Tulane University

Contact Info
volivero@tulane.edu

Department Affiliation
Political Science

Virginia Oliveros joined the Political Science Department at Tulane University as an Assistant Professor in Fall 2013.

She studies the political economy of developing countries, with a regional focus on Latin America. Her research interests include comparative political institutions, elections, and clientelism and patronage politics. Her current research focuses on one of the mechanisms that undermines the quality of democratic politics in developing countries – the political use of public employment. She is currently working on a book manuscript on this topic.

In May 2013, she received her Ph.D. in Political Science from Columbia University. She received her BA from Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina. During the 2012-2013 academic year, she was a Visiting Scholar in the Research Department at the Inter-American Development Bank.

Degrees

• B.A., Universidad de Buenos Aires, Political Science, 2001
• M.A., Columbia University, Political Science, 2006
• M.Phil., Columbia University, Political Science, 2008
• Ph.D., Columbia University, Political Science, 2013

Academic Experience

• Assistant Professor, Tulane University, 2013-
• Associate Research Fellow, Center for Inter-American Policy and Research, Tulane University, 2013-
• Visiting Scholar, Yale University, 2016-2017
• Preceptor, Columbia University, 2012
• Teaching Assistant, Columbia University, 2007-2011
• Teaching Assistant, Universidad de Buenos Aires, 2001-2005

Research & Teaching Specializations: Political Economy of Development, Comparative Political Institutions, Elections, Clientelism and Patronage Politics

Related Experience

• Organizer, Tulane Political Science Seminar, Department of Political Science, 2014-
• Visiting Scholar, Inter-American Development Bank, 2012-2013
• Junior Consultant/Research Assistant, United Nations for Development Program, 2001

Distinctions

• Louisiana Artists and Scholars (ATLAS) Fellowship, Louisiana Board of Regents, 2016-2017
• PhD Dissertation passed with distinction, Columbia University, 2013
• Brooks World Poverty Institute Fellowship, University of Manchester, 2010
• University Fellow, Columbia University, 2005-2012
• Center for the Study of Development Strategies Summer Grant, Columbia University, 2011

Languages

• Spanish

Overseas Experience

• Argentina

Selected Publications

• Forthcoming. “Merit, Tenure, and Bureaucratic Behavior: Evidence from a Conjoint Experiment in the Dominican Republic.” With Christian Schuster. Comparative Political Studies.
• 2016. “Corruption as a Self-Fulfilling Prophecy: Evidence from a Survey Experiment in Costa
  Rica.” With Ana Corbacho, Daniel Gingerich, and Mauricio Ruiz Vega. American Journal of Political Science 60(4): 1077-1092.
• 2016. “Making it Personal: Clientelism, Favors, and the Personalization of Public Administration in Argentina,” Comparative Politics 48(3): 373-391
• 2011. “Economic Constraints and Presidential Agency.” With María Victoria Murillo and Milan Vaishnav. In The Resurgence of the Latin American Left. Steven Levitsky and Kenneth Roberts, eds. Baltimore: John Hopkins University Press.
• 2010. “Electoral Revolution or Democratic Alternation?” With María Victoria Murillo and Milan Vaishnav. Latin American Research Review 45 (3): 87-114.
• 2008. “La Legislatura de la Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires. Un estudio sobre las relaciones Ejecutive-Legislative en el nuevo marco institucional (1997-2000).” With Fernanda Araujo. Revista SAAP 3 (2): 353-393.

Recently-Taught Latin American-Related Courses: Democracy in Latin America; POLC 6410: Latin American Politics, POLC 2300: Introduction to Comparative Politics, POLS 2010: Scope and Methods of Political Science

Full CV or Website
Curriculum Vitae
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