Michael Kowal
Assistant Professor of Computational Social Science
School of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences
Experience
Legislative Aide, Massachusetts House of Representatives, 2008-2011
Institutional Service
- Institutional Review Board Member
- Institutional Review Board Member
- School of Business Dean Search meetings Member
- Core Curriculum Data Science and Analytics Committee Member
- International Politics Adjunct Search Committee Member
- Quantitative Social Science Faculty Search Committee Member
- Academic Appeals Committee Member
- Institutional Review Board Member
- Academic Appeals Committee Member
- Quantitative Social Science Faculty Search Committee Member Member
- Academic Appeals Committee Member
- Institutional Review Board Member
Professional Service
- NYU Abu Dhabi Computational Social Science Reviewer
- Southern Political Science Association Panel Chair
- Political Networks APSA Political Networks Section Membership Chair
- Elecion Law Journal Reviewer
- Political Research Quarterly Reviewer
- APSA Political Networks Section Membership Chair
- Political Research Quarterly Reviewer
- Business and Politics Reviewer
- Public Choice Reviewer
- Political Research Quarterly Reviewer
- Political Analysis Reviewer
- Social Networks Reviewer
Appointments
Assistant Professor of Computational Social Science, Stevens Institute of Technology, 2017-Present
Post-Doctortal Fellow in Computationsl Social Science, Digital and Computational Studies, Bowdoin College, 2015-2017
Post-Doctortal Fellow in Computationsl Social Science, Digital and Computational Studies, Bowdoin College, 2015-2017
Honors and Awards
2015 American Political Science Association Jack Walker Award
Professional Societies
- SPSA – Southern Political Science Association Member
- MPSA – Midwest Political Science Association Member
- APSA Political Networks Section Member
- SPSA – Southern Political Science Association Member
- PolNet – APSA Political Networks Association Member
- APSA – American Political Science Association Member
- PolNet – American Political Science Association Political Networks Section Member
- Southern Political Science Association Member
Selected Publications
Journal Article
- Kowal, M. (2023). The Value of a Like: Facebook, Viral Posts, and Campaign Finance in US Congressional Elections. Media and Communications (3 ed., vol. 11, pp. 153-163). Lisbon: Cogitatio Press.
- Lytle, A.; , M.; Macdonald, J.; Levy, S. (2021). An examination of intergenerational contact experiences using 10,338 journal entries from 2414 young adults. . The Gerontologist. .
- Lytle, A.; Kowal, M.; Macdonald, J.; Levy, S. (2021). An Examination of Intergenerational Contact Experiences Using 10,338 Journal Entries from 2414 Young Adults Across 11 years. The Gerontologist.
- Lytle, A.; Arpecino, M.; Kowal, M. S. (2020). How intergroup contact and demographic factors influence attitudes toward and perceptions of addiction. Addiction Research & Theory (5 ed., vol. 28, pp. 425-432). Taylor & Francis.
- Lytle, A.; Apriceno, M. B.; Kowal, M. (2020). How intergroup contact and demographic factors influence attitudes toward and perceptions of addiction. Addiction Research and Theory (5 ed., vol. 28, pp. 425-432).
- Lytle, A.; Apriceno, M.; Kowal, M. (2019). How Intergroup Contact and Demographic Factors Influence Attitudes towards and Perceptions of Addiction. Addiction Research and Theory .