Anjali Thomas Bohlken Sam Nunn School of International Affairs E-mail: anjali.bohlken@inta.gatech.edu Georgia Institute of Technology Phone: 404-894-3195 (Office) 781 Marietta Street Phone: 404-640-0066 (Cell) Atlanta, GA 30318 Web: anjalibohlken.wordpress.com Employment Assistant Professor Sam Nunn School of International Affairs Georgia Institute of Technology August 2016 - Present Assistant Professor July 2010-July 2016 Department of Political Science The University of British Columbia Education New York University, Ph.D., Political Science, 2010 M.A. Politics, New York University, 2005. Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH, A.B. Government, June 2000 Publications 2016. Democratization from Above: The Logic of Local Democracy in the Developing World, New York: Cambridge University Press. 2016. Dynasty and Paths to Power in Kanchan Chandra (ed.) Democratic Dynasties: State, Party and Family Ties in the Indian Parliament, UK: Cambridge University Press 2012. The Origins of Parliamentary Responsibility (with Adam Przeworski and Tamar Asadurian) in Tom Ginsburg (ed.) Comparative Constitutional Design, New York: Cambridge University Press. 2010. Coups, Elections and the Predatory State, Journal of Theoretical Politics 22 (2), 169-215 1
2010. Economic growth and ethnic violence: An empirical investigation of Hindu-Muslim riots in India (with Ernest Sergenti) Journal of Peace Research, 47(5), 589-600 In Progress Targeting Ordinary Voters or Political Elites? Why Pork is Distributed Along Partisan Lines. Revise and Resubmit, American Journal of Political Science Development or Rent-Seeking? How Political Influence Shapes the Provision of Infrastructure in India. The Effect of Citizen Empowerment on Fee-Based Public Service Provision and Urban Governance in India (with Nikhar Gaikwad and Gareth Nellis) Why Dynastic Legislators Do Better in Elections: An Institutionalist Explanation (with Kanchan Chandra). Conferences and Invited Presentations Conference at India at 70: Governance and Democratic Challenges, Keck Center, Claremont McKenna College, April 2017 (Invited Speaker - Scheduled) Center for the Advanced Study of India Speaker Series, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, February 2017 (Invited Speaker) Indian Political Economy Workshop, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Washington, D.C, December 2016 (Invited Presenter) Toronto Political Behavior Workshop, Toronto, ON, Canada, November 2016 American Political Science Association Annual Meeting, August-September 2016 Indian Politics Workshop, Center of Advanced Study of India, University of Pennsylvania, March 2016 Watson Institute of International and Public Affairs, Brown University, Providence, RI, (Invited Presenter) February 2016 Book Conference for Rachel Brule, Assistant Professor of Politics, NYU Abu Dhabi, (Invited Discussant) November 2015. American Political Science Association Annual Meeting, August-September 2015 2
Conference on Emerging Challenges in an Urbanizing India: Governance, Security and Climate Change, New Delhi, India (Invited Presenter), November 2014 American Political Science Association Annual Meeting, August-September 2014 UC Berkeley South Asia Colloquium (Invited Presenter), November 2013 American Political Science Association Annual Meeting, September 2013 Midwest Political Science Association Annual Meeting, April 2013 Southern California Comparative Political Institutions Conference, September 2012 American Political Science Association Annual Meeting, September 2009 Annual Conference for the Society for Political Methodology (Funded Presenter), July 2009 Annual Conference for the Society for Political Methodology (Funded Presenter), July 2008 Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, April 2008 Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, April 2007 Conference of the Laboratory in Comparative Ethnic Processes (LiCEP), October 2005 Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, September 2005 Fellowships, Honors and Awards Grant Funded by UK Department for International Development - Awarded by Experiments in Governance and Politics (EGAP). 2016-2018. (with Nikhar Gaikwad and Gareth Nellis) UBC Seed Funding for SSHRC Insight Development Grant Application. 2014-2015. UBC Hampton Fund Award, 2013-2014. UBC Arts Undergraduate Research Award (AURA), 2012-2013. NCAER-IDRC Doctoral Scholarship from the National Council of Applied Economic Research, New Delhi, India. Awarded July 2009. (Declined) APSA Travel Grant, 2009. NYU Politics Department Field Research Grant, 2009 and 2008. 3
NSF Award for Attendance at the Society for Political Methodology Conference, 2009 and 2008. Clifford C. Clogg Scholarship Award for Political Methodology from the Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR), University of Michigan, 2005. Bradley Fellowship, New York University, Department of Politics, 2004-2005 Academic Year. Henry McCracken Fellowship, New York University, Department of Politics, 2003-2007. Summer Research Fellowship, New York University, Department of Politics, 2003-2007. Andrew Warden Edson Memorial Book Prize for outstanding performance in an introductory course in Comparative Politics, Dartmouth College, 1997. Teaching Course Instructor Sam Nunn School of International Affairs - Georgia Institute of Technology INTA 6202: Comparative Politics Graduate Seminar INTA 6003: Graduate Empirical Methods INTA 3303/8803: Political Economy of Development Course Instructor The Department of Political Science, The University of British Columbia POLI 110 An Introduction to Scientific Political Analysis (Undergraduate), 2013, 2014, 2015 POLI 323A Politics of India (Undergraduate), 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015 POLI 421C Comparative Politics of Developing Countries (Undergraduate), 2011, 2012 POLI 512A Political Economy of Development (Graduate), 2011, 2012 Supervisions Ph.D. Committees Grace Lore, Department of Political Science, UBC Yana Gorokhovskaia, Department of Political Science, UBC 4
M.A. Theses - Second Reader Lynn Hancock, Department of Political Science, UBC Meaghan Cooper, Department of Political Science, UBC Professional Service UBC Department of Political Science Executive Committee, 2013-2014. UBC International Political Economy Hiring Committee, 2012-2013. UBC Undergraduate Program Committee, 2011-2013. UBC Political Science Graduate Program Committee, July 2010 July 2012 Reviewer American Political Science Review, American Journal of Political Science, Asian Survey, British Journal of Political Science, Comparative Politics, Journal of Peace Research, Journal of Theoretical Politics, Legislative Studies Quarterly, World Politics Previous Professional Experience Stock Options Analyst, Millennium Pharmaceuticals, Boston, MA, Fall 2001-Fall 2003. Business Analyst, Deloitte Consulting, Boston, MA, Fall 2000-Fall 2001. Intern, India Centre for Human Rights, Mumbai, India, Summer 1999. Intern, Times of India, Mumbai, India, Summer 1997. Language and Statistical Computing Skills Hindi: Native (Reading, Writing, Oral). Malayalam: Elementary (Reading, Oral). Software: STATA, R, ArcGIS, QGIS 5