Shane P. Singh -

Professor of International AffairsGraduate Coordinator, International Affairs

Shane Singh joined UGA as an assistant professor in the fall of 2010 and was promoted to associate professor in 2015 and full professor in 2020. He currently serves as Graduate Coordinator for International Affairs. Professor Singh’s research focuses on comparative politics, with an emphasis on comparative political behavior and elections. He is also an instructor in the ICPSR Summer Program in Quantitative Methods of Social Research. In the 2018-2019 academic year, he was a Visiting Democracy Fellow at the Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation in the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University. He was previously a post-doctoral researcher with the Centre for the Study of Democratic Citizenship at McGill University and the Making Electoral Democracy Work project. He received a Ph.D. in political science from Michigan State University.

Education

Ph.D., Michigan State University 2009, Political Science
M.A., Michigan State University 2006, Political Science
B.A., Michigan State University 2003, Political Science

More About

Professor Singh is actively researching topics related to comparative political behavior and the intended and unintended effects of democratic institutions and electoral policies. His current primary interest is compulsory voting, with a focus on its effects on citizen attitudes and the nature of vote choices. Professor Singh has published around 40 peer-reviewed academic journal articles on these subjects in many of the leading general and subfield journals in political science. Some of his recent publications appear in the American Political Science Review, the American Journal of Political Science, the Journal of Politics, the British Journal of Political Science, Political Science Research and Methods, the European Journal of Political Research, Political Behavior, Comparative Political Studies, and Electoral Studies. Professor Singh is skilled in the use of quantitative research methods, and his research makes use of a variety of cutting-edge quantitative tools.

Professor Singh’s work is supported grants totaling roughly US$200,000, and he has won numerous scholarships and awards to further his education, scholarship, and professional travel. Professor Singh has presented his work at invited talks and conferences, for both academic and professional audiences, in several countries. He frequently teaches on SPIA’s study abroad programs, and he is an instructor at the ICPSR Summer Program in Quantitative Methods of Social Research at the University of Michigan during the summer.

Areas of Expertise

Voter turnout
Electoral policies, especially compulsory voting
Electoral systems
Voting behavior
Social and political attitudes
Party behavior
Research methods

Honors, Awards, and Achievements

2022: William A. Owens Creative Research Award, University of Georgia
2020: Jack Walker Outstanding Article Award, Political Organizations and Parties Section, American Political Science Association
2018-2019: Democracy Fellow, Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University
2016-2020: Roughly $140,000 grant from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada. With J. Roy and P. Fournier.
2015: Faculty Research Award, School of Public and International Affairs, University of Georgia
2013-2016: Roughly $60,000 grant from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada. With J. Roy, P. Fournier, and B. Andrew.

Selected Publications

BOOKS

Singh, Shane P. 2021. Beyond Turnout: How Compulsory Voting Shapes Citizens and Political Parties. New York: Oxford University Press (Comparative Politics Series).
Roy, Jason, Shane P. Singh, and Patrick Fournier. 2021. The Power of Polls? A Cross- National Experimental Analysis of the Effects of Campaign Polls. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press (Elements in Campaigns and Elections Series).

PEER-REVIEWED JOURNAL ARTICLES

Singh, Shane P. Forthcoming. “Does Compulsory Voting Affect How Voters Choose? A Test Using a Combined Conjoint and Regression Discontinuity Analysis.” Comparative Political Studies.
Singh, Shane P., and Jaroslav Tir. Forthcoming. “Threat-Inducing Violent Events Exacerbate Social Desirability Bias in Survey Responses.” American Journal of Political Science.
Williams, Neil S., Alexandra Snipes, and Shane P. Singh. 2021. “Gender Differences in the Impact of Electoral Victory on Satisfaction with Democracy.” Electoral Studies 69(1): 102205.
Singh, Shane P. 2019. “Compulsory Voting and Parties’ Vote Seeking Strategies.” American Journal of Political Science. 63(1): 37-52.
Singh, Shane P., and Judd R. Thornton. 2019. “Elections Activate Partisanship AcrossCountries.” American Political Science Review. 113(1): 248-253.
Singh, Shane P. 2019. “Politically Unengaged, Distrusting, and Disaffected Individuals Drive the Link between Compulsory Voting and Invalid Balloting.” Political Science Research and Methods. 7(1): 107-123.
Singh, Shane P. 2018. “Compulsory Voting and Dissatisfaction with Democracy.” British Journal of Political Science. 48(3): 843-854.
Singh, Shane P., and Jason Roy. 2018. “Compulsory Voting and Voter Information Seeking.” Research & Politics. 5(1): 1-8.
Singh, Shane P. 2016. “Elections as Poorer Reflections of Preferences Under Compulsory Voting.” Electoral Studies 44(1): 56-65.
Carlin, Ryan E., and Shane P. Singh. 2015. “Executive Power and Economic Accountability.” Journal of Politics 77(4): 1031-1044.