I check e-mail religiously and voicemail seldom, so it is best to write. Please do not add me to a mailing list unasked. (PR firms: that means you.)
My Google Voice number is +1 (203) 903-2528.
Non-Yale students and blog readers: before writing or calling, please see my e-mail policy below.
Yale students: sign up for office hours online. My office is:
Yale University ISPS, 77 Prospect St., Room A103, New Haven, CT 06511 (see map)
E-mail policy
An academic position, a public e-mail address, and a blog means I get a lot of new correspondence. I read all messages that arrive, and try my best to respond. Unfortunately, I can’t always get to them all. My apologies in advance if I don’t have time to reply.
E-mails are most likely to get a response if they are very short and require a quick reply. Unfortunately, I can seldom provide individual school or job advice.
I welcome papers, articles and links that you have seen or written and that you think might interest readers of the blog. New research is especially appreciated.
Interested in graduate school at Yale?
I encourage anyone interested in Yale’s programs (or working with me) to apply to political science, economics, or international relations.
Students often contact faculty directly about admissions, especially in summer and fall. Different faculty deal with this different ways. For me, I prefer to meet or chat with students once they have been accepted by the program. There are a couple of reasons for this.
One is that I receive e-mails from more people than I can find time to meet. So in fairness I try not to privilege some over others. Once someone is accepted, that means I have the time to talk with them in more depth to help them make the right decision.
Finally, having a conversation with a professor in the department, in my experience, does not influence the admissions process. It is enough to mention in your application that you are interested in the work of specific faculty and illustrate a linkage. In the end, even that does not weigh heavily in the decision. Focus on getting good recommendations, experience, grades and GRE scores and you will be fine.
Interested in working on one of my projects?
When needed, I advertise for positions on my blog, so keep your eyes peeled.
I also draw on applicants to Innovations for Poverty Action. Job announcements for lots of interesting work are here, and you can ask IPA to keep a CV on file by sending a cover letter and resume to jobs@poverty-action.org. We share a CV database with the Poverty Action Lab.
What do I look for? At minimum, some experience in a developing country, basic stats training, and top performance in a degree in social science. Preferably, people with actual research time in the field, great recommendations, plans for graduate school, and a good knowledge of statistical analysis and STATA. Most of all: self-starting go-getters who will work their brains out in difficult places.
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