From 2005 to 2012, he held various teaching positions at the University of California, San Diego. Previously, he was an Academy Fellow at the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs at Harvard University. Dr. Malesky was a Senior Advisor on Methodology for the United Nations Development Program and served as the Lead Researcher of the Vietnam Provincial Competitiveness Index. He received the Gabriel A. Almond Award from the American Political Science Association for Best Dissertation in Comparative Politics in 2005. Dr. Malesky received a B.S. in Developmental Economics from Georgetown University, and an M.A. and Ph.D. in Political Science from Duke University.