Erica Frantz - Michigan State University

Erica Frantz

303 South Kedzie Hall, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824

[email protected]

PArpopfoesinsitomneanl ts Assistant Professor, Political Science Department, Michigan State University
2015-present

Assistant Professor, Political Science Department, Bridgewater State University
2011-2015

Political Analyst, Institute for Physical Sciences, McLean, VA
2008-2011

Education Visiting Scholar, Political Science Department, UNC, Chapel Hill
2007-2008

Ph.D. Political Science, UCLA, 2008

Certicate of Completion, Empirical Implications of Theoretical Models (EITM), Wash-
ington University, St. Louis, 2007

Highest HonorsB.A. Political Science and English, UC Santa Barbara, 2000,

Certicate of Completion, UC Education Abroad Program, Ponticia Universidad
Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile, 2000

Books Erica FrantzBarbara Geddes, Joseph Wright, and . Under contract. How Dictator-
Articles ships Work (Cambridge University Press).

Erica FrantzNatasha Ezrow, Develop-, and Andrea Kendall-Taylor. Forthcoming.
ment and the State in the 21st Century: Tackling the Challenges Facing the Developing
World (Palgrave MacMillan).

Erica FrantzNatasha Ezrow and . 2013. Failed States and Institutional Decay: Un-
derstanding Instability and Poverty in the Developing World (Bloomsbury Publishing).

Erica Frantz and Natasha Ezrow. 2011. The Politics of Dictatorship: Institutions

and Outcomes in Authoritarian Regimes (Lynne Rienner Publishers).

Erica FrantzNatasha Ezrow and . 2011. Dictators and Dictatorships: Understanding
Authoritarian Regimes and Their Leaders (Continuum Publishers).

Erica FrantzJoseph Wright, , and Barbara Geddes. 2015. Oil and Autocratic Regime

Survival. British Journal of Political Science Vol. 45, No. 2.

Erica FrantzAndrea Kendall-Taylor and . 2014. Mimicking Democracy to Prolong

Autocracies. The Washington Quarterly Vol. 37, No. 4.

Erica Frantz and Andrea Kendall-Taylor. 2014. A Dictator's Toolkit: Understanding

How Cooptation Aects Repression in Autocracies. Journal of Peace Research Vol.

51, No. 3.

Erica FrantzBarbara Geddes, Annual, and Joseph Wright. 2014. Military Rule.

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Review of Political Science Vol. 17, No. 1.

Erica FrantzBarbara Geddes, Joseph Wright, and . 2014. Autocratic Breakdown

and Regime Transitions: A New Data Set. Perspectives on Politics Vol. 12, No. 2.

Erica FrantzAndrea Kendall-Taylor andThe Wash-. 2014. How Autocracies Fall.
ington Quarterly, Vol. 37, No. 1.

Erica FrantzNatasha Ezrow and . 2013. Revisiting the Concept of the Failed State:

Bringing the State Back In. Third World Quarterly Vol. 34, No. 8.

Erica FrantzNatasha Ezrow and . 2011. State Institutions and the Survival of

Dictatorships. Journal of International Aairs Vol. 65, No. 1 (Fall/Winter).

Book Chapters Erica Frantz. 2014. Trends in Democratization: Leadership Transitions and Sys-

Peacetemic Change. In Paul Huth, Jonathan Wilkenfeld, and David Backer (eds.),
and Conict 2014, University of Maryland's Center for International Development and

Conict Management (Paradigm Publishers). Forthcoming.

Erica Frantz and Elizabeth Stein. 2012. Comparing Political Leadership in Non-

Democratic Regimes. In Ludger Helms (ed.), Comparative Political Leadership (Pal-

grave MacMillan Publishers).

Erica Frantz. 2012. Trends in Democratization: Unpacking Anocracies. In J.

PeaceJoseph Hewitt, Jonathan Wilkenfeld, Ted Robert Gurr, and Birger Heldt (eds.),
and Conict 2012, University of Maryland's Center for International Development and

Conict Management (Paradigm Publishers).

POuthbelircations Erica Frantz. Forthcoming. Autocracy. Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Politics.

Erica Frantz Interna-. 2015. Understanding the Conict Choices of Dictatorships.

tional Studies Review Vol. 17, No. 1.

Erica Frantz and Andrea Kendall-Taylor. 2014. The Foreign Policy Essay: The
LawfareRising Threat of Revolt in Autocracies.
(June 22).

Erica FrantzAndrea Kendall-Taylor and . 2014. What Strongmen Have to Fear.

Foreign Policy (June 2).

Erica Frantz, Andrea Kendall-Taylor, and Natasha Ezrow. 2014. Autocratic Fate:

White-How Leaders' Post-Tenure Expectations Inuence the Behavior of Dictatorships.
head Journal of International Diplomacy Vol. 15, No. 1.

Erica FrantzBarbara Geddes, Joseph Wright, and . 2014. The Autocratic Regimes

Dataset. APSA-CD: Comparative Democratization Newsletter Vol. 24, No. 2 (June).

Erica Frantz, Barbara Geddes, and Joseph Wright. 2013. Autocratic Rule. APSA-

CD: Comparative Democratization Newsletter Vol. 11, No. 2 (June).

Erica Frantz. 2012. How and Why do Dictatorships Survive? Lessons for the Middle

East. Bridgewater Review Vol 31., No. 2 (December).

Working Papers Party Creation and Democratization in Personalist Dictatorships. (with Andrea

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Data Sets Kendall-Taylor)
CRoesnetarracchts
The Legacy of Dictatorship for Democratic Parties in Latin America. (with Barbara
Invited Talks Geddes)

The Benets of Institutionalized Leadership Succession for Autocratic Survival. (with
Elizabeth Stein)

Media's Role as a Barometer of Government Tolerance for Public Displays of Dissent
in Authoritarian Regimes: A Cross National Test. (with Elizabeth Stein)

The Politics of Diversion: Disentangling the Relationship Between Time Horizons and
the Decision to Use Force.

Erica FrantzAutocratic Regimes. Barbara Geddes, Joseph Wright, and

http://sites.psu.edu/dictators/

Data for over 200 autocratic regimes in 122 countries from 1946-2010: regime start/failure
dates and event narratives, failure event variables (level of violence/sub-sequent regime/mode
of transition), and regime typology. Winner of the 2015 Lijphart/Przeworski/Verba
Dataset Award, sponsored by the APSA section on Comparative Politics.

Regional Dynamics and Regime Disruption in Dictatorships, DOD Minerva-funded

project, PIs: Joseph Wright and James Honaker
2012-2015

Democratization in Personalist Dictatorships, USG-sponsored project

2013-2014

How Politics Inside Dictatorships Aects Regime Stability and International Conict,

NSF-funded project, PIs: Barbara Geddes and Joseph Wright
2010-2013

Corruption in State Institutions, Defense Intelligence Agency, September 2015

Logic of Autocratic Regime Survival: Implications for Rwanda and Burundi, Defense
Intelligence Agency, August 2015

Succession Rules and Survival in Dictatorships, Department of Government, Univer-
sity of Essex, April 2014

Failed States: Author Meets Critic, Center for Legislative Studies, Bridgewater State
University, March 2014

Failed States and Institutional Decay: Understanding Instability and Poverty in the
Developing World, CARS Celebration, Bridgewater State University, May 2013

How and Why do Dictatorships Survive? Lessons for the Middle East, Political
Science Department and Center for the Middle East, Bridgewater State University,
April 2012

The Arabian Peninsula: Historical Inuences and Political Trends, Open Lecture
Series, Barrington Public Library, February 2012

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PCroensfeenrteantcieons The Politics of Diversion: Why Leaders Decide to Go to War, Latin American Studies
Center, University of New Orleans, September 2011

How Politics Inside Dictatorships Aects Regime Stability and International Conict:
Comparative Insights, The Minerva Initiative, National Defense University, September
2010

Toppling Tyrants: Leadership Survival in Authoritarian Regimes, Department of
Government, University of Essex, May 2010

APSA (2007, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014), Midwest (2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012,
2015), LASA (2006, 2012)

Courses Taught Introduction to American Government
Comparative Government
Reviewer Unlocking Politics: Power and Authority
USenrivviecresity Peace and Conict
Authoritarian Political Systems
Politics of the Developing World
Failed States
International Law

American Political Science Review, American Journal of Political Science, British Jour-
nal of Political Science, Comparative Political Studies, International Studies Quarterly,
Journal of Conict Resolution, World Politics, International Interactions, Journal of
Peace Research, Journal of Comparative Politics, Conict Management and Peace Sci-
ence, Democratization, European Journal of Political Research, Latin American Politics
and Society

Undergraduate Curriculum Committee, Bridgewater State University, 2011-15
Global Studies Major Proposal Committee, Bridgewater State University, 2011-15
Student Advisor, 2012-present
Institute for Social Justice Faculty Facilitator, Bridgewater State University, 2013-2014
Selection Committee for the Fiore Fellowship Award, Bridgewater State University,
2014
Interdisciplinary Education Pilot Project Participant, Bridgewater State University,
2014-15
Department Honors Program Coordinator, Bridgewater State University, 2014-15

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GAwraanrtdss and Bridgewater State University Institute for Social Justice Course Development Grant,
2013
Language Skills Bridgewater State University First Year Seminar Course Improvement Grant, 2013
EInxtperenriaetniocneal Bridgewater State University Second Year Seminar Course Improvement Grant, 2012,
2013
Bridgewater State University CARS Summer Research Grant, 2012
Bridgewater State University CARS Travel Grant, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015
UCLA Dissertation Year Fellowship, 2007-2008
American Political Science Association Travel Grant, 2007
NSF Grant to attend EITM Workshop, 2007
University of California Cota Robles Fellow, 2002-2006
University of California Regents Scholar, 1996-2000
UC Santa Barbara Outstanding Graduate, 2000
National Hispanic Scholar, 1995

Fluency: Spanish
Basic: Portuguese, French

Research, community development work, or travel in: Panama (1984, 2001, 2008),
Costa Rica (1998, 2001), Mexico (1990, 2001), Chile (2000), Argentina (2000), Brazil
(2000, 2005), Peru (2000), Bolivia (2000), Nicaragua (2001), Honduras (2001), Guatemala
(2001), Eastern Europe (2002), Thailand (2003, 2005), Laos (2003), Vietnam (2003),
Cambodia (2003), Malaysia (2005), India (2005), Kenya (2005), Uganda (2005), Tan-
zania (2005), Egypt (2005), Russia (2008), Colombia (2009, 2014)

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