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Northeastern University College of Social Sciences and Humanities Northeastern University College of Social Sciences and Humanities PROPOSAL Submitted in response to Village of Port Chester #2017-02 Alternative Governance Options for Consideration in Future Village Trustee Elections Statement of Qualifications COSTAS PANAGOPOULOS,Ph.D. Dr. Costas Panagopoulos is Professor of Political Science and Director of Big Data, Quantitative Methods and Networks Initiatives at Northeastern University. He was previously Professor of Political Science and Founder of the Center for Electoral Politics and Democracy and the graduate program in Elections and Campaign Management at Fordham University. A leading expert on campaigns and elections, voting behavior, political psychology, campaign finance, and experimental research. Dr. Panagopoulos has been part of the Decision Desk team at NBC News since the 2006 election cycle. He is also editor of American Politics Research, a peer-reviewed journal published by Sage. In 2015-2016, Dr. Panagopoulos was Visiting Professor of Political Science and Resident Fellow at the Institution for Social and Policy Studies at Yale University. He was selected by the American Political Science Association as a Congressional Fellow during 2004-2005, and he served in the office of Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-NY). Since 2012, he has also taught graduate courses in the Quantitative Methods in the Social Sciences program at Columbia University. Panagopoulos is the author of over 60 scholarly articles published in outlets including: American Journal of Political Science, Journal of Politics, Political Research Quarterly, Political Behavior, Public Opinion Quarterly, Political Psychology, Presidential Studies Quarterly, the Journal of Elections, Public Opinion and Parties, American Politics Research, PS: Political Science and Politics, Women & Politics, the Journal ofSocial and Political Psychology, Social Influence, Basic and Applied Social Psychology, and the Journal of Political Marketing. He is also author of Political Campaigns: Concepts, Contexts, and Consequences (Oxford University Press) and coauthor of A Citizen's Guide to U.S. Elections: Empowering Democracy in America (Routledge). He is also editor of Rewiring Politics: Presidential Nominating Conventions in the Media Age (LSU Press), Politicking Online: The Transformation of Election Campaign Communications (Rutgers University Press), and Public Financing in American Elections (Temple University Press) and coauthor (with Joshua Schank) of All Roads Lead to Congress: The $300 Billion Fight Over Highway Funding(CQ Press). Panagopoulos has received over $1 million in grant support for his research as well numerous awards including the Robert H. Durr Award for "Best Paper presented at the Midwest Political Science Association that applies quantitative methods to a substantive problem" in 2014, the "Best Paper published in Political Research Quarterly in 2014," and the Miller Prize for "Best Paper published in Political Analysis in 2013." Previously, Dr. Panagopoulos was a research associate at the Institution for Social and Policy Studies at Yale University, where he completed a postdoctoral fellowship in 2006. He previously founded and directed the Master's Program in Political Campaign Management in the Department of Politics at New York University. Panagopoulos has also been a Visiting Scholar at the Institute for Social and Economic Research and Policy at Columbia University and Scholar-in-Residence in the Department of Government at American University. He has also been a Visiting Research Scholar at the Institute for Politics, the Internet and Democracy at the Graduate School for Political Management at George Washington University and is a Research Fellow at the Center for Congressional and Presidential Studies at American University, both in Washington, DC. Dr. Panagopoulos has provided extensive analysis and commentary for print and broadcast media outlets including: CNN, CBS Evening News, NBC Nightly News, Fox News, BBC, The New York Times and the Los Angeles Times. Panagopoulos has provided strategic advice to numerous candidates running for federal, state and local offices or in international elections. He has also served as a consultant to provide academic expertise, analysis and expert witness testimony in cases and public policy debates surrounding issues related to campaign finance, public policy compliance and implementation. His clients have included the Brennan Center for Justice and the State of Vermont. The former Editor-in-Chief of Campaigns & Elections magazine, Panagopoulos has also served on the Board of Directors of the American Association of Political Consultants and has also worked as a consultant in the Electoral Assistance Division at the United Nations. A native of Lowell, Massachusetts, and the son of immigrants from Greece, Dr. Panagopoulos received his undergraduate degree in Government, magna cum laude, from Harvard University. He earned his doctoral degree in Politics from New York University. In 1992, while a student at Harvard University, Dr. Panagopoulos was a candidate for the Massachusetts State Legislature. References Professor Donald P. Green Columbia University Department of Political Science Telephone:(646) 260-5719 Email: [email protected] Project: Experiments in Campaign Finance (2011-2017) Eve Jacobs-Camahan Assistant Attorney General Vermont Attorney General's Office 109 State St. Montpelier, VT 05609-1001 Telephone:(802) 828-0370 ejacobs@atg. state. vt. us Project: Expert witness analysis (campaign finance)(2012-2013) COSTAS PANAGOPOULOS Northeastern University Personal: Department of Political Science Renaissance Park 927 Boston, MA 0211 5 (917) 405-9069 (617) 373-4412 [email protected] ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE Northeastern University Professor, Department of Political Science (201 7-present) Director, Big Data, Quantitative Methods and Networks Initiatives (201 7-present) Yale University Visiting Professor, Department of Political Science (201 5-201 6) Fellow, Center for the Study of American Politics, ISPS (201 5-2016) Postdoctoral Fellow, Institution for Social and Policy Studies (2005-2006) Research Associate, Institution for Social and Policy Studies (2006-2008) Fordham University Professor, Department of Political Science (2014-201 7) Associate Professor (with tenure). Department of Political Science (2011-2014) Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science (2007-201 1) Director, Graduate Program in Elections and Campaign Management (2005-201 7) Director and Founder, Center for Electoral Politics and Democracy (2008-201 7) Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science (2005-2007) Columbia University Professor (Adjunct), Quantitative Methods in the Social Sciences (201 1-201 7) New York University ■ Instructor, Department of Politics (2004; PCM Program, 2001-2005) ■ Executive Director, M.A. Program in Political Campaign Management (2000-2005) APSA Congressional Fellow ■ Office of Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-NY)(2004-2005) EDUCATION ■ Ph.D., Department of Politics, New York University, 2005. «> M.A., Department of Politics, New York University, 2001. ■ A.B., Magna Cum Laude, Department of Government, Harvard University, 1994. OTHER EMPLOYMENT/POSITIONS 2006-present Elections Analyst and Decision Desk, NBC News 2010-201 1 Editor-in-Chief, Campaigns & Elections 2002-2003 Consultant, Electoral Assistance Division, United Nations 2000-present Principal, XVOTES, International Political Consulting Firm 1995-1 996 Features Editor/Politics Editor, Adweek Magazine 1995 Associate, Public Affairs, Burson-Marsteller/New York 1993 Researcher, Ministry of Social Affairs, Paris, France 1993-1994 Research Assistant, Professor Stanley Hoffmann, Harvard University 1992 Candidate, House of Representatives, Massachusetts State Legislature RESEARCH INTERESTS American Politics (Campaigns & Elections, Public Opinion, Voting Behavior, Campaign Finance, Congress) Methodology (Econometrics, Experiments) Applied Politics (Campaign Management and Strategy, Political Communications and Media) PUBLICATIONS BOOKS ■ Rewiring Politics: Presidential Nominating Conventions in the Media Age (editor), Louisiana State University Press (2007). ■ AH Roads Lead to Congress: The $300 Biiiion Fight Over Highway Funding (with Joshua Schank), CQ Press (2007). ■ Politicking Online: The Transformation of Election Campaign Communications (editor), Rutgers University Press (2009). ■ Public Financing in American Elections (editor). Temple University Press (2011). ■ Strategy, Money and Technology in the 2008 Elections (editor), Taylor & Francis (2012). ■ A Citizen's Guide to Elections (with Aaron Weinschenk), Routledge {2016). JOURNAL ARTICLES ■ "Partisan Social Pressure and Voter Mobilization." (with Meghan Condon and Christopher Larimer) American Politics Research (forthcoming). ■ "A Closer Look at Eyespot Effects on Voter Turnout: Reply to Matland and Murray." Political Psychology{^ovXhcommq). ■ "Do Public Matching Funds and Tax Credits Encourage Political Contributions? Evidence from Three Field Experiments Using Nonpartisan Messages." (with Michael Schwam-Baird, Donald Green and Jonathan Krasno). Election Law Journal(f o rt h co m i n g). ■ "All About That Base: Changing Campaign Strategies in U.S. Presidential Elections." Party Politics 22 (2): 179-190.(March 2016). "Billboards and Turnout: A Randomized Field Experiment." (with Shang Ha). Journal of Political Marketing 14 (4): 391 -404.(December 201 5). "The Enduring Relevance of National Presidential Nominating Conventions."
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