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EDUCATION

University of Texas at Austin, Ph.D. in Government (May 2009)

University of Michigan, ICPSR Summer Program (July 2005)

University of California, Berkeley, B.A. in English Language and Literature (May 1992)

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Migration, human rights, Mexican & Latin American politics, statistical and survey methodology, comparative politics, public opinion, and political behavior.

DISSERTATION

Citizen Disenchantment in New Democracies:  The Case of Mexico

Committee:  Robert C. Luskin (chair), Kenneth Greene, Raúl Madrid, Victoria Rodríguez, Peter Ward

RESEARCH & TEACHING POSITIONS

• Assistant Professor, Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas (CIDE) (July, 2010, to present).
• Director, Las Américas y el Mundo (CIDE-based Latin American research consortium), survey on public opinion toward foreign policy and international relations (August, 2013, to March, 2015).
• Research Associate, Gestión Social, A.C. (GESOC), Mexico City, (2006 to present)
• Member of Editorial Board, Reforma, International Section, (January, 2014, to January, 2015)
• Instructor, Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas (CIDE), Mexico City (July 6-9, 2010): taught short course “Opinión pública y análisis de encuestas.”
• Associate Director, Survey Research Center, UC Riverside (September, 2008, to June, 2010): research project management, development, data analysis and reporting, survey weighting, sample design.
• Instructor, Political Science Department, UC Riverside (Spring 2009): taught “Mass Media and Public Opinion,” conducted class survey project on ballot initiatives for May 2009 California Special Election.
• Visiting Student, Centro de Investigación y Estudios Superiores en Antropología Social (CIESAS), Mexico City (August, 2006, to August, 2008).
• Data Analyst, Berumen y Asociados, Mexico City (February, 2005, to August, 2006): analyzed public opinion polls and market research surveys, drafted research reports.

BOOK

Human Rights: Spreading the Word in the Global South (with James Ron, Shannon Golden, and Archana Pandya), forthcoming in Oxford University Press.

REFEREED ARTICLES

“Universal Values, Foreign Money: The Political Economy of Local Human Rights Organizations” (with James Ron and Archana Pandya), Review of International Political Economy, 23(1): 29-64 (February 2016).

“Who Trusts Local Human Rights Organizations? Evidence from Three World Regions” (with James Ron), Human Rights Quarterly, 37(1): 188-239 (February 2015).

“Human Rights Familiarity and Socio-economic Status: A Four-Country Study” (with James Ron and Shannon Golden), SUR, 11(20): pp. 335-352 (October 2014).

“Different Pedagogy, Different Politics:  High School Learning Opportunities and Youth Political Engagement,” (with Joseph Kahne and Namjin Lee), Political Psychology, 34(3) (June 2013).

“¿Cómo se ubica América Latina en el mundo?  Opiniones y actitudes de los latinoamericanos hacia países y regiones,” (with Gerardo Maldonado), Revista Mexicana de Política Exterior, 93 (July-October, 2011).

“The Party’s Over:  Citizen Conceptions of Democracy and Political Dissatisfaction in Mexico,” Comparative Politics, 43(1) (October 2010).

“Do Migrants Remit Democracy?  International Migration and Political Beliefs and Behavior in Mexico” (with Clarisa Pérez-Armendáriz), Comparative Political Studies, 43(1) (January 2010).

“Crossing Party Lines:  Volatility and Ballot Splitting in Mexico (1994-2000),” Bulletin of Latin American Research, 24(1) (January 2005), pp. 1-24.

ARTICLES UNDER REVIEW

“Rights Trap or Amplifier? Crime and Trust in Local Human Rights Organizations in Mexico,” revise and resubmit in the Journal of Human Rights.

“Public Attitudes Toward Local Rights Organizations: Honest Brokers, Imperial Handmaidens, or Counter-Hegemons” (with James Ron), revise and resubmit at International Studies Quarterly.

“Talking Across Borders: International Migration, Cross-Border Political Discussion, and Political Behavior in Latin America” (with Clarisa Pérez-Armendáriz), revise and resubmit at Comparative Political Studies.

“What Happens to Freedom of Information in Times of Crisis? The Case of Mexico in the War on Drugs” (with Tanya Almánzar and Mark Aspinwall), under review in Perspectives on Politics.

“Just Talk? International Migration, Cross-Border Communication, and Political Tolerance in Latin America” (with Clarisa Pérez-Armendáriz), under review .

“Factores que afectan la supervivencia de pequeñas y medianas empresas exportadoras en México: percepción vs. realidad” (with Mariana Magaldi de Sousa), under review at Foro Internacional.

“(Can’t Get No) Satisfaction: An Application of Dynamic Loglinear Models with Latent Variables to Declining Satisfaction with Democracy in Mexico,” revise and resubmit at Political Science Research and Methods.

SELECTED OTHER PUBLICATIONS

“Mapping human rights skepticism in Mexico,” openGlobalRights (online journal for rights scholars and practitioners [https://www.opendemocracy.net/openglobalrights/david-crow/mapping-human-rights-skepticism-in-mexico]), July 1, 2015.

“Data-driven optimism for global rights activists” (with James Ron, Shannon Golden, and Archana Pandya), openGlobalRights (online journal for human rights scholars and practitioners [https://www.opendemocracy.net/openglobalrights/james-ron-shannon-golden-david-crow-archana-pandya/datadriven-optimism-for-global-r]), June 29, 2015.

“Migración Internacional” y “Derechos Humanos,” in Gerardo Maldonado, Rodrigo Morales Castillo, Guadalupe González González, David Crow, Jorge A. Schiavon. México, las Américas y el mundo 2004-2014. Diez Años de opinión pública y política exterior (Mexico City: CIDE), June, 2015.

“While Mexican Government Resists Scrutiny, Ordinary Citizens Welcome It,” Aula Blog (online blog of American University’s Center for Latin American and Latino Studies [http://aulablog.net/tag/cide], April 27, 2015.

The Human Rights Sector in Mexico: Evidence from Activists, the Public, and Elites (with James Ron, Shannon Golden, Archana Pandya, Sarah Peek, and Laura Sparling). Working Paper #2, The Human Rights Organizations Project, Humphrey School of Public Affairs, University of Minnesota, July, 2014.

“Are We Measuring Institutional Trust Right? Evidence from a Mexican Survey Experiment” (with Gerardo Maldonado), Working Paper #246, CIDE, September, 2013.

“The struggle for a truly grassroots human rights movement” (with James Ron and Shannon Golden), openDemocracy (online human rights and democratization journal [http://www.opendemocracy.net/openglobalrights/james-ron-david-crow-shannon-golden/struggle-for-truly-grassroots-human-rights-move]), June 18, 2013.  (Translated to Arabic, French, Hindi, Mandarin, Portuguese, Spanish, and Turkish.)

“The Multiple Faces of Migration,” in González González, Guadalupe, Jorge A. Schiavon, Gerardo Maldonado, and Rodrigo Morales Castillo, Mexico, the Americas, and the World 2012-2013.  Foreign Policy: Public Opinion and Leaders (Mexico City:  CIDE, May, 2013).  ISBN: 978-607-7843-51-1.

“Múltiples caras de la migración,” in González González, Guadalupe, Jorge A. Schiavon, Gerardo Maldonado, and Rodrigo Morales Castillo, México, las Américas y el Mundo 2012-2013.  Política exterior: opinión pública y líderes (Mexico City: CIDE, April, 2013).  ISBN: 978-607-7843-43-6.

“Cuatro hechos poco conocidos y cuatro paradojas acerca de la migración en cuatro países latinoamericanos:  Resultados de Las Américas y el Mundo 2010” (with Gerardo Maldonado), in Heredia Zubieta, Carlos, and Rafael Velázquez Flores (eds.), Perspectivas migratorias II:  La agenda pendiente de la migración (Mexico City:  CIDE, Colección Coyuntura y Ensayo), 2012.  ISBN: 978-607-7843-24-5.

“How Do We Understand Migration in Latin America? Experiences, Perceptions, and Policy,” in González González, Guadalupe, Jorge Schiavon, and Gerardo Maldonado, The Americas and the World 2010-2011.  Public Opinion and Foreign Policy in Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Mexico, and Peru (Mexico City:  CIDE, November, 2011).  ISBN: 978-607-7843-15-3.

“Benefits—and Costs—of a Multi-Mode Survey of College Graduates,” (with Martin Johnson and Bob Hanneman), Survey Practice (on-line journal of the American Association for Public Opinion Research), October, 2011.

“¿Cómo entendemos la migración en América Latina?: Dimensiones, dádivas y desafíos,” in González González, Guadalupe, Jorge Schiavon, and Gerardo Maldonado, Las Américas y el Mundo 2010-2011.  Opinión pública y política exterior en Brasil, Colombia, Ecuador, México y Perú (Mexico City:  CIDE, September, 2011).  ISBN: 978-607-7843-13-9.

“How Do We Understand Migration? The Challenge of Populations in Movement,” in González González, Guadalupe, Jorge Schiavon, and Gerardo Maldonado, Mexico, the Americas, and the World 2010.  Foreign Policy:  Public Opinion and Leaders (Mexico City:  CIDE, July, 2011.  ISBN: 978-607-7843-09-2.

“¿Cómo entendemos la migración? El desafío de poblaciones en movimiento,” in González González, Guadalupe, Jorge Schiavon, and Gerardo Maldonado, México, las Américas y el Mundo 2010.  Política exterior:  opinión pública y líderes (Mexico City:  CIDE, March, 2011.  ISBN: 978-607-7843-08-5.

SELECTED WORKING PAPERS & CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS

“Experiences of Crime and Attitudes Towards Human Rights in Mexico,” Surveys and Human Rights: Local Reception of International Norms,” November 12-13, 2015, CIDE, Mexico City.

“Do Human Rights Protect Criminals? Crime, Politics, and Attitudes Toward Rights in Mexico,” Human Rights in Mexico: Crisis and Opportunity, October 29-30, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities.

“How Deep is Your Love (for Globalization)? Evidence from Survey Experiments in Mexico, Colombia, and Ecuador,” World Association of Public Opinion Research (WAPOR) 68^th Annual Conference, June 16-19, Buenos Aires, Argentina.

“How Deep is Your Love (for Globalization)? Evidence from Survey Experiments in Mexico, Colombia, and Ecuador,” XXXIII International Congress of the Latin American Studies Association, May 27-30, 2015, San Juan, Puerto Rico.

“Are Latin Americans as Courteous as People Say?  Survey Experiment Evidence on ‘Courtesy Bias’ From Five Countries,” American Association of Public Opinion Research 68th Annual Meeting, May 16-19, 2013, Boston (with Gerardo Maldonado).

“How Deep is Mexican Support for Free Trade?” XXVII Annual Congress of the Asociación Mexicana de Estudios Internacionales, October 10-12, 2013, Huatulco, Oaxaca, Mexico.

“Popular Perceptions of Human Rights Issues and Organizations,” The Social Practice of Human Rights, October 3-5, 2013, University of Dayton, Dayton, Ohio.

“Public Trust in Local Human Rights Organizations: Evidence from Mexico, Colombia, Morocco, and India,” American Political Science Association meeting, August 28-September 1, 2013, Chicago.

“What Goes Around Comes Around:  Migration and Democratic Diffusion in Latin America,” American Political Science Association meeting, September 1-4, 2011, Seattle, Washington (with Clarisa Pérez-Armendáriz).

“Payin’ it Backward:  Migration and Democratic Diffusion in Latin America”, International Political Science Association meeting, February 16-19, 2011, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil (with Clarisa Pérez-Armendáriz).

Jumping on the Bandwagon after the Election?  Testing Alternative Theories of Vote Share Overestimation in California Ballot Initiatives,” American Political Science Association meeting, September 1-4, 2010, Washington, D.C. (with Martin Johnson and Shaun Bowler).

A Unified Log-linear Modelling Framework for Post-Stratification and Raking Weights:  an Application to the National Asian American Survey (NAAS),” research report, UC-Riverside Survey Research Center, June, 2009.

To Everyone Who Has, More Shall Be Given:  Social Inequality and Political Participation in Mexico,” Midwestern Political Science Association meeting, Chicago, April 2-5, 2009.

Who Really Votes in Mexico:  Rethinking the Effects of Sociodemographic Conditions on the Decision to Vote” (with Edmundo Berumen), American Political Science Association meeting, Chicago, August 30-September 3, 2007.

“(Can’t Get No) Satisfaction:  An Application of Dynamic Loglinear Models with Latent Variables to Declining Satisfaction with Democracy in Mexico,” American Political Science Association meeting, Philadelphia, August 31-September 3, 2006.

“After the Party’s Over:  Political Culture in Post-Transition Mexico,” presented at the annual meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, April 7-10, 2005.

BOOK REVIEWS

Camp, Roderic, 2007.  Politics in Mexico:  The Democratic Consolidation, 5^th ed. (Oxford:  Oxford University Press), in Bulletin of Latin American Research, 28(3) (July 2009), pp. 432-433.

Shadlen, Kenneth, 2004.  Democratization without Representation:  The Politics of Small Industry in Mexico (Pennsylvania State University Press), in Bulletin of Latin American Research, 25(1) (January 2006), pp. 122-123.

CONSULTING EXPERIENCE

Encuesta Regional para la Convivencia Ciudadana, Gestión Social y Cooperación (GESOC), A.C., Mexico City (in cooperation with USAid), September 2013 – March 2014.  Longitudinal data analysis for PPVC follow-up survey.  Funded by the U.S. Agency for International Development.

 Encuesta Regional sobre el Programa de Prevención de la Violencia y el Crimen (PPVC), Gestión Social y Cooperación, A.C., Mexico City, September 2012 – May 2013.   Questionnaire design, data analysis on citizen perceptions of security in Tijuana, Ciudad Juárez, and Monterrey.  Funded by the U.S. Agency for International Development.

Survey Human Rights Perceptions Polls, University of Minnesota–Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas, June 2012 – May 2013.  Questionnaire design, supervision of sampling, interview training, pilot surveys in Delhi/Mumbai, India; Casablanca, Morocco; Lagos, Nigeria.  Principal Investigator:  James Ron.

Encuesta estatal de la dinámica de la familia en Puebla (ESDIFAM-Puebla), Gestión Social y Cooperación, A.C., Mexico City, January 2012 – May 2012.  Questionnaire design, supervision of sampling, data analysis for survey on household structure and intra-family dynamics.  Funded by DIF-Puebla.

Factores que Afectan la Inserción Internacional de Pequeñas y Medianas Empresas (PyMEs), División de Estudios Internacionales, CIDE.  Questionnaire design and data analysis.  Principal Investigator:  Mariana Magaldi de Sousa.

INVITED LECTURES & COLLOQUIA

Presentation “Closing Space and the Human Rights Perceptions Polls: Integrating Data, Analysis, and Strategy,” Center for Strategic and International Studies, Washington, D.C., March 2, 2015 (with James Ron and Shannon Golden).

Presentation “The Human Rights Organizations Project: Studying Human Rights Organizations, Public Opinion, and Strategies,” Arizona State University, Phoenix, AZ, February 13, 2015 (with James Ron).

Conference El sector de los derechos humanos en México: evidencias de activistas, el público y las élites,” FLACSO-México (with Juan Manuel Gómez Robledo, Undersecretary for Multilateral Affairs and Human Rights, Foreign Ministry, and Lía Limón, Undersecretary for Legal Affairs and Human Rights, Interior Ministry, in attendance), October 14, 2014, “Human Rights Perceptions and Actors in Mexico” (with James Ron and Shannon Golden).

Seminar Gobernanza global en un mundo multipolar, Mexican Senate of the Republic, Senator Angélica Laura Rojas (co-sponsored by the Friedrich Ebert Foundation), March 26, 2014, “Mexico, the Americas, and the World: Inaugural Reflections on the Role of Public Opinion in Foreign Policy.”

Foro Internacional Las Américas y el mundo: opinión pública regional y política exterior, FLACSO-Ecuador, December 3, 2013, “Variaciones o continuidad en la percepción de la opinión pública sobre la política exterior de Brasil, Colombia y México.”

Woodrow Wilson Center, October 21, 2013, Washington, D.C., “Public Opinion and Foreign Policy:  Findings from the 2012 Edition of Mexico, the Americas, and the World.”

Mexican Embassy in the United States, Washington, D.C., October 18, 2013, presentation for Ambassador Eduardo Medina Mora, “Opinión pública hacia los migrantes en Estados Unidos.”

Columbia University, Political Science Department seminar, New York, October 16, 2013, “Public Opinion and Foreign Policy:  Findings from the 2012 Edition of Mexico, the Americas, and the World.”

Conference Politics and Migration in Out-Migration Countries, Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas (CIDE), Mexico City, September 3, 2011, “Payin’ it Backwards:  Migration and Democratic Diffusion in Latin America” (with Clarisa Pérez-Armendáriz).

Seminario para el análisis de la encuesta “México y el Mundo 2010,” Mexican Senate of the Republic, Foreign Affairs Committee, Senator Rosario Green, exposition on Mexican attitudes toward the U.S., Mexico City, September 21, 2011.

Conference Presentación de la encuesta “México, las Américas y el Mundo 2010, Mexican Foreign Ministry, Undersecretary for Foreign Affairs Lourdes Aranda Bezaury, Mexico City, exposition on U.S.-Mexico relations, April 8, 2011.

Conference Desafíos de la Política Mexicana:  Visiones desde el Barómetro de las Américas, Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas (CIDE), Mexico City, January 28, 2011, “¿Al diablo con las instituciones?  La (des)confianza institucional en México.”

First United Methodist Church of Redlands, Redlands, CA, June 23 and 30, 2010, “Religion in America:  A View from the Social Sciences,” two-part lecture series.

Society or Political Methodology, Summer Methods Meeting, Pennsylvania State University, State College, PA, July 19-21, 2007, “Disillusionment and Political Participation in Mexico:  Models for Binary Panel Data.”  Funded by the National Science Foundation.

Seminario Permanente sobre Migración Internacional, Colegio de la Frontera Norte, Tijuana, Baja California, October 13, 2006, “Educación cívica del inmigrante: ¿qué aprenden los mexicanos en el extranjero?” (with Clarisa Pérez-Armendáriz).

Society or Political Methodology, Summer Methods Meeting, University of California, Davis, July 20-22, 2006,  “Turnout Overestimation in Mexico.”  Funded by the National Science Foundation.

Conference Accountability and the Rule of Law in Mexico on the Threshold of the 2006 Elections, UT Austin, September 8-9, 2005, “(Can’t Get No) Satisfaction:  Disillusionment and Political Participation in Mexico.”

Society or Political Methodology, Summer Methods Meeting, Florida State University, Tallahassee, July 21-23, 2005, “Declining Satisfaction with Democracy in Mexico:  An Application of Dynamic Loglinear Path Models with Latent Variables.”  Funded by the National Science Foundation.

Conference Surveys and Methods in Mexican Politics, UC San Diego, Center for U.S.-Mexican Studies, June 17, 2005, “Turnout Overreporting in Mexico and What to Do About It.”

The Barbara Jordan National Forum on Public Policy, UT Austin, LBJ School of Public Policy, March 5, 2004, “The Color of Money in Texas:  Race, Class, and Campaign Contributions.”

Conference Querétaro en los Estados Unidos, Universidad Autónoma de Querétaro and the Instituto Electoral de Querétaro, September 19, 2003, “El comportamiento electoral de los mexicanos en la transición a la democracia.”

OTHER RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

• Research Assistant, Center for Deliberative Polling Research (9/07 – 6/08): helped collect and analyze data for a statewide Deliberative Poll on Vermont’s Energy Future (Robert C. Luskin, Principal Investigator).
• Research Assistant, Latin American Network Information Center (LANIC), UT Austin (8/99 – 9/00): directed LANIC Electoral Observatory project, designed and maintained Web pages.
• Political Analyst, Fronteras Comunes, Mexico City (10/94 to 12/98): NGO member, co-edited over 200 issues of Heartbeat of Mexico/El Pulso de México, a bilingual weekly bulletin of political analysis.

OTHER TEACHING EXPERIENCE

• Instructor, GESOC (an NGO), Mexico City, May 2008: taught short course on data analysis in SPSS.
• Assistant Instructor, Spanish Department, UT Austin, Spring 2004: taught second-semester Spanish.
• Teaching Assistant, Philosophy Department, UT Austin, Fall 2003: led discussion sections for a course on ethics and classical political philosophy (Prof. Daniel Bonevac).
• Grader, Government Department, UT Austin, Fall 2001: graded exams, led review sessions, met with students for Introduction to Politics in Latin America (Prof. Henry Dietz)

FELLOWSHIPS & AWARDS

 Open Society Foundation, $165,000 USD for Local Funding for Human Rights: A Mexican and Colombian Project. Co-Principal Investigator: David Crow (Principal Investigator: James Ron), 2016-2017.

• Banco de Desarrollo de América Latina/CAF, $65,000 USD for The Americas and the World, Director and Principal Investigator: David Crow, 2014-2015.
• Secretaría de Relaciones Exteriores de México/Secretaría General Iberoamericana (SEGIB), 62,000 € for The Americas and the World, Director and Principal Investigator: David Crow, 2012-2013.
• D. Hutchison Fellowship, University of Texas at Austin, September 2006-May 2007.
• Latin American Studies Association Travel Award, San Juan, Puerto Rico, March 16-18, 2006.
• National Science Foundation Dissertation Research Improvement Grant (SES-0519262), September 2005-September 2006.
• Clifford Clogg Memorial Scholarship, Summer Program in Quantitative Methods, Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR), University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, July 25-August 19, 2005.
• Macdonald Dissertation Fellowship, Government Department, UT Austin, September 2005-May 2006.
• Lozano Long Institute of Latin American Studies Faculty-Sponsored Dissertation Grant, UT Austin, 2005-2006 (declined).
• Tinker Field Research Grant, Tinker Foundation, Summer 2004.
• Travel Grant, Mexican Center, UT Austin and Instituto Electoral de Querétaro (Querétaro, México) for electoral observation, July, 2003
• Travel Grant, Mexican Center, UT Austin, for electoral observation and research in Mexico (Los Reyes La Paz, Edo. de México), July, 2000
• University Preemptive Fellowship, University of Texas at Austin, 1999.  

LANGUAGES

Spanish (fluent), Portuguese (reading), French (reading)

STATISTICAL PACKAGES

R, Stata, SAS, SPSS, LEM, LISREL, Amelia (data imputation), WinBUGS (Bayesian models)

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS

• American Political Science Association (APSA)
• International Political Science Association (IPSA)
• Latin American Studies Association (LASA)
• Midwest Political Science Association (MPSA)
• World Association of International Studies (WAIS, Hoover Institute, Stanford University)

REFERENCES

EDUCATION University of Texas at Austin, Ph.D. in Government (May 2009) University of Michigan, ICPSR Summer Program (July 2005) University of California, Berkeley, B.A. in English Language and Literature (May 1992) RESEARCH INTERESTS Migration, human rights, Mexican & Latin American politics, statistical and survey methodology, comparative politics, public opinion, and political behavior. DISSERTATION Citizen Disenchantment in New Democracies:  The Case of Mexico Committee:  Robert C. Luskin (chair), Kenneth Greene, Raúl Madrid, Victoria Rodríguez, Peter Ward RESEARCH & TEACHING POSITIONS

• Assistant Professor, Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas (CIDE), Mexico City (July, 2010, to present).
• Research Associate, Gestión Social, A.C. (GESOC), Mexico City, (2006 to present)
• Member of Editorial Board, Reforma, International Section, (January, 2010, to present)
• Instructor, Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas (CIDE), Mexico City (July 6-9, 2010):  taught short course “Opinión pública y análisis de encuestas.”
• Associate Director, Survey Research Center, UC Riverside (September, 2008, to June, 2010):  research project management, development, data analysis and reporting, survey weighting, sample design.
• Instructor, Political Science Department, UC Riverside (Spring 2009):  taught “Mass Media and Public Opinion,” conducted class survey project on ballot initiatives for May 2009 California Special Election.
• Visiting Student, Centro de Investigación y Estudios Superiores en Antropología Social (CIESAS), Mexico City (August, 2006, to August, 2008).
• Data Analyst, Berumen y Asociados, Mexico City (February, 2005, to August, 2006):  analyzed public opinion polls and market research surveys, drafted research reports.

REFEREED ARTICLES

OTHER RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

• Research Assistant, Center for Deliberative Polling Research (9/07 – 6/08):  helped collect and analyze data for a statewide Deliberative Poll on Vermont’s Energy Future (Robert C. Luskin, Principal Investigator).
• Research Assistant, Latin American Network Information Center (LANIC), UT Austin (8/99 – 9/00):  directed LANIC Electoral Observatory project, designed and maintained Web pages.
• Political Analyst, Fronteras Comunes, Mexico City (10/94 to 12/98):  NGO member, co-edited over 200 issues of Heartbeat of Mexico/El Pulso de México, a bilingual weekly bulletin of political analysis.

OTHER TEACHING EXPERIENCE

• Instructor, GESOC (an NGO), Mexico City, May 2008:  taught short course on data analysis inSPSS.
• Assistant Instructor, Spanish Department, UT Austin, Spring 2004:  taught second-semester Spanish.
• Teaching Assistant, Philosophy Department, UT Austin, Fall 2003:  led discussion sections for a course on ethics and classical political philosophy (Prof. Daniel Bonevac).
• Grader, Government Department, UT Austin, Fall 2001:  graded exams, led review sessions, met with students for Introduction to Politics in Latin America (Prof. Henry Dietz)

FELLOWSHIPS & AWARDS

• A.D. Hutchison Fellowship, University of Texas at Austin, September 2006-May 2007.
• Latin American Studies Association Travel Award, San Juan, Puerto Rico, March 16-18, 2006.
• National Science Foundation Dissertation Research Improvement Grant (SES-0519262), September 2005-September 2006.
• Clifford Clogg Memorial Scholarship, Summer Program in Quantitative Methods, Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR), University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, July 25-August 19, 2005.
• Macdonald Dissertation Fellowship, Government Department, UT Austin, September 2005-May 2006.
• Lozano Long Institute of Latin American Studies Faculty-Sponsored Dissertation Grant, UT Austin, 2005-2006 (declined).
• Tinker Field Research Grant, Tinker Foundation, Summer 2004.
• Travel Grant, Mexican Center, UT Austin and Instituto Electoral de Querétaro (Querétaro, México) for electoral observation, July, 2003
• Travel Grant, Mexican Center, UT Austin, for electoral observation and research in Mexico (Los Reyes La Paz, Edo. de México), July, 2000
• University Preemptive Fellowship, University of Texas at Austin, 1999.   

LANGUAGES  Spanish (fluent), Portuguese (reading), French (reading) STATISTICAL PACKAGES R, Stata, SAS,SPSS, LEM, LISREL, Amelia (data imputation), WinBUGS (Bayesian models) PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS

• American Political Science Association (APSA)
• International Political Science Association (IPSA)
• Latin American Studies Association (LASA)
• Midwest Political Science Association (MPSA)
• World Association of International Studies (WAIS, Hoover Institute, Stanford University)

REFERENCES

Lorena Ruano Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas Associate Professor and Chair, Division of International Studies Carretera México-Toluca 3655 Col. Lomas de Santa Fe 01210 México, D.F. +011 52 (55) 5727-9800, ext. 2136 lorena.ruano@cide.edu Martin Johnson University of California, Riverside Associate Professor, Department of Political Science Director, Survey Research Center 900 University Avenue Riverside, CA 92125 (951) 827-4612 martin.johnson@ucr.edu Robert C. Luskin University of Texas at Austin Associate Professor, Department of Government 1 University Station A1800 Austin TX 78712 (650) 380-0430 rluskin@mail.utexas.edu Peter M. Ward University of Texas at Austin C.B. Smith, Sr. Centennial Chair, Department of Sociology Dean, LBJ Public Policy School 1 University Station A1700 Austin TX 78712 (512) 232-6319, (512) 471-6302 peter.ward@mail.utexas.edu