Teaching

Undergraduate Courses


Introduction to Comparative Politics

Global Development 

Latin American Political Systems

Democracy, Violence, and Inequality in Latin America              

Graduate Courses


Scope and Methods      

Graduate Seminar on Political and Economic Development

Graduate Seminar on Democracy and Authoritarianism

Graduate Seminar on Democracy in Developing Countries

Graduate Seminar on Latin American Politics

Core Seminar in Comparative Political Systems

Dissertation Seminar  
Dissertation Proposal Workshop

PhD Students


Tania Massicotte


Jonathan Cohen


Gustavo Perez


Dania Arayssi


Ganesh Gorti (PhD expected 2024) 


Michelle Benedum (PhD 2023, Scientist at Saltwater, Inc


Marija Sajekaite, (PhD 2022, Postdoctoral Fellow, Yale Program on Climate Change Communication) 


Brett Bessen, (PhD 2022, Assistant Professor, Tec de Monterrey) 


Ximena Vania Velasco Guachalla (PhD 2020), Assistant Professor, University of Essex.  


Shawnna Mullenax (PhD 2018), Director, Methodology and Analytics, PSB Insights, Washington, D.C. 


Raymond Foxworth (PhD 2015), Luce Foundation. 


Jami Nelson-Nuñez (PhD 2014), Associate Professor and Chair, University of New Mexico