Buchanan CV

Curriculum Vitae

Ross Buchanan

ADDRESS: 3600 GREYSTONE DR. Apt 547 ● AUSTIN, TX 78731

PHONE: (512) 363-0671 ● EMAIL: ross.buchanan@utexas.edu

WEBSITE: www.rossabuchanan.com  


 

Education & Experience                                                                                 

University of Texas at Austin                                                                                   2013 – Present

  • Ph.D., Government

o   Expected graduation, Spring 2020

  • Committee:

o   Bryan Jones (co-Chair), Christopher Wlezien (co-chair), Brian Roberts,
Eugenio Y. Arima (UT Geography Dept.)

o   Fields: Comparative Politics, Public Policy                                                                     


Fulbright Korea                                                                                                              2010 – 2013

·         Taught English speaking and writing classes at Cheongwon High School
in South Korea.

·         Critical Language Enhancement Award at Jungwon University (2011).

AmeriCorps City Year                                                                                                    2009 – 2010

·         Tutored and organized service activities for low income high school
students in Seattle.

College of Wooster                                                                                                        2005 – 2009


·         B.A., International Relations

 

Dissertation                                                                                                    

·         Dynamic Policy Responsiveness without Democracy: The Importance of Outcomes

·         Examines the tangible outcomes of policy responsiveness and how they dynamically feed back on both public opinion and policy.

·         Analysis focuses on air pollution; includes the states and 319 localities in the United States (2006 – 2016), and the provinces and 274 localities in China (2013 – 2015).   

 

Research Interests                                                                                         

Public Policy

  • Policy Responsiveness, Public Opinion, Authoritarianism, Federalism, Policy Implementation.

Environmental Politics

  • Air Pollution Outcomes, Policy Effectiveness, Public Awareness, Remote Sensing Data.

 

 

 

Academic Publications                                                                                  

·         Lavenex, Sandra, Flavia Jurje, Terri Givens, and Ross Buchanan. 2016. “Regional Migration Governance”. In The Oxford Handbook of Comparative Regionalism, eds. Tanja A. Börzel and Thomas Risse. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 457–85.

·         Qin, Xiaolei, and Ross Buchanan. Forthcoming. “Policy and Public Preferences Regarding the University Enrollment Quotas System across Chinese Provinces”. Higher Education Policy.

 

Conference Papers                                                                                          


  • “All Politics is Local?  Policy Responsiveness of Local, State, and National Governments in the United States.”  Midwest Political Science Association.  2019.
  • “Responsiveness and Feedback under Authoritarianism: The Public, City Governments, and Air Pollution in China.”  Southern Political Science Association.  2019.
  • Responsiveness and Feedback under Authoritarianism: The Public, City Governments, and Air Pollution in China.”  Southern Political Science Association.  2019.
  •  “Policy Implementation Responsiveness to Public Participation in an Authoritarian Regime.”  Midwest Political Science Association.  2018.
  • “Policy Responsiveness in Authoritarian Regimes: The Case of Air Pollution in China.”  Midwest Political Science Association.  2017.

 

Research Skills                                                                                               

Geospatial analysis in R

·         Working with satellite-derived air pollution data and NOAA atmospheric data

·         Using explicitly spatial models such as lagged spatial autoregressive (SAR) models.

·         Completed specialized course at the Statistics & Data Sciences Dept. at UT Austin (2017).

Structural Equation Modeling in R

·         Using structural equation models to account for error correlation in systems of equations and estimating latent variables.

·         Completed specialized course at the Statistics & Data Sciences Dept. at UT Austin (2018).

Web Scraping in Python

·         Used Python (through Selenium WebDriver) to collect and analyze thousands of Chinese government work reports and articles in state newspapers.