Leslie Johns

Assistant Professor

Department of Political Science

University of California, Los Angeles

3274 Bunche Hall

Los Angeles, CA 90095-1472

Education

Ph.D., Department of Politics, New York University, 2008
-- Dissertation Title: "Exit Options and Bias in International Organizations"
-- Dissertation Committee: Bruce Bueno de Mesquita (co-chair), Michael Gilligan, Catherine Hafer (co-chair), and Alastair Smith
M.A., Department of Politics, New York University, 2005
M.S., Heinz School of Public Policy and Management, Carnegie Mellon University, 2003
B.F.A, School of Drama, Carnegie Mellon University, 2002

Supplemental:

ICPSR Summer Program in Quantitative Methods, University of Michigan, 2004 (Coursework in Bayesian statistics)
Institute for European Studies in Vienna, Austria, 2001 (Coursework in international law and Central European history)

Research

Interests:

International Relations (International Organizations, Conflict, and Law)
Political Economy (Institutions, Governance, Appropriative Conflict, Rule of Law)
Formal Theory

Publications:

Refereed Articles:

Forthcoming. "Strengthening International Courts and the Early Settlement of Disputes." (with Michael Gilligan and Peter Rosendorff) Journal of Conflict Resolution. [technical appendix]
- Presented at the 2007 Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association
- Presented at the 2008 Annual Meeting of the International Political Economy Society
- Presented at the 2009 Annual Conference on the Political Economy of International Organizations

2007. "A Servant of Two Masters: Communication and the Selection of International Bureaucrats." International Organization. 61 (Spring): 245-275.
- Presented at the 2006 Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association
- Presented at the 2006 Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association (poster session)

2006. "Knowing the Unknown: Executive Evaluation and International Crisis Outcomes." Journal of Conflict Resolution. 50 (2): 228-252. [technical extension]
- Presented at the 2005 Annual Meeting of the Public Choice Society

Book Chapter:

2009. "Dispute Settlement, Compliance and Domestic Politics." With B. Peter Rosendorff. In Trade Disputes and the Dispute Settlement Understanding of the WTO: An Interdisciplinary Assessment. James C. Hartigan, ed. Emerald Group Publishing.

Working Papers:

"Courts as Coordinators: Endogenous Enforcement and Jurisdiction in Adjudication." [technical appendix]
- Presented at the 2007 Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association
- Presented at the 2007 Journeys in World Politics Workshop at the University of Iowa
- Presented at the 2007 Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association

Teaching

Fall 2009:

PS 123A: "The Politics of International Law" (Undergraduate) [syllabus] [class website]
PS 204 (PS 200B): "Game Theory II" (Graduate) [syllabus] [class website]

Spring 2009:

PS 139: "International Organization" (Undergraduate) [syllabus] [class website]
PS 239: "International Organization" (Graduate) [syllabus]

Fall 2008:

PS 123A: "The Politics of International Law" (Undergraduate) [syllabus] [class website]

2009-2010 Seminar Series

Schedule and Papers