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ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS |
Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, University of Rochester, 2017-present Advisory Committee, W. Allen Wallis Institute of Political Economy, University of Rochester, 2017-present Faculty Affiliate, Democracy Center, University of Rochester, 2022-present Instructor, Department of Political Science, University of Rochester, 2016 |
EDUCATION |
Ph.D., Economics (2016) University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada Thesis topic: “Essays on the Political Economy of Conditional Cash Transfers” Committee: Francesco Trebbi (Advisor), Siwan Anderson, Patrick Francois, Thomas Lemieux M.A., Economics (2008-2010) New York University, New York, NY, USA B.A., Economics (1999-2002) Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil |
OTHER PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE |
Equity Research Analyst (Vice President) Covering Latin American Power Utilities, Oil & Gas and Transportation companies at J.P. Morgan (2004-11, New York) and Citibank (2003, São Paulo) |
PUBLICATIONS & ACCEPTED ARTICLES |
Larger Legislatures and The Cost of Political Brokerage: Evidence from Brazil (2022), The Journal of Politics (Forthcoming) Sleeping with the Enemy: Effective Representation under Dynamic Electoral Competition (2021), American Journal of Political Science https://doi.org/10.1111/ajps.12681 (with Sergio Montero and Gabriel López-Moctezuma) Can Descriptive Representation Help the Right Win Votes from the Poor? Evidence from Brazil. 2023. American Journal of Political Science, 67(3): 671-686 (with Zuheir Desai) Strategic Allocation of Irrevocable and Durable Benefits (2022), American Journal of Political Science, 6(2): 451-467. Do Reelection Incentives Improve Policy Implementation? Accountability vs. Political Targeting (2021), Quarterly Journal of Political Science, 16(1):35-69. Cash Transfers, Clientelism, and Political Enfranchisement: Evidence from Brazil (2019), Journal of Public Economics, 176:1-17. |
REFEREE |
Political Science: American Journal of Political Science, American Political Science Review, British Journal of Political Science, Electoral Studies, Journal of Politics, Legislative Studies Quarterly, Political Studies, Political Research Quarterly, Political Science Research and Methods, World Politics. Economics: AEJ: Applied Economics, Econometrica, Economic Inquiry, Journal of Development Economics, Journal of the European Economic Association, Journal of Law, Economics and Organization, Journal of Political Economy, Journal of Public Economics. |
DEPARTMENTAL SERVICE |
Undergraduate advisor (2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2022, 2023) Co-organizer of the 2023 Comparative Politics and Formal Theory Conference Organizer of the Political Methodology seminar series: 2017-2018 Co-organizer of the Riker seminar series: 2022-2023 Co-organizer of the Wallis seminar and working paper series: 2018-2019, 2019-2020, 2022-2023 Co-creator and organizer of the Rochester Conference in Applied Methods in Political Science (CAMPS): 2019, 2022 Wallis graduate fellowships selection committee: 2017-2018, 2021-2022 Member of the planning committee for the Masters in Political Economy at the Department of Political Science Member of the selection committee for the William H. Riker Prize |
PRESENTATIONS |
2023: IE-Rochester PE Workshop (Madrid), SPSA, APSA; 2022: Washington University in St. Louis, APSA, Warwick (UK), London School of Economics (UK), University of Zurich (CH), MPSA, EPSA; 2021: Princeton, APSA (virtual); 2020: FGV (Brazil), Insper (Brazil), APSA (virtual); 2019: Harvard (Clientelism Conference), APSA, Yale (Political Economy Conference), Barcelona Graduate School of Economics (Conference); 2018: EPSA, APSA, AEL Development Meeting (Zurich); 2017: MPSA, PolMeth (Poster); 2016: Chicago (Harris), Vanderbilt (Economics), University of Ottawa (CAN, Economics), University of York (CAN, Economics); 2015: Rochester |
TEACHING |
University of Rochester Graduate Research Seminar (2018-2019) Causal Inference (graduate, 2016-2023) Political Economy of Development (graduate, 2024E) Reading course in Empirical Political Economy (graduate, 2017, 2023) Introduction to R Programming (graduate, 2022) Poverty and Development (undergraduate, 2017, 2018, 2020, 2022) Elections in Developing Countries (undergraduate, 2017, 2019, 2020, 2021) Honor thesis supervisor (undergraduate, 2018, 2019, 2020) Independent Study supervision (undergraduate, 2018, 2019, 2020) University of British Columbia Teaching Assistant in the following fields (2011-2015): Empirical Methods, Environmental Economics, Trade, Development Economics |
FELLOWSHIPS AND AWARDS |
International Tuition Award (2011–2014), University of British Columbia Faculty of Arts Graduate Award (2011–2012), University of British Columbia A D Scott Fellowship in Economics (2012–2013), University of British Columbia Graduate Microeconomics Award (2009), New York University |
GRADUATE ADVISING |
Member of dissertation committee: Tony Molino (ABD, Political Science) Weihong Qi (ABD, Political Science) Sami Gul (ABD, Political Science) Thi Theu Dinh (ABD, Political Science) Alessio Albarello (ABD, Political Science) Varun Karekurve Ramachandra (2022, Political Science) Maria Silfa (2022, Political Science) Gyu Sang Shim (2022, Political Science) Zuheir Desai (2020, Political Science) Olga Gasparyan (2020, Political Science) Hans Leonard (2020, Political Science) |
CITIZENSHIP |
Brazilian, US Permanent Resident |
