David Siegel
Professor of Political Science
David A Siegel (Stanford Ph.D., 2006) is Associate Professor of Political Science. His research addresses the theoretical determinants of collective action in the contexts of political violence and terrorism, elections, and opinion and identity formation. He has published in journals such as the American Political Science Review, American Journal of Political Science, and Journal of Politics, and is the coauthor of A Behavioral Theory of Elections and A Mathematics Course for Political and Social Research, both from Princeton University Press. Prior to coming to Duke, he was on faculty at Florida State University.
Education
- Ph.D., Stanford University 2006
Moore, Will H., and David A. Siegel. A Mathematics Course for Political and Social Research. Princeton University Press, 2013.
Bendor, J., et al. A behavioral theory of elections. 2011, pp. 1–254.
Bendor, J., et al. A behavioral theory of elections. 2011.
Siegel, D. “Democratic Institutions and Political Networks.” The Oxford Handbook of Political Networks, Oxford University Press, 2017.
Shapiro, J. N., and D. A. Siegel. “Underfunding in terrorist organizations.” Mathematical Methods in Counterterrorism, 2009, pp. 349–82. Scopus, doi:10.1007/978-3-211-09442-6_21. Full Text
Bendor, J., et al. Rational parties and retrospective voters. Vol. 17, 2007, pp. 1–28. Scopus, doi:10.1016/S1571-0386(06)17001-5. Full Text
Foster, M. J., and D. A. Siegel. “Pink Slips from the Underground: Changes in Terror Leadership.” International Studies Quarterly, vol. 63, no. 2, June 2019, pp. 231–43. Scopus, doi:10.1093/isq/sqz017. Full Text
Mele, C. S., and D. A. Siegel. “Identifiability, state repression, and the onset of ethnic conflict.” Public Choice, Jan. 2019. Scopus, doi:10.1007/s11127-019-00664-w. Full Text
Siegel, D. A. “Analyzing Computational Models.” American Journal of Political Science, vol. 62, no. 3, July 2018, pp. 745–59. Scopus, doi:10.1111/ajps.12364. Full Text
Mele, C. S., and D. A. Siegel. “Identity, repression, and the threat of ethnic conflict in a strong state.” Journal of Theoretical Politics, vol. 29, no. 4, Oct. 2017, pp. 578–98. Scopus, doi:10.1177/0951629817710562. Full Text
Shapiro, J. N., and D. A. Siegel. “Coordination and security: How mobile communications affect insurgency.” Journal of Peace Research, vol. 52, no. 3, Jan. 2015, pp. 312–22. Scopus, doi:10.1177/0022343314559624. Full Text
Golder, M., et al. “Response to Martin and Vanberg: Evaluating a stochastic model of government formation.” Journal of Politics, vol. 76, no. 4, Jan. 2014, pp. 880–86. Scopus, doi:10.1017/S002238161400053X. Full Text
Gaskins, B., et al. “Religious participation, social conservatism, and human development.” Journal of Politics, vol. 75, no. 4, Oct. 2013, pp. 1125–41. Scopus, doi:10.1017/S0022381613000765. Full Text
Siegel, D. A. “Social networks and the mass media.” American Political Science Review, vol. 107, no. 4, Jan. 2013, pp. 786–805. Scopus, doi:10.1017/S0003055413000452. Full Text
Gaskins, B., et al. “Religious Participation and Economic Conservatism.” American Journal of Political Science, vol. 57, no. 4, Jan. 2013, pp. 823–40. Scopus, doi:10.1111/ajps.12024. Full Text
Siegel, David A. “Will you accept the government's friend request? Social networks and privacy concerns..” Plos One, vol. 8, no. 11, Jan. 2013. Epmc, doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0080682. Full Text
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Selected Grants
Ralph Bunche Summer Institute-2019 awarded by National Science Foundation (Course Faculty). 2019 to 2022
Collaborative Research: Decreasing Actions: Integrating Theory and Data to Assess Government Policy Options awarded by National Science Foundation (Principal Investigator). 2018 to 2020
Workshop: Behavioral Models of Politics awarded by National Science Foundation (Principal Investigator). 2017 to 2018
COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH WORKSHOP: Behavioral Models of Politics awarded by National Science Foundation (Principal Investigator). 2015 to 2016