Ryan Krog George Washington University Department of Political Science 2115 G Street, N.W. Monroe Hall 440 Washington, D.C. 20052 Phone: (218) 205-8195 Email: rkrog@gwu.edu Homepage: http://www.ryankrog.org/ Education George Washington University Ph.D., Political Science, 2016 (Expected). Fields: American Politics, Quantitative Methodology (Passed with distinction). Dissertation: Lawyers, Justices, and the Politics of Making Law in the U.S. Supreme Court. Committee: Paul J. Wahlbeck (chair), Brandon L. Bartels, Yontatan Lupu. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill B.A., Political Science, 2009. Fields of Research & Teaching Interest American Politics: Judicial Politics, Legislative Politics, Political Institutions, Constitutional Law. Methodology: Automated Text Analysis, Survival Analysis, Multilevel Modeling, Linear and Nonlinear Regression Analysis. Publications Forecasting Opinion Assignment in the U.S. Supreme Court, with Paul J. Wahbeck, Alyx Mark, and Phillip Winniger. In, Artemus Ward and David Danelski (editors) The U.S. Chief Justice. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press. Peer Reviewed. Forthcoming Papers Under Review & Works in Progress Strategic Litigants: The Targeting of Justices by Lawyers in the U.S. Supreme Court, with Forrest Maltzman and Paul J. Wahlbeck. Under Review Judicial Activism, Issue Fluidity, and the Transformation of the Supreme Court s Agenda with Kevin T. McGuire. Under Review The Informational Role of Floor Speeches during Supreme Court Nominations, with Isaac J. Unah. Under Review Strategic Agenda Setting and the Influence of Public Opinion on the U.S. Supreme Court, with Huan-Kai Tseng. Under Review
Ryan Krog 2 The Court in Context: The Separation of Powers, and the Legitimacy Conferring Ability of the U.S. Supreme Court, with Sarah Eckman. In preparation for manuscript submission Motivated Reasoning and Biased Information Processing during Oral Argument in the Supreme Court," with Timothy Johnson and Paul J. Wahlbeck. In preparation for manuscript submission Without Strings: Chinese Foreign Aid and Regime Stability in Energy Exporting Countries with Huan-Kai Tseng. In preparation for manuscript submission The Justices and their Pen Pals: Corresponding with the Justices of the U.S. Supreme Court, with Paul J. Wahlbeck. Work in progress An Appealing Strategy?: An Analysis of Prosecutorial Decisions to Appeal in the ICTY, with Shannon Powers. Work in progress Conference Participation Presentations 2015. The Influence of Legal Argument on the Development of Law in the U.S. Supreme Court. Paper scheduled to be presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, San Francisco, CA. 2015. Whom leads Whom? Justices, Lawyers, and the Authority of Precedent in the U.S. Supreme Court." Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Southern Political Science Association, New Orleans, LA. 2015. Strategic Agenda Setting and the Illusion of Public Opinion Effects in the U.S. Supreme Court, with Huan-Kai Tseng. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Southern Political Science Association, New Orleans, LA. 2014. How Lawyers use Precedent to Constrain (or Enable) Policy Change on the U.S. Supreme Court. Poster presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, Washington, DC. 2014. Without Strings: Chinese Foreign Aid and Regime Stability in Energy Exporting Countries, with Huan-Kai Tseng. Paper scheduled to be presented at the Graduate Student Conference on Political Economy, Alexander Hamilton Center at NYU, New York, NY. 2014. Motivated Skepticism and Disconfirmation Bias during Oral Arguments in the U.S. Supreme Court, with Timothy R. Johnson and Paul J. Wahlbeck. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, 2014. The Court in Context: The Separation of Powers, and the Legitimacy Conferring Ability Surrounding the U.S. Supreme Court, with Sarah Eckman. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, 2014. Without Strings: Chinese Foreign Aid and Regime Stability in Energy Exporting Countries, with Huan-Kai Tseng. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the International Studies Association, Toronto, Canada. 2013. Judicial Activism, Issue Fluidity, and the Transformation of the Supreme Court s Agenda, with Kevin T. McGuire. Paper presented at American Politics Workshop at George Washington University, Washington, D.C.
Ryan Krog 3 2013. Uncooperative Federalism: Public Attitudes toward Policy Defiance of Supreme Court Decisions, with Sarah Eckman. Paper presented at American Politics Workshop at George Washington University, Washington, D.C. 2013. Uncooperative Federalism: State-level Policy Compliance with U.S. Supreme Court Decisions, with Sarah Eckman. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, 2013. Persuasion and Hypothetical Questions in Oral Argument before the U.S. Supreme Court, with Paul J. Wahbeck. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, 2013. An Appealing Strategy?: An Analysis of Prosecutorial Decisions to Appeal in the ICTY, with Shannon Powers. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Law and Society Association, Boston, MA. 2013. Strategic Agenda Setting and the Illusion of Public Opinion Effects in the U.S. Supreme Court, with Huan-Kai Tseng. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, 2013. Forecasting Opinion Assignment in the U.S. Supreme Court, with Paul J. Wahbeck, Alyx Mark, and Phillip Winniger. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, 2013. Agenda Setting, Selection Bias, and the Impact of Public Opinion in the U.S. Supreme Court, with Huan-Kai Tseng. Paper presented at American Politics Workshop at George Washington University, Washington, D.C. 2012. Forecasting Opinion Assignment in the U.S. Supreme Court, with Paul J. Wahbeck, Alyx Mark, and Phillip Winniger. Paper scheduled for presentation at the Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, New Orleans, LA (canceled). 2012. Preferences, Persuasion, and Legal Argument in the U.S. Supreme Court, with Forrest Maltzman and Paul J. Wahlbeck. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, 2012. The Strategic Timing of Discretionary Position-Taking in the U.S. Senate During Supreme Court Confirmations, with Isaac J. Unah, Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, 2011. Strategic Litigants: The Targeting of Justices by Lawyers in the U.S. Supreme Court, with Forrest Maltzman and Paul J. Wahlbeck. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, Seattle, WA. 2011. Issue Fluidity and Case Selection on the U.S. Supreme Court, with Kevin T. McGuire. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, 2011. The Justices and their Pen Pals: Corresponding with the Justices of the U.S. Supreme Court, with Paul J. Wahlbeck and Abigail Sze. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, Discussant 2015. Measuring Ideology on the U.S. Supreme Court. Panel discussant at the Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, San Francisco, CA.
Ryan Krog 4 Teaching Experience Workshops & Short Courses Introduction to R and Stata, Political Science Math Camp, George Washington University, August 22nd, 2014. Introduction to Stata, Political Science Math Camp, George Washington University, August 23rd, 2013. Introduction to LATEX, George Washington University, March 29th, 2013. (Co-taught with Huan-Kai Tseng) Effective Data Management using Stata, George Washington University, November 5th, 2012. Academic Courses Teaching Assistant, PSC 2101: Scope and Methods in Political Science Spring 2015 Teaching Assistant, PSC 1002: Introduction to American Politics and Government Fall 2010, Spring 2011, Fall 2012; Fall 2014 Guest Lecturer, U.S. Constitutional Law and Politics II Guest Lecturer, Scope and Methods in Political Science Awards and Fellowships Graduate Teaching Fellowship, The George Washington University, 2010-present Summer Research Fellowship, The George Washington University, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015 Co-Investigator, The Fair Courts Project Grant on LGBT Rights and Judicial Selection." Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund, $11,500. Empirical Implications of Theoretical Models (NSF), Summer Fellowship, University of Houston, 2012, $1,000. Graduate Research Award, George Washington University Department of Political Science, $400. Prestage-Cook Travel Award, Annual Meeting of the Southern Political Science Association, 2013. Research Experience The Oyez Project, Research Assistant, Spring - Summer 2014. Professor Paul J. Walhbeck, George Washington University, Summer 2011, 2012, 2014. Professor Brandon L. Bartels, George Washington University, Fall 2012, Summer 2013. Professor Steve Balla, George Washington University, Summer 2015 Professor Rachel Stein, George Washington University, Spring 2013. Professor Elizabeth Saunders, George Washington University, Spring - Summer 2012.
Ryan Krog 5 Additional Training Applied Bayesian Modeling for the Social Sciences (ICPSR 2013) Network Analysis (ICPSR 2013) Empirical Implications for Theoretical Models, University of Houston, Summer 2012 Professional Service Journal Referee: Legislative Studies Quarterly, Law & Society Review Coordinator, GW Methods Group Organizing presentations and conducting seminars on software and statistical modeling Software Skills R, Stata, JAGS/WinBUGS, SPSS, UCINET, Import.io, JFreq References Professor Paul Wahlbeck, wahlbeck@gwu.edu, 202-994-4872 Professor Isaac Unah, unah@unc.edu, 919-962-6383 Professor Steve Balla, sballa@gwu.edu, 202-994-4811 Last updated: August 13, 2015