PAMELA MARIE PAXTON

Curriculum Vitae

May 2010

OFFICE: RESIDENCE:Department of Sociology 182 West 4th Ave.The Ohio State University Columbus, OH 43201238 Townshend Hall; 1885 Neil Avenue (614) 291-0134 Columbus, OH 43210-1222(614) 688-8266webpage: www.sociology.ohio-state.edu/people/pmp/ email: paxton.36@osu.edu

EMPLOYMENT:

September 2010 Professor, Department of Sociology and (by courtesy) Department of GovernmentUniversity of Texas at Austin

1998- 2010 Assistant to Full Professor, Department of Sociology and (by courtesy) Department of Political ScienceThe Ohio State University

1999-2002 Instructor for Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social

Research (ICPSR) Summer Training Program in Advanced Statistical

Techniques. University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI.

2001-present Faculty Associate, Mershon Center for International Security

2003-2007 Consultant, USAID Democracy and Governance Program.

2009-present Associate Dean, College of Social and Behavioral Sciences

The Ohio State University

EDUCATION:

Ph.D. Sociology. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1998. “Capitalizing on Community: Social Capital and the Democratic Society.” Committee: Ken Bollen (chair), Kevin Moore, Francois Nielsen, Tony Oberschall, Christian Smith.

M.A. Sociology. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1994. “Women in National Legislatures: A Cross-National Analysis.” Committee: Ken Bollen (chair), Gerhard Lenski, Rachel Rosenfeld.

B.A. Economics and Sociology. University of Michigan, 1992. With Honors and High Distinction.

RESEARCH INTERESTS:

Prosocial behavior, especially social capital;Political sociology, with a focus on democracy; Methodology, especially structural equation modeling; Stratification, emphasizing gender.

HONORS, GRANTS, FELLOWSHIPS:

2010 Christine and Stanley E. Adams, Jr. Centennial Professorship in the Liberal Arts, 2010-2017.

2010 “Collaborative Research: Measuring International Nongovernment Organizations and World Polity Network Embeddedness” National Science Foundation. (co-PI with Melanie Hughes) $230,000.

2007 Recipient of the 2006 Carrie Chapman Catt Prize for Research on Women in Politics.

2006 “How Women Attain Political Power: Understanding Women’s Representation in Parliaments, 1893-2003.” National Science Foundation. $115,000.

2005 “Social Capital and Social Networks – Bridging Boundaries Conference.” (co-PI with Jim Moody). ASA Fund for the Advancement of the Discipline supported by the National Science Foundation. $7,000.

2004 “Evaluating the Impact of USAID Democracy and Governance Programming.” Mershon Center, The Ohio State University. $13,484.

2003 Chosen as John Glenn Scholar, The John Glenn Institute for Public Service and Public Policy. $25,000.

2003 “Globalization and Westernization: Theory and Measurement.” (co-PI with Edward Crenshaw.) National Science Foundation. $102,606.

2002 “Anti-Immigrant Prejudice and its Democratic Consequences.” (with Anthony Mughan.) Mershon Center, The Ohio State University. $41,689.

2002 “Westernization, Democratization, and Internal War.” (with Edward Crenshaw.) Mershon Center, The Ohio State University. $35,072.

2001 “Political Tolerance in Eastern and Western Europe.” Mershon Center, The Ohio State University. $16,676.

2001 “Democratization, Internal War, and the Impact of Globalization: An Emprical Assessment.” (with Edward Crenshaw.) Mershon Center, The Ohio State University. $34,052.

2000 “Political Participation in Forty-Five Countries.” Mershon Center, The Ohio State University. $21,854.

1999 “Universalism and Particularism in Graduate Department Ratings.” Ohio State University Seed Grant Award. $22,198.

1997-1998 Carolina Society of Fellows Dissertation Fellowship, one of ten fellowships awarded in a university-wide competition.

1997 Howard W. Odum Award, granted annually to outstanding advanced graduate students in the Department of Sociology.

1996-1997 National Science Foundation Democracy Fellowship

1996 “Social Structure in a Southern Sorority.” University Research Council Grant Award, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, NC. $500.

1994/1995 Associate editor of Social Forces, awarded annually to two graduate students in the Department of Sociology.

1994 Received ‘distinction’ on the comprehensive examination in statistics.

1992-1996 Amos T. Hawley Fellowship, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

1990 Initiated into Phi Beta Kappa Honorary Fraternity

BOOKS / EDITED VOLUMES:

Paxton, Pamela, John R. Hipp and Sandy Marquart-Pyatt. In contract. Nonrecurisve Models: Endogeneity, Reciprocal Relationships, and Feedback Loops. Sage Publications, Quantitative Applications in the Social Sciences Series.

Paxton, Pamela and James Moody, eds. 2009. “Social Capital and Social Networks: Bridging Boundaries,” American Behavioral Scientist volume 52, issues 11 and 12.

Paxton, Pamela and Melanie Hughes. 2007. Women, Politics, and Power: A Global Perspective. Sage Publications, Pine Forge Press.

Reviewed in: American Journal of Sociology, Journal of Women and Aging,

Social Forces, AREA

PUBLICATIONS:

Neilsen, Lisa and Pamela Paxton. Forthcoming. “Social Capital and Political Consumerism: A Multilevel Analysis.” Social Problems.

Paxton, Pamela, Melanie Hughes, and Matthew Painter. Forthcoming. “Growth in Women’s Political Representation: A Longitudinal Exploration of Democracy, Electoral System, and Gender Quotas.” European Journal of Political Research.

Paxton, Pamela and Melanie Hughes. Forthcoming. “Women as Presidents, Prime Ministers, and Government Ministers.” In Gender and Women’s Leadership, edited by Karen O’Conner. Sage.

Paxton, Pamela and Melanie Hughes. Forthcoming. “Women, Politics, and Globalization.” In Women Worldwide: Transnational Feminist Perspectives on Women, edited by Janet Lee and Susan Shaw. McGraw-Hill.

Hughes, Melanie, Lindsey Peterson, Jill Ann Harrison, and Pamela Paxton. 2009. “Power and Relation in the World Polity: The INGO Country Network Score, 1978-1998.” Social Forces 87:1711-42.

Moody, James and Pamela Paxton. 2009. “Building Bridges: Linking Social Capital and Social Networks to Improve Theory and Research” American Behavioral Scientist 52:1491-1506.

Paxton, Paxton and James Moody. 2009. “Continuing to Build Bridges: More on Linking Social Capital and Social Networks.” American Behavioral Scientist 52:1611-1612.

Paxton, Pamela. 2009. “Gender and Democratization.” Pp. 145-157 in Democratization, edited by Christian W. Haerpfer, Patrick Bernhagen, Ronald Inglehart, and Chris Welzel. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Paxton, Pamela, Matthew Painter and Melanie Hughes. 2009. “Year of the Woman, Decade of the Man: Trajectories of Growth in Women’s Statehouse Representation.” Social Science Research 38:86-102.

Hughes, Melanie and Pamela Paxton. 2008. “Continuous Change, Episodes, and Critical Periods: A Framework for Understanding Women's Political Representation Over Time.” Politics and Gender 4:233-264.

Paxton, Pamela. 2008. “Gendering Democracy.” Pp. 47-70 in Politics, Gender, and Concepts: Theory and Methodology, edited by Gary Goetz and Amy Mazur. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Chen, Feinian, Patrick Curran, Ken Bollen, James Kirby and Pamela Paxton. 2008. “An Empirical Evaluation of the Use of Fixed Cutoff Points in the RMSEA Test Statistic in Structural Equation Models.” Sociological Methods and Research 36:462-494.

Paxton, Pamela and Jeremy Adam Smith. 2008. “America’s Trust Fall.” Greater Good 5:14-17

(Reprinted, Utne Reader 2009)

(Reprinted, forthcoming in The Compassionate Instinct, Norton)

Melanie Hughes and Pamela Paxton. 2007. “Traditional Theories from a New Perspective: The Implications of a Longitudinal Approach to Women in Politics Research.” Politics and Gender 3:370-378.

Glanville, Jennifer and Pamela Paxton. 2007. “How Do We Learn to Trust? A Confirmatory Tetrad Analysis of the Sources of Generalized Trust.” Social Psychology Quarterly 70:230-242.

Paxton, Pamela, Sheri Kunovich, and Melanie Hughes. 2007. “Gender in Politics.” Annual Review of Sociology 33:263-284.

Paxton, Pamela. 2007. “Association Memberships and Generalized Trust: A Multilevel Model Across 31 Countries.” Social Forces 86:47-76.

Ken Bollen, James Kirby, Patrick Curran, Pamela Paxton, and Feinian Chen. 2007. “Latent Variable Models Under Misspecification: Two Stage Least Squares (2SLS) and Maximum Likelihood (FIML) Estimators.” Sociological Methods and Research 36:48-86.

Marquart-Pyatt, Sandra and Pamela Paxton. 2007. “In Principle and in Practice: Learning Political Tolerance in Eastern and Western Europe.” Political Behavior 29:89-113.

Paxton, Pamela, Melanie Hughes and Jennifer Green. 2006. “The International Women's Movement and Women's Political Representation, 1893-2003.” American Sociological Review 71:898-920.

Paxton, Pamela and Anthony Mughan. 2006. “What’s to Fear from Immigrants? Creating an Assimilationist Threat Scale.” Political Psychology 27:549-568.

Mughan, Anthony and Pamela Paxton. 2006. “Anti-Immigrant Sentiment, Policy Preferences, and Populist Party Voting.” The British Journal of Political Science 36:341-358.

Paxton, Pamela. 2006. “Dollars and Sense: Convincing Students that Statistics is Important.” Teaching Sociology 34:65-70.

Kunovich, Sheri and Pamela Paxton. 2005. “Pathways to Power: the Role of Political Parties in Women’s National Political Representation.” The American Journal of Sociology 111:505-552.

Kenneth Bollen, Pamela Paxton, and Rumi Morishima. 2005. “Assessing International Evaluations: An Example from USAID’s

Democracy and Governance Program.” The American Journal of Evaluation 26:189-203.

Paxton, Pamela. 2005. “Trust in Decline?” Contexts 4:40-46.

Paxton, Pamela and Sheri Kunovich. 2003. “Women’s Political Representation: The Importance of Ideology” Social Forces 82:87-114.

Paxton, Pamela and James Moody. 2003. “Structure and Sentiment: Explaining Attachment to Group.” Social Psychology Quarterly 66:34-47.

Paxton, Pamela and Kenneth A. Bollen. 2003. “Perceived Quality and Methodology in Graduate Department Ratings: The Case of Sociology, Political Science, and Economics.” Sociology of Education 76:71-88.

Curran, Patrick, Kenneth A. Bollen, Feinian Chen, Pamela Paxton, and Jim Kirby. 2003. “Finite Sampling Properties of the Point Estimates and Confidence Intervals of the RMSEA.” Sociological Methods and Research 32:208-252

Paxton, Pamela, Kenneth A. Bollen, Deborah M. Lee, and HyoJuong Kim. 2003. “A Half-Century of Suffrage: New Data and a Comparative Analysis.” Studies in Comparative International Development 38:93-122.

Paxton, Pamela. 2002. “Social Capital and Democracy: An Interdependent Relationship.” American Sociological Review 67:254-277.

Curran, Patrick J., Kenneth A. Bollen, Pamela Paxton, James Kirby and Feinian Chen. 2002. “The Noncentral Chi-square Distribution in Misspecified Structural Equation Models: Finite Sample Results from a Monte Carlo Simulation. Multivariate Behavioral Research 37:1-36.

Paxton, Pamela, Patrick Curran, Kenneth A. Bollen, James Kirby, and Feinian Chen. 2001. “Monte Carlo Experiments: Design and Implementation.” Structural Equation Modeling 8:287-312.

Chen, Feinian, Kenneth A. Bollen, Pamela Paxton, Patrick Curran, and James Kirby. 2001. “Improper Solutions in Structural Equation Models: Causes, Consequences, and Strategies.” Sociological Methods and Research 29:468-508.

Paxton, Pamela. 2000. “Women’s Suffrage in the Measurement of Democracy: Problems of Operationalization.” Studies in Comparative International Development 35:92-111.

Bollen, Kenneth A. and Pamela Paxton. 2000. “Subjective Measures of Liberal Democracy.” Comparative Political Studies 33:58-86.

Paxton, Pamela. 1999. “Is Social Capital Declining in the United States? A Multiple Indicator Assessment.” American Journal of Sociology 105:88-127.

Bollen, Kenneth A. and Pamela Paxton. 1998. “Detection and Determinants of Bias in Subjective Measures.” American Sociological Review 63:465-478.

Bollen, Kenneth A. and Pamela Paxton. 1998. “Interaction Effects with Latent Variables.” Structural Equation Modeling 5:267-293.

(Reprinted, pp. 125-151 in Interaction and Nonlinear Effects in Structual Equation Modeling, edited by Randall E. Schumacher and George A. Marcoulides. 1998. Mahwah, New Jersey: Lawrence Earlbaum.)

Paxton, Pamela. 1997. “Women in National Legislatures: A Cross-National Analysis.” Social Science Research 26:442-464.

Bollen, Kenneth A. and Pamela Paxton. 1997. “Democracy before Athens.” in Democracy and Inequality, edited by Manus Midlarsky. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Paxton, Pamela. 1997. “Teaching Excellence: Helping Students Consider Academic Excellence.” Teaching Sociology 25:303-308.

Giuffre, Kathryn and Pamela Paxton. 1997. “Building Social Networks.” Teaching Sociology 25:207-213.

DATASETS, TECHNICAL REPORTS, AND OTHER PUBLICATIONS:

Paxton, Pamela, Jennifer Green, and Melanie M. Hughes. 2008. Women in Parliament 1945-2003. Submitted to the ICPSR data depository, October 28th, 2008.

Paxton, Pamela. 2005. “Suffrage.” Governments of the World, edited by Neal Tate. MacMillan Reference.

Paxton, Pamela, Edward M. Crenshaw, Rumi Morishima, Kristopher K. Robison. 2004. The Globalization Comparative Panel Dataset. Submitted to the ICPSR data depository, December 7th, 2004.

Edward M. Crenshaw, Pamela Paxton, Kristopher K. Robison, Rumi Morishima. 2004. The Westernization Comparative Panel Dataset. Submitted to the ICPSR data depository, December 7th, 2004.

Bollen, Kenneth A., Pamela Paxton, and Rumi Morishima. 2003. Review of USAID Evaluations on Democracy and Governance. U.S. Agency for International Development.

Bollen, Kenneth A., Pamela Paxton, and Rumi Morishima. 2003. Research Design to Evaluate the Impact of USAID Democratic Governance Programs. U.S. Agency for International Development.

Paxton, Pamela. 2003. “Simultaneous Equations.” Encyclopedia of Research Methods for the Social Sciences, edited by Michael Lewis-Beck, Alan Bryman, and Tim Futing Liao. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.

Paxton, Pamela. 2003. “Nonrecursive Systems of Equations.” Encyclopedia of Research Methods for the Social Sciences, edited by Michael Lewis-Beck, Alan Bryman, and Tim Futing Liao. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.

Paxton, Pamela. 2003. “Recursive Systems of Equations.” Encyclopedia of Research Methods for the Social Sciences, edited by Michael Lewis-Beck, Alan Bryman, and Tim Futing Liao. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.

BOOK REVIEWS:

Paxton, Pamela. 2004. For the Common Good? American Civic Life and the Golden Age of Fraternity. Jason Kaufman. Social Forces 82:1651-1653.

Paxton, Pamela. 2004. The Social Construction of Trust. Linda Weber and Allison Carter. Contemporary Sociology 33:316-317.

Paxton, Pamela. 2001. Voice, Trust, and Memory: Marginalized Groups and the Failings of Liberal Representation. Melissa S. Williams. Contemporary Sociology 30: 389-390.

Paxton Pamela. 2001. Trust: A Sociological Theory. by Piotr Sztompka. Social Forces 79: 1187-1188.

Paxton, Pamela. 1999. Regression Models for Categorical and Limited Dependent Variables. by J. Scott Long. Social Forces 77:1245-1246.

PAPERS UNDER REVIEW:

“Individual and Country Level Factors Affecting Support for Foreign Aid.” (with Stephen Knack)

“Minority Coalitions, Criminal Violence, and Women’s Political Success in the States.” (with David Jacobs, Aubrey Jackson, and Chad Malone)

PRESENTATIONS:

Paxton, Pamela. “Women, Politics, and Power.” Council of Scientific Society Presidents, December 3-6, 2009. Invited.

Paxton, Pamela. APSA/Berkeley Conference on Democracy Audits and Governmental Indicators. October 30-31, 2009. Invited.

Paxton, Pamela, Melanie Hughes, and Matthew Painter. “Growth in Women’s Political Representation: A Longitudinal Exploration of Democracy, Electoral System, and Gender Quotas.” University of California—Irvine Center for the Study of Democracy, February 24, 2009. Invited.

Paxton, Pamela, Matthew Painter and Melanie Hughes. “Year of the Woman, Decade of the Man: Trajectories of Growth in Women’s Statehouse Representation.” Presented at the annual meeting of the American Sociological Association, Boston, August 2008.

Pamela Paxton. “The Difference Time Makes: Longitudinal Models of Women’s Political Representation.” Duke University Seminar on Global Governance and Democracy, April 24, 2008. Invited.

Pamela Paxton. “Comments on the Impact of US Foreign Assistance on Democracy Building, 1990-2004.” The Center for Strategic and International Studies, December 7, 2007. Invited.

Pamela Paxton. “Ethics of Experimentation.” Presented at the Conference on Experimental and Quasi-Experimental Methods

Applied to the Study of Governance in the Developing World. Harvard University. September 29, 2007. Invited.

Pamela Paxton, Melanie Hughes, and Matthew Painter. “Latent Growth Curve Models of Women’s Political Representation” Presented at the annual meeting of the American Sociological Association, New York, NY August 2007.

Pamela Paxton. “The Implications of a Longitudinal Approach to Women in Politics Research.” Presented at a roundtable panel at the annual meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, April 2007. Invited.

Pamela Paxton. “Gender, Women, and Citizenship Rights” Presented at the CIRIT 5th Annual Symposium on Gender and Ethnicity Across Divides. Ohio State University, April 2007. Invited.

Pamela Paxton, Melanie Hughes, and Jennifer Green. “The Impact of the Growth and Discourse of the International Women’s Movement on Women’s Political Representation.” Presented at the Gender and Globalization Seminar, McGill University, Montreal, March 2006. Invited.

Also presented at the annual meeting of the American Political Science Association, Philadelphia, PA, August 2006.

Pamela Paxton. “Comments on the USAID Democracy Promotion Project.” The Woodrow Wilson Center for Scholars, October 27, 2005. Invited.

Also presented at the annual meeting of the American Political Science Association, Philadelphia, PA, August 2006.

Pamela Paxton. “Not All Association Memberships Increase Trust: A Model of Generalized Trust in Thirty-One Countries.” University of Arizona Department of Sociology, March 4, 2005. Invited.

Also presented at the annual meeting of the American Sociological Association, San Francisco, CA, August 14-18, 2004.

Pamela Paxton and Rumi Morishima. “A Review of the Public Integrity Index Relative to Other Approaches.” Presented at The Global Integrity Report: Findings, Feedback, and Future. The Center for Public Integrity, Washington, DC, July 8 2004. Invited.

Pamela Paxton. “Who Do You Trust? A Multi-level Model of Generalized Trust in Thirty-Two Countries.” Presented at Bridging Levels of Analysis: Interdisciplinary Conversations on Social Capital Research. The University of Minnesota, May 13-14 2004. Invited.

Also presented at the annual meeting of the Association for Research on Nonprofit Organziations and Voluntary Action (ARNOVA), Denver, CO, November 20-22, 2003.

Pamela Paxton, Edward Crenshaw, Rumi Morishima, and Kris Robison. “Globalization and Westernization” Presented at the annual meeting of the American Sociological Association, Atlanta, GA, August 15-19, 2003.

Sheri Kunovich and Pamela Paxton. “Pathways to Power: the Role of Political Parties in Women’s National Political Representation.” Presented at the International Conference on Reassessing Democracy: New Approaches to Citizenship, Governance, and Multiple Identities in Comparative Research, Bremen, Germany, June 20-22, 2003. Invited.

Anthony Mughan and Pamela Paxton. “Immigrants, Prejudice and Politics: A Model of Voting Choice” Paper presented at the annual meeting of the European Consortium on Political Research, Edinburgh, Scotland, March 2003.

Sandy Marquart-Pyatt and Pamela Paxton. “In Principle and in Practice: Learning Political Tolerance in Eastern and Western Europe.” Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Sociological Association, Chicago, IL, August 16-19, 2002.

Curran, Patrick J., Chen, Feinian, Bollen, Kenneth A., Paxton, Pamela, & Kirby, James. “An Evaluation of RMSEA Tests of ‘Close Fit’ and ‘Not Close Fit’ in Structural Equation Models.” Paper presented at the 2002 meeting of the Psychometric Society, Chapel Hill, NC.

Anthony Mughan and Pamela Paxton. “Protectionism, Threat, and the Anti-Immigrant Response.” Presented at the annual meeting of the International Studies Association, New Orleans, LA, March 24-27, 2002.

Also presented at the Central and East European International Studies Association International Convention, Budapest, Hungary, June 26-28, 2003.

Pamela Paxton. “Social Capital and Democracy: An Interdependent Relationship.” Presented at the annual meeting of the American Sociological Association, Washington, D.C., August 12-16, 2000.

Bollen, Kenneth A., James Kirby, Patrick J. Curran, Pamela Paxton, and Feinian Chen. “2SLS and FIML Estimators in Latent Variable Models: A Monte Carlo Simulation with Misspecifed Models.” Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Psychometric Society, Vancouver, Canada. July 6-8, 2000.

Curran, Patrick J., Kenneth A. Bollen, Pamela Paxton, James Kirby, & Feinian Chen. “Point Estimates and Confidence Intervals of the RMSEA: Results from a Monte Carlo Simulation.” Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Psychometric Society, Vancouver, Canada. July 6-8, 2000.

Pamela Paxton and Kenneth A. Bollen. “An Empirical Deconstruction of Graduate School Ratings Using a Merit-Artifact Model.” Presented at the annual meeting of the American Sociological Association, Chicago, IL, August 6-10, 1999.

Pamela Paxton. “Is Social Capital Declining in the United States? A

Multiple Indicator Assessment.” Presented at the Political Economy Seminar, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, April 23, 1999. Invited.

Pamela Paxton and James Moody. “Cohesion and Connectivity: Network Position and Attachment to Group.” Presented at Sunbelt XIX: International Sunbelt Social Network Conference, Charleston SC, February 18-21, 1999.

Curran, Patrick J., Bollen, Kenneth A., Paxton, Pamela, Kirby, James, & Chen, Feinian. “An Empirical Examination of the RMSEA for Assessing Fit in Structural Equation Modeling: Finite Sampling Properties and Statistical Power.” Methodology Section Conference of the American Sociological Association. Duke University, Durham, NC, March 1999.

Feinian Chen, Kenneth A. Bollen, Pamela Paxton, Patrick Curran, and James Kirby. “Improper Solutions in Structural Equation Models: Causes, Consequences, and Strategies.” Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Psychometric Society, The University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas, June 24-27, 1999.

Pamela Paxton. “Teaching Excellence: Helping Students Consider Academic Excellence.” Presented at the annual meeting of the American Sociological Association, Toronto, August 9-13, 1997.

Bienenstock, Elisa Jayne and Pamela Paxton. “Empirically Defining Social Capital.” Presented at the Sunbelt Social Networks Conference, San Diego, CA, February 13-16, 1997.

Bollen, Kenneth A. and Pamela Paxton. “Interactions of Latent Variables in Structural Equation Models.” Presented at the Social Science and Statistics Conference in Honor of Clifford C. Clogg. Pennsylvania State University, State College, PA, September 26-28, 1996.

Bollen, Kenneth A. and Pamela Paxton. “Subjective Measures of Liberal Democracy.” Presented at the annual meeting of the American Sociological Association, New York, NY, August 16-20, 1996.

Pamela Paxton. “Women in the Measurement of Democracy.” Presented at the annual meeting of the American Sociological Association, Washington, D.C., August 19-23, 1995.

Pamela Paxton. “Women in National Legislatures: A Cross-National Analysis.” Presented at the annual meeting of the Southern Sociological Society, Raleigh, April 7-10, 1994.

Bollen, Kenneth and Pamela Paxton. “Democracy before Athens.” Presented at the Conference on Democracy and Inequality, Rutgers University, March 7-9, 1994. Invited.

TEACHING EXPERIENCE:

2009 Sociology 884.12, “Women in Politics,” OSU

2006 Instructor for “Replication Workshop – Structural Equation Modeling” at the Oxford University Spring School in Quantitative Methods for Social Research.

2003-2005 Sociology 802, “Teaching Sociology,” OSU

2000, 2002 Sociology 884.12, “Democracy and Democratization,” OSU

1999-2002 Instructor for “Simultaneous Equation Models”at the ICPSR Summer Program in Quantitative Methods of Social Research.

1999-2009 Sociology 707, “Multi-Equation Quantitative Models,” OSU

1999-2003 Sociology 549, “Quantitative Research Techniques,” OSU

1996 Sociology 10, “Introduction to American Society,” UNC

DEPARTMENTAL SERVICE:

2009-2010 Member, Graduate Placement Committee2008-2009 Chair, Computer Committee2008-2009 Member, Salary and Workload Committee2007-2008 Departmental Instructional Chair 2004-2005 Chair, Computer Committee2004-2005 Member, Salary and Workload Committee1999-2004 Member, Undergraduate Studies Committee 2002 Member, Departmental Chair Search Committee 2000-2001 Member, Salary and Workload Committee2000-2001 Member, Research and Awards Committee 1998-1999 Chair, Department Brown Bag Series Committee1998-2000 Chair, Graduate Placement Committee1998-1999 Member, Graduate Studies Committee

UNIVERSITY SERVICE:

2008-2010 President and Provost’s Leadership Institute2008-2009 Institute on Women Planning Task Force2005 Member, University-Wide Review of Undergraduate Education2003-2004 Chair, Social and Behavioral Sciences Committee on Curricular Affairs2000-2003 Member, Social and Behavioral Sciences Committee on Curricular Affairs

DISCIPLINARY SERVICE AND AFFILIATIONS:

NSF Sociology Advisory Panel (2007-2010)Member, ASA Methodology Section Council (2006-2009) Member, ASA Political Sociology Section Council (2006-2009)Member, APSA Women and Politics Section Executive Council (2008-2011)

Member, Advisory Committee for Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR) Summer Training Program in Advanced Statistical Techniques. (2002, 2006)

Organizer, ASA Social Capital Regular Sessions, 2007 annual meeting.Organizer, Political Sociology and Culture Sessions, Midwest Political Science Meetings,

2007Presider, “Gendered Concepts.” American Political Science Association Meetings, 2005.Presider, “Gender and Civic Engagement.” Midwest Political Science Meetings, 2004. Organizer and presider, ASA Quantitative Methodology Regular

Sessions, 2003 annual meeting, Atlanta, GA.Invited discussant, American Political Science Association (APSA)

session “Measuring Democracy: Methodological Innovations and New Datasets,” 2003 annual meeting.

Chair, Graduate Student Paper Award committee, ASA Mathematical Sociology Section (2001)

Presider, ASA section on Political Sociology, “How Democracy Matters: The Meaning, Causes, and Consequences of Democracy,” annual meeting, San Francisco (1998)

Member, ASA Mathematical Sociology Section council (1997)

Affiliations:American Sociological AssociationAmerican Political Science AssociationAssociation for Research on Nonprofit Organizations and

Voluntary ActionSociety for Utopian Studies

EDITORIAL BOARDS AND REVIEW:

2007-2009 Deputy Editor, American Sociological Review

2009-2011 Advisory Board, Journal of Trust Research2006-2009 Editorial Board, American Journal of Political Science2004-2006 Editorial Board, Sociological Methodology2002-2004 Consulting Editor, American Journal of Sociology

Reviewer for: American Sociological Review, American Journal of Sociology, Social Forces, Demography, Social Problems, American Political Science Review, American Journal of Political Science, Sociological Methodology, Sociological Theory, Criminology, Structural Equation Modeling, Sociological Quarterly, Sociological Forum, Social Psychology Quarterly, Social Science Quarterly, Studies in Comparative International Development, International Sociology, Teaching Sociology, Politics & Gender, Security Dialogue, Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, Law and Social Inquiry, Social Politics

GRADUATE STUDENT ADVISING:

Chair, Dissertation: Melanie Hughes (2008), Harry Weiss (2008), Lindsey Peterson (ongoing), Lauren Pinkus (ongoing), Lisa Neilsen (ongoing)

Chair, Examining Committee: Melanie Hughes (2005), Lindsey Peterson (2007), Lauren Pinkus (2008), Lisa Neilsen (2009), Louisa Roberts (ongoing)

Chair, M.A. Thesis: Jennifer Rosen (2002), Melanie Hughes (2004), Jeff Debies-Carl (2005), Lindsey Peterson (2005), Jeremy Forbis (2006), Lisa Neilson (2006), Sheilamae Reyes (ongoing)

Undergraduate Honor’s Theses: Heidi Bickerstaff (2000), Rachel Szala (2009)

Advisory Committee, 19 PhD dissertations (including 1 in Public Health, 1 in PAES, 1 in Political Science, and one in Education-Measurment and Statistics), 11 M.A. theses, 2 Honors independent studies' research projects

Examining Committee, 17 PhD orals (including Political Science, Education, HCRD)

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT:

Attended “Hierarchical Linear Models: An Introduction,” and “Hierarchical Linear Models: Advanced Topics” at the ICPSR Summer Program in Quantitative Methods of Social Research, July 9-16, 2001.

Attended “Latent Growth Curve Models” at the ICPSR Summer Program in Quantitative Methods of Social Research, June 26-30, 2006.