CV

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Education

Ph.D. Political Science, University of Rochester, 2022
- Dissertation Title: "International Influences on Authoritarian Survival"
- Dissertation Committee: John Duggan (Chair), Randall Stone (Co-chair), Gretchen Helmke, Jack Paine

M.A. Political Science, University of Rochester, 2018
M.A. Economics, Stony Brook University, 2015
B.B.A. Global Business and Information System, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST), 2012

Publications

Gao, Jacque. “Investment with Insecure Property Rights: Capital Outflow Openness under Dictatorship.” The Review of International Organizations 17.3 (2022): 569-595.
Gao, Jacque. “Democratization in the Shadow of Globalization.” International Organization 75.3 (2021): 698-734.
Gao, Jacque. “Solving the Guardianship Dilemma by War.” Journal of Theoretical Politics 33.4 (2021): 455-474.
Duggan, John, and Jacque Gao. “Lobbying as a Multidimensional Tug of War.” Social Choice and Welfare 54.1 (2020): 141-166.

Working Papers

Gao, Jacque, and Yu Mei. “Delegation in International Organizations: United States and the UN Peacekeeping Operations”
Gao, Jacque, and Yu Mei. “Democracy, Development, and Multilateralism: A Strategic Model of Vote Buying in the UN Security Council”
Gao, Jacque. “The FDI Liberalization Dilemma: Balancing Insider and Outsider Threats”
Gao, Jacque. “On Runoff Elections and Plurality Voting: Information Aggregation under Divided Majority”

Selected Work in Progress

Gao, Jacque. “Crony Capitalism, Inter-Provincial Competition, and Public Goods Provision in China”
Gao, Jacque, and Randall Stone. “Paying Respect: The International Politics of China’s State Visits”

Research Assistantships

G. Bingham Powell, “Ideological Representation: Achieved and Astray.” Cambridge University Press, 2019
Jack Paine, “The Coup-Repression Dilemma: Balancing Dual Military Agency Problem.” Summer 2018
Lynda Powell, “Legislative Bipartisanship: Explaining Variation in Cross-Party Coalition Building Activity in the 99 State Legislative Chambers.” 2017 - 2019

Fellowships and Awards

Presentations

Conference Presentations
- Midwest Political Science Association Annual Meeting (2021)
- Southern Political Science Association Annual Meeting (2019, 2021)
- American Political Science Association Annual Meeting (2019)
Invited Talks
- 2022: Chinese University of Hong Kong (Shenzhen), Nanyang Technological University
- 2021: Princeton University, Florida State University
- 2019: UCSD
Workshops
- Junior Scholar Symposia, Virtual Formal Theory Workshop (2020)
- Workshop on Comparative Political Selection, National School of Development, Peking University (2019)
- Emory-Duke-Rochester Political Economy Graduate Research Conference (2019)

Teaching Experience

University of Rochester
- Instructor, PSC 401 Math Fundamentals for Political Science (graduate level)
- Teaching Assistant, PSC 407 Mathematical Modeling (graduate level)
- Teaching Assistant, PSC 267 Identity, Ethnicity and Nationalism
- Teaching Assistant, PSC 251 Authoritarianism
- Teaching Assistant, PSC 107 Introduction to Positive Political Theory
- Teaching Assistant, PSC 101 Introduction to Comparative Politics
Stony Brook University

University and Department Service

Coordinator, American Politics Working Group, University of Rochester, 2016 – 2017

Referee Service

International Organization, Chinese Journal of International Politics, Mathematical Social Sciences, British Journal of Political Science

Computer Skills

Language Skills