Page 1 Kassra A.R. Oskooii, PhD Political Science & International Relations Office: (302) 831-1928 University of Delaware Fax: (302) 831-4452 347 Smith Hall, 18 Amstel Ave (Smith 403) Email: oskooiik[at]udel.edu Newark, DE 19716 APPOINTMENTS Assistant Professor, 2016 - Present Department of Political Science & International Relations Affiliated Faculty at the Center for Political Communication Affiliated Faculty at the Center for the Study of Diversity University of Delaware EDUCATION Ph.D. in Political Science, 2016 Research Areas: Political Behavior, Race & Ethnicity Politics, Political Psychology, Survey & Experimental Research, and Public Opinion Dissertation Topic: The Role of Discrimination in the Civic and Political Life of Ethnic and Racial Minority Groups Committee: Matt Barreto (Chair), Chris Adolph, Luis Fraga, Christopher Parker & Cheryl Kaiser M.A. in Political Science, 2013 MA Topic: The Impact of Discrimination on the Sociopolitical Behavior of Muslim-Americans in the post-9/11 era CSSS Political Methodology Field Certificate (2013) B.A. in Political Science, 2008 Minors: Human Rights and Law, Societies, & Justice Honors: Cum Laude, Phi Beta Kappa, Golden Key PEER-REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS eicomapre: Comparing ecological inference estimates across EI and EI: Rx. The R Journal. [Forthcoming]. w/ Loren Collingwood, Matt Barreto & Sergio Garcia-Rios 2016. How Discrimination Impacts Sociopolitical Behavior: A Multi-Dimensional Perspective. Political Psychology, 37: 613-640. doi: 10.1111/pops.12279. 2011. Mosques as American Institutions: Mosque Attendance, Religiosity, and Integration into the American Political System. Religions. Vol. 2, Issue 2. w/ Karam Dana & Matt Barreto ARTICLES UNDER REVIEW/WORKING PAPERS The Role of Religious Institutions on Political Engagement: A Comparison of Muslim and Non-Muslim Adherents in Great Britain. w/karam Dana [Revise & Resubmit] No Sharia, No Mosque: Orientalist Notions of Islam and Intolerance toward Muslims in the United States. w/ Matt Barreto & Karam Dana [Under Review]
Page 2 Discrimination and Political (Dis)Engagement among Ethnic Minorities in Great Britain. [Under review] The Politics of Choice Reconsidered: Partisanship and Minority Politics in Washington s Charter School Initiative. w/ Loren Collingwood & Ashley Jochim [Under Review] Estimating Candidate Support: Comparing EI & EI: RxC. w/ Matt Barreto, Loren Collingwood, & Sergio Garcia-Rios The DREAM Act Experiment: The Prevalence of Racial Bias among Perceived Allies. w/ Sergio Garcia- Rios Veiled Politics: Experiences with Discrimination among American Muslim Women. w/ Karam Dana, Nazita Lajevardi, & Hannah Walker Assessing the Mechanism Linking Discrimination to Democratic Engagement. Is the Tea Party Splitting the Right Down the Middle? w/ Christopher Parker, Sergio Garcia-Rios, & Chris Towler Executive Discretion: A Mixed-Method Study of the Pardon and Clemency Process in Washington State. w/ Hannah Walker GRANTS & AWARDS Jody Deering Nyguist Award for Excellence in Public Speaking 2008 Donald R. Matthews Fellowship, UW ($40,000) 2010 2011 Graduate Opportunities & Minority Achievement Fellowship ($4,000) 2010 2011 WISER Survey Research Fellowship ($20,000) 2011 2014 WISER Conference Grants (est. $2500) 2011 2014 Center for Statistics and the Social Sciences (CSSS) Research Grant ($1,000) 2013 Center for Democracy & Voting Rights Act Fellowship ($5,000) 2013 Center for Democracy & Voting Rights Act Fellowship ($5,000) 2014 Best Graduate Paper in Political Science (w/hannah Walker), UW 2014 Dean Recognition for Exceptional Pedagogical Contribution, UW 2014 Graduate and Professional Student Senate (GPSS) Grant ($500) 2015 Dissertation Research Grant, UCLA ($3,000) 2015-2016 UW Departmental Research Fellowship, Winter Quarter (est. $13,000) 2016 OTHER PUBLICATIONS/REPORTS 2012. Dissecting Voting Patterns in the Gonzalez-Danielson Supreme Court Contest in Washington State. Washington Institute for the Study of Race & Ethnicity. Seattle, WA. September 26. w/ Matt Barreto and Cameron Caldwell RESEARCH CENTER AFFILIATIONS Center for Political Communication, UDEL (2016 - Present) Center for the Study of Diversity, UDEL (2016 - Present) Washington Institute for the Study of Inequality & Race (WISIR), UW (2010-2016) Center for Social Science and Statistics (CSSS), UW (2010-2016) Washington Survey Research Center (WASRC), UW (2010-2015) Center for Democracy and Voting Rights Research, UW (2013-2014)
Page 3 RESEARCH EXPERIENCES/POSITIONS Senior Researcher, The Washington Poll, 2010 2014 Principal Investigator: Matt Barreto, Ph.D. Department of Political Science, UW [Design, programming, implementation, and analysis of the WA Poll, an annual academic statewide survey of registered voters.] Research Fellow, Voting Rights Act Vote Dilution Analysis, 2013 2014 Lead Researcher: Matt Barreto, Ph.D. Center for Democracy and Voting Rights Research, UW Law School [Data collection and analysis of voting behavior in local and state-level elections in California, Florida, Texas, and Washington State.] Senior Researcher, WA Poll National Online Survey, Autumn 2013 Faculty Director: Matt Barreto, Ph.D. Department of Political Science (UW) & Pacific Market Research [Design & analysis of a nationally representative online public opinion survey with a minority oversample.] Lead Investigator, WA State Charter School Initiative Analysis, Spring 2013 Co-Investigator: Loren Collingwood, Ph.D. University of California, Riverside, S360 Polling Firm, and Melinda & Gates Foundation [Extensive census block, precinct, and school district level data collection, analysis of the I-1240 Charter School Initiative vote choice using spatial regression techniques, and GIS mapping of results.] Research Fellow, Patriotism Project, Winter 2016 Principal Investigator: Christopher S. Parker, Ph.D. Department of Political Science, UW TEACHING EXPERIENCES University of Delaware, Newark, DE POSC 150: Intro to American Politics POLS 202: Intro to American Politics POLS 357: Minority Representation and the Voting Rights Act POLS 205: Political Science as a Social Science POLS 317: US Race & Ethnic Politics POLS 353: US Congress POLS 503: Advanced Research Design and Analysis LAW E 558: Voting Rights Research and the Law CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS/TALKS/PANELS (Past 6 years) 2016 Muslim-American Political Behavior. Moderator w/ Amaney Jamal. NSF Funded Muslim-American Workshop at Menlo College, CA. Assessing the Political Implications of Discrimination against Muslim-Americans with a Novel Online Experiment. POSCIR Research Colloquium. University of Delaware, Newark.
Page 4 What happens now? Fear, Diversity, and Inclusion in Post-U.S. Election. Panelist at Trabant Center. University of Delaware, Newark. Race, Religion, and Gender. Election Central Panelist at Trabant University Center. University of Delaware, Newark. Assessing the Mechanism Linking Discrimination to Democratic Engagement. Paper Presentation. American Political Science Association Conference in Philadelphia, PA. Estimating Candidate Support: Comparing EI and EI-RxC. Paper Presentation w/ Matt Barreto, Loren Collingwood, and Sergio Garcia-Rios. Midwest Political Science Association Annual Conference, Chicago, Illinois. 2015 The DREAM Act Experiment: Race Conscious Policies and Covert Racism Amongst White Liberals. Paper presentation w/ Sergio Garcia-Rios. Midwest Political Science Association Annual Conference, Chicago, Illinois. 2014 The Politics of Choice Reconsidered: Partisanship and Minority Politics in Washington s Charter School Initiative. Paper Presentation w/ Loren Collingwood and Ashely Jochim. Midwest Political Science Association Annual Conference, Chicago, Illinois. Executive Discretion: A Mixed-Method Study of the Pardon and Clemency Process in Washington State. Paper Presentation w/ Hannah Walker. Midwest Political Science Association Annual Conference, Chicago, Illinois. Mosques as Institutions of Political and Civic Participation: The cases of the US and the UK. Paper Presentation w/ Karam Dana. Western Political Science Association Annual Conference, Seattle, WA. 2013 No Sharia, No Mosque: Orientalist Notions of Islam and Intolerance toward Muslims in the United States. Paper Presentation w/ Matt Barreto and Karam Dana. Midwest Political Science Association Annual Conference, Chicago, Illinois. Executive Discretion: A Mixed-Method Study of the Pardon and Clemency Process in Washington State. Paper Presentation w/ Hannah Walker. Pacific Northwest Political Science Association Conference in Vancouver, BC. An Examination of Political and Societal Discrimination on Sociopolitical Behavior: The Post 9/11 Muslim-American Experience. Paper Presentation. Western Political Science Association Annual Conference, Hollywood, CA and Politics of Race, Immigration, and Ethnicity Consortium (PRIEC) in Seattle, WA. Latinos and the Voting Right Act. Panelist and Lead Conference Coordinator. Center for Democracy and Voting Rights Research at University of Washington Law School, Seattle. 2012 Policy Discrimination and Muslim-American Political Behavior after 9/11. Paper Presentation. Western Political Science Association Annual Conference, Portland, OR. Determinants of Anti-Muslim Attitudes in the United States. Paper Presentation w/ Matt Barreto and Karam Dana. Midwest Political Science Association Annual Conference, Chicago, Illinois.
Page 5 2011 Mosques as American Institutions: Mosque Attendance, Religiosity, and Integration into the Political System. Paper Presentation w/ Matt Barreto and Karam Dana. American Political Science Association Annual Conference, Seattle, WA. Islam in the Public Sphere. Panelist and Lead Conference Coordinator. Washington Institute for the Study of Ethnicity, Race & Sexuality (WISER). University of Washington, Seattle. PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS American Political Science Association (APSA), Midwest Political Science Association (MPSA), Western Political Science Association (WPSA), Politics of Race, Immigration, and Ethnicity Consortium (PRIEC) PROFESSIONAL SERVICE Manuscript Reviewer Journal of Political Psychology Public Opinion Quarterly Politic, Groups, and Identities Lead Conference Coordinator 2013 Politics of Race, Immigration, and Ethnicity Consortium (PRIEC) at the University of Washington, Seattle. 2013 Latinos and the Voting Rights Act. Center for Democracy and Voting Rights Research at the University of Washington Law School. 2011 Islam in the Public Sphere Conference. Washington Institute for the Study of Ethnicity, Race & Sexuality (WISER). University of Washington, Seattle. COMPUTER SKILLS R STATA SENSUS WinCati Survey LATEX SOFTWARE R package: eicompare. This package compares outcomes between ecological inference (EI) estimates and EI:Rows by Columns (RxC) estimates. (w/ Loren Collingwood, Matt Barreto, & Sergio Garcia- Rios) LANGUAGE SKILLS Farsi (Persian) Native OTHER ACADEMIC EXPERIENCES/APPOINTMENTS Academic Adviser, UW Undergraduate Advising Center, August 2008 September 2010 Assisted students from diverse backgrounds in designing a comprehensive curriculum, drawing from the programs and opportunities across the university.
Page 6 Worked with low scholarship and at risk students to develop academic and personal skills. Designed and led choosing majors, study skills, and time management workshops. Collaborated with freshman and transfer orientation programs to help new students transition into the university. Advised prospective students on university major requirements for admission. REFERENCES Available upon request. Updated: Feb 2, 2017