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EMPLOYMENT

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2014-present

Associate Professor of Political Science (2020-present)

Assistant Professor of Political Science (2014-2019)

Princeton University, 2016-2017

Niehaus Center for Globalization and Governance Fellow

EDUCATION

Yale University, 2008-2014

Ph.D., Political Science - May 2014

Dissertation: Regime-contingent biases and the politics of sovereign debt default (awarded with distinction)

Comprehensive Examinations: Political Economy, Comparative Politics, Formal Theory

M.Phil., Political Science - 2011

M.A., Economics - 2010

University of California, Los Angeles, 2000-2004

B.A., English Literature and Composition - 2004

Regent Scholar, summa cum laude, minor in Political Science

BOOK

Cameron Ballard-Rosa (2020)  Democracy, Dictatorship, and Default:  Urban-Rural Bias and Economic Crises Across Regimes.  Cambridge University Press.

PUBLICATIONS

Cameron Ballard-Rosa (2016) "Hungry for Change:  Urban Bias and Autocratic Sovereign Default." International Organization, 70(02), 313-346.

Cameron Ballard-Rosa (2016) "Review of Rethinking Sovereign Debt: Politics, Reputation, and Legitimacy in Modern Finance by Odette Lienau." Perspectives on Politics, 14(01), 284-286.

Cameron Ballard-Rosa, Lucy Martin, and Kenneth Scheve (2017) "The Structure of American Income Tax Policy Preferences." The Journal of Politics, 79(1), 1-16.

Cameron Ballard-Rosa, Allison Sovey Carnegie and Nikhar Gaikwad (2018) "Economic Crises and Trade Policy Competition."  British Journal of Political Science, 48(3), 713-748.

Cameron Ballard-Rosa, Layna Mosley and Rachel Wellhausen (2021) "Contingent Advantage?  Sovereign Borrowing, Democratic Institutions, and Global Capital Cycles"  British Journal of Political Science 51(1). Cambridge University Press: 353-73.

Cameron Ballard-Rosa, Mashail Malik, Stephanie Rickard and Kenneth Scheve (2021) "The Economic Origins of Authoritarian Values:  Evidence from Local Trade Shocks in Great Britain"  Comparative Political Studies 54(13): 2321-2353. 

Cameron Ballard-Rosa, Amalie Jensen, and Kenneth Scheve (2022) "Economic Decline, Social Identity, and Authoritarian Values in the United States" International Studies Quarterly 66(1): sqab027. 

Cameron Ballard-Rosa, Layna Mosley, and Rachel Wellhausen (2022) "Coming to Terms:  The Politics of Sovereign Bond Denomination"  International Organization 76 (1). Cambridge University Press: 32-69.

Cameron Ballard-Rosa, Bryan Schonfeld, and Allison Sovey Carnegie (2023) "The Geography of Democratic Discontent"  British Journal of Political Science 53(2). Cambridge University Press: 366-386.

Cameron Ballard-Rosa, Judith Goldstein and Nita Rudra (2024) "Trade as Villain:  The Fading American Dream and Declining Support for Globalization"  Journal of Politics 86(1). University of Chicago Press: 274-290. 

Cameron Ballard-Rosa, Ronald Rogowski, Kenneth Scheve, and Nicolaj Thor (2025)  "Inequality, Information, and Income Tax Policy Preferences in Austria and Germany."  Accepted for publication at Political Science Research and Methods.

Cameron Ballard-Rosa and Tyler Ditmore (2026) "Footloose Capital In The Land Of America First: Economic Nationalism And Mass Preferences Over Corporate Tax."  Accepted for publication at International Studies Quarterly.

Cameron Ballard-Rosa, Layna Mosley and Peter Rosendorff (2026) "Paris Club Sovereign Debt Restructuring and the Rise of China."  Conditionally accepted for publication at Review of International Organizations.

UNDER REVIEW

Cameron Ballard-Rosa, Hannah Loffler, Layna Mosley & Peter Rosendorff (2024) "Credit Ratings, Information Transparency, and Political Survival"

WORK IN PROGRESS

Cameron Ballard-Rosa, Stephanie Rickard and Kenneth Scheve (2018)  "Liberal Populism:  Public Support for Globalization in Post-Brexit United Kingdom"

Cameron Ballard-Rosa (2019)  "The Albatross of Education:  Personal Student Debt and Preferences for Redistribution."

Cameron Ballard-Rosa, Layna Mosley and Peter Rosendorff (2022) "Sunlight Cures all (Currency) Ills"

Cameron Ballard-Rosa and Lucy Martin (2023) "Mass Preferences over Sovereign Debt"

Cameron Ballard-Rosa and Lucy Martin (2025) "Who Foots the Bill?  Voter Views of Policy Costs and Support for Municipal Government Debt"

PRESENTATIONS AND INVITED TALKS

Brandeis University, Visiting Speaker Series - 2027

Yale University, International Relations Workshop - 2026

International Political Economy Society (IPES) - 2012, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2024, 2026

New York University, Sovereign Finance Workshop - 2026

Princeton University, The Politics of Sovereign Finance workshop (hosted at SPIA in Washington, DC) - 2024, 2025, 2026

University of California at Davis, International Relations Workshop - 2026

Interdisciplinary Sovereign Debt Research and Management Conference (DebtCon) - 2014, 2023, 2025

Columbia University, International Relations workshop - 2016, 2025

New York University, International Relations workshop - 2023, 2025

NYU Abu Dhabi, International and Comparative Political Economy workshop - 2025

American Political Science Association (APSA) - 2013, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2023, 2024

Harvard University, Political Economy of International Finance (PEIF) - 2024

Princeton University, Anti-Globalization Backlash:  New Approaches workshop - 2022

McGill University, International Relations workshop - 2021

Washington University in St. Louis, Comparative Politics Annual Conference (CPAC) - 2021

Global Research in International Political Economy (GRIPE) - 2020, 2021

New York University, International Relations workshop - 2020 (cancelled due to covid)

University of Wisconsin at Madison, International Relations workshop - 2020

Stanford University, International Relations workshop - 2013, 2018

University of Pennsylvania, New Directions in International Money and Finance conference - 2018

Oxford University, Comparative Political Economy seminar - 2017

Duke University, Political Economy workshop - 2017

College of William and Mary, Atlantic Political Economy Society (APES) - 2017

Princeton University, Electoral Realignments in Advanced Democracies conference - 2017

Princeton University, Princeton Research in Experimental Social Science (PRESS) - 2017

Princeton University, Globalization and Global Governance workshop - 2017

University of Zurich, Conjoint Analysis in Political Economy conference - 2017

UNC, Sovereign Debt Management conference - 2016

Princeton University, International Relations colloquium - 2016

Duke University, Preferences for Redistribution conference - 2016

Midwest Political Science Association (MPSA) - 2013, 2014, 2016

Interdisciplinary Sovereign Debt Research and Management (DebtCon) - 2016

U.C. Berkeley, Center on the Politics of Development - 2013

Yale University, International Relations workshop - 2013

Yale University, Leitner Political Economy workshop - 2013

Yale University, Comparative Politics workshop - 2012

Yale University, Leitner Political Economy working group - 2011

AWARDS, HONORS, AND FELLOWSHIPS

Excellence in Reviewing Award, British Journal of Political Science - 2024

Robson Award for Outstanding Graduate Teaching and Mentoring - 2020

Schwab Academic Excellence Award, Institute for Arts and Humanities - 2020

David A. Lake Award for Best Paper, IPES - 2018

Princeton University, Niehaus Center Research Fellowship - 2016-2017

RJ Reynolds Industries, Inc. Junior Faculty Development Award - 2016

Institute for Arts and Humanities, Book Conference funding - 2016

Stanford University, Exchange Scholar - 2013

Robert M. Leylan Fellowship - 2012-2013

Yale University Dissertation Fellowship - 2012-2013

Falk Fellowship - 2008-2011

TOP Chinese Proficiency Examination, Advanced Level, Taiwan - 2007

Regent Scholarship, UCLA - 2000-2004

National Merit Scholar - 2000-2004

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

UNC, Chapel Hill

International Political Economy (graduate) - Fall 2015, Fall 2017, Fall 2018, Fall 2019, Fall 2020, Spring 2023

International Political Economy (undergraduate) - Fall 2014, Fall 2015, Fall 2018, Fall 2019, Fall 2020, Fall 2021

Politics of Authoritarian Survival - Fall 2014, Spring 2016, Fall 2017, Spring 2019, Spring 2020, Spring 2021, Spring 2022, Fall 2023

Political Responses to Financial Crises - Spring 2015, Spring 2016, Spring 2019, Spring 2020, Spring 2021, Spring 2022

Introduction in International Relations - Fall 2021, Spring 2023, Fall 2023

Yale University

Political Psychology (Professor John Bullock) - Spring 2014

Fundamentals of Formal Modeling (Professor John Roemer) - Fall 2013

International Political Economy (Professor Kenneth Scheve) - Spring 2011, 2012

Debating Globalization (Professor Ernesto Zedillo) - Fall 2010, 2011

PROFESSIONAL SERVICE

Institute for Humane Studies, Writing for the Job Market workshop - 2026

Advisory Board, Pi Sigma Alpha Undergraduate Journal of Politics - 2026

APSA, DDIRG Award committee - 2024

Placement Directory, UNC Department of Political Science - 2023-present

Faculty affiliate, Princeton Sovereign Finance Lab - 2023-present

Co-coordinator, Global Research in Political Economy workshop - 2022-present

Field Chair, Comparative Political Economy - MPSA 2020

Democratic Erosion Consortium, Faculty Affiliate - 2016-present

Carolina International Relations Association (Faculty Director) - 2015-2016; 2021-2024

Leitner Political Economy Workshop (Coordinator) - 2012-2013

War and Political Change Conference (Coordinator) - 2012

Reviewer:  American Journal of Political Science, American Political Science Review, British Journal of Political Science, Business and Politics, Comparative Political Studies, Conflict Management and Peace Science, Economics and Politics, International Interactions, International Organization, International Studies Quarterly, Journal of Conflict Resolution, Journal of Experimental Political Science, Journal of Politics, Nature Communications, Party Politics, Perspectives on Politics, Political Analysis, Political Behavior, Political Research Quarterly, Regulation and Governance, Review of International Organizations, Review of International Political Economy, SAGE Open, Studies in Comparative International Development, World Development

LANGUAGE SKILLS

Mandarin Chinese (advanced)

Spanish (intermediate)

Italian (beginner)