I am an Associate Professor of Political Science a the U.S. Naval Academy, where I teach courses on comparative politics and Latin American politics.
My research focuses on the effects of political institutions on democratic stability, policymaking, and governance, with a particular focus on Latin America. One of my primary areas of interest is how the executive branch of government exercises power and how presidents interact with legislatures and their own bureaucracies. I also study presidential (in)stability, security, and the design of electoral institutions. I have published peer-reviewed articles in places such as The Journal of Politics, Political Research Quarterly, Electoral Studies, Democratization, Latin American Politics and Society, and The Latin American Research Review, as well as dozens more editor-reviewed articles, book chapters, policy papers, and op-eds. My recently published a co-edited volume, Authoritarian Consolidation in Times of Crisis: Venezuela under Nicolás Maduro, is available from Routledge Press: |