CURRICULUM VITAE Alfred P. Montero Department of Political Science Carleton College One North College Street Northfield, MN 55057-4025 (507) 222-4085 (Office); 301-8419 (Cell) Email: amontero@carleton.edu Web: http://people.carleton.edu/~amontero EDUCATION Columbia University - Ph.D., September 1997; M.Phil, May 1994 with a major in Comparative Politics and a minor in International Relations. Distinction on comprehensive examination in comparative politics; M.A., May 1992. University of Miami - B. A. with a dual major in Political Science and Latin American Studies, December 1990. Magna cum laude. Fall 1986 to Fall 1990. ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE Carleton College, Frank B. Kellogg Chair of Political Science, 2013- Senior Editor, Latin American Politics and Society, 2016 Carleton College, Full Professor, Political Science, 2011-2013 Carleton College, Associate Professor, Political Science, 2004-2011 Carleton College, Assistant Professor, Political Science, 1998-2004 Courses: Comparative Political Regimes (Introduction to Comparative Politics) (18x) Latin American Politics (9x) Global Resurgence of Democracy (comparative democratization course) (5x) Corruption, Authoritarianism, and Democracy (Spring 2010) European Political Economy (6x) International Political Economy (7x) Seminar on the Political Economy of Latin America (5x) Public Policy and Global Capitalism (Spring 2018) Cuban Politics Seminar (Winter 2011) Corruption, Clientelism, and Political Machines (Spring 2018)
Capitalism and Its Critics (capstone political economy seminar) (5x) Comparative Democratic Institutions (capstone seminar) (3x) Neoliberalism and the New Left in Latin America (Fall 2013 and Fall 2016) Global Public Health Seminar (Fall 2014) Brazil Seminar with a winter-break off-campus component (2007-08, 2011-12) The European Political Economy Program (EPEP) based in Madrid/Maastricht (Spring 2002, 2005, 2008, 2011) Florida International University, Visiting Assistant Professor, Political Science and International Relations, Fall 1996-Spring 1998. Courses: International Political Economy (5x) Seminar: Trade and Investment in Brazil, Mexico, and the Southern Cone Seminar: The Political Economy of Latin America (graduate-level, Spring 1997) Introduction to Latin American Politics (in Spanish, Summer 1997) Critical Perspectives of Globalization (Fall 1997) Comparative Politics of South America (Fall 1997 and Spring 1998) International Relations of Latin America (Spring 1998) Comparative Authoritarianism (Spring 1998) Columbia University/Barnard College, Teaching Assistant, Political Science, Fall 1992-95. PUBLICATIONS Books Brazil: Reversal of Fortune (Polity Press, 2014). Brazilian Politics: Reforming a Democratic State in a Changing World (Polity Press, 2006). Decentralization and Democracy in Latin America, co-edited w/ David Samuels (University of Notre Dame Press, 2004). Shifting States in Global Markets: Subnational Industrial Policy in Contemporary Brazil and Spain (Penn State University Press, 2002). Research Articles (Peer-reviewed) With Brandon van Dyck, Eroding the Clientelist Monopoly: The Subnational Left Turn and Conservative Rule in Northeastern Brazil. Latin American Research Review 50:4 (2015). With Kathryn Hochstetler, The Renewed Developmentalist State: The National Development Bank and the Brazil Model. Journal of Development Studies 49:11 (July 2013). A Reversal of Political Fortune: The Transitional Dynamics of Conservative Rule in the Brazilian
Northeast. Latin American Politics and Society 54:1 (Spring 2012). No Country for Leftists? Clientelist Continuity and the 2006 Vote in the Brazilian Northeast. Journal of Politics in Latin America 2:2 (2010). Macroeconomic Deeds, Not Reform Words: The Determinants of Foreign Direct Investment in Latin America. Latin American Research Review 43:1 (2008). The Limits of Decentralization: Legislative Careers and Territorial Representation in Spain. West European Politics 30:3 (May 2007). The Politics of Decentralization in a Centralized Party System: The Case of Democratic Spain. Comparative Politics 38:1 (October 2005). After Decentralization: Patterns of Intergovernmental Conflict in Argentina, Brazil, Spain, and Mexico. Publius: The Journal of Federalism 31:4 (Fall 2001). Delegative Dilemmas and Horizontal Logics: Subnational Industrial Policy in Spain and Brazil. Studies in Comparative International Development 36:3 (Fall 2001). Making and Remaking Good Government in Brazil: Subnational Industrial Policy in Minas Gerais. Latin American Politics and Society 43:2 (Summer 2001). Decentralizing Democracy: Spain and Brazil in Comparative Perspective. Comparative Politics 33:2 (January 2001). State Interests and the New Industrial Policy in Brazil: The Case of the Privatization of Steel, 1990-1994. Journal of Interamerican Studies and World Affairs 40:3 (Fall 1998). Short Articles (Peer-reviewed) Comment on Latin American Political Economy, (a research memo by Juan Pablo Luna, María Victoria Murillo, and Andrew Schrank), Latin American Politics and Society 56:1 (Spring 2014). Comparative Politics and the Liberal Arts College: A Fragile Symbiosis. Polity 46:1 (January 2014). Political Governance and Macroeconomic Variables in Determining Foreign Direct Investment Flows: A Reply to John P. Tuman. Latin American Research Review 44:1 (2009). Edited Volume Chapters Brazil: Explaining the Rise and Decline of the Conservatives. In The Resilience of the Latin American Right, eds. Juan Pablo Luna and Cristóbal Rovira Kaltwasser. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2014. Brazil: The Puzzle of Oligarchical Tendencies in a Participatory Democracy. In The Quality of 3
Democracy in Latin America, eds. Daniel Levine and José Molina. Boulder, CO: Lynne Rienner, 2011. Speaking for Place or For Party? Territorial Representation and the Legislative Behavior of Deputies in the Spanish Congreso. In Democracy and Institutional Development: Spain in Comparative Theoretical Perspective, eds. Bonnie Field and Kerstin Hamann. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2009. Natural Experiments in Collaborative, Off-Campus Student Research in Comparative Politics. In Building Intellectual Community through Collaboration, eds. Carol Rutz and Mary Savina. Northfield, MN: College City Publications, 2007. With David J. Samuels, The Political Determinants of Decentralization in Latin America: Causes and Consequences. In Decentralization and Democracy in Latin America, eds. Alfred P. Montero and David J. Samuels. Notre Dame: University of Notre Dame Press, 2004. Competitive Federalism and Distributive Conflict in Democratic Brazil. In Reforming Brazil, eds. Mauricio Font and Anthony Spanakos. New York: Lexington Books, 2004. Devolving Democracy? Political Decentralization and the New Brazilian Federalism. In Democratic Brazil: Actors, Institutions, and Processes, eds. Peter R. Kingstone and Timothy J. Power. Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, 2000. Brazil. In Introduction to Comparative Politics: Political Challenges and Changing Agendas, eds. Mark Kesselman, Joel Krieger, and William Joseph. New York: Houghton Mifflin, 2000, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2011 (revised and updated five times). Elaboração de políticas econômicas em nível subnacional no Brasil: uma colcha de retalhos. In Transição em fragmentos: desafios da democracia no final do século XX, ed. Alzira Alves de Abreu. Rio de Janeiro: Fundação Getúlio Vargas, 2001. Sobrevivendo à globalização pela via de um novo desenvolvimentismo: a experiência de Minas Gerais. In Competitividade e desenvolvimento: atores e instituições locais, eds. Nadya Araujo Guimarães and Scott Martin. São Paulo: Senac, 2001. Book Review Essays From Democracy to Development: The Political Economy of Post-Neoliberal Reform in Latin America. Latin American Research Review 40:2 (June 2005). Assessing the Third Wave Democracies. Journal of Interamerican Studies and World Affairs 40:2 (Summer 1998). Book Reviews (Singular) Review of Practical Authority: Agency and Institutional Change in Brazilian Water Politics by Rebecca Neaera Abers and Margaret E. Keck. In Journal of Latin American Studies 46:3 (August 2014). 4
Review of The Architecture of Government: Rethinking Political Decentralization by Daniel Treisman. In Perspectives in Political Science 6:4 (December 2008). Review of Federalism and Democracy in Latin America edited by Edward Gibson. In Publius: The Journal of Federalism 36:4 (Fall 2006). Review of Politics After Neoliberalism: Reregulation in Mexico by Richard Snyder. In Latin American Politics and Society 44:4 (Winter 2002). Review of The Political Right in Postauthoritarian Brazil: Elites, Institutions, and Democratization by Timothy J. Power. In Luso-Brazilian Review 38:2 (Winter 2001). Review of Ideas and Economic Policy in Latin America: Regional, National, and Organizational Case Studies by Anil Hira. In Political Science Quarterly 114:4 (Winter 1999-00). Review of The State and Capital in Chile: Business Elites, Technocrats, and Market Economics by Eduardo Silva. In Hispanic American Historical Review 77:4 (November 1997). Review of State Under Siege: Development and Policy Making in Peru by Philip Mauceri. In Hispanic American Historical Review 77:4 (November 1997). Other Publications Impeaching Dilma Rousseff Might Be Good for Brazil. US News and World Report (April 19, 2016). Free Trade Itself Not Enough To Lift Mexico. Counterpoint editorial. Minneapolis Star Tribune (October 28, 2000). A Delicate Game: The Politics of Reform in Brazil. Current History 98:626 (March 1999). Risking Development and Democracy in Brazil. Connection to the Americas 15:7 (September 1998). Shifting States in Uneven Markets: Political Decentralization and Subnational Industrial Policy in Contemporary Brazil and Spain. The Rights versus Efficiency Paper Series, Paper No. 1, The Institute of Latin American and Iberian Studies, Columbia University (April 1998). Getting Real About the Brazilian Real Plan. Hemisphere (February 1997). CONFERENCE ACTIVITIES Papers Why Developmentalism Persists in Democratic Brazil. 2014 Brazilian Studies Association meeting, King s College of London, August 20-23; 2014 Latin American Studies Association conference, Chicago IL; the 2014 International Studies Association conference, Toronto, Canada, March 26-29. An earlier version was presented at the conference, Emerging Markets and the 5
Changing Global Order: Is There a New Model of Development? The International Development Institute, King s College of London, November 7-8, 2013. Inequality and the Rise and Decline of Conservatives in Brazilian Democracy. Paper presented at the 2013 Latin American Studies Association meeting, Washington, D.C., May 20-June 1. An earlier version was presented at the Bringing the Right Back In Conference, Social Science Research Center, July 29, 2011, Berlin, Germany. Inertial Statism and the New Developmentalist State in Brazil, (co-authored w/ Kathryn Hochstetler). Paper presented at the 2012 Latin American Studies Association meeting, San Francisco, May 24-26. The New Boss Same As the Old Boss? Incumbency and the Decline of Conservative Rule in the Brazilian Northeast. Paper presented at the 2011 American Political Science Association meeting, Seattle, August 31-September 4. Their Separate Ways: Leftist Mobilization and Clientelist Continuity in Brazilian Subnational Politics. Paper presented at the conference, Political Consequences of Declining Inequality in Brazil, St. Anthony s College, Oxford University, UK, December 3, 2010. Trading Spaces: The Endogenous Dynamics of Subnational Authoritarianism in Brazil. Paper presented at the 2010 Latin American Studies Association meeting, Toronto, Canada, October 6-9. A Reversal of Political Fortune: The Transitional Dynamics of Conservative Rule in Brazil. Paper presented at the 2009 Latin American Studies Association meeting, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, June 11-14; revised version presented at the 2010 Latin American Studies Association meeting, Toronto, Canada, October 6-9. Uneven Democracy? Subnational Authoritarianism in Democratic Brazil. Paper presented at the 2007 Latin American Studies Association meeting, Montréal, Canada, September 5-7. Also presented at the conference to honor Alfred Stepan, Columbia University, October 2007. Speaking for Place or Party? Territorial Representation and the Legislative Behavior of Deputies in the Spanish Congreso. Paper presented at the 2007 Midwest Political Science Association Meeting, Chicago, April 12-14; also presented at the 2007 American Political Science Association meeting, Chicago, August 30-September 3. The Limits of Decentralization: Legislative Careers and Territorial Representation in Democratic Spain. Paper presented at the 2006 Latin American Studies Association meeting, San Juan, Puerto Rico, March 15-19. Subnational Industrial Policy in Comparative Perspective: Lessons from Spain and Brazil. Presentation of book at the seminar Structural Change in the Ruhr Area As An Example of Regional Structural Policy in the European Multilevel System, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Germany, July 22-26, 2002. 6
Competitive Federalism and Distributive Conflict in Democratic Brazil (revised). Paper presented at the First Latinamericanist Congress of Political Science, Universidad de Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain, July 9-11, 2002. Delegative Dilemmas and Horizontal Logics: Subnational Industrial Policy in Brazil and Spain (revised). Paper presented at the 2001 Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, San Francisco, CA August 28-September 2. Competitive Federalism and Distributive Conflict in Democratic Brazil. Paper presented at the Reforming Brazil conference, Bildner Center for Western Hemisphere Studies, the Graduate Center, City University of New York, May 17-19, 2001. Delegative Dilemmas and Horizontal Logics: Subnational Industrial Policy in Brazil and Spain. Paper presented at the Third Meeting of the International Working Group on Subnational Economic Governance in Latin America in Comparative International Perspective, San Juan, Puerto Rico, August 26-28, 2000. After Decentralization: Patterns of Institutional Change in Argentina, Brazil, Venezuela, Spain, and Mexico. Paper presented at the 2000 meeting of the Latin American Studies Association, Miami, FL, March 16-18, 2000. The Patchwork Pattern of Subnational Economic Policy-Making in Brazil. Paper presented at the Brazil in the 21 st Century Meeting at the CPDOC/Fundação Getúlio Vargas in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, September 2-3, 1999. Surviving Globalization by Remaking Developmentalism in Minas Gerais (Brazil). Paper presented at the Second Meeting of the International Working Group on Subnational Economic Governance in Latin America and Southern Europe, São Paulo, Brazil, June 23-29, 1999. Devolving Democracy? Political Decentralization and the New Brazilian Federalism. Paper presented at the Columbia University conference, Decentralization, Equity, and Local Development, New York, NY, April 2-3, 1999. State Interests and Business Coalitions for the Privatization of Brazilian Steel, 1990-1994. Paper presented at the 93 rd Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, Washington, D. C., August 30, 1997. Shifting States in Uneven Markets: Political Decentralization and Subnational Industrial Policy in Contemporary Brazil and Spain. Paper presented at the 93 rd Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, Washington, D. C., August 30, 1997. An earlier draft was presented at the 26 th Meeting of the Latin American Studies Association, Guadalajara, Mexico, April 20, 1997. A revised version was presented as a working paper in the Rights versus Efficiency in a Globalized Era Project, Columbia University, New York, on September 12-13, 1997. Building Embeddedness by Shifting the State: Industrial Policy in Contemporary Brazil and Spain. Paper presented at the 20 th Meeting of the Latin American Studies Association, Washington, D. C., 7
September 30, 1995. The State of the Autonomies and Industrial Policy in Spain. Paper presented at the 1995 meeting of the New York State Political Science Association, New York City, April 28, 1995. Discussant Teaching Latin American Politics: Perspectives from the Liberal Arts, 2014 Latin American Studies Association conference, May 21-24, Chicago IL. Post-Neoliberal Transformations: Political Parties and Civil Society, UNC-Duke Latin American Politics Working Group Conference, April 25-26, 2014. Democratizing Mass Politics in Latin America, 2013 Meeting of the American Political Science Association, August 28-September 1. Uneven Implementation: The Provision and Quality of Public Goods and Services, Subnational Research in Comparative Politics, Watson Institute for International Studies, Brown University, May 9-10, 2013. Developmentalism and Regional Journeys Toward Progress in Post-War Brazil, 2012 Meeting of the Brazilian Studies Association (BRASA), University of Illinois-Champagne, September 7-8. Decentralization, Democratization and Governance, 2009 Meeting of the American Political Science Association, September 3-6. Political Mobilization and Participation, 2009 Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, April 2-5. Subnational Authoritarianism in Comparative Perspective, 2008 Meeting of the American Political Science Association, August 28-31. Subnational Governments in Latin American Democracies, 2007 Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, April 12-14. Business Politics and Industrial Policy, 2006 Meeting of the Latin American Studies Association, San Juan, Puerto Rico March 15-19. Decentralization in Latin America, Decentralization Section Panel. 2004 Meeting of the Latin American Studies Association, Las Vegas NV October 10-13. Brazilian Democracy in the 1990s. 2001 Meeting of the Latin American Studies Association, Washington, D.C., September 5-8. When is Decentralization Better? Participation in Local Government. 2001 Meeting of the Latin American Studies Association, Washington, D.C., September 5-8. 8
The Third Meeting of the International Working Group on Subnational Economic Governance in Latin America in Comparative International Perspective, San Juan, Puerto Rico, August 26-28, 2000. Conference on Decentralization and Democracy in Latin America, University of Minnesota, February 11-13, 2000. Conference on Federalism, Democracy, and Public Policy, Centro de Investigación y Docencias Económicas, Mexico City, Mexico, June 14-15, 1999. INVITED LECTURES University of New Mexico (Spring 2016) World Affairs Council of Rochester NY (Winter 2015) Tulane University (Fall 2014) Bay Area Carleton Club (Summer 2014) Colby College (Spring 2014) St. John s University (Fall 2013) University of Utah (Winter 2013) Amherst College (Fall 2011) Dublin City University (Spring 2011) CEDLA/Amsterdam (Spring 2011) University of Michigan (Fall 2010) Amherst College (Winter 2010) University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill/Duke University (Fall 2009) Watson Institute, Brown University (Spring 2009) Carleton Alumni Adventures Lectureships Cuba (January 2018) Peruvian Amazon (December 2014) Cuba (December 2013) Cuba (November 2012) FELLOWSHIP APPOINTMENTS AND RESEARCH Course Development Grant/Future Learning Technology Grant, $2,200 and $1,800, Summer 2017. These grants support the redesign of the gateway course in political economy as a gateway in comparative public policy for the proposed new minor in public policy for 2018. Global Engagement Initiative Grant, $3,000, Mellon Foundation and Carleton College, Summer 2016/Summer 2017. This grant supports the development of a new seminar on corruption, clientelism, and machine politics in comparative perspective for fall 2017. Hewlett Mellon Fellowship, one term of sabbatical, Winter 2016. Supports exploratory research on the repurposing of developmentalist economic policies and bureaucratic agencies in several South 9
American economies. Global Engagement Initiative Grant, $3,000, Mellon Foundation and Carleton College, Summer 2015. Received two grants of $1,500 to develop new international and comparative components for the global public health seminar and the capitalism and its critics seminar. Global Engagement Initiative Grant, $6,000, Mellon Foundation and Carleton College, Summer 2014. Received $3,000 to develop a new global public health seminar. Received an additional $3,000 to coordinate the first collaborative, interdisciplinary research teams for the GEI during the pilot year (2014-2015). Future Learning Technology Grant (FLTG), $2,000, Carleton College, Summer 2014. To develop content-based podcasts and assess their effects on learning in a three-year paired course experiment involving the introduction to comparative politics at Carleton. Middle East Course Module Development Grant (UISFL), $1,200, Carleton College, Summer 2013. Develop a module using Middle East and N. Africa cases for the middle-division course on corruption, authoritarianism, and democracy (POSC 233). Course Development Grant, $1,200, Carleton College, Summer 2013. Develop a new seminar on Latin America focused on the new left and the post-neoliberal era. Visuality Grant, $1,300, Carleton College, Summer 2012. Support for production of podcasts on content-based materials for a variety of lower- and middle-division courses. Course Development Grant, $3,600, Carleton College, Summer 2012 (shared with Prof. Silvia López, Prof. of Spanish). Support for the creation of a Foreign Languages Across the Curriculum (FLAC) version of the middle-division Latin American Politics course (POSC 221). QuIRK Grant, $3,600, Carleton College, Summer 2011. Support for exploration of R statistical package: integration of instruction using podcasts employing R framework and spatial statistics using R. Course Development Grant, $3,000, Carleton College, November 2010. Support for exploratory trip to Cuba in preparation for the creation of a Cuban Politics seminar. Visuality/QuIRK Grant, $3,600, Carleton College, Summer 2010. Support for production of podcasts explaining statistical techniques and integration of instructional materials on Moodle. Smith/NEH Fund Grant, $9,000, Carleton College, Summer 2009. Support for fieldwork in Brazil on the quality of subnational democratic governance in several states of the Northeast. Small FDE and QuIRK Grants, $5,000, Carleton College, Summer 2007 and Spring 2008. Support for fieldwork on legislative production of regional governments in Spain and purchase of legislative database. 10
Familiarization and Exploration Site Grant for Brazil, $2,500, Carleton College, Spring 2006. Support for assessment of off-campus program sites in Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo. Hildebrandt/Higinbotham Fund for Faculty Development in the Social Sciences, $3,000, Carleton College, Summer 2004. Support for fieldwork on political careers in the Spanish Congreso. Program for Cultural Cooperation Between Spain s Ministry of Education, Culture, and Sports and United States Universities, $5,000, University of Minnesota, Winter 2002-Summer 2003. These funds supported fieldwork in the Spanish regions. Bush Fellow and Class of 49 Fellow, two terms of sabbatical, Carleton College, Winter-Spring 2002-03. These funds support fieldwork and write-up for the project, Regional Rebels: The Politics of Decentralization in Democratic Spain. Visiting Scholar, Centro de Estudios Avanzados en Ciencias Sociales (CEACS), Fundación Juan March, Summer-Winter 2002-03. Keith Clark Memorial Fund for Faculty Development, $3,000, Carleton College, Winter 2000. These monies support publication of my book manuscript, Shifting States in Global Markets. Curricular Computing Grant, $1,200, Carleton College, Summer 2000. This grant supported the design and application of quantitative and on-line components for a European Political Economy course. Familiarization and Exploration Site Grant for Maastricht, $1,200, Carleton College, Summer 2000. Support for assessment of the Maastricht off-campus program site. Trip includes visits to European Union offices and regional sites. Hildebrandt/Higinbotham Fund for Faculty Development in the Social Sciences, $3,500, Carleton College, Summer 1999. These monies supported field research in Brazil on privatization, state reform, and decentralization. USIA U.S. Speaker and Specialist Grant, Villahermosa, Tabasco (Mexico), July, 1998. Visiting Scholar, Centro de Estudios Avanzados en Ciencias Sociales (CEACS), Fundación Juan March, Madrid (Spain), Summer 1994, Summer 1995, and Spring 1996. Dorothy Compton Minority Fellow, Brazil, Winter and Spring 1994-95. Tinker Summer Fellow, Brazil, Summer 1993. President s Fellow, Fall 1992-1996, Columbia University. COLLEGE GOVERNANCE Standing Committees 11
Academic Standing Committee, two three-year appointed terms, Chair for second term (1999-2006). Faculty Affairs Committee, one three-year elected term (2010-2013). Faculty Compensation Committee, one two-year elected term (2008-2010). Faculty Grants Committee, one two-year elected term (2006-2008). Faculty Judiciary Committee (alternate), one two-year elected term (1999-2001). Ad hoc Committees Steering Committee Member, Middle East Studies Initiative (2010-2015) Steering Committee Member, Global Engagement Initiative (2010-2015) Task Force on the Citizenship Graduation Requirement, Chair (Fall 2009). Task Force on Media Resources and the Library (2005-2006). Subcommittee on Public Speaking of the Education and Curriculum Committee (2004-2005). Academic Administrative Positions Chair of the Department of Political Science (2012-2015; Spring 2016). Coordinator of the International Relations Track (2007-2010). Director of Latin American Studies (2009-2012). Director of the Political Economy Concentration (2006-2009; 2013-2019). Administrative Positions Director of Advising and Director of Faculty Diversity Recruitment (2016-2019). Steering Committee Member, Associated Colleges of the Midwest Fellows Program to Diversify the Professoriate (2016-2019). OTHER PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES Senior Editor, Latin American Politics and Society, 2016. Responsible for the handling of the peerreview process for all received manuscripts, soliciting new manuscripts, maintaining the web portals for the journal, and performing the tasks of the book review editor. Associate Editor, Latin American Politics and Society, 2011 2016. Same duties of senior editor above. Book Review Editor, Latin American Politics and Society, 1998 2011. Responsible for soliciting, organizing, editing, and publishing book reviews and review essays on Latin American politics and international relations. Manuscript reviewer (during the last five years), Comparative Politics, Journal of Politics, World Politics, West European Politics, Comparative Political Studies, American Journal of Political Science, Journal of Development Studies, World Development, Journal of Latin American Studies, Journal of Politics in Latin America (JPLA), the Latin American Research Review, Cambridge University Press, Oxford University Press, Penn State University Press, and Polity Press. 12
Program reviewer (chair), Bowdoin s Latin American Studies program (Fall 2011) and Macalester s Latin American Studies program (Spring 2014); (committee member) Reed College s Political Science Department (Fall 2015). Member, American Political Science Association, Latin American Studies Association, Midwest Political Science Association, International Studies Association, International Political Science Association, and the Brazilian Studies Association. Member, Advisory Council, Global Urban Development (GUD). Chair, Executive Committee, Decentralization and Subnational Studies Section of the Latin American Studies Association, 2001-04, 2005-2009. Program Track Co-Chair (with Paul Dosh, Macalester) for Cities, Planning and Social Services, 2010 LASA Congress, Toronto, Canada, October 6-9. Program Track Chair for Economies: Local, Regional, Global, 2006 LASA Congress, San Juan, Puerto Rico, March 16-18. Panelist, European Studies: Individual and Community, Faculty Seminar sponsored by an NEH Focus Grant, Carleton College, November 27-December 1, 2000. Co-organizer (w/ David Samuels), Conference on Decentralization and Democracy in Latin America, University of Minnesota, February 11-13, 2000. Director and Instructor, Summer Quantitative Reasoning Institute, Carleton College, July 2012-2016. Instructor, Summer Writing Program for High School Students, Carleton College, July 2000, 2001, and 2005-2011. Panelist, U.S. - Cuban Relations in the 21 st Century, Humphrey Institute, University of Minnesota, April 30, 1999. CONSULTING ACTIVITIES Consultant, Monitor Corporation, San Francisco, January 2009. Project with DOD on China s role in developing countries. Open Society Institute, December-January 1998-99, updated Europe article in Russian Collier s Encyclopedia. Legal researcher and trial assistant for David M. Lipman, Esq., Miami, May 1991-September 1997 (at least three months each year). Duties included analyzing and preparing documents for complex product liability litigation (plaintiffs in asbestos cases). 13
Consultant for Pro-Chile (Government of Chile), Miami, May - August, 1997. Researched and wrote-up findings for a study of Chilean trade with the State of the Florida. Consultant for the Latin American and Caribbean Center at Florida International University, Miami, January-February, 1997. Aided in the draft of a policy position paper for the State of Florida on the Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA) process. Paper was presented at the May 1997 meeting of regional trade ministers in Belo Horizonte, Brazil. LANGUAGES Spanish: Native speaker (bilingual). Fluent in conversation, reading comprehension, and composition. Spanish language teaching and presentations: FLAC section of POSC 221 Latin American Politics (Spring 2013); International Relations of Latin America (Summer 1997). USIA lectureship in Spanish (Summer 1998), papers presented in Spanish (Summer 2000 and 2002). Portuguese: Training in Beginning, Intermediate, and Advanced Portuguese at the University of Miami, 1987-1990. Immersion training in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, July 1 - November 15, 1990 (University of Maryland Exchange Program with the Pontifícia Universidade Catôlica do Rio de Janeiro). Fluent in conversation, reading comprehension, and composition. Papers presented in Portuguese (Summer 1999 and 2002). Translation work: From Portuguese to English, January and February 1996, Roberto Mangabeira Unger and Ciro Gomes. 1996. O Próximo Passo: Uma Alternativa Prática ao Neoliberalismo. Rio de Janeiro: Topbooks. Funded by the University of Wisconsin-Madison. French: Beginning, four terms of instruction at Carleton College (Fall 2001-Spring 2003). L Alliance Française in Paris, intensive course, August 2004. Funded by a competitive grant from the European Studies Concentration at Carleton. SPECIAL SKILLS AND EXPERIENCES Public Speaking: Championship intercollegiate debater and public orator, University of Miami Speech and Debate, Fall 1986 - Spring 1990. Three-time regional (Southeast) champion. Debate coach, Columbia University, Fall 1991 - Spring 1993. 14