Chano Arreguin-Abarca
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Chano Arreguin-Abarca is a PhD candidate in political science.
Gonzalo Di Landro
Areas of Interest: Comparative Politics, Gender and Politics, Representation, Political Behavior, Political Parties
Dissertation Advisor: Diana Z. O’Brien (co-chair), Randolph T. Stevenson (co-chair)
Gonzalo Di Landro is a Ph.D. candidate in Political Science specializing in Comparative Politics. He conducts research on Gender and Politics, with a focus on party behavior and mass political behavior in Western democracies. His dissertation builds on theories of the political economy of gender inequality, uncovering the role of political parties, particularly their gender-egalitarian labor market policies, in driving gender differences in vote choice in Western Europe. To that end, his work leverages large-N and experimental research designs. Gonzalo has taught Comparative Politics and will teach Representation in Contemporary Democracies in the spring of 2025. He is prepared to teach courses on Gender and Politics, Comparative Political Behavior and Parties, and Research Design. His dissertation has been funded by Rice’s Social Science Research Institute through its pre-dissertation and dissertation improvement grants. He was a Junior Visiting Scholar at the University of Oxford and Sciences Po in 2024. His work is forthcoming in the British Journal of Political Science and in Legislative Studies Quarterly. You can read more about Gonzalo’s research at gdilandro.com.
Gustavo Guajardo
Areas of Interest: Comparative Politics, corruption, accountability, electoral institutions, representation, legislative studies, Latin America
Dissertation Advisor: Leslie A. Schwindt-Bayer
Gustavo Guajardo is a Ph.D. candidate in Comparative Politics and will defend his dissertation in Spring 2025. His research agenda broadly studies how corruption and accountability intersect with electoral institutions, legislative behavior, and representation, with a regional focus in Latin America. Gustavo uses a combination of large-n observational data analysis, causal inference, natural experiments, and elite interviews from fieldwork to study the strategic calculus of anticorruption reform efforts. His dissertation uses the first systematic data collection of anticorruption initiatives introduced to Latin American legislatures to show that politicians weigh the benefits and drawbacks of anticorruption reform, promoting policies that will win them votes without threatening their political careers and rents. Gustavo’s work has been published or is forthcoming in the American Political Science Review, Comparative Political Studies, and has been invited to resubmit to Legislative Studies Quarterly. His research has been supported by the National Science Foundation and Rice University’s Social Science Research Institute. Gustavo is prepared to teach courses in Comparative Political Institutions, Latin American Politics, Mexican politics, Corruption in Politics, and Research Design.
Gladys Zubiria
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Dissertation Advisor: T. Clifton Morgan
Gladys Zubiria is a Ph.D. candidate in Political Science.