Cameron Wimpy Data-verified

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Associate Professor of Political Science and Chair

Last publication 2026 Last refreshed 2026-05-16

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8 h-index 76 pubs 268 cited

Biography and Research Information

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Cameron Wimpy is an Associate Professor of Political Science at Arkansas State University, where he also serves as Department Chair. His research interests encompass political economy, political methodology, and political violence. Prior to his current position, Wimpy was the Research Director at the MIT Election Data and Science Lab, focusing on applied research in the scientific study of elections. He also held an affiliate faculty position with the Harvard Institute for Quantitative Social Science.

Wimpy's scholarly output includes work on American election results at the precinct level, political failure and bureaucratic potential in Africa, the politicization of COVID-19 and its implications for public health, and rural and minority populations. His academic profile includes an h-index of 8 and 265 total citations across 69 publications. He leads a research group and has collaborated with Amanda Carpenter on shared publications.

Metrics

  • h-index: 8
  • Publications: 76
  • Citations: 268

Selected Publications

  • cwimpy/slxr: slxr is now available on CRAN (2026)
  • cwimpy/slxr: slxr is now available on CRAN (2026)
  • rurality: Rurality Classification and Scoring for U.S. Counties and ZIP Codes (2026)
  • rurality: Rurality Classification and Scoring for U.S. Counties and ZIP Codes (2026)
  • cwimpy/rurality-app: v1.0.0 (2026)
  • cwimpy/rurality: v0.1.0 (2026)
  • cwimpy/rurality-app: v1.0.0 (2026)
  • The Politicization of COVID-19 and Implications for Public Health (2024)
  • Rural and Other Minority Populations (2024)
  • American election results at the precinct level (2022)
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