CHRISTOPHER DINKEL
Department of Management
Ast Prof
STILLWATER, OK 74078
Phone: 405-744-8637
christopher.dinkel@okstate.edu
Biography
Christopher Dinkel is an Assistant Professor of Legal Studies in the Spears School of Business at Oklahoma State University. His research focuses on issues at the intersection of law and politics in the areas of trade secrets, noncompetes, international monetary lending, and the U.S. Supreme Court.Education
- Ph D, Northwestern University, Political Science, 2022
- MA, Northwestern University, Political Science, 2018
- JD, Cornell Law School, 2011
- BA, Pomona College, Politics, International Relations (double major), 2007
Publications
- Stephen C. Nelson and Christopher P. Dinkel. "IMF Lending Programs and Repression in Autocracies". International Studies Quarterly (Forthcoming).
- Christopher P. Dinkel and Jeff Lingwall. (2024). "Legal Origin and Emulation of Trade Secret Protections: A Cross-National Empirical Study". DePaul Law Review (Forthcoming). (74), 1, 1-66.
- Christopher P. Dinkel, Marc C. McAllister, and Andrew Ifedapo Thompson. "National Origin Bias and U.S. Public Opinion on Supreme Court Nominees: Evidence from a Conjoint Experiment ". Pace Law Review (Forthcoming). (45),
- Christopher P. Dinkel. (2023). "The Future of Work and U.S. Public Opinion on Noncompete Law: Evidence from a Conjoint Experiment". American Business Law Journal. (60), 4, 749-792.
- Christopher P. Dinkel. (2023). "A Degree of Pro-IP Preference: An Empirical Study of the Relationship Between Federal Judges’ Undergraduate Programs and Their Trade Secret Decisions". West Virginia Law Review. (126), 1, 185-238.
- Christopher Dinkel. (2011). "Note, Welfare Family Caps and the Zero-Grant Situation". Cornell Law Review. (96), 2, 365-396.
Presentations
- National Origin Bias and U.S. Public Opinion on Supreme Court Nominees: Evidence from
a Conjoint Experiment
Academy of Legal Studies in Business Annual Conference
Academy of Legal Studies in Business
Washington, D.C. - 2024 - The Future of Work and U.S. Public Opinion on Noncompete Law: Evidence from a Conjoint
Experiment
Academy of Legal Studies in Business Annual Conference
Academy of Legal Studies in Business
San Diego, CA - 2023 - Why Do Countries Increase Trade Secret Protections?
Academy of Legal Studies in Business Annual Conference
Academy of Legal Studies in Business
San Diego, CA - 2023 - U.S. Public Opinion on Noncompetes: Evidence from a Conjoint Experiment
Business Ethics and the Future of Work Symposium
Center for Ethics, Diversity, and Workplace Culture, Temple University Fox School of Business; Center for Legal Studies and Business Ethics, Oklahoma State University Spears School of Business; American Business Law Journal
Virtual - 2023 - Judicial Decision-Making in Trade Secret Cases: Evidence from a Natural Experiment
Huber Hurst Seminar
University of Miami Herbert Business School; University of Florida Warrington College of Business
Miami, FL - 2023 - U.S. Public Opinion on Supreme Court Nominees: Evidence from a Conjoint Experiment
Southeastern Academy of Legal Studies in Business Annual Conference
Southeastern Academy of Legal Studies in Business
Greenville, SC - 2023 - Why Do Countries Increase Trade Secret Protections?
Conference on Empirical Legal Studies
University of Toronto, Faculty of Law
Virtual - 2022 - IMF Lending Programs and Repression in Autocratic Regimes
American Political Science Association Annual Meeting
American Political Science Association
Virtual - 2021 - Why Do Countries Increase Trade Secret Protections?
Southeastern Academy of Legal Studies in Business Annual Conference
Southeastern Academy of Legal Studies in Business
Savannah, GA - 2021 - Are IMF Lending Programs Harmful for Human Rights?
Political Economy of International Organization Conference
Political Economy of International Organization
Vancouver, British Columbia - 2020 - Are IMF Lending Programs Harmful for Human Rights?
American Political Science Association Annual Meeting
American Political Science Association
Washington, D.C. - 2019 - How Do IMF Lending Programs Affect Human Rights?
Midwest Law and Society Retreat
University of Madison-Wisconsin, Institute for Legal Studies
Madison, WI - 2018
Academic, Military, and Professional Positions
- Department of Management, Spears School of Business, Oklahoma State University, Assistant Professor of Legal Studies, 2022
- Elkind Alterman Harston PC, Attorney, 2015 - 2016
- Allott Immigration Law Firm, Attorney, 2013 - 2015
- Fragomen, Del Rey, Bernsen and Loewy, LLP, Attorney, 2012 - 2013
- United States Senate, Legal Fellow, 2011 - 2012
- United States Senate, Legal Intern, 2011 - 2011
- Federal Trade Commission, Law Clerk, 2010 - 2010
- East Bay Community Law Center, Law Clerk, 2009 - 2009
- U.S. Department of State, Fulbright Fellow, 2008 - 2008