JESSICA GOTTLIEB. Assistant Professor, Bush School of Government & Public Service, Texas A&M University September 2013 present

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1 JESSICA GOTTLIEB Bush School of Government & Public Service Texas A&M University 1037 Allen Building College Station, TX (979) (office) Academic Appointments Assistant Professor, Bush School of Government & Public Service, Texas A&M University September 2013 present Education Ph.D. Political Science, Stanford University, 2013 Thesis: Peasants into Democrats: Evaluating the determinants of democratic failure in Mali Advisors: James Fearon (Chair), Jeremy Weinstein, Beatriz Magaloni, Saumitra Jha M.A. Economics, Stanford University, 2011 B.A. Political Science and International Studies, cum Laude, Yale University, 2004 Research PEER-REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS Gottlieb, Jessica Greater Expectations? A Field Experiment to Improve Accountability in Mali. American Journal of Political Science. Gottlieb, Jessica The Logic of Party Collusion in a Democracy: Evidence from Mali. World Politics 67(1): Gottlieb, Jessica Common Knowledge and Voter Coordination: Experimental Evidence from Mali. In Voting Experiments, ed. André Blais, Jean-François Laslier, and Karine Van der Straeten. New York: Springer Press. Gottlieb, Jessica Civic and Political Behavior in Mali: Constraints and Possibilities. Stability: International Journal of Security & Development 2(2): 19, pp PAPERS UNDER REVIEW Gottlieb, Jessica, Guy Grossman and Amanda Robinson Do Men and Women Have Different Policy Preferences, and If so, Why? Determinants and Implications of Good and Bad. Afrobarometer Working Paper No Revise & Resubmit at British Journal of Political Science.

2 Gottlieb 2 Gottlieb, Jessica. Understanding Variation in Local Leader Influence: A Lab-in-the-Field Experiment in a Clientelist Democracy. Gottlieb, Jessica. Why Women Might Participate Less than Men in Civic Activity: Evidence from Mali. RESEARCH IN PROGRESS Gottlieb, Jessica and Horacio Larreguy. An Informational Theory of Electoral Targeting: Evidence from Senegal. Can Common Knowledge Improve Common Goods? A Field Experiment in an African Democracy (with Claire Adida, Eric Kramon, and Gwyneth McClendon). Mechanisms for Strengthening Accountability to the Rural Poor: Experimental Evidence from Public Expenditures in Mali (with Katrina Kosec). Fighting Irregularities in HR: A Field Experiment on Public Sector Reform in Guinea (with Guy Grossman and Felipe Dunsch). Grants & Awards RESEARCH GRANTS 2015 World Bank, Impact Evaluation Preparation Grant, $25,000 (with Guy Grossman and Felipe Dunsch) 2015 IPA Peace & Recovery Program Seed Grant (with Katrina Kosec), $7, PESCA, Texas A&M University, $9, Conflict and Development Center, Texas A&M University, $10, Experiments in Governance and Politics (EGAP), $217,851 (with Claire Adida, Eric Kramon, and Gwyneth McClendon) 2014 Conflict and Development Center, Texas A&M University, $30, Scowcroft Institute for International Affairs, Texas A&M University, $2, PESCA, Texas A&M University, $10, Center for Effective Global Action (CEGA) Evidence to Action Research Challenge, UC Berkeley, $5, Vice Provost for Graduate Education Diversity Dissertation Research Opportunity, Stanford University, $4, International Growth Centre (with James Fearon), London School of Economics and the UK Department for International Development, $36, Global Underdevelopment Action Fund (with James Fearon), Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies at Stanford University, $40, National Science Foundation Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grant, $12, Graduate Research Opportunity Fund, Stanford University, $4, Frank M. Patterson Research Prize, Yale University, $3, Sunrise Travel Research Award, Yale University, $2,000

3 Gottlieb 3 FELLOWSHIPS Pre-doctoral Fellow, Center for Democracy Development and the Rule of Law (CDDRL), Stanford University Stanford Interdisciplinary Graduate Fellowship, Stanford University 2009 Center for African Studies Graduate Fellowship, Stanford University Presentations INVITED TALKS Washington University, St. Louis, September 17, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, April 30, Experiments Workshop, University of Texas at Austin, April 30, World Bank s Annual Bank Conference on Development Economics (ABCDE), Washington, DC, May 8, International Growth Centre s Political Economy Workshop, London School of Economics, September 22, CDDRL s Better Governance for Better Health conference, April 26, SELECTED CONFERENCE PAPERS & WORKSHOPS Brokering Votes: Clientelism in Comparative Perspective, Berkeley, February 27-28, World Bank s Impact Evaluation in Governance, Istanbul, January 27-30, Southwest Political Science Association, New Orleans, January 16, Stata s Texas Microeconomics Conference, Dallas, November 7-8, Midwest Group on African Political Economy, Columbus, September 20, APSA Annual Meeting, Washington, DC, August 28-9, Experiments in Governance and Politics (EGAP), Berkeley, April 11-12, Voting Experiments Workshop, University of Montreal, March 28-29, ASSA Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, January 3-5, African Studies Association Annual Meeting, Baltimore, November 23, 2013.

4 Gottlieb 4 MPSA Annual Meeting, Chicago, April 14, Working Group on African Political Economy s (WGAPE) national conference, Berkeley, May 25, Teaching Experience TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY, BUSH SCHOOL OF GOVERNMENT & PUBLIC SERVICE Institutions and Development, Fall 2014 & Political Economy of Development in Africa, Spring 2014 & Field Research Methods, Spring 2014, Fall 2014 & STANFORD UNIVERSITY, POLITICAL SCIENCE DEPARTMENT Organizations and Public Policy, Jonathan Bendor, Spring 2010 (Grader). Democracy, Development and the Rule of Law, Larry Diamond and Kathryn Stoner-Weiss, Fall 2009 (Teaching Assistant). War and Peace in American Foreign Policy (Writing in the Major), Kenneth Schultz, Spring 2009 (Teaching Assistant). Global Politics of Human Rights, Terry Karl, Winter (Teaching Assistant). Field Work Mali 2015, Mechanisms for Strengthening Accountability to the Rural Poor: Experimental Evidence from Public Expenditures in Mali. Guinea 2015, Fighting Irregularities in HR: A Field Experiment on Public Sector Reform in Guinea. Benin 2015, Can Common Knowledge Improve Common Goods? A Field Experiment in an African Democracy. Senegal 2014, Local leader influence, electoral behavior and redistribution: A lab-in-the-field experiment in Senegal. Senegal 2012, Who benefits from clientelism? Determinants of bloc voting in Senegal. Pilot to develop and test coordination game in six villages, identify project staff and host institution.

5 Gottlieb 5 Mali , Does raising voter expectations improve accountability? A field experiment. PI for $100,000 field experiment on the impact of information on voting and civic behavior. Randomized civic education intervention in 370 villages and 5,560-person household survey. Liberia 2008, Evaluating the impact of a Community-Driven Development Program in Liberia. PI s: James Fearon, Macartan Humphreys, and Jeremy Weinstein. Managed survey and behavioral games in 80 rural villages, trained enumerators, supervised data entry. Mali 2008, Local democracy and public goods provision in Mali. Chief survey in 15 villages. Professional Service Reviewer for American Journal of Political Science, World Politics, British Journal of Political Science, Political Behavior, Journal of African Economies. Conference co-organizer, Public Goods Provision and the Efficacy of Governance, Stanford University, 2012, and Better Governance for Better Health, Stanford University, Staff, Evaluation Gap Working Group, Center for Global Development, Professional Organizations 2013-present Evidence in Governance and Politics (EGAP) 2011-present American Political Science Association 2007-present Working Group on African Political Economy (WGAPE) 2008-present Midwest Political Science Association 2012-present West African Research Association (WARA) 2012-present African Studies Association Evaluation Gap Working Group, Center for Global Development Skills Languages: English (native), French (fluent), Spanish (basic proficiency) Software: Stata and R statistical packages, ArcGIS (mapping and spatial analysis), LaTeX (document preparation), FrontlineSMS (mass two-way mobile communication)