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Dr
.
Elena
Vásquez
Political
Scientist
·
Comparative
Politics
&
Public
Policy
elena
.
vasquez
@
university
.
edu
+1 (312) 555
‑
0198
Chicago
,
IL
·
Washington
,
D
.
C
.
elenavasquez
.
com
·
linkedin
.
com
/
in
/
elenavasquez
PROFESSIONA L
SUMMA RY
Political
scientist
with
10+
years
of
experience
in
comparative
political
institutions
,
democratic
governance
,
and
public
policy
analysis
.
Published
author
of
18
peer
-
reviewed
articles
and
a
monograph
on
legislative
behavior
in
multi
-
party
systems
.
Skilled
in
mixed
-
methods
research
,
survey
design
,
and
causal
inference
.
Advised
government
agencies
and
international
organizations
on
institutional
reform
and
policy
evaluation
.
EDUCAT ION
Ph
.
D
.
in
Political
Science
Stanford
University
2013 – 2018
Dissertation
:
Coalition
Discipline
:
Legislative
Voting
Behavior
in
Parliamentary
Democracies
·
Committee
:
David
Laitin
(
chair
),
Beatriz
Magaloni
,
James
Fearon
·
Distinction
M
.
A
.
in
Political
Science
Stanford
University
2011 – 2013
Thesis
:
Electoral
Rules
and
Party
Fragmentation
in
New
Democracies
·
GPA
: 3.98
B
.
A
.
in
Political
Science
&
Economics
University
of
California
,
Berkeley
2007 – 2011
Summa
Cum
Laude
·
Highest
Honors
in
Political
Science
·
Phi
Beta
Kappa
ACA DEMIC
A PPOINT MENT S
Associate
Professor
of
Political
Science
University
of
Chicago
2023 –
Present
Tenured
.
Teach
graduate
and
undergraduate
courses
in
comparative
politics
,
legislative
studies
,
and
research
design
.
Affiliated
faculty
:
Center
for
the
Study
of
Democracy
,
Pearson
Institute
.
Assistant
Professor
of
Political
Science
Northwestern
University
2018 – 2023
Tenure
-
track
.
Developed
and
taught
8
courses
including
"
Democracy
and
Dictatorship
," "
Political
Institutions
,"
and
"
Quantitative
Methods
."
Awarded
Outstanding
Teaching
Prize
2021.
Postdoctoral
Research
Fellow
Princeton
University
·
Niehaus
Center
for
Globalization
and
Governance
2017 – 2018
Research
on
the
political
economy
of
fiscal
institutions
in
developing
democracies
.
Designed
original
survey
experiment
implemented
across
6
countries
.
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SELECT ED
PUBLICAT IONS
Vásquez
,
E
., &
Tanaka
,
H
.
Party
Discipline
and
Coalition
Governance
in
Multiparty
Cabinets
American
Political
Science
Review
, 118(3), 2024
Vásquez
,
E
.
Legislative
Organization
and
the
Politics
of
Reform
Comparative
Political
Studies
, 56(8), 2023
Vásquez
,
E
., &
Osei
,
K
.
Trust
,
Institutions
,
and
Tax
Compliance
in
Emerging
Democracies
World
Politics
, 75(2), 2023
Vásquez
,
E
.
Coalition
Discipline
:
Legislative
Voting
in
Parliamentary
Systems
Oxford
University
Press
, 2022
Monograph
RESEA RCH
&
POLICY
EXPERIENCE
Senior
Policy
Advisor
(
Consultant
)
World
Bank
·
Governance
Global
Practice
2020 –
Present
Design
and
evaluate
institutional
reform
programs
in
Latin
America
.
Led
mixed
-
methods
assessment
of
legislative
strengthening
initiatives
in
Colombia
and
Peru
.
Co
-
authored
3
operational
reports
.
Democracy
Fellow
National
Endowment
for
Democracy
2019 – 2021
Advised
on
program
strategy
for
democracy
support
in
Southeast
Asia
.
Conducted
field
research
in
Indonesia
and
the
Philippines
.
Produced
5
policy
briefs
on
legislative
transparency
and
anti
-
corruption
.
Research
Consultant
United
Nations
Development
Programme
2016 – 2017
Developed
a
comparative
index
of
parliamentary
performance
across
30
countries
.
Trained
in
-
country
research
teams
on
data
collection
and
coding
protocols
.
SKILLS
&
MET HODS
QUANTITATIVE
Causal
inference
,
regression
,
time
-
series
,
panel
data
,
survey
experiments
,
machine
learning
(
R
,
Stata
,
Python
)
QUALITATIVE
Elite
interviews
,
process
tracing
,
comparative
case
studies
,
archival
research
,
content
analysis
LANGUAGES
English
—
Native
Spanish
—
Native
Portuguese
—
Advanced
French
—
Intermediate
HONORS
&
AWA RDS
APSA
Best
Article
Award
—
Comparative
Politics
Section
, 2024
National
Science
Foundation
Grant
—
SES
-2154382,
$
275,000, 2023–2025
Andrew
Carnegie
Fellowship
— 2022
Dean
'
s
Distinguished
Teaching
Award
—
Northwestern
University
, 2021
Preyer
Prize
for
Best
Dissertation
—
Stanford
University
, 2018
Fulbright
Scholar
—
Brazil
, 2014–2015
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SERVICE
&
PROFESSIONA L
MEMBERSHIPS
Editorial
Board
:
Comparative
Political
Studies
(2022–
present
),
Legislative
Studies
Quarterly
(2021–
present
)
—
Reviewer
:
APSR
,
AJPS
,
World
Politics
,
Journal
of
Politics
,
British
Journal
of
Political
Science
—
Member
:
American
Political
Science
Association
,
Midwest
Political
Science
Association
,
International
Political
Science
Association
—
Service
:
APSA
Comparative
Politics
Section
Chair
(2025),
University
Senate
Representative
(2023–
present
)
—
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