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Kevin McAlisterVisiting Assistant Professor
Biography
Kevin McAlister is a political methodologist who studies American political institutions. His work exists at the intersection of formal models of political behavior, statistical modeling, and legislative behavior. His work in this area received the John T. Williams Dissertation Prize in 2018 from the Society for Political Methodology (for the best dissertation proposal in the area of political methodology). In Fall 2020, he joined Emory University's Department of Quantitative Theory and Methods as a Visiting Assistant Professor.
Education
- Ph.D., Political Science, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, 2020
- M.A., Statistics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, 2020
- MA, Political Science, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, 2013
- B.A., Political Science, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, 2011
Research
Teaching
- QTM 110: Introduction to Scientific Methods
- QTM 385: Intro to Bayesian Statistics
Contact Information
Email
kevin.mcalister@emory.eduOffice Location
PAIS 579
Websites
Mailing Address
Department of Quantitative Theory & Methods
36 Eagle Row, 5th Floor
Atlanta, GA 30322