David W. Nickerson Mail: 217 O Shaughnessy Hall, Notre Dame, IN, 46556 Phone: 574-631-7016 Email: dnickers@nd.edu Website: http://www.nd.edu/~dnickers Education Yale University: Ph.D., Political Science, 1998-2005. Williams College: B.A., Mathematics and Philosophy, 1993-1997. Positions University of Notre Dame, Associate Professor, Political Science, 2011 Present. Director of Experiments, Obama for America, September 2011 November 2012. Senior Research Advisor, Analyst Institute, 2007 Present. University of Notre Dame, Assistant Professor, Political Science, 2005 2011. University of Notre Dame, Visiting Research Fellow, 2004-2005. Scholarships and Fellowships Visiting Fellow, Center for the Study of Democratic Politics, Princeton University, 2009-2010. Visiting Research Associate, Institution for Social and Policy Studies, Yale University, 2007-2008. Distinctions, Honors, Awards Scalable Protocols paper selected as one of 100 Seminal Papers from the last 100 years of journal publishing by Oxford University Press. APSA section award for best dissertation in political psychology, 2005. Miller Prize for best article published in Political Analysis, 2005. Grants a. External $15,600 from National Democracy Institute for Using List Experiments to Estimate Incidence of Vote Buying and Intimidation in Guatemala, principal investigator, 2011. $50,000 from Carnegie Foundation for The Role of Identity Labeling and Cohabitant Encouragement in Voter Mobilization (with Todd Rogers of Analyst Institute), 2010. $20,000 from Mott Philanthropic for The Role of Identity Labeling and Cohabitant Encouragement in Voter Mobilization (with Todd Rogers of Analyst Institute), 2010. $125,000 funds from various sources for State Voices 2008 experiments $215,000 research grant from Young Voter Strategies, George Washington School of Political Management, 2006, co-principal investigator with Elizabeth Bennion. $83,000 research grant from Young Voter Strategies, George Washington School of Political Management, 2006. Nickerson CV page 1
$35,000 research grant from Center for Information and Research on Civic Learning and Engagement, Fall 2005, principal investigator. $20,000 research grant from Center for Information and Research on Civic Learning and Engagement, Fall 2004, principal investigator. b. Internal $13,280 from ISLA for Validating the Item Count Technique as a Measurement Tool (2010). $5,000 small research grant from ISLA for Knowledge of Issue Congruence, Incumbent Evaluation, and Political Participation (with John Griffin) (2010) $12,400 Pilot Funds from ISLA for Measuring the Extent of Vote Buying (2009) $12,226 Pilot Funds from ISLA for Racial Priming and Framing in Policy Evaluation (2007) Publications Refereed Publications Kiewiet de Jonge, Chad and David W. Nickerson. Forthcoming. Artificial Inflation or Deflation? Assessing the Item Count Technique in Comparative Surveys. Political Behavior. Gonzalez-Ocantos, Ezequiel, Chad Kiewiet de Jonge, and David W. Nickerson. 2013. The Conditionality of Vote Buying Norms: Experimental Evidence from Latin America. American Journal of Political Science DOI: 10.1111/ajps.12047. Keane, Lauren Deschamps and David W. Nickerson. Forthcoming. When Reports Depress Rather Than Inspire: A Field Experiment using Age Cohorts as Reference Groups. Journal of Political Marketing. Griffin, John D., David W. Nickerson, and Abigail K. Wozniak. 2012. "Racial Differences in Inequality Aversion: Evidence from Real World Respondents in the Ultimatum Game" Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization 84(2):600-617. Gonzalez-Ocantos,Ezequiel, Chad Kiewiet de Jonge, Carlos Melendez, Javier Osorio, and David W. Nickerson. 2012. "Vote Buying and Social Desirability Bias: Experimental Evidence from Nicaragua." American Journal of Political Science 56(1)202-217. Butler, Daniel M. and David W. Nickerson. 2011. "Can Learning Constituency Opinion Affect How Legislators Vote? Results from a Field Experiment", Quarterly Journal of Political Science 6(1):55-83. http://dx.doi.org/10.1561/100.00011019 Bennion, Elizabeth A. and David W. Nickerson. 2011. The Cost of Convenience: An Experiment Showing Email Outreach Decreases Voter Registration Political Research Quarterly. 64(4):858-869. doi:10.1177/1065912910382304 Fowler, James H., Michael T. Heaney, David W. Nickerson, John F. Padgett, and Betsy Sinclair. Forthcoming. Observing Causal Effects in Political Networks. American Politics Research 39(2):437-480. Nickerson CV page 2
Nickerson, David W. and Todd Rogers. 2010. Do You Have a Voting Plan? Implementation Intentions, Voter Turnout, and Organic Plan Making. Psychological Science 21(2)194-199. Arceneaux, Kevin and David W. Nickerson. 2010. Negative and Positive Campaign Messages: Evidence from Two Field Experiments. American Politics Research 38(1): 54-83. Farrar, Cynthia, Donald P. Green, Jennifer E. Green, David W. Nickerson, and Stephen D. Shewfelt. 2009. Does Discussion Group Composition Affect Policy Preferences? Results From Three Randomized Experiments. Political Psychology 30(4): 615-647. Arceneaux, Kevin and David W. Nickerson. 2009. Correctly Modeling Certainty with Clustered Treatments: A Comparison of Methods. Political Analysis 17(2):177-190. Arceneaux, Kevin and David W. Nickerson. 2009. Who is Mobilized to Vote? A Re- Analysis of Seven Randomized Field Experiments. The American Journal of Political Science 53(1):1-16. Nickerson, David W. 2008. Is Voting Contagious? Evidence from Two Field Experiments, American Political Science Review 102(February):49-57. Nickerson, David W. 2007. "Does Email Boost Turnout?" Quarterly Journal of Political Science 2(4)369-379. Nickerson, David W. 2007. The Ineffectiveness of E-vites to Democracy: Field Experiments Testing the Role of E-mail on Voter Turnout, Social Science Computer Review 25(4)494-503. Nickerson, David W. 2007. Quality is Job One: Volunteer and Professional Phone Calls, American Journal of Political Science 51(2):269-282. Nickerson, David W. 2006. Hunting the Elusive Young Voter, Journal of Political Marketing 5(3):47-69. Nickerson, David W. 2006. Volunteer Phone Calls Can Increase Turnout. American Politics Research 34(3):271-292. Nickerson, David W., Ryan F. Friedrichs, and David C. King. 2006. Partisan Mobilization Experiments in the Field: Results from a Statewide turnout experiment in Michigan, Political Research Quarterly 34(1):271-292. Nickerson, David W. 2005. Scalable Protocols Offer Efficient Design for Field Experiments, Political Analysis 13(3):233-252. Green, Donald P., Alan S. Gerber and David W. Nickerson. 2003. Getting Out the Vote in Local Elections: Results from Six Door-to-Door Canvassing Experiments, Journal of Politics 65(4):1083-1096. Gerber, Alan S., Donald P. Green and David Nickerson. 2001. Testing for Publication Bias in Political Science, Political Analysis 9(4):385-392. Nickerson CV page 3
Unrefereed Publications Bennion, Elizabeth A. and David W. Nickerson. 2013. "Documenting the Success of Classroom-Based Voter Registration Efforts: Classroom Presentations Trump Technology" in Teaching Civic Engagement: From Student to Active Citizen eds. Alison Rios Millett McCartney, Elizabeth A. Bennion, and Dick Simpson. Washington, DC: American Political Science Association. Nickerson, David W. 2011. When the Client Owns the Data. The Experimental Political Scientist 2(2):5-6. Nickerson, David W. 2011. Social Networks and Political Context. in Handbook of Experimental Political Science, edited by Jamie Druckman, Donald P. Green, James Kuklinski, and Skip Lupia. Cambridge University Press, p. 273-288. Michelson, Melissa and Nickerson, David W. 2011. Voter Mobilization. in Handbook of Experimental Political Science, edited by Jamie Druckman, Donald P. Green, James Kuklinski, and Skip Lupia. Cambridge University Press, p. 228-242. Nickerson, David W. 2009. The Impact of Email Campaigns on Voter Turnout: Evidence from a Field Experiment, in Politicking On-line: The Transformation of Election Campaign Communications. Panagopolous, Costas, eds. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press. Nickerson, David W. 2009. Experimental Approaches to the Diffusion of Norms, in Social Capital: Multidisciplinary Perspectives. Bartkus, Viva & Jim Davis, eds. Northhampton, MA: Edward Elgar Press. Nickerson, David W. 2005. Partisan Mobilization Using Volunteer Phone Banks and Door Hangers, The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science 601:10-27. Garrett, Geoffrey and David W. Nickerson. 2005. Globalization, Democracy, and Government Spending in Middle Income Countries in Politics Matters: Globalization and the Welfare State in Cross Regional Comparison, edited by Miguel Glatzer and Dietrich Rueschemeyer. Pittsburgh University Press. [Co-authors: Equal.] Under Review Do Registration Drives Increase Participation A Field Experiment on Nonpartisan Mobilization and Persuasion Down-Ballot (with Lauren Deschamps Keane) Friends Don t Make Friends Vote: Experimental Evidence on Mobilization within Friendship Networks Getting Out the Black Vote: The Effect of Racialized Get Out the Vote Messages on Black Voter Turnout (with Ismail White) The Electoral Consequences of Policy Congruence: An Experimental Approach (with John D. Griffin and Brian Newman) Party Building by Community Building: Results from Two Experiments (with Gregory Shufeldt) Candidate Misinformation and its Impact on Vote Choice (with Todd Rogers) Nickerson CV page 4
Does Loss Aversion Motivate Collective Action? Evidence from Four Field Experiments (with Kevin Arceneaux and Christopher B. Mann) Says Who? The impact of sources of corruption allegations in Columbia (with Sandra Botero, Rodrigo Castro Cornejo, Laura Gamboa, and Nara Pavao). Framing the Debate on Teaching Intelligent Design (with Jeremiah J. Castle) Lectures and Addresses (since 2010) a. Invited Social Influence Field Experiments in Networks: Models and Considerations NSF sponsored workshop at the 6 th Annual Political Networks Workshops and Conference, University of Indiana, Bloomington, IN, June 27, 2013. Persuasion in the Field Presented at the Chicago Area Behavior Workshop, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, May 10, 2013. NGO Programs and informed consent standards. Presented at Ethics in Comparative Politics Experiments Conference, University of California San Diego, May 1, 2013. Voting is Contagious: 3 Cities, 2 Experiments, 1 Paper Social Science Mechanics Seminar, Purdue University, March 7, 2013. Registration and Turnout Elasticity, Harris School of Public Policy, January 10, 2013. Role for Replication in the Social Sciences, Princeton University, September 28, 2012. Putting the Science in Political Science: Learning about Political Campaigns from Experiments, Loyola University, April 11, 2012. You Are a Lab Rat for Democracy, North Illinois University, November 4-5, 2010. Detecting Vote Buying using List Experiments, University of California - San Diego, September 23-24, 2010. Best Practices in Mobilizing Voters, State Voices, June 8, 2010. Racialized Descriptive Social Norms and Voter Turnout (with Ismail White). Paper presented at the New York Area Political Psychology meeting, SUNY-Stonybrook, May 1, 2010. Vote Buying in Latin America. Presented at the Center for the Study of Democratic Politics Seminar, Princeton University, April 15, 2010. Using List Experiments to Study Vote Buying. Presented at Democratic Market Failures Conference, Yale University, April 10, 2010. How (and how not) to study voter registration experimentally. Presented at the Triangle Area Research Methods Seminar, Duke University, March 4, 2010. b. Contributed / Applied The Half-Life of Mobilization. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, Seattle, Washington, August 31 September 4, 2011. Understanding Experiments with Treatments Assigned by Nature, Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Society for Political Methodology, Princeton University, July 28, 2011. Nickerson CV page 5
Artificial Inflation or Deflation? Assessing the Item Count Technique (with Chad Kiewet DeJonge). Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, March 31, 2011. Informing Legislators of Constituent Opinion (with Dan Butler), Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, September 4, 2010. The Importance of Taking the Compound Nature of Treatments Seriously (with Pat Flavin and Mike Keane). Poster presented at the Annual Meeting of the Society for Political Methodology, Iowa City, IA, July 22-24, 2010. Courses Taught Math for Political Scientists Randomized Experiments Maximum Likelihood Longitudinal Cross-sectional and Panel Analysis Introduction to Linear Models Modern Political Campaigns: Data, Analytics, and Experiments Mobilization and Participation Doctoral Dissertations Michael Keane, June 2010 (committee member): Operations Research, Loyola Marymount. Lauren Deschamps, June 2013 (chair): Senior Analyst, Analyst Institute Claudia Anewalt, expected June 2013 (committee member) Carlos Melendez (committee member) Nara Pavao (committee member) Todd Adkins (committee member) Laura Gamboa (committee member) Nickerson CV page 6