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Dr. Cameron Wimpy
Associate Professor of Political Science
Department Chair
Education
- Ph.D., Texas A&M University, 2014
- M.A., Arkansas State University, 2009
- B.A., Arkansas State University, 2007
Teaching Specialties
- Comparative Politics
- Elections
- International Relations
- Political Economy
- Political Methodology
- Public Policy
Courses Taught
- Advanced Political Analysis
- Data Visualization for the Social Sciences
- Foreign Policy Analysis
- International Organization
- Introduction to Comparative Politics
- Introduction to International Politics
- Introduction to Political Analysis
- Seminar in Political Economy
- Policy Analysis
- Techniques of Political Science Research
- Terrorism and Political Violence
Research Interests
- Comparative Public Administration
- Election Administration
- Political Economy
- Political Methodology
- Rural Public Policy
- Spatial Econometrics
Affiliations
- American Political Science Association
- International Studies Association
- Midwest Political Science Association
- Southern Political Science Association
- The Society for Political Methodology
Biography
Dr. Wimpy is Associate Professor and Department Chair of Political Science. He teaches courses in international relations, comparative politics, political methodology, and public policy. In addition to Directing the Institute for Rural Initiatives, Dr. Wimpy is also an affiliate faculty member with the Center for No Boundary Thinking at A-State and the Arkansas Biosciences Institute. Additionally, Dr. Wimpy serves as the Faculty sponsor of the Model United Nations program at A-State. He is formerly an affiliate faculty with the Harvard Institute for Quantitative Social Science (IQSS) and the former research director of the MIT Election Data and Science Lab.
A native of the Arkansas Delta, Dr. Wimpy is a two-time graduate of A-State and now a proud 1924 Sustaining Life Member of the A-State Alumni Association.. His research has appeared in Georgetown University Press, The Journal of Politics, Electoral Studies, Nature: Scientific Data, Political Science Research and Methods, Social Science Quarterly, Springer Nature, and other edited volumes in various university and software press outlets. He has also presented at academic and thematic conferences around the world. Dr. Wimpy has conducted fieldwork in Ethiopia, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Sudan, Yemen, and across the United States. As an undergraduate and graduate student at A-State, Dr. Wimpy studied Arabic in Morocco, Oman, United Arab Emirates, and Yemen.
Contact Information
P:
(870) 972-3048
cwimpy@AState.edu
Website
https://cwimpy.com
Office
Building: HSS
Room: 3007
Office Hours
MW 2–4 p.m. or by appointment