Todd Makse

Department of Political Science

The Ohio State University

154 North Oval Mall, 2140 Derby Hall

Columbus, OH 43220

makse.1@osu.edu

http://polisci.osu.edu/grads/tmakse/index.html

Phone: (614) 403-0570

EDUCATION

Ph.D. The Ohio State University, Political Science, anticipated June 2009.

M.A. The Ohio State University, Political Science, December 2005.

B.A. Rice University, Political Science, Linguistics, and Spanish, May 2001

DISSERTATION

“Three Essays on the Redistricting Cycle in American State Politics”

Committee: Craig Volden (chair), Jan Box-Steffensmeier, Alan Wiseman

RESEARCH AND TEACHING INTERESTS:

Research interests: State legislative and congressional redistricting; legislative politics; campaign finance; public policy diffusion; political parties; state politics.

Teaching interests: State politics; elections and voting behavior; legislative politics; American political parties; political methodology.

WORKING PAPERS

“Party Finance Strategy and the Redistricting Cycle”

“Incumbent Decision-Making in Response to State Legislative Redistricting.”

“The Role of Policy Attributes in the Diffusion of Policy Innovations” (with Craig Volden)

AWARDS AND FELLOWSHIPS:

2006 Best Graduate Student Paper Award, State Politics and Policy Section of the American Political Science Association, $150

Francis R. Aumann Award for best graduate student paper presented at a professional conference or convention, 2006-2007 academic year, Ohio State University Department of Political Science, $150

Dean’s Distinguished University Fellowship, Ohio State University, 2003-2005; 2007-2008.

APSA Travel Grant, August 2006, $300

Ray Travel Award, Ohio State Council of Graduate Students, April 2006, $516

CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS

Makse, Todd. 2006. “Redistricting and Party Organizational Strategy in State Legislative Elections.” Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association.

Makse, Todd. 2006. “Incumbent Decision-Making in Response to State Legislative Redistricting.” Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association.

Makse, Todd and Craig Volden. 2006. “The Role of Policy Attributes in the Diffusion of Policy Innovations.” Annual Meeting of the Southern Political Science Association.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Instructor, Introduction to American Politics, Summer 2007

Instructor, Techniques of Political Analysis, Summer 2006-Spring 2007

Recitation section leader, Introduction to American Politics, Autumn 2005; Winter 2006.

Teaching assistant, Methods of Quantitative Analysis (graduate level), Autumn 2005

PROFESSIONAL SERVICE AND AFFILIATIONS

American Political Science Association

Midwest Political Science Association

Southern Political Science Association

UNIVERSITY SERVICE:

Member, Parallel Graduate Studies Committee, Department of Political Science, Ohio State University, September 2005-August 2006.

First-year student mentor, Department of Political Science, 2004-2006