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This document provides a summary of Royce Koop's academic and professional background. It outlines his current position as a University Postdoctoral Fellow at Memorial University of Newfoundland, as well as his education history, which includes a Ph.D. in Political Science from the University of British Columbia. It also lists his teaching experience, research contributions, honors and awards, conference presentations, and references.

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This document provides a summary of Royce Koop's academic and professional background. It outlines his current position as a University Postdoctoral Fellow at Memorial University of Newfoundland, as well as his education history, which includes a Ph.D. in Political Science from the University of British Columbia. It also lists his teaching experience, research contributions, honors and awards, conference presentations, and references.

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Royce Koop

Science Building Room 2028 Phone: (647) 348-5383


Memorial University of Newfoundland Email: [email protected]
St. John’s NL A1B 3X9 Homepage: web.me.com/royce.koop
Citizenship: Canadian

Current Position
University Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Political Science, Memorial University of Newfoundland

Education
Ph.D. Political Science, University of British Columbia, 2008.
Dissertation: Multi-Level Party Politics: The Liberal Party from the Ground Up.
Supervisor: R.K. Carty
External Examiner: Susan Scarrow (University of Houston)

M.A. Political Science, University of Calgary, 2003.


Thesis: Consistency in Federal-Provincial Party Identification: Canada since 1993.
Supervisor: Anthony Sayers
B.A. (Honours Thesis), University of Lethbridge, 2002.

Teaching Experience
Instructor
Summer 2009: Politics of the European Union. Simon Fraser University. 23 students.
Winter 2009: Canadian Government and Politics (two sections). University of British Columbia. 300
students in total.
Summer 2008: Canadian Political Parties. University of British Columbia. 25 students.
Summer 2007: Canadian Political Parties. University of British Columbia. 32 students.

Teaching assistant/Course grader


Winter 2007 and 2008: Quantitative Methods in Political Science (F. Cutler), University of British
Columbia.

Spring 2008: Canadian Government and Politics (C. Kam), University of British Columbia.
Winter 2007: Parliament and Party: The Strategy of Politics (C. Kam), University of British Columbia.
Spring 2003: Research Methods (L. Tossutti), University of Calgary.
Winter 2002: The Politics of Advanced Industrial States (A. Sayers), University of Calgary.
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Small Group Facilitator


2004: British Columbia Citizens Assembly on Electoral Reform.

Research Contributions
Articles
Royce Koop. Forthcoming. "Professionalism, Sociability, and the Liberal Party in the Constituencies."
Canadian Journal of Political Science.
Royce Koop and Peter John Loewen. Conditionally accepted. "When to go local, when to go national:
Determinants of Private Members’ Legislation in the 38th and 39th Parliaments. Journal of Parliamentary
and Political Law.
Royce Koop and Harold J. Jansen. 2009. "Political Blogs and Blogrolls in Canada: Forums for Demo-
cratic Deliberation?" Social Science Computer Review. 27:2:155-173.
Harold J. Jansen and Royce Koop. 2005. "Pundits, Ideologues, and Ranters: The British Columbia
Election Online." Canadian Journal of Communication. 30:4:613-632.
Royce Koop. 2004. "Federal-Provincial Voting and Federal Integration in the Fourth Canadian Party
System." Federal Governance. 4:1.

Other publications and reviews


Royce Koop. 2007. Review of Policy Horizons and Parliamentary Government by Paul V. Warwick.
Canadian Journal of Political Science. 40:4:1089-90.
Barry Cooper and Royce Koop. 2003. "Policing Alberta: An Analysis of the Alternatives to the Federal
Provision of Police Services." Public Policy Sources. 73.

Work in progress
Book Manuscript
Royce Koop. Grassroots Liberals: Organizing for Federal Politics in Canada. The manuscript is in the final
stage of review at UBC Press, with one reviewer strongly recommending publication. The UBC Press
editorial board will be meeting in early April to consider the manuscript.

Working papers
Peter John Loewen, Royce Koop, and James H. Fowler. "The Power to Propose: A Natural Experiment
in Politics." Revise and resubmit at Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
Royce Koop. "Devolution and Constituency Party Adaptation in the UK."

Works in preparation
Peter John Loewen and Royce Koop. "Panel Composition and Leave to Appeal Success in the Supreme
Court of Canada, 2006 to 2009."
Royce Koop and Amanda Bittner. "Do ’parachuted’ candidate become more active legislators?"
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Honours, Awards, and Fellowships


2009-2010 University Postdoctoral Fellowship, Memorial University of Newfoundland
2004-2007 SSHRC Canada Graduate Scholarship
2003-2004 Province of Alberta Scholarship (declined), University of Calgary
2001 George Ellis Research Scholarship, University of Lethbridge
2000 Chinook Summer Research Scholarship, University of Lethbridge

Research Experience
Database Manager and Researcher
Policy.ca and Mapleleafweb.ca, 2007-2008

Researcher
Alberta Gaming Research Institute, 2004-2005
Human Early Learning Partnership, University of British Columbia, 2004
Centre for Cyber Citizenship, 2000-2002

Conference Presentations
Royce Koop. "Devolution and Constituency Party Adaptation in the UK."
2010. Annual Meeting of the Canadian Political Science Association, Montreal.
Royce Koop and Amanda Bittner. "Do ’parachuted’ candidates become more active legislators?"
2010. Annual Meeting of the Canadian Political Science Association, Montreal.
Royce Koop and Peter John Loewen. "When to go local, when to go national: Determinants of private
members’ legislation."
2009. Third Law and Parliament Conference, Toronto.
Peter John Loewen, Royce Koop, and James H. Fowler. "The Power to Propose: A Natural Experiment
in Politics."
2009. Annual Meeting of the Canadian Political Science Association, Toronto.
2009. West Coast Experimental Political Science Conference, La Jolla.
Peter John Loewen, and Royce Koop. "Panel Composition and Leave to Appeal Success in the Supreme
Court of Canada."
2009. Annual Meeting of the Canadian Political Science Association, Toronto.
Royce Koop and Campbell Sharman. "The Elusive Nature of National Party Organization in Canada
and Australia."
2008. Annual Meeting of the Canadian Political Science Association, Vancouver.
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Royce Koop and R.K. Carty. "Integrating Multi-Level Party Politics from the Ground Up: The Local
Organizations of Canada’s Liberal Parties."
2007. Annual Meeting of the Canadian Political Science Association, Saskatoon.
2007. Joint Sessions of the European Consortium for Political Research, Helsinki.

Royce Koop and Harold J. Jansen. "Political Blogs: Online Soapboxes or Forums for Online Delibera-
tion?"
2006. Annual Meeting of the Canadian Political Science Association, Toronto.
Anthony M. Sayers and Royce Koop. "Patterns of Federal Provincial Party Membership: Evidence from
the 2000 Survey of Party Members"
2005. Annual Meeting of the Canadian Political Science Association, London.
2004. Annual Meeting of the British Columbia Political Studies Association, Richmond.
Royce Koop. "The New Institutionalist Approach and the Study of Political Parties."

2004. Annual Meeting of the British Columbia Political Studies Association, Richmond.
Royce Koop. "Understanding Behavioural Integration in the Fourth Canadian Party System"
2003. Annual Meeting of the British Columbia Political Studies Association, Vancouver.
2003. Global Dialogue Conference on Federalism, Calgary.

Alan R. Siaroff and Royce Koop. "The Interior versus the Lower Mainland? Regional Variations in
Electoral Bias and Social Credit Support in British Columbia, 1953-1975."
2003. Annual Meeting of the British Columbia Political Studies Association, Vancouver.
Royce Koop and Harold J. Jansen. "Online Discussion of the 2001 B.C. Provincial Election."
2002. Annual Meeting of the British Columbia Political Studies Association, Kelowna.

Invited Presentations
November 2009. "Political Parties in Federal Context." Workshop on Political Parties and Civil Society
in Federal Countries, Forum of Federations.

October 2009. "Professionalism, Sociability, and the Liberal Party in the Constituencies." Department
of Political Science, Memorial University of Newfoundland.

Funding Applications
Co-Applicant in 2009 (successful: 24,981), SSHRC Aid to Research Workshops and Conferences in
Canada. "Canadian Political Parties and Elections in Comparative Perspective." With Amanda Bittner.

Collaborator in 2009, SSHRC Standard Research Grant. "A Cartography of the Canadian Political Blo-
gosphere: Participants, Messages, and Motivations." With Thierry Giasson, Ganaele Langlois, Harold
Jansen, and Greg Elmer.
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Service (Academic)
Manuscript reviewer, Canadian Journal of Political Science (2).

Manuscript reviewer, Canadian Political Science Review (1).


Book Reviewer, Canadian Journal of Political Science (1).
Graduate Representative, UBC Comparative Politics Curriculum Committee. 2007-2008.
Graduate Representative, UBC Canadian Politics Curriculum Committee. 2006-2007.

Reviewing Editor, Innovations: A Journal of Politics. 2004.

Service (Other)
Pro Bono Legal Clinic Coordinator, Access Justice Vancouver. February 2008-August 2009.
General Volunteer, Calgary Multiculturalism Society. 2004-2005.
Volunteer Researcher, British Columbia John Howard Society. 2004.

References
R.K. Carty
Department of Political Science, University of British Columbia
[email protected], (604) 822-6825
Allan Tupper
Department of Political Science, University of British Columbia
[email protected], (604) 827-3387
Christopher Kam
Department of Political Science, University of British Columbia
[email protected], (604) 822-6606

Last updated: March 12, 2010

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