RODRIGO CASTRO CORNEJO Notre Dame, IN 46556 email: rcastroc@nd.edu website: rodrigocastrocornejo.com Research Interests Survey research, public opinion and voting behavior. Comparative political behavior, Latin America politics. Political campaigns, elections and voter mobilization. Corruption, clientelism and survey experimental research. Ideology, conservative parties and religion and politics.. Survey research, expert opinion and climate change. Education Expected 2016 PhD in Political Science,, IN. Fields: Comparative Politics and American Politics Dissertation: Campaign Effects and Party Sytem Institutionalization. Committee: Scott Mainwaring (chair), Michael Coppedge, Debra Javeline and Geoffrey Layman. 2013 MA in Political Science,, IN. 2008 BA in Political Science, CIDE, Mexico City, Mexico. Thesis: Retrospective Voting and Risk Aversion in the 2006 Presidential Campaign in Mexico Committee: Javier Aparicio, Ulises Beltrán (chair) and Allyson Benton. 2007 Exchange Semester at University of Florence, Italy. Peer-Reviewed Publications Botero, Sandra, Rodrigo Castro Cornejo, Laura Gamboa, Nara Pavão and David Nickerson. Forthcoming. Says Who? The Importance of Contextually Credible Sources for Corruption Allegations. Politics and Research Quarterly. Javeline, Debra, Jessica J. Hellmann, Jason S. McLachlan, Dov F. Sax, and Mark W. Schwartz and Rodrigo Castro Cornejo. Forthcoming. Expert Opinion on Extinction Risk and Climate Change Adaptation. Elementa. Javeline, Debra, Jessica Hellman, Rodrigo Castro Cornejo and Gregory Schufeldt. 2014. Expert Opinion on Climate Change and Threats to Biodiversity, BioScience 63(8): 666-673. Under Review Are All Types of Corruption Created Equal in the Eyes of Voters (with Sandra Botero, Laura Gamboa, Nara Pavão, and David W. Nickerson). Invited to R&R at American Journal of Political Science. 1
Working Papers Voting behavior and experimental survey research Under Friendly Fire: Partisan Press, Political Fragmentation and Candidate Evaluations. Experimental Evidence from Argentina (with Sandra Botero, Laura Gamboa, Nara Pavão, and David W. Nickerson). Do Voters Punish Clientelism as Severely as Private Corruption? Experimental Evidence from El Salvador (with Sandra Botero, Laura Gamboa, Nara Pavão, and David W. Nickerson). Why do voters support corrupt politicians? Experimental evidence from Mexico (with Sandra Botero, Laura Gamboa, Nara Pavão, and David W. Nickerson). Campaigns and Elections Campaign Effects and Party System Institutionalization. Campaign Effects, Political Predispositions and Party System Institutionalization: Mexico s Presidential Campaigns (2006-2012). Abstentee Ballot and Turnout in the U.S. (with Pilar Giannini and David W. Nickerson). Ideology and religion and politics Who s Right? Support for Conservative Parties in Latin America (with Peter Johannessen). How Religious Affiliation Affect Vote Choice? Experimental Evidence from Mexico. Grants and awards Dissertation Year Fellowship,, University of Notre Dame. 2016. Kellogg Research Grant to field surveys in Mexico, Kellogg Institute for International Studies. Spring 2015. $7, 000 Loescher Teaching Fellowship,, College of Arts and Letters,. Spring 2015. This fellowship provides an additional semester of stipend. Dissertation Year Fellowship,,. Fall 2014/2015. Kellogg Grant to fund a Working Group on Public Opinion and Elections, Academic year 2013-2014. $6, 000 Mellon ISLA Interdisciplinary Workshop Grant, Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and Institute for Scholarship in the Liberal Arts (ISLA),. Academic year 2013-2014. $9, 000 Graduate Student Professionalization Grant,,, 2012 and 2013. $3, 000 Semester Stipend paid by the Varieties of Democracy Project, Kellogg Institute for International Studies, Spring and Fall 2013. Andrew W. Mellon Foundation s Summer Fellowship, Mellon Initiative on Religion across the Disciplines, 2012. $6, 000 Semester Stipend paid by the Notre Dame Environmental Change Initiative, University of Notre Dame, Spring 2012. Professional Development Grant, Institute for Scholarship in the Liberal Arts (ISLA),, 2011 and 2012. $1, 600 Downes J. Memorial Fund, The Graduate School,, 2011. $1, 500 2
Notebaert Professional Development Fund, The Graduate School, University of Notre Dame, 2011. $1, 000 Kellogg Institute PhD Fellowship, Garza Fellow,,, 2010-2015. $5, 000 Honorable mention for undergraduate studies thesis, CIDE, 2007. Undergraduate Grant, Ford Foundation, CIDE, 2005. Teaching Experience Instructor, Voting Behavior, Campaigns and Elections Around the World, 2015. Teaching undergrad course as a recipient of the Loescher Teaching Fellowship. Teaching Assistant, Intoduction to Comparative Politcs, Prof. Guillermo Trejo, 2014 Intoduction to Comparative Politcs, Prof. Robert Dowd, C.S.C., 2011 and 2012. Research Experience Party System Institutionalization in Latin America. 2014. Research assistance for book on party system institutionalization in Latin America by Scott Mainwaring. Varieties of Democracy Project. 2013. Research and management assistance for large collaborative project on democracy in the world between 1900-2012, directed by Michael Coppedge. Notre Dame Environmental Change Initiative. 2012. Research assistance and data analysis of the elite survey of environmental biologists about climate change and managed relocation, directed by Debra Javeline and Jessica Hellman. Democratization in Latin America. 2011. Research assistance for book on democratization in Latin America by Scott Mainwaring. Academic and Departamental Service Co-chair of the Public Opinion and Elections Working Group (with Scott Mainwaring), (Academic year 2013-2014). Coordinator of the Latino Politics Workshop, funded by the Mellon ISLA Interdisciplinary Workshop Grant, the Institute for Latino Studies and the Rooney Center for the Study of American Democracy (Academic year 2013-2014). Coordinator of the Mexico Working Group, (Fall 2012- ). Coordinator of the Democracy Working Group, (2013). Coordinator of the Comparative Politics Workshop (Academic year 2012-2013). Member of the Comparative Politics Search Committee (Academic year 2012-2013). Comparative Politics Grad Student Representative (Academic year 2012-2013). Selected Presentations Campaign Effects and Party System Institutionalization, paper presented at the Annual Conference of the Midwest Political Science Association (MPSA), Chicago, IL. April, 2015. 3
Under Friendly Fire: Partisan Press, Political Fragmentation and Candidate Evaluations. Experimental evidence from Argentina, paper presented at the Comparative Politics Workshop, Kellogg Institute,. November, 2014 Who s Right? Support for Conservative Parties in Latin America, paper presented at the International Congress of the Latin American Studies Association (LASA). Chicago, IL. May, 2014. Who s Right? Support for Conservative Parties in Latin America, paper presented at the Annual Conference of the Midwest Political Science Association (MPSA), Chicago, IL. April, 2014. Campaign Effects and Party System Institutionalization, presented at the Democracy Working Group, Kellogg Institute. December, 2013. Ideology and Political Awareness in the 2012 Presidential Election in Mexico, paper presented at the Annual Conference of the Latin American Political Science Association, Bogotá, Colombia. September, 2013. Ideology and Political Awareness in the 2012 Presidential Election in Mexico, paper presented at the XXXI International Congress of the Latin American Studies Association (LASA), Washington D.C. May, 2013. Says Who? The Impact of Sources of Corruption Accusations in Colombia, paper presented at the Annual Conference of the Midwest Political Science Association (MPSA), Chicago, IL. April, 2013. Says Who? The Impact of Sources of Corruption Accusations in Colombia, paper presented at the Comparative Politics Workshop,. April, 2013 Ideology Orientations Among Latino Voters in the U.S., paper presented at the Comparative Politics Workshop, Kellogg Institute,. April, 2013 Professional Membership American Political Science Association (APSA), Midwest Political Science Association (MPSA), Latin American Studies Association (LASA) and Latin American Political Science Association (ALACIP). Professional Experience 2006-2007 Research Analyst at the Inter-American Development Bank (IADB), Representation office Mexico. 2008-2010 Associate Director of Electoral Studies at BGC Ulises Beltrán y Asocs., leading survey research firm in Mexico. Specialized Training Interuniversity Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR), Summer Program in Quantitative Methods, University of Michigan, 2011 and 2012. Institute for Qualitative and Multi-Method Research (IQMR), Summer Program in Qualitative Methods, Syracuse University, 2013. 4
Skills Methods Survey research Tech Languages Linear and nonlinear models, maximum likelihood and categorical dependent variable models, multilevel models. Survey design and data analysis. Survey experimental research. SPSS, STATA, L A TEX, Beamer, Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Power- Point) Spanish (native), English (advanced reading, writing, and speaking), Italian (basic). References Scott Mainwaring (Advisor) 204 Hesburgh Center 574-631-8530 smainwar@nd.edu Michael Coppedge 216 Hesburgh Center 574-631-7036 mcoppedg@nd.edu David W. Nickerson 574-631-7016 dnickers@nd.edu Debra Javeline 574-631-2793 javeline@nd.edu Geoffrey Layman 574-631-0379 glayman@nd.edu Guillermo Trejo 312 Hesburgh Center 574-631-9303 gtrejo@nd.edu 5