Daniel McDowell - Syracuse University

Daniel McDowell
Curriculum Vitae
Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs
Department of Political Science
Syracuse University
Contact Information Address
Telephone: 315.443.9804 Department of Political Science
Fax: 315.443.9082 100 Eggers Hall
E-mail: dmcdowel@maxwell.syr.edu Syracuse, NY 13244-1020
Website: danielmcdowell.net
Academic Appointments
Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York
Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science August 2012 - Present
Education
University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia
Ph.D., Foreign Affairs May 2012
M.A., Foreign Affairs May 2008
Malone University, Canton, Ohio
B.A. in Political Science, with distinction December 2004
Research and Publications
Peer-Reviewed Publications
The U.S. as Sovereign International Last-Resort Lender: The Fed’s Currency Swap Program during
the Great Panic of 2007-2009. New Political Economy, April 2012, 17(2):157-178.
Book Project
Brother, Can You Spare a Billion? The United States as Global Lender of Last Resort from Bretton
Woods to Lehman Brothers
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Manuscripts Under Review
Redback Rising: China’s Bilateral Swap Agreements and RMB Internationalization (with Steven
Liao)
Will the Renminbi’s Future as a Reserve Currency Surpass the Yen’s Past?
Working Papers
Need for Speed: Analyzing the Responsiveness of IMF Lending, 1984-2009
Taking on the Dollar: Japanese and Chinese Currency Internationalization Efforts in Comparative
Perspective
Rescue Me! U.S. International Financial Bailouts, 1984-2005
Reconsidering the International Lender of Last Resort
Papers in Progress
No Reservations: Unpacking Demand for RMB as a Reserve Currency
What’s Behind Dagong’s Sovereign Bond Ratings? How China’s New Credit Rating Agency Stacks
Up Against the Usual (American) Suspects
Other Publications (five selected of 38 total)
“Japan, China, South Korea Island Disputes Threaten Global Economy.” Christian Science Monitor,
October 22, 2012.
“Globalization’s Emerging Fault Lines.” Feature article for World Politics Review, September 11,
2012.
“Did China Try to Blackmail Europe?” China-U.S. Focus, October 17, 2011.
“Dragons, Not Scapegoats: China Could make U.S. Pay in a Currency-Based Trade War,” The
Washington Times, October 8, 2010.
“Hold Your Schadenfreude: If Europe’s Economy Goes Down, It’s Taking America’s With It”,
Foreign Policy, June 2, 2010.
Professional Presentations
Annual Meetings
Midwest Political Science Association annual meeting: 2010, 2012, 2013
International Studies Association annual meeting: 2013
International Political Economy Society annual meeting: 2011
American Political Science Association annual meeting: 2011
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Invited Talks
Workshop on Crisis and Change in the Global Monetary System, Ghent Institute of International
Studies, Ghent University, Belgium, March 20, 2013.
Awards
Appleby-Mosher research grant, Maxwell School of Syracuse University 2013
Summer Research Grant, University of Virginia Society of Fellows 2012
Bankard Fund for Political Economy Predoctoral Fellowship 2011-2012
University of Virginia Society of Fellows, Junior Fellow Stipend 2011-2012
Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, Huskey Travel Grant 2011
Albert Gallatin Graduate Research Fellowship 2010-2011
University of Virginia, Politics departmental fellowship 2007-2010
Teaching Experience
Syracuse University
PSC 753 International Political Economy (graduate seminar) Spring 2013
PSC 335 International Political Economy Spring 2013
PSC 124 International Relations Fall 2012
University of Virginia
Teaching Assistant Fall 2008 - Spring 2011
Service and Memberships
Conferences
Chair and discussant for panel, “The Causes and Responses to the Financial Crisis” at the MPSA
annual national conference, Chicago, IL, April 12, 2013.
Chair and discussant for panel, “The Political Economy of Exchange Rates” at the MPSA annual
national conference, Chicago, IL, April 23, 2010.
Manuscript Reviews
International Studies Quarterly
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Journal of International Relations and Development
Review of International Political Economy
Memberships
American Political Science Association (APSA)
Midwest Political Science Association (MPSA)
International Political Economy Society (IPES)
International Studies Association (ISA)
Society of Fellows, University of Virginia
Pi Sigma Alpha (National Political Science Honor Society)
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