• Ph.D. student in Political Science; degree expected in 2011
• Major Fields: Comparative Politics and Political Methodology
• Comprehensive Exams: State & Society, Political Economy, and Political Methodology
• Minor Field: International Relations

• Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR) Summer Program
• Courses: Maximum Likelihood Estimation and Game Theory

• Masters of Arts in Political Science

• Bachelor of Arts. Cum Laude in Latin American Studies
• Thesis: Women in an Age of Globalization: The Avon Case Study in Brazil

• International Relations at FLACSO (Facultad Latinoamericano de Ciencias Sociales)

• “Hablando Política: How Spanish-language television news covered the 2004 elections” (2008). In Federico Subervi-Vélez (ed.) The Mass Media and Latino Politics. Routledge Press, with Matthew Hale and Erika Franklin Fowler.

• “Does Language Matter? A Comparison of Election Coverage on Spanish and English-Language Television Stations,” (Forthcoming), Mass Communication & Society, with Matthew Hale and Erika Franklin Fowler.

• “Staying to the Right: Insights into Ideology and Presidential Support in Colombia,” (Forthcoming), Comunicación y Ciudadanía

Under Review

• “Behind the Justice Cascade: New Perspectives on Transitional Justice” with Leigh Payne and Andrew Reiter, Under Review

• “At What Cost? A Political Economy Approach to Transitional Justice,” with Leigh Payne and Andrew Reiter, Under Review

• “Justice from the Outside In: International Organizations and Transitional Justice,” with Sara Dahill-Brown, Courtney Hillebrecht, Leigh Payne, and Andrew Reiter, Under Review

• “Justice in the Aftermath of Civil War,” with Leigh Payne and Andrew Reiter, Under Review

• “Does Language Matter? A Comparison of Election Coverage on Spanish and English-Language Television Stations,” with Matthew Hale and Erika Franklin Fowler, Under Review.

• “Transitional Justice Data Base: A Research Note,” with Andrew Reiter

• Does Transitional Justice Work? with Leigh Payne and Andrew Reiter, book manuscript

• “Global Compliance, National Divergence, and Linkage Politics: TRIPS and the HIV/AIDS Crisis in Brazil and India,” with Aseema Sinha

• “Criticizing the political system in Latin America: A comparative analysis of perceived expressive tolerance,” with Hernando Rojas and Eulàlia Puig-i-Abril. To be presented at World Association for Public Opinion Research, New Orleans, LA, May 2008

• “Global Compliance, National Divergence and Linkage Politics: TRIPS and the HIV/AIDS Crisis in Brazil and India,” with Aseema Sinha. Presented at the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, IL, April 2008

• “Justice from the Outside In: International Organizations and Transitional Justice,” with Sara Dahill-Brown, Courtney Hillebrecht, Leigh Payne and Andrew Reiter. Presented at the International Studies Association, San Francisco, CA, March 2008

• “Amnesty in the Age of Accountability” with Leigh Payne and Andrew Reiter. Presented at the International Studies Association, San Francisco, CA, March 2008

• “Does Transitional Justice Work?” with Leigh Payne and Andrew Reiter. Presented at the International Studies Association, San Francisco, CA, March 2008

• “A Political Economy Approach to Transitional Justice,” with Leigh Payne and Andrew Reiter. Presented at the American Political Science Association, Chicago, IL, September, 2007

• “Reparations & Lustration,” Panelist at the Responses to Atrocity Conference, Madison, WI, April, 2007

• “At What Cost? A Political Economy Approach to Transitional Justice,” with Leigh Payne and Andrew Reiter. Presented at the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, IL, April, 2007

• “Local or Global Politics? What Matters in Spanish- and English-language Local Television Coverage,” with Matthew Hale and Erika Franklin Fowler. Presented at the Southern Political Science Association, New Orleans, LA, January, 2007

• “The Movement against Hunger in Brazil: Regime Transitions and the Genealogy of a Social Movement.” Presented at the annual meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, IL, April, 2006

• “Does Language Matter? A comparison of election coverage on Spanish- and English-language television stations,” with Matthew Hale, Erika Franklin Fowler, and Kenneth M. Goldstein. Presented at the Southern Political Science Association, Atlanta, GA, January, 2006

• “Women in an Age of Globalization: The Avon Case Study in São Paulo, Brazil.” Presented at the Society of Economic Anthropology Annual Conference, Decatur, GA, April, 2004

• “Women in an Age of Globalization: The Avon Case Study in São Paulo, Brazil.” Institute of Latin American Studies Student Association Conference, Austin, TX, February, 2002

• Conducted statistical cross-national comparative analysis for the Transitional Justice Project, a unique effort that seeks to create a comprehensive database with which to systematically test hypotheses in the transitional justice literature.
• Constructed coding sheets, trained and supervised undergraduate research assistants, and undertook a leading role in assessing the possible impact the political economy plays upon transitional justice decisions.

• Directed the Wisconsin NewsLab’s Midwest News Index, the most comprehensive and systematic collection and archive of local television news coverage across the nation from 2005 - 2007.
• Worked collaboratively to design the coding instrument, implemented data collection and processing procedures, managed and trained over 70 undergraduate and graduate student workers, and conducted descriptive and statistical analysis for all NewsLab projects including Spanish- and English-language election coverage, foreign policy news, and immigration stories.

• Construct and work to implement a strategic funding plan for area non-profits. Work closely with staff to identify and pursue various funding sources via private, state, and/or federal grants, direct mail, or individual donors.
• Responsible for reviewing, editing, and submitting proposals and supporting documentation.

• Researched developments in Federal and State legislation and monitored changes in the State Administrative Code that affect health care access and funding.
• Developed and managed local and statewide coalition groups to facilitate communication and action to address pertinent issues.
• Conducted initial intake interviews in English and Spanish for low-income women via phone or out-stations and assessed eligibility for assistance programs.
• Worked cooperatively and effectively with attorneys to advocate for families before agencies offering public benefits, insurance companies, HMOs, and health care creditors.

 • Performed research and conducted interviews in Spanish regarding gender roles and related policy in Argentina

• Taught Spanish-language grammar classes to undergraduate students
• Prepared lesson plans and led exercises on Spanish grammar and conversation

• Research and Writing Grant from the Latin American Public Opinion Project (May 2008 – August 2008)
• Smith Richardson Foundation (SRF), funding to study transitional justice with Leigh Payne (January 2008 – August 2008)
• Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) Fellowship for the 2007-2008 Academic Year for Portuguese
• United States Institute of Peace (USIP), funding to study transitional justice with Leigh Payne (June-August 2007; June-August 2008)
• Joyce Foundation Research Grant, funding to study local news coverage of politics with Ken Goldstein (June 2006 - May 2007)
• Prestage-Cook Award, SPSA, 2006
• Harold K. Schneider Student Paper Prize for Best Undergraduate Paper in Economic Anthropology, 2002
• Larson Fellowship for Independent Research, Carleton College
• Distinction, highest mark, awarded for Senior Comprehensive Thesis
• Distinction for major, Latin American Studies
• Certificate for Advanced Study in Spanish Language and Literature

• American Political Science Association
• Midwest Political Science Association
• Southern Political Science Association

• Fluent in Spanish
• Proficient in Portuguese

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