KAREN E. FERREE Department of Political Science Phone: (858) 822-2309 University of California, San Diego Fax: (858) 534-7130 9500 Gilman Drive E-mail: [email protected] La Jolla, CA 92093-0521

ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS Assistant Professor July 2002 – July 2010 Department of Political Science, University of California, San Diego

Associate Professor Department of Political Science, University of California, San Diego July 2010 – present

EDUCATION Ph.D. Political Science, Harvard University, 2002. ​ ​ A.B. International Relations, Stanford University, 1992.

SELECT PUBLICATIONS 2016. “Who’s asking? Interviewer coethnicity effects in African survey data.” Co-authored with Claire Adida, Amanda Robinson, and Daniel Posner. Forthcoming, Comparative Political ​ Studies.

2016. “Gifts, Threats, and the Secret Ballot in .” Co-authored with James Long. Forthcoming, African Affairs. ​

2014. “Context, Electoral Rules, and Party Systems.” Annual Review of Political Science 17. ​ ​ Co-authored with G. Bingham Powell and Ethna Scheiner.

2014. “Voting Behavior and Electoral Irregularities in ’s 2013 Election.” Journal of Eastern ​ African Studies 8(1): 153-172. Co-authored with James D. Long and Clark Gibson. ​

2013. “How Context Shapes the Effects of Electoral Rules.” Perspectives on Politics, September ​ ​ 2013. Co-authored with G. Bingham Powell and Ethan Scheiner.

2013. “Kenya 2013: Choosing Peace over Democracy.” Journal of Democracy, July 2013, 24(3): ​ ​ 810-814. Co-authored with James D. Long, Karuti Kanyinga, and Clark Gibson.

2011. Framing the Race in : The Political Origins of Racial Census Elections. New ​ York: Cambridge University Press.

2010. “Ties that Bind? The Rise and Decline of Ethno-Regional Partisanship in Malawi, 1994 – 2009.” Democratization, June 2010, 17(3): 534 – 563. Co-authored with Jeremy Horowitz. ​ ​

2010. “The Social Origins of Electoral Volatility in Africa.” British Journal of Political Science, ​ ​ 40(4): 759-779.

SELECT AWARDS AND FELLOWSHIPS 2013 USAID, “Improving Electoral Performance through Citizen Engagement in South Africa.” (Co-PIs Clark Gibson, James Long, Danielle Jung, and Craig McIntosh). 2013 NSF, “Election Violence and Voting in Emerging Democracies.” (Co-PIs Clark Gibson, James Long). 2011 Committee on Research Grant, UCSD 2008 NSF, “Explaining the African Vote.” (Co-PI Clark Gibson, Barak Hoffman). 2006 Faculty Career Development Grant, UCSD 2005 Hellman Foundation Grant, UCSD

PROFESSIONAL SERVICE Reviewer for: American Political Science Review, American Journal of Political Science, Journal of Politics , British Journal of Political Science, Comparative Political Studies, World Development, Comparative Politics, Democratization, World Politics.

National Science Foundation, Dissertation Improvement Awards, Review Board 2010- 2012.

Director of Graduate Studies, University of California, San Diego, 2013- present.

Executive Committee Member, Working Group on African Political Economy (WGAPE), 2013-present.

SELECT FIELD WORK EXPERIENCE 2014 South Africa. With team designed and fielded large ICT platform with goal of encouraging citizen political participation in 2014 election. Enrolled over 250,000 South Africans in multi-channel participatory platform developed novel sampling frame from “Please Call ; Me” messaging delivered survey questions over ICT platform. ;

2013 Kenya. With team designed and fielded three wave nationally representative panel survey of Kenyans on subject of election related violence and political behavior. Sample size: 4000+. With team, designed and fielded nationally representative exit poll of Kenyan voters on election day (March 4, 2012). Sample size: 6000+.

2011 . With team, designed and fielded randomized field experiment and household survey on election ink and turnout in Kampala. Sample size: 1200+. With team, designed and fielded nationally representative exit poll of Ugandan voters on election day (February 18, 2011). Sample size: 6000+.