Michael Ahn Paarlberg, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Founders Hall 301, 827 W. Franklin St., Room 301
Office hours: By appointment
Latin America
International Migration
Labor Politics
Education
- Ph.D., Political Science, Georgetown University
- M.P.P., Public Policy, Georgetown University
- B.A., Political Science, Williams College
Research Interests
- Latin American politics
- International migration and diasporas
- Labor politics
Select Publications
- “Sanctuary Policies and the Influence of Local Demographics and Partnership.” with Benjamin Gonzalez O’Brien and Loren Collingwood. Urban Affairs Review, 2023
- “Transnational Gangs and Criminal Remittances: A Conceptual Framework.” Comparative Migration Studies Vol. 10, no. 24, 2022
- “Hometown Associations and Parties as Vehicles for Mexican Electoral Campaigns in the US.” Representation, 2020
- “Competing for the Diaspora’s Influence at Home: Party Structure and Transnational Campaign Activity in Latin America.” Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies Vol. 45, no. 4, 2019
- “Transnational Militancy: Diaspora Influence over Electoral Activity in Latin America.” Comparative Politics Vol. 49, no. 4, 2017
Affiliations
- Institute for Policy Studies, Associate Fellow
Courses
- POLI 389: Politics of Immigration
- POLI 353: Latin American Government and Politics
- POLI 320: Research Methods
- POLI 109: Comparative Politics
Links
- Latin America's Pink Tide Is an Opportunity for Washington, Foreign Policy, 11/10/2022.
- Gang Membership in Central America: More Complex than Meets the Eye, Migration Policy Institute, 8/26/2021.
- Bernie’s Approach To Latin America’s Socialist Leaders Wouldn’t Be That Radical, Huffington Post, 3/17/2020.
- Académico estadounidense derrumba el mito de que Pinochet mejoró la economía chilena, CNN Chile 9/13/2018.
- This is why the two leading candidates for Guatemala’s presidency came to the U.S. to campaign, Washington Post, 9/10/2015.