DISSERTATION ADVISEES, PLACEMENT
Jennifer Cyr, Ph.D. Northwestern University, June 2012. Dissertation Chair.
Dissertation: “From Collapse to Comeback? Explaining the Fates of Political Parties in Latin America”
Post-Dissertation Appointment: Assistant Professor of Political Science and Latin American Studies, University of Arizona
Julieta Suárez-Cao, Ph.D. Northwestern University, August 2012. Dissertation Chair.
Dissertation: Parties and Party Competition Across Territory: Stability and Change in Federalized Party Systems
Post-Dissertation Appointment: Assistant Professor, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile (Santiago)
Florencia Guerzovich, Ph.D. Northwestern University, June 2010. Dissertation Advisor.
Dissertation: “Building Accountability: The Politics of Anticorruption”
Current Occupation: Impact and Learning Program Officer, Transparency Accountability Initiative (London)
Irina Alberro,Ph.D. Northwestern University, December 2006. Dissertation Chair.
Dissertation: “Political Competition and the Empowerment of the Poor: An Analysis of the Socio-Economic Composition of the Mexican Electorate, 1994-2000”
Post-Dissertation Appointment: Assistant Professor, Department of International Studies, Colegio de Mexico (Mexico City)
Current Appointment: Professor, Department of International Studies, Colegio de Mexico (Mexico City)
Sylvia Gaylord, Ph.D. Northwestern University, December 2006. Dissertation Advisor.
Dissertation: “The Devil is in the Details: Statutory Content and the Fine Art of Delegation in Brazil”
Post-Dissertation Appointment: Assistant Professor of Political Economy, Colorado School of Mines
Current Appointment: Associate Professor of Political Economy, Colorado School of Mines
Ato Kwamena Onoma, Ph.D. Northwestern University, December 2006. Dissertation Advisor.
Dissertation: “Securing Property Rights in Land: Politics on the Land Frontier in Post-Colonial Africa”
Post-Dissertation Appointment: Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, Yale University
Isabella Alcaniz, Ph.D. Northwestern University, 2004. Dissertation Chair.
Dissertation: “Epistemic Communities, and Regional Integration: Splitting the Atom in Argentina and Brazil”
Post-Dissertation Appointment: Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, University of Houston
Current Appointment: Assistant Professor, Department Government and Politics, University of Maryland
Scott Greer, Ph.D. Northwestern University, June 2003. Dissertation Chair.
Dissertation:"Self-Government: The Politics of Autonomy in Scotland and Catalonia."
Post-Dissertation Appointment: Assistant Professor, School of Public Health, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Current Appointment: Associate Professor, School of Public Health, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Tyler Colman, Ph.D. Northwestern University, June 2003. Dissertation Chair.
Dissertation: “The Politics of Quality: Institutions and Market Stratification in the Wine Sector”
Current Occupation: Wine critic, industry observer, and host/author of the most successful website on wine picks and politics in the U.S.: www.drvino.com
Tulia Falleti, Ph.D. Northwestern University, 2003. Dissertation Chair.
Dissertation: “Governing Governors: Coalitions and Sequences of Decentralization in Colombia, Argentina and Mexico”
Post-Dissertation Appointment: Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, University of Pennsylvania
Current Appointment: Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, University of Pennsylvania
Teri L. Caraway, Ph.D. Northwestern University, 2002. Dissertation Advisor.
Dissertation: “Engendering Industrialization: The Feminization of Factory Labor in Indonesia”
Post-Dissertation Appointment: Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, University of Minnesota
Current Appointment: Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, University of Minnesota
Krista Johnson, Ph.D. Northwestern University, 2002. Dissertation Advisor.
Dissertation: “From Consensual Decision-Making to Conventional Politics: Popular Participation in Contemporary South Africa”
Post-Dissertation Appointment: Assistant Professor, Department of International Studies, DePaul University
Ernesto F. Calvo, Ph.D. Northwestern University, 2001. Dissertation Chair.
Dissertation: "Disconcerted Industrialists: The Politics of Trade Reform in Latin America."
Post-Dissertation Appointment: Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, University of Houston
Current Appointment: Associate Professor, Department of Government and Politics, University of Maryland
Hector Martinez, Ph.D. University of Michigan, 2000. Dissertation Chair.
Dissertation: “Religion and Politics in Puerto Rico”
Post-Dissertation Appointment: Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, University of Puerto Rico
Current Appointment: Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, University of Puerto Rico
Mark Jones, Ph.D. University of Michigan, 1994. Dissertation advisor.
Dissertation: “Electoral Laws and the Survival of Presidential Democracies”
Post-Dissertation Appointment: Assistant Professor, Michigan State University
Current Appointment:Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, Rice University
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