EMPLOYMENT

• Assistant Professor, Department of Government and Politics, University of Maryland:  Fall 2010 to present
  
• Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, Stony Brook University:  2008 - 2010
• Lecturer, Department of Political Science, Stony Brook University:  2007

EDUCATION

• Ph.D. University of Michigan; Department of Political Science: 2008
• Fields of Study: Comparative Politics, Political Economy of Development, International Political Economy, Public Policy
• Dissertation: “The Political Economy of Technological Progress: Parties, Time Horizons and the Pursuit of Economic Growth through Technological Development”
  
• Committee: Robert Franzese (co-chair), Allen Hicken (co-chair), John Jackson, and Elizabeth Gerber
  
  
• B.A. Saint Louis University: 2000
• Summa Cum Laude College of Arts and Sciences
• Majors: Political Science, International Studies
• Minor: Spanish

PUBLICATIONS

1. Irfan Nooruddin and Joel W. Simmons. 2009. “Openness, Uncertainty, and Social Spending: Implications for the Globalization-Welfare State Debate.” International Studies Quarterly. 53(3): 841-8866.
2. Allen Hicken and Joel W. Simmons. 2008. “The Personal Vote and the Efficacy of Education Spending.” American Journal of Political Science. 52:1. 109-124.
3. Irfan Nooruddin and Joel W. Simmons. 2006. “The Politics of Hard Choices: IMF Programs and Government Spending.” International Organization. 60: Fall 2006. p.1001-1033.

MANUSCRIPTS IN PROGRESS

Book Manuscript:

• Domestic Political Arrangements, Technological Progress, and Economic Performance 

Articles:

1. Ken Kollman, Allen Hicken and Joel W. Simmons. “Party System Nationalization and Public Goods Production.”
2. Joel W. Simmons. “Political Failures, Market Failures, and Economic Innovation.” 
3. Joel W. Simmons, Allen Hicken, Ken Kollman, and Irfan Nooruddin. “Dividing the Spoils: Party Nationalization, Credibility, and Foreign Direct Investment.”
4. Irfan Nooruddin and Joel W. Simmons. “Do Voters Count? Turnout, Party Competition and Public Spending in India.”

PRESENTATIONS

• 2010:  Social Policy in the Developing World, Duke University
• 2009: Midwest Political Science Association, America Political Science Association
• 2008: Midwest Political Science Association, American Political Science Association
• 2007: Midwest Political Science Association, American Political Science Association, European Political Science Association,
• 2006: Midwest Political Science Association, American Political Science Association, International Studies Association
• 2005: International Studies Association
• 2004: Midwest Political Science Association, American Political Science Association, Southern Political Science Association, Conference on Distributive Politics and Social Protection in the 21st Century, The Ohio State University
• 2003: Midwest Political Science Association

FELLOWSHIPS, GRANTS, AND AWARDS:

• Center for International Business Education Grant Award for Doctoral Dissertation Research in International Business: Ross School of Business, University of Michigan: 2005
• Summer research collaboration grant: Rackham Graduate School, University of Michigan: Summer 2004 (with Professor Allen Hicken)
• Summer research collaboration grant: Rackham Graduate School, University of Michigan: Summer 2003 (with Professor Kathryn Dominguez, Ford School of Public Policy and Department of Economics, University of Michigan)
• U.S. Department of Education Foreign Language and Area Studies Fellowship (FLAS); Indonesian: 2003
• Rackham Merit Fellowship: Rackham Graduate School, University of Michigan: 2000 to 2006 (deferred in 2003)
• Rackham Conference Travel Grants: Rackham Graduate School, University of Michigan:2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006

TEACHING

• Introduction to Comparative Politics (Undergraduate)
• Third World Politics (Undergraduate)
• Economy and Democracy (Undergraduate)
• Comparative Institutions (Graduate)
• Foundations of Political Economy (Graduate)

PROFESSIONAL SERVICE

• Reviewer: Studies of Comparative International Development, Review of International Organizations, American Journal of Political Science, Journal of International Relations and Development

DEPARTMENT SERVICE:

• Political Economy Search Committee (2008 & 2009)
• Graduate Studies Committee (2008 - 2009)
• Political Economy Qualifying Exams Committee (2008 & 2009)
• External Seminar Series Committee (2008 - 2009)
• Department Political Economy Poster Session (2008)
• Job Market Seminar for Graduate Students (2007)