I am currently Professor and Canada Research Chair in Political Methodology in the department of Political Science at Western University in London, Ontario. I teach courses on political methodology and Comparative Politics.
Much of my substantive research focuses on the link between state repression and democratic institutions/behavior. Methodologically, my interests have taken me in a number of different directions on collaborative projects, though the measurement and scaling seem to be common themes. Visit my research page or download my full CV.
I’ve also had the privilege of teaching at the ICPSR Summer Program since 2006. I really value the experiences I had as a participant (2001–03) and a teaching assistant (2002–06) at the Summer Program and consider myself lucky to be a member of the Program’s faculty. I have also taught a couple of courses at the Essex Summer School in Social Science Data Analysis and at the Oxford Spring School. Recently, I taught a few courses for instats that are available on demand:
- Interactive Data Visualization and Dashboards with R
- Interactive Dashboards and Web Apps with Shiny in R
- Interactions and Non-Linearities in Regression Models (R and Stata)
- Generalized Linear Models for the Social and Health Sciences
If you are looking for something that appears to be gone, please just shoot me an e-mail and I will be happy to forward along what you’re looking for.