Kimberly G.

Guiler
Department of Government, University of Texas at Austin
1 University Station A1800, Austin, TX 78712
kimberlyguiler@gmail.com, 786-299-1706

ACADEMIC Harvard University, Cambridge, MA

APPOINTMENTS Research Fellow, Middle East Initiative, John F. Kennedy School of Government, AY
2018-2019

EDUCATION University of Texas at Austin (UT Austin), Austin, TX, Expected: Fall 2018
Ph.D., Government
Subfields: Comparative Politics, Methodology
Committee: Daniel Brinks (chair), Ellen Lust, Bethany Albertson, Kurt
Weyland

University of Chicago (UChicago), Chicago, IL, May 2009

M.A., Social Sciences (focus on Political Science and Middle Eastern Studies)

University of Florida (UF) Honors Program, Gainesville, FL, May 2008

B.A., Political Science and Jewish Studies; Israel Studies Certificate; Highest Honors
B.S., Journalism and Communications, Highest Honors

BOOK Benefiting from Victimhood—Why Ordinary Citizens Elect Islamists

PUBLICATIONS “The Fall of the Turkish Model: How the Arab Uprisings Brought Down Islamic
Liberalism” in Mediterranean Politics. DOI: 10.1080/13629395.2017.1281397 (Book Review).

“Towards Erdogan and the East: Conspiracies and Public Perception in Post-Coup Turkey”
in Contemporary Turkish Politics. Project on Middle East Political Science (POMEPS). 6
December 2016.

“Why there are so many conspiracy theories about the Turkish coup” with Kristin Fabbe in
Turkey’s Coup Attempt. Project on Middle East Political Science (POMEPS). 1 August 2016.
n. 30. Also published on The Monkey Cage (a Washington Post blog), 19 July 2016.

“How the Kurds Upended Turkish Politics,” in Turkey’s Democratic Struggles. POMEPS. 17
June 2015. n. 12. Also published on The Monkey Cage (a Washington Post blog), 8 June 2015.

“What’s at Stake in Turkey’s Election?” Hürriyet Daily News, 6 June 2015.

UNDER “From Prison to Parliament: Evidence from a Priming Experiment in Turkey.”

REVIEW

WORKING “Electing Islam: How Fringe Movements Rise to Power.”

PAPERS “Facebook as a Survey Distribution Tool for Social Science Research.”
“Conspiracy Theories, Electoral Fraud and Political Support,” with Bethany Albertson.

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ORIGINAL November 2016 US Pre-Election Survey, an original survey with embedded experiments,
DATASETS conducted over MTurk between November 7 and November 8 (n=1,000) to assess the
effect of conspiracy theories on voter attitudes and emotions. Collected with Bethany
Albertson and Jason Brownlee (UT Austin).

July 2016 Turkish Post Coup Survey (TPCS), an original survey with embedded experiments,
conducted over Facebook with voters between August 18 and October 2 (n=650) with
Matthew Cebul (Yale) and Sharan Grewal (Princeton).

April 2016 Tunisian Political Attitudes Survey (TPAS), an original survey with embedded
experiments, conducted over Facebook and in face-to-face interviews with voters between
March 17 and April 4, 2016 (n=1,600). Collected with Dhafer Malouche (École supérieure
de la statistique et de l'analyse de l'information (ESSAI)).

November 2015 Turkish General Election Survey (TGES), an original survey with
embedded experiments, conducted over Facebook with voters between October 6 and
November 1 (n=870). Collected with Kerem Yıldırım (Koç University).

June 2015 Turkish General Election Survey (TGES), an original survey with embedded
experiments, conducted over Facebook with voters between April 28 and June 6 (n=1,314).
Collected with Kerem Yıldırım (Koç University).

AWARDS AND Dissertation Writing Fellowship, COLA, UT Austin Spring 2018

FELLOWSHIPS Wendall C. Gordon Endowed Graduate Fellowship, UT Austin 2016-2017 (full year)
“Outstanding Teaching Assistant” Award, UT Austin Fall 2015
Continuing Fellowship, Government Department, UT Austin Spring 2016
Wombwell Family Endowed Presidential Fellowship, UT Austin AY 2015-2016
Graduate School Research Fellowship, UT Austin Summer 2015
Project on Middle East Political Science TRE Grant Spring 2015
NSEP Boren Fellowship AY 2014-2015
Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) Fellowship for Arabic Summer 2014
Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) Fellowship for Turkish AY 2013-2014
Professional Development Award, UT Austin Fall 2013, Spring 2013
National Clifford C. Clogg Scholarship to attend ICPSR Summer 2013
Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) Fellowship for Turkish Summer 2012
MacDonald Fellowship, UT Austin AY 2011-2012
Professional Development Fellowship AY 2011-2012
Critical Language Scholarship (CLS) Alumni Development Grant Summer 2011
Critical Language Scholarship (CLS) Award for Turkish Summer 2009
Merit Tuition Scholarship, UChicago AY 2008-2009
“Best Qualitative Research Paper Award,” University Scholars, UF AY 2007-2008
Ruth McQuown Scholarship, UF AY 2007-2008
Dean’s Cup for Professional Promise in Journalism, UF AY 2007-2008
Gerson Jewish Studies Scholarship, UF AY 2007-2008
University Scholar, UF University Scholars Program AY 2007-2008
Presidential Merit Scholarship, University of Haifa Fall 2007
Florida 100% Tuition Academic Scholarship 2004-2008

FIELD Tunisia 2016

RESEARCH Turkey 2009-2011, 2012, 2014-2015
Israel/Palestine 2007-2008, expected 2019
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RELEVANT Egypt, Morocco Spring 2016
TRAVEL Eastern Europe Spring 2010, Summer 2010, Spring 2015

VISITING École supérieure de la statistique et de l'analyse de l'information (ESSAI) 2016

SCHOLAR Koç Unviersity 2014-2015
APPOINTMENTS

INSTRUCTOR AND “Autocratic Populism: ME&US” (Summer 2017), Instructor

DISCUSSION “The Middle East Today,” Jason Brownlee, UT Austin (Fall 2015), Discussion Leader
LEADER “English Grammar,” Bilkent University, (AY 2010-2011), Instructor
APPOINTMENTS “Speaking Courses on Middle East Politics,” Bilkent University, (AY 2009-2010), Instructor

TEACHING “Suicide Terrorism,” Ami Pedahzur, UT Austin (Spring 2013)

ASSISTANT “Comparative Political Institutions,” Robert Moser, UT Austin (Fall 2012)
APPOINTMENTS “Judaism and Politics,” Kenneth Wald, UF (Spring 2008)

ADDITIONAL Dilmer Language Institute, Advanced Turkish 2015

TEAINING Arabic Summer Institute, Intermediate Arabic 2014
ICPSR, Summer Program in Quantitative Methods 2013
Boğaziçi University, Advanced Turkish 2012
Bilkent University, Advanced Turkish 2011

OTHER Research Assistant, Jason Brownlee, December 2016—October 2017

RELEVANT Research Assistant, Ali Çarkoğlu and Ersin Kalaycıoğlu, February 2015—June 2015
EXPERIENCE Docent and Intern, Oriental Institute, UChicago, October 2008—May 2009
Associate Editor, University of Florida International Review, May 2007— May 2008
Research Aide, Center for Middle Eastern Studies Working Group, UF, Spring 2007

CONFERENCE American Political Science Association Annual Meeting 2016-2018

PRESENTATIONS Middle East Studies Association 2013, 2016, 2018
AND WORKSHOPS POMEPS Annual Conference (declined) 2017
POMEPS Workshop, “Contemporary Turkish Politics” 2017
POMEPS Annual Conference 2016
Empirical Studies and Political Analysis Conference on Turkish politics 2015
Southwest Conference in Middle East and North African Studies 2013
Sexual Nationalisms: Gender, Sexuality and Politics of Belonging Conference 2011
Reimagining Gender and Politics Conference 2010
IUAES Inter-Congress in Antalya, Turkey 2010

INVITED AY 2018-2019 Reiff Center for Human Rights and Conflict Resolution, Christopher
TALKS AND Newport University
GUEST LECTURES AY 2017-2018 Media and the Arab Spring Course, Department of Middle East Studies,
University of Texas at Austin
AY 2016-2017 Turkey Coup Panel, University of Texas at Austin; Islamic Studies
Colloquium, University of Texas at Austin
AY 2015-2016 Séminaire MASE (Modélisation et Analyse Statistique et Economique) in
Tunis, Tunisia
AY 2011-2012 University of North Carolina at Charlotte via Skype

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SKILLS Computer Programing and Data Analysis
Stata, SPSS, ArcGIS, LaTeX, Facebook Ads, Qualtrics, MTurk

LANGUAGES Turkish Professional Fluency (ACTFL: Superior; DLPT equivalency: 3)

Arabic Advanced (ACTFL: Advanced-Low; DLPT equivalency: 2)
Hebrew Intermediate
Spanish Beginner

PROFESSIONAL American Political Science Association

AFFILIATIONS Middle East Studies Association
Boren Alumni Association

SERVICE Reviewer, Political Research Quarterly, Law and Social Inquiry

Discussant, UT Austin Comparative Politics Workshop
Mentor, Critical Language Scholarship Program

HOBBIES Bouldering, Yoga, Hiking, Camping, Piano, Clarinet