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{{Short description|American political scientist}}
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'''Gary King''' (born December 8, 1958) is an American [[political science|political scientist]] and [[quantitative research|quantitative]] [[methodology|methodologist]]. He is the Albert J. Weatherhead III [[Harvard University Professor|University Professor]] and Director for the [[Institute for Quantitative Social Science]] at [[Harvard University]]. King and his research group develop and apply empirical methods in many areas of social science research, focusing on innovations that span the range from statistical theory to practical application.<ref>{{cite web|title=Biography|url=http://gking.harvard.edu/|publisher=Gking.harvard.edu|accessdate=26 January 2014}}</ref>

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'''Gary King''' (born December 8, 1958) is an [[United States|American]] [[political science|political scientist]] and [[quantitative research|quantitative]] [[methodology|methodologist]]. He is the Albert J. Weatherhead III [[Harvard University Professor|University Professor]] and Director for the [[Institute for Quantitative Social Science]] at [[Harvard University]]. King and his research group develop and apply empirical methods in many areas of social science research, focusing on innovations that span the range from statistical theory to practical application.<ref>{{cite web|title=Biography|url=http://gking.harvard.edu/|publisher=Gking.harvard.edu|accessdate=26 January 2014}}</ref>


==Biography==
==Biography==
In 1980, King graduated ''[[Wiktionary:summa cum laude|summa cum laude]]'' with a [[Bachelor of Arts|B.A.]] in Political Science from the [[State University of New York at New Paltz]].<ref name="Big Data">{{cite magazine|url=https://issuu.com/sunynewpaltz/docs/spring.2017.final.issu|title=Big Data: what we know vs. all the rest|work=SUNY New Paltz Alumni Newsletter|pages=16–17|date=Spring 2017}}</ref> In 1981 he earned an [[Master of Arts|M.A.]] and in 1984 a Ph.D. in Political Science at the [[University of Wisconsin–Madison]] in [[Madison, Wisconsin|Madison]].
In 1980, King graduated ''[[summa cum laude]]'' with a [[Bachelor of Arts]] degree in political science from the [[State University of New York at New Paltz]].<ref name="Big Data">{{cite magazine|url=https://issuu.com/sunynewpaltz/docs/spring.2017.final.issu|title=Big Data: what we know vs. all the rest|magazine=SUNY New Paltz Alumni Newsletter|pages=16–17|date=Spring 2017}}</ref> In 1981 he earned a [[Master of Arts]] degree and in 1984 a [[Doctor of Philosophy]] degree in political science at the [[University of Wisconsin–Madison]] in [[Madison, Wisconsin|Madison]].


King's career in [[academia]] began in 1984, when he became an [[professor|Assistant Professor]] in the Department of Politics at [[New York University]]. He joined the faculty of Harvard's Department of Government in 1987 and has taught there since. He has also been a visiting fellow at [[Oxford University]]. To date, he has authored or coauthored seven books (six published and one forthcoming) and more than 160 journal articles and book chapters.
King's career in [[academia]] began in 1984, when he became an [[assistant professor]] in the Department of Politics at [[New York University]]. He joined the faculty of Harvard's Department of Government in 1987 and has taught there since. He has also been a visiting fellow at [[Oxford University]]. To date, he has authored or coauthored eight books (six published and one forthcoming) and more than 175 journal articles and book chapters, and has won more than 55 prizes and awards for his work.


King is one of 25 professors with "Harvard's most distinguished faculty title".<ref name="Big Data" />
King is one of 25 professors with "Harvard's most distinguished faculty title".<ref name="Big Data" />
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==Business==
==Business==
King co-founded the [[data analytics]] companies [[Crimson Hexagon]] and Learning Catalytics.<ref>{{Cite web | title = Learning Catalytics | url = https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/learning-catalytics#/entity | website = crunchbase.com | accessdate = October 19, 2015 }}</ref> Crimson Hexagon is a social media analytics software company based in Boston, Massachusetts.<ref>{{Cite web | title = Crimson Hexagon | url = https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/crimson-hexagon#/entity | website = crunchbase.com | accessdate = October 19, 2015 }}</ref> Learning Catalytics was acquired by Pearson in April 2013.<ref>{{cite web|author= |url=http://www.pearsoned.com/pearson-acquires-ed-tech-startup-learning-catalytics/#.U9mKPpRgZoA |title=Pearson Acquires Ed Tech Startup, Learning Catalytics™ &#124; Pearson News |publisher=Pearsoned.com |date=2013-04-22 |accessdate=2015-10-18}}</ref>
King co-founded the [[data analytics]] companies [[Crimson Hexagon]] and Learning Catalytics{{cn|date=September 2021}} and the educational technology companies [https://perusall.com/ Perusall] and [http://theopenscholar.com/ OpenScholar]. Crimson Hexagon and its nearest competitor merged in 2018; the new company is called [https://www.brandwatch.com/ Brandwatch].<ref>{{Cite press release|last=Brandwatch|title=Brandwatch & Crimson Hexagon Merge|url=https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/brandwatch--crimson-hexagon-merge-300724674.html|access-date=2020-08-22|website=www.prnewswire.com|language=en}}</ref> Learning Catalytics was acquired by Pearson in April 2013.<ref>{{cite web|author= |url=http://www.pearsoned.com/pearson-acquires-ed-tech-startup-learning-catalytics/#.U9mKPpRgZoA |title=Pearson Acquires Ed Tech Startup, Learning Catalytics™ &#124; Pearson News |publisher=Pearsoned.com |date=2013-04-22 |accessdate=2015-10-18}}</ref>


==Honors==
==Honors==
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* Fellow, [[American Association for the Advancement of Science]], 2004
* Fellow, [[American Association for the Advancement of Science]], 2004
* Fellow, [[American Academy of Political and Social Science]] 2004
* Fellow, [[American Academy of Political and Social Science]] 2004
* Fellow, Society for Political Methodology, 2008<ref>[http://polmeth.wustl.edu/about.php?page=fellows Fellows, Society for Political Methodology]</ref> (Gosnell Prize from the Society in 1997 and 1999)<ref>[http://polmeth.wustl.edu/about.php?page=awards The Society for Political Methodology] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100620171509/http://polmeth.wustl.edu/about.php?page=awards |date=June 20, 2010 }}.</ref>
* Fellow, Society for Political Methodology, 2008<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://polmeth.wustl.edu/about.php?page=fellows |title=Fellows, Society for Political Methodology |access-date=2015-10-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150609043224/http://polmeth.wustl.edu/about.php?page=fellows |archive-date=2015-06-09 |url-status=dead }}</ref> (Gosnell Prize from the Society in 1997 and 1999)<ref>[http://polmeth.wustl.edu/about.php?page=awards The Society for Political Methodology] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100620171509/http://polmeth.wustl.edu/about.php?page=awards |date=June 20, 2010 }}.</ref>
* Fellow, [[American Statistical Association]] 2009
* Fellow, [[American Statistical Association]] 2009
* Fellow, [[National Academy of Sciences]], 2010
* Fellow, [[National Academy of Sciences]], 2010
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*''Demographic Forecasting'' (Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2008), with Federico Girosi.
*''Demographic Forecasting'' (Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2008), with Federico Girosi.
* [http://gking.harvard.edu/publications/how-censorship-china-allows-government-criticism-silences-collective-expression "How Censorship in China Allows Government Criticism but Silences Collective Expression"], ''American Political Science Review'', Vol. 107, No. 2, pp.&nbsp;1–18. With Jennifer Pan and Margaret E. Roberts.
* [http://gking.harvard.edu/publications/how-censorship-china-allows-government-criticism-silences-collective-expression "How Censorship in China Allows Government Criticism but Silences Collective Expression"], ''American Political Science Review'', Vol. 107, No. 2, pp.&nbsp;1–18. With [[Jennifer Pan (professor)|Jennifer Pan]] and [[Margaret E. Roberts]].
*''Ecological Inference: New Methodological Strategies'' (New York: Cambridge University Press, 2004), edited with [[Ori Rosen]] and Martin A. Tanner.
*''Ecological Inference: New Methodological Strategies'' (New York: Cambridge University Press, 2004), edited with [[Ori Rosen]] and Martin A. Tanner.
*''A Solution to the Ecological Inference Problem: Reconstructing Individual Behavior from Aggregate Data'' (Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1997).
*''A Solution to the Ecological Inference Problem: Reconstructing Individual Behavior from Aggregate Data'' (Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1997).
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==External links==
==External links==
* {{Official website|http://gking.harvard.edu/}}
* {{Official website}}
* [http://www.iq.harvard.edu/ IQSS: The Institute for Quantitative Social Science, Harvard University]
* [http://www.iq.harvard.edu/ IQSS: The Institute for Quantitative Social Science, Harvard University]


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Gary King
Born (1958-12-08) December 8, 1958 (age 66)
New York City, New York, U.S.
Academic background
EducationState University of New York at New Paltz (BA)
University of Wisconsin–Madison (MA, PhD)
Doctoral advisorLeon Epstein
Academic work
DisciplinePolitical science
Sub-disciplinePolitical methodology
Institutions
Doctoral studentsJennifer Hill
Claudine Gay[1]
Notable works
  • Unifying Political Methodology (1989)
  • Designing Social Inquiry (1994)
  • A Solution to the Ecological Inference Problem (1997)
Websitegking.harvard.edu Edit this at Wikidata

Gary King (born December 8, 1958) is an American political scientist and quantitative methodologist. He is the Albert J. Weatherhead III University Professor and Director for the Institute for Quantitative Social Science at Harvard University. King and his research group develop and apply empirical methods in many areas of social science research, focusing on innovations that span the range from statistical theory to practical application.[2]

Biography

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In 1980, King graduated summa cum laude with a Bachelor of Arts degree in political science from the State University of New York at New Paltz.[3] In 1981 he earned a Master of Arts degree and in 1984 a Doctor of Philosophy degree in political science at the University of Wisconsin–Madison in Madison.

King's career in academia began in 1984, when he became an assistant professor in the Department of Politics at New York University. He joined the faculty of Harvard's Department of Government in 1987 and has taught there since. He has also been a visiting fellow at Oxford University. To date, he has authored or coauthored eight books (six published and one forthcoming) and more than 175 journal articles and book chapters, and has won more than 55 prizes and awards for his work.

King is one of 25 professors with "Harvard's most distinguished faculty title".[3]

He is the step-brother of the sociologist Mitchell Duneier.[citation needed]

Business

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King co-founded the data analytics companies Crimson Hexagon and Learning Catalytics[citation needed] and the educational technology companies Perusall and OpenScholar. Crimson Hexagon and its nearest competitor merged in 2018; the new company is called Brandwatch.[4] Learning Catalytics was acquired by Pearson in April 2013.[5]

Honors

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Selected publications

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  • Demographic Forecasting (Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2008), with Federico Girosi.
  • "How Censorship in China Allows Government Criticism but Silences Collective Expression", American Political Science Review, Vol. 107, No. 2, pp. 1–18. With Jennifer Pan and Margaret E. Roberts.
  • Ecological Inference: New Methodological Strategies (New York: Cambridge University Press, 2004), edited with Ori Rosen and Martin A. Tanner.
  • A Solution to the Ecological Inference Problem: Reconstructing Individual Behavior from Aggregate Data (Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1997).
  • Designing Social Inquiry: Scientific Inference in Qualitative Research (Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1994), with Robert Keohane and Sidney Verba.
  • Unifying Political Methodology: The Likelihood Theory of Statistical Inference (Cambridge, UK and New York: Cambridge University Press, 1989; reprinted Ann Arbor, MI: University of Michigan Press, 1998).
  • The Elusive Executive: Discovering Statistical Patterns in the Presidency (Washington, D.C.: Congressional Quarterly Press, 1988), with Lyn Ragsdale.
  • The Presidency in American Politics (New York and London: New York University Press, 1989), with Paul Brace and Christine Harrington.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Excerpts From Dr. Claudine Gay's Work - The New York Times". The New York Times. 2024-01-03. Archived from the original on 2024-01-03. Retrieved 2024-01-03.
  2. ^ "Biography". Gking.harvard.edu. Retrieved 26 January 2014.
  3. ^ a b "Big Data: what we know vs. all the rest". SUNY New Paltz Alumni Newsletter. Spring 2017. pp. 16–17.
  4. ^ Brandwatch. "Brandwatch & Crimson Hexagon Merge". www.prnewswire.com (Press release). Retrieved 2020-08-22.
  5. ^ "Pearson Acquires Ed Tech Startup, Learning Catalytics™ | Pearson News". Pearsoned.com. 2013-04-22. Retrieved 2015-10-18.
  6. ^ "Fellows, Society for Political Methodology". Archived from the original on 2015-06-09. Retrieved 2015-10-19.
  7. ^ The Society for Political Methodology Archived June 20, 2010, at the Wayback Machine.
  8. ^ "Forty-Five New Members Elected to the National Academy of Social Insurance". nasi.org. February 3, 2015. Retrieved October 10, 2015.
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