Curriculum Vitae - Georgia State University

4Walker, Carol. Ph.D. dissertation defended 7/15/2010: “The Buck Stops Here: ThePresident as Manager of the U.S. Economy during Crisis”Invited Lectures and Training Seminars“Understanding the Qualitative vs. Quantitative Research Divide”. Guest Lecture forDaniel Young‟s “Political Science Research Methods” course (POLS 3800). GeorgiaState University, February 6, 2013.“Foreign Policymaking and the „Two Presidencies‟ Thesis.” Guest lecture for DanielFranklin‟s “American Chief Executives” course (POLS 4180). Georgia StateUniversity, November 17, 2011.“The American Founding as Creation Myth.” Guest lecture for Dr. Molly Bassett‟s“Religious Dimensions in Human Experience” (RELS 6080), Georgia StateUniversity, September 23, 2010.“Bibliographic Reference Acquisition, Management, and Sharing with Zotero.” Trainingseminar for Georgia State University Department of Political Science graduatestudents and faculty. September 25, 2009.“Rhetoric, Influence, and Decision Making on the U.S. Supreme Court: A Digital TextAnalytic Approach.” Invited lecture at SUNY at Buffalo: December 9, 2008“Using Digital Text Analysis Software for Social Science and Humanities Research.”Invited training seminar at George Mason University‟s “Technology Across theCurriculum” faculty working group. Fairfax, VA: February 28, 2008RECENT RESEARCH GRANT WORKJune 2012 – June 2013: Co-Project Leader (with Michael Fix) for Georgia StateUniversity Center for Human Rights and Democracy Politics of Sentencing andMandatory Minimums Project Leader AwardTotal amount awarded: $5,000Project Title: "Examining Variation in State Punitiveness”Fall 2006 – Spring 2009: Project Director for the NSF - Funded UMD Digital DocketProjectTotal amount awarded: $767,996. BSC-0624067, September, 2006 to August, 2009.Official title: “DHB: A Computational Approach to Understanding the Dynamics ofthe Judicial System.” PI: Wayne McIntosh. Co-PI‟s: Cynthia Cates, Lee Strickland,and Jimmy Lin.Responsibilities: Served as liaison between Principal Investigators from threedepartments; coordinated and mentored a ten-member team of undergraduate researchassistants; assigned tasks to graduate research assistants from several departments;co-authored papers; and made presentations at professional conferences.