Matthew Kerby
Assistant Professor
SN-2032
Department of Political Science, Science Building
Memorial University of Newfoundland
St. John's, NL A1B 3X9 Canada
Phone: (709) 864-3093
Email: kerbym[at]mun[dot]ca (or search here)
Website: http://matthewkerby.net
Academics
B.A. (Concordia), M.A. (Carleton), Ph.D. (Trinity College, Dublin)
Areas for Student Research Supervision
• Canadian and Irish politics
• Political executives and scandals
• Political behaviour and institutions
Examples of Recent Courses Taught
1000 Intro to Politics and Government; 2010 Research and Writing in Political Science; 3300 European Politics; 3305 Irish Politics; 3600 Public Policy in Canada; 4630 Policy Analysis; 6000 Political Science Concepts
Bio
Dr. Kerby researches broadly in the area of legislative and executive studies in the Canadian and comparative contexts. Specific research applications include the following: legislative party switching, elite career paths, political scandals, ministerial turnover and representation. Teaching interests include comparative politics (Western democracies), comparative political institutions and research methods.
Select Papers and Publications
Kerby, Matthew and Keith Dowding, "Comparative Ministerial Turnover in Canada and Australia: 1957-2011. 6th General Conference of the European Consortium for Political Research, Reykjavik, Iceland. August 25-27, 2011.
Kerby, Matthew, "Combining the Hazards of Ministerial Appointment AND Ministerial Exit in the Canadian Federal Cabinet". Canadian Journal of Political Science, 44(3), 2011.
Kerby, Matthew and Kelly Blidook, “It's Not You, It's Me: Determinants of Voluntary Legislative Turnover in Canada”, Legislative Studies Quarterly. 36(4), 2011.
Blidook, Kelly and Matthew Kerby, “Constituency Influence on ‘Constituency Members’: The Adaptability of Roles to Electoral Realities in the Canadian Case”, Journal of Legislative Studies, 17(3), 2011.
Kerby, Matthew and Alex Marland, "Government Behaviour and Talk Radio in Newfoundland and Labrador” Annual Conference of the Canadian Political Science Association, May 16-18, 2011, Kitchener-Waterloo, ON.
Kerby, Matthew and Kelly Blidook, “Party Policy Positions in Newfoundland and Labrador: Expert Survey Results in the Buildup to the 2011 Provincial Election” Annual National Conference of the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, Illinois, 2011.
Marland, Alex and Matthew Kerby, "The Audience is Listening: Talk Radio and Public Policy in Newfoundland and Labrador". Media, Culture & Society 32(6), 2010.
Kerby, Matthew and Manon Tremblay, "Gender, Representation and the Canadian Federal Cabinet" Annual Conference of the Atlantic Provinces Political Science Association, October 1-3 2010, Halifax, Nova Scotia.
Kerby, Matthew, "The Electoral Consequences of Ministerial Exit in Canada" Annual Conference of the Canadian Political Science Association, June 1-3 2010, Montreal, Quebec.
Kerby, Matthew, "The Patterns and Effects of Subnational Political Experience on Federal Level Career Paths in Canada: 1867-2008" Annual Conference of the Canadian Political Science Association, June 1-3 2010, Montreal, Quebec.
Kerby, Matthew, “Worth the Wait: Determinants of Ministerial Appointment in Canada, 1935–2008 <http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayFulltext?type=1&fid=6375712&jid=CJP&volumeId=42&issueId=03&aid=6375704> ". Canadian Journal of Political Science, 42(3), September 2009. Winner of the 2010 Canadian Political Science Association John McMemeny Prize for best article in the Canadian Journal of Political Science.
Kerby, Matthew, “Calls of the Wild: Resignation Requests in the Canadian House of Commons: 1957-2008 <http://www.cpsa-acsp.ca/papers-2009/Kerby.pdf> .” Annual Conference of the Canadian Political Science Association, Ottawa, Ontario, May 27-29, 2009.
Kerby, Matthew and Brendan Howe, 2009 “The Canada-EU Turbot War of 1995 and the Cybernetic Model of Decision-Making” <http://pdfserve.informaworld.com/877166_770885140_910408715.pdf> The Roundtable: The Commonwealth Journal of International Affairs. 48 (401).
O'Malley, Eoin and Matthew Kerby, 2004. "Fine Gael: Chronicle of a Death Foretold? Understanding the decline of Fine Gael." <http://webpages.dcu.ie/~omalle/FIPS190103.pdf> Irish Political Studies 19 (1).
Kerby, Matthew and Raj S. Chari, 2002. "'Policy Scandals': A Spanish Case." <http://www.tcd.ie/Political_Science/staff/raj_chari/materials/chari_kerby2002.pdf> Government and Opposition 37(3).