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.