Christopher Piper Email & Phone Number

Alexandria, VA, US

Nashville, Tennessee, United States

• Managed and oversaw team of undergraduate research assistants.
• Collected data on the structure, status, regulatory output, and leadership of state executive agencies.
• Researched and wrote summaries of literature related to state executive agencies and representation within stateand federal level agencies.

Greater Nashville Area, TN

Pursuing my PhD in Political Science with a focus on American Institutions

Greater Nashville Area, TN

• Researched topics and wrote reports on federal agencies including, but not limited to performance, strategic planning, and control by the Executive Office of the President (EOP).
• Collected data on federal agency strategic goals.

Greater Nashville Area, TN

• Collected data for the Center for Effective Lawmaking to calculate legislative effectiveness scores.
• Researched individual members of Congress, Congressional district characteristics, and campaign expenditures.

Urbana-Champaign, Illinois Area

• Researched state supreme cases regarding governor veto power.
• Collected data on characteristics of individual court cases.

Urbana-Champaign, Illinois Area

• Research and analyze state and national legislation pertinent to the mission of Carle.
• Track committee hearings and other legislative communications on upcoming policy.
• Assist in management of relationships with local government officials and community partners.

Urbana-Champaign, Illinois Area

• Coded and categorized religions for the SERAPH Cross-Walk Project, a project to create a data-set of religious demographics cross-nationally using a group of national surveys.
• Edited and revised source document for the Coup Project, a project to create a data-set of every coup cross-nationally for the last 80 years.
• Researched topics related to federal agency leadership, the Census Bureau, fixed terms for agency leadership, and delegation of authority to and within federal agencies.
• Conducted statistical test to measure the quality of data collected by the Census Bureau and the impact of Census Bureau Director tenure on data quality.

Urbana-Champaign, Illinois Area

• Conducted data collection and coding on executive agencies within the federal government.
• Collaborated with Professor Selin on a paper regarding the use of “for cause” and “fixed term” appointments by Congress to federal agencies.
• Researched various topics related to federal agencies and synthesized information into literature reviews to assist in the updating of the Sourcebook of United States Executive Agencies. Topics included: fixed terms.

Bloomington/Normal, Illinois Area

• Completed database maintenance and periodic updating.
• Kept record of fundraising and assisted in new fundraising efforts.

Urbana-Champaign, Illinois Area

• Assisted a PhD candidate in dissertation research on the impacts of subnational fragmentation.
• Conducted data collection and coding of Brazilian municipality election results.
• Performed data analysis to discover trends within the data set.

Marion, Illinois

• Unseated Assistant Majority Leader and Chair of the House Revenue and Finance Committee.
• Recruited, managed, and led a team of over thirty interns.
• Headed strategy and execution of a field program that produced over 97,000 doors knocked; 32,500 calls.
• Worked with the Campaign Manager in facilitating fundraising, press relations, and social media operations.

Marion, Illinois

• Senior Advisor to 5th Appellate Court Candidates
• Advised judges on campaign strategy in areas of field, media, fundraising, and campaign messaging.
• Provided insight on the political landscape of each race.
• Led and organized voter outreach plan.

Urbana-Champaign, Illinois Area

• Led the development of the field program with numbers of over 120,000 calls; 6,000 doors knocked.
• Led effort of recruiting, training, and managing a team over thirty interns.

Urbana-Champaign, Illinois Area

• Senior Constituent Services Intern at the Champaign District Office of U.S. Representative Rodney Davis:
• Head intern in Champaign District Office
• Performed constituent correspondence
• Organized and assisted in events

Urbana-Champaign, Illinois Area

• Constituent Services Intern at the Champaign District Office of U.S. Representative Rodney Davis
• Performed constituent services through listening to and addressing concerns and needs of constituents
• Led operation to track the Congressman's local media presence
• Organized advisory boards, meetings, and other events
• Assisted staff with constituent case work

Urbana-Champaign, Illinois Area

• Organized parades and other campaign events
• Reached out to and coordinated campaign volunteers

Urbana-Champaign, Illinois Area

• Worked on the winning campaigns of U.S. Representative Rodney Davis and gubernatorial candidate Bruce Rauner in the Champaign County Field Office
• Made voter contact through phone surveys and canvassing
• Top 3 Intern for September out of 26
• Top 2 Intern for October out of 93

Urbana-Champaign, Illinois Area

• Worked on the winning campaigns of U.S. Representative Rodney Davis and gubernatorial candidate Bruce Rauner in the Champaign County Field Office
• Made voter contact through phone surveys and canvassing
• Top 3 Intern for September out of 26
• Top 2 Intern for October out of 93

Doctor Of Philosophy - Phd, Political Science, 3.94 Gpa

Master Of Arts - Ma, Political Science And Government, 3.94 Gpa

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Political Science, 3.95 Gpa

Activities and Societies:Civic Leadership Concentration Minor in History Bronze Tablet Honoree (Graduating in the Top 3% of the Class).