CHRISTOPHER DINKEL

Department of Management
Ast Prof

DEPARTMENT OF MANAGEMENT
STILLWATER, OK 74078
Phone: 405-744-8637

christopher.dinkel@okstate.edu

Curriculum Vitae

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

• Christopher P. Dinkel, Marc C. McAllister, and Andrew Ifedapo Thompson. (2025). "National Origin Bias and U.S. Public Opinion on Supreme Court Nominees: Evidence from a Conjoint Experiment ". Pace Law Review. (45), 271.
• Stephen C. Nelson and Christopher P. Dinkel. (2024). "IMF Lending Programs and Repression in Autocracies". International Studies Quarterly. (68), 4,
• Christopher P. Dinkel and Jeff Lingwall. (2024). "Legal Origin and Emulation of Trade Secret Protections: A Cross-National Empirical Study". DePaul Law Review. (74), 1, 1-66.
• 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