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Joshua P. Darr
Assistant Professor, Louisiana State University
Manship School of Mass Communication & Department of Political Science
211 Journalism Building, Baton Rouge, LA 70802
[email protected]
www.joshuadarr.com
Academic Affiliations
Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA.
Assistant Professor of Political Communication
Manship School of Mass Communication & Department of Political Science. August 2015 –
Harvard University, Cambridge, MA.
Visiting Fellow
Institute for Quantitative Social Science (IQSS). June 2014 – August 2015.
Education
Ph.D. Political Science. May 2015.
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA.
Dissertation: “Using the local news: Campaigns, newspapers, and accountability.”
Committee: Matthew Levendusky (chair), Marc Meredith, John Lapinski.
Fields: American politics, political communication, and methodology.
M.A. Political Science. December 2011.
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA.
B.A. Political Science. May 2009.
Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA. Honors Program, College of Arts and Sciences.
Publications
Darr, Joshua. (2016). “Presence to press: How campaigns earn local media.” Political Communication,
33 (3), 503-522.
Darr, Joshua & Matthew Levendusky. (2014). “Relying on the ground game: The placement and effects
of campaign field offices.” American Politics Research, 42 (3), 529-548.
Under review
“News from the field: How campaigns exploit news values.”
“Local or national? Newspaper choice and political knowledge.”
"Credibility, Viability, and Strategic Voting." With Robyn Stiles.
“Resurgent mass partisanship revisited: The role of media choice and elite polarization.” With Johanna
Dunaway.
“Newspaper Deaths and Political Polarization.” With Johanna Dunaway and Matthew Hitt.
“Primary influences: Campaign communications in the local press.”
"Better left unsaid: Crime news and presidential blame." With Nathan P. Kalmoe, Raymond J. Pingree,
Brian Watson, Mingxiao Sui, & Kathleen Searles. Accepted at ICA 2017.
Working papers
“Uncommon ground: Earned media in rarely contested states.” Presented at MPSA 2016.
“The political effects of Spanish-language media access.” With Johanna Dunaway, Mingxiao Sui, and
Brooksie Chastant. Accepted at MPSA 2017.
“All together now: Assessing the effectiveness of coordinated campaigns.” Accepted at APSA 2017.
Research Presentations
Association meetings
APSA: 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017 (accepted)
MPSA: 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017 (accepted)
SPSA: 2016, 2017
APSA Preconference in Political Communication: 2013
Other invited presentations
Philadelphia Region American Politics Conference: 2012, 2013
Harvard University American Politics Research Workshop: 2014
Penn Graduate Student Conference in Political Science: 2011, 2012, 2014
Teaching
Louisiana State University
MC 7005: Public Opinion and Public Affairs. Fall 2017 (scheduled).
MC 7004: News Media and Governance. Spring 2017.
POLI 7930: Graduate Seminar in Political Behavior. Fall 2016.
MC 4515: Case Studies in Campaigns and Media. Fall 2016.
POLI 4026: Campaigns and Elections. Spring 2016.
MC 3510: Political Communication Research. Fall 2015, Spring 2016, Fall 2017 (scheduled).
MC 3505: Media and Policy Processes. Fall 2015, Spring 2017.
University of Pennsylvania (as Teaching Assistant)
PSCI 130: Introduction to American Politics – Prof. John DiIulio, Fall 2010.
PSCI 234: Civil Rights & Civil Liberties – Prof. Rogers Smith, Spring 2011.
PSCI 130: Introduction to American Politics – Prof. Marc Meredith, Fall 2011.
PSCI 131: American Foreign Policy – Prof. Michael Horowitz, Spring 2012.
Certifications
CxC (Communication across the Curriculum) Summer Institute Certificate, LSU. 2016.
Center for Teaching and Learning Certificate, University of Pennsylvania. 2013.
Awards and Research Support
$1,000. Professional development funding, Manship School of Mass Communication, LSU.
Support for attending the Workshop on Research Design for Causal Inference, Northwestern University,
Chicago IL. August 1-5, 2016.
$8,000. Scripps Howard Professorship, Manship School of Mass Communication, LSU. Support for the
project, “Local influences: Text analysis of campaign communications.” 2016 – 2017.
$6,000. George D. Nelson Professorship, Manship School of Mass Communication, LSU (with Ray Pingree
and Kathleen Searles). Funding for Political Communication Research Group. 2016 – 2017.
$25,000. Dissertation Completion Fellowship, School of Arts and Sciences of the University of Pennsylvania.
Only 25 awarded in the College of Arts and Sciences. 2014 – 2015.
$400. SAS Travel Subvention, University of Pennsylvania. 2015.
$584. SASgov Travel Grants, University of Pennsylvania. 2012 and 2014.
$2,500. Dissertation Research Grant, University of Pennsylvania. Used for tuition at the ICPSR Summer
Program in Quantitative Methods.
Order of the Cross and Crown, Boston College. 2009.
Distinguished Sophomore, Boston College Department of Political Science, 2006 – 2007.
Professional Service
Panel chair or discussant
APSA: 2016
MPSA: 2016, 2017
SPSA: 2016, 2017
AEJMC Southeast Colloquium: 2016
Invited reviewer
Political Behavior, American Politics Research, International Journal of Press/Politics,
Communication Research, Electoral Studies
Professional association memberships
American Political Science Association, Midwest Political Science Association, Southern Political
Science Association
University Service
Louisiana State University
Manship School of Mass Communication:
2016 – 2017: Society for Politics, Communication and Law (SPCL) faculty advisor, Search
Committee in Political Communication.
2015 – 2016: Diversity Committee, Search Committee in Political Communication, Search Committee
for Director of the Public Policy Research Lab (PPRL), Manship Prize Committee.
Organizer and Moderator, “What’s the matter with polling?” panel. November 19, 2015.
Department of Political Science.
2015 – 2017: Research Committee.
University of Pennsylvania
Graduate student representative, American politics search committee: 2013.
SASgov Representative for the Political Science Department: 2010 – 2011.
Boston College
Co-Chairman, UGBC Elections Committee: 2006 – 2009.
Other Relevant Experience
Research Assistant, Dr. Alan Wolfe & Dr. Erik Owens. Boston College. 2008.
Assisted with research, editing, and bibliographical formatting for the book Gambling: Mapping the
American Moral Landscape (published 2009, Baylor University Press).
Research Assistant, Drs. Kay Schlozman, Sidney Verba, and Henry Brady. Harvard University and Boston
College. 2007 – 2008.
Assisted in research collection and content analysis for the book The Unheavenly Chorus (published
2012, Princeton University Press).
Obama for America. 2007-2008.
Founder and director of Boston College chapter (February 2007 – November 2008).
Massachusetts State Director, Students for Barack Obama (summer 2007).
Deputy National Field Director, Students for Barack Obama (October 2007 – February 2008).
Intern, New England Finance Office (summer 2007).
Staff blogger, students.barackobama.com (August 2007 – September 2008).
National Blog Director, students.barackobama.com (September 2008 – November 2008).
Political Commentary and Media Appearances
FiveThirtyEight
Where Clinton is setting up field offices – and where Trump isn’t. October 7, 2016.
Trump’s scorning of data may not hurt him, but it’ll hurt the GOP. May 23, 2016.
Wisconsin’s local media aren’t as Trump-obsessed as national outlets. April 5, 2016.
Sanders’ Iowa ground game is good – but it ain’t Obama’s. January 22, 2016.
Marco Rubio’s lousy ground game in Iowa will probably cost him votes. December 17, 2015.
WVLA Baton Rouge
Election Day Preview. 8 November 2016.
This Week in Louisiana Politics. April 3, 2016.
Super Tuesday Preview. March 1, 2016.
Marketplace on NPR
When campaigning, boots are cheaper than ads. February 8, 2016.
ABC NewsRadio Australia
Wisconsin primary preview. 5 April 2016.
"US Presidential Nominees clash in final presidential debate." 20 October 2016.
NewsRadio 770 Calgary
Election Day segment, 8 November 2016.
Specialized Training
Northwestern University. Seventh Annual Workshop on Research Design for Causal Inference, Chicago IL.
August 1-5 2016.
University of Michigan. ICPSR Summer Program, Ann Arbor MI: June – July 2010.
“Regression II” and “Maximum Likelihood Estimation.”
Computing Skills
STATA, R, Python, SPSS, Qualtrics, GraphLab
References
Available upon request.
Updated 28 March 2017