Claire L. Adida cadida@ucsd.edu University of California San Diego Department of Political Science Social Sciences Building 301 9500 Gilman Drive, #0521 La Jolla, CA 92093-0521 Employment University of California San Diego As of July 2010 Assistant Professor, Political Science Department Research Associate, Center for Comparative Immigration Studies Faculty Affiliate, Policy Design and Evaluation Lab Education Stanford University June 2010 Ph.D. in Political Science Columbia University May 2003 M.A., International Affairs Northwestern University June 2010 B.S., Political Science and Communication Studies Peer-Reviewed Publications 2011 Adida, Claire L. Too Close for Comfort? Immigrant Exclusion in Africa. Comparative Political Studies 44(10). 2011 Adida, Claire L. and Desha M. Girod. Do Migrants Improve Their Hometowns? Remittances and Access to Public Services in Mexico, 1995-2000. Comparative Political Studies 44(1). 2010 Adida, Claire L., David D. Laitin and Marie-Anne Valfort. Identifying barriers to Muslim integration in France. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 107(52).
Adida Curriculum Vitae 2 Other Publications 2012 Adida, Claire L. Lange, Matthew. 2012. Educations in Ethnic Violence: Identity, Education Bubbles, and Resource Mobilization. (Book Review) Science 336: 804. 2010 Adida, Claire L., David D. Laitin and Marie-Anne Valfort. Les Français musulmans sont-ils discriminés dans leur propre pays? Une etude expérimentale sur le marché du travail. French-American Foundation Report. 2009 Adida, Claire L. Adepoju, Aderanti. 2008. Migration in Sub-Saharan Africa. (Book Review) The International Journal of African Historical Studies, 42(2): 336. 2007 Adida, Claire L. Larémont, Ricardo R., Ed. 2005. Borders, Nationalism and the African State. (Book Review) Studies in Ethnicity and Nationalism, 7(2): 100. Projects in Review Process Adida, Claire L. Immigrant Exclusion and Insecurity in Africa. Book Manuscript under contract (Cambridge University Press) Adida, Claire L., David D. Laitin and Marie-Anne Valfort. Muslims in Christian Heritage Societies. Book Manuscript under contract (Harvard University Press) Adida, Claire L., David D. Laitin and Marie-Anne Valfort. Muslims in France: Identifying a Discriminatory Equilibrium. Revise and Resubmit (Journal of Population Economics) Adida, Claire L., David D. Laitin and Marie-Anne Valfort. Gender norms, Muslim immigrants, and Economic Integration in France. Under Review Adida, Claire L., David D. Laitin and Marie-Anne Valfort. One Muslim is Enough! Evidence from a Field Experiment in France. Under Review Adida, Claire L. Do African voters favor co-ethnics? A new identification strategy.
Adida Curriculum Vitae 3 Under Review Adida, Claire L., Karen Ferree, Daniel N. Posner, and Amanda Lea Robinson. Social Desirability Bias in African Survey Data. Working Paper Awards, Grants and Fellowships 2012-2013 UCSD COR Research Grant 2012-2013 UCSD Hellman Fellow 2012-2013 UCSD Faculty Development Career Grant 2012 UCSD COR Travel Grant for the 2012 meeting of the African Studies Association, Philadelphia, PA 2012 UCSD Institute for International and Comparative Area Studies Research Grant 2011 African Politics Conference Group Best Article Award (Too Close for Comfort? Immigrant Exclusion in Africa) 2011 APSA Comparative Democratization section Best Field Research Award 2011 APSA REP section Best Dissertation on Race, Ethnicity, and Politics Award 2011 UCSD COR Research Grant 2011 UCSD COR Travel Grant for the 2011 meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, IL 2008-2009 Stanford University Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies, Center for Democracy, Development and the Rule of Law (CDDRL) Pre-Doctoral Fellowship. 2008-2009 Stanford University Humanities Center Mellon Foundation Dissertation Fellowship (declined). 2008 American Political Science Association Travel Grant.
Adida Curriculum Vitae 4 2007-2008 Stanford University Vice-Provost for Graduate Education Diversity Dissertation Research Opportunity Grant for survey administration and data collection in Niamey, Niger. 2006-2007 Stanford University Graduate Research Opportunity Grant for field research expenses in West Africa. 2003-2008 Stanford University Political Science Graduate Student Fellowship for five years of doctoral study. 2002-2003 Columbia University School of International and Public Affairs Teaching Assistant Fellowship for one year of tuition and stipend support toward the completion of the M.A. in International Affairs. 2000 Northwestern University Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences McGovern Award in Political Science for excellence in scholarship, leadership, and university citizenship. 2000 Northwestern University Summa Cum Laude with Honors in Political Science Invited Talks and Conferences 2013 Luce Conference on Comparative Approaches to Immigration, Religion and Ethnicity (MIT), May 24-25 2013 Comparative Politics Workshop (UCLA), May 8 2012 Political Representation in Ethnically Diverse Societies Conference (Dartmouth), October 19-20 2012 Comparative Politics Workshop (Columbia University), October 17 2012 Luce Conference on the Comparative Politics of Immigration (Princeton University), May 11-12 2012 West Coast Experiments Conference (University of California Berkeley), May 11 2011 Luce Conference on the Comparative Politics of Immigration (Princeton University), March 18-19
Adida Curriculum Vitae 5 2010 Better Governance for Better Health: Harnessing Applied Methods to Advance the Study of the Political Determinants of Health, Center for Democracy, Development and the Rule of Law (Stanford University), May 27 2010 Comparative Politics Workshop (University of California Berkeley), February 5 2008 Political Science Department (University of Wisconsin Madison), December 16 2008 Political Science Department (University of California San Diego), December 8 2008 Political Science Department (Boston University), December 3 2008 Political Science Department (American University), November 24 2008 Political Science Department (University of Washington), November 21 2008 Political Science Department (Temple University), November 17 2008 Political Science Department (Michigan State University), November 10 2008 Political Science Department (University of Illinois Urbana Champaign), October 22 2008 Colloquium on Race, Ethnicity and Immigration (University of California Berkeley), April 17 2006 Society for Comparative Research Graduate Student Retreat (Yale University), May Conference Participation American Political Science Association 2013 Chicago, presenter and discussant 2011 Seattle, presenter 2009 Toronto, presenter 2008 Boston, presenter
Adida Curriculum Vitae 6 Midwest Political Science Association 2011 Chicago, presenter and discussant 2008 Chicago, presenter 2006 Chicago, presenter Working Group on African Political Economy 2012 Caltech, presenter 2011 UCSD, presenter 2010 Pomona, presenter 2009 Berkeley, presenter 2008 UCLA, presenter African Studies Association 2013 Baltimore 2012 Philadelphia, presenter and discussant International Studies Association 2013 San Francisco, presenter and discussant 2008 San Francisco, presenter Western Political Science Association 2008 San Diego, presenter Teaching Graduate level State and Society (UCSD): Winter 2013, Winter 2012, Winter 2011 Democracy (UCSD), co-taught with Sam Popkin: Winter 2013 Undergraduate level Contention and Conflict in Africa (Lecture, UCSD): Spring 2013, Winter 2011 Immigrant Exclusion around the World (Seminar, UCSD): Spring 2012 Muslim Integration into France (Seminar, Stanford), co-taught with David Laitin: 2010 African Politics (Seminar, Stanford): 2009 Service Reviewer American Journal of Political Science, American Political Science Review, Comparative Political Studies, Journal of Labor Economics, Journal of Politics, World Politics
Adida Curriculum Vitae 7 Member University Discipline African Politics Conference Group; American Political Science Association; International Studies Association; Working Group On African Political Economy Comparative Center for Immigration Studies Faculty Advisory Board (since 2010); Comparative Speaker Series organizer (2012-3) Committee Chair, Best Graduate Student Paper Committee, African Politics Conference Group (2012-3); Committee Member, Best Dissertation Field Research Award, Comparative Democratization section, APSA (2011-2); Stanford Vice Provost for Graduate Education Grant Selection Committee (2008); Stanford Political Science Department Graduate Admissions Committee (2008); Stanford Political Science Department Hiring Committee (2006) Fieldwork 2011 Benin (December) 2010 France (March) 2009 France (March) 2007 Ghana, Benin, Nigeria, Niger (January-December) 2005 Uganda, South Africa (June-August) 2004 Botswana, Namibia (July) Languages French (native) Spanish (conversational) Yoruba (beginner) (Last updated: May 2013)