I am a PhD candidate at American University in Washington, DC. I am interested in state formation and governance in low income countries. My dissertation examines the influence of foreign aid on incumbent advantage in African presidential elections.ISA Presentations
I’m giving two talks tomorrow at ISA. One is a paper evaluating the concept of institutions as it is used in the literature on foreign aid and development. The panel will be held at 1:45 in the Starboard room of the Hilton (Riverside Building).
The second paper is on using Processing to produce graphics for slides. The paper will be presented at 3:45 in the Norwich room of the Hilton.
The Processing paper draws on some of the graphics and code that I have been posting over the last few months:
- The Africa map of NY Times coverage (the code is here)
- The line graphs of news coverage of individual African countries, 1981-2008
- The Wordle clouds
I hope that people can stop by. If anyone is at ISA and on twitter, send me a message at @ryanbriggs and say hi.
