(Dr.) Alexandre Couture Gagnon Email: alexandre.couturegagnon@utb.edu CURRENT EMPLOYMENT Assistant professor (tenure-track) University of Texas at Brownsville Department of Government One West University Boulevard Brownsville, TX 78520 2014 to present EDUCATION Ph.D. in Public Policy 2007-2013 School of Public Policy and Administration (SPPA) M.Sc. in Public Administration 2005-2007 B.A. in Economics 2002-2005 Laval University, Québec City, Canada ACADEMIC PUBLICATIONS Couture Gagnon, Alexandre, Yves Francis Odia, and Filip Palda. 2014. «Politique d immigration au Québec : Un futur fondé sur le marché». Book chapter. Robert Bernier, ed., Les défis québécois, Presses de l Université du Québec. Couture Gagnon, Alexandre. 2013. «La gouvernance multiniveau dans les nations minoritaires : cas du Québec-Canada et de la Catalogne-Espagne». Télescope 19(1). Gattinger, Monica, Diane Saint-Pierre, Alexandre Couture Gagnon, Anne-Marie Autissier, Kevin Mulcahy, and Fabrice Thuriot. 2012. «L analyse comparative des politiques culturelles infranationales : réflexion sur le cas canadien». Loisir et Société/Society and Leisure 34(2): 149-186. Couture Gagnon, Alexandre, and Filip Palda. 2011. The price of transparency: do campaign finance disclosure laws discourage political participation by citizens groups? Public Choice 146(3-4): 353-374. Saint-Pierre, Diane, Monica Gattinger and Alexandre Couture Gagnon. 2008. Towards Subnational Comparative Cultural Policy Analysis: The Case of Provincial Cultural Policy and Administration in Canada. Journal of Arts Management, Law, and Society 38(3): 167-186. Curriculum Vitae Page 1 of 7
OTHER PUBLICATIONS Couture Gagnon, Alexandre. October 2013. «Les amish». L Action de l Est 3(12): 15. Couture Gagnon, Alexandre. 2013. Book review. L âge des incertitudes. Essais sur le fédéralisme et la diversité nationale. 2011. Alain-G. Gagnon: Les Presses de l Université Laval. 210 p. Politique et Sociétés 32(1): 146-148. Couture Gagnon, Alexandre, and Jean-François Savard. March/April 2013. «L incohérence de la SAQ». Le Mouton NOIR. Page 5. Couture Gagnon, Alexandre. 2013. Video clip. «Honnêteté intellectuelle à l École nationale d administration publique». Director: François Bergeron. 10m17s. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4k_8jgk8io4 Couture Gagnon, Alexandre. September 21, 2012. Radio interview on the role of deputy ministers. Show «Café, boulot, Dodo». Radio-Canada. Journalist: Sabrina Myre. Couture Gagnon, Alexandre. 2011. Book review. The Provinces and Canadian Foreign Trade Policy. 2008. Kukucha, Christopher J. Vancouver: UBC Press. 242 p. Revue canadienne de science politique/canadian Journal of Political Science 44(3): 726-727. Couture Gagnon, Alexandre. 2011. Courrier des lecteurs (comments by readers). L Actualité 36(16): 9. Couture Gagnon, Alexandre. 2009. Teaching in Your Second Language: English. TA Talk 6(1), 8. Saint-Pierre, Diane, and Alexandre Couture Gagnon. 2008. Chronologie des faits marquants de la Politique culturelle du Québec. Saint-Pierre, Diane, and Alexandre Couture Gagnon. 2007. Chronologie des interventions du gouvernement du Québec en matière de culture. 120 pages. CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS July 2014. Influence de deux petites communautés religieuses montréalaises sur les politiques municipales. Presented at the 23rd World Congress of Political Science organized by the International Political Science Association (IPSA), Montréal, Canada. April 2014. Unique policy instruments for unique religious groups: How Old Order Amish and Mormon Fundamentalists influence public policy. Presented at the 72nd Annual National Conference of the Midwest Political Science Association (MPSA), Chicago, U.S.A. October 2013. Competing States: The Use of Public Policy by Minority and Majority Nations. Presented at the PhD Brown Bag Series,. Curriculum Vitae Page 2 of 7
With Maude Marquis-Bissonnette. May 2013. Isolation culturelle : le cas des Amish aux États-Unis et des juifs hassidiques au Canada. Presented at the Congrès annuel de la Société québécoise de science politique (SQSP), Montréal, Canada. April 2013. Political Parties and Women s Success in Municipal Elections in 2005 in Montérégie and Montréal (Québec, Canada). Presented at the 70th Annual National Conference of the Midwest Political Science Association (MPSA), Chicago, U.S.A. July 2012. Competing States:The Use of Public Policy by Minority and Majority Nations. Presented at the XXIInd World Congress of Political Science organized by the International Political Science Association (IPSA), Madrid, Spain. With Jean-François Savard. May 2012. Beyond Policy Domain: Revisiting the Policy Coherence Concept. Presented at the First Annual CAPPA Conference in Public Management and Public Policy, Ottawa, Canada. January 2012. Compétition entre État minoritaire et État majoritaire par l entremise des politiques publiques: cas du Québec-Canada. Presented at the David Wink SPPA Ph.D. Conference,. May 2011. Compétition entre nation minoritaire et nation majoritaire: utilisation de la politique de relations internationales. Cas du Québec-Canada et de la Catalogne-Espagne. Presented at the Congrès annuel de la Société québécoise de science politique (SQSP), Montréal, Canada. April 2011. Competing States: The Use of Linguistic Policy by Minority and Majority Nations. Presented at the 69th Annual National Conference of the Midwest Political Science Association (MPSA), Chicago, U.S.A. February 2011. La politique linguistique comme instrument de compétition: variances dans les cas Québec-Canada et Catalogne-Espagne. Presented at the Séminaire de la relève du Groupe de recherche sur les sociétés plurinationales (GRSP), Montréal, Canada. January 2011. Modèle rationnel de compétition entre État minoritaire et État majoritaire par l entremise de politiques publiques: cas de la Catalogne-Espagne et du Québec-Canada. Presented at the Inaugural David Wink SPPA Ph.D. Conference, Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada. November 2010. Compétition entre État minoritaire et État majoritaire par l entremise de la politique linguistique: cas du Québec-Canada. Presented at the 17th Biennial Conference of the American Council for Québec Studies: La Francophonie américaine/the French North American Experience: Tributaries and Confluences, Burlington, U.S.A. Curriculum Vitae Page 3 of 7
June 2010. Competing States: The Use of Public Policy by Minority and Majority Nations. Presented at the Public ECMI Lecture on Ethnic Mobilization and the International Community, European Centre for Minority Issues (ECMI), Flensburg, Germany. With Saint-Pierre, Diane, and Monica Gattinger. May 2009. Pour une analyse comparée des politiques culturelles et de l administration culturelle publique des gouvernements provinciaux canadiens. Presented at the Congrès de l Association québécoise de science politique, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada. April 2009. Compétition entre gouvernement minoritaire et gouvernement majoritaire: modèle explicatif basé sur les politiques publiques cruciales. Cas: Québec-Canada et Catalogne-Espagne. Presented at the Deuxième colloque étudiant du Département de français,. With Saint-Pierre, Diane, and Monica Gattinger. August 2008. Towards Sub-National Comparative Cultural Policy Analysis: The Case of Provincial Cultural Policy and Administration in Canada. Presented at the Fifth International Conference on Cultural Policy Research (ICCPR2008) at Yeditepe University, Istanbul, Turkey. SCHOLARSHIPS AND AWARDS Ph.D. Scholarship 2011-2012 Ontario Graduate Scholarship Program (OGS) Ph.D. Scholarship 2010-2011 Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) Ph.D. Scholarships 2007-2011 Ph.D. Scholarship ($60,000) 2007-2010 Fonds québécois de la recherche sur la société et la culture (FQSRC), Canada G. Bruce Doern Graduate Award 2010 School of Public Policy and Administration, Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award 2009 Educational Development Centre, Gérard-Bergeron Award 2007 École nationale d administration publique (ENAP), Canada Master s Degree Scholarship 2006 Fondation Desjardins, Canada Curriculum Vitae Page 4 of 7
BMO Financial Group Excellence Scholarship 2006 Fondation de l Université du Québec, Canada Master s Degree Scholarship 2005 École nationale d administration publique (ENAP), Canada Dean s Board of Honour List 2005 Faculty of Social Sciences, Laval University, Québec City, Canada Chaire en économique de l énergie électrique s Master s Degree Scholarship 2004 Laval University, Québec City, Canada Scholarship to study Economics of the Environment in Spain 2003 GREEN, Laval University, Canada General Governor of Canada s Medal 2001 Conservatoire de musique de Rimouski, Canada RESEARCH EXPERIENCE Visiting Fellow 2010 European Centre for Minority Issues (ECMI), Flensburg, Germany Research Assistant 2007-2010 Analyst 2006-2007 Secrétariat du Conseil du trésor, Québec Government, Canada Research Assistant 2005-2007 Institut national de la recherche scientifique (INRS), Québec City, Canada Research Assistant 2005-2007 Research Assistant 2006 City of Saint-Constant, Québec Research Assistant 2004-2005 Department of Economics, Laval University, Québec City, Canada TEACHING EXPERIENCE Assistant professor (tenure-track) 2012-2014 Curriculum Vitae Page 5 of 7
Contract Instructor 2010-2012 École nationale d administration publique (ENAP), Gatineau, Canada Teaching Assistant and Contract Instructor 2007-2011 Economics Teacher 2006 Cégep de Rimouski (college), Rimouski, Canada Teaching Assistant 2002-2005 Department of Economics, Laval University, Québec City, Canada Swimming Teacher 1999-2002 Rimouski, Canada ADMINISTRATIVE EXPERIENCE Coordinator of M.Sc. theses 2013-2014 Member of the Local Organizing Committee of the International Political Science Association (IPSA) s World Congress in Montréal, Canada (in 2014) 2012-2014 Member of the Committee of Sustainable Development 2012-2014 Member of the Committee of Scholarships for M.Sc. Theses 2012-2014 Member of the Committee of Exemption of International Tuition Fees 2012 Young Intern Officer of the Board of Directors 2010-2012 Caisse populaire Desjardins Rideau d Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada Co-organizer of the Inaugural David Wink SPPA Ph.D. Conference 2011 Member of the Committee of Selection of Outstanding TA Awards 2010 Representative of the Graduate Students Association to the Senate 2007-2008 Curriculum Vitae Page 6 of 7
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT Certificate in Teaching Skills 2010 Education Development Centre, Curriculum Vitae Page 7 of 7