Avidit Acharya
Assistant Professor of Political Science and Economics
- aachary3@z.rochester.edu
- https://dl.dropbox.com/u/10781617/site/index.htm
- Harkness Hall 327
- Wed. 2:30-3:30
- 585-275-0620
PhD, Princeton, 2012. Political economy of development, South Asian politics, and applications of formal models to comparative politics and international relations. Current work includes a model of coordination in protests, a study of the effect of caste bias on policy outcomes in India, a model of the security dilemma in international relations, and a model of rational voting with social mobility. Teaches courses in comparative politics and political economy.
Courses
- PSC/IR 255 Institutions and Underdevelopment
- PSC/IR 266 South Asian Politics
- PSC 502 Political Networks
- PSC 503 Formal Modeling in Comparative Politics
- PSC 565 Comparative Political Economy of Development
- PSC 582 Political Economy II