I am an Assistant Professor of Political Science at Kansas State University. I received my Ph.D. in Comparative Politics from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and my B.A. from Union College in Schenectady, NY.
My research centers on democracy, institutional change, executive-legislative relations and female executives. My book manuscript, currently in preparation, examines how Latin American presidents with ambitious reform agendas implement them in a democratic context. More specifically, it analyzes the underlying causes, mechanisms for success, and consequences of one particular method of reform: a Constituent Assembly with supreme power to change the political system. I have conducted extensive fieldwork in Bolivia and Ecuador. My research is currently forthcoming or published in: Electoral Studies, Political Research Quarterly, Governance, and the International Political Science Review. You can read more about my research here.
I teach courses in Comparative and Latin American Politics. You can read more about my teaching here.
My research centers on democracy, institutional change, executive-legislative relations and female executives. My book manuscript, currently in preparation, examines how Latin American presidents with ambitious reform agendas implement them in a democratic context. More specifically, it analyzes the underlying causes, mechanisms for success, and consequences of one particular method of reform: a Constituent Assembly with supreme power to change the political system. I have conducted extensive fieldwork in Bolivia and Ecuador. My research is currently forthcoming or published in: Electoral Studies, Political Research Quarterly, Governance, and the International Political Science Review. You can read more about my research here.
I teach courses in Comparative and Latin American Politics. You can read more about my teaching here.
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