He received his PhD in political science from UCLA in 2013, and was a pre- and post-doctoral fellow at the Center on Democracy, Development, and the Rule of Law at Stanford University. Professor Kramon's research focuses on clientelism, ethnic politics, and electoral accountability in new democracies, with a regional focus on sub-Saharan Africa. His research has received funding from the National Science Foundation, the International Growth Centre, the Department for International Development (DfID), and the Evidence in Governance and Politics (EGAP) Metaketa initiative, and has been published by or is forthcoming with Cambridge University Press, World Politics, Comparative Political Studies, the British Journal of Political Science, the Quarterly Journal of Political Science, and Perspectives on Politics.