{"id":5,"date":"2016-10-18T09:41:22","date_gmt":"2016-10-18T09:41:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/qufaculty.qu.edu.qa\/bnesbit\/?page_id=5"},"modified":"2016-10-20T07:54:42","modified_gmt":"2016-10-20T07:54:42","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/qufaculty.qu.edu.qa\/bnesbit\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row full_width=&#8221;&#8221; parallax=&#8221;&#8221; parallax_image=&#8221;&#8221;][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_single_image border_color=&#8221;grey&#8221; img_link_large=&#8221;&#8221; img_link_target=&#8221;_self&#8221; img_size=&#8221;large&#8221; image=&#8221;60&#8243;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Bethany Shockley&#8217;s research agenda explores political attitudes and behavior broadly. She primarily focuses on understanding local governance and women in politics. She has used survey and field experiments to investigate perceptions of female candidates both in Latin America and the Arabian Gulf. She also has active survey experiments related to ethnic voting, migration decision-making, the marriage market, and the consequences of political reform in Qatar.<\/p>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row full_width=&#8221;&#8221; parallax=&#8221;&#8221; parallax_image=&#8221;&#8221;][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;]<h1 class=\"fac-title text-center\" style=\"color:\">Academic Positions<\/h1>\n<ul class=\"ul-dates \">\n\t\t\t<li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"dates\"><span>Present<\/span><span>Fall 2014<\/span><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content\"><h4>Post-doctoral researcher<\/h4><p>Social and Economic Survey Research Institute (SESRI) at Qatar University<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li><\/ul><h1 class=\"fac-title text-center\" style=\"color:\">Research Experience<\/h1>\n<ul class=\"ul-dates \">\n\t\t\t<li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"dates\"><span>2015<\/span><span>2014<\/span><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content\"><h4>Lead Principal Investigator<\/h4><p>The Local Council and Perceptions of Female Candidates <\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li><\/ul>[vc_empty_space height=&#8221;32px&#8221;]<ul class=\"ul-dates \">\n\t\t\t<li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"dates\"><span>June 2015<\/span><span>March 2015<\/span><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content\"><h4>Co-Principal Investigator <\/h4><p>Political Section of the Qatar Quarterly Survey 5th and 6th Waves (telephone survey of Qatari households)<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li><\/ul>[vc_empty_space height=&#8221;64px&#8221;]<ul class=\"ul-dates \">\n\t\t\t<li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"dates\"><span>Present<\/span><span>Spring 2014<\/span><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content\"><h4>Collaborating Research Assistant <\/h4><p>Women in Government: An Experimental Study of Attitudes about Governing Ability Women in Government <\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li><\/ul>[vc_empty_space height=&#8221;32px&#8221;]<ul class=\"ul-dates \">\n\t\t\t<li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"dates\"><span>2014<\/span><span>Spring 2012<\/span><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content\"><h4>Co-Principal Investigator <\/h4><p>the Project for Local Representation <\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li><\/ul>[vc_empty_space height=&#8221;32px&#8221;]<ul class=\"ul-dates \">\n\t\t\t<li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"dates\"><span>Summer 2012<\/span><span>Summer 2012<\/span><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content\"><h4>Research Assistant<\/h4><p>Todd Kent, Texas A&amp;M University in Qatar<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li><\/ul>[vc_empty_space height=&#8221;32px&#8221;]<ul class=\"ul-boxed list-unstyled\"><li class=\"\">Responsibilities included: data analysis and editing of manuscripts for publication<\/li><\/ul>[vc_empty_space height=&#8221;32px&#8221;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;]<h1 class=\"fac-title text-center\" style=\"color:\">Education<\/h1>\n<ul class=\"ul-card \">\n\t\t\t<li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"dy\"><span class=\"degree\">Ph.D<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"year\">Aug 2014<\/span><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"description\"><p class=\"what\">Comparative Politics, Political Methodology<\/p><p class=\"where\">Texas A&amp;M University<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li><\/ul><ul class=\"ul-card \">\n\t\t\t<li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"dy\"><span class=\"degree\">B.A<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"year\">2009<\/span><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"description\"><p class=\"what\">Political Science<\/p><p class=\"where\">Sam Houston State University<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li><\/ul><ul class=\"ul-boxed list-unstyled\"><li class=\"\">Minors: Spanish and History<\/li><\/ul>[\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row full_width=&#8221;&#8221; parallax=&#8221;&#8221; parallax_image=&#8221;&#8221;][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/1&#8243;]<h1 class=\"fac-title text-center\" style=\"color:\">Honors, Awards and Grants<\/h1>\n<ul class=\"timeline \">\n\t\t\t<li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"date\">2015<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"circle\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"data\"><div class=\"subject\">Recipient, Best in Category Poster at the Qatar University Research Week<\/div><div class=\"text row\">\n\t\t    <div class=\"col-md-12\">\n\t\t        <br \/>\n\n\t\t    <\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li><\/ul><ul class=\"timeline \">\n\t\t\t<li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"date\">2012<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"circle\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"data\"><div class=\"subject\">Recipient, George Bush Presidential Library Foundation Grant<\/div><div class=\"text row\">\n\t\t    <div class=\"col-md-12\">\n\t\t        <br \/>\n\n\t\t    <\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li><\/ul><ul class=\"timeline \">\n\t\t\t<li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"date\">2013<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"circle\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"data\"><div class=\"subject\">Recipient, Texas A&amp;M College of Liberal Arts Dissertation Enhancement Fellowship<\/div><div class=\"text row\">\n\t\t    <div class=\"col-md-12\">\n\t\t        <br \/>\n\n\t\t    <\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li><\/ul><ul class=\"timeline \">\n\t\t\t<li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"date\">2012<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"circle\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"data\"><div class=\"subject\">Recipient, Glasscock Center for Humanities Graduate Student Research Fellowship<\/div><div class=\"text row\">\n\t\t    <div class=\"col-md-12\">\n\t\t        <br \/>\n\n\t\t    <\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li><\/ul><ul class=\"timeline \">\n\t\t\t<li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"date\">2013<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"circle\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"data\"><div class=\"subject\">Participant, Empirical Implications of Theoretical Models, University of Houston <\/div><div class=\"text row\">\n\t\t    <div class=\"col-md-12\">\n\t\t        <br \/>\n\n\t\t    <\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li><\/ul><ul class=\"ul-boxed list-unstyled\"><li class=\"\">Research project title: \u201cLocal Representation and Elite Incentives: A Theory and Analysis of Mayoral Resource Allocation Strategies with Evidence from Ecuador\u201d<\/li><\/ul>[\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row full_width=&#8221;&#8221; parallax=&#8221;&#8221; parallax_image=&#8221;&#8221;][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/1&#8243;]<h1 class=\"fac-title text-center\" style=\"color:\">Conference Presentations<\/h1>\n<ul class=\"timeline \">\n\t\t\t<li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"date\">March 4th, 2016<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"circle\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"data\"><div class=\"subject\">Shockley, Bethany and Justin Gengler \u201cQualification or Affiliation? Revealing Arab Voter Preferences via a Conjoint Experiment\u201d presented at After the Uprising: The Arab World in Freefall, Fragmentation or Reconfiguration? In Princeton, NJ<\/div><div class=\"text row\">\n\t\t    <div class=\"col-md-12\">\n\t\t        <br \/>\n\n\t\t    <\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li><\/ul><ul class=\"timeline \">\n\t\t\t<li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"date\">January 12th 2016<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"circle\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"data\"><div class=\"subject\">Shockley, Bethany and Michael Ewers \u201cAttracting and Retaining Highly Skilled Expatriates in Qatar During an Era of Uncertainty: Would You Stay or Would You Go?\u201d presented at Migration Dynamics: The Flow of People and Ideas into the Gulf, Abu Dhabi UAE<\/div><div class=\"text row\">\n\t\t    <div class=\"col-md-12\">\n\t\t        <br \/>\n\n\t\t    <\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li><\/ul><ul class=\"timeline \">\n\t\t\t<li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"date\">August 4th, 2015<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"circle\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"data\"><div class=\"subject\">Shockley, Bethany \u201cDoes Continued Centralization Reduce Citizen Support for Government: The Costa Rican Case\u201d presented at the American Political Science Association Annual Meeting in San Francisco, California<\/div><div class=\"text row\">\n\t\t    <div class=\"col-md-12\">\n\t\t        <br \/>\n\n\t\t    <\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li><\/ul><ul class=\"timeline \">\n\t\t\t<li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"date\">March 8th, 2015<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"circle\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"data\"><div class=\"subject\">Shockley, Bethany \u201cMoving Forward but Not Catching Up: Woman and Interest in Politics in Qatar\u201d presented at the World Association for Public Opinion Research Regional Conference in Doha, Qatar<\/div><div class=\"text row\">\n\t\t    <div class=\"col-md-12\">\n\t\t        <br \/>\n\n\t\t    <\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li><\/ul><ul class=\"timeline \">\n\t\t\t<li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"date\">January 10th, 2015<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"circle\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"data\"><div class=\"subject\">Shockley Bethany \u201cSupport for Electing Women to the Local Council: A Field Experiment on Gender Attitudes in Qatar\u201d presented at the Winter Experiments in the Social Sciences Institute (WESSI) at New York University in Abu Dhabi, UAE<\/div><div class=\"text row\">\n\t\t    <div class=\"col-md-12\">\n\t\t        <br \/>\n\n\t\t    <\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li><\/ul><ul class=\"timeline \">\n\t\t\t<li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"date\">April 4th, 2014<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"circle\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"data\"><div class=\"subject\">Shockley, Bethany with Kendall Funk and Maria Escobar-Lemmon \u201cChanging the Way We See Social Services? How Decentralization Changes Satisfaction with Services\u201d presented at the Midwest Political Science Association Annual Meeting in Chicago, Illinois<\/div><div class=\"text row\">\n\t\t    <div class=\"col-md-12\">\n\t\t        <br \/>\n\n\t\t    <\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li><\/ul><ul class=\"timeline \">\n\t\t\t<li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"date\">August 29th, 2013<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"circle\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"data\"><div class=\"subject\">Shockley, Bethany \u201cA Theory of Local Representation: Exploring the Incentives of Local Elected Officials\u201d presented at the American Political Science Association Annual Meeting in Chicago, Illinois<\/div><div class=\"text row\">\n\t\t    <div class=\"col-md-12\">\n\t\t        <br \/>\n\n\t\t    <\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li><\/ul><ul class=\"timeline \">\n\t\t\t<li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"date\">January 4th, 2013<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"circle\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"data\"><div class=\"subject\">Shockley, Bethany \u201cDecentralization and Local Government Responsiveness: Exploring the Role of Participation\u201d presented at the Southern Political Science Association Meeting, Orlando, Florida<\/div><div class=\"text row\">\n\t\t    <div class=\"col-md-12\">\n\t\t        <br \/>\n\n\t\t    <\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li><\/ul><ul class=\"timeline \">\n\t\t\t<li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"date\">Sept. 1-4, 2011<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"circle\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"data\"><div class=\"subject\">Shockley, Bethany and Michelle Taylor-Robinson, and Maria Escobar-Lemmon on \u201cWhat Explains Executive Success in the Legislature?: Disaggregating the Executive to Examine Ministers\u2019 Legislative Success in Latin America\u201d Presented at the American Political Science Association Meeting, Seattle, Washington<\/div><div class=\"text row\">\n\t\t    <div class=\"col-md-12\">\n\t\t        <br \/>\n\n\t\t    <\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li><\/ul><ul class=\"timeline \">\n\t\t\t<li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"date\">April 1-3, 2011<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"circle\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"data\"><div class=\"subject\">Shockley, Bethany \u201cThe Decentralization Bargain: A Theory of the Origins and Depth of Decentralization in Latin America\u201d Poster presented at the Midwest Political Science Association Meeting, Chicago, Illinois<\/div><div class=\"text row\">\n\t\t    <div class=\"col-md-12\">\n\t\t        <br \/>\n\n\t\t    <\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li><\/ul><ul class=\"timeline \">\n\t\t\t<li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"date\">April 22-25, 2010<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"circle\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"data\"><div class=\"subject\">Shockley, Bethany and Ashley Ross \u201cTesting the Decentralization Thesis: Do Decentralization Reforms Generate Higher Levels of National Participation from the Bottom Up? Evidence from Ecuador\u201d Presented at the Midwest Political Science Association Meeting, Chicago, Illinois<\/div><div class=\"text row\">\n\t\t    <div class=\"col-md-12\">\n\t\t        <br \/>\n\n\t\t    <\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li><\/ul><ul class=\"timeline \">\n\t\t\t<li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"date\">May 28th, 2015<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"circle\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"data\"><div class=\"subject\">Presenter at the Qatar University Gulf Studies Center roundtable event: \u201cQatari Central Municipal Council Elections\u201d (Led discussion of SESRI survey results)<\/div><div class=\"text row\">\n\t\t    <div class=\"col-md-12\">\n\t\t        <br \/>\n\n\t\t    <\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li><\/ul><h1 class=\"fac-title text-center\" style=\"color:\">Professional Service<\/h1>\n<ul class=\"timeline \">\n\t\t\t<li class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"date\">August 2013<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"circle\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"data\"><div class=\"subject\">Chair, Panel, \u201cThe Limits of Participatory Democracy\u201d American Political Science Association Annual Meeting Chicago, Illinois<\/div><div class=\"text row\">\n\t\t    <div class=\"col-md-12\">\n\t\t        <br \/>\n\n\t\t    <\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/li><\/ul><h1 class=\"fac-title text-center\" style=\"color:\">Professional Memberships<\/h1>\n<ul class=\"ul-boxed list-unstyled\"><li class=\"\">American Political Science Association<\/li><\/ul><ul class=\"ul-boxed list-unstyled\"><li class=\"\">Midwest Political Science Association <\/li><\/ul><ul class=\"ul-boxed list-unstyled\"><li class=\"\">World Association for Public Opinion Research<\/li><\/ul>[\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row full_width=&#8221;&#8221; parallax=&#8221;&#8221; parallax_image=&#8221;&#8221;][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row full_width=&#8221;&#8221; parallax=&#8221;&#8221; parallax_image=&#8221;&#8221;][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_single_image border_color=&#8221;grey&#8221; img_link_large=&#8221;&#8221; img_link_target=&#8221;_self&#8221; img_size=&#8221;large&#8221; image=&#8221;60&#8243;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_column_text] Dr. Bethany Shockley&#8217;s research agenda explores political attitudes and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":640,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-5","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/qufaculty.qu.edu.qa\/bnesbit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/qufaculty.qu.edu.qa\/bnesbit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/qufaculty.qu.edu.qa\/bnesbit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/qufaculty.qu.edu.qa\/bnesbit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/640"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/qufaculty.qu.edu.qa\/bnesbit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5"}],"version-history":[{"count":24,"href":"http:\/\/qufaculty.qu.edu.qa\/bnesbit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9,"href":"http:\/\/qufaculty.qu.edu.qa\/bnesbit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5\/revisions\/9"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/qufaculty.qu.edu.qa\/bnesbit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}