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Joshua W. Jones Professor of Public and International Affairs
Co-Director of Graduate Studies, Political Science & International Affairs

Curriculum Vitae

Shane Singh joined UGA as an assistant professor in the fall of 2010, was promoted to associate professor in 2015, and full professor in 2020. He currently serves as co-Director of Graduate Studies for the MA/PhD Program in Political Science and International Affairs. Professor Singh鈥檚 research focuses on comparative politics, with an emphasis on comparative political behavior and elections. He is also an instructor in the ICPSR Summer Program in Quantitative Methods of Social Research. In the 2018-2019 academic year, he was a Visiting Democracy Fellow at the Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation at the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University. He was previously a post-doctoral researcher with the Centre for the Study of Democratic Citizenship at McGill University and the Making Electoral Democracy Work project. He received a Ph.D. in political science from Michigan State University.

Education
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  • Ph.D, Michigan State University, Political Science, 2009
  • 聽MA, Michigan State University, Political Science, 2006
  • 聽BA, Michigan State University, Political Science and Prelaw, 2003

More About +

Professor Singh is actively researching topics related to comparative political behavior and the intended and unintended effects of democratic institutions and electoral policies. His current primary interest is compulsory voting, with a focus on its effects on citizen attitudes and the nature of vote choices. Professor Singh has published around 40 peer-reviewed academic journal articles on these subjects in many of the leading general and subfield journals in political science. Some of his recent publications appear in the聽American Political Science Review, the聽American Journal of Political Science, the聽Journal of Politics, the British Journal of Political Science,聽Political Science Research and Methods,听迟丑别听European Journal of Political Research, Political Behavior, Comparative Political Studies, and聽Electoral Studies. Professor Singh is skilled in the use of quantitative research methods, and his research makes use of a variety of cutting-edge quantitative tools.

Professor Singh鈥檚 work is supported grants totaling聽roughly US$200,000, and he has won numerous scholarships and awards to further his education, scholarship, and professional travel. Professor Singh has presented his work at invited talks and conferences, for both academic and professional audiences, in several countries. He frequently teaches on 快猫短视频’s study abroad programs,聽 and he is an instructor at the ICPSR Summer Program in Quantitative Methods of Social Research at the University of Michigan during the summer.

Areas of Expertise +

  • Comparative Political Behavior
  • Electoral Behavior
  • Elections
  • Compulsory Voting

Honors, Awards, and Achievements +

  • 2022: William A. Owens Creative Research Award, 快猫短视频
  • 2020: Jack Walker Outstanding Article Award, Political Organizations and Parties Section, American Political Science Association
  • 2018-2019:聽Democracy Fellow, Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University
  • 2016-2020: Roughly $140,000 grant from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada. With J. Roy and P. Fournier.
  • 2015: Faculty Research Award, School of Public and International Affairs, 快猫短视频
  • 2013-2016: Roughly $60,000 grant from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada. With J. Roy, P. Fournier, and B. Andrew.

Affiliations +

  • 聽聽聽2015-present: Instructor, ICPSR Summer Program in Quantitative Methods of Social Research, University of Michigan

Course Instruction +

Instructor, Graduate Level:
鈥 Comparative Parties and Elections: Spring 2015 (directed readings)
鈥 Comparative Political Behavior: Spring 2016; Spring 2017; Spring 2023; Spring 2024
鈥 Dissertation Prospectus Workshop: Spring 2023
鈥 GradFIRST Introduction to Research and Scholarship: Fall 2022-Fall 2023
鈥 Research Methods in International Policy: Fall 2010-Fall 2021
鈥 Research Methods in Political Science: Fall 2010; Fall 2012-Fall 2021
鈥 Selected Topics in Comparative Politics: Winter Break 2010-2011 (in Australia)

Instructor, Undergraduate Level:
鈥 British Politics: Spring 2020 (in Oxford, UK)
鈥 Comparative Political Institutions: Winter Break 2010-2011 (in Australia); Fall 2011; Spring 2012; Summer 2012 (in Verona, Italy); Spring 2013; Summer 2013 (in Verona, Italy); Summer 2014 (in Verona, Italy); Spring 2015; Summer 2015 (in Verona, Italy); Summer 2016 (in Verona, Italy); Summer 2017 (in Verona, Italy); Summer 2018; Spring 2020 (in Oxford, UK)
鈥 Democracy in Latin America: Spring 2020 (directed readings)
鈥 Introduction to Comparative Politics: Spring 2011-Spring 2013; Spring 2018; Spring 2022; Fall 2022; Fall 2023
鈥 Music and Politics Around the World: Summer 2020-Summer 2023

Selected Publications +

BOOKS

Singh, Shane P. 2021. Beyond Turnout: How Compulsory Voting Shapes Citizens and Political Parties. New York: Oxford University Press (Comparative Politics Series).
Roy, Jason, Shane P. Singh, and Patrick Fournier. 2021. The Power of Polls? A Cross- National Experimental Analysis of the Effects of Campaign Polls. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press (Elements in Campaigns and Elections Series).

SOME RECENT PEER-REVIEWED JOURNAL ARTICLES

Singh, Shane P. Forthcoming. 鈥淓lections Increase Satisfaction with Democracy.鈥 Comparative Political Studies.
Singh, Shane P. Forthcoming. 鈥淐ompulsory Voting Increases Men鈥檚 Turnout Most.鈥 American Journal of Political Science.
Rajan, Reshikesav, and Shane P. Singh. 2025. 鈥淭oothless Compulsory Voting Can Increase Turnout: Evidence from India.鈥 Electoral Studies. 96(1): 102951.
Singh, Shane P., and Ryan E. Carlin. 2025. 鈥淭he Pigmentocracy of Executive Approval.鈥 Comparative Political Studies. 58(2): 327-363.
Singh, Shane P., and Jaroslav Tir. 2024. 鈥淟ess Human Than Human: Threat, Language, and Relative Dehumanization.鈥 British Journal of Political Science. 54(3): 612-628.
Singh, Shane P. 2023. 鈥淐ompulsory Voting Diminishes the Relationship Between Winning and Satisfaction with Democracy.鈥 Journal of Politics. 85(3): 1079-1093.
Singh, Shane P., and Quinton Mayne. 2023. 鈥淪atisfaction with Democracy: A Review of a Major Public Opinion Indicator.鈥 Public Opinion Quarterly. 87(1): 187-218.
Singh, Shane P., and Jaroslav Tir. 2023. 鈥淭hreat-Inducing Violent Events Exacerbate Social Desirability Bias in Survey Responses.鈥 American Journal of Political Science. 67(1): 1079-1093.
Singh, Shane P. 2022. 鈥淒oes Compulsory Voting Affect How Voters Choose? A Test Using a Combined Conjoint and Regression Discontinuity Analysis.鈥 Comparative Political Studies. 55(12): 2119-2143.
Williams, Neil S., Alexandra Snipes, and Shane P. Singh. 2021. 鈥淕ender Differences in the Impact of Electoral Victory on Satisfaction with Democracy.鈥 Electoral Studies. 69(1): 102205.
Singh, Shane P. 2019. 鈥淐ompulsory Voting and Parties鈥 Vote Seeking Strategies.鈥 American Journal of Political Science. 63(1): 37-52.
Singh, Shane P., and Judd R. Thornton. 2019. 鈥淓lections Activate Partisanship Across Countries.鈥 American Political Science Review. 113(1): 248-253.
Singh, Shane P. 2019. 鈥淧olitically Unengaged, Distrusting, and Disaffected Individuals Drive the Link between Compulsory Voting and Invalid Balloting.鈥 Political Science Research and Methods. 7(1): 107-123.
Singh, Shane P. 2018. 鈥淐ompulsory Voting and Dissatisfaction with Democracy.鈥 British Journal of Political Science. 48(3): 843-854.
Singh, Shane P., and Jason Roy. 2018. 鈥淐ompulsory Voting and Voter Information Seeking.鈥 Research & Politics. 5(1): 1-8.
Singh, Shane P. 2016. 鈥淓lections as Poorer Reflections of Preferences Under Compulsory Voting.鈥 Electoral Studies 44(1): 56-65.
Carlin, Ryan E., and Shane P. Singh. 2015. 鈥淓xecutive Power and Economic Accountability.鈥 Journal of Politics 77(4): 1031-1044.

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