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Opportunistic Repression: Patterns of civilian targeting by the state in response to COVID-19
International Security, 2021
Recommended citation: Grasse, Don, Melissa Pavlik, Hilary Matfess, and Travis B. Curtice. (2021). "Opportunistic Repression: Patterns of civilian targeting by the state in response to COVID-19." International Security. 46(2): 130-165. http://mjpavlik.github.io/files/grasse_ea_2021.pdf
Assistance, resistance, and the “informalization incentive”: Rethinking the aid-conflict nexus in sub-Saharan Africa
Working Paper, 2023
Presented at APSA (2021), MPSA (2022). Poster and draft (last updated July 2023) available upon request.
Recommended citation: Pavlik, Melissa. (2023). "Assistance, resistance, and the "informalization incentive:" Rethinking the aid-conflict nexus in sub-Saharan Africa." Working paper.
Words of Warcraft: Experimental Evidence of State Social Media Frames during the Russia-Ukraine Invasion.
Working Paper, 2023
Presented at MPSA (2023). Pilot complete. Pre-analysis plan and preliminary draft available upon request.
Recommended citation: Pavlik, Melissa and Ryan Pike. (2023). "Words of Warcraft: Experimental Evidence of State Social Media Frames during the Russia-Ukraine Invasion" Working paper.
Climate change, conflict, and property rights: Evidence from Nigeria.
Submitted to AJPS, 2023
Presented at MPSA (2023), Boston Area Working Group on African Political Economy [BGWAPE] (2023).
Recommended citation: Grasse, Don and Melissa Pavlik. (2023). "Climate change, conflict, and property rights: Evidence from Nigeria." Working paper. http://mjpavlik.github.io/files/grasse_pavlik_2024.pdf
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teaching
Introduction to Probability Theory
Undergraduate and graduate course, Yale University, Statistics and Data Science Department, 2022
Professor Robert Wooster. S&DS 240/340.
Governance and Politics in Africa
Undergraduate course, Yale University, Political Science Department, 2023
Professor Katharine Baldwin. PLSC 381/AFST 381.
Contesting Injustice
Undergraduate course, writing requirement, Yale University, Political Science Department, 2023
Professor Elisabeth Wood, AFAM 186/LAST 214/SOCY 170/PLSC 378