Danielle M. Thomsen Department of Political Science (605) 350-5379 Syracuse University dthomsen@maxwell.syr.edu Syracuse, NY 13244 www.daniellethomsen.com Academic Appointments Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, Syracuse University, 2015-present. Research Associate, Campbell Public Affairs Institute, Syracuse University, 2015-present. Post-Doctoral Fellow, Political Institutions and Public Choice Program (PIPC), Department of Political Science, Duke University, 2014-15. Education Ph.D. Government,, 2014. Dissertation: Party Fit in the U.S. Congress: The Intersection of Ideology, Political Parties, and Gender Committee: Suzanne Mettler (chair), John Aldrich (Duke), Peter Enns, Mary Fainsod Katzenstein, and David Rohde (Duke) E.E. Schattschneider Award for the best dissertation in American politics, 2015. Visiting Scholar, Duke University, 2011-12. B.A. Political Science and Spanish, Summa Cum Laude, 2007. Minnesota State University, Mankato, MN. Publications Book Thomsen, Danielle M. Opting Out of Congress: Partisan Polarization and the Decline of Moderate Candidates. Forthcoming with Cambridge University Press. Articles Thomsen, Danielle M. and Michele L. Swers. Which Women Can Run? Gender, Partisanship, and Candidate Donor Networks. Forthcoming at Political Research Quarterly. Aldrich, John H. and Danielle M. Thomsen. Party, Policy, and the Ambition to Run for Higher Office. Forthcoming at Legislative Studies Quarterly.
Thomsen, Danielle M. 2015. Why So Few (Republican) Women? Explaining the Partisan Imbalance of Women in the U.S. Congress. Legislative Studies Quarterly 40(2): 295-323. Thomsen, Danielle M. 2014. Ideological Moderates Won t Run: How Party Fit Matters for Partisan Polarization in Congress. Journal of Politics 76(3): 786-797. Chapters in Edited Volumes Thomsen, Danielle M. Republican Women, Then and Now: Ideological Changes in U.S. House Candidates from 1980 to 2012. In Women as Republican Party Activists, Candidates, and Legislators, eds. Malliga Och and Shauna Shames. Under contract with Praeger. McDonagh, Eileen and Danielle M. Thomsen. Women and Politics. In The Oxford Handbook of American Political History, eds. Paula Baker and Donald Critchlow. Under contract with Oxford University Press. Working Papers Gender Equality Mood Across States and Over Time. With Julianna Koch. Invited to revise and resubmit to State Politics & Policy Quarterly. Why So Slow? The Political and Structural Barriers to Gender Parity in the U.S. Congress. Under review. Gender and Ideology in U.S. House Elections. Under review. Would Primary Voters Support Moderate Candidates? The Concept of a Candidacy. Fellowships, Grants, and Awards Campbell Institute Public Engagement Grant, Syracuse University, 2016. Appleby-Mosher Award, Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, Syracuse University, 2015, 2016. E.E. Schattschneider Award for the best dissertation in American politics, 2015. Post-Doctoral Fellowship, Political Institutions and Public Choice Program, Department of Political Science, Duke University, 2014-15. Janice N. and Milton J. Esman Dissertation Prize,, 2015. Dirksen Congressional Research Grant, Dirksen Congressional Center, 2014-15. National Science Foundation Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grant, 2013-14. 2
American Association of University Women Dissertation Fellowship, 2012-13. Malcolm Jewell Award for the Best Graduate Paper, SPSA Conference, 2013. Dean s Prize for Distinguished Teaching,, 2012. Houston I. Flourney Graduate Fellowship,, 2012. Janet Box-Steffensmeier Award for Women to Attend the Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR), University of Michigan, 2011. Walter LaFeber Grant for Faculty-Graduate Student Collaborative Research, Cornell University, 2011. Sage Fellowship,, 2008-09 & 2013-14. Teaching Experience Syracuse University: Introduction to American Government (Fall 2015, Fall 2016, Spring 2017), Campaign Analysis (Fall 2016); Gender and Politics (Fall 2015). Duke University: Campaigns and Elections (Fall 2014), Women and Politics (Spring 2014, Spring 2015). Instructor, Auburn Correctional Facility, Auburn, NY, Cornell Prison Education Program. Gender and Politics in the United States (Spring 2011). Teaching Assistant,,. Introduction to American Politics (Spring 2011), American Prison System (Fall 2010; Distance Learning, 2011-14), Politics of the European Union (Spring 2010), American Political Thought (Fall 2009). Awarded the 2012 Dean s Prize for Distinguished Teaching,. Additional Training Empirical Implications of Theoretical Models, Princeton University, 2012. Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research, University of Michigan, 2011. Summer Institute in Political Psychology, Stanford University, 2010. Additional Writing Where have all the moderate candidates gone? Raleigh News & Observer. August 8, 2014. Political polarization discourages moderate state legislators from running for Congress, making the problem worse. London School of Economics blog on American Politics and Policy. July 30, 2014. 3
Fed up with Congress? Then help elect more Republican women. The Washington Post. December 3, 2013. Conference Presentations American Political Science Association conference (2011, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016). Midwest Political Science Association conference (2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016). Southern Political Science Association conference (2013, 2014, 2016, 2017). Invited Presentations University of Pittsburgh (March 2017). Hartwick College (February 2017). Gender and Candidate Emergence Conference, Brigham Young University (October 2015). Parties as Micro-Polities Conference, Duke University (May 2015). Political Institutions and Public Choice (PIPC) 20 th Anniversary Conference, Duke University (May 2015). Conference on Women, Gender, and Conservative Parties in the 21 st Century, Case Western Reserve University (October 2014). Han-Jyun Hou Conference on Political Parties and Party Systems, SUNY-Binghamton (April 2013). University Service Graduate Admissions Committee, 2017. American Politics Search Committee, 2016. Organizer of Moynihan Research Workshop, 2016. Professional Service Program Committee, Visions in Methodology Conference (2017). Reviewer, American Journal of Political Science, American Political Science Review, American Politics Research, Journal of Elections, Public Opinion, and Parties, Journal of Politics, Legislative Studies Quarterly, Political Behavior, Political Research Quarterly, Public Choice, State Politics & Policy Quarterly 4
References Suzanne Mettler Clinton Rossiter Professor of American Institutions sbm24@cornell.edu John H. Aldrich Pfizer-Pratt University Professor Department of Political Science Duke University aldrich@duke.edu Peter K. Enns Associate Professor pe52@cornell.edu Mary Fainsod Katzenstein Stephen and Evalyn Milman Professor of American Studies mfk2@cornell.edu David W. Rohde Ernestine Friedl Professor of Political Science Department of Political Science Duke University rohde@duke.edu 5