Stephen Chaudoin

Updated 04-07-2015
Stephen Chaudoin
Department of Political Science
414 David Kinley Hall
University of Illinois
Urbana, IL 61801
chaudoin@illinois.edu
(678) 637-8392
www.stephenchaudoin.com
Education and Employment
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Asst. Prof.
2014-Present
University of Pittsburgh, Asst. Prof.
2012-2014
Princeton University
Ph.D. in Politics
2007-2012
Emory University, Atlanta, GA
2002-2006
M.A. in Political Science
B.A. in International Studies and in Economics
Summa cum laude
Phi Beta Kappa, 2005
Co-recipient of Elliot Levitas Award for best graduate in Political Science
Research and Teaching Interests
International relations, International political economy, International institutions,
Formal and quantitative methods, the WTO, the ICC.
Peer-Reviewed Publications
“Beyond Zeroes and Ones: The Effect of Income on the Severity and Evolution of Civil Conflict,”
with Christopher Stanton and Zachary Peskowitz. Forthcoming at Journal of
Conflict Resolution.
“International Systems and Domestic Politics: Linking Complex Theories with Empirical Models
in International Relations,” with Helen Milner and Xun Pang. Forthcoming at
International Organization.
“When is the Good News About Pro-Cooperation Lobbies Good News About Cooperation?” with
Johannes Urpelainen. April 2015. British Journal of Political Science 45(2): 411-433.
“American Evangelicals and Domestic Versus International Climate Policy,”
with David Smith and Johannes Urpelainen. December 2014. Review of
International Organizations 9(4): 441-469.
“Audience Features and the Strategic Timing of Trade Disputes.” September 2014. International
Organization 68(4): 877-911.
“Policies or Promises? An Experimental Analysis of International Agreements and Audience
Reactions.” International Organization. January 2014. 68(1): 235-256.
“Ratification Patterns and the Limits of the International Criminal Court,” with Terrence
Chapman. International Studies Quarterly. Summer 2013. 57, pp. 400-409.
Updated 04-07-2015
“The Center Still Holds: Liberal Internationalism Survives,” with Helen V. Milner and Dustin
Tingley. International Security. Summer 2010. 35(1), pp. 75-94.
Working Papers
“International
Institutions and Contests Over Compliance: the International Criminal
Court and Kenya.” Under Review.
“Do WTO Disputes Actually Increase Trade?” with Jeff Kucik and Krzysztof Pelc. Under Review.
“Do We Really Know the WTO Cures Cancer?” with Jude Hays and Raymond Hicks. Under
Review.
“Political Contestation and Firm Behavior in Response to WTO Disputes.” Presented at
IPES 2014, MPSA 2015.
“Contests, Valuation Shocks,and the Search for Optimal Strategies: A Laboratory Experiment”
with Jonathan Woon. Presented at ESA 2014, MPSA 2015.
“Financial Regulations, Networks, and Public Preferences” with Meredith Wilf. Presented at
RIPE Special Issue Conference, Georgetown, 2015.
Teaching
As Assistant Professor:
PS 398: Strategy in Int. Relations (Undergraduate, Illinois), Spring 2015, Fall 2015
PS 582: International Political Economy (Graduate, Illinois), Fall 2014
PS 2703: Formal Theory I (Graduate, Pitt), Spring 2014
PS 1503: Int. Organizations (Undergraduate, Pitt), Fall 2012, Spring 2013, Fall 2013
PS 1514: Strategy in Int. Relations (Undergraduate, Pitt), Spring 2013, Spring 2014
PS 1581: Capstone Seminar in IR: International Courts (Undergraduate, Pitt), Fall 2013
As Graduate Student Assistant:
POL 571: Quantitative Methods I (Graduate), Fall 2009
Preceptor for the class taught by Prof. John Londregan
POL 250: Intro to Game Theory (Undergraduate), Spring 2010
Preceptor for the class taught by Prof. Adam Meirowitz
POL 250: Intro to Game Theory (Undergraduate), Spring 2011
Preceptor for the class taught by Prof. John Londregan
Invited Talks
University of Chicago, Harris School of Public Policy. March 2014.
Rice University. March 2015.
FGV/EBAPE, Rio de Janiero, Brazil. March 2015.
Conference Activity
2015
“Do We Really Know the WTO Cures Cancer?” presented at Political Economy of International
Organizations, Berlin, Germany. January 2015.
Updated 04-07-2015
“International Institutions and Contests Over Compliance” presented at Comparative and
International Political Economy of the Emergent Nations, FGV/EBAPE, Rio de Janiero, Brazil.
March 2015.
“Political Contestation and Firm Behavior in Response to WTO Disputes” presented at the Annual
Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, IL. April 2015.
“How Hard to Fight? A Contest Experiment with Value Shocks,” with Jon Woon, presented at the
Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, IL. April 2015.
2014
“Political Contestation and Firm Behavior in Response to WTO Disputes” presented at the
International Political Economy Society Annual Meeting, Washington D.C. October 2014.
“International Institutions and Contests Over Compliance” presented at the Political Economy of
International Organizations, Princeton, NJ. January 2014.
- Also presented at the Annual Meeting of the International Studies Association, Toronto,
ON, CA. March 2014.
- Also presented at the Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association,
Chicago, IL. March 2014.
- Also presented at Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association,
Washington DC. August 2014.
“Do We Really Know the WTO Cures Cancer?” presented at International Studies Association,
Toronto, ON, CA. March 2014.
- Also presented at Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association,
Washington DC. August 2014.
2013
“Do We Really Know the WTO Cures Cancer?” presented at the Annual Meeting of the
International Political Economy Society, Clarement, CA. November 2013.
“Who’s Afraid of WTO Disputes?” presented at at the Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political
Science Association, Chicago, IL. April 2013.
“Promises or Policies? An Experimental Analysis of International Agreements and Audience
Reactions” presented at the Political Economy of International Organizations,
Mannheim/Heidelberg, Germany. January 2013.
2012
“International Cooperation, Legalized Dispute Settlement and Information Transmission to
Domestic Audiences,” presented at the Political Economy of International Organizations,
Villanova, Philadelphia, PA. January 2012.
“When is the Good News About Pro-Cooperation Lobbies Good News About Cooperation?”
presented at the Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, IL. April
2012.
2011
“Political Agency and Dispute Settlement in International Organizations,” presented at the
International Studies Association Annual Convention, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. March 2011.
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Also presented at the Annual Meeting of the International Political Economy Society,
University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI. November 2011.
“The Limits of an International War Crimes Regime,” presented at the 3rd Annual Conference of
the Political Economy of International Organizations, Zurich, Switzerland. January 2011.
- Also presented at the Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association,
Chicago, IL. April 2011.
2010
“Information Transmission and the Strategic Timing of Trade Disputes,” presented at the Annual
Meeting of the International Political Economy Society, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA.
November 2010.
- Also presented at the American Political Science Association Annual Meeting,
Washington D.C. September 2010
- Also presented at the Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association,
Chicago, IL. April 2010.
“The Future of Liberal Internationalism,” Participant in roundtable discussion with Robert
Jervis, Helen Milner, Joshua Busby, Dustin Tingley, Peter Trubowitz, and Charles Kupchan,
American Political Science Association Annual Meeting, Washington DC. September 2010.
“An Instrumental Variables Approach to the Effect of Economic Conditions on the Severity of
Civil War,” with Christopher Stanton and Zachary Peskowitz, Stanford GSB, presented at the
Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, IL. April 2010.
2007
“The Impact of Incumbency on Budget Deficits,” with Jeffrey Kucik, presented at the Annual
Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, IL. April 2007.
Service and Activities
Participant, Empirical Implications of Theoretical Models (EITM). University of California, at
Berkely. Summer 2010.
Journal Reviewer: American Political Science Review, American Journal of Political Science,
Journal of Politics, International Organization, International Studies Quarterly, Review of
International Organizations, Journal of Conflict Resolution, Conflict Management & Peace
Sciences, Foreign Policy Analysis, Economics & Politics, Political Research Quarterly.
Book Reviewer: MIT Press.
The Atlanta Urban Debate League, Emory University 2002-2007
New Jersey Urban Debate League, Newark, NJ. 2010
The Barkley Forum Debate Team, Emory University 2002-2006
A. W. Barkley Merit Scholar 2002-2006
Full, four-year debate scholarship to Emory for one H.S. senior