Curriculum Vitae

237 Sanford Inst Building Durham, NC 27708

(919) 613-7343 (office) (email)

Education

PhD	Harvard University	2001
MPP	Harvard University	1997
B.A. with honors and distinction	Stanford University	1995

Areas of Research

The effects of external actors on domestic reforms, international institutions, international law, international election monitoring

Professional Experience / Employment History

Duke University

Associate Professor, Public Policy and Political Science, 2009

Assistant Professor, Public Policy and Political Science, 2002

European Union (Brussels)

Consultant, Spring 2002

Harvard University

Lecturer, 2001

Awards, Honors, and Distinctions

Graduate Student Associate, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, 2000-2001
Graduate Student Associate, Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, 1999-2001
First Place Winner of the Ethnicity, Nationalism and Migration section of the International Studies Association (ENMISA) Graduate Paper Competition, 2000
Graduate Student Associate, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, 1999-2001
Graduate Student Associate, Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, 1999-2000
Associate, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, 1997-1998
Stanford University Firestone Medal for Excellence in Research, 1995

Conferences Organized

The law and politics of international delegation, February 16th and 17th, 2007

Delegating Sovereignty: Constitutional and Political Perspectives, March 3 and 4, 2006

Professional Service

University Committee

Co-chair, Duke University Globalization and Equity Seminar, 2004-2005
   (with Layna Mosley)

Co-chair, Duke University Globalization and Equity Seminar, 2003-2004
   (with Robert Keohane)

Member, Duke University International Affairs Committee, 2002-2003

Papers Refereed

Reviewer
   International Organization, Journal of Politics, International Studies Quarterly, World politics, Journal of Common Market Studies, Cambridge Review of International Relations, Cambridge University Press, the National Science Foundation, and the Grawemeyer Award for Ideas Improving World Order, International Studies Perspetive, and many others

Other

Academic Associate, Atlantic Council of the United States, 2003 - present

Member, Professional Associations
   American Political Science Association International Studies Association European Union Studies Association

Delegate, Study Group on "The Future of Europe: Perspectives for European Integration", 2003-2005
   Sponsored by the Dräger Foundation, the ZEIT Foundation, and the American Council on Germany, meeting biannually

Selected Recent Invited Talks

Presentation to the newly established Kofi Annan Global Commission on Elections, at the inaugural meeting, Johannesberg, South Africa, March 05, 2011

Monitoring Democracy, Aarhus University, Denmark, May, 2010

International Election Monitoring, Lund University, Sweden, February, 2010

Monitoring legitimacy: International observers in domestic elections, Stockholm University, Sweden, February, 2010

International election monitoring, Aarhus, Denmark, October 5, 2009

Monitoring Legitimacy: International observers in domestic elections, CUPIS Seminar. Columbia University, 2008

D-Minus elections: How conflicting norms and interests influence whether international election observers endorse flawed elections, International Relations Seminar, Princeton University, October 12, 2008

The rise of international election monitoring, International Relations seminar, University of Georgetown Law School, October 8, 2008

International Organizations and NGOs as Strategic Actors: Understanding the Incentives of International Election Monitors, Boston, August, 2008

International election monitoring, PIPES Seminar, University of Chicago, February 28, 2008

How do the Preferences and Constraints of International Organizations and NGOs Matter?, University of Minnesota, February 11, 2008

Creating election related databases, Moscow Carnegie Center, Moscow, Russia, February 7, 2008

Who Keeps International Commitments and Why? The International Criminal Court and Bilateral Non-Surrender Agreements.”, McGill University, Montreal, Canada, October 12, 2007

Who Keeps International Commitments and Why? The International Criminal Court and Bilateral Non-Surrender Agreements.”, University of Illinois, Champaign., April 17, 2007

“Democratization and the New European Neighborhood Policy.”, Denver University Graduate School of International Studies, March 9, 2007

International Actors on the Domestic Scene: Membership Conditionality and Socialization by International Institutions., Duke University Seminar on Globalization, Equity and Democratic Governance, 2004

International election monitoring, Aarhus, Denmark, undefined, 2009

Doctoral Theses Directed

Sinziana Dorobantu-Popa, (2010)

Daniel Kselman, Electoral Institutions, Intra-Party Competition, and Political Conflict, (2009)

Chris Whytock, Domestic Courts and Global Governance: the Politics of Private International Law, (2007)

Publications

Books

1. J. Kelley, Monitoring Democracy: When International Election Observation Works and Why it Often Fails (2012), Princeton University Press.
2. J. Kelley, Ethnic Politics in Europe: The Power of Norms and Incentives. 2004 (2006 Paperback version), Princeton University Press [online].

Journal Articles

1. J. Kelley, The international influences on elections in transition states, Annual Review of Political Science, vol. 15 (June, 2012).
2. J. Kelley, Do International Election Monitors Increase or Decrease Opposition Boycotts?, Comparative Political Studies, vol. 44 no. 11 (November, 2011), pp. 1527-1556 [0010414011399885.abstract].
3. with Susan Hyde, The Limits of Election Monitoring: What Independent Observation Can (and Can’t) Do, Foreign Affairs (June 29, 2011) [the-limits-of-election-monitoring].
4. J. Kelley, Election Observers and Their Biases, Journal of Democracy, vol. 21 no. July (July, 2010), pp. 158-172 [SearchResults.aspx].
5. J. Kelley, D-Minus Elections: The Politics and Norms of International Election Observation, International Organization, vol. 63 no. 4 (Fall, 2009), pp. 765 - 787.
6. J. Kelley, The More the Merrier? The Effects of Having Multiple International Election Monitoring Organizations.2008, Perspectives on Politics, vol. 7 (2009), pp. 59-64 [displayAbstract].
7. J. Kelley and C. Bradley, The Concept of International Delegation. 2008, Law and Contemporary Problems, vol. 71 no. 1 (Winter, 2008), pp. 1-39.
8. J. Kelley, Assessing the complex evolution of norms: the rise of international election monitoring, International Organization, vol. 62 no. 2 (Spring, 2008), pp. 221-255 [displayAbstract].
9. J. Kelley, Who Keeps International Commitments and Why? The International Criminal Court and Bilateral Non-surrender Agreements, American Political Science Review, vol. 101 no. 3 (August, 2007), pp. 573-589 [displayIssue].
10. J. Kelley, New Wine in Old Wineskins: Policy Learning and Adaption in The new European Neighborhood Policy, Journal of Common Market Studies, vol. 44 no. 1 (2006), pp. 29-55 [online].
11. J. Kelley, Strategic non-cooperation as soft balancing: Why Iraq was not just about Iraq, International Politics, vol. 42 no. 2 (2005), pp. 153-173 [PDF] [pdf].
12. J. Kelley, International Actors on the Domestic Scene: Membership Conditionality and Socialization by International Institutions, International Organization, vol. 58 no. 3 (Summer, 2004), pp. 425-457 (Reprinted in Martin, Lisa, Editor. Global Governance, Ashgate 2008.) [displayIssue].
13. J. Kelley, Does Domestic Politics Limit the Influence of External Actors on Domestic Politics?, Human Rights Review, vol. 5 no. 3 (2004), pp. 34-54 (April-June 2003.) [available here].

Papers In Preparation

1. J. Kelley and J. Pevehouse, The domestic politics of the US Article II treaty process (2010).
2. J. Kelley, Monitoring Legitimacy: when international election monitoring works and why it often fails (2009) (Book project funded by the National Science Foundation (Award #0550111, $140,995.).

Book Reviews

1. J. Kelley, Book Review: Lee Feinstein and Tod Lindberg, Means to an End: US Interests in the International Criminal Court Brookings, 2009, Human Rights Review, vol. 2011 no. 12 (December, 2011), pp. 137-138.
2. J. Kelley, Book review The Pseudo-Democrat's Dilemma: Why Election Observation Became an International Norm. By Susan Hyde. (Cornell University Press, 2011, Journal of Politics (forthcoming).
3. J. Kelley, Book Review: Lee Feinstein and Tod Lindberg, Means to an End: US Interests in the International Criminal Court Brookings, 2009, Human Rights Review, vol. 2011 no. 12 (Online first, February, 2010), pp. 137-138.
4. J. Kelley, Book review: "Procedural Politics" Issues, Influence, and Institutionalist Choice in the European Union by Joseph Jupille, Political Science Quarterly, vol. 120 no. 2 (Summer, 2005), pp. 332-333.

Other

1. J. Kelley, Data on International Election Monitoring: Three Global Datasets on Election Quality, Election Events and International Election Observation., [Computer file]. ICPSR31461-v1. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor] (December 1, 2011) (doi:10.3886/ICPSR31461.v1.).
2. J. Kelley, Letter to the editor: Financial Times, US Edition (2008).
3. J. Kelley, Letters to the editor, Financial Times, US edition (2006).
4. J. Kelley, "The Transatlantic Alliance." Symposium on The Future of European and Transatlantic Security Cooperation. (Contribution along with Secretary-General of the Council of the EU & High Representative for the CFSP Javier Solana and Danish Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen, among others)., Young Europeans for Security, March 2005. (March, 2005) [available here].
5. J. Kelley, "The Transatlantic Alliance." Symposium on The Future of European and Transatlantic Security Cooperation. (March, 2005), Young Europeans for Security (Contribution along with Secretary-General of the Council of the EU & High Representative for the CFSP Javier Solana and Danish Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen, among others)..) [dk].
6. J. Kelley, "Big Stick Diplomacy III Serves our Course." Commentary. The News and Observer (December 4, 2004).
7. J. Kelley, Transatlantic Tensions: Opportunities for Learning, European Union Studies Association Review, vol. 17 no. 2 (Spring, 2004), pp. 9-10.
8. J. Kelley, "Transatlantic Tensions: Opportunities for Learning." European Union Studies Association Review, vol. 17 no. 2 (Spring, 2004), pp. 9-10.
9. J. Kelley, Big Stick Diplomacy Ill Serves our Cause, The News and Observer, vol. December 4 (2004).

Published Policy Briefs and Comments

1. J. Kelley, Election Monitoring: the Good, the Bad and the Ugly, International Institute for Electoral Democracy (December, 2011).
2. J. Kelley, The Role of Membership Rules in Regional Organizations, ADB Working Paper Series on Regional Economic Integration no. No. 53 (June 2010), Asian Development Bank [pdf].