Ryan Brutger Department of Political Science Phone: 202-538-2683 University of Pennsylvania Email: brutger@sas.upenn.edu 133 S. 36th Street, Office 303 http://web.sas.upenn.edu/brutger/ Philadelphia, PA 19104 ACADEMIC POSITIONS Assistant Professor, University of Pennsylvania - Department of Political Science 2016-Present EDUCATION Ph.D., Politics, Princeton University, 2016 - Committee: Helen Milner, Kristopher Ramsay, Christina Davis M.A., Politics, Princeton University, 2013 M.A., International Relations, with honors, University of Chicago, 2009 B.A., International Affairs, magna cum laude, Lewis & Clark College, 2005 RESEARCH & TEACHING INTERESTS International Relations, International Political Economy, International Negotiations, International Law, Political Psychology, Public Opinion, Foreign Policy, Experimental Methods PEER-REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS A Dispositional Theory of Reputation Costs, with Joshua Kertzer. International Organization. Summer 2018. 72(3): 693-724. Decomposing Audience Costs: Bringing the Audience Back Into Audience Cost Theory, with Joshua Kertzer. American Journal of Political Science. January 2016. 60(1): 234-249. Balancing Law and Politics: Judicial Incentives in WTO Dispute Settlement, with Julia Morse. Review of International Organizations. June 2015. 10(2): 179-205. WORKING PAPERS Litigation for Sale: Private Firms and WTO Dispute Escalation (Revise and resubmit at International Organization) Domestic Politics of International Compromise (Revise and resubmit at World Politics) Trade, Conflict, and Cooperation: How IOs affect Domestic Support for International Agreements International Disputes, Media Coverage, and Backlash Against International Law, with Anton Strezhnev. (Under review) Fair Share?: Equity and Equality in American Attitudes towards Trade, with Brian Rathbun. (Under review)
WORKING PAPERS CONTINUED Institutional Design, Information Transmission, and Public Opinion: Making the Case for Trade, with Siyao Li. (Under review) Style over Substance: How Negotiation Process Affects Support for International Agreements in the Mass Public, with Brian Rathbun Strategic Empathy and the Security Dilemma: Cross-National Experimental Evidence from China and the United, with Joshua Kertzer and Kai Quek. (Under review) WORKS IN PROGRESS Trade, Conflict, and Compromise: The Domestic Politics of International Cooperation - Book Manuscript in Progress Abstraction and Detail in Experimental Design The Costs of Conflict: Border Disputes and Trade Diversion Domestic Preferences for International Bargaining Strategies: NAFTA An Analysis of Renegotiating GRANTS, HONORS, & FELLOWSHIPS Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring (PURM), Research Grant, 2017, 2018 Fels Policy Research Initiative, Research Grant, 2017 Harold W. Dodds Fellowship (university-wide competitive honorific fellowship awarded to students displaying the highest scholarly excellence in graduate work during the year), Princeton University, 2015-2016 Mamdouha S. Bobst Center for Peace and Justice, Research Grant, 2012, 2015 Dean s Fund for Scholarly Travel, Travel Grant, 2015 Niehaus Center for Globalization and Governance, Research Grant, 2012, 2014 Center for International Security Studies, Research Grant & Fellowship, 2014 Fund for Experimental Social Sciences, Research Grant, 2014 Niehaus Center for Globalization and Governance, Travel Grant, 2013, 2014 Princeton Research in Experimental Social Science, Research Grant, 2013 Stafford Fund, Travel Grant, 2012, 2013, 2014 Prestage-Cook Travel Award, Southern Political Science Association, 2012 University Fellowship, Princeton University, 2011 2015 Unendowed Scholarship, University of Chicago, 2008 2009 Forensics Scholarship, Lewis & Clark College, 2004 2005 Dean s Scholarship, Lewis & Clark College, 2003 2005 Phi Beta Kappa, Inductee, 2005
PROFESSIONAL PRESENTATIONS & INVITED TALKS 2019 University of Wisconsin (scheduled) 2018 Harvard Business School, University of California Berkeley 2017 Harvard University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Princeton University: Pressure Groups and Inter-Governmental Organizations workshop, University of Utah: Global Trade Governance in Transition workshop 2015 Columbia University, London School of Economics, New York University at Abu Dhabi, University of Minnesota, University of Pennsylvania, University of Pittsburgh, Yale University 2014 University of California at San Diego SELECTED CONFERENCES & PRESENTATIONS Strategic Empathy and the Security Dilemma: Cross-National Experimental Evidence from China and the United, Peace Science Society, Austin, 2018, with Joshua Kertzer and Kai Quek International Disputes, Media Coverage, and Support for Economic Engagement, International Political Economy Society, Cambridge, 2018, with Anton Strezhnev Institutional Design, Information Transmission, and Public Opinion: Making the Case for Trade, Temple Workshop on International Globalization and Governance, Philadelphia, 2018, with Siyao Li Trade, Conflict, and Compromise: How IOs affect Domestic Support for International Agreements, American Political Science Association, Boston, 2018 Fair Share?: Equity and Equality in American Attitudes towards Trade, International Studies Association, San Francisco, 2018, with Brian Rathbun Empathy and the Security Dilemma: Cross-National Experimental Evidence from China and the United States, International Studies Association, San Francisco, 2018, with Joshua Kertzer and Kai Quek Trade, Conflict, and Compromise: How IOs affect Domestic Support for International Agreements, Temple Workshop on International Globalization and Governance, Philadelphia, 2017 International Disputes, Media Coverage, and Support for Economic Engagement, American Political Science Association, San Francisco, 2017, with Anton Strezhnev Empathy and the Security Dilemma: Cross-National Experimental Evidence from China and the United States, American Political Science Association, San Francisco, 2017, with Joshua Kertzer and Kai Quek Domestic Politics of International Compromise, American Political Science Association, San Francisco, 2017 International Disputes, Media Coverage, and Support for Economic Engagement, Temple Workshop on International Globalization and Governance, Philadelphia, 2017, with Anton Strezhnev Trade, Conflict, and Compromise: How IOs affect Domestic Support for International Agreements, International Political Economy Society, Durham, North Carolina, 2016
International Disputes, Media Coverage, and Support for Economic Engagement, Political Economy of International Organizations, Bern, Switzerland, 2017, with Anton Strezhnev International Disputes, Media Coverage, and Support for Economic Engagement, Peace Science Society, Survey Experiments in International Security Workshop, South Bend, Indiana, 2016, with Anton Strezhnev Trade, Conflict, and Compromise: Incentives for Cooperative Bargaining Outcomes, American Political Science Association, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 2016 Trade, Conflict, and Compromise: Incentives for Cooperative Bargaining Outcomes, International Studies Association, Atlanta, Georgia, 2016 Exploring the Microfoundations of Reputation Costs, Peace Science Society, Oxford, Mississippi, 2015, with Joshua Kertzer Exploring the Microfoundations of Reputation Costs, International Studies Association, New Orleans, Louisiana, 2015, with Joshua Kertzer Balancing Law and Politics: Judicial Incentives in WTO Dispute Settlement, International Political Economy Society, Washington, District of Columbia, 2014, with Julia Morse What Audiences Really Want: The Effect of Compromise on Domestic Audience Costs, Peace Science Society, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 2014 Decomposing Audience Costs: Bringing the Audience Back Into Audience Cost Theory, Peace Science Society, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 2014, with Joshua Kertzer Screening for Success: The Effect of Firm Signaling on WTO Case Selection, American Political Science Association, Washington, District of Columbia, 2014 Decomposing Audience Costs: Bringing the Audience Back Into Audience Cost Theory, American Political Science Association, Washington, District of Columbia, 2014, with Joshua Kertzer What Audiences Really Want: The Effect of Compromise on Domestic Audience Costs, International Studies Association, Toronto, Ontario, 2014 Balancing Law and Politics: Judicial Incentives in WTO Dispute Settlement, Political Economy of International Organizations, Princeton, New Jersey, 2014, with Julia Morse Screening for Success: The Effect of Firm Signaling on WTO Case Selection, Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, Illinois, 2013 Screening for Success: The Effect of Firm Signaling on WTO Case Selection, Southern Political Science Association, Orlando, Florida, 2013 Power in International Bargaining: The Role of Domestic Costs in Determining Institutional Design, Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, Illinois, 2010 Private Parties: Hidden Actors of WTO Dispute Settlement, Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, Illinois, 2009
TEACHING EXPERIENCE International Political Economy (Undergraduate), University of Pennsylvania, Fall 2016, Spring 2018, Fall 2018, Spring 2019 (scheduled) International Political Economy (Graduate), University of Pennsylvania, Spring 2019 (scheduled) Politics of International Negotiations (Undergraduate), University of Pennsylvania, Fall 2016 International Political Economy (Undergraduate) - Assistant Instructor, Princeton University, Fall 2014 (Professor Faisal Ahmed) Mathematics for Political Science (Graduate) - Assistant Instructor, Princeton University, Fall 2013 (Professor Kristopher Ramsay) Quantitative Analysis II (Graduate) - Tutor, Princeton University, Spring 2013 PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Association of Academic Health Centers & AAHC International, Washington, DC - Director of Special Projects, 2010 2011 - Policy and Program Analyst, 2009 2010 Legal Assistant, International Arbitration & Dispute Settlement Group, Sidley Austin LLP, Washington, DC, 2006 2008 International Trade Assistant, International Trade Administration, Portland, OR, 2005 2006 PROFESSIONAL PUBLICATIONS Introducing the International Resource Center: A Resource to Enhance Academic Health Centers International Operations. Association of Academic Health Centers, March 2011. Academic and Community Health Center Partnerships: Facing a Changing Landscape. Association of Academic Health Centers, May 2010. SERVICE & ACTIVITIES Reviewer: American Journal of Political Science, American Political Science Review, Conflict Management and Peace Science, European Journal of International Relations, Foreign Policy Analysis, International Interactions, International Organization, International Studies Quarterly, Journal of Conflict Resolution, Journal of Peace Research, Journal of Politics, Political Psychology, Political Science Research and Methods, Political Research Quarterly, Political Studies, Review of International Affairs, Review of International Organizations, Time-sharing Experiments for the Social Sciences (TESS), and World Politics Political Science Undergraduate Executive Committee, 2018 - Present Browne Center Postdoc Search Committee 2018 - Present Political Science Graduate Committee, 2018 Penn Fulbright Faculty Committee, 2017 - Present Faculty Coordinator: International Relations Graduate Student Workshop, 2017 Present
Workshop Director & Presenter, Preparing to go on the Academic Job Market, University of Pennsylvania, 2018 Advisory Committee of the Christopher H. Browne Center for International Politics, 2017 - Present Browne Center Speaker Series Co-Coordinator, 2017 Present Department Committee on Affiliated Faculty, Member, 2016 2017 Presenter, Going on the Academic Job Market: Get Advice from Faculty Members in Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Pennsylvania, 2016 Pizza & Politics, Coordinator (Graduate Workshop), Princeton University, 2013 2014 Department of Politics Graduate Committee, Member, Princeton University, 2011 2012 Project Northstar, Tutor for Homeless and Transitional Housing Students, 2007 2008 Academic Honor Board, Justice, Lewis & Clark College, 2005 Peer Review Board, Chief Justice, Lewis & Clark College Student Government, 2004 2005 National Outdoor Leadership School, Outdoor Expedition Leader, 2003 REFERENCES Helen Milner B.C. Forbes Professor Department of Politics Princeton University 431 Robertson Hall Princeton, NJ 08544 (609) 258-0181 hmilner@princeton.edu Joshua Kertzer Associate Professor Department of Government Harvard University 1737 Cambridge St, K206 Cambridge, MA 02138 (614) 307-3774 jkertzer@gov.harvard.edu Kristopher Ramsay Professor Department of Politics Princeton University 038 Corwin Hall Princeton, NJ 08544 (609) 258-2960 kramsay@princeton.edu Christina Davis Professor Department of Government Harvard University 1737 Cambridge St Cambridge, MA 02138 (617) 495-2148 cldavis@harvard.edu