About me
I am currently a Postdoctoral Researcher at the Whitman School of Management at the Syracuse University. I have a Ph.D. in Political Science from University of Pittsburgh and a Master of Economics from University of Bergen. My research focuses on the political economy and politics of expert advice in multiple institutional contexts: legislative, judicial and…
Research
My current research focuses on the political economy of expert advice in multiple institutional contexts: legislative, judicial and crisis policy-making. My other research interests include ranked-choice voting and campaign finance/information acquisition, bundled elections, and public inquiries. I use various research methods including game theory, statistical models, comparative case studies, and laboratory and survey experiments. My…
Teaching
I have taught recitations for introductory classes in Comparative Politics, American Politics and Research Methods. I have also taught my own class in Media and Politics with a comparative and social media emphasis, including a whole section on the role of social media in authoritarian countries. My students even did content analysis on Twitter data and designed…
Kira Pronin - Ph.D. in Political Science 