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Matthew C
March 26, 2015
Matthew C. Ingram
Department of Political Science
University at Albany, SUNY
135 Western Avenue, Milne Hall 314-A
Albany, NY 12222
Ofc: 518-442-3940
Fax: 518-442-5298
[email protected]
www.mattingram.net
ACADEMIC POSITIONS
University at Albany, State University of New York
2012 –
Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science
2014 –
Research Associate, Center for Social and Demographic Analysis (CSDA)
University of Notre Dame
2011 – 2012 Postdoctoral Fellow, Kellogg Institute for International Studies
University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth
2010 – 2011 Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science
2010 – 2011 Executive Board, Center for Portuguese Studies and Culture
University of California, San Diego (UCSD)
2009 – 2010 Postdoctoral Fellow, Center for U.S.-Mexican Studies
University of New Mexico (UNM)
2005 – 2009 Instructor, Department of Political Science
EDUCATION
Ph.D., Political Science, University of New Mexico (2009)
J.D., magna cum laude, School of Law, University of New Mexico (2006)
M.A., Political Science, University of New Mexico (2006)
B.A., Science and Feminism, Pomona College, CA (1993)
ADDITIONAL TRAINING
ICPSR Methods Institute (Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research),
University of Michigan, 2011: two workshops on network analysis, June 13-17 and 20-24.
IQMR Methods Institute (Institute for Qualitative and Multi-method Research), Arizona State
University, 2007.
EITM Methods Institute (Empirical Implications of Theoretical Models), Washington University
in St. Louis, 2006.
PUBLICATIONS
a. Books
Crafting Courts in New Democracies: The Politics of Subnational Judicial Reform in Brazil and
Mexico. Cambridge University Press (in production, March 2015).
Beyond High Courts: The Justice Complex in Contemporary Latin America (co-edited with
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Diana Kapiszewski). Advance contract at University of Notre Dame Press (full manuscript
submitted August 2014).
b. Articles - Refereed
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Desposato, Scott W., Matthew C. Ingram, and Osmar P. Lannes. 2015. "Power,
Composition, and Decision Making: The Behavioral Consequences of Institutional
Reform on Brazil's Supremo Tribunal Federal." Journal of Law, Economics, and
Organization 31 (advance access Nov. 4, 2014).
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Harbers, Imke, and Matthew C. Ingram. 2014. “Democratic Institutions Beyond the
Nation-State: Measuring Institutional Dissimilarity in Federal Countries.” Government
and Opposition 49(1): 24-46.
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Ingram, Matthew C. 2013. “Elections, Ideology, or Opposition? Assessing Competing
Explanations of Judicial Spending in the Mexican States.” Journal of Law,
Economics and Organization 29(1): 178-209.
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Ingram, Matthew C. 2012. “Crafting Courts in New Democracies: Ideology and Judicial
Council Reforms in Three Mexican States.” Comparative Politics 44(4) (July): 439-458.
Articles under review and in progress
"Networked Justice: Judges, the Diffusion of Ideas, and Legal Reform Movements in Mexico"
(R&R Journal of Latin American Studies)
“Federal Mandates, Spatial Proximity, and Network Affinity: Explaining the Subnational
Diffusion of Criminal Procedure Reform in Mexico, 2002-2011.” (R&R Latin American Politics
and Society)
“The Local Educational and Regional Economic Foundations of Violence:
A Spatial Analysis of Homicide Rates across Mexico’s Municipalities” (under review)
“Geographies of Violence in Brazil” (under review)
“Spatial Dynamics of Violence in Central America.” (in progress)
c. Chapters
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Ingram, Matthew C., and Karise M. Curtis. 2015. “Violence in Central America: A
Spatial View of the Region, Northern Triangle, and El Salvador.” In Crime and Violence
in Central America’s Northern Triangle: How U.S. Policy Responses are Helping,
Hurting, and Can Be Improved. Eric Olson, ed. Washington, DC: Woodrow Wilson
Center.
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Harbers, Imke, and Matthew C. Ingram. 2015. "On the Engineerability of Institutions:
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Mexico in Comparative Perspective." In Ingrid van Biezen and Hans-Martien ten Napel,
eds. Regulating Political Parties: European Democracies in Comparative Perspective.
Leiden, Netherlands: Leiden University Press.
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Ingram, Matthew C. 2014. “Community Resilience to Violence: Local Schools, Regional
Economies, and Homicide in Mexico’s Municipalities.” In David A. Shirk, Duncan
Wood, and Eric L. Olson, eds. Building Resilient Communities in Mexico: Civic
Responses to Crime and Violence. Washington, DC: Woodrow Wilson Center and Justice
in Mexico Project.
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Ingram, Matthew C. 2013. "Courting from the Left: Judicial Effectiveness and
Representativeness in the Brazilian State of Acre." In Moira B. McKinnnon and
Ludovico Feoli, eds. Representation and Effectiveness in Latin American Democracies:
Congress, Judiciary, and Civil Society. New York: Routledge.
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Ingram, Matthew C. 2013. "El estado de los estados: Reformas locales al procedimiento
penal en México." ["State of the States: Local Criminal Procedure Reforms in Mexico."]
In Octavio Rodriguez Ferreira and David A. Shirk, eds. La reforma al sistema de justicia
penal en México. [Criminal Justice Reform in Mexico] San Diego: Transborder Institute,
University of San Diego.
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Ingram, Matthew C., and David A. Shirk. 2012. "Building Institutional Capacity in
Mexico's Criminal Justice System." In George Philip and Susana Berruecos, eds.
Mexico’s Struggle for Public Security: Organized Crime and State Responses. London:
Palgrave MacMillan.
Chapters under review
“Conclusion: The Challenges of Courts in Democratic Consolidation”, in The Role of the
Supreme Court in the Consolidation of Democracy in Mexico (Andrea Castagnola and Saul
Lopez Noriega, eds.; under review at SUNY Press)
“Politics in Space: Methodological Approaches to Subnational Research in Comparative
Politics” (with Imke Harbers); in Agustina Giraudy, Eduardo Moncada, and Richard Snyder,
eds., Subnational Research in Comparative Politics (under review).
“Judicial Council Reforms in the Mexican States,” in Beyond High Courts (chapter in volume
co-edited with Diana Kapiszewski; under review)
“Transnational Protection of Human Rights in Latin America,” in Beyond High Courts (with
Mary Volcansek; chapter in volume edited with Diana Kapiszewski; under review)
“Introduction”, Beyond High Courts (with Diana Kapiszewski; under review)
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d. Policy Briefs and Research Reports
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Ingram, Matthew C., and Marcelo Marchesini da Costa. 2014. “Targeting Violence
Reduction in Brazil: Policy Implications from a Spatial Analysis of Homicide.”
Brookings Institution, Latin America Initiative Policy Brief (Oct. 3), Washington, D.C.
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Ingram, Matthew C. 2013. “Criminal Procedure Reform in Mexico: Where Things Stand
Now.” Policy Paper (Jan. 29). Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars,
Mexico Institute. Washington, D.C. http://www.wilsoncenter.org/staff/matthew-c-ingram
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Ingram, Matthew C., Octavio Rodriguez Ferreira, and David A. Shirk. 2011. "Assessing
Mexico's Judicial Reform: Views of Judges, Prosecutors, and Public Defenders." Special
Report (June). Trans-Border Institute, University of San Diego.
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Ingram, Matthew C., Octavio Rodriguez Ferreira, and David A. Shirk. 2011.
"Justiciabarometro: Survey of Judges, Prosecutors, and Public Defenders in Nine
Mexican States." Final Report (May). Justice in Mexico Project, Trans-Border Institute,
University of San Diego.
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Ingram, Matthew C., and David A. Shirk. 2010. “Judicial Reform in Mexico: Toward a
New Criminal Justice System.” Special Report (May). Justice in Mexico Project, TransBorder Institute, University of San Diego.
e. Review Essays
2015
Ingram, Matthew C. 2015. “Judicial Power in Latin America.” Latin American Research
Review 50(1).
e. Working Papers – Refereed
2015
"Geographies of Violence in Brazil: A Spatial Analysis of Five Types of Homicide in
Brazil’s Municipalities.” Working Paper Series, Kellogg Institute for International
Studies, University of Notre Dame. (accepted Jan. 27, 2015).
http://kellogg.nd.edu/publications/workingpapers
2012
"Networked Justice: Judges, the Diffusion of Ideas, and Legal Reform Movements in
Mexico." Working Paper Series, Kellogg Institute for International Studies, University of
Notre Dame. http://kellogg.nd.edu/publications/workingpapers/WPS/385.pdf
f. Working Papers – Non-refereed
2014
Ingram, Matthew C., and Karise M. Curtis. 2014. “Homicide in El Salvador’s
Municipalities: Spatial Clusters and the Causal Role of Neighborhood Effects, Population
Pressures, Poverty, and Education.” Working Paper (July). Woodrow Wilson
International Center for Scholars, Latin American Program. Washington, D.C.
http://www.wilsoncenter.org/staff/matthew-c-ingram
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2014
Ingram, Matthew C. 2014. “Local Educational and Regional Economic Foundations of
Violence: A Subnational, Spatial Analysis of Homicide in Mexico.” Working Paper
(Jan). Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, Mexico Institute. Washington,
D.C. http://www.wilsoncenter.org/staff/matthew-c-ingram
2010
“State-level Judicial Reform in Mexico: The Local Progress of Criminal Justice
Reforms.” Working Paper Series, Justice in Mexico Project, Trans-Border Institute (TBI),
University of San Diego: Jan 20, 2010 (www.justiceinmexico.org).
2007
“Detención y uso de la fuerza” (Police Detention and the Use of Force), with Gustavo
Fondevila. CIDE Working Paper Series. Documento de Trabajo No. 23, División de
Estudios Jurídicos (SDTEJ-23), 08/2007. Mexico City: Centro de Investigación y
Docencia Económicas (www.cide.edu).
2007
“Judicial Politics in the Mexican States: Theoretical and Methodological Foundations.”
CIDE Working Paper Series. Documento de Trabajo No. 22, División de Estudios
Jurídicos (SDTEJ-22), 2/2007. Mexico City: Centro de Investigación y Docencia
Económicas (www.cide.edu).
2004
“Political Justice: Sub-national Determinants of Judicial Efficiency in Mexico, 19932000.” Research Paper Series, No. 42. Latin American and Iberian Institute (LAII),
UNM. June 2004 (www.laii.unm.edu).
g. Book Reviews
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Sabet, Daniel M. 2014. Police Reform in Mexico: Informal Politics and the Challenge of
Institutional Change. Stanford, Stanford University Press, 2012. Journal of Latin
American Studies (Feb) 46(1): 211-213.
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Power, Timothy J., and Matthew M. Taylor, eds. 2013. Corruption and Democracy in
Brazil: The Struggle for Accountability. Notre Dame, University of Notre Dame Press,
2010. Perspectives on Politics (Dec) 11(4): 1217-1220.
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Morris, Stephen D., and Charles H. Blake, eds. 2013. Corruption & Politics in Latin
America: National and Regional Dynamics, 2010. Boulder, CO, Lynne Rienner.
Perspectives on Politics (Dec) 11(4): 1217-1220.
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Navarro, Aaron W. 2012. Political Intelligence and the Creation of Modern Mexico,
1938-1954. University Park, Penn State University Press, 2010. In Hispanic American
Historical Review (August) Vol. 92, No. 3.
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Staton, Jeffrey K. 2010. Judicial Power and Strategic Communication in Mexico.
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2010. In Law and Politics Book Review 20(11)
(Nov.): 619-624. (available at: http://www.lpbr.net/2010/11/judicial-power-andstrategic.html)
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h. Other Writings and Translations
2007
“Trends in Multi-Method Research: Sailing Ahead, Reckoning with Old Risks and New.”
Qualitative Methods 5(1), Spring 2007. (with Scott Siegel, Ariel Ahram, Julia Azari,
Ashwini Chatre, Bridget Coggins, Jana Grittersova, Matthew Lieber, Claire Metelits,
Tom Pepinsky, Andrew Pieper, Karthika Sasikumar, and Prerna Singh)
2007
“Estado de derecho y democracia: Temas conceptuales y causales desde una perspectiva
comparada” (Rule of Law and Democracy: Conceptual and Causal Issues from a
Comparative Perspective). Guide essay for M.A. in democracy and human rights, Spring
2007. Mexico City: Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales (FLACSO-México).
2006
Caballero, José Antonio, Sergio López Ayllón, Alfonso Oñate Laborde. 2006. 33
Propositions for Reforming the Judiciary in Mexico. Matthew C. Ingram, Manuel
González Oropeza, and Adriana Laura Santana, trans. Mexico City: Supreme Court of
Justice of the Nation (SCJN). Original publication: “33 acciones para reformar la justicia
en México.” In José Antonio Caballero, Sergio López Ayllón, and Alfonso Oñate
Laborde. El Libro Blanco de la Reforma Judicial: una agenda para la justicia en México.
Mexico City: SCJN.
CONGRESSIONAL BRIEFINGS
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U.S. House Committee on Foreign Affairs; briefing to staff on Central American Regional
Security Initiative (Dec. 11, 2014)
U.S. Senate Drug Caucus (at office of Senator Diane Feinstein, chair of Caucus; full name of
body is U.S. Senate Caucus on International Narcotics Control); briefing to staff on security
in Mexico (Jan. 16, 2014)
U.S. House Committee on Foreign Affairs, Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere (at
office of Rep. Matt Salmon, chair of the Subcommittee); briefing to staff on security in
Mexico (Jan. 16, 2014)
MEDIA COVERAGE
National
2014 Woodhouse, Murphy. “Mock trial illustrates pending reforms to Mexican justice.”
Nogales International (Oct. 28).
2014 Archibold, Randal C. “43 Missing Students, a Mass Grave, and a Suspect: Mexico’s
Police.” New York Times (Oct. 6) (quoted)
2014 Interview, “Mexico Struggles with Violence: Is There an End in Sight?” Woodrow
Wilson Center “W-Context”, Apr. 16, Washington, DC; video accessible at:
http://www.wilsoncenter.org/article/mexico%E2%80%99s-struggles-violence-there-endsight
2014 The Crime Report. “Report Studies Economic Factors in Mexican Homicides.” (Feb. 21).
Available at: http://www.thecrimereport.org/news/crime-and-justice-news/2014-02report-studies-economic-factors-in-mexican-homicides
2014 Archibold, Randal C. “Quandary for Mexico as Vigilantes Rise.” New York Times (Jan.
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16): A4. (quoted)
International
2014 Luxner, Larry. “State Department official: Real improvement in regional security
requires ‘new approach’.” Tico Times (Dec. 17); available at:
http://www.ticotimes.net/2014/12/17/state-department-official-real-improvement-inregional-security-requires-new-approach
2014 Diario de Hoy, “Estudio Wilson Center recomienda priorizar recursos contra la violencia
por zonas C.A.” El Salvador (Dec. 13); available at:
http://www.elsalvador.com/mwedh/nota/nota_completa.asp?idCat=47673&idArt=931641
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2014 Gagne, David. “US Security Initiative Faces Political Obstacles in Northern Triangle.”
InSight Crime (Dec. 11). Available at: http://www.insightcrime.org/news-analysis
• Spanish: “Iniciativa de seguridad estadounidense enfrenta obstáculos políticos en
Triángulo del Norte.” At: http://es.insightcrime.org/analisis/iniciativa-seguridadestadounidense-obstaculos-politicos-triangulo-norte
2014 Cawley, Marguerite. “Mapping Brazil's Homicides at the Micro Level.” InSight Crime
(Oct. 28). Available at: http://www.insightcrime.org/news-analysis/brazil-homicide-mapmicro-level
• Spanish: http://es.insightcrime.org/analisis/identificando-homicidios-brasil-micro
2014 Corcoran, Patrick. “Study of 2010 Mexico Murder Trends Offers Important Policy
Clues.” InSight Crime (Feb 19). Available at: http://www.insightcrime.org/newsanalysis/study-of-2010-mexico-murder-trends-offers-important-policy-clues
• Spanish translation appeared in:
o El Observador, “Homicidios en Mexico: el rol de la economía, la geografía, y la
educación.” (Feb. 26, Montevideo, Uruguay)
o Inter-American Development Bank (IADB), “Sin Miedos” blog:
http://blogs.iadb.org/sinmiedos/tag/geografia/ (Feb. 24)
o CNN Expansión. “Estudio homicidios en México: El rol de la economía, la
geografía y la educación.” (Feb. 25, Mexico City); posting IADB blog above.
2014 Langner, Ana. “Homicidios se contagian a comunidades vecinas.” El Economista
(Mexico City), Jan. 20.
2014 Archibold, Randal C. “Quandary for Mexico as Vigilantes Rise.” New York Times (Jan.
16): A4. (quoted)
o Reprinted in Sydney Morning Herald (Australia)
o Translated to Spanish and reprinted in El Universal (Mexico), Jan, 16.
o Translated to Portuguese and reprinted in Zero Hora (Brazil), Jan. 25.
2013 Fuentes, Victor. “Traban Reforma Penal”, Reforma (Mexico City, Feb. 18), front-page
story in national newspaper, covering research on progress of criminal procedure reform
(see report published by Wilson Center under “Policy and Research Reports” above)
2013 Reforma, “Avanzan solo tres estados” (Mexico City, Feb. 18), National section (p.4)
story in national newspaper covering research on progress of criminal procedure reform
(see report published by Wilson Center under “Policy and Research Reports” above)
2013 Langner, Ana. “Ciudadanía considera a la justicia “blanda contra el crimen.” El
Economista (Mexico City), Feb. 11.
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FELLOWSHIPS AND GRANTS
Extramural
2011
2006
2006
2006
Intramural
2014
2013
2013
2011
2006-2009
2006
2004-2006
2002-2007
2003-2004
2002-2003
2001-2003
1989-1993
Political Networks Conference Fellowship, awarded by Political Networks
Conference Grant (NSF grant SES-0851084; John T. Scholz, PI)
National Science Foundation, Law and Social Sciences Program, Doctoral
Dissertation Improvement Grant (NSF Grant No. SES-0617767)
Social Science Research Council (SSRC), International Dissertation Research
Fellowship (IDRF), funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, 2006
Fulbright/IIE grant for research in Brazil, Fulbright U.S. Student Program
Rockefeller Incentive Fund (SUNY Albany): $2,000
CSDA Junior Researcher Award, University at Albany (SUNY Albany); Center
for Social and Demographic Analysis (CSDA): $5,000
University at Albany (SUNY Albany), Faculty Research Awards Program
(FRAP, Category “A”) grant: $9,570
UMass-Dartmouth Chancellor's Research Fund and UMass Joseph P. Healey
Endowment Grant: $8,800
Doctoral Fellowship, Latin American and Iberian Institute, University of New
Mexico (UNM) (three years of funding)
Dylan Balch-Lindsay Graduate Memorial Fellowship, Department of Political
Science, UNM, Summer 2006
Title VI-FLAS Fellowship, Foreign Language and Area Studies, Latin American
and Iberian Institute, UNM, 2004-2006
Research and/or travel grants, UNM (multiple sources: Graduate Research
Development Fund, Office of Graduate Studies, Student Research Allocation
Committee, and Student Conference Award Program): Summer 2002, Spring
2003, Spring 2005, Fall 2005 (two accepted, one declined), Spring 2006 (one
accepted, one declined), Fall 2006 (two accepted), Fall 2007
Graduate Scholars Award, UNM Office of Graduate Studies, 2003-2004
Field research grants, Latin American and Iberian Institute, UNM: Summer 2003
(funding from Tinker Foundation); Summer 2002 (funding from Hewlett
Foundation)
UNM Graduate Assistantships: (1) Department of Political Science, 2002-2003;
(2) Latin American and Iberian Institute, Spring 2002; (3) Department of
Sociology, Fall 2001
Pomona College grants
SELECTED GRANTS IN PROGRESS
NIH proposal on violence in Latin America
NSF proposals:
(1) on judicial networks in Mexico and Spain (with Lisa Hilbink)
(2) on judicial behavior in Brazil (with Scott Desposato)
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AWARDS AND RECOGNITION
Political Science
• WPSA 2013 Best Paper Award: Pi Sigma Alpha Award for best paper presented at 2012
meeting of Western Political Science Association
• Postdoctoral fellowship, Institute for Political Science, Leiden University, Netherlands (2010;
3-year position; declined)
• Postdoctoral fellowship, CEPESP, Getulio Vargas Foundation, Sao Paulo, Brazil (2010; 2year position; declined)
• Postdoctoral fellowship, Latin American Studies Center, University of Maryland (2009,
declined)
• 2006 CQ Press Award (Congressional Quarterly Press) for best paper on law and courts
written by a graduate student in 2005, Law and Courts Section of the American Political
Science Association (APSA)
• Distinction on Field Research Paper requirement for candidacy (third qualifying exam)
• Distinction on Ph.D. comprehensive exam in international relations
Law
• Accepted to LL.M. programs at UC-Berkeley (2010, declined) and UCLA (2009; 2010), and
awarded Dean’s Tuition Fellowship at UCLA (declined in favor of tenure-track position)
• Top ten percent of graduating law school class, UNM School of Law (magna cum laude)
• Order of the Coif (elected by law faculty from top ten percent of graduating class)
• Faculty award: excellence in international and comparative law, UNM School of Law, 2006
• Lewis R. Sutin award: excellence in advocacy, UNM School of Law, 2006
• Team and individual honors, international rounds of Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot
Court Competition, Washington, D.C., April 2005.
• First Place Memorial (legal brief) and Co-champion, Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot
Court Competition, Southwest Regional Competition, February 2005
• Dean’s List and Honor Roll, School of Law, University of New Mexico, 2003-2006
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
“Social Structure, Attitudes, and Law: Co-Evolution in a Judicial Network in Mexico.” Paper
accepted for 2015 meeting of American Political Science Association, San Francisco, CA.
“Geo-Nested Analysis: Mixed Methods with Spatial Data.” Paper accepted for 2015 meeting of
American Political Science Association, San Francisco, CA.
“Geographies of Violence in Brazil.” Paper accepted for 2015 Latin American Studies
Association, San Juan, Puerto Rico (upcoming).
“Spatial and Network Approaches in Comparative Judicial Politics: Methods and Illustrations.”
Paper presented at 2014 meeting of American Political Science Association, Washington, DC.
“Politics in Space: Methodological Approaches to Subnational Research in Comparative
Politics” (with Imke Harbers); paper presented at 2014 annual meeting of American Political
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Science Association, Washington, DC.
“The Regional Economic and Local Educational Foundations of Violence: A Spatial Analysis of
Homicide in Mexico’s Municipalities.” Paper presented at 2014 meeting of Law and Society
Association, Minneapolis, MN.
“Criminal Procedure Reform in Mexico’s States: Patterns, Causes, and Consequences.” Paper
presented at 2014 meeting of Latin American Studies Association, Chicago, IL.
"Networked Justice: Judges, the Diffusion of Ideas, and Legal Reform Movements in Mexico."
Paper presented at: 2012 Midwest Political Science Association; 2012 Western Political Science
Association (best paper award); 2011 Political Networks Conference.
"Parties, Federalism, and Democracy: Conceptualizing and Operationalizing Congruence in
Three American Democracies" (with Imke Harbers). Paper presented at 2011 meeting of
European Consortium for Political Research, Reykjavik, Iceland.
"Emerging Constitutional Preferences: Ideal Points of Justices on Brazil's Supremo Tribunal
Federal." (with Scott Desposato and Osmar Lannes) Paper presented at 2011 meeting of IPSA's
RC09, Comparative Judicial Studies, Irvine, CA.
"Uninvited Guests? Subnational Party Formation in Traditionally Closed, National Systems."
Midwest Political Science Association 2011; American Political Science Association, 2010,
Washington, D.C.
“Ideas and Institutional Change: Baja California Courts in Comparative Perspective.” Law and
Society Association, 2010, Chicago, IL.
“Not All Courts are Created Equal(ly): A Causal Logics Approach to Clarifying Causation in
Judicial Politics.” American Political Science Association, 2009, Toronto, Canada.
“Elections, Ideology, or Opposition? Assessing Competing Explanations of Judicial Change in
the Mexican States.” American Political Science Association, 2009, Toronto (panel organizer).
“Interactive Effects of Ideology and Divided Government on Judicial Strength in the Mexican
States.” Midwest Political Science Association, 2009, Chicago, IL.
“Crafting Courts in New Democracies: Electoral Competition and Ideology in Three Mexican
States.” American Political Science Association, 2008, Boston, MA.
“Competitiveness, Commitments, and Courts: Political Origins of Subnational Judicial Strength
in Brazil and Mexico, 1985-2005”. Midwest Political Science Association, 2008, Chicago, IL;
Brazilian Studies Association, 2008, New Orleans, LA; Latin American Studies Association,
2007, Montréal, Canada.
“Elite-led Judicial Change: Lobbying, Labor Actions, and Litigation in the Mexican States.”
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Midwest Political Science Association, 2008, Chicago, IL.
“Judicial Efficiency in 12 Mexican States, 1993-2000.” American Political Science Association,
2006, Philadelphia, PA.; Western Political Science Association, 2006, Albuquerque, NM.;
Rocky Mountain Council on Latin American Studies, 2004, Santa Fe, NM.
“Peace by Design: Institutional Choices and the Risk of Armed Conflict in Democracies.”
American Political Science Association, 2005, Washington, D.C.; Midwest Political Science
Association, 2005, Chicago, IL; Western Political Science Association, 2005, Oakland, CA.
INVITED PRESENTATIONS
National
2015 University of California, Los Angeles, School of Law (Feb. 26-27); workshop on Latin
American Criminal Justice in Action
2014 Woodrow Wilson Center, Washington, DC: Central American Regional Security
Initiative (book launch; Dec. 11).
2014 Tufts University, Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy: invited discussant for John
Bailey’s presentation of book, The Politics of Crime in Mexico (Nov. 13).
2014 Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA), Regional Seminar on Judicial Reform in Latin
America, Washington, DC (Oct. 28).
2014 Emory University, Center for the Study of Law, Politics and Economics, Conference on
Law and Social Order: “Federal Mandates, Spatial Proximity, and Network Affinity:
Criminal Procedure Reform in Mexico’s States.” (Sep. 12).
2014 University at Albany, Rockefeller College of Public Affairs and Policy, Thursday Policy
Lunch Series: “Geographies of Violence: Spatial Analysis of Homicide in Central
America and Brazil.” (Sep. 4)
2014 Woodrow Wilson Center, Washington, DC: “Community Resilience to Violence: Local
Schools, Regional Economies, and Homicide in Mexico’s Municipalities” (March 27)
2014 Hindelang Criminal Justice Research Center, School of Criminal Justice, University at
Albany, SUNY (March 14)
2014 Harvard University, Harvard Academy for International and Area Studies; author
workshop on Subnational Research in Comparative Politics (March 7-8): “Politics in
Space: Methodological Approaches to the Study of Subnational and Territorial Politics”
(with Imke Harbers)”
2014 Woodrow Wilson Center, Washington, D.C. (Jan. 16): “Security in Mexico”
2013 Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA), Regional Seminar on Violence and Corruption in
Latin America, Washington, DC.
2013 Brown University, Watson Institute and Center for Latin American and Caribbean
Studies; workshop on Subnational Research in Comparative Politics (May 9-10):
“Politics in Space: Methodological Approaches to the Study of Subnational and
Territorial Politics” (with Imke Harbers)
2013 Cornell University, Latin American Studies Program, Seminar Series: “Presumed Guilty?
Criminal Procedure Reform in Mexico, 2002-2012” (March 4)
2012 Woodrow Wilson Center, Washington, D.C.: “Criminal Procedure Reform in Mexico”
(Dec. 4)
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2012
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Department of Latin American and Caribbean Studies (LACS), University at Albany
(Oct. 10): “Judicial Reform in Brazil and Mexico”
Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University: Mexican Judiciary Program,
"Public Safety and Judicial Reform" (Boston, MA: July 10, 2012)
National Intelligence University (NIU), Geostrategic Intelligence Seminar on Justice
Reform in Mexico, San Diego, CA.
Guest lecturer, "Latin American Politics", Prof. Tim Scully, University of Notre Dame
(3/26 and 3/28)
Guest lecturer, "Fieldwork Methods", Prof. Jaimie Bleck, University of Notre Dame
(3/20)
Kellogg Institute for International Studies, University of Notre Dame: "Networked
Justice: Judges, Ideational Contagion, and Legal Reform Movements in Mexico" (Dec. 6)
Tufts University, Seminar for Mexican Public Safety Personnel (Secretaría de Seguridad
Pública): "Public Safety and Judicial Reform" (Boston, MA: August 16, 2011)
Tulane University, Center for Inter-American Policy and Research (CIPR),
"Effectiveness and Representativeness of Latin American Democracy and Institutions,"
panel on judiciary (New Orleans, LA: March 24, 2011)
Center for U.S.-Mexican Studies, “Crafting Courts in New Democracies”, Jan. 27, 2010
Center for U.S.-Mexican Studies; Research Workshop: Human Rights, Due Process, and
Public Safety (Oct. 2, 2009)
Social Science Research Council (SSRC), Returned Fellows Workshop, New Orleans,
LA (March 2008)
International
2015 Australian National University (ANU), Canberra, Australia. Presenter at International
Workshop: Informal Networks in Non-Western Judiciaries. Mar. 26-27.
2013 FLACSO/ITAM (Mexico City); workshop on Mexican judicial politics organized by
Andrea Castagnola and Saul Lopez
2011 London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), "Mexico Today", March 2124, panel on Public Safety and Security (London, UK: March 22, 2011)
2008 Political Science Research Seminar, Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas
(CIDE), Mexico City (May 2008)
2007 Political Science Research Seminar, Federal University of Pernambuco (UFPE), Recife
(November 2007)
Legal Studies Research Workshop, Fundação Getulio Vargas (FGV), São Paulo (June
2007)
Police Detention and Use of Force Seminar, Mexico City (February 2007)
2006 Legal Studies Research Seminar, Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas
(CIDE), Mexico City (November 2006)
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Consulting
o United States Agency for International Development (USAID), via Management Systems
International's (MSI) "Mexico Rule of Law III"; project develops indicators of criminal
procedure reform for the Mexican federal government (2011-2012)
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o Mexican Judiciary Reform Program: lecturer and facilitator at executive education
program at Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University (2011-2012)
o Justicebarometer, Justice in Mexico Project, Trans-Border Institute, University of San
Diego (2009-present)
o Program for Studies in Public Safety and the Rule of Law, CIDE, Mexico City (2007);
project on police reform and use of force in Mexico
Visiting Researcher
o Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas (CIDE), Mexico City, 2006-2007
o Getulio Vargas Foundation (FGV), School of Law, São Paulo, 2007
Legal Advocacy
o U.S. Supreme Court: research and editing team for Prof. James Ellis’s (UNM School of
Law) amicus curiae brief, U.S. v. Georgia et al. & Goodman v. Georgia et al., Nos. 041203 & 04-1236.
o California Supreme Court: research and editing team for Prof. James Ellis’s (UNM
School of Law) amicus curiae brief, In re Anderson Hawthorne, Jr., S116670.
o Law Clinic, UNM School of Law, Children’s Advocacy Clinic, Spring 2006
o Peifer & Cornell, LLP, 108 Wellesley Ave. SE, Albuquerque, NM: law clerk, 2004
New Mexico Commission on Access to Justice
o Contributed to report on civil legal services for NM Supreme Court, 2005-2006
Associate Editor, U.S.-Mexico Law Journal, UNM School of Law, 2004-2005
Law Enforcement
o Santa Barbara Police Department, Santa Barbara, CA, 1996-2001: detective (2000-2001);
crime scene investigator (1997-2000); patrol officer (1996-1997)
o Santa Barbara County Probation Department, Santa Barbara, CA, 1994-1996: adult and
juvenile supervision officer (1994-1996)
COURSES TAUGHT
Comparative Judicial Politics (Graduate and Undergraduate)
Public Law (Graduate Field Seminar)
Introduction to Public Law
Comparative Criminal Procedure
Justice Reform in Latin America
Latin American Politics
Comparative Politics
International Relations
Research Methods
Methodological Tools for Public Policy
Methods in Practice: Applied Spatial Analysis
Spatial Analysis (Graduate Seminar; SP2015)
Teaching interests: comparative and international politics, judicial politics/public law,
comparative constitutional law/rights, Latin American and Inter-American politics, Brazilian and
Mexican politics, democracy and development, violence, visualizing data, research methods
(qualitative and quantitative, mixed methods, network and spatial analysis)
ADVISING
Graduate:
• SUNY Albany:
o David Jones (dissertation committee)
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o Katherine Truby (dissertation committee; Ph.D. 2014)
o Karise Curtis (research assistant, co-author)
o Marcelo Marchesini da Costa (research assistant, co-author)
• University of Notre Dame:
o Victor Hernandez (independent study)
o Cecilia Pe Lero (independent study)
Undergraduate:
• SUNY Albany:
o Joel Murray (honors thesis)
• UMass Dartmouth:
o Christopher Garete (thesis)
o Emily Walkup (independent study)
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
1) Institute for Teaching, Learning, and Academic Leadership (ITLAL, SUNY Albany):
workshops on online teaching, learning management systems (2012-present)
2) New Faculty Institute, UMass-Dartmouth (2010-2011); weekly, 2-hour meetings on various
topics related to professionalization of new faculty, including teaching, advising, research,
grant writing, and service; run by university's Office of Faculty Development
3) "Blackboard", online learning management system (LMS), introductory and advanced
courses; integrated into classes in Fall 2010 and Spring 2011
SERVICE
Profession
Funding proposal review: National Science Foundation; Social Science Research Council
Book manuscript review: SAGE Publications; Westview Press; Yale University Press
Article review: American Political Science Review; American Journal of Political Science;
Journal of Politics; Political Research Quarterly; Comparative Politics; Studies in
Comparative and International Development; Law & Society Review; Law and Social
Inquiry; Latin American Politics & Society; Journal of Law and Courts; Human Rights
Review; Journal of Human Rights; Política y Gobierno; Asian Journal of Law and
Society; Kellogg Institute Working Paper Series
Committee Member: 2012 and 2014 Teaching and Mentoring Award (Law and Courts
Section, American Political Science Association)
Panel organizer: Latin American Studies Association (2015); American Political Science
Association (2012, cancelled; 2009, two panels); Midwest Political Science Association
(2012); European Consortium on Political Research (2011); Law & Society Association
(2010)
Panel discussant: Latin American Studies Association (2015; 2012); Midwest Political
Science Association (2012; 2011); Western Political Science Association (2012);
European Consortium on Political Research (2011); Latin American Judicial Politics
Workshop, CIDE, Mexico City; organized by Gretchen Helmke and Julio Rios-Figueroa
(2009)
Panel chair: American Political Science Association (2012, cancelled); Midwest Political
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Science Association (2011); European Consortium on Political Research (2011); Latin
America panel at conference on "Violent Cities"; Watson Institute, Brown University;
organized by Richard Snyder and Eduardo Moncada (April 29, 2011)
Workshop organizer: Latin American Studies Association (2012)
Moderator, Colegio de la Frontera Norte (COLEF), event commemorating 20 years since
1989 PRI-to-PAN alternation in state (November 27, 2009; Tijuana, Baja California)
Associate Editor, Liberal Democracy Nepal Bulletin (2005)
University
SUNY Albany, University-wide
UAlbany-Albany Law School affiliation committee
Fulbright Review Committee (Fall 2012)
Panel on job market for graduate students (Fall 2012)
Annual Graduate Conference on Institutions and Societies; discussant (Spring 2013)
SUNY Albany, Rockefeller College of Public Affairs and Policy
Equitable Contributions Committee (Spring 2014-present)
SUNY Albany, Department of Political Science
Comprehensive Exams: Public Law (2015); Comparative Politics (2015)
Tenure and Promotion Policy Committee (Spring 2014-present)
Graduate methods committee (2014-2015)
External funding workshop for ABDs: Fall 2014, Spring 2015
Faculty search committee, tenure-track (Fall 2013; Fall 2012)
Faculty search committee, visiting faculty (Summer 2013)
Course review committee, graduate methods (Fall 2013)
Teaching observation committee (Fall 2013)
Postdoctoral search committee (Summer 2012)
University of Notre Dame, Kellogg Institute for International Studies
Visiting Fellows application review
"Talking to Teachers" outreach program
Manuscript review for Working Paper Series
UMass-Dartmouth
Fulbright Review Committee (Fall 2010)
Part-time Lecturers committee
Executive Board, Center for Portuguese Studies and Culture (2010-2011)
University of New Mexico
Fulbright Review Committee (Fall 2009)
Grant Review, Student Research Allocation Committee
Co-Founder/Co-President, Law & Society Association at School of Law (2004-2005)
Public/Community
Expert testimony, political asylum cases in U.S. immigration courts (2015)
PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS
American Political Science Association; Midwest Political Science Association; Latin American
Studies Association; Brazilian Studies Association; Law and Society Association; International
Network of Social Network Analysts
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FIELDWORK
Argentina (2003); Brazil (2003; 2007); Mexico (2002; 2006; 2008; 2010; 2012)
SOFTWARE & PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES
R, Python, Stata, SPSS, ArcGIS, GeoDa, GWR, UCINET
LANGUAGES & PERSONAL DATA
Fluent, native speaker of English and Spanish; advanced Portuguese; beginning French, German.
Dual citizenship: U.S. and Mexico.
REFERENCES
Available upon request.
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