative Political Science Seminar

2008. Harvard University, Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies

2007. The New Economic School, Moscow, Russia.

2007. University of California Los Angeles, Comparative Politics Workshop.

2007. Columbia University, New York/New Jersey Post-Communist Politics Workshop.

2007. Princeton University, Center for the Study of Democratic Politics.

2007. Yale University, Conference on Elections and Political Identities in New Democracies.

2006. Columbia University, Ukrainian Studies Program and the Orange Circle.

2006. University of Ottawa, Danyliw Research Seminar in Contemporary Ukrainian Studies.

2006. University of Wisconsin, Political Economy Seminar.

2006. Kennan Institute Workshop on Ukrainian Civil Society, Woodrow Wilson Center.

2006. University of Michigan, Workshop on Democratic Politics.

2006. Penn-Temple European Studies Colloquium.

2006. Oxford University, Nuffield College.

2006. University of Essex, Department of Politics.

2005. New York University, Department of Politics.

2005. Columbia University, Harriman Institute.

2005. University of Ottawa, Danyliw Research Seminar in Contemporary Ukrainian Studies.

2005. University of Michigan, New Challenges for Political Parties and Representation Conference.

2005. Syracuse University, Maxwell Center for European Studies.

2005. Rutgers University, Center for Discrete Mathematics and Theoretical Computer Science, Workshop on Markets as Predictive Devices.

2004. Middlebury College, Rohatyn Center for International Affairs

2004. Center for Economic and Financial Research, Moscow, Russia.

2004. New York University, Department of Politics.

2004. Indiana University, Public Opinion about the EU in Eastern Europe Conference.

2004. University of Michigan, National Election Study Workshop.

2004. Indiana University, Kremlin Power and 2003-4 Russian Elections Conference.

2004. University of Michigan, National Election Study Workshop.

2003. Yale University, Post-Communist Politics Workshop.

2003. Emory University, Institute for Comparative and International Studies.

2003. Harvard University, Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies.

2002. Meridian Center, Washington D.C.

2002. Texas A&M University, Department of Political Science.

2002. Rutgers University, Center for European Studies.

2002. Ohio State University, Comparative Politics Workshop.

2002. University of Michigan, ICPSR Summer Workshops in Quantitative Methods of Social Research.

1998. University of Chicago, Comparative Politics Workshop.

 

Faculty Research Grants

2007. Emergency Research Challenge Fund, New York University, “The Nature and Origins of Party Identification”, September 2007 – May 2008.

2007. University Research Challenge Fund, New York University, “The Nature and Origins of Party Identification”, July 2007 – May 2008.

2007. The National Academies’ National Research Center: Office for Central Europe and Eurasia.  Twinning Grant for “Polish Politics and EU Accession: Voting Behavior, Public Opinion, and Political Representation.” Supplementary Award: June 2007 – October 2007.

2005. University Committee on Research in Social Sciences, Princeton University, Faculty Grant for “Polish National Election Study”, September 2005 – April 2006.

2005. Princeton Institute for International and Regional Studies, Research Grant for “Experimental Analysis of Partisan Attachment in Russia” (with Ted Brader), July 2005 – August 2006.

2005. Office of the Vice President for Research, University of Michigan, Research Grant for “Experimental Analysis of Partisan Attachment in Russia” (with Ted Brader), July 2005 – December 2006.

2005. Center for Political Studies, University of Michigan, Seed Grant for “Experimental Analysis of Partisan Attachment in Russia” (with Ted Brader) January, 2005 – December 2006.

2005. University Committee on Research in Social Sciences, Princeton University, Faculty Grant for Subvention of Publication Costs for Regional Economic Voting: Russia, Poland, Hungary, Slovakia, and the Czech Republic, 1990-99.  July 2005 – September 2005.

2004. University Committee on Research in Social Sciences, Princeton University, Faculty Grant “Experimental Analysis of Partisan Attachment in Russia” July 2004 – September 2004.

2003. National Council for Eurasian and East European Research (NCEEER), National Research Competition, “Transitional Economic Voting: Economic Conditions and Election Results in Russia, Poland, Hungary, Slovakia and the Czech Republic, 1990-99.” October 2003 – August 2006.

2003. Center of International Studies, Princeton University.  Faculty Research Grant for “Economic Conditions and Election Results in Post-Communist Countries.” July 2003 – July 2004.

2003. The National Academies’ National Research Center: Office for Central Europe and Eurasia.  Twinning Grant for “Polish Politics and EU Accession: Voting Behavior, Public Opinion, and Political Representation.”  February 2003 – October 2006.

2002. Center of International Studies, Princeton University.  Faculty Research Grant for “Economic Conditions and Election Results in Post-Communist Countries.” July 2002 – July 2003.

2001. University Committee on Research in Social Sciences, Princeton University, Faculty Grant “Transition to Democratic Political Systems in the Former USSR and East Central Europe.” May 2001 – Aug. 2001.

 

 

Teaching

NYU

Graduate

G53.3501.001: Parties and Partisanship, Fall 2007

G53.3500.002: Comparative Political Behavior, Spring 2007

G53.3995: Graduate Pre-Dissertation Workshop, Fall 2006.

Undergraduate

V53.0500: Introduction to Comparative Politics, Fall 2007

V53.0505: The Electoral Process in Comparative Perspective OR Comparative Politics of Elections and Voting, Spring 2007

 

Princeton

Graduate

Politics 594: Comparative Politics Graduate Research Workshop, Full Year 2002-2003.

Undergraduate

Politics 230: Introduction to Comparative Politics: Spring 2003, 2005, Fall 2000, 2001.

Politics 354, 431: Comparative Politics of Elections and Voting: Fall 2002, Spring 2002.

Woodrow Wilson School 402g: Preparing Poland for EU Membership, Spring 2003.

Woodrow Wilson School 402f: American Electoral Reform, Spring 2002.

Woodrow Wilson School 401e: Designing Russian Electoral Institutions, Fall 2000.
 
 
Departmental and University Service

Undergraduate Curriculum Committee, Faculty of Arts and Science, New York University, 2007-2010

Comparative Politics Field Director, Department of Politics, New York University, 2007-2008.

Omnibus Departmental Search Committee, Department of Politics, New York University, 2007-2008.

Undergraduate Awards Committee, Department of Politics, New York University, 2007-2008.

Russian-Eurasian Studies Faculty Program Committee, Princeton University, 2006.

Planning Board, Princeton Program on National Security, Princeton University, 2004 – present.

Executive Board Member, Center for Study of Democratic Politics, Princeton University, 2001 - 2003.

Chair’s Advisory Committee, Department of Politics, Princeton University, 2003.

Undergraduate Affairs Committee, Woodrow Wilson School, Princeton University, 2001 - 2003.

Senior Thesis Prize Committee, Woodrow Wilson School, Princeton University, 2002 & 2003.

Senior Thesis Prize Committee, Department of Politics, 2002.

Comparative Politics Search Committee, Department of Politics, Princeton University, 2001 - 2002.

Academic Advisor (2002 - 2003) and Fellow (2001 - 2006), Butler College, Princeton University.

Director, Post-Communist Politics Workshop, Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies, Harvard University, 1995-1999.



Professional Service

2009. Section Head: Post-Communist Politics, Mid-West Political Science Association Annual Meeting.

2008. Best Paper Award Committee, American Political Science Association, European Politics Section

2008. Co-Founder and Organizer: NYU-CESS Annual Conference on Experiments in Political Science

2007. Section Head: Post-Communist Politics, Mid-West Political Science Association Annual Meeting.

Editorial Board, Electoral Studies, 2004 - present.

Associate Editor, World Politics, 2001- 2006.

Reviewer:  American Journal of Political Science, American Political Science Review, British Journal of Political Science, Comparative European Politics, Comparative Political Studies, Comparative Politics, Congressional Quarterly Press, Economics and Politics, Electoral Studies, European Journal of Political Research, European Union Politics, The Journal of Elections, Public Opinion, and Parties, The Journal of Social Power and Political Theory, The Journal of Politics, The Journal of Theoretical Politics, The National Science Foundation, Perspectives on Politics, Political Behavior, Political Psychology, Political Studies, Post-Soviet Affairs, Political Research Quarterly, Political Science Quarterly, Public Opinion Quarterly, Review of International Political Economy, Social Science Research Council, Slavic Review, Studies in Comparative and International Development, St. Martin’s Press, Yale University Press, World Politics.

Invited External Book Manuscript Discussant: University of Wisconsin (Scott Gelbach); Harvard University (Monica Nalepa)

External Dissertation Reader: Columbia University (Graeme Robertson)


Language Training

 

Russian (4.5 years university-level), Polish (2.5 years university-level), French (8 years pre-university).
 

 

 

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