Dr. Ryan Kennedy, Associate Professor of Political Science

College of Technology, Department of Engineering Technology

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• Areas of expertise

  • Democracy and Democratization
  • Computational Social Science
    
  • Deliberation, Energy and Environment
    
  • Post-Communist Politics
    
  • Prediction Models

• Awards

  • Ross M. Lence Teaching Excellence Award, 2013.
  • Heinz I. Eulau Award for best article published in the American Political Science Review in 2010.
  • F.E. Peacock Award for best paper presented by a graduate student at the International Studies Association – Midwest conference, 2003.
  • F.E. Peacock Award for best paper presented by a graduate student at the International Studies Association – Midwest conference, 2001.
  • Distinguished University Fellowship, 2001-2006.
  • Program for Excellence in Graduate Studies Grant, 2001-2006.

  More awards and honors on CV below.

• Publications

  • Kennedy, Ryan. Forthcoming. “Making Useful Conflict Predictions: Methods for Addressing Skewed Classes and Implementing Cost-Sensitive Learning in the Study of State Failure.”  Journal of Peace Research . [ Link ]
    
  • Lazer, David M., Anand E. Sokhey, Michael A. Neblo, Kevin M. Esterling, and Ryan Kennedy. Forthcoming. “Expanding the Conversation: Multiplier Effects from a Deliberative Field Experiment.”  Political Communication . [ Link ]
    
  • Kennedy, Ryan. Forthcoming. “The Limits of Soft Balancing: The Frozen Conflict in Transnistria and the Challenge to EU and NATO Strategy.”  Small Wars and Insurgencies .
    
  • Kennedy, Ryan, Eric Forbush, Brian Keegan, and David Lazer. 2015. “Turning Introductory Comparative Politics and Elections Courses into Research Communities Using Wikipedia: Improving Both Teaching and Research.”  PS: Political Science and Politics  48(2): 378-384. [ Link ]
    
  • Lazer, David, Ryan Kennedy, Gary King, and Allessandro Vespignani. 2014. “The Parable of Google Flu: Traps in Big Data Analysis.”  Science  343(6176): 1203-1205. [ Link ]
    
  • Cantir, Cristian and Ryan Kennedy. 2014. “Balancing on the Shoulders of Giants: Moldova's Foreign Policy Towards Russia and the European Union.”  Foreign Policy Analysis . [ Link ]
  • Kennedy, Ryan. 2014. “Fading Colours? A Synthetic Comparative Case Study of the Impact of ‘Colour Revolutions’.”  Comparative Politics   46(3): 273-292. [ Link ]
  • Kennedy, Ryan. 2013. “The Role of Supranational Identity in Promoting Democratic Values.”  European Union Politics  14(2): 228-249. [ Link ]
  • Kennedy, Ryan and Lydia Tiede. 2013. “Economic Development Assumptions and the Elusive Curse of Oil.”  International Studies Quarterly  57(4): 760-771. [ Link ]
  • Kennedy, Ryan and Matthew Dickenson. 2012. “Turkish Foreign Policy and Public Opinion in the AKP Era.”  Foreign Policy Analysis  9(2): 171-188. [ Link ]

  More publications available in CV below and personal website above.

• Patents

  • None available.

• Grants and Funded Research

  • None available.

   

• Curriculum Vitae

  • Ryan Kennedy CV

• Contact information

  PGH building, Room 447F

  Phone:  (713) 743-1663  |

  rkennedy@ uh.edu