School of International Relations, Von KleinSmid Center 330, 3518 Trousdale Parkway Los Angeles, CA 90089-0043 mparadis@usc.edu www.markparadispolitics.com 323-810-0163 EDUCATION 2010- Ph.D., Political Science and International Relations, Los Angeles, California Dissertation Title: Experimental Assessments of the Determinants of U.S. Public Opinion on Foreign Policy Dissertation Committee: Patrick James (Chair), School of International Relations (SIR); Brian Rathbun, SIR; Antoine Bechara, Psychology Certificate in Research Methods 2007-2009 M.A., Department of Political Science McGill University, Montréal, Québec, Canada Thesis titled Is it just hot air?: The security discourse on climate change Thesis Supervisors: Michael Brecher and T.V. Paul 2003-2007 B.A., Honors Political Science, Economics Minor McGill University, Montréal, Québec, Canada Participated in an exchange at Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH, 2004 PUBLICATIONS 2014 Mark Paradis and Patrick James, Canada, the United States and Continental Security after 9/11: An Assessment Based on Attribution Theory. In Game Changer: The Impact of 9/11 on North American Security, eds. Jonathan Paquin and Patrick James. Vancouver, BC: UBC Press, 65-89. WORKING PAPERS and PROJECTS Homo Diplomaticus: Mixed-Method Evidence of Variation in Strategic Rationality, with Brian C. Rathbun and Joshua D. Kertzer. Under review at International Organization. The Incidental Effects of (Dis)Trust on the Public s Support for War. Why Do They Fail? An Experimental Assessment of the Role of Reputation and Effort in the Public s Response to Foreign Policy Failures. The Effect of the President s Gender and Experience on the Credibility of Costly Signals. 1
Predicting the North: The Future of Canadian Sovereignty in the Arctic, with Patrick James. What s my Age Again? The Role of Continued Adult Cognitive Development on Foreign Policy Decision-Making. What s in a Name? Abstraction and Detail in Experimental Design, with Joshua D. Kertzer, Jonathan Renshon, and Dustin Tingley. Removing the Individual from the Error Term: The Impact of Individual Differences on Causal Attributions in an Incentivized Bargaining Game, with Rod Albuyeh. Attribution Theory in a Different Context: Comparing Foreign Policy Attributions in Individualist and Collectivist Cultures, with Ronan Tse-Min Fu. AWARDS and GRANTS 2015-2016 USC Graduate School Endowed Fellowship 2014-2015 Doctoral Fellowship Fonds de recherché du Québec Société et culture (Quebec Research Fund Society and Culture) 2010-2015 Dana and David Dornsife College Doctoral Fellowship 2010-2014 Research Support Grant Dana and David Dornsife College of Letters, Arts, and Sciences, University of Southern California 2013 Small Grant Travel Award International Society of Political Psychology 2013 Junior Scholars Travel Grant International Society of Political Psychology, Junior Scholars Committee 2013, 2014 Dissertation Support Grant School of International Relations, 2011 Research Support Grant School of International Relations, 2
PRESENTATIONS Conferences The Effect of the President s Gender and Experience on the Credibility of Costly Signals. Annual Convention of the International Studies Association, Atlanta, GA, 2016. Removing the Individual from the Error Term: The Impact of Individual Differences on Causal Attributions in an Incentivized Bargaining Game. Paper coauthored with Rod Albuyeh. Annual Convention of the International Studies Association, New Orleans, LA, 2015. International Studies Association West Annual Conference, Pasadena, CA, 2014. Using Experiments to Assess the Role of Expectations in Foreign Policy Attributions. FLACSO-ISA Joint International Conference, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 2014. Attribution Theory in a Different Context: Comparing Foreign Policy Attributions in Individualist and Collectivist Cultures. Paper coauthored with Ronan Tse-Min Fu. Annual Scientific Meeting of the International Society of Political Psychology, Rome, Italy, 2014. What s my Age Again?: The Role of Continued Adult Cognitive Development on Foreign Policy Decision-making. Annual Convention of the International Studies Association, Toronto, Canada, 2014. Homo Diplomaticus: Mixed-Method Evidence of Variation in Strategic Rationality. Paper coauthored with Brian C. Rathbun and Joshua D. Kertzer. UCSD Behavioral Revolution in International Relations workshop, San Diego, CA, 2014. Controlling the North: Predicting the Future of Canadian Sovereignty in the Arctic. Paper coauthored with Patrick James. Biennial Conference of the Association for Canadian Studies in the United States, Tampa, FL, 2013. Annual Scientific Meeting of the International Society of Political Psychology, Herzliya, Israel, 2013. Putting the Synthesis of Psychology and Social Theory into Practice: Attributions and Practice Theory. Annual Scientific Meeting of the International Society of Political Psychology, Herzliya, Israel, 2013. Annual Convention of the International Studies Association, San Francisco, CA, 2013. Canada, the United States and Continental Security after 9/11: An Assessment Based on Attribution Theory, with Patrick James. Symposium: Assessing North American Security Relations: Ten Years After 9/11, Université Laval. Québec, QC, 2011. 3
A World of Hot Air? The Security Discourse on Climate Change. 10 th Annual East-West Center International Graduate Student Conference on the Asia Pacific Region. East-West Center, University of Hawaii. Honolulu, HI, 2011. Invited Presentations 2014 Psychological Approaches to Diplomacy. Diplomacy and Statecraft Summer Course. Centre d études et de recherches internationales, Université de Montréal, June 24. 2009 UNSC: Crises and Reform. Isfeld Memorial Lecture Series, Secondary Schools United Nations Symposium. Montréal, Canada. TEACHING EXPERIENCE Teaching Assistant, School of International Relations, 2011, 2012 IR 210: International Relations: Introductory Analysis Teaching Assistant, Department of Political Science, McGill University 2007 POLI 244: International Politics: State Behaviour 2008, 2009 POLI 345: International Organizations 2008 POLI 346: American Foreign Policy 2008 POLI 360: Security: War and Peace RESEARCH EXPERIENCE Research Assistant, Department of Political Science, 2014-2015 Professor Nicholas Weller 2012-2013 Professors Mathew McCubbins and Nicholas Weller Research Assistant, Department of Political Science, University of Texas at Arlington 2014 Professor A. Burcu Bayram Research Assistant, Center for International Studies, 2013-2014 Professor Brian Rathbun 2012-2013 Professor Patrick James Research Assistant, Department of Political Science, McGill University 2009-2010 Professor Vincent Pouliot 2008-2009 Professor Michael Brecher Coder, International Crisis Behavior Project, University of Maryland, College Park 2009 Chad-Sudan III and IV; Ethiopia-Eritrea IV 2008 North Korea Nuclear II and III; Iran Nuclear I and II 4
ADDITIONAL TRAINING 2013 Graduate School Academic Professional Development Program 2013 Institute for Qualitative and Multi-Method Research Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York 2012 Human Subjects Protection Training Collaborative Institutional Training Initiative (CITI) Basic Course 1 for USC University Park Faculty and Staff Investigators, Key Personnel, and UPIRB Members and Staff Basic Course 1 for USC University Park Students, Faculty Advisors, and those Conducting Exempt Research 2011 Summer Institute in Political Psychology Stanford University, Palo Alto, California. PROFESSIONAL and DEPARTMENT SERVICE 2013-2014 Officer-at-Large & Co-Coordinator of Special Projects Foreign Policy Analysis Section, International Studies Association 2013 Member, Selection Committee, Alexander George Graduate Student Paper Award Foreign Policy Analysis Section, International Studies Association 2013 Member, Selection Committee, FPA Distinguished Scholar Award Foreign Policy Analysis Section, International Studies Association 2012 Mentor to Teaching Assistants Teaching Assistant Training Program, Department of Political Science and School of International Relations, 2011-2012 President, Political Science and International Relations Program Graduate Student Association 2011-2012 Graduate Student Representative, School of International Relations 2011-2012 Graduate Student Representative, Political Science and International Relations PhD Program 2009-2010 Intern and Co-Editor of Working Paper Series 5
Center for International Peace and Security Studies (CIPSS), Université de Montréal/McGill University 2009 Member, Committee for the Selection of a Chair in the Department of Political Science Faculty of Arts, McGill University PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS 2008- Member, International Studies Association (ISA) 2011- Member, American Political Science Association (APSA) 2011- Member, International Society of Political Psychology (ISPP) ADDITIONAL SKILLS Language: English, French Computer: R, Qualtrics, LaTeX, Microsoft Office 6