Biography
I am interim department chair and assistant professor of political science at Arkansas State University with interests in political economy, political methodology, political violence, and public policy. Starting in Fall 2022, I am also the founding director of the Institute for Rural Initiatives. I am also an affiliate faculty with the Center for No Boundary Thinking at A-State. I formerly served as the Research Director in the MIT Election Data and Science Lab, where I managed applied research on the scientific study of elections. I was previously an affiliate faculty member with the Harvard Institute for Quantitative Social Science. I grew up on Crowley’s Ridge in the Arkansas Delta.
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- Data Science
- Political Economy
- Political Methodology
- Public Policy
- Spatial Econometrics
PhD in Political Science, 2014
Texas A&M University
MA in Political Science, 2009
Arkansas State University
BA in Political Science, 2007
Arkansas State University
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Courses & Workshops
African Political Systems
The government and politics of primarily sub-Saharan Africa, involves study of the people as well as their political institutions
Foreign Policy Analysis
Theory, practice, and analysis of foreign policy, with a focus on the United States and an emphasis on contemporary issues and basic ideas governing American foreign policy
Introduction to International Politics
Various approaches to the study of international politics
Introduction to LaTeX
Learn how to typset beautiful scientific documents
Introduction to Model United Nations
Preparation for and participation in model United Nations
Introduction to Political Analysis
Introduction to the discipline of political science, its subfields, and to the use of the social scientific method and logical inquiry
Introduction to U.S. Government
The constitution, government, and politics of the United States
Middle Eastern Political Systems
Major Middle Eastern political systems, with concentration on their common characteristics and major differences
Seminar in Political Economy
This course is designed to provide an overview of the literature on Comparative & International Political Economy
Spatial Econometrics
An introduction to spatial econometrics including topics such as contagion, clustering, interdependence, and spatial networks; various modeling strategies and software applications are covered
Contact
- cwimpy@astate.edu
- (870) 972-3048
- PO Box 1750, State, AR 72467
- My office is on the 3rd floor of the HSS building.
- By Zoom appointment only.
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