Contact Information 312 Hamilton Hall, CB #3265
Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599
919.600.9247
E-mail: jjharden[at]unc.edu

education

• University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
• Ph.D Political Science (expected 2012)
• Major field: American politics, Minor field: Methodology


• M.A. Political Science (2009)
• Thesis: "Statistical Inference for the Linear Model with Clustered Data"
• Winner of the 2009 James W. Prothro Award


• University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
• B.A. Political Science, Summa Cum Laude (2007)
• Thesis: "Legislative Background and Congressional Campaign Message Strategy"

Publications

• Carsey, Thomas M. and Jeffrey J. Harden. 2010. "New Measures of Partisanship, Ideology, and Policy Mood in the American States." State Politics and Policy Quarterly 10(xx):xx-xx.

Current Research

• Desmarais, Bruce A. and Jeffrey J. Harden. N.d. "Efficient Estimation of the Linear Model: Choosing Between Conditional-Mean and Conditional-Median Methods." Under review.


• Harden, Jeffrey J. N.d. "A Bootstrap Method for Conducting Statistical Inference with Clustered Data." Under review.


• Harden, Jeffrey J. and Thomas M. Carsey. N.d. "Balancing Constituency Representation and Party Responsiveness in the U.S. Senate: The Conditioning Effect of State Opinion Heterogeneity." Under review.



• Carsey, Thomas M. and Jeffrey J. Harden. N.d. Monte Carlo Simulation for Social Scientists (book project).


• Harden, Jeffrey J. N.d. "A Comparison of Methods for Estimating Linear and Generalized Linear Models with Multilevel Data."


• Kirkland, Justin and Jeffrey J. Harden. N.d. "Legislative Expertise and Agenda Setting in Committees."

Conference Presentations

• Harden, Jeffrey J. 2009. "A Comparison of Methods for Estimating Linear and Generalized Linear Models with Multilevel Data." Poster presented at the 26th Annual Meeting of the Society for Political Methodology, July 23-25, New Haven, CT.


• Harden, Jeffrey J. 2009 "A Bootstrap Method for Conducting Statistical Inference with Clustered Data." Poster presented at the Ninth Annual Conference on State Politics and Policy, May 22-23, 2009, Chapel Hill, NC.


• Kirkland, Justin and Jeffrey J. Harden. 2009. "Asymmetric Information and Agenda Setting in Legislative Committees." Paper presented at the Ninth Annual Conference on State Politics and Policy, May 22-23, 2009, Chapel Hill, NC.


• Harden, Jeffrey J. and Thomas M. Carsey. 2008. "State Ideology, Senate Roll Calls, and Heterogeneity in Representation." Paper presented at the Midwest Political Science Association Annual Conference, April 3-6, Chicago, IL.


• Althaus, Scott L., Kevin M. Coe, and Jeffrey J. Harden. 2006. "Public Support for War and News Coverage of Military Conflicts: Persuasion or Reinforcement?" Paper presented at the Midwest Political Science Association Annual Conference, April 20-23, Chicago, IL.

Honors and Awards

• 2009: James W. Prothro Award, Department of Political Science, UNC
  • Best M.A. thesis defended in 2008-2009.
• 2008: American Politics Research Group Summer Fellowship, Duke/UNC
  • $3,000 for summer research.

Professional Experience and Service

• Teaching Assistant (UNC)
• POLI 101: State and Local Politics
• POLI 100: Introduction to Government in the United States
• POLI 209: Analyzing Public Opinion (Graduate Research Consultant)
• Research Assistant
• Thomas M. Carsey, UNC (Summer 2009)
• Michael B. MacKuen, UNC (Spring/Summer 2008)
• Tracy Sulkin, UIUC (2006-2007)
• Scott Althaus, UIUC (2005-2006)
• Reviewer, Political Research Quarterly

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