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1 Curriculum Vitae Margit Tavits Updated: December 4, 2017 Department of Political Science Washington University in St. Louis Campus Box 1063 One Brookings Drive St. Louis, MO Positions held Degrees Professor of Political Science, Washington University, 2014 Director of Graduate Studies, Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, Washington University, Fellow, Center in Political Economy, Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, Washington University, Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, University of Missouri, Post-doctoral Prize Research Fellow, Nuffield College, University of Oxford, PhD (Political Science), University of Pittsburgh, 2004 MA, University of Oxford, 2004, by resolution MA (Public Administration, Social Policy), University of Tartu, 2000 BA (Public Administration), University of Tartu, 1998 Publications Books Articles 1. Schwindt-Bayer, Leslie and Margit Tavits Clarity of Responsibility, Accountability, and Corruption. New York: Cambridge University Press. 2. Tavits, Margit Post-Communist Democracies and Party Organization. New York: Cambridge University Press. 3. Tavits, Margit Presidents with Prime Ministers. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 1. Pérez, Efrén O. and Margit Tavits Language Influences Public Attitudes Toward Gender Equality. Journal of Politics, forthcoming. 2. Schleiter, Petra and Margit Tavits Voter Reactions to Incumbent Opportunism. Journal of Politics, forthcoming. 3. Homola, Jonathan and Margit Tavits Contact Reduces Immigration-Related Fears for Lefitst but Not for Rightist Voters. Comparative Political Studies, 1

2 4. Hadzic, Dino, David Carlson, and Margit Tavits. Forthcoming. How Exposure to Violence Affects Ethnic Voting. British Journal of Political Science. 5. Pérez, Efrén O. and Margit Tavits Language Shapes People s Time Perspective and Affects Support for Future-Oriented Policies. American Journal of Political Science 61(3): Butler, Daniel M. and Margit Tavits Does the Hijab Increase Representatives Perceptions of Social Distance? Journal of Politics 79(2): Schleiter, Petra and Margit Tavits The Electoral Benefits of Opportunistic Election Timing. Journal of Politics 78(3): Ward, Dalston, Jeong Hyun Kim, Margit Tavits, and Matt Graham How Economic Integration Affect Party Competition. Comparative Political Studies 48(10): Tavits, Margit and Joshua D. Potter The Effect of Inequality and Identity on Party Strategies. American Journal of Political Science 59(3): Potter, Joshua and Margit Tavits The Impact of Campaign Finance Laws on Party Competition. British Journal of Political Science 45(1): Ezrow, Lawrence, Margit Tavits, and Jonathan Homola Voter Polarization, Strength of Partisanship, and Support for Extremist Parties. Comparative Political Studies 47(11): Ezrow, Lawrence, Jonathan Homola, and Margit Tavits When Extremism Pays: Policy Positions, Voter Certainty, and Party Support in Postcommunist Europe. Journal of Politics 76(2): Tavits, Margit and Natalia Letki From Values to Interests? The Evolution of Party Competition in New Democracies. Journal of Politics 76(1): Olivella, Santiago and Margit Tavits Legislative Effects of Electoral Mandates. British Journal of Political Science 44(2): Tavits, Margit Party Organizational Strength and Party Unity in Parliament in Post- Communist Europe. European Political Science Review 4(3): Tavits, Margit Organizing for Success: Party Organizational Strength and Electoral Performance in Postcommunist Europe, Journal of Politics 74(1): Tavits, Margit Power Within Parties: The Strength of the Local Party and MP Independence in Postcommunist Europe. American Journal of Political Science 55(4): Cheng, Christine and Margit Tavits Informal Influences in Selecting Female Political Candidates. Political Research Quarterly 64(2): Tavits, Margit Why Do People Engage in Corruption? The Case of Estonia. Social Forces 88(3): Tavits, Margit The Effect of Local Ties on Electoral Success and Parliamentary Behavior: The Case of Estonia. Party Politics 16(2): Tavits, Margit and Natalia Letki When Left is Right: Party Ideology and Policy in Post- Communist Europe. American Political Science Review 103(4): Tavits, Margit The Making of Mavericks: Local Loyalties and Party Defections. Comparative Political Studies 42(6),

3 23. Tavits, Margit Geographically Targeted Spending: Exploring the Electoral Strategies of Incumbent Governments. European Political Science Review 1(1): Tavits, Margit Direct Presidential Elections and Turnout in Parliamentary Contests. Political Research Quarterly 62(1): Tavits, Margit The Role of Parties Past Behavior in Coalition Formation. American Political Science Review 102(4): Tavits, Margit Representation, Corruption, and Subjective Well-Being. Comparative Political Studies 41(12): Duffy, John and Margit Tavits Beliefs and Voting Decisions: A Test of the Pivotal Voter Model. American Journal of Political Science 52(3): Tavits, Margit On the Linkage between Electoral Volatility and Party System Instability in Central and Eastern Europe. European Journal of Political Research 47(5): Tavits, Margit Policy Positions, Issue Importance and Party Competition in New Democracies. Comparative Political Studies 41(3): Tavits, Margit Party Systems in the Making: The Emergence and Success of New Parties in New Democracies. British Journal of Political Science 38(1): Tavits, Margit Principle vs. Pragmatism: Policy Shifts and Political Competition. American Journal of Political Science 51(1): Tavits, Margit Clarity of Responsibility and Corruption. American Journal of Political Science 51(1): Barker, David C., Adam B. Lawrence and Margit Tavits Partisanship and the Dynamics of Candidate Centered Politics in American Presidential Nominations. Electoral Studies 25(3): Tavits, Margit Making Democracy Work More? Exploring the Linkage between Social Capital and Government Performance Political Research Quarterly 59(2): Tavits, Margit and Taavi Annus Learning to Make Votes Count: The Role of Democratic Experience. Electoral Studies 25(1): Tavits, Margit and Taavi Annus Agencification in Estonia. Public Administration and Development 26(1): Tavits, Margit Party System Change: Testing a Model of New Party Entry. Party Politics 12(1): Tavits, Margit The Development of Stable Party Support: Electoral Dynamics in Post- Communist Europe. American Journal of Political Science 49(2): Annus, Taavi and Margit Tavits Judicial Behavior after a Change of Regime: The Effects of Judge and Defendant Characteristics. Law and Society Review 38(4): Tavits, Margit The Size of Government in Majoritarian and Consensus Democracies. Comparative Political Studies 37(3): Tavits, Margit Policy Learning and Uncertainty: The Case of Pension Reform in Estonia and Latvia. Policy Studies Journal 31(4):

4 Book chapters 1. Potter, Joshua and Margit Tavits Curbing Corruption with Institutions. In Susan Rose-Ackerman and Tina Soreide (eds.) International Handbook on the Economics of Corruption, Volume II. Northampton: Edward Elgar. 2. Schofield, Norman, Ugur Ozdemir, and Margit Tavits Modeling Elections in Poland: Voter Perceptions, Political Leaders and Activists. In Norman Schofield and Gonzalo Caballero (eds.) Political Economy: Democracy, Voting and Institutions. New York: Springer. Invited talks and workshops 2017 Aarhus University, workshop on Polarization and Representation Yale University, workshop on Electoral Rules and Political Parties University of Georgia, School of Public and International Affairs Georgetown University, Department of Government and the Mortara Center for International Studies University of Mannheim, Center for European Social Research, Comparative Campaign Dynamics Project Workshop University of Texas, Austin, Department of Political Science, workshop on Voter Perceptions of Party Positions University of Michigan, Department of Political Science Penn State University, Department of Political Science University of Illinois, Urbana Champaign, Department of Political Science University of California, Berkeley, Department of Political Science Columbia University, Comparative Politics Speaker Series Yale University, Leitner Political Economy Series Arizona State University, Department of Political Science University of Iowa, Department of Political Science Rice University, Department of Political Science University of Oxford, Nuffield College Emory University, Department of Political Science University of Kansas, Department of Political Science University of Segio Arboleda, Bogota, Colombia University of Chicago, Department of Political Science, Comparative Politics Workshop University of Lisbon, conference on the Effects of District Magnitude Vanderbilt University, Department of Political Science University of Mannheim, Center for European Social Research, Symposium on the Comparative Analysis of Government University of Mannheim, School of Social Sciences Washington University in St. Louis, Workshop on Electoral Reform and Representation University of Bern, Institute of Political Science Washington University in St. Louis, Comparative Politics Workshop Yale University, Yale Law School, workshop on the Economics of Anti-Corruption Policy Washington University in St. Louis, Center for New Institutional Social Science, Republic of Georgia Symposium University of Mannheim, Center for European Social Research University of Gothenburg, Center for European Research, Workshop on the Success of New Political Parties in Central and Eastern Europe. 4

5 2009 University of Rochester, Department of Political Science Syracuse University, Maxwell School, the Moynihan Institute and European Research Center University of Illinois-Urbana Champaign, Department of Political Science University of California-Davis, Department of Political Science University of Oxford, Nuffield College. Conference participation APSA: 2003, , 2011, 2013, MPSA: , 2009, EPSA: 2011, 2013 ECPR: 2005 SPSA: 2002, 2004 Honors and grants German National Science Foundation, Where Is My Party? (with Marc Debus and Zeynep Somer-Topcu), Medium-sized research grant, Weidenbaum Center (with Dan Butler), Research grant, CNISS and Weidenbaum Center, Research grant, Weidenbaum Center, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017(2x). International Research and Exchange Board Short Term Travel Grant, Research Board Grant, University of Missouri, Research Council Grant, University of Missouri, 2006, National Science Foundation Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grant SES , Research support, Center for European Integration Studies, University of Bonn, Research grants, Center for West European Studies, and European Union Center, University of Pittsburgh, 2002, Doctoral research grant, Ministry of Education, Republic of Estonia, 2003, 2002, Andrew Mellon Pre-doctoral Fellowship, University of Pittsburgh, Summer research grant, Russian and East European Studies Center, University of Pittsburgh, 2001, Umberger Graduate Fellowship, University of Pittsburgh, Teaching Washington University: Introduction to Comparative Politics (Undergraduate), spring 2012, spring 2013 Comparative European Politics (Undergraduate), fall 2008, fall 2014, fall 2015 Seminar in Post-Soviet Politics (Undergraduate), fall 2009, fall 2011 European Politics: Society and Governance (Graduate), spring 2010 Comparative Party Politics (Graduate), spring 2009, fall 2011, spring 2013, fall 2014, spring 2016, spring 2017 Research Workshop (Graduate), spring 2016, spring 2017 University of Missouri: 5

6 The Politics of European Union (Undergraduate), spring 2008 Capstone seminar: European Politics (Undergraduate), spring 2007 Comparative Political Systems (Undergraduate), spring 2007 Capstone seminar: Electoral Politics (Undergraduate), spring 2006 European Democracies (Undergraduate), spring 2006, spring 2008 Seminar in Comparative Politics, (Graduate), fall 2005, fall Advising: PhD dissertation committee chair: Miguel Pereira, Washington University Jeong Hyun Kim, Washington University Dino Hadzic, Washington University Jonathan Homola, Washington University Jae Hee Jung, Washington University Dalston Ward, Washington University, 2017; ETH Zürich, post-doc. Viktoryia Schnose, Washington University, 2016; Washington University, data analyst. PhD dissertation committee member: Joan Barcelo, Washington University Elif Ozdemir, Washington University Peter Casey, Washington University, 2014; Democratic National Committee, data scientist Benjamin Bricker, Washington University, 2013; Southern Illinois University- Carbondale, tenure-track. Christopher Claassen, Washington University, 2013, University of Glasgow, lecturer Santiago Olivella, Washington University, 2013; University of Miami, tenure-track. Joshua Potter, Washington University, 2013; Louisiana State University, tenure-track. Çiğdem Kentmen, University of Missouri, 2007; Izmir University of Economics, tenure-track. Service Service to the discipline Editorial Board Member: American Political Science Review, Electoral Studies, British Journal of Political Science, Comparative Political Studies, European Journal of Political Research Journal of Politics, Editorial Advisory Group Member: Palgrave Macmillan Political Analysis series Panel member: NSF Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grant Reviewer: American Economic Review, American Journal of Political Science, American Political Science Review, British Journal of Political Science, Comparative Political Studies, Comparative Politics, Electoral Studies, European Journal of Political Research, European Political Science Review, European Union Politics, French Politics, Journal of Baltic 6

7 Studies, Journal of Comparative Policy Analysis, Governance, International Review of Administrative Sciences, Journal of Politics, Latin American Politics and Society, Legislative Studies Quarterly, Party Politics, Political Behavior, Political Research Quarterly, Political Science Research and Methods, Political Studies, Scandinavian Political Studies, Social Forces, Social Science Quarterly, Swiss Political Science Review, World Politics McGraw Hill, Oxford University Press, Pearson Longman National Research Council of Canada, National Science Foundation, Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research Chair/Discussant: APSA 2003, 2007, 2008, 2013, 2016 MPSA 2004, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2015 ECPR 2005 Other: - Vice President of the Comparative Democratization Section of APSA, Chair of the APSA Political Economy section s Olson best dissertation award, Member of MPSA award committee to select the best AJPS article in Member of the APSA Heinz I. Eulau Award Committee, European Political Science Association, Political Parties Category Chair, Member of the APSA section Political Organizations and Parties Emerging Scholar Award Committee, Member of the APSA section Legislative Studies CQ Press Award Committee, Chair of the APSA Woodrow Wilson Foundation Book Award Committee, University service (Washington University) Member of the Advisory Committee on Tenure, Promotion, and Personnel, Graduate Council member, Advisory Board Member, Center for New Institutional Social Science, Faculty Associate at the Brookings Residential College, (Lien 1); (Lien 2). First Year Reading Program, discussion leader, 2013, First Year Center Lunch by the Dozen, 2012, Departmental service Washington University Member of the Diversity Committee, Director of Graduate Studies, Executive Committee member, Organizer of the Comparative Politics Annual Conference, Search committee member, ; Library liaison, Comparative Politics field exam committee member,

Lawrence Ezrow Department of Government University of Essex Wivenhoe Park Colchester C04 3SQ United Kingdom Tel:

Lawrence Ezrow Department of Government University of Essex Wivenhoe Park Colchester C04 3SQ United Kingdom Tel: +44 1206 873770 ezrow@essex.ac.uk ACADEMIC AFFILIATIONS Head of Department of Government,