David Siegel, Professor

Contact Info:

Teaching (Fall 2025):

• POLSCI 609L.001, FUNDAMENTALS OF RESEARCH Synopsis

  Gross Hall 104, MW 10:05 AM-11:20 AM

• POLSCI 609L.01L, FUNDAMENTALS OF RESEARCH Synopsis

  Gross Hall 111, F 01:40 PM-02:30 PM

• POLSCI 749S.01, ADVANCED GAME THEORY Synopsis

  Gross Hall 105, MW 01:25 PM-02:40 PM

Office Hours:

Tuesday 9:30-11:30 & by appointment

Education:

Ph.D., Stanford University, 2006

MA, Stanford University, 2004

AM, Harvard University, 1998

AB, Princeton University, 1996

Specialties:

Security, Peace, & Conflict
Political Economy
Political Institutions
Behavior & Identities
Methods

Research Interests: collective action, political violence and terrorism, social networks, elections

David A Siegel (Stanford Ph.D., 2006) is Associate Professor of Political Science. His research addresses the theoretical determinants of collective action in the contexts of political violence and terrorism, elections, and opinion and identity formation. He has published in journals such as the American Political Science Review, American Journal of Political Science, and Journal of Politics, and is the coauthor of A Behavioral Theory of Elections and A Mathematics Course for Political and Social Research, both from Princeton University Press. Prior to coming to Duke, he was on faculty at Florida State University.

Areas of Interest:

Collective Action
Formal Theory
Terrorism
Social Networks
Elections
Identity
Pedagogy

Curriculum Vitae

Recent Publications   (More Publications)

1. Morucci, M; Foster, MJ; Webster, K; Lee, SJ; Siegel, DA, Measurement That Matches Theory: Theory-Driven Identification in Item Response Theory Models, American Political Science Review, vol. 119 no. 2 (May, 2025), pp. 727-745 [doi]  [abs].
2. Levy, G; Dudley, R; Chen, C; Siegel, DA, Diplomatic Statements and the Strategic Use of Terrorism in Civil Wars, Journal of Conflict Resolution, vol. 69 no. 2-3 (February, 2025), pp. 296-320 [doi]  [abs].
3. Cheung, G; Siegel, DA, The Costs of Collective Action: An Experimental Study of Risk, Punishment, and Immunity, The Journal of Politics, vol. 87 no. 1 (January, 2025), pp. 306-319, University of Chicago Press [doi] .
4. Minozzi, W; Madson, GJ; Siegel, DA, Can money buy control of Congress?, PloS one, vol. 19 no. 6 (January, 2024), pp. e0305846 [doi]  [abs].
5. Mastro, OS; Siegel, DA, Talking to the enemy: Explaining the emergence of peace talks in interstate war, Journal of Theoretical Politics, vol. 35 no. 3 (July, 2023), pp. 182-203 [doi]  [abs].