Department of Political Science, Rice University 6100 Main St. MS 24, Houston, TX (77005) Phone: (832) 480 0732 E-Mail: Carolina.R.Tchintian@Rice.edu EDUCATION 2013-2017 PhD in Political Science, Department of Political Science, Rice University 2011-2013 MA in Political Science, Department of Political Science, Rice University 2005-2007 MA in Public Policy, School of Government, Universidad Di Tella 1997-2002 BA in Political Science with Honors Degree, School of Social Science, UBA RESEARCH & TEACHING INTEREST Comparative Politics, Comparative Political Institutions, Electoral Systems, Latin American Politics. PEER REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS Forthcoming Assessing Ballot Structure and Split Ticket Voting: Evidence from a Quasi- Experiment, Journal of Politics, Forthcoming. Co-authored with Tiffany D. Barnes and Santiago Alles. 2016 The 2015 Argentine Presidential Elections. Electoral Studies, Volume 43, pp.184-187. Co-authored with Santiago Alles and Mark P. Jones. 2014 Democracy Indexes and Argentina Politics: On Measurement Validity, Colección, (23), pp.69-98. 2012 Gender Quota, Electoral Laws and Woman Representative Election in Latin America, Revista de Ciencia Política (Santiago), 32(2), pp.331-357. Co-authored with Mark P. Jones and Santiago Alles 2009 Governors in National Politics. The State of the Art, Colección, (20), pp.106-132. WORKING PAPERS The Impact of Changes in Vote-casting Procedure on National Elections Turnout. Candidate Visibility in the Ballot and Legislative Behavior. Assessing the Effect of Ballot Placement on the Election of Women in Open List PR System Co-authored with Tiffany D. Barnes. Voter ID Laws, Ballot Access and Participation. Co-authored with Robert M. Stein. How Ballot Structure Influences Roll-off: A Quasi-Experimental Test. Co-authored with Tiffany D. Barnes.
Voting Procedures and Women s Access to Power. Co-authored with Tiffany D. Barnes. OTHER PUBLICATIONS 2011 Changes in Voting Procedure. Electronic Voting Experience in Salta. CIPPEC Policy Briefs-Recommendation N 94. Co-authored with Julia Pomares, Marcelo Leiras, María Page and Anastasia Peralta Ramos. 2010 How to Improve the Interaction between Local Government and Civil Society (guest contributor). Column in El Día Newspaper, La Plata, October 19, 2010. Coauthored with Nicolás Fernández Arroyo. 2010 Employment and Labor Market Conditions in Venado Tuerto. Diagnosis and Intervention Lines. CIPPEC Working Paper N 48. Co-authored with Patricio Gigli and María Boix. 2010 The Three Provincial Policy Arenas. The Case of Salta. Espacios Políticos Journal, N 6, Year VI. 2010 State and Sovereign. Targeting Local Governments and Civil Society Interactions. Policy Briefs-Recommendation N 79, CIPPEC and FORD Foundation. 2009 History repeated. Testimonial Candidacies and Nepotism in Great Buenos Aires (guest contributor). Hoy Newspaper, La Plata, June 14 2009. 2009 Policies Promoting Physical Activity and Sports. Alternatives for Provincial and Municipal Levels. Best Municipal Practices. Co-authored with Cecilia Veleda, Magalí Coppo and Patricio Gigli. 2009 Teaching to Promote Micro-Entrepreneurship. CIPPEC-World Bank-International Finance Corporation-Pan American Energy. Co-authored with Valeria Pieske. 2005 The Case of the Guarani Aquifer System. In: Bloch, R. (Ed.), The Issue of Fresh Water in the World. Co-authored with Lorena Schejtman. AWARDS AND SCHOLARSHIPS 2016-2017 National Science Foundation. Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grant. $14,874. 2015-2016 Rice University Social Science Research Institute. Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grant. $2,500. 2014 Rice University School of Social Science, William P. Hobby Award for Best Political Science Paper Presented at a Professional Conference: Ballot Design and Intraparty Fragmentation. Electronic Vote in Brazil. 2013 Southwestern Political Science Association, Best Graduate Student Paper Award for papers presented at the 2013 Meeting: Rage Against the Machine. The Impact of Changes in Vote-Casting Procedures in National Elections Turnout. 2011 Rice University School of Social Science, Best Paper by a First Year Political Science Graduate Student: Splitting the Ballot. A Natural Experiment on Electronic Vote. 2011-2013 Fulbright Doctoral Scholarship. $40,000. 2
2005-2009 CONICET (National Council of Scientific and Technological Research) Research Fellow. Electoral and Legislative Studies Program at Universidad Di Tella. 2002 Universidad de Buenos Aires, School of Social Science. Honors Degree in Political Science. RESEARCH EXPERIENCE 2012-2016 Research Assistant to Dr. Mark P. Jones, Rice University 2011-2012 Research Assistant to Dr. Lanny Martin, Rice University TEACHING EXPERIENCE Fall 2014 Summer 2012 Introduction to Comparative Politics. Teaching Assistant (Rice University) Buenos Aires Urban Lab. Instructor (Rice University) 2009-2011 Comparative Politics Course. Adjunct Professor (UADE University) 2009-2011 Public Management Theory. Adjunct Professor (UADE University) 2003-2011 Political Analysis. Adjunct Professor (Universidad de Buenos Aires) PUBLIC POLICY EXPERIENCE 2011 Assessing the Implementation of Electronic Voting in the Province of Salta, Argentina. CIPPEC and the Government of Salta. Lead Researcher. 2009-2010 Enhancing Employability Opportunities through Public-Private Partnership in Venado Tuerto, Argentina. CIPPEC and DOW Chemical Company. Lead Researcher. 2009-2011 Promoting Income Generation Opportunities for Micro-Entrepreneurs and Unemployed in Tartagal, Salta. CIPPEC, World Bank IFC and Pan American Energy. Lead Researcher. 2008-2009 Education and Sports in Local Governments. CIPPEC and Coca-Cola Argentina. Lead Researcher. 2007-2008 Bridging State and Civil Society at the Local Level. Ford Foundation, UNPD and the Argentine National Secretariat for Democratic Development. Senior Consultant. 2006-2008 Buenos Aires City Observatory. CIPPEC and UADE University. Instructor. 2009-2011 Best Practices in Salta Province s Management. Social Science Research Institute, UADE University. Project Director. 2003-2005 Improving Local Management in Capitan Sarmiento. Grupo Innova and the Government of Capitan Sarmiento. Researcher. 3
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS 2016 Women s Electoral Success in Open List PR: The Impact of Ballot Placement. Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, Illinois, April 7-9, 2016. (With Tiffany D. Barnes) 2015 Assessing Voting Procedures and Ballot Splitting: Evidence from a Quasi- Experiment. Poster presented at Evidence in Governance and Politics Meeting. Houston, Texas, October 2015. (With Tiffany D. Barnes and Santiago Alles) 2015 Ballot Visibility, Electoral Outcomes and Legislative Behavior. Presented at Midwest Political Science Association. Chicago. April 16-19, 2015. The Devil s in the Details: How Minor Changes in Ballot Design Can Affect Electoral Outcomes. Presented at the XII Congreso Nacional de Ciencia Política, SAAP,Mendoza, August 2015. (With Tiffany D. Barnes and Santiago Alles) 2014 The Impact of Ballot Designs on Electoral Outcomes and Legislative Behavior. Presented at Analyzing Latin American Politics Seminar, University of Houston, Houston, TX, November 14 15. 2014 Measuring Political Phenomena. Validity and Reliability. Presented at CIPPEC Municipal Leadership Program. August 19-22, Buenos Aires, Argentina. 2014 Ballot Design and Intraparty Fragmentation. Electronic Vote in Brazil. Presented at Southwestern Social Science Association. April 16-19, San Antonio, Texas. 2014 The Devil s in the Details. How Minor Changes in Ballot Design Can Affect Electoral Outcomes. Presented at Midwest Political Science Association. April 2-6, Chicago, Illinois. 2013 Rage Against the Machine. The Impact of Changes in Vote-Casting Procedures in National Elections Turnout. Presented at Southwestern Social Science Association. March 27-30, New Orleans, Louisiana. 2012 Evaluating the Effectiveness of Electoral Laws in Promoting the Election of Women in Latin American Legislative Elections. Presented at Midwest Political Science Association. April 12-15, Chicago, Illinois. 2010 Governors within National Politics. A New Line of Research for the Study of Fiscal Pacts. Presented at Latin American Political Science Association. July 28-30, Buenos Aires, Argentina. 2010 Bridging State and Civil Society in local governments. Presented at Red-Muni Seminar. August 13-14, Buenos Aires, Argentina. 2009 Governors within National Politics. Presented at International Political Science Association (IPSA). July 12-16, Santiago, Chile. 2007 Analysis of the 2007 Elections at the Subnational Level. Presented at the Friedrich Naumann & CIPPEC Local Leadership Program. November, Cordoba, Argentina. 2006 Purposes, Variables, Actions and Results in City Councils. Presented at the Friedrich Naumann & CIPPEC Local Leadership Program. September, Mar del Plata, Argentina. 4
2003 MERCOSUR and Sustainability. Strengths and Weaknesses from the Guarani Aquifer System s case. Presented at IBERAM Conference. November, Buenos Aires, Argentina. WORKSHOPS 2015 Visions in Methodology. University of Kentucky. May 13-16, Lexington, Kentucky. 2014 Analyzing Latin American Politics. University of Houston. November 14-15, Houston, Texas. 2014 Empirical Implication of Theoretical Modeling (EITM). Hobby Center for Public Policy, University of Houston, June 16th-27th, Houston, Texas. 2012 Dictatorship and Democracy. University of Tampere, June 4th-10th, Tampere, Finland. LANGUAGE SKILLS English Spanish French Armenian Fluid oral and written. Proficiency level. Fluid oral and written. Native speaker Oral and written Fluid oral and written. Native speaker PROGRAMMING AND STATISTICAL PACKAGES Stata R Studio Mathematica Advanced Advanced Intermediate 5