CONTACT INFORMATION: ACADEMIC EMPLOYMENT: 1929 Galen Ave. Winter Park, FL 32789 (770) 351-7360 e-mail address: barry.edwards@ucf.edu web site: www.poliscidata.com Lecturer, Department of Political Science, University of Central Florida, 2014 to present. Research Assistant, Department of Political Science, University of Georgia, 2010-2012, 2013-2014. Teaching Assistant, Department of Political Science, University of Georgia, 2012-2013. EDUCATION: University of Georgia, Department of Political Science, Ph.D. Dissertation: Spatial Models of Presidential Behavior Advisor: Keith Poole Exams Passed: American Politics, Methodology New York University School of Law, J.D. Editor, NYU Environmental Law Journal Student Bar Association Representative Stanford University, B.A., Economics & Political Science Honors and Distinction in Both Majors Stanford Debate Society President AWARDS: Reed Fellowship, University of Georgia, School of Public and International Affairs, 2010-2011 Dean s Scholar, NYU School of Law, Full Tuition Merit Scholarship Phi Beta Kappa, Stanford University, Awarded to Top 2.5% of Class during Junior Year PEER-REVIEWED Laboratory Experiments in Public Management Research: Unfulfilled Promise. Forthcoming in Public Management Review (with Derrick Anderson, Arizona State University). 2015. Alphabetically Ordered Ballots and the Composition of American Legislatures. State Politics & Policy Quarterly 15(2): 171-191. 2014. Race, Ethnicity, and Alphabetically Ordered Ballots. Election Law Journal: Rules, Politics, and Policy 13(3): 394-404. 2014. Formulating Voting Rights Act Remedies to Address Current Conditions. American Politics Research 42(3): 376-408. 2014. Putting Hoover on the Map: Was the 31 st President a Progressive? Congress & the Presidency 41(1): 49-83.
PEER-REVIEWED (CONT.) ADDITIONAL 2013. The Voting Behavior of President Obama's Appointees on the U.S. Courts of Appeals. Judicature 97(3): 137-143 (with Susan Haire and David Hughes, University of Georgia). Inequality, Access to the Courts, and Judicial Integrity. In International Human Rights and Justice. Ed. by Douglas Hodgson. Nova Science Publishers. Forthcoming (with Allison Trochesset and Tyler Yeargain). 2014. The Voting Rights Act s Uniform Standards are Likely to Diminish Opportunities for Minority Voters. London School of Economics Politics and Policy Blog. 2013. Renovating the Multi-Door Courthouse: Designing Disputing Resolution Systems to Improve Results and Control Costs. Harvard Negotiation Law Review 18 (Spring): 281-347. 2011. Future Directions in Data Analysis and Collection. Law and Courts: Newsletter of the Law and Courts Section of the American Political Science Assoc. 21(3): 16-19 (with John Szmer, UNC-Charlotte). 2011. Review: The Litigation State: Public Regulation and Private Lawsuits in the U.S. (By Sean Farhang). Journal of Politics 73(4): 1284-1286. 2008. Comprehensive Arbitration of Domestic Relations Cases in Georgia. Georgia Bar Journal (Aug.): 20-29. WORKING PAPERS: (AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST) Does the Presidency Moderate the President? (Revise and Resubmit at Presidential Studies Quarterly) Redistricting and the Geography of Individual Contributions to Congressional Candidates (with Michael Crespin, Univ. of Oklahoma) (Revise and Resubmit at Political Research Quarterly). Polarization of the U.S. Presidency. Opening Another Door at the Courthouse: The Need for Political Science Research on Alternative Dispute Resolution. Measuring Effectiveness in State Legislatures. Beyond the Gold Watch: Decision Making of Senior Judges on the Circuit Courts of Appeals (with Susan Haire, UGA). Public Values, Political Participation, and the Study of Public Administration (with Derrick Anderson, Arizona State University). Contested Identities, Law, and Politics: Implications of Growing Hispanic Representation in Federal Judiciary (with Susan Haire and David Hughes, University of Georgia). Experimental Analysis of Affirmation Bias in Appellate Court Decision Making (with Justin Stritch, Arizona State University).
TEACHING EXPERIENCE: Lead Instructor: Undergraduate Research Methods Constitutional Law I: Institutional Powers and Constraints (Online and face-to-face) Judicial Process and Politics (Online and face-to-face) Teaching Assistant: American National Government Introduction to Political Science WORK EXPERIENCE: Legal Aide, Georgia Senate Democratic Caucus. Tracked legislation for Senate Minority Leader Robert Brown, created HOPE for Georgia Social Media Campaign to promote Sen. Jason Carter s alternative reform package for Georgia HOPE Scholarship Program. Director, Center for Legal Solutions, Inc. A non-profit organization that coordinated mediation and arbitration sessions for private parties as well as training sessions for professional mediators. Associate Attorney at Gorby, Reeves, Peters, and Burns, P.C. Litigated civil and commercial cases for boutique national practice, secured two seven-figure and multiple six-figure settlements for plaintiffs. Online Editor, CNN.com. Compiled and edited breaking international news stories for world s leading news web site. Instructor for AIM High Academy and Kaplan (standardized test preparation for SAT, ACT, GRE) Instructor at Stanford National Forensic Institute, California-Berkeley Debate Institute, and Penn. State Debate Institute. CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS: Polarization of the U.S. Presidency. Panel Presentation at the American Political Science Association (APSA) Annual Conference, Washington, D.C., Aug. 31, 2014. Redistricting and Individual Contributor Behavior in Congressional Elections, 1990-2010. Panel Presentation at the APSA Annual Conference, Washington, D.C., Aug. 31, 2014. Redistricting and Individual Contributions to Congressional Candidates, Panel Presentation at the APSA Annual Conference, Chicago, Illinois, Aug. 30, 2013 The Habits of Highly Effective Georgia Legislators, Panel Presentation at the Georgia Political Science Association (GPSA) Annual Conference, Savannah, Georgia, Nov. 12, 2011. Is Chemistry More Important Than Experience on the Federal Courts of Appeals? Panel Presentation at the GPSA Annual Conference, Savannah, Georgia, Nov. 11, 2011.
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS, CONT.: Computer Programming for Political Science Research, Poster Presentation, 11 th Annual Graduate Student Association Interdisciplinary Conference at the University of Georgia, April 2, 2011. A Pol By Any Other Name Would Taste Defeat: The Impact of Ballot Order on U.S. Legislative Elections, Panel Presentation at the 3 rd Annual Political Science Graduate Research Conference at Georgia State University, March 18, 2011. Recent Developments in Dispute Resolution Services. Presentation to the Atlanta Bar Association Dispute Resolution Section, March 24, 2010. Effective Use of Mediation in Civil and Domestic Cases. Presentation to the Small Firms and Solo Practitioners Section of the Cobb County Bar Association, 2008. How the Arbitration Process Works. Presentation to the Annual Georgia Trial Lawyer s Conference for Paralegals at the State Bar of Georgia, 2007. ACADEMIC SERVICE: Political Science Department Committees: Pre-law Advising (Chair), Undergraduate Studies, Undergraduate Assessment, Undergraduate Scholarships and Awards. College of Sciences Committees: Instructor-Lecturer Promotion Honors Thesis Committees: Jared Rosenholtz (Chair), Amber Mariano (Chair), Richard Russo Reviewer for American Journal of Political Science, Law & Society Review, State Politics & Policy Quarterly, Public Management Review, Social Science Quarterly, and Journal of Political Science Education. Founded the SPIA Methodological Society at University of Georgia to promote graduate students understanding of statistical methods; organized workshops on linear regression, count models, survival analysis, and time-series models. PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS: American Political Science Association Member, Presidents and Executive Politics Section Georgia Political Science Association Midwest Political Science Association State Bar of Georgia
COMPUTER SKILLS: PHP/SQL (advanced), R (advanced), JAVA (intermediate), C/C++ (beginner), Perl (beginner), Javascript (beginner). Also advanced skill-level with HTML. Created Teaching Assistant Program. Performs automated, flashcard style review of political science terminology in multiple courses. See http://www.poliscidata.com/teachingassistant. Founded the Political Science Data Group, a worldwide group with over 6,000 members who share information about political science datasets on Facebook.