Dominika Anna Koter
Colgate University
Department of Political Science
13 Oak Drive, Hamilton, NY 13346
e-mail: dkoter@colgate.edu
ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS:
Colgate University
Associate Professor of Political Science, July 2018-
Assistant Professor of Political Science, July 2012-June 2018
University of Chicago
Post-Doctoral Fellow in the Department of Political Science, September 2010-August 2012
EDUCATION:
Yale University
Ph.D., Political Science, December 2010
M.Phil., Political Science, December 2006
M.A., Political Science, December 2004
Dissertation Title: “Ties and Votes: Social Structure and Electoral Politics in Africa”
Dissertation Committee: Ellen Lust (chair), Susan Stokes, Keith Darden, William Foltz
Examination Fields: Comparative Politics, Political Economy, and International Relations
(with distinction)
University College Utrecht, the Netherlands
B.A. in Political Science (with honors), May 2003
University of California, Berkeley
Education Abroad Program (academic exchange), Spring and Fall 2001
PUBLICATIONS:
Monograph:
Beyond Ethnic Politics in Africa. 2016. Cambridge University Press.
(Reviewed in Perspectives on Politics, Foreign Affairs, Democratization)
Peer-reviewed articles:
"Presidents' Ethnic Identity and Citizens' National Attachment in Africa." forthcoming in Nationalism and Ethnic Politics.
"Costly Electoral Campaigns and the Changing Composition and Quality of Parliament: Evidence from Benin." 2017. African Affairs 116, 465: 573-596.
“King-makers: Local Leaders and Ethnic Politics in Africa,” 2013, World
Politics 65, 2: 187-232
Winner of the Gregory Luebbert Award for Best Article in Comparative Politics.
Winner of the African Political Conference Group 2013 Best Article Award
“Urban and Rural Voting Patterns in Senegal: The Spatial Aspects of Incumbency, c.1978-2012,” 2013. The Journal of Modern African Studies 51, 4: 653-679.
RESEARCH INTERESTS:
Comparative Politics, Ethnic politics, Clientelism, Sub-Saharan Africa, Democratization
AWARDS & FELLOWSHIPS:
Gregory Luebbert Award for Best Article in Comparative Politics, 2015
African Politics Conference Group 2013 Best Article Award
Yale Program on Democracy Pre-Doctoral Fellowship, 2009-10
Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Award, Senegal and Benin, 2006-7
MacMillan Center Dissertation Research Grant, Yale University, 2006-7
John F. Enders Fellowship, Yale University, summer 2006
MacMillan Center Pre-Dissertation Research Grant, Yale University, summer 2005
University Graduate Fellowship, Yale University, 2003-present
University Fellowship, University College, University of Utrecht, the Netherlands, 1999-2002
INVITED PRESENTATIONS:
University of California, Berkeley, Book workshop for Martha Wilfahrt, October 2018
University of Ghana, Legon, Merian Institute for Advanced Studies in Africa, Africa's Institutions for Sustainable Governance, September 2018.
Cornell University, Elections and Governance: Democratic Backsliding in Africa (discussant), April 2018
University of Gothenburg, Sweden, February 2017
University of Tokyo, Japan, January 2017
University of Konstanz, Germany, Traditional Governance Workshop, June 2016
University of California, Berkeley, Clientelism in Comparative Perspective Workshop, February 2015
Lehigh University, Political Economy of Regime Change, November 2015
Arizona State University, Workshop on Ethnic Politics, December 2012
Harvard University, Ruling Politics Conference (discussant), November 2011
Northwestern University, Program of African Studies, May 2011
University of Chicago, Conference on Political Articulation, April 2011
University of Chicago, Comparative Politics Workshop, January 2011
George Washington University, Workshop on Ethnic Politics, October 2010
Columbia University, Contemporary African Political Economy Research Seminar (discussant), November 2009
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS:
Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2018
Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, 2008, 2009, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2018
Annual Meeting of the African Studies Association, 2009, 2015, 2016, 2018
Annual Association of the Studies of Nationalities World Convention, 2008, 2009, 2018
PROFESSIONAL SERVICE:
Reviewer: African Affairs, African Studies Review, American Journal of Political Science, American Political Science Review, British Journal of Political Science, Canadian Journal of African Studies, Comparative Political Studies, Comparative Politics, Democratization, International Journal of Politics, Culture and Society, Journal of Modern African Studies, Journal of Peace Research, Party Politics, Political Behavior, Political Research Quarterly, World Politics
MA and BA thesis advisor, University of Chicago
BA thesis advisor, Colgate University
PhD examination committee (Rachel Sigman), Syracuse University
Editorial Board Member, Nationalities Papers, November 2018-
2019 Luebbert Best Article Award Committee, APSA Comparative Politics Section
2017 Best Article Award Chair, African Politics Conference Group
2016 Nominating Committee, African Politics Conference Group
2015 Best Dissertation Award Committee, African Politics Conference Group
2014 Best Paper Award Committee, APSA Comparative Politics Section
2012 MPSA Panel Selection Committee Chair, African Politics Conference Group
2010 APSA Panel Selection Committee, African Politics Conference Group
COURSES TAUGHT:
African Politics
Africa in World Politics
Clientelism in Comparative Perspective (graduate seminar)
Introduction to Comparative Politics
Political Party Systems (graduate seminar)
Political Parties and Electoral Processes
Identity Politics
West Africa
LANGUAGES:
Polish (native), French (proficient), German and Italian (advanced), Spanish (intermediate)