DAVID S. BROWN School Address Department of Political Science University of Colorado Boulder, CO 80309 Contact Information tel: (303) 492-4783 email: dsbrown@colorado.edu http://spot.colorado.edu/~dsbrown/ EDUCATION Doctor of Philosophy, Political Science University of California, Los Angeles June 1995 Thesis - Democracy, Human Capital, and Economic Growth Masters, Political Science University of California, Los Angeles June 1992 Bachelor of Arts, History Doane College, Crete, NE May 1984 PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Chair, Department of Political Science Full Professor June 2012 - present June 2012 - present Director, Center to Advance Research and Teaching in the Social Sciences January 2011- July 2012 Acting Chair, Department of Political Science January 1 - June 30, 2010 Associate Chair, Director of Graduate Studies August 2006 - July, 2008 Director, INVST Community Studies, October 2007 - July, 2008 Associate Professor June 2005-2012 Research Associate, Institute of Behavior Science May 2003 - present
Assistant Professor June 2002-2005 Rice University, Houston, TX Assistant Professor September 1997 - May 2002 Kenneth Boulding Post-Doctoral Fellow, Institute of Behavior Science September 1996 - June 1997 University of California, Los Angles, Los Angeles, CA Visiting Lecturer 1995-1996 PUBLICATIONS Refereed Journal Articles David S. Brown, Andrew Whitford, and Jeff Yates (Forthcoming). Perceptions of the Rule of Law: Evidence on the Impact of Judicial Insulation. Social Science Quarterly. David S. Brown, Courtenay Brown, J. Christopher Brown (Forthcoming). Land Occupations and Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon. Land Use Policy. Available on-line at http://authors. elsevier.com/a/1sfdeydvl-3t1. Amy H. Liu, David S. Brown, and Meghan H. Dunn (2015). Minority Language Recognition and Trust Evidence from Twenty-Five Democracies. Taiwan Journal of Democracy. Volume 11(2):113-138. Carew Boulding and David S. Brown (2015). Do Political Parties Matter for Turnout? Number of Parties, Electoral Rules, and Local Elections in Brazil and Bolivia. Party Politics. May 2015 21: 404-416. Amy Liu, Moonhawk Kim, Kim-Lee Tuxhorn, David Leblang and David Brown, (2015) Lingua Mercatoria: Language and Foreign Direct Investment International Studies Quarterly vol. 59(2). David S. Brown, J. Christopher Brown, and Scott Desposato (2014). NGOs, Turnout, and the Left: A Sub-national Analysis of Brazil. Journal of Developing Societies. Vol. 30 (4) 365-87. Carew Boulding and David S. Brown (2014), Political Competition and Local Social Spending: Evidence from Brazil. Studies in Comparative International Development. 49:197216 David S. Brown, J. Chrisopher Brown, and Maureen Donaghy (2012). The Electoral Consequences of Direct Political Action: Evidence from Brazil. Latin American Politics and Society. 53 (4) p. 35-66. David S. Brown, Michael Touchton, and Andrew Whitford (2011). Political Polarization as a Constraint on Corruption: a cross-national comparison. World Development 39 (9) pp. 1516-1529. David S. Brown and Ahmed Mushfiq Mobarak (2009). The Transforming Power of Democracy: Regime Type and Electricity Consumption in the Developing World. American Political Science Review. 103 (2): 193-213. David S. Brown, J. Christopher Brown, and Scott W. Desposato (2008). Who Gives, Who Receives, and Who Wins? Transforming Capital into Political Change through Non-Governmental Organizations. Comparative Political Studies. Vol. 41, No. 1: 24-47. David S. Brown, J. Christopher Brown, and Scott W. Desposato (2007). Promoting and preventing political change through internationally-funded NGO activity. Latin American Research Review. 42 (1): 124-136.
Glen Biglaiser and David S. Brown (2005), The Determinants of Economic Liberalization in Latin America. Political Research Quarterly (December 2005) Vol 58, No. 4: pp. 565-574 Avelino, George; Brown, David S.; Hunter, Wendy (2005). The Effects of Capital Mobility, Trade Openness, and Democracy on Social Spending in Latin America 1980-1999. American Journal of Political Science 49, no. 3 (July 2005): 625-641. Brown, David S., J. Christopher Brown, and Scott W. Desposato (2005). Paving the Way to Political Change: Decentralization of Development in the Brazilian Amazon. Political Geography 24, no. 1 (2005): 39-52. David S. Brown and Wendy A. Hunter. (2004) Democracy and Human Capital Formation: Education Spending in Latin America, 1980 to 1997. Comparative Political Studies. vol. 37, no. 7, pp. 842-864(23). David S. Brown (2004). Democracy and Gender Inequality in Education: a cross-national examination. British Journal of Political Science. 34(1): 157-172. Glen Biglaiser and David S. Brown (2003). The Determinants of Privatization in Latin America. Political Research Quarterly. 56 (1): 77-90. David S. Brown, J. Christopher Brown, and Scott Desposato. (2002). Left Turn on Green? The Unintended Consequences of International Funding for Sustainable Development in the Amazon. Comparative Political Studies. Vol. 35 (7): pp. 813-838. David S. Brown. (2002). Democracy, Authoritarianism, and Education Finance in Brazil. Journal of Latin American Studies. Vol. 34 (1): pp. 115-141. David S. Brown. (2000). Democracy, Colonization, and Human Capital in Sub-Saharan Africa, Studies in Comparative and International Development. 35 (1). Wendy A. Hunter and David S. Brown. (2000) World Bank Directives, Domestic Politics, and the Politics of Human Capital Investment in Latin America. Comparative Political Studies Vol. 33 No. 1 pp. 113-143. David S. Brown. (1999) Reading, Writing, and Regime Type. Political Research Quarterly Vol. 52, No.4; pp. 681-707. Douglas Schuler and David S. Brown. (1999) Democracy, Regional Market Integration and Foreign Direct Investment: Lessons from Costa Rica. Business and Society Vol. 38, No. 4. David S. Brown and Wendy A. Hunter. (1999) Democracy and Social Spending in Latin America, 1980-92 American Political Science Review Vol. 93, No. 4. John OLoughlin, Michael D. Ward, Corey L. Lofdahl, Jordin S. Cohen, David S. Brown, David Reilly, Kristian S. Gleditsch and Michael Shin. The Diffusion of Democracy, 1946-1994. Annals of the Association of American Geographers, vol. 88, no.4, December (1998). Book Chapters George Avelino, David S. Brown, and Wendy Hunter (2004). Globalization, Democracy, and Social Spending, in Globalization and Its Outcomes, OLoughlin, J., L. Staeheli, and Greenberg, E., eds. Guilford Press. Book Reviews David S. Brown Review of Democracy and Development by Adam Przeworski, Michael Alvarez, Jos Antonio Cheibub, and Fernando Limongi Comparative Political Studies vol. 34, no. 5. David S. Brown. Review of Traditional Politics and Regime Change in Brazil by Frances Hagopian. American Political Science Review vol. 91, no. 4.
David S. Brown. Review of The Paradox of Plenty by Terry Lynn Karl. Comparative Political Studies vol. 32, no. 2. Working Papers David S. Brown, Foreign Capital, Inequality, and Political Instability (under review). David S. Brown and Erin Huebert, Due Process and Homicide in the World David S. Brown, J. Christopher Brown, and Dorothy Eissenberg Agricultural Intensification and Democratic Development in Brazil COMMITTEES Chair, Strategic Plan for the College of Arts and Sciences Task Force on Student Retention (Campus) Core Curriculum Revision Committee (Campus) Learning Management System Evaluation (Campus) Tenure and Promotion Committee (CU Libraries) Board Member (Latin American Studies Center) English Department Advisory Committee HONORS ASSETT Award of Student Appreciation for Teaching with Technology (2016) ASSETT Award of Student Appreciation for Teaching with Technology (2015) Marinus Smith Award 2010. A university-wide honor given by the CU Parents association to Faculty and Staff, recognizing their contribution to undergraduate education. INVITED TALKS Invited to present a talk entitled Political Competition and Local Social Spending: Evidence from Brazil. Tulane University, October 6th, 2011. Invited to present a talk entitled Discounting Democracy? for the Comparative Politics Workshop, University of Illinois, April 13, 2009. Invited to present a talk entitled Discounting Democracy? for the Political Science Department at Texas Tech University, April 2009. Invited to present a talk entitled Comparing the Welfare States of Latin America and Europe at the Global Changes in the Welfare State at Texas A&M, January 2007. Invited to present a paper entitled The MST and Social Spending at the Municipal Level in Brazil for the Duke/UNC Latin American studies Consortium. December 5, 2006. Invited to present a paper and contribute manuscript to possible edited volume. The Transforming Power of Democracy: Regime Type and Access to Electricity in the Developing World with Ahmed Mushfiq Mobarak, for a conference entitled Democracy and Human Development: A Global Inquiry, Boston University, November 12, 2004
Visiting Professor, Fundao Getulio Vargas (July 2004). I was invited by Brazils leading business and public policy school to teach a graduate seminar on globalization, development, and democracy. The course was taught July 2004. Invited to preset a talk entitled International Resources, Local NGOs, and Politics in the Brazilian Amazon. Fundao Getulio Vargas, CEPESP, So Paulo, Brasil, July 27, 2004. Invited to present a talk entitled International Resources, Local NGOs, and Politics in the Brazilian Amazon. Latin American Studies Center, Yale University, New Haven CT, October 24, 2003. Invited to present a paper entitled Democracy and Gender Inequality: a cross-national examination of democracys impact on womens education at the National Science Foundation sponsored conference Rethinking Democracy in the New Millenium, Houston, TX (February 16-19, 2001). Invited to present a talk entitled Diffusion of Democracy During the Third Wave Department of Political Science, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA. November 1, 2000. Invited to present a talk entitled Democracy and Social Spending in Latin America 1980-92. Jointly sponsored by the Jackson School of International Studies and the Political Science Department, University of Washington, Seattle. April 1, 1999. AWARDS Deans Fund for Excellence (Spring 2004), University of Colorado, Boulder. Democracy and Electricity Consumption. With Mushfiq Mobarak, Department of Economics, University of Colorado. Total Funding: $750. Finalist for the Phi Beta Kappa Teaching Award: Most Effective Teaching by an Assistant Professor at Rice University. Spring 2001. Award/Proposal No. SES-0099097 National Science Foundation International Funding, Local Non- Governmental Organizations, and Electoral Outcomes. Award begins March 2001. Duration: 2001-2004. Total funding: $154,921. Finalist, American Association for the Advancement of Science Post-doctoral Fellowship, February 2000. Distinguished College Associate, Sid Richardson College, Rice University, 1998-99. Distinguished College Associate, Sid Richardson College, Rice University, 1997-98. Kenneth Boulding Post-Doctoral Fellowship; Institute of Behavioral Science, Program on Political and Economic Change, University of Colorado, Boulder. 1996-1997. Dissertation Fellowship; International and Overseas Studies Program, University of California, Los Angeles, 1993-1994. Latin American Studies Travel Grant; Latin American Center, University of California, Los Angeles, 1993. Graham Fellowship; Department of Political Science, University of California, Los Angeles, 1992-1993. Latin American Studies Travel Grant; Latin American Center, University of California, Los Angeles, 1992. Qualified with Distinction. Ph.D. Minor Field Examination in Methodology, Department of Political Science, University of California, Los Angeles, 1990. Latin American Studies Summer Language Fellowship; Latin American Center, University of California, Los Angeles 1986.
FIELD WORK NSF-funded field work in the Brazilian Amazon (Rondonia and Mato Grosso) (May 2002). NSF-funded field work in the Brazilian Amazon (Rondonia and Mato Grosso) (July 2001). So Paulo and Braslia (June 1998). So Paulo, Brazil, (June 1994). Doctoral Student Fellow, Programa de Poltica Internacional e Comparada, Departamento de Cincia Poltica, Universidade de So Paulo, So Paulo, Brazil, Summer 1992. International Political Economy Comparative Political Economy Comparative Politics Politics of Latin America Political Economy of Development Political Economy of Latin America TEACHING