Assistant Professor of Political Science

Director of Model UN

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Education

  *   Ph.D., Texas A&M University, 2014
  *   M.A., Arkansas State University, 2009
  *   B.A., Arkansas State University, 2007

Teaching Specialties

 - International Relations
 - Comparative Politics
 - Political Economy
 - Political Methodology
 - Political Violence
 - Public Policy

Research Interests

  *   Political Economy
  *   Political Methodology
  *   Political Violence
  *   Spatial Econometrics

Affiliations

American Political Science Association
International Studies Association
Midwest Political Science Association
Southern Political Science Association
The Society for Political Methodology

Curriculum Vitae

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Biography

Dr. Wimpy is an Assistant Professor of Political Science. He teaches courses in international relations, comparative politics, political methodology, and public policy. Additionally, Dr. Wimpy serves as the Faculty sponsor of the Model United Nations program at A-State. He is also 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. His research has appeared in The Journal of Politics, Electoral Studies, Political Science Research and Methods, Social Science Quarterly, and other edited volumes in various university press outlets. He has also presented at various academic and thematic conferences around the world. Dr. Wimpy has conducted fieldwork in Ethiopia, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Sudan, and Yemen. As an undergraduate and graduate student at A–State, Dr. Wimpy studied Arabic in Morocco, Oman, United Arab Emirates, and Yemen.