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Md Mujahedul Islam B [email protected] Ph.D. Candidate in Political Science m https://www.mdmujahedulislam.com 100 St. George Street, Toronto, ON M5S 3G3

Education

Ph.D. Candidate (ABD) in Political Science (2022 expected) University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada Fields: Comparative Politics; Comparative Public Dissertation: How Ethical Positions of Voters and Politicians Matter in a Democracy Committee: Professors Peter John Loewen (supervisor), Christopher Cochrane and Andr´eBlais (Universit´ede Montr´eal,Montr´eal, Canada) Master of (2014-2016) , The University of in , Germany Fields: Policy Analysis (Quantitative Methods) Thesis: Does Political Instability Induce Election Violence? First Class Honours with Distinction Committee: Professors Mark Andreas Kayser (supervisor) and Andrea R¨ommele Master of Social Sciences in Political Science with Distinction (2011-2012) University of Dhaka, Dhaka, Bangladesh Bachelor of Social Sciences in Political Science First in First Position (2007-2011) University of Dhaka, Dhaka, Bangladesh Research & Teaching Interests

Substantive: Comparative Politics; Comparative Public Policy; Political Ethics and Democracy; Democratic Representation; Political Participation; Political Economy of Elections; Immigration; Political Behaviour Methods: Quantitative Political Methodology; Experimentation; Survey and Conjoint Experiments; Causal Inference; Panel/Longitudinal Data; Text as Data; Social Network Analysis

Peer-reviewed Publications

Donnelly, Michael J., Md Mujahedul Islam, and Justin Savoie. “The public face of interest group lobbying on immigration: Who responds to and who ignores what they say.” Journal of European Social Policy (2020): 543-556. Stevens, Benjamin Allen, Md Mujahedul Islam, Roosmarijn de Geus, Jonah Goldberg, John R. McAndrews, Alex Mierke-Zatwarnicki, Peter John Loewen, and Daniel Rubenson. “Local Candidate Effects in Canadian Elections.” Canadian Journal of Political Science (2019): 83-96.

Under Review

Islam, Md Mujahedul. “Does Political Instability Induce Election Violence?” Loewen, Peter J., Daniel Rubenson and Md Mujahedul Islam, Roosmarijn de Geus and Benjamin Allen Stevens. “Ideological Heterogeneity and Voter Turnout.” Goldberg, J., Md Mujahedul Islam, Peter Loewen and John R. McAndrews. “Does Democracy Work Better in Smaller Populations?”

Works in Progress

Loewen, Peter J. Daniel Rubenson, Md Mujahedul Islam and Roosmarijn de Geus “Winning and Losing Power: an Analytical Narrative of the 2015 and 2019 Canadian Federal Elections.” Islam, Md Mujahedul, and Randy Besco. “What do immigrants know about politics, and when do they learn it?” Islam | 1 Islam, Md Mujahedul, and Peter Loewen. “Does Ethical Distance Affect Attitudes Toward Democracy?” Islam, Md Mujahedul, and Jonah Goldberg. “Social Spending, Clarity of Responsibility and Voter Choice.” Islam, Md Mujahedul “Do the Federal Principles Respect Indigenous Peoples’ Right to Self-Determination? Evidence from a Textual Analysis.” Islam, Md Mujahedul, and Jonah Goldberg. “Does ideological homogeneity increase satisfaction with democracy?” Islam, Md Mujahedul, and Muhubbur Rahman. “External Source of Opinion Formation and the Dynamics of Electoral Behavior Evidence from Canadian Voters?”

Fellowships & Awards

University of Toronto Fellowship (2017-2022) University of Toronto Tuition Fellowship (2017-2022) The Policy, Elections, and Representation Lab (PEARL) Fellowship (2017-2022) University of Toronto Polititcal Science Deptmental Fund for Course Instructor (2021) University of Toronto Faculty of Arts and Science Program-Level Fellowship (2018-2020) Department of Political Science Graduate Program Award (2020) Faculty of Arts & Science Graduate Student Bursary - Covid-19 (2020) ICPSR Quantitative Methods Summer Program Stipend (2020) University of Toronto Polititcal Science Departmental Grant for ICPSR Summer Program (2020) Annual Meeting of the Society for Political Methodology (PolMeth XXXVII) Stipend (2020) European Consortium for Political Research (ECPR) General Conference Scholarship (2020) The PEARL Scholarship for 6th Leuven-Montr´ealWinter School on Elections (2020) University of Toronto Polititcal Science Dept. Grant for 6th Leuven-Montr´ealWinter School (2020) UTM Political Science Graduate Expansion Fund (2020) German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) Scholarship (2015) Hertie School, The University of Governance in Berlin Tuition Fellowship (2014-2016) University of Dhaka Merit Scholarship for Distinction in Masters (2012) University of Dhaka Merit Scholarship for Securing First in First Position in Honours (2011) University of Dhaka Master Da Surja Sen Hal ‘Best English and Bangla Debate Awards’ (2008)

Teaching Experience (Instructor)

Course Instructor - POL242Y5Y: Methods University of Toronto, Mississauga Summer 2020 (Full-year course) Student population: Undergraduate Delivery methods: Online - Synchronous (due to COVID-19) Statistical software taught: R/RStudio Course Instructor - POL242Y5Y: Methods University of Toronto, Mississauga Summer 2019 (Full-year course) Student population: Undergraduate Delivery methods: In Person Statistical software taught: R/RStudio

Islam | 2 Guest Lecturer - Quantitative Research Design in the Social Sciences University of Toronto, Mississauga Fall 2020 (Parts 1 and 2: Research training program for UTM students) Student population: Undergraduate Delivery methods: Online - Synchronous (due to COVID-19)

Teaching Experience (Teaching Assistant) [Substantive Courses]

Teaching Assistant - POL101: The Real World of Politics, (Undergraduate course), University of Toronto, St. George (Professor Jung)-Fall 2020 Teaching Assistant - POL114: Politics in the Global World, (Undergraduate course), University of Toronto, Mississauga (Dr. Cavoukian)-Winter 2020 Teaching Assistant - PPGC66: Public Policy Making, (Undergraduate course), University of Toronto, Scarborough (Dr. Wilder)-Winter 2020 Teaching Assistant - PPGC66: Public Policy Making, (Undergraduate course), University of Toronto, Scarborough (Professor Beange)-Fall 2018 Teaching Assistant - POL101: Democracy, Dictatorship, War, and Peace (Undergraduate course), University of Toronto, St. George (Professor Hoffmann)-Fall-Winter, 2017-2018

Teaching Experience (Teaching Assistant) [Methods Courses]

Teaching Assistant - POLC78: Political Analysis 1, (Undergraduate course), University of Toronto, Scarborough (Professor Levine)-Fall 2020 Statistical software taught: Stata and R/RStudio Teaching Assistant - POL242: Methods, (Undergraduate course), University of Toronto, Mississauga (Professor Besco)-Fall-Winter, 2018-2019 & 2019-2020 Statistical software taught: SPSS Teaching Assistant - POL2504: Statistics for Political Scientists, (Ph.D. course), University of Toronto, St. George (Professor Donnelly)-Fall 2018 Statistical software taught: R/RStudio Teaching Assistant - POL222: Introduction to the Quantitative Reasoning I, (Undergraduate course), University of Toronto, St. George (Professor Ariga)-Fall 2017 & Fall 2019 Teaching Assistant - POL232: Introduction to the Quantitative Reasoning II, (Undergraduate course), University of Toronto, St. George (Professor Ariga)-Winter 2018 Statistical software taught: R/RStudio Teaching Assistant - C5: Statistics I: Descriptives, Inference and Regression (MPP course), Hertie School (Professor Kayser)-Fall 2016 Statistical software taught: Stata Quantitative Methods Advisor - C5: Statistics II: Time-Series, Panel Data & Maximum Likelihood (MPP course), Hertie School (Professor Kayser)-Winter 2016 Statistical software taught: Stata and R/RStudio

Research Experience

Research Fellow - PEARL, Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy, Canada (Sept.2017-present) Research Assistant to Peter Loewen - University of Toronto, Canada (Sept. 2017-present) Research Assistant to Randy Besco - University of Toronto, Canada (Jan. 2020-Aug. 2020) Research Associate to Mark Kayser - Hertie School, Germany (Dec. 2014-July 2017) Partnerships & Resource Mobilization Research Intern - UN Secretariat, USA (Jun.-Aug. 2015) Research Assistant - BRAC Institute of Governance and Development, Bangladesh (May-Aug. 2014) Research Officer - Centre for Governance Studies, Bangladesh (Jan. 2013-Apr. 2014) Islam | 3 Conference Presentations

External Source of Opinion Formation and the Dynamics of Electoral Behavior: Evidence from Canadian Voters? (w/ Muhibbur Rahman) Accepted for presentation at the 78th Annual Midwest Political Science Association (MPSA) Conference 2021 Does ideological homogeneity increase satisfaction with democracy? (w/ Jonah Goldberg). Accepted for presentation at the 5th International Conference on Public Policy (ICPP5)- 2021 Winning and Losing Power: an Analytical Narrative of the 2015 and 2019 Canadian Federal Elections. (w/ Peter John Loewen , Daniel Rubenson and Roosmarijn de Geus). Accepted for presentation at the Canadian Political Science Association (CPSA) 2021 Conference. Social Spending, Clarity of Responsibility and Voter Choice. (w/ Jonah Goldberg). Accepted for presentation at the 11th Annual Conference of the European Political Science Association (EPSA) 2021 Does Ethical Distance Affect Attitudes Toward Democracy? American Political Science Association (APSA) 2020 Conference. San Francisco, CA, USA. APSA’s First Virtual Digital Event. Sept. 10-13 Globalization, Democratic Institutions and the Fairness of Elections. European Consortium for Political Research (ECPR) 2020 Conference. The University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria. ECPR’s First Virtual General Conference. Aug. 24-28 Does Democracy Work Better in Smaller Populations? (w/ Jonah Goldberg, Peter Loewen and John R. McAndrews). Canadian Political Science Association Conference (CPSA) 2020. London, Ontario, Canada. Cancelled due to COVID-19. June 2-4 What do immigrants know about politics, and when do they learn it? (w/ Randy Besco). CPSA 2020. London, Ontario, Canada. Cancelled due to COVID-19. June 2-4 The effect of individual distance from the ethical core of a society on support for democracy. The 6th Leuven-Montr´ealWinter School on Elections 2020, Universit´ede Montr´eal,Montr´eal, Canada. 29 Feb.-Mar. 7 The public face of interest group lobbying on immigration: who responds to and who ignores what they say. (w/ Michael J. Donnelly and Justin Savoie). 2019 International Workshop on Immigration and the Welfare State, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland. Paper presented virtually by co-author. May 15-16 The Effects of Social Capital on Individuals’ Party Positioning. Public Issues and Public Reason Conference 2017, , Ottawa, Canada. Nov. 9-10 How Does Dynastic Politics Affect Democratic Institutions in South Asia? Global Public Policy Network (GPPN) 2015 Conference. Funda¸c˜aoGetulio Vargas (FGV), S˜aoPaulo, Brazil. Dec. 4-5

Service & Leadership Experience

Member (Graduate Student Representative) - Search Committee, Department of Political Science, University of Toronto, Comparative Political Economy-Assistant Professor (full-time tenure stream) search. (Winter 2021) Co-organizer - University of Toronto (U of T) Political Behavior Group. (Sept. 2020-present) Convenor - Quantitative Methods Research Cluster, Department of Political Science, University of Toronto (Sept. 2020-present) Comparative Politics Field Representative -Department of Political Science, University of Toronto (Oct. 2020-present) Moderator - Paper presented by Professor John Sides on “Body Politic: Disgust Sensitivity, Partisanship, and Public Opinion on Viral Outbreaks.” Brown Bag Talk Series organized by Professor Peter Loewen, Department. of Political Science, U of T. (Oct. 22, 2020) Moderator - Paper presented by Professor John Kastellec on “The Politics of Accountability in Supreme Court Nominations: Voter Recall and Assessment of Senator Votes on Nominees,” Brown Bag Talk Series organized by Professor Loewen, Department of Political Science, U of T. (Oct. 15, 2020) Islam | 4 Discussant - Student Life Panel on “Structure of the PhD Program and Expectation from Each Stage.” 2020-21 Incoming Graduate Student Orientation. Dept. of Political Science, U of T. (Sept. 9, 2020) Discussant - Student Life Panel on “Quantitative Methods Training at University of Toronto.” 2020-21 Incoming PhD Student Orientation. Dept. of Political Science, U of T. (Sept. 9, 2020) Co-host - Paper presented by Yusaku Horiuchi, Aaron Kaufman, Gary King and Mayya Komisarchik on “Avoiding Measurement Error Bias in Conjoint Analysis,” Virtual Room 2: Conjoint Designs. 2020 Annual Meeting of the Society for Political Methodology (PolMeth XXXVII). (July 17, 2020) Co-host - Paper presented by Scott F. Abramson, Korhan Kocak, Asya Magazinnik and Anton Strezhnev on “Improving Preference Elicitation in Conjoint Designs using Machine Learning for Heterogeneous Effects,” Virtual Room 2: Conjoint Designs. PolMeth XXXVII. (July 17, 2020) Co-host - Paper presented by Kirk Bansak, Jens Hainmueller, Daniel Hopkins and Teppei Yamamoto on “Using Conjoint Experiments to Analyze Elections: The Essential Role of the Average Marginal Component Effect (AMCE),” Virtual Room 2: Conjoint Designs. PolMeth XXXVII. (July 17, 2020) Co-host - Paper presented by Jason Poulos, Andrea Albanese, Andrea Mercatanti and Fan Li on “Retrospective causal inference via elapsed time-weighted matrix completion, with an evaluation on the effect of the Schengen Area on the labour market of border regions,” Virtual Room 2: Causal Inference. PolMeth XXXVII. (July 16, 2020) Co-host - Paper presented by Ting Ye, Luke Keele, Raiden Hasegawa and Dylan S. Small on “A Negative Correlation Strategy for Bracketing in Difference-in-Differences with Application to the Effect of Voter Identification Laws on Voter Turnout,” Virtual Room 2: Causal Inference. PolMeth XXXVII. (July 16, 2020) Co-host - Paper presented by Scott Abramson, Brandon Cooley and Bethany Lacina on “How Wide is the Ethnic Border? ,” Virtual Room 2: Panel and Spatial Analysis. PolMeth XXXVII. (July 16, 2020) Editor - Comparative Politics and Quantitative Methods Sections, The University of Toronto Journal of Political Science (Sept. 2018-2019) Conference service - 2020 Annual Meeting of the Society for Political Methodology. (July 14-17, 2020) Conference service - Fifth Annual Toronto Political Behaviour Workshop. (Nov. 10-11, 2017) Editor - The Governance Post, Hertie School in Berlin (2014-2016) Methodological Training PhD Courses: Computer-Assisted Textual Analysis (Ludovic Rheault); Statistics for Political Scientists (Michael Donnelly); Quantitative Methods and Data Analysis (Ludovic Rheault) ICPSR Quantitative Methods Courses: Bayesian Analysis in Stata (Gustavo Sanchez); Multilevel and Mixed Models Using Stata (Rose Medeiros) [CPSR Quantitative Methods Program 2020; ] MPP Courses: Applied Logistic Regression (Michaela Kreyenfeld); Event History and Applied Longitudinal Data Analysis (Michaela Kreyenfeld); Behavioural Economics and Experimental Policy Analysis (Christian Traxler); Collaborative Social Science Data Analysis (Christopher Gandrud); Quantitative Research Design; Statistics II: Time-Series, Panel Data & Maximum Likelihood (Mark Kayser); Statistics I: Descriptives, Inference and Regression (Mark Kayser) Methodological Workshops: Survey Methods and Use (Michael Donnelly) [Department of Political Science, University of Toronto]; Web-Based Data Collection and Management (Olga Chyzh) [Department of Political Science, University of Toronto]; Research Ethics in the Social Sciences & Humanities (Dean Sharpe and Edward Schatz) [Department of Political Science, University of Toronto]; Political Science Statistical Computing Bootcamp (Greg Distelhorst) [Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto] Methodological Courses Audited: Data Analysis of Social Networks (Deena Abul-Fottouh) [Faculty of Information, University of Toronto]; Ethics and Data Science (Rohan Alexander) [Faculty of Information, University of Toronto]; Multiple Regression Analysis For Political Scientists (Olga Chyzh) [Department of Political Science, University of Toronto] Other Courses (publicly available lecture videos): Quantitative Social Science Methods, I (Gary King, ); Statistical Rethinking (Richard McElreath, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology); Data Analysis and Politics (Matthew Blackwell, Harvard University) Islam | 5 Skills

Statistical Software: Stata; R/RStudio; Python; SPSS Social Network Analysis Software: UCINET & EGONET Online Survey Software: Qualtrics Teaching Management Platforms: Quercus, Moodle & Blackboard Online Teaching Tools: Zoom; Blackboard Collaborate; Microsoft Teams & Gotomeeting Document Markup Language: LATEX & R Markdown Bibliography Management: BibTEX, Citavi & EndNote Pair programming: Git/GitHub Languages: Bangla (native) & English

Pedagogical Training for Faculty

Inclusive Assessment and Academic Integrity, University of Toronto An Intro to Online Teaching and Learning: The ADDIE Model, University of Toronto Office Hours & Help Session for Faculty, University of Toronto Learning Outcomes for Online Courses, University of Toronto Just-in-Time Syllabus Clinic for Online Courses, University of Toronto

Professional Memberships

American Political Science Association (2019-present) Midwest Political Science Association (2019-present) Midwest Association for Public Opinion Research (2021-present) European Consortium for Political Research (2020-present) International Public Policy Association (2020-present) European Political Science Association (2020-present)

References

Dr. Peter J. Loewen, Professor of Political Science, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada. B [email protected] Dr. Michael J. Donnelly, Assistant Professor of Political Science, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada. B [email protected] Dr. Andr´eBlais, Professor of Political Science, Universit´ede Montr´eal,Montr´eal,Candada. B [email protected] Dr. Christopher Cochrane,Associate Professor of Political Science, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada B [email protected] Dr. Ludovic Rheault,Assistant Professor of Political Science, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada B [email protected] Dr. Mark A. Kayser, Professor of Applied Methods and Comparative Politics, Hertie School of Governance, Berlin, Germany. B [email protected]

** Last updated: March, 2021 **

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