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CHRISTOPHER D. RAYMOND
Lecturer in Politics (Quantitative Methods)
School of Politics, International Studies, and Philosophy 25 University Square
Queen’s University Belfast Belfast, United Kingdom
BT7 1PB Email: [email protected] Phone: +44 (0)28 9097 3652 christopherdraymond.wordpress.com
EDUCATION
Ph.D. in Political ScienceUniversity of Missouri, May 2012
Fields: Comparative Politics, American Politics
Dissertation Title: "Nationalization and Party System Dynamics: How the Nationalization of Party Support and Party Systems Determines the Number of Parties."
Committee: Leslie Schwindt-Bayer (Chair), John R. Petrocik, L. Marvin Overby, Robin E. Best, Clarence Lo
B.A. in International Studies – Political Science, with a Certificate of Russian and East European Studies
University of Maine Presque Isle, May 2007
Programme Spécial Français Langue Étrangère ou Seconde
Université Laval, July 2006
ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS
Lecturer in Politics (Quantitative Methods)
Queen’s University Belfast, May 2014 – present
Assistant Professor
University of New Orleans, August 2013 – May 2014
Visiting Assistant Professor
University of New Orleans, August 2012 – May 2013
PUBLICATIONS
Peer-Reviewed
Christopher D. Raymond and Mathias Wessel Tromborg. Forthcoming. “What’s Information Got to Do With It? Third-Party Voting in Plurality Systems.” Party
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Christopher D. Raymond. Forthcoming. “Explaining the multiparty systems of Western Europe prior to the adoption of proportional representation.” Comparative
European Politics.
Christopher D. Raymond and L. Marvin Overby. Forthcoming. “What’s in a (Party) Name?: Examining Preferences, Discipline, and Social Identity in a Parliamentary Free Vote.” Party Politics.
Christopher D. Raymond. 2014. “The Effect of the Secret Ballot on Party System Fragmentation: A Test of Three Explanations.” Politics, 34 (4): 378-390.
Nicholas Spina and Christopher Raymond. 2014. "Civil Society Aid to Post-Communist Countries." Political Studies, 62 (4): 878-894.
Christopher Raymond. 2014. "Party agency and the religious-secular cleavage in post-Communist countries: The case of Romania." Political Studies, 62 (2): 292-302. Christopher Raymond and Brian M. Barros Feltch. 2014. "Parties, cleavages, and issue evolution: The case of the religious-secular cleavage in Chile." Party Politics, 20 (3): 429-443.
Christopher Raymond and Jacob Holt. 2014. "Due North? Do American Theories of Legislative Committees Apply to Canada?" Journal of Legislative Studies, 20 (2): 174-192.
Christopher D. Raymond. 2013. "Increasingly ‘Irrational’ Party Systems: Evidence that There Are Increasingly More Than Two at the District level.” Government and
Opposition, 48 (4): 506-525.
Christopher Raymond and Moisés Arce. 2013. "The politicization of indigenous identities in Peru." Party Politics, 19 (4): 555-576.
To be reprinted as “La politización de las identidades indígenas en el Perú” in
América Latina Hoy.
L. Marvin Overby, Christopher Raymond, and Zeynep Taydas. 2011. "Free Votes, MPs, and Constituents: The Case of Same-Sex Marriage in Canada." American
Review of Canadian Studies, 41 (4): 465-478.
Christopher Raymond. 2011. "The continued salience of religious voting in the United States, Germany, and Great Britain." Electoral Studies, 30 (1): 125-135.
Other Publications
Doh C. Shin and Christopher Raymond. 2008. "The Effects of Ethnic Strife." e-Journal USA 13 (6): 25-28.
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2014. (with L. Marvin Overby) “What’s in a (Party) Name?: Examining Preferences, Discipline, and Social Identity in a Parliamentary Free Vote” (paper presented at the International Society of Political Psychology annual conference).
2013. (with Mathias Tromborg) “Well-Informed, Hopeless, Non-Tactical Voting: On the Limitations of the Information Assumption in Strategic Voting Theory as an Explanation for Third-Party Voting in Majoritarian Electoral Systems” (paper presented at the Midwest Political Science Association annual conference). 2013. “Cleavages, elite agency, and the number of candidates in winner-take all elections: Evidence from American primary elections” (paper presented at the Southwestern Political Science Association annual conference).
2012. (with Drew Kurlowski) “Party perceptions, ideology, and projection: Has greater elite polarization led to stronger projection effects?” (paper presented at the Midwest Political Science Association annual conference).
2011. “Explaining non-Duvergerian party systems: The case of Canada” (paper presented at the Association for Canadian Studies in the United States biennial conference).
2011. (with John Petrocik) “Party System and Individual Influences on Ideological Assessments of Parties: A Four Country Examination” (paper presented at the American Political Science Association annual conference).
2011. “What is the Source of Religiosity Effects on Political Behavior? Secularization, Religious Markets, or None of the Above?” (paper presented at the Midwest Political Science Association annual conference).
2011. “Parties, Party Unity, and Conditional Party Government” (paper presented at the Midwest Political Science Association annual conference).
2010. “Voters, Parties, and Institutional Change: How the Parties Turn Referendums on Electoral System Reform into Endogenous Institutional Change” (paper presented at the Midwest Political Science Association annual conference).
2010. (with Tara Parsons) “Ideological Change in Latin America: How Class
Cleavages Have Been Separated from Definitions of Left and Right” (paper presented at the Midwest Political Science Association annual conference).
2009. “Now You See It, Now You Don’t: The Hidden Effects of Religiosity in Post-Communist Europe” (paper presented at the Central Slavic Conference annual conference).
2009. “The Continued Salience of Religious Voting in the United States, Germany, and Great Britain” (paper presented at the Midwest Political Science Association annual conference).
2008. (with L. Marvin Overby and Zeynep Taydas) “Free Votes, MPs, and
Constituents: The Case of Same-Sex Marriage in Canada” (paper presented at the Midwest Association of Canadian Studies biennial conference).
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2013. Latin America and North America: The Future of the Relationship – Stephen F. Austin State University Global Citizenship Series, October 18, Houston, Texas. 2010. Canadian Studies Association Brownbag Series – “Voters, Parties, and
Institutional Change: How the Parties Turn Referendums on Electoral System Reform into Endogenous Institutional Change.”
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Courses Taught
Spring 2014, Developed Political Systems (Postgraduate) Spring 2014, Politics of the Developing Areas
Autumn 2013, Modern Political Systems
Autumn 2013, Methods of Political Research, II (Postgraduate) Spring 2013, Comparative Democratization
Spring 2013, The American Government Spring 2013, Canada: Our Northern Neighbor
Autumn 2012, Introduction to Political Research (Postgraduate) Autumn 2012, Comparative Politics of Africa
Autumn 2012, Modern Political Systems
Spring 2011, Instructor, Canadian Politics and Government.
Autumn 2010, Teaching Assistant and Lab Instructor, Introductory Statistics for
Political Science (Postgraduate)
Spring 2010, Teaching Assistant, Canadian Politics and Government
Spring 2009-Autumn 2009, Teaching Assistant and Lab Instructor, Introduction to Political Research
Autumn 2008, Teaching Assistant, Politics of the American South Spring 2008, Teaching Assistant, Introduction to Political Thought Autumn 2007, Teaching Assistant, American Government
Successful PhD Students
Erika del Pilar Burton, ‘Women Rule, But Do They Make A Difference? Women in Politics, Social Policy and Social Conditions in Latin America‘, March 2014, University of New Orleans.
SERVICE
Referee
Journals:American Journal of Political Science, British Journal of Political Science,
Political Research Quarterly, Social Science Quarterly, International Political
Science Review, Democratization, American Politics Research, Scandinavian
Political Studies, The Social Science Journal, Public Administration.
Books, textbooks, and monographs: CQ Press. Expert Contributions to Data-Collection Projects
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Queen’s University Belfast Q-Step Programme (May 2014-present), QUBQStep Twitter feed (July 2014-present), Deputy Examinations Officer (Queen’s University Belfast, September 2014-present), Recruitment and Retention Committee
(University of New Orleans, 2012-2014) Conference Panel Chair
Midwest Political Science Association (2013), Southwestern Political Science Association (2013), Central Slavic Studies (2009)
Academic Advisor
Political Science Graduate Students Association (University of New Orleans, 2013-present), Young Americans for Liberty, UNO Chapter (2013-present)
AWARDS AND GRANTS
2012. Graduate Student of the Year, Department of Political Science, University of Missouri.
2011. J. G. Heinberg Scholarship, Department of Political Science, University of Missouri.
2011. Conference Travel Grant, Department of Political Science, University of Missouri.
2011. David M. Wood Excellence in Political Science Research Award. 2010. Conference Travel Grant, Canadian Consulate.
2009. Jeffrey D. Byrne Award, Department of Political Science.
2009. Conference Travel Grant, Department of Political Science, University of Missouri.
2008. Conference Travel Grant, Midwest Association of Canadian Studies.
SKILLS
Statistical software
Stata (advanced), PASW/SPSS (intermediate), Amos (intermediate), EzI (intermediate)
Languages
French (reading comprehension), Spanish (basic reading comprehension), Russian (elementary)
RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
Autumn 2011. Research Assistant for Leslie Schwindt-Bayer. Summer 2011. Research Assistant for Leslie Schwindt-Bayer.
REFERENCES
6 Associate Professor Rice University (713) 348-2699 [email protected]
John Petrocik
Professor and Chair University of Missouri (573) 882-2843 [email protected]
