Emily Cross Hilty

Employment

• Data Strategist, Cleveland Metropolitan School District, 2017-Present

  Cleveland, Ohio

• Strategic Data Project Fellow, Center for Education Policy Research at Harvard University, 2017-Present

  Cleveland, Ohio

• Senior Statistician, American Greetings, 2017

  Cleveland, Ohio

• Senior Category Analyst, American Greetings, 2016-2017

  Cleveland, Ohio

• Category Analyst, American Greetings, 2014-2016

  Cleveland, Ohio

• Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science - 2013-2014

  The University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio

• Editorial assistant, Perspectives on Politics - 2009 - 2013

  Indiana University - Dr. Jeffrey C. Isaac, Editor

• Instructor, School of Continuing Studies - 2010-2011

  Indiana University

• Associate Instructor, Department of Political Science - 2008, 2011

  Indiana University

• Research & Editorial Assistant, Department of Political Science - 2004-2005

  College of Wooster - Dr. Kent Kille
  Listed: Editorial Assistant, International Journal of Peace Studies 9, no. 2 (2004)

• Congressional Intern, Representative Dennis Kucinich - 2004

  Washington, DC - Democrat, Ohio

Education

• Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana
• Ph.D. in Political Science, 2013
• American Politics, Political Theory
• Dissertation: Who Votes, Who Doesn’t, Who Cares? The Nonvoter in American Democratic Theory and Practice (Chairs: Dr. Edward Carmines and Dr. Russell Hanson)

• College of Wooster, Wooster, Ohio
• B.A., 2006
• Cum Laude, Departmental Honors
• Political Science (Major), Mathematics (Minor)

Publications

“Political Movement Theory and Otpor: The Concept of Political Opportunity Structure and the Student Movement which Organized in Opposition to Milosevic of Serbia.” The Pi Sigma Alpha Undergraduate Journal of Politics VII, no. 1 (Spring 2007): 60-73.

Working Papers

“Explaining the Hurdles to Personhood USA's Strategy: Public Opinion, Changes in Party Control, and Legislative Procedure” (with Carolyn E. Holmes).

“A Failing Business: An Examination of the Performance of the U.S. Political System Using the Standards of the Business Sector.”

“The Abandonment of the Battle Against Same-Sex Marriage and the Revival of the Pro-Life Agenda: Tracking the Shift in Right-Wing Priorities.” (with Carolyn E. Holmes).

“The Diversity of Nonvoters: A Latent Profile Analysis of the Constituency of Nonparticipants.”

“Should They Participate? Competence in the Nonvoting Public.”

Conference Papers

“Explaining the Hurdles to PersonhoodUSA's Strategy: Public Opinion, Changes in Party Control, and Legislative Procedure” (with Carolyn E. Holmes). The Northeastern Political Science Association Annual Meeting: November 14-16, 2013, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

“The Diversity of Nonvoters: A Cluster Analysis of the Constituency of Nonparticipants.” The Midwest Political Science Association Annual Meeting: April 11-14, 2013, Chicago, Illinois. Panel: To Vote or Not to Vote.

“The Representation of American Nonvoters by the Officials They Did Not Elect.” The Southern Political Science Association Annual Meeting: January 3-5, 2013, Orlando, Florida. Panel: Electoral Participation and Its Consequences.

“Contextualizing the Difference between Voters and Nonvoters: A Comparison with the Gender Gap.” The American Political Science Association Annual Meeting: August 30-September 2, 2012, New Orleans, Louisiana. Panel: Elections and Voting Behavior.

“Nonvoters: Are They Who We Think They Are?” The Southern Political Science Association Annual Meeting: January 12-14, 2012, New Orleans, Louisiana. Panel: Connecting Attitudes and Elections.

“Who Participates? Schumpeter’s and Arendt’s Conceptions of the Role of Elites in Democracy.” The Midwest Political Science Association National Conference: March 31-April 3, 2011, Chicago, Illinois. Panel: Arendt, Tocqueville, and the Democratic Polity.

“Public Opinion Data and American Representative Democracy: Relationship, Practice, Limitations, and Possibilities.” The Midwest Political Science Association National Conference: April 2-5, 2009, Chicago, Illinois. Panel: Public Opinion - Deliberative Democracy.

Research Interests

Political Participation and Citizenship, Public Opinion, Elections and Voting Behavior, Contemporary Democratic Theory, American Political Thought, Governance

Courses Taught

• Introduction to American Politics - Spring 2014, Spring 2011, Fall 2010, Fall 2008
• Introduction to Political Theory - Spring 2014
• Democratic Citizenship - Spring 2014
• Polls, Elections, and Public Opinion - Fall 2013
• Public Opinion and American Politics - Fall 2013
• The American Presidency - Summer 2011

Teaching Interests

Elections and Voting Behavior, Public Opinion, Democratic Theory, American Political Thought, Citizenship, American Political Institutions, Contemporary Political Thought, Constitutional Law, The American Presidency, Quantitative and Qualitative Methodology

Service

• CQ Press reviewer
• Undergraduate advisor, Department of Political Science
• Undergraduate advisor, Department of International Affairs

Awards

• First-Year Fellowship
• Multi-Year Graduate Assistantship
• John V. Gillespie Memorial Scholarship (Methodology)
• Travel Grant – Katharine Greenough Fellowship
• Elinor Ostrom Fellow – Political Economy of Democratic Sustainability Working Group
• Completion of Preparing Future Faculty Program
• Prestage-Cook Award Winner – Southern Political Science Association
• Center on American Politics Travel Award (Spring 2012, Fall 2012)
• APSA Travel Grant (Fall 2012)
• College of Arts & Sciences Travel Award

Memberships

• American Evaluation Association, August 2018 to Present
• Northeastern Political Science Association, October 2013 to December 2014
• Southern Political Science Association, November 2011 to December 2014
• Midwest Political Science Association, January 2009 to December 2014
• American Political Science Association, August 2007 to December 2014
  -Elections, Public Opinion, & Voting Behavior, August 2011 to December 2014

Professional References

Available upon request.