ACADEMIC POSITIONS
Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science (commencing July 2012)
Academy Scholar, Harvard Academy for International and Area Studies (2011-12)
Postdoctoral Fellow, Center on Democracy, Development and the Rule of Law (2010-11)
Postdoctoral Fellow, Non-Resident (2010-11)
Ph.D. in Political Science (2010); M.A. in Political Science (2006)
Fields: Comparative Politics; Latin America; Methodology
Dissertation Title: Politics and Poverty: Electoral Clientelism in Latin America
Awarded National Science Foundation and Jacob K. Javits Fellowships
M.P.A. in International Development (2004)
Ph.D.-level coursework in microeconomics, macroeconomics and econometrics
Course Assistant, “Economic Development” and “Advanced Econometric Methods”
Received Harvard Merit Scholarship for academic achievement
Awarded Caballo Prize for best paper on poverty at Harvard Kennedy School
CARLETON COLLEGE
B.A. in Economics (1998)
Phi Beta Kappa, Magna Cum Laude, and Dean's List
Studied abroad in China (political economy) and Russia (culture and language)
Peer-Reviewed Publications
“Economic Determinants of Land Invasions” (with F. Daniel Hidalgo, Suresh Naidu and Neal Richardson).
Review of Economics and Statistics 92 (August 2010): 505-523.
“Small Firm Growth in Developing Countries” (with Lara Goldmark).
World Development 37 (September 2009): 1453–1464.
“Economic Reforms and Democracy: Evidence of a J-Curve in Latin America" (with Jordan Gans-Morse).
Comparative Political Studies 41 (October 2008): 1398–1426.
“Vote Buying or Turnout Buying? Machine Politics and the Secret Ballot.”
American Political Science Review 102 (February 2008): 19–31.
Working Papers
“Electoral Clientelism or Relational Clientelism? Healthcare and Sterilization in Brazil." Paper prepared for
presentation at the Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association (APSA), Seattle,
Washington, September 3, 2011.
Working Paper Number 119, Center on Democracy, Development and the Rule of Law, Stanford University,
October 2010.
presentation at the Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association (APSA),
Toronto, Canada, September 5, 2009.
“Conceptualizing Vote Buying.” Thesis for M.A. in Political Science, University of California, Berkeley.
“Enhancing Productive Opportunities in Rural Pernambuco: Community-Driven Development in Brazil.” Thesis
for M.P.A. in International Development, Harvard University (KSG), February 2004.
Awarded Carballo Prize for best paper on poverty at Harvard’s Kennedy School.
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Princeton University (2010-2011)
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University of California, Berkeley (2009-2010) Outstanding Graduate Student Instructor Award Awarded to fewer than ten percent of Graduate Student Instructors at UC Berkeley
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National Science Foundation (2008-2009) Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grant
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National Science Foundation (2007-2010) Graduate Research Fellowship
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U.S. Department of Education (2005-2007) Jacob K. Javits Fellowship (declined 2 years)
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University of California, Berkeley (2006) Distinction, Comprehensive Examination in Comparative Politics | |||
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National Science Foundation (2005) Grant, Empirical Implications of Theoretical Models (EITM) | |||
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University of California, Berkeley (2004) Graduate Fellowship and Power Fellowship
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Harvard University (2004) Manuel Carballo Prize Awarded annually for best paper on poverty at Harvard Kennedy School
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Harvard University (2004) Master’s Thesis Award Selected as one of best MA theses on development (presented by President of University)
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Harvard University (2004)
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Harvard University (2003)
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Harvard University (2002-2004) Merit Scholarship
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Carleton College (1998) Certificate of Advanced Study in Foreign Language / Area Studies Awarded for studies in Russian language and culture
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University of California, Berkeley (Fall 2009) Graduate Student Instructor Taught two sections, corrected papers / exams, and held office hours Received “Outstanding Graduate Student Instructor Award”
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University of California, Berkeley (Spring 2005) Mentor, Undergraduate-Graduate Mentorship Program
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Harvard University, Kennedy School of Government (Spring 2004) Course Assistant “Advanced Quantitative Methods II: Econometrics” (Graduate course) Taught special sections, graded exams, and held office hours
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Harvard University, Kennedy School of Government (Fall 2003) Course Assistant “Economic Development: Theory, Policy and Evidence” (Graduate course) Professors Dani Rodrik and Mark Rosenzweig Taught special sections, graded exams, and held office hours
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Carleton College (Spring 1998) Tutor, Economics Skills Center
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Carleton College (Fall 1997) Tutor, Math Skills Center
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United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Consultant (2004-2005) Conducted research on small firms in developing countries Presented findings to USAID officials
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World Bank (Brasilia and Recife, Brazil) Graduate Researcher (Summer 2003) Conducted econometric analyses to examine project performance Interviewed 30 rural communities and 20 officials (in Portuguese)
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Development Alternatives, Inc (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) |
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Consultant (Spring 2002) Worked on joint microfinance project of the National Development Bank Interviewed 60 microentrepreneurs and 15 loan officers (in Portuguese)
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Monitor Group (U.S., India, Greece) |
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Consultant (1998-2001) Collaborated with case teams to develop and present strategies for 11 client projects Conducted hundreds of interviews of business elites and customers Gained international managerial experience in Mumbai, India and Athens, Greece
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3M Worldwide Intern (Summer 1996) Worked on environmental affairs in 3M headquarters
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“Electoral Clientelism or Relational Clientelism? Healthcare and Sterilization in Brazil." Paper prepared for presentation at the Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association (APSA), Seattle,
Washington, September 3, 2011.
“Political Clientelism and Health Care in Brazil,” Center for Global Development, Washington, D.C.,
May 26, 2011.
“Politics and Poverty: Electoral Clientelism in Latin America,” Comparative Colloquium, University of California, Berkeley, November 12, 2010.
“Politics and Poverty: Political Targeting of the Poor in Latin America,” Center on Democracy, Development and the Rule of Law, Stanford University, November 11, 2010.
“Political Clientelism and Social Policy: The Case of Brazil," Conference on Political Clientelism, Social Policy, and the Quality of Democracy, Quito, Ecuador, November 6, 2010.
“Varieties of Clientelism: Machine Politics During Elections” (with Jordan Gans-Morse and Sebastian Mazzuca), paper prepared for presentation at the Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association (APSA), Washington, D.C., September 3, 2010.
“Declared Choice: Citizen Strategies and Dual Commitment Problems in Clientelism,” paper prepared for presentation at the 68th Annual National Congress of the Midwest Political Science Association (MPSA), Chicago, Illinois, April 23, 2010.
“The Politics of Poverty: Political Targeting and Poverty Alleviation in Latin America,” Center for Global Development, Washington, DC, February 19, 2010.
“Who Gets Bought? Vote Buying, Turnout Buying and Other Strategies" (with Jordan Gans-Morse and Sebastian Mazzuca), paper prepared for presentation at the Berkeley-Stanford Comparative Politics Conference, Berkeley, California, April 17, 2009.
“Who Gets Bought? Vote Buying, Turnout Buying and Other Strategies" (with Jordan Gans-Morse and Sebastian Mazzuca), paper prepared for presentation at the 67th Annual National Congress of the Midwest Political Science Association (MPSA), Chicago, Illinois, April 5, 2009.
"Political Cash Transfers? Redistribution, Elections and Bolsa Familia in Brazil" (with Claudio Ferraz), paper prepared for presentation at the 67th Annual National Congress of the Midwest Political Science Association (MPSA), Chicago, Illinois, April 4, 2009.
“Economic Determinants of Land Invasions” (with F. Daniel Hidalgo, Suresh Naidu and Neal Richardson), paper prepared for presentation at the Berkeley-Stanford Comparative Politics Conference, Stanford University, April 2006.
“Economic Reforms and Democracy: Evidence of a J-Curve in Latin America" (with Jordan Gans-Morse), paper prepared for presentation at the XXVI International Congress of the Latin American Studies Association (LASA), San Juan, Puerto Rico, March 15, 2006.
“Enhancing Productive Opportunities in Rural Pernambuco: Community-Driven Development in Brazil," paper prepared for poster at the 101st Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association (APSA), Washington, D.C., September 2, 2005.
ADDITIONAL EDUCATION
Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR)
Yale University (July 2010)
Short course by Donald Green on designing, conducting, and analyzing field experiments
Institute for Qualitative and Multi-Method Research (IQMR)
Arizona State University (January 2007)
A project of the Consortium on Qualitative Research Methods designed to improve qualitative and multi-method research in political science
University of California, Berkeley (June-July 2005)
An NSF-funded project designed to improve the integration of theoretical models and empirical research in political science
LANGUAGES
English, Portuguese, Spanish and Russian