Christopher J. Fariss
Center for Political Studies (CPS) Email: [email protected], [email protected], Institute for Social Research, 4200 Bay Websites: http://cfariss.com, University of Michigan https://dataverse.harvard.edu/dataverse/CJFariss 426 Thompson Street https://dataverse.harvard.edu/dataverse/HumanRightsScores, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 48106-1248 https://dataverse.harvard.edu/dataverse/LatentGDP, USA https://dataverse.harvard.edu/dataverse/SNARP,
Education
University of California, San Diego Ph.D. Political Science (2013).
University of North Texas M.S. Political Science (2007), B.A. Political Science (2005), B.F.A. Drawing and Painting (2005).
Academic Appointments
University of Michigan Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science (2016-). Faculty Associate, Center for Political Studies (CPS), Institute for Social Research (2016-). Faculty Associate, Donia Human Rights Center (DHRC) (2019-) Affiliated Faculty, Michigan Institute for Data Science (MIDAS) (2019-).
Pennsylvania State University Jeffrey L. Hyde and Sharon D. Hyde and Political Science Board of Visitors Early Career Professor in Political Science (2015-2016). Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science (2013-2016).
Academic Affiliations
University of Essex
Instructor, Essex Summer School in Social Science Data Analysis (2015-).
University of Korea and Sungkyunkwan University
Core Faculty Member, SSK (Social Science Korea) Human Rights Forum (2016-).
University of Southern California Affiliated Scholar, The Security and Political Economy Lab, School of International Relations (2016-). Christopher J. Fariss 2
Uppsala University Visiting Fellow, East Asian Peace Program, Department of Peace and Conflict Research (2015).
Publications
Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles 1. Cordell, Rebecca, K. Chad Clay, Christopher J. Fariss, Reed M. Wood, and Thorin M. Wright. “Recording Repression: Identifying Physical Integrity Rights Allegations in Annual Country Hu- man Rights Reports” International Studies Quarterly (Accepted). 2. Fariss, Christopher J., Therese Anders, Jonathan Markowitz. “New Estimates of Over 500 Years of Historic GDP and Population Data” Journal of Conflict Resolution (Accepted). 3. Beazer, Quintin H., Charles Crabtree, Christopher J. Fariss, Holger L. Kern. “When Do Private Actors Engage in Censorship? Evidence From a Correspondence Experiment with Russian Private Media Firms” British Journal of Political Science (Forthcoming). 4. Slough, Tara and Christopher J. Fariss.“Misgovernance and Human Rights: Experimental Evidence of Illegal Detention without Intent” American Journal of Political Science 65(1):148-165 (January 2021). 5. Fariss, Christopher J. and James Lo. “Innovations in Concepts and Measurement for the Study of Peace and Conflict” Journal of Peace Research 57(6):669-678 (November 2020). 6. Fariss, Christopher J., Michael R. Kenwick, and Kevin Reuning. “Estimating one-sided-killings from a Robust Measurement Model of Human Rights” Journal of Peace Research 57(6):801-814 (November 2020). 7. Markowitz, Jonathan, Suzie Mulesky, Benjamin A.T. Graham and Christopher J. Fariss “Productive Pacifists: The Rise of Production-Oriented States and Decline of Territorial Conquest” International Studies Quarterly 64(3):558-572 (September 2020). 8. Anders, Therese, Christopher J. Fariss, and Jonathan Markowitz. “Bread before guns or butter: In- troducing Surplus Domestic Product (SDP)” International Studies Quarterly 64(2):392-405 (June 2020). 9. Cordell, Rebecca, K. Chad Clay, Christopher J. Fariss, Reed M. Wood, and Thorin M. Wright “Chang- ing Standards or Political Whim? Evaluating Changes in the Content of the US State Department Human Rights Reports” Journal of Human Rights 19(1):3-18 (January 2020). 10. Cope, Kevin L., Charles Crabtree, and Christopher J. Fariss.“Patterns of Disagreement in State Repression Measures” Political Science Research and Methods 8(1):178-187 (January 2020). 11. Reuning, Kevin, Michael R. Kenwick, and Christopher J. Fariss.“Exploring the Dynamics of Latent Variable Models” Political Analysis 27(4):503-517 (October 2019). 12. Terechshenko, Zhanna, Charles Crabtree, Kristine Eck, and Christopher J. Fariss.“Examining the Influence of International Norms and Sanctioning on State Respect for Prisoners Rights: A Field Experiment with Foreign Embassies” International Interactions 45(4):720-735 (September 2019). 13. Fariss, Christopher J. “Yes, Human Rights Practices Are Improving Over Time” American Political Science Review 133(3):868-881 (August 2019). 14. Markowitz, Jonathan N., R. Blake McMahon, and Christopher J. Fariss.“Producing Goods and Projecting Power: How What States Make Influences What They Take” Journal of Conflict Resolution 63(6):1368-1402 (July 2019). Christopher J. Fariss 3
15. Dancy, Geoff and Christopher J. Fariss.“From Hollow Hopes to Human Rights at Work: A Con- stitutive Approach to Human Rights in Global Society” Law & Contemporary Problems 81(4):773-100 (December 2018). 16. Gell-Redman, Micah, Neil Visalvanich, Charles Crabtree, and Christopher J. Fariss.“It’s all about race: How state legislators respond to immigrant constituents” Political Research Quarterly 71(3):517- 531 (September 2018). 17. Eck, Kristine and Christopher J. Fariss.“Ill Treatment and Torture in Sweden: A Critique of Cross- Case Comparisons” Human Rights Quarterly 40(3):591-604 (August 2018). 18. Fariss, Christopher J. and Zachary M. Jones. “Enhancing External Validity in Observational Settings When Replication is Not Possible” Political Science Research and Methods 6(2):365-380 (April 2018). 19. Fariss, Christopher J. “Are Things Really Getting Better?: How To Validate Latent Variable Models of Human Rights” British Journal of Political Science 48(1):275-282 (January 2018). 20. Fariss, Christopher J. “The Changing Standard of Accountability and the Positive Relationship be- tween Human Rights Treaty Ratification and Compliance” British Journal of Political Science 48(1):239- 272 (January 2018). 21. Markowitz, Jonathan N. and Christopher J. Fariss.“Power, Proximity, and Democracy: Geopolitical Competition in the International System” Journal of Peace Research 55(1):78-93 (January 2018). 22. Fariss, Christopher J. and Geoff Dancy. “Measuring the Impact of Human Rights: Conceptual and Methodological Debates” Annual Review of Law and Social Science 13:273-294 (November 2017). 23. Shakya, Holly B., Christopher J. Fariss, Christopher Ojeda, Anita Raj, and Elizabeth Reed. “Social network clustering of sexual violence experienced by adolescent girls” American Journal of Epidemiol- ogy 186(7):796-804 (October 2017). 24. Graham, Benjamin A. T., Erik A. Gartzke, and Christopher J. Fariss.“The Bar Fight Theory of International Conflict: Regime Type, Coalition Size, and Victory” Political Science Research and Methods 5(4):613-639 (October 2017). 25. Bond, Robert M., Jaime E. Settle, Christopher J. Fariss, Jason J. Jones, and James H. Fowler. “So- cial Endorsement Cues and Political Participation in an Experiment Involving 61 Million Facebook Users” Political Communication 43(2):261-281 (May 2017).
26. Dancy, Geoff and Christopher J. Fariss.“Rescuing Human Rights Law from International Legalism and Its Critics” Human Rights Quarterly 39(1):1-36 (February 2017). 27. Gee, Laura K., Jason J. Jones, Christopher J. Fariss, Moira Burke, and James H. Fowler. “The Paradox of Weak Ties in 55 Countries” Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization 133:362-372 (January 2017).
28. Wood, Jonathan S., Eric T. Donnell, and Christopher J. Fariss.“A Method to Account for and Esti- mate Underreporting in Crash Frequency Research” Accident Analysis and Prevention 95(Part A):57-66 (October 2016). 29. Settle, Jaime E., Robert M. Bond, Lorenzo Coviello, Christopher J. Fariss, James H. Fowler, and Jason J. Jones. “From Posting to Voting: The Effects of Political Competition on Online Political Engagement” Political Science Research and Methods 4(2):361-378 (March 2016). 30. Brown, Cameron S., Christopher J. Fariss, and R. Blake McMahon. “Recouping after Coup-Proofing: Compromised Military Effectiveness and Strategic Substitution” International Interactions 42(1):1-30 (January 2016). Christopher J. Fariss 4
31. Fariss, Christopher J., Fridolin J. Linder, Zachary M. Jones, Charles Crabtree, Megan A. Biek, Ana- Sophia M. Ross, Taranamol Kaur, and Michael Tsai. “Human Rights Texts: Converting Human Rights Primary Source Documents into Data” PLOS ONE 10(9):e0138935 (September 2015). 32. Crabtree, Charles and Christopher J. Fariss.“Uncovering Patterns Among Latent Variables: Human Rights and De Facto Judicial Independence” Research & Politics 2(3):1-9 (September 2015).
33. Lake David A., and Christopher J. Fariss.“Why International Trusteeship Fails: The Politics of External Authority in Areas of Limited Statehood” Governance 27(4):569-587 (October 2014). 34. Fariss, Christopher J. “Respect for Human Rights has Improved Over Time: Modeling the Changing Standard of Accountability” American Political Science Review 108(2):297-318 (May 2014).
35. Schnakenberg, Keith E. and Christopher J. Fariss.“Dynamic Patterns of Human Rights Practices” Political Science Research and Methods 2(1):1-31 (April 2014). 36. Fariss, Christopher J. and Keith E. Schnakenberg. “Measuring Mutual Dependence Between State Repressive Actions” Journal of Conflict Resolution 58(6):1003-1032 (September 2014).
37. Markowitz, Jonathan N. and Christopher J. Fariss.“Going the Distance: The Price of Projecting Power” International Interactions 39(2):119-143 (April 2013). 38. Jones, Jason J., Robert M. Bond, Christopher J. Fariss, Jaime E. Settle, Adam D. I. Kramer, Cameron Marlow, and James H. Fowler. “Yahtzee: An Anonymized Group Level Matching Procedure” PLOS ONE 8(2):e55760 (February 2013).
39. Jones, Jason J., Jaime E. Settle, Robert M. Bond, Christopher J. Fariss, Cameron Marlow, and James H. Fowler. “Inferring Tie Strength from Online Directed Behavior” PLOS ONE 8(1):e52168 (January 2013). 40. Bond, Robert M., Christopher J. Fariss, Jason J. Jones, Adam D. I. Kramer, Cameron Marlow, Jaime E. Settle, and James H. Fowler. “A 61-Million-Person Experiment in Social Influence and Political Mobilization” Nature 489(7415):295-298 (13 September 2012). 41. Hafner-Burton, Emilie, Laurence R. Helfer, and Christopher J. Fariss.“Emergency and Escape: Ex- plaining Derogations from Human Rights Treaties” International Organization 65(4):673-707 (October 2011). Reprinted in Human Rights in Emergencies, edited by Evan J. Criddle, Cambridge University Press (July 2016).
42. Fariss, Christopher J. “The Strategic Substitution of United States Foreign Aid" Foreign Policy Anal- ysis 6(2):107-131 (April 2010). 43. Rottman, Andy J., Christopher J. Fariss, and Steven C. Poe. “The Path to Asylum in the US and the Determinants for Who gets in and Why" International Migration Review 43(1):3-33 (March 2009).
44. Meernik, James D. and Christopher J. Fariss. “International Criminal Defense: A Preliminary Anal- ysis of Background and Resources on Judicial Decision Making at the ICTR" Judicature 89(6):326-333 (May-June 2006).
Peer-Reviewed Conference Proceedings 45. Chen, Ted Hsuan Yun, Paul Zachary, and Christopher J. Fariss.“Social Activity Hubs (SAHs): A New Method for Estimating User Specific Contextual Factors From Social Media Data” CSSSA’s Annual Conference on Computational Social Science (Santa Fe, NM 19–22 October 2017). Christopher J. Fariss 5
Editor-Reviewed Journal Articles and Book Chapters 46. Fariss, Christopher J., Michael R. Kenwick, and Kevin Reuning “Measurement Models”, in SAGE Handbook of Research Methods is Political Science & International Relations, edited by Luigi Curini and Robert J. Franzese, Jr., SAGE Press (May 2020). 47. Bond, Robert M., Christopher J. Fariss, Jason J. Jones, Jaime E. Settle. “Network Experiments through Academic-Industry Collaboration” In Spreading Dynamics in Social Systems, edited by Yong Yeol Ahn and Sune Lehmann, Springer (June 2018). 48. Crabtree, Charles and Christopher J. Fariss.“Stylized Facts and Experimentation” Sociological Science 3:910-914 (October 2016). 49. Crabtree, Charles, Christopher J. Fariss, and Paul Schuler. “The Presidential Election in Belarus, October 2015” Electoral Studies 42:304-307 (June 2016).
Editor-Reviewed Publications and Editorials 50. Nichols, Angela D. and Christopher J. Fariss.“Violence Against FARC ex-Combatants Threatens Peace in Colombia”Political Violence at a Glance Blog (3 December 2020) 51. Eck, Kristine and Christopher J. Fariss.“Swedish Report Shows No Connection Between Immigra- tion and Rape” Political Violence at a Glance Blog (24 June 2019) 52. Cordell, Rebecca, K. Chad Clay, Christopher J. Fariss, Reed M. Wood, and Thorin M. Wright. “How Does the Trump Administration Think about Human Rights? Evidence from the State Department Country Reports” Political Violence @ a Glance Blog (1 June 2018). 53. Gell-Redman, Micah, Neil, Visalvanich, Crabtree, Charles and Christopher J. Fariss.“State legisla- tors are less likely to respond to constituents who are not white” USApp - American Politics and Policy Blog (11 June 2018). 54. Gell-Redman, Micah, Neil Visalvanich, Charles Crabtree, and Christopher J. Fariss.“Do lawmakers respond to immigrants’ requests? The answer depends on ethnicity and race” The Washington Post: The Monkey Cage Blog (16 January 2018). 55. Darden, Jessica Trisko and Christopher J. Fariss.“Duterte has put part of the Philippines under martial law. Here’s how dangerous that can be” The Washington Post: The Monkey Cage Blog (14 June 2017). 56. Fariss, Christopher J. and Kristine Eck. “What Crime Data from Sweden Can and Cannot Tell US” Political Violence @ a Glance Blog (19 April 2017). 57. Crabtree, Charles, Christopher J. Fariss, and Paul Schuler. “In Belarus, Europe’s ‘last dictator” is actually allowing protest. Here’s why” The Washington Post: The Monkey Cage Blog (24 March 2017). 58. Fariss, Christopher J. and Kristine Eck. “Crime in Sweden: What the Data Tell Us” Center for Political Studies (CPS) Blog (13 March 2017). 59. Eck, Kristine and Christopher J. Fariss.“No, Sweden isn’t hiding an immigrant crime problem. This is the real story” The Washington Post: The Monkey Cage Blog (24 February 2017). 60. Graham, Benjamin A. T., Christopher J. Fariss, and Erik A. Gartzke. “How War is Like a Barfight” The Washington Post: The Monkey Cage Blog (15 December 2015). 61. Brown, Cameron S., R. Blake McMahon, Christopher J. Fariss.“Morsi’s Potential Counterweight” INSS Insight No.367,(4 September 2012). Christopher J. Fariss 6
62. Fariss, Christopher J. and Keith E. Schnakenberg. “New Takes on Human Rights Measurement” Wrongs & Rights: The Newsletter for the APSA Human Rights Section (May 2012).
Policy Publications 63. Nygård, Håvard Mokleiv, Abbey Steele, Helga Malmin Binningsbø, Michael Weintraub, Christopher J. Fariss, Pablo Ruiz Hiebra, Pablo Ruiz Hiebra, and Håvard Mokleiv Nygård, eds. “Luces y sombras de la implementación del Acuerdo de Paz en Colombia: Actitudes y percepciones en los territorios PDET [Lights and shadows of the implementation of the Peace Agreement in Colombia: Attitudes and perceptions in the PDET territories]” PRIO-UNDP joint report (December 2020). 64. Slough, Tara and Christopher J. Fariss.“Impact Evaluation of USAID Haiti PROJUSTICE Program Pretrial Detention Component.” USAID. Prepared under Contract No.: GS-10F-0033M/AID-OAA- M-13-00013 (April 2017).
Manuscripts Under Review 65. Chen, Ted Hsuan Yun, Paul Zachary, and Christopher J. Fariss. “Who Protests? Using Social Media Data to Estimate How Social Context Affects Political Behavior”.
66. Dancy, Geoff and Christopher J. Fariss. “The Search for Human Rights: A Global Analysis Using Google Data”. 67. Dietrich, Nick, Christopher J. Fariss, and Sarah L. Parrott. “Replicating, Validating, and Extending the Measurement of Government Purges”.
68. Fariss, Christopher J. “An Active Learning Seminar and Sequential Research Project Experience”.
Grants and Awards
External Grants: Principal or Co-Principal Investigator 1. Research Council of Norway (RCN) and the Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO) Grant 2018-2021 (project no: 275400)“Micro-Foundations of Conflict Escalation (MiCE)”, with Principal Investigators Håvard Mokleiv Nygård (PRIO), Laia Balcells (Georgetown University), Gudmund Horn Hermansen (University of Oslo), and Michael Weintraub (Universidad de los Andes); (approx. $64,315.00 to University of Michigan, $1,020,853 total).
2. National Science Foundation Research Grant 2018-2019 (SES: 1760644)“Quasi-Experiment on the Effect of Disaster-induced Displacement” with participating investigator Ted Hsuan Yun Chen (Uni- versity of Helsinki and Aalto University); ($92,681). 3. National Science Foundation Research Grant 2017-2019 (SES: 1627464)“Sub-national Analysis of Repression Project”, with Co-Principal Investigators K. Chad Clay (University of Georgia), Thorin M. Wright (Arizona State University), Reed M. Wood (Arizona State University), and postdoctoral fellow Rebecca Cordell (Arizona State University); ($140,660 to University of Michigan, $513,434 total). 4. The Charles Koch Foundation 2016-2019 “A Natural Experiment on the Effect of Drug Legalization of Crime, Violence, and Gangs”, with participating investigators Ted Hsuan Yun Chen (Pennsylvania State University) and Paul Zachary (University of California, San Diego); ($40,900 to Pennsylvania State University, $66,000 to University of Michigan). Christopher J. Fariss 7
5. USAID Impact Evaluation Grant 2015-2017 (Contract No.GS-10F-0033M/AID-OAA-M-13-00013, Task- ing 031)“Haiti PROJUSTICE Program Pretrial Detention Component”, with Co-Principal Investiga- tor Tara Slough (Columbia University), and administered by NORC at the University of Chicago ($250,000).
External Grants: Participating Investigator 6. National Science Foundation Research Grant 2019-2021 (SES: 1925693). ”RIDIR: The Sub-National Data Archive System for Social and Behavioral Data” with Principal Investigator Kenneth Kollman and Yuri Zhukov and Participating Investigator’s Anne Pitcher, Robert Franzese Jr, Brian Min, Na- homi Ichino, Allen Hicken, Walter Mebane Jr, Mai Hassan, Yuki Shiraito, and Kevin Quinn. 7. SSK (Social Science Korea) Grant 2016-2020 (NRF-2016S1A3A2925085) “Human Rights Information Sharing and Public Policy” with Principle Investigator Changrok Soh (Korea University), Manager Jeong-Woo Koo (Sungkyunkwan University), and 11 additional participating investigators. 8. Research Council of Norway (RCN) and the Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO) Grant 2017-2019 (project no: 262425/F10). “Dynamics of Conflict-Related Sexual Violence”, with Principal Investiga- tor Ragnhild Norda˚s, and participating investigator Jule Krüger. 9. Swedish Research Council Grant 2017-2019 (Nr. 2016-02632) “Encouraging State Respect for Human Rights: A Series of Randomized Experiments”, with Principal Investigator Kristine Eck (Uppsala University).
Internal Grants 10. Rackham Interdisciplinary Workshop, with Christian Davenport, Ragnhild Norda˚s, and Yuri Zhukov, University of Michigan (2018-2019). 11. Converse Miller Fellowship, with Hwayong Shin, University of Michigan (2018). 12. The McCourtney Institute for Democracy Innovation Grant, Pennsylvania State University (2015- 2016). 13. Jeffrey L. Hyde and Sharon D. Hyde and Political Science Board of Visitors Early Career Professor Research Grant, Pennsylvania State University (2015-2016). 14. Liberal Arts Undergraduate Research Award, with Megan Biek, Pennsylvania State University (2015). 15. Summer Graduate Research Award, with Nicholas Dietrich and Sarah Hayden, Pennsylvania State University (2015).
Other Awards 16. Nominated for the 2021 and 2020 Golden Apple Award, University of Michigan (2020, 2021). The only campus-wide award for faculty that is organized and decided upon by University of Michigan students, recognizing exceptional faculty on our campus. 17. Roy C. Buck Award, best refereed publication by an untenured social science faculty member, College of Liberal Arts, Pennsylvania State University (2015). 18. Edmund G. Brown Sr. Fellowship, University of California, San Diego (2008-2009). 19. Alexander George Graduate Student Paper Award, International Studies Association (2008). 20. Pender Award for Best Graduate Paper in Political Science, University of North Texas (2007). Christopher J. Fariss 8
21. Aileen Andrew Peace Internship Scholarship, University of North Texas (2005). 22. Eagle Scout, Troop 655, Sam Houston Area Council, Houston, TX (1998).
Mentoring
Current Academic Letter Writer1 1. Ted Hsuan Yun Chen (Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Aalto University and University of Helsinki). 2. Thomas O’Mealia (PhD candidate, University of Michigan).
3. Roya Talibova (PhD candidate, University of Michigan).
Past Academic Letter Writer 4. Therese Anders (Postdoctoral Fellow and Data Scientist with the SCRIPTS Cluster of Excellence at the Hertie School of Governance, Berlin Germany).
5. John Beieler (Director, Science & Technology, Office of the Director of National Intelligence). 6. Rebecca Cordell (Assistant Professor, School of Economic, Political and Policy Sciences, University of Texas at Dallas). 7. Frantzdy Hervé (Chevening Scholar, University of Nottingham, UK).
8. Zachary M. Jones (Senior Analyst, Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, University of Wash- ington; Moore-Sloan Data Science Postdoctoral Fellow, eScience Institute, University of Washington). 9. Michael Kenwick (Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, Rutgers University; Postdoc- toral Fellow, University of Pennsylvania). 10. Jule Krüger (Project Manager and Data Scientist, Center for Political Science, Institute for Social Research, University of Michigan). 11. Kevin McCallister (Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Quantitative Theory & Methods at the Emory University). 12. Blake Miller (Postdoctoral Fellow, Dartmouth University).
13. Suzie Mulesky (Behavioral Science Researcher Vanguard). 14. Kevin Reuning (Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, Miami University of Ohio). 15. Wonjun Song (Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Macau). 16. Corina Simonelli (United States Department of State).
17. Zhanna Terechshenko (Postdoctoral Fellow, Social Media and Political Participation (SMaPP) Lab, New York University). 18. Ryan Welch (Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science and International Studies, Univer- sity of Tampa). 1I wrote or updated the letter of recommendation during the current academic market cycle (Fall 2020). Christopher J. Fariss 9
Current Dissertation Committee Member 1. Erin Cikanek (PhD candidate, University of Michigan). 2. Thomas O’Mealia (PhD candidate, University of Michigan). 3. Alejandro Pineda (PhD candidate, University of Michigan). 4. Roya Talibova (PhD candidate, University of Michigan).
Past Dissertation Committee Member 5. Therese Anders (PhD 2019, University of Southern California; Postdoctoral Fellow and Data Scientist with the SCRIPTS Cluster of Excellence at the Hertie School of Governance, Berlin Germany). 6. John Beieler (PhD 2016, Pennsylvania State University; IARPA: Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity)
7. Nicholas Dietrich (2020 PhD, Pennsylvania State University; Visiting Assistant Professor of Data Analytics at Ohio Wesleyan University). 8. Ben Fisher (PhD 2016, Pennsylvania State University; Verisk Maplecroft).
9. Frank Fernandez (PhD 2017, Pennsylvania State University; Assistant Professor, Department of Ed- ucational Leadership and Policy Studies, University of Houston). 10. Michael Kenwick (PhD 2017, Pennsylvania State University; Postdoctoral, Perry World House, Uni- versity of Pennsylvania). 11. Kevin McCallister (PhD 2020, University of Michigan; Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Quantitative Theory & Methods at the Emory University). 12. Suzie Mulesky (PhD 2021, University of Southern California; Behavioral Science Researcher Van- guard). 13. Corina Simonelli (PhD 2021, University of Micihigan; United States Department of State).
External Dissertation Committee Examiner 14. Rebecca Cordell (PhD 2017, University of Essex; Postdoctoral Fellow, School of Politics and Global Studies, Arizona State University).
Current Graduate Student Mentees and Research Collaborators 1. Miriam Barnum (University of Southern California). 2. Andy Bushman (University of Michigan). 3. Erin Cikanek (University of Michigan). 4. Thomas O’Mealia (University of Michigan).
5. Alejandro Pineda (University of Michigan). 6. Hwayong Shin (University of Michigan). 7. Roya Talibova (University of Michigan). Christopher J. Fariss 10
Past Graduate Student Mentees and Research Collaborators 8. Therese Anders (University of Southern California). 9. Elizabeth Brennan (University of Michigan Law School). 10. Ted Hsuan Yun Chen (Pennsylvania State University). 11. Kevin Cope (University of Michigan).
12. Charles Crabtree (Pennsylvania State University; University of Michigan). 13. Yaoyao Dai (Pennsylvania State University). 14. Kostanca Dhima (Pennsylvania State University). 15. Nicholas Dietrich (Pennsylvania State University).
16. Ben Fisher (Pennsylvania State University). 17. Mitchell Goist (Pennsylvania State University). 18. Sarah Hayden (Pennsylvania State University).
19. Jeremy R. Johnson (Pennsylvania State University). 20. Zachary M. Jones (Pennsylvania State University). 21. Michael Kenwick (Pennsylvania State University). 22. Nadiya Kostyuk (University of Michigan).
23. Michael Lerner (University of Michigan). 24. Fridolin Linder (Pennsylvania State University). 25. Andrew S. Martinez (Pennsylvania State University).
26. Blake Miller (University of Michigan). 27. Gaea Patrice Morales (University of Southern California). 28. Suzie Mulesky (University of Southern California). 29. Christopher Ojeda (Pennsylvania State University).
30. Kevin Reuning (Pennsylvania State University). 31. Corina Simonelli (University of Michigan). 32. Tara Slough (Columbia University).
33. Laurie Tumaneng (Pennsylvania State University). 34. Zhanna Terechshenko (Pennsylvania State University). 35. Xu Xu (Pennsylvania State University). 36. Jonathan S. Wood (Pennsylvania State University). Christopher J. Fariss 11
Current Undergraduate Student Research Mentees and Research Collaborators 1. Eric An (Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program, University of Michigan). 2. Chloe Hale (University of Michigan). 3. Aditi Khare (Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program, University of Michigan). 4. Edward Rapa (Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program, University of Michigan). 5. Stella Shi (Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program, University of Michigan). 6. Daisy Zheng (Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program, University of Michigan).
Past Undergraduate Student Research Mentees and Research Collaborators 7. Patricia Marie Angus (University of Michigan). 8. Megan A. Beik (Pennsylvania State University). 9. Elizabeth Brennan (University of Michigan). 10. Larry Jia (University of Michigan). 11. Taranamol Kaur (University of California, San Diego). 12. Hannah Leszczynski (University of Michigan). 13. Maeve O’Brien (University of Michigan). 14. Ana-Sophia M. Ross (Pennsylvania State University). 15. Emily Russell (University of Michigan). 16. Grace Stephan (University of Michigan). 17. Akhil Thadani (Texas A&M University). 18. Edward Thomson (University of Michigan). 19. Michael Tsai (University of California, San Diego), 20. Alyssa Wallace (University of Michigan). 21. Eunice Yau (University of Michigan).
Teaching
University of Michigan POLSCI 383: Political Science Research Opportunity, Department of Political Science (Fall 2019, Fall 2020). POLSCI 373/498: Data Science for International Studies, Department of Political Science (Winter 2020, Winter 2021, scheduled Winter 2022). POLSCI 477/498: Undergraduate Seminar in Human Rights, Department of Political Science (Winter 2017, Winter 2018, Winter 2019, Winter 2020, Winter 2021, Fall 2021, scheduled Winter 2022). POLSCI 688: Graduate Seminar in Human Rights, Department of Political Science (Winter 2018, Winter 2019). POLSCI 688: Graduate Seminar in Measurement Theory: The Politics of Measurement and the Measurement of Politics, Department of Political Science (Winter 2017). Christopher J. Fariss 12
Pennsylvania State University PLS 451/497: The Politics of Human Rights, Department of Political Science (Fall 2013, Spring 2014, Spring 2015). PLS 501: Methods of Political Analysis (Research Design), Department of Political Science (Fall 2013, Fall 2014, Fall 2015). PLS 597: Graduate Seminar in Human Rights, Department of Political Science (Fall 2015). PLS 597: Graduate Seminar in Measurement Theory: The Politics of Measurement and the Measurement of Politics, Department of Political Science (Spring 2015).
University of Essex Advanced Computational Methods for Social Media and Text Data, The 53rd and 54th Essex Summer School in Social Science Data Analysis (July 22- August 3, 2020; July 26 - August 6, 2021) Advanced Methods for Social Media and Textual Data, The 51st and 52nd Essex Summer School in Social Science Data Analysis (July 23, 2018 - August 3, 2018; July 22, 2019 - August 2, 2019). Exploration and Analysis of Social Media Data, The 49th and 50th Essex Summer School in Social Science Data Analysis (July 25, 2016 - August 5, 2016; July 24, 2017 - August 4, 2017). Analyzing Big Data, The 48th Essex Summer School in Social Science Data Analysis (July 27, 2015 - August 7 2015).
Uppsala University Designing Validity for Studies of Political Violence, Human Rights, and Conflict, Department of Peace and Conflict Research (May 10-24, 2017). Introduction to Latent Variable Models with R and STAN, Department of Peace and Conflict Research (May 21-22, 2015).
College of William & Mary Introduction to R (with Jaime E. Settle), Department of Government (October 23, 2012).
University of California, San Diego Introduction to R and statistical analysis of data using R, San Diego Super Computer Center (July 2013).
Introduction to R for Programmers, San Diego Super Computer Center (May 23, 2012, April 18, 2013). Introduction to R and Stata, Math Boot Camp (with Dimitar Gueorguiev), Department of Political Science (September 21, 2010).
Presentations and Professional Activity
Invited Presentations Department of Political Science, Washington University St. Louis (March 2021). School of Economic, Political & Policy Sciences, University of Texas at Dallas (October 2019). Christopher J. Fariss 13
Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy, University of Michigan (March 2019). Department of Methodology, London School of Economics (March 2019). Department of Political Science, Texas A&M University (February 2019). W. Allen Wallis Institute of Political Economy, University of Rochester (February 2019).
Department of Political Science, University of Nottingham (November 2018). Department of Political Science, University of Durham (November 2018). School of International Relations, University of Southern California (November 2018).
United States Air Force Center for Strategy and Technology (October 2018). Department of Political Science, University of Zurich (April 2018). Department of Politics and Public Administration, University Konstanz (April 2018). Department of Political Science, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (February 2018).
Department of Political Science, University of Arizona (February 2018). Hobby School of Public Affairs, University of Houston (December 2017). United States Air Force Center for Strategy and Technology (October 2017).
Department of Political Science, Emory University (February 2017). Department of Political Science, George Washington University, Virtual Presentation (April 2016). The Josef Korbel School of International Studies, University of Denver (April 2016). School of Public & International Affairs, University of Georgia (March 2016).
Department of Political Science, Florida State University (February 2016). Department of Political Science, University of North Texas (February 2016). School of Economic, Political & Policy Sciences, University of Texas at Dallas (February 2016).
Department of Political Science, University of Pittsburgh (February 2016). Department of Political Science, Columbia University (January 2016). School of International Relations, University of Southern California (November 2015). Department of Political Science, University of Michigan (November 2015).
The 48th Essex Summer School in Social Science Data Analysis, University of Essex (August 2015). Department of Political Science, Stockholm University (June 2015). Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO) (June 2015). Department of Peace and Conflict Research, Uppsala University (May 2015).
USAID, Human Rights Division, Washington D.C. (April 2015). School of International Relations, University of Southern California (March 2015). Christopher J. Fariss 14
Department of Political Science, Florida State University (April 2014). Department of Political Science, University of New Mexico (December 2012). Department of Political Science, Pennsylvania State University (November 2012). Department of Political Science, University of Washington (October 2012). Center For Statistics And The Social Sciences, University of Washington (October 2012). Department of Government, College of William & Mary (October 2012).
Invited Conference Presentations and Workshop Participation Sixth Annual Toronto Political Behaviour Workshop (September 2018). Integrity, Safety, and Conflict Roundtable @facebook (September 2018). The Political Economy of Security, University of Southern California (January 2018). Global Innovation Week (USAID), Washington D.C. (September 2017). Northeast Workshop in Empirical Political Science (NEWEPS-9), Princeton University (September 2017). SSK (Social Science Korea) Human Rights Forum, University of Korea (June 2017). What’s Next for Human Rights Scholarship, An International Conference, University of Virginia (March 2017). Complexity & Law Workshop, University of Michigan (February 2017). Political Instability Task Force Conference, Washington D.C. (January 2017). Power Projection, University of Southern California (November 2016). V-Dem Measurement Conference, University of Gothenburg, Sweden (October 2016). Regional Peace: Lessons from Was Asia, 6th annual conference of the East Asian Peace program, Uppsala University (June 2016). Political Instability Task Force Conference, Machine-Learning and Automated Data Collection (June 2016). V-Dem / ANTICORRP Policy Dialogue Conference, University of Gothenburg, Sweden (May 2016). V-Dem Internal Research Conference, University of Gothenburg, Sweden (May 2016). Human Trafficking Data Workshop, The Josef Korbel School of International Studies, University of Denver (April 2016). Governing Global Human Rights, The Forsythe Family Program on Human Rights and Humanitarian Affairs, University of Nebraska-Lincoln (April 2016). Democracy, Human Rights, and Governance Impact Evaluation Learning Clinic (USAID), Washington DC (March 2016). Conflict & Peace, Research & Development (CPRD), University of Michigan (January 2016). East Asia: Regional Peace and Domestic Conflict, Singapore (November 2015). Christopher J. Fariss 15
East Asian Peace Workshop, Stockholm Sweden (May 2015). Democracy, Human Rights, and Governance Impact Evaluation Learning Clinic (USAID), Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (March 2015). How Do We Know What We Know? Charting the Future for Human Rights Documentation and Analysis, Arizona State University (January 2015). Has International Human Rights Failed?, University of Chicago (October 2014). Southeast Asia Research Group (SEAREG), Cornell University (April 2014). The Domestic Politics of International Human Rights Agreements, Princeton (November 2013). Creating Conflict Data Workshop #2, Conflict Consortium, University of Michigan (October 2013). External Actors and the Provision of Collective Goods in Areas of Limited Statehood, San Diego, CA (March 2012). Rich Region, Strong States: The Political Economy of Security in Asia, University of California, San Diego (January 2012). International Law Compliance and Human Rights Indicators, Arizona State University (January 2010). Survivors’ Services Seminar, South Padre, TX (January 2006).
Conference Presentations American Political Science Association (2009, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020). European Political Science Association (2014). Genocide in the 20th and 21st Centuries: Cases, Causes, and Cures, University of Southern Mississippi (2007). The Human Nature Group Retreat (2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2016). The Human Nature Group Masters Retreat (2015, 2016, 2017, 2018). IGCC So-Cal Symposium, University of California Irvine (2011). International Studies Association (2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020 (cancelled), 2021). International Studies Association West (2010). Midwest Political Science Association (2007, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2019, 2020 (cancelled)). NYU CESS Experimental Political Science Conference (2015). Peace Science Society (International) (2007, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021 (cancelled)). Political Networks Conference (2009, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014). Society for Political Methodology (2011, 2012, 2013, 2014). Southern Political Science Association (2010, 2015, 2016, 2017). Sunbelt Social Networks Conference (2011). Western Political Science Association (2008, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016). Christopher J. Fariss 16
Conference Panel Discussant American Political Science Association (2014, 2015, 2018, 2019, 2020). ESOC (Empirical Studies of Conflict) Fall Annual Meeting (2020). European Political Science Association (2014). International Studies Association (2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019).
Political Economy of International Organization (2021). Society for Political Methodology (2014). Southern Political Science Association (2016, 2017, 2018). The Domestic Politics of International Human Rights Agreements, Princeton University (2013).
The Human Nature Group Retreat (2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2016). The Political Economy of International Organization (2021). Western Political Science Association (2008, 2012, 2013, 2014).
Conference Panel Organizer American Political Science Association (2010). International Studies Association (2015).
Online Colloquia Online Peace Science Colloquium (OPSC) (May 18, 2019). Conflict Consortium Virtual Workshop (September 18, 2013, February 15, 2016, April 20, 2018).
Conference Panel Participation Political Networks Conference (2015, 2016).
Service
International Studies Association Editorial Board Member, International Studies Review (2019-2022). Editorial Assistant, International Studies Quarterly (2006-2007).
Midwest Political Science Association MPSA Human Rights Section Chair (2019-2020).
Peace Science Society (International) Council Member (2020-2024). Christopher J. Fariss 17
University of Michigan Fulbright Interview Committee (2020) Graduate Admission Committee Committee (2020-2021) Diversity Ally Committee, Department of Political Science (2019-2020). Rubin Speaker Series Coordinator, Department of Political Science (2018-2019).
Undergraduate Affairs Committee, Department of Political Science (2017-2018).
Pennsylvania State University Advisory Committee, Department of Political Science (2015-2016). Search Committee, Department of Political Science (2014-2015).
Graduate Subfield Examination Committee, Department of Political Science (2014-2015, 2015-2016). Graduate Recruitment Planning Committee, Department of Political Science (2014-2015). Teaching Improvement Committee, Department of Political Science (2013-2014).
University of California, San Diego Human Nature Group: Co-Director (2011-2013); Member (2008-2013); Alumni (2013-present). Graduate Student Council, Department of Political Science: Vice President for Social Planning (2010- 2011); Graduate Student Association Representative (2009-2010).
University of North Texas University of North Texas Community Award Committee (2007). Pi Sigma Alpha, Political Science Honors Society (2005-2007).
Journal Referee American Journal of Political Science; American Political Science Review; British Journal of Political Science; Cambridge University Press; Conflict Management and Peace Science; Defense and Peace Economics; European Journal of International Relations; Foreign Policy Analysis; International Area Studies Review; International Interactions; International Organization; International Studies Quarterly; International Studies Review; Journal of Conflict Resolution; Journal of Experimental Political Science; Journal of Human Rights; Journal of Peace Research; Journal of Politics; Judicature; PLOS ONE; Political Analysis; Political Behavior; Political Research Quarterly; Political Science Research and Methods; Politics; Politics & Religion; Research and Politics; Review of International Organizations; Review of International Studies; Social Science Quarterly.
Grant Referee National Science Foundation; University of Alabama Birmingham Grand Challenge. Christopher J. Fariss 18
Community Organizations Survivors of Torture International, San Diego, CA: Committee Member for the Survivors’ Celebration of Hope and Healing event (2008). Center for Survivors of Torture, Dallas, TX: Intern (2005-2006); Volunteer (2004-2007).
Additional Training
San Diego Supercomputer Center Summer Institute (SDSC SI), University of California, San Diego (August 6-10, 2012).
Analysis of Large-Scale Networks, ICPSR, University of Michigan (June 20-24, 2011). Tools for Text Workshop, University of Washington (June 14 - 15, 2010). International Workshop on Statistical Genetics and Methodology of Twin and Family Studies, The Institute for Behavioral Genetics (IBG), University of Colorado Boulder (March 1-5, 2009).
Introduction to ArcGIS I, University of California, San Diego (December 14-17, 2009). C by the Beach, University of California, San Diego (August 17 - September 18, 2009). Workshops on Social Networks Analysis at the Political Networks Conference (June 11, 2009, June 17-18, 2011, June 14, 2012, and June 26-27, 2013) and at the International Sunbelt Social Networks Conference (February 8-9, 2011).
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