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2006 expected |
Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI Ph.D. Political Science Comprehensive Exam Fields: Comparative Politics and Political Theory Dissertation: "Democracy on Stilts: Bolivia's Democratic Experience in Comparative Perspective"
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| 1999 |
Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI M.A. Political Science Qualifying Exam Field: Political Theory
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| 1997 |
Central Michigan University, Mount Pleasant, MI B.S. Political Science and History, minor in Latin American Studies Honors Thesis: "In Defense of the King: Finding a Just Title to the Kingdom of Perú" (translation and commentary on the Anónimo de Yucay) |
| 2005 |
Latin American Politics (PSCI 345) Instructor of Record, Western Michigan University. Designed curriculum, lectured, and administered grades.
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Critical Thinking About Politics (PSCI 105) Instructor of Record, Western Michigan University. Designed curriculum, lectured, and administered grades.
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| 2004 |
International Relations (PSCI 250) Instructor of Record, Western Michigan University. Designed curriculum, lectured, and administered grades.
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| 2003 |
American Judicial Process (PSCI 320) Teaching Assistant, Western Michigan University. Assisted w/ course preparation and graded all written work.
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| 2002 |
Contemporary Political Theory (PSCI 362) Instructor of Record, Western Michigan University. Designed curriculum, lectured, and administered grades.
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| 2001 |
International Relations (PSCI 250) Instructor of Record, Western Michigan University. Designed curriculum, lectured, and administered grades.
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| 1998-2001 |
Critical Thinking About Politics (PSCI 105) Teaching Assistant, Western Michigan University. Helped compose exams and weekly assignments, led weekly discussion sessions, graded all written work.
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2000 | Introduction to Politics (PSCI 100) Instructor of Record, Western Michigan University. Designed curriculum, lectured, and administered grades. |
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Imagining Bolivia: The Struggle for Democracy in the Midst of Competing Visions of "the Nation." Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association. Chicago, April 2006.
Mixed-Member Proportional Electoral Systems in New Democracies: The Bolivian Experience. Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association. Chicago, April 2005. Electoral Systems and the Formation of Democratic Party Systems: Bolivia, Ecuador, and Peru. Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association. Chicago, April 2002. Parliamtarized Presidentialism: A New Model in Executive-Legislative Relations. Presented at the International Congress of the Latin American Studies Association. Washington, DC, September 2001. Parliamentarized Presidentialism: New Democracies, Constitutional Engineering, and the Bolivian Model. Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association. Chicago, April 2001. Polyarchy in Five South American States: Assessing the Quality of Democracy in Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela. Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association. Chicago, April 2000. Decentralization and Democratization in Bolivia. Presented at the International Congress of the Latin American Studies Association. Miami, March 2000. The Consolidation of Democracy in Bolivia, 1985-1997. Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association. Chicago, April 1999. |
| REFEREED |
Mixed-Member Proportional Electoral Systems in New Democracies: The Bolivian Experience. Electronic Annals of Graduate Political Science No. 1 (June 2005).
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COLUMNS |
¿Y qué de las prefecturas? Proteger al ciudadano. Tiempo Político. (1 September 2005). La Paz, Bolivia.
El Estado de derecho como necesidad. Las condiciones mínimas para la democracia. Tiempo Político. No. 21 (24 June 2004): A21. La Paz, Bolivia.
¿Democracia de Referéndum? Tiempo Político. |
| RADIO | Guest on Public Radio International's Open Source (hosted by Christopher Lydon), "Latin America's New Socialism." Aired 3 January 2006. |
| 2006 | Graduate Fellow, American Academy of Political and Social Science |
| 2005-2006 | Dissertation Completion Fellowship, Western Michigan University |
| 2005 | George W. Klein Memorial Award, Western Michigan University |
| 2003-2004 | Fulbright Fellowship, Institute for International Education | 1998-2004 | Doctoral Associateships, Western Michigan University |
| 2001 | All-University Award for Graduate Student Teaching Effectiveness, Western Michigan University |
| 2000 | George W. Klein Memorial Award, Western Michigan University |
| 1997 | Alpha Kappa Mu Honors Society |
| 1997-1998 | Graduate College Fellowship, Western Michigan University |
| 1993-1997 | Board of Trustees Honors Scholarship, Central Michigan University |
| 1995-1997 | John B. Warriner Memorial Scholarship, Central Michigan University |
| 1995 | Phi Alpha Theta History Honors Society |
| 1995 | Thelma Key Memorial Scholarship, Central Michigan University |
| 1995 | Golden Key National Honors Society |
| 1994-1995 | Juan Andrade Scholarship, United States Hispanic Leadership Institute |