John W. Patty | |
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| Awards | Herbert Simon Award (APSA), William H. Riker Book Prize |
| Academic background | |
| Education | |
| Thesis | Voting Games of Incomplete Information (2001) |
| Doctoral advisor | Thomas Palfrey |
| Other advisors | Richard McKelvey, Jeffrey Scot Banks, Kim Border |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Political science |
| Institutions | |
| Website | https://www.johnwpatty.net/ |
John W. Patty is an American political scientist and Professor [1] of Political Science and Quantitative Theory &Methods at Emory University. [2] [3]
A graduate of the North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics,he graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill with a double major in Economics and Mathematics,and earned a Masters and PhD in Economics and Social Science from California Institute of Technology.
He is a winner of the William H. Riker Book Prize and the Herbert Simon Award (APSA) for his book Learning While Governing:Expertise and Accountability in the Executive Branch with Sean Gailmard. [4] Patty is a Co-editor with Torun Dewan of the Journal of Theoretical Politics . [5]