Quantitative research, data analysis, SQL and R programming

WEN, Shaoshuang

Contact

Information

Gambrell Hall 322 Phone: 803-***-****

Department of Political Science E-mail: *************@*****.*** University of South Carolina Website:

Columbia, SC, USA www.wenshaoshuang.wordpress.com

Education Ph.D., Political Science, University of South Carolina, U.S. (Expected May, 2021) Fields: International Relations and Methodology

Committee: Timothy M. Peterson(Chair), Katherine Barbieri, Chelsea Estancona, Matthew Charles Wilson, Dursun Peksen

Dissertation: Interstate Rivalry, Domestic Politics, and Economic Coercion M.A.S., Applied Statistics, University of South Carolina, U.S. (2019) M.P.A., Public Administration, Morehead State University, U.S. (2016) B.A., International Studies, Morehead State University, U.S. (2014) Research

Interest

Economic statecraft, international political economy (IPE), con ict and cooperation, technology and security, cybersecurity, international institutions, China studies Data analysis: categorical data analysis, longitudinal data analysis, survival data analysis, Bayesian computing, spatial modeling, time series modeling, multivariate analysis, data visualization

Teaching

interest

IPE, international relations, international organizations, international con ict, Asian politics, research methodology (such as introductory statistics and MLE) Publications Wen, Shaoshuang, & Hua-Hsi Huang. 2017. \Trade and Stability in Asia". Strate- gic Vision 34(2): 20-24.

Research

invited to

R&R

Peterson, Timothy M., & Shaoshuang Wen. 2021. \Institutional Determinants of Variation in the Relationship between Trade and Con ict." Under in-house review at Foreign Policy Analysis

Research

under review

Shaoshuang Wen. 2021. \Reconsidering Sanctions Use and Sanctions Conse- quences: Technological Development, National Security, and Economic Sanctions." Shaoshuang Wen. 2021. \Ending Economic Sanctions: International Institutions and International Bargaining."

Shaoshuang Wen. 2021. \Interstate Rivalry and Sanctions: An Unprobed Link." 1

Research in

Progress

\Institutionalized Cooperation and Sanctions E ectiveness"

\Determinants of Recurred Sanctions: A Theory of Sanctions Escalation"

\A Bayesian Spatial Forecasting Model: Identifying Hot Spots of International Con- ict"

\Cybersecurity and Sanctions: The E ect of Economic Coercion on Cyber-attacks"

\Reconsidering U.S.-China Rivalry in the Information Age: Economic Sanctions, Technological Development, and the China Model"

Conference

Papers \Reconsidering Sanctions Use and Sanctions Consequences: Technology Devel- opment, National Security, and Economic Sanctions." Presented at the 2021 Carolina Con ict Consortium, virtual conference.

\Recurrences, Escalation, and the Success of Economic Sanctions." Presenting at the 2020 ISA International Conference, Seoul. (Suspended)

\International Institutions and Duration of Economic Sanctions." Presented at the 2020 Carolina Con ict Consortium, Charlotte, NC.

\Institutional Determinants of Variation in the Relationship between Trade and Con ict." (with Timothy M. Peterson). Presented at the 2019 Annual Midwest Political Science Association Conference, Chicago, IL.

\States, Economic Entities, and Special Cases: The Impact of Their Coding on Trade-Con ict Research." (with Katherine Barbieri and Hua-Hsi Huang). Presented at the 2018 International Studies Association Annual Convention, San Francisco, CA.

\Decomposing the Relationship between PTAs and Militarized Con ict." Pre- sented at the 2018 South Carolina Political Science Association Annual Confer- ence, Conway, SC.

\Why China’s Economic Inducements Do Not Always Work?" (with Hua-Hsi Huang). Presented at the 59th Annual Conference of the American Association for Chinese Studies, Columbia, SC.

Additional

Training and

Professional-

ization

Advanced statistical modeling with latent variables and random e ects, department of epidemiology and biostatistics, university of South Carolina (March 29, 2019) Human subject training and election day wait time study, Charles Stewart at the MIT Election Lab, 2018

The 5th Summer Program at Harbin Institute of Technology \Big Data and Business Analytics," Harbin (July 18, 2018-July 25, 2018)

The Fourth Overseas Students Association Leaders Forum, Shanghai (July 26, 2017- July 29, 2017)

The Twelfth Research Summer Camp for Cross Strait Elites, Taipei (July 10, 2017- July 20, 2017)

The 2017 Institute for Political Methodology (IPM) workshop, Taipei (July 12, 2017- July 20, 2017)

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Research Assistant at Taiwan Center for Security Studies, Taipei (June 11, 2017-July. 11, 2017)

Teaching

Experience

Applied Statistics with R for Political Analysis (Spring 2021)

-Healy, Kieran. 2019. Data Visualization A Practical Introduction. Third Edition.

-Wickham, Hadley. 2016. ggplot2 Elegant Graphics for Data Analysis. Second Edition.

-King, Gary, Robert O. Keohane, and Sidney Verba. 1994. Designing Social Inquiry Scienti c Inference in Qualitative Research. POLI 502 Methods of Political Analysis (Winter 2020)

-Diez, David D., Christopher D. Barr, and Mine C etinkaya-Rundel. 2015. OpenIntro Statistics. Third Edition.

POLI 433 Economic Aspects of International Politics (Fall 2020)

-Cohn, Theodore H. 2016. Global Political Economy: Theory and Practice. Routledge, 7 ed.

-Balaam David N., and Bradford Dillman. 2020. Introduction to International Political Economy. Routledge, 7 ed.

POLI 330 International Organizations (Summer 2020)

-Hurd, Ian. 2015. International Organizations: Politics, Law, Practice. Cambridge University Press, 3rd ed.

R tutorials (Fall 2019)

-Lander, Jared P. 2017. R for Everyone: Advanced Analytics and Graphics. Pearson.

-Wickham, Hadley & Garrett Grolemund. 2017. R for Data Science. O’Reilly. Teaching

Assistant

POLI 481 Politics and Governments of Europe (Spring 2021) POLI 315 International Relations (Spring 2020)

POLI 502 Methods of Political Analysis (graduate) (Fall 2019) POLI 201 American National Government (Aug., 2018-May, 2019) POLI 360 American Political Parties (Spring 2018)

POLI 443 International Relations of East Asia and the Paci c (Fall 2017) POLI 448 Politics and Government of China (Spring 2017) POLI 449 International Relations of the Middle East (Fall 2016) Work

Experience

Conference Interpreter at OISS at Morehead State University (Jan., 2014-May, 2016) MSU Craft Academy Housing Counselor (Jan., 2016-May, 2016) Assistant Director of 2015 MSU Chinese Summer Camp (July, 2014) Graduate Assistant of International Students Services at MSU (Jan., 2014-Dec., 2015) International Education Assistant at Morehead State University (Aug., 2013-Dec., 2013)

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Leadership

Activities

Secretary of Legislative A airs, University of South Carolina Graduate Student As- sociation (Aug., 2018-May, 2019)

Treasurer, University of South Carolina Department of Political Science Graduate Student Organization (Aug., 2018-May, 2019)

President, Morehead State University Chinese Students and Scholars Association

(Aug., 2012-May, 2016) (https://msucssa.wordpress.com) Vice President, Morehead State University Cosmopolitan Club (May, 2015-May, 2016) Grants,

Honors, and

Awards

2020 Graduate Teaching Assistant Teaching Resource Development Grant (link) ($400)

-Bookdown project: https://bookdown.org/swen/poli330/ 2020 Donald J. Puchala Graduate Fellowship ($1,000) 2019 Departmental Travel Grant for MPSA conference ($250) 2018 Harbin Institute of Technology Summer Program Registration Award (rmb2000) 2018 Departmental Travel Grant for ISA Annual Convention ($500) 2017 The Support of an American Association of Chinese Studies Travel Grant ($100) 2016 MPA Program Honor Student

2016 Outstanding Diversity Program Award (Serve as the President) 2016 Outstanding Large Organization of the Year (Serve as the President) service GSA Representative on Registration Committee, University of South Carolina, 2019 Discussant, Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association: 2019 Discussant, International Studies Association Annual Convention: 2018 Skills Statistical Software:

Data mining and data analysis:

SQL, R, SAS, WinBUGS, ArcGIS

Data visualization:

Tableau, R

Methods

Training

Regression, maximum likelihood estimation, time series analysis, longitudinal data analysis, spatial modeling, categorical data analysis, Bayesian computing, survival data analysis, sampling, multivariate analysis, experimental design, game theory Certificate Certi ed Translator (Global Translation CTP) Mandarin Pro ciency Test (MPT) - 1st Grade

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References Dr. Timothy M. Peterson

Associate Professor of Political Science in the School of Politics and Global Studies

Arizona State University

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Relationship: Advisor, dissertation committee chair, professor, teaching assis- tant professor, and coauthor

Dr. Katherine Barbieri

Associate Professor of Political Science in the Department of Political Science University of South Carolina

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Relationship: Professor, teaching assistant professor, dissertation committee member, and coauthor

Dr. James Masterson

Associate Professor of Political Science & Assistant Dean of the Caudill College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences

Morehead State University

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Relationship: Advisor, graduate assistant supervisor, and professor Other

Dissertation

Committee

Members for

references

Dr. Matthew Charles Wilson

University of South Carolina

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Dr. Chelsea Estancona

University of South Carolina

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Dr. Dursun Peksen

University of Memphis

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Updated on March 08, 2021

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