DESHA M. GIROD - Georgetown University

DESHA M. GIROD


Department of Government Vita Date: February 17, 2016
Georgetown University
Washington, DC 20057-1034

Email: Desha.Girod “at” georgetown.edu
https://sites.google.com/site/deshagirod/

Birthplace: Puerto Rico

ACADEMIC POSITIONS

Associate Professor (with tenure) Department of Government
Georgetown University, August 2015 – present

Assistant Professor Department of Government
Georgetown University, August 2009 – July 2015

Post-doctoral Fellow Center on Democracy, Development, and the Rule
of Law
Stanford University, July 2008 – July 2009
AFFILIATIONS

African Studies Program School of Foreign Service
Georgetown University, August 2009 – present

Center for Latin American Studies School of Foreign Service
Georgetown University, August 2009 – present

EDUCATION

Stanford University Ph.D. in Political Science, June 2008


Trinity College, Dublin M.Phil in International Peace Studies, July 2002

Penn State University B.A. in Political Science with Highest Distinction and
Honors in Communications, May 2000

RESEARCH

International and Comparative Political Economy of Developing Countries



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BOOKS

Explaining Post-Conflict Reconstruction. 2015. New York: Oxford University Press.

Foreign Aid (project in progress)


JOURNAL ARTICLES

Forthcoming “Mass Protests and the Resource Curse: The Politics of Demobilization in Rentier
Autocracies” (co-authored with Megan Stewart and Meir Walters). Conflict
Management and Peace Science.

2016 “Take the Money and Run: The Determinants of Compliance with Aid
Agreements” (co-authored with Jennifer Tobin). International Organization 70, 1:

209-239.

2015 “Reducing Postconflict Coup Risk: The Low Windfall Coup-Proofing Hypothesis.”
Conflict Management and Peace Science 32, 2: 153-174.

2014 “Indigenous Origins of Colonial Institutions” (co-authored with Luz Marina Arias).
Quarterly Journal of Political Science 9, 3: 371-406.

2012 “Elite-Led Democratisation in Aid-Dependent States: The Case of Mauritania”
(co-authored with Meir Walters). Journal of North African Studies 17, 2 (March):
181-193.

2012 “Effective Foreign Aid Following Civil War: The Nonstrategic-Desperation
Hypothesis.” American Journal of Political Science 56, 1 (January): 188-201.

2011 “Do Migrants Improve Their Hometowns? Remittances and Access to Public
Services in Mexico, 1995-2000” (co-authored with Claire L. Adida). Comparative
Political Studies 44, 1 (January): 3-27.


CHAPTERS IN EDITED VOLUMES

2013 “Transitional Successes and Failures: The International-Domestic Nexus” (co-
authored with Kathryn Stoner, Larry Diamond, and Michael McFaul). In Kathryn
Stoner and Michael McFaul (editors) Transitions to Democracy: A Comparative
Perspective. (Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press).





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2009 “Governance and Foreign Assistance: The Imperfect Translation of Ideas into
Outcomes” (co-authored with Stephen D. Krasner and Kathryn Stoner-Weiss). In
Amichai Magen, Michael McFaul and Thomas Risse (editors) Promoting
Democracy and the Rule of Law: American and European Strategies (UK: Palgrave
Macmillan Press).


PAPERS IN PROGRESS

Colonial Origins of the Resource Curse: Rent Distribution in the Arabian Peninsula and West
Africa (co-authored with Meir Walters)

Tied vs. Untied Aid: Foreign Aid as Big Business

Multilateral vs. Bilateral Aid: Cut From the Same Cloth?


Foreign Aid Commitments vs. Disbursements

Catalytic Effects of Multilateral Aid on Bilateral Aid


GRANTS

Open Source Indicators Grant, Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity/BBN
Technologies (PI), 2012-2014: $383,904

Book Incubator Grant, Georgetown University, 2011: $5,000

Summer Academic Grant, Georgetown University, 2011: $9,500


FELLOWSHIPS

Post-doctoral Fellowship, Center on Democracy, Development, and the Rule of Law, Stanford
University, 2008-2009

Pre-doctoral Fellowship, Center on Democracy, Development, and the Rule of Law, Stanford
University, 2007-2008

Center on International Conflict and Negotiation, Stanford University, 2007-2008

Graduate Political Science Scholarship, Stanford University, 2002-2007


George J. Mitchell Scholarship, 2000-2001

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Harry S. Truman Scholarship, awarded 1999

Bunton-Waller Fellowship (for under-represented minorities), Penn State University, 1996-2000


INVITED PRESENTATIONS

Yale University, Leitner Political Economy Seminar Series, November 2015
Georgetown University, School of Foreign Service, Walsh Exchange Speaker Series, October
2015
Princeton University, “The Political Economy of Government Revenues: Different Sources,
Different Politics?,” co-organized by the University of Pittsburgh and Princeton
University, October 2015
Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas (CIDE), Mexico City, Mexico, March 2015
University of California, San Diego, International Relations and Pacific Studies, February 2015
National Congress of Honduras (held a one-day, 6-hour class in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, for
approximately 45 members of the Congress), November 2014
Georgetown University, Comparative Government Seminar, April 2014
Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity, March 2014
Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity/BBN Technologies, February 2014
University of California, Berkeley, Department of Political Science, November 2013
Emory University, Department of Political Science, September 2012
BBN Technologies, June 2012
University of South Carolina, Department of Political Science, February 2012
Columbia University, International Politics Seminar, October 2011
Georgetown University, International Development Seminar, September 2011
Georgetown University, African Studies, “Lusophone Africa: Democratization, Development
and Global Influences,” January 2011
IMF/World Bank Annual Meetings, October 2010
Penn State University, Department of Political Science, October 2010
U.S. Naval Academy, Africa Forum, September 2010
University of Ottawa, Centre for International Policy Studies, May 2010
Georgetown University, Department of Government, April 2010
Georgetown University, School of Foreign Service, January 2010
University of Denver, Josef Korbel School of International Studies, November 2009
Georgetown University, Department of Government, October 2009
Yale University, Department of Political Science, April 2009
Stanford University, Center on Democracy, Development, and the Rule of Law, “Workshop on
Poorly Governed Resource-Dependent States: Policy Options for the New
Administration,” March 2009
Stanford University, Center on Democracy, Development, and the Rule of Law, “International
Sources of Democratization” (Discussant), March 2009
Stanford University, Department of Political Science, November 2008

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Stanford University, Center for International Security and Cooperation, June 2008
Stanford University, Center for Latin American Studies, May 2008
Stanford University, Center on Democracy, Development, and the Rule of Law, “Reorganizing
U.S. Government Democracy Promotion Efforts” May 2008
Cornell University, Institute for African Development, April 2008
Georgetown University, Department of Government, January 2008
Stanford University, Center on Democracy, Development, and the Rule of Law, October 2007
Stanford University, Department of Political Science, October 2007
Stanford University, Department of Political Science, February 2007
Stanford University, Department of Political Science, January 2007
Stanford University, Department of Political Science, October 2006
Stanford University, Department of Political Science, May 2006
Stanford University, Department of Political Science, April 2006
Stanford University, Department of Political Science, November 2005
Stanford University, Department of Political Science, October 2005
Yale University, Center for the Study of Globalization, May 2005
Stanford University, Department of Political Science, April 2005
Stanford University, Center for International Security and Cooperation, April 2005
Stanford University, Department of Political Science, March 2005


ASSOCIATION CONFERENCES

American Political Science Association: (2015; 2014, 2013, 2011, 2010, 2008, 2007, 2006);
Midwest Political Science Association (2014, 2011, 2007, 2006); International Political Economy
Society (2011, 2008); Peace Science Society (2014); Political Economy of International
Organizations (2010); International Studies Association (2015; 2008); African Studies
Association (2006).


TEACHING

Ph.D. Classes: Comparative Politics Field Seminar, Field Methods, Failed and Fragile States

Undergraduate Classes: State Building, Civil War in Developing Countries

Ph.D. Dissertation Committees: 12 advisees (8 ongoing; 4 completed)

M.A. Thesis Advisor: 1 advisee
Development, Management and Policy, Department of Government, 2015





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Undergraduate Honors Theses Advisor/Reader: 9 advisees
African Studies, 2010, 2014
Department of Government, 2012, 2014
- Winner of Department of Government Award for Best Thesis
- Winner of Pi Sigma Alpha National Undergraduate Thesis Competition
International Politics, 2011, 2015
Justice and Peace Studies, 2011
Latin American Studies, 2012
Carroll Fellows, 2012


SERVICE TO THE UNIVERSITY AND THE PROFESSION

Reviewer
Africa Today, American Journal of Political Science, American Political Science Review, British

Journal of Political Science, Comparative Politics, Comparative Political Studies, Economics &
Politics, International Interactions, International Organization, International Political Science
Review, International Studies Quarterly, International Studies Review, Journal of African
Economies, Journal of Conflict Resolution, Journal of Development Economics, Journal of East
Asian Studies, Journal of Economic Growth, Journal of Global Security Studies, Journal of Peace
Research, Journal of Politics, Journal of Global Governance, Lynne Rienner Publishers, Review of
International Organizations, Swiss National Science Foundation, World Development, World
Politics

2015-2016
Foreign Policy Section, American Political Science Association, Best Paper Award, Committee
Chair
Foreign Policy Section, American Political Science Association, Executive Committee Board
Search Committee, Department of Government and McCourt School of Public Policy,
Georgetown University
Graduate Admissions and Fellowships Committee, Government Department, Georgetown
University
Expertise Reader for the Mitchell Scholarship

2014-2015
Georgetown Coordinator, DC Area Comparative Workshop
Comprehensive Exam Committee, Government Department, Georgetown University
Panelist, Latin@ Heritage Month Panel, Latin@ Leadership Forum, Georgetown University
Foreign Policy Section Executive Committee Board, American Political Science Association
Workshop on Grant Writing for Ph.D. Students, Government Department, Georgetown
University
Graduate Admissions and Fellowships Committee, Government Department, Georgetown
University



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2013-2014
Review of 1st -year Ph.D. Students, Government Department, Georgetown University
Search Committee, Comparative Government, Department of Government, Georgetown
University
Comprehensive Exam Committee, Government Department, Georgetown University
College Executive Committee, Georgetown University
Workshop for Ph.D. Students, Government Department, Georgetown University

2011-2012
Committee Member, African Politics Conference Group-Lynne Rienner Award for Best
Dissertation in African Politics
Panel Organizer, Local Arrangements Committee, African Studies Association Annual Meeting
Local Arrangements Committee, African Studies Association
Comparative Government Speaker Series, Government Department, Georgetown University
Department Scribe, Government Department, Georgetown University
Jesuit Universities Humanitarian Action Network, Georgetown University

2010-2011
Search Committee, Associate Director of the Master’s in Democracy and Governance,
Government Department, Georgetown University
Planning and Budget Committee, Government Department, Georgetown University
Comparative Government Speaker Series, Government Department, Georgetown University
Jesuit Universities Humanitarian Action Network, Georgetown University
Comprehensive Exam Committee, Government Department, Georgetown University
Fulbright Interview Committee, Georgetown University
Workshop on Writing an Abstract for Ph.D. Students, Government Department, Georgetown
University

2009-2010
Graduate Admissions and Fellowships Committee, Government Department, Georgetown
University
Review of 1st -year Ph.D. Students, Government Department, Georgetown University
Comprehensive Exam Committee, Government Department, Georgetown University
National Interview Panel for the Mitchell Scholarship


LANGUAGES

Spanish (fluent, native of Puerto Rico), Portuguese (basic), French (basic)

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