Karen Long Jusko
Assistant Professor of Political Science
Encina Central, Room 441
Phone: (650) 724-9906
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Research
Comparative Politics
Political Economy
Methods
Affiliations
Awards and Fellowships
Collaborator, Canadian Election Study. Social Science and Humanities Research Council of
Canada and Elections Canada. December 2009-2013.
Irish Research Council for the Humanities and Social Sciences Research Development
Initiative. Visiting Fellowship (University College Dublin). Awarded October 2008 for
22 November-12 December 2009.
European Collaborative Research Programme Grant in Cross-National and Multi-level
Analysis of Human Values, Institutions and Behaviour (EUROCORES-HumVIB).
European Science Foundation and National Science Foundation. September
2008-August 2011.
Institute for Research in the Social Sciences (IRiSS) Faculty Fellowship (with Jonathan
Rodden). Stanford University. September 2008-June 2010.
IRiSS Seed Grant (with Alberto Diaz-Cayeros and Jonathan Rodden). Stanford University.
June 2008.
United Postal Service Endowment Fund Grant (with Alberto Diaz-Cayeros, Zephyr Frank,
and Jonathan Rodden). Stanford University. June 2008-June 2010.
Center for the Study of Democratic Politics Predoctoral Fellowship. Woodrow Wilson
School of Public and International A airs, Princeton University. September 2006.
Visiting Scholar Grant. Luxembourg Income Study. June 2006.
Empirical Implications of Theoretical Models (EITM) Poster Prize, Honorable Mention.
(Midwest Political Science Association Annual Meetings). National Science Foundation
(NSF). April 2006.
Poverty Research Grant. National Poverty Center, University of Michigan. January-May
2006.
EITM Poster Prize (Midwest Political Science Association Annual Meetings). National
Science Foundation (NSF). April 2004.
EITM: Graduate Student Training. NSF. September 2003-May 2004.
Doctoral Fellowship, and Federalism and Federations Doctoral Fellowship Supplement.
Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC). May
2003-October 2004.
Father Robert Madden Award. St. Michael's College, University of Toronto. June 2000.
Gordon Cressy Leadership Award. University of Toronto Alumni Association. April 2000.
Canada and Elections Canada. December 2009-2013.
Irish Research Council for the Humanities and Social Sciences Research Development
Initiative. Visiting Fellowship (University College Dublin). Awarded October 2008 for
22 November-12 December 2009.
European Collaborative Research Programme Grant in Cross-National and Multi-level
Analysis of Human Values, Institutions and Behaviour (EUROCORES-HumVIB).
European Science Foundation and National Science Foundation. September
2008-August 2011.
Institute for Research in the Social Sciences (IRiSS) Faculty Fellowship (with Jonathan
Rodden). Stanford University. September 2008-June 2010.
IRiSS Seed Grant (with Alberto Diaz-Cayeros and Jonathan Rodden). Stanford University.
June 2008.
United Postal Service Endowment Fund Grant (with Alberto Diaz-Cayeros, Zephyr Frank,
and Jonathan Rodden). Stanford University. June 2008-June 2010.
Center for the Study of Democratic Politics Predoctoral Fellowship. Woodrow Wilson
School of Public and International A airs, Princeton University. September 2006.
Visiting Scholar Grant. Luxembourg Income Study. June 2006.
Empirical Implications of Theoretical Models (EITM) Poster Prize, Honorable Mention.
(Midwest Political Science Association Annual Meetings). National Science Foundation
(NSF). April 2006.
Poverty Research Grant. National Poverty Center, University of Michigan. January-May
2006.
EITM Poster Prize (Midwest Political Science Association Annual Meetings). National
Science Foundation (NSF). April 2004.
EITM: Graduate Student Training. NSF. September 2003-May 2004.
Doctoral Fellowship, and Federalism and Federations Doctoral Fellowship Supplement.
Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC). May
2003-October 2004.
Father Robert Madden Award. St. Michael's College, University of Toronto. June 2000.
Gordon Cressy Leadership Award. University of Toronto Alumni Association. April 2000.
Publications and Working Papers
Books
The Political Representation of the Poor. [Book project in progress.]
Peer-Reviewed Publications
with W. P. Shively. 2005. "Applying a Two-Step Strategy to the Analysis of
Cross-National Public Opinion Data." Political Analysis 13:4, 327-44.
Other Publications
with D. Howell. 2009. "Methodological Challenges Research Opportunities and Questions
for the Future." In Klingemann, H. (ed.), The Comparative Study of Electoral Systems.
New York: Oxford University Press.
with R. Franzese. 2006. "Political-Economic Cycles." In Witten, D., and B. Weingast
(eds.), Oxford Handbook of Political Economy. New York: Oxford University Press
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with O. Kedar and W.P. Shively. 2005 Strategies for Analysis of Mutli-Country
Individual-Level Data. Comparative Politics Newsletter, 16(2).
2004. "Canadian Public Opinion: Patterns of Consensus Among Canada's Regional
Communities." In Geer, J. (ed.), Encyclopedia of Public Opinion Research. Santa Barbara,
CA: ABC-CLIO.
2004. "Spearman-Brown Correlation," \Systematic Error," and \Unit of Analysis." In
Lewis-Beck, M., Bryman, A. & Liao, T. F. (eds.), Encyclopedia of Social Science Research
Methods. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
Other Projects
"Redistributive Politics in Multicultural Societies." Paper prepared for presentation at the
Conference on Immigration, Minorities and Multiculturalism in Democracies, Montreal
PQ. 25-27 October 2007.
"The Comparative Politics of Prison Reform." Data collection currently underway, with
support of undergraduate research assistants
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with R. Franzese and I. Nooruddin."\The E ective Constituency in U.S. Distributive
Politics: Alternative Bases of Democratic Representation, Geographic versus Partisan."
Under review. Research contributing to this paper was presented in the American Politics
Workshop, Stanford University. 22 April 2009.
"Charlton Heston's Cold Dead Hands and Violent Crime in the United States: Using
Counterfactual Evidence from Canada." Paper prepared for presentation at the Midwest
Political Science Association Meeting, 3-6 April 2008, Chicago IL, and the American
Political Research Seminar, Department of Politics, Princeton University, Princeton, New
Jersey, 17 January 2005.
Courses
PS 344 Politics and Geography
PS 440C Comparative Political Analysis
PS 151 Doing Political Science