ANDY BAKER

Academic Positions

Current

University of Colorado at Boulder

Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, Fall 2009 to present.

Director of Graduate Studies, Department of Political Science, Fall 2010 to present.

Faculty Research Associate, Institute for Behavioral Science, Fall 2008 to present.

Previous

University of Colorado at Boulder

Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, Fall 2007 to Spring 2009.

Northeastern University

Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, Fall 2004 to Spring 2007

University of Houston

Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, Fall 2001 to Spring 2004

 

Education

Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Madison, Political Science, August 2001.

M.A., University of Wisconsin-Madison, Political Science, May 1995.

B.A. with Honors in Political Science, Valparaiso University, May 1994.

Publications

Book

Andy Baker (2009). The Market and the Masses in Latin America: Policy Reform and Consumption in Liberalizing Economies. (Cambridge Studies in Comparative Politics).  New York: Cambridge University Press.

Refereed Journal Articles on Comparative Politics or International Relations

Andy Baker and David Cupery (Forthcoming). "Understanding Anti-Americanism in Latin America: Economic Exchange, Foreign Policy Legacies, and Mass Attitudes toward the Colossus of the North." Latin American Research Review

Andy Baker and Kenneth F. Greene (2011). "The Latin American Left's Mandate: Free-Market Politics and Issue Voting in New Democracies." World Politics 63(1): 43-77.

Chappell Lawson, Gabriel S. Lenz, Andy Baker, and Michael Myers (2010). "Looking Like a Winner: Candidate Appearance and Electoral Success in New Democracies." World Politics 62(4): 561-93.

Barry Ames, Andy Baker, Lucio R. Renno (2009). "Split-Ticket Voting as the Rule: Voters and Permanent Divided Government in Brazil." Electoral Studies 28: 8-20.

Andy Baker and Ethan Scheiner (2007).  "Electoral System Effects and Ruling Party Dominance in Japan : A Counterfactual Simulation Based on Adaptive Parties." Electoral Studies 26:447-91.

Andy Baker, Barry Ames, and Lucio R. Renno (2006).  "Social Context and Campaign Volatility in New Democracies: Networks and Neighborhoods in Brazil's 2002 Elections."  American Journal of Political Science 50(2): 382-99.

Andy Baker (2005).  "Who Wants to Globalize?  Consumer Tastes and Labor Markets in a Theory of Trade Policy Beliefs." American Journal of Political Science 49(4): 924-38.

Andy Baker and Ethan Scheiner (2004).  "Adaptive Parties: Party Strategic Capacity under Japanese SNTV." Electoral Studies 23(2): 251-78.

Andy Baker (2003).  "Why is Trade Reform so Popular in Latin America?  A Consumption-Based Theory of Trade Policy Preferences." World Politics 55(3): 423-55.

Andy Baker (2002).  "Reformas liberalizantes e aprovacao presidencial: a politizacao dos debates da politica economica no Brasil [Free-Market Reform and Presidential Approval: The Politicization of Economic Policy Debates in Brazil]." Dados 45(1): 77-98.

Andy Baker (1997).  "Identifying Political Subcultures in Mexico." Operant Subjectivity 20(3/4): 73-96.

Refereed Journal Articles on American Politics

Andy Baker and Corey Cook (2005).  "Representing Black Interests and Promoting Black Culture: The Importance of African American Descriptive Representation in the U.S. House." DuBois Review 2(2): 227-46.

Lila Rosenthal, Deborah P. Scott, Zeman Kelleta, Astatkie Zikarge, Matthew Momoh, Judith Lahai-Momoh, Michael W. Ross, and Andy Baker (2003). "Assessing the HIV/AIDS Health Services of African Immigrants to Houston." AIDS Education and Prevention 15(6): 570-580.

Chapters in Refereed Volumes

Andy Baker (2010). "La Viabilidad Politica y la Popularidad Masiva de los TLC." In Jose Raul Perales y Eduardo Moron, eds., La Economia Politica del Tratado de Libre Comercio entre Peru y Estados Unidos. Washington, D.C. Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, pp. 43-50.

Andy Baker (2009). "Regionalized Voting Behavior and Political Discussion in Mexico." In Jorge I. Dominguez, Chappell Lawson, and Alejandro Moreno, eds., Consolidating Mexico´s Democracy: The 2006 Presidential Campaign in Comparative Perspective. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 71-88.

Barry Ames, Andy Baker, and Lucio R. Renno (2008). "The 'Quality' of Elections in Brazil: Policy, Performance, Pageantry, or Pork?" In Timothy J. Power and Peter R. Kingstone, eds., Democratic Brazil Revisited. Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, pp. 107-133.

Invited Publications

Andy Baker (2010). "Review of Jude Hays, Globalization and the New Politics of Embedded Liberalism." Political Studies Quarterly.

Andy Baker (2009).  "Review of Larry Diamond, Marc. F. Plattner, and Diego Abente Brun, eds., Latin America's Struggle for Democracy."  Latin American Politics and Society.

Andy Baker (2006).  "Government and Politics: Brazil." Handbook of Latin American Studies, No. 61.  61: 425-38. 

Andy Baker (2004).  "Review of Kurt Weyland, The Politics of Market Reform in Fragile Democracies: Argentina, Brazil, Peru, and Venezuela." Journal of Politics 66(2): 643-45.

Andy Baker (2002).  "Marketing Spectator Sports with Violence: The National Football League." GSC Quarterly 4(Spring).

Andy Baker (2001).  "Review of Peter R. Kingstone and Timothy J. Power, eds., Democratic Brazil: Actors, Institutions, and Processes." Luso-Brazilian Review 38(1): 130-31.

Grants and Honors

Post-Doctoral

Time-Sharing Experiments for the Social Sciences (in kind), “Racial Prejudice and Paternalism in Mass Support for Foreign Aid,” co-Principal Investigator with Jennifer Fitzgerald, 2011.

Alumni Scholarship ($2000), International Faculty Development Seminar, Council on International Education Exchange, 2011.

Dean’s Fund for Excellence ($900), University of Colorado at Boulder, 2010.

Faculty Research Grant ($3000), Colorado European Union Center of Excellence, University of Colorado at Boulder, "The Puzzle of Foreign Aid," co-Principal Investigator with Jennifer Fitzgerald, 2009

Scholar Funds ($2500), Center to Advance Research & Teaching in the Social Sciences, University of Colorado at Boulder, "The Puzzle of Foreign Aid," 2009.

Faculty International Development Grant ($2000), University of Colorado at Boulder, 2009.

Dean's Fund for Excellence ($900), University of Colorado at Boulder, 2009.

Dean's Fund for Excellence ($600), University of Colorado at Boulder, "The Market and the Masses in Latin America," 2007.

National Science Foundation Grant ($250,000), "Mexico 2006 Panel Study," Senior Project Member.

Institute for the Study of Citizens and Politics ($6,000), Annenberg Public Policy Center, University of Pennsylvania, "So are Latin Americans Neoliberals or Not?" 2005.

Research and Scholarship Development Fund ($13,000), Office of the Provost, Northeastern University, "So are Latin Americans Neoliberals or Not?" 2005.

Harvard Academy Scholars Finalist, 2003.

National Science Foundation Grant ($220,000), "The Dynamics of Political Attitude Formation in a Milieu of Multiple Weak Parties," co-Principal Investigator with Barry Ames, 2002.

New Faculty Research Grant ($6,000), University of Houston, 2002.

Small Grants Program ($3,000), University of Houston, 2002.

Doctoral

University of Wisconsin-Madison Global Studies Scholarship, MacArthur Program, 2000-2001.

University of Wisconsin-Madison Advanced Graduate Student Fellowship, 1999-2000.

Social Science Research Council International Dissertation Research Fellowship, 1998-1999.

Rio Branco Institute Scholarship, 1998.

Social Science Research Council International Predissertation Fellowship, 1996-1997.

Foreign Language and Area Studies Fellowship for Summer Portuguese Study, 1995.

Invited Presentations

Conference on “The Politics of Anti-Americanism,” Princeton University, May 2011.

Conference on “Political Preference Formation,” Duke University, April 2011.

Conference on "Globalization and Governance: Innovative Research on Globalization and Fiscal Policy," Washington University, February 2010.

Department of Political Science, University of California San Deigo, February 2010.

Conference on "The Political Economy of Latin American Free Trade Agreements," Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, November 2009.

Woodrow Wilson Department of Politics, University of Virginia, March 2009.

Conference on "Domestic Preferences and Foreign Economic Policy," Niehaus Center of Globalization and Governance, Princeton University, April 2008.

Conference on "Democracy and Globalization," Niehaus Center of Globalization and Governance, Princeton University, September 2007.

Conference on "Mexico's 2006 Elections," Harvard University, December 2006.

Conference on "Democracy, Divided Government, and Split-ticket Voting," Harvard University, May 2006.

David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Seminar Series, Harvard University, May 2006.

Center for Mexican Studies, University of Texas-Austin, February 2006.

Political Science Department, University of California-Davis, January 2005.

David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Seminar Series, Harvard University, October 2004.

Bildner Center for Western Hemisphere Studies, City University of New York, September 2003.

Conference Presentations

“Racial Prejudice and Paternalism in Mass Support for Foreign Aid” (with Jennifer Fitzgerald). American Political Science Association, 2011 and International Political Economy Society, 2011.

"Does Trade with the U.S. Reduce Anti-Americanism?" (with David Cupery). International Political Economy Society, 2010.

"Are Democracies Cheaper? Regime Type, Electoral System, and Consumer Price Levels" (with David S. Brown). American Political Science Association, 2010.

"Partisan Identification, Interpersonal Communication, and Group Identity: Evidence from a New Democracy" (with Barry Ames, Lucio R. Renno, and Anand E. Sokhey). American Political Science Association, 2010.

"Mass Anti-Americanism in Latin America" (with David Cupery). Midwest Political Science Association, 2010.

"Why is there Trade without Compensation in the South? Globalization without Welfare States in the Developing World." American Political Science Association, 2009.

"Are Women Everywhere more Statist than Men?" Midwest Political Science Association, 2009.

"Public Opinion and the Compensation Hypothesis." International Political Economy Society, 2008.

"Does the Latin American Left Have a Mandate? Economic Reform and Voting Behavior in 18 Countries" (with Kenneth F. Greene). Midwest Political Science Association, 2008.

"Who Supports Foreign Aid? Evidence from Europe." Midwest Political Science Association, 2008.

"Social Networks in the 2006 Mexican Elections."  American Political Science Association, 2006.

"Party Identification in Third Wave Democracies:  The Case of Brazil," (with Barry Ames and Lucio R. Renno).  Midwest Political Science Association, 2006.

"Election 'Quality' in Brazil: Policy, Pageantry, or Patron-Client Exchange?" (with Barry Ames and Lucio R. Renno).  Latin American Studies Association, 2006.

"So Are Latin Americans Neoliberals or Not? Unpacking Attitudes toward Market Policies in the Medium Run."  American Political Science Association, 2005.

"Vote Intention in Brazil 's 2002 Election," (with Barry Ames and Lucio R. Renno).  Midwest Political Science Association, 2005.

"Social Context and Voter Volatility in Weak-Party Systems: Political Discussion and Preference Change in Brazil's 2002 Elections," (with Barry Ames and Lucio R. Renno).  Latin American Studies Association, 2004.

"Preference Instability and Social Networks in a Volatile Campaign: Voter Change and Choice in Brazil's 2002 Election."  American Political Science Association, 2003.

"Who Supports Free Trade? Explaining Trade Policy Preferences beyond the Developed World."  Midwest Political Science Association, 2003.

"Brazilian Voters in Context: Social Networks, Political Organizations and Attitudinal Dynamics in the 2002 Election Campaign."  Latin American Studies Association, 2003.

"Economic Policy Beliefs in an Unstable Regime: Social Class, Elite Persuasion and Issue Evolution in Mexico from 1982-2000."  Latin American Studies Association, 2001.

"Why is Trade Reform so Popular in Latin America?"  American Political Science Association, 2001.

"Mass Support for Free Market Reform: Self-Interest and Elite Influence in Brazil ."  American Political Science Association, 2000.

"Representing Black Interests and Promoting Black Culture: The Importance of African American Descriptive Representation in the U.S. House," (poster with Corey Cook).  American Political Science Association, 2000.

"Thinking for Themselves in Brazil : Including Spontaneous Considerations in Zaller's Model."  Society for Political Methodology, 2000.

"Economic Policy Debates and Voter Choice in Brazil." Latin American Studies Association, 2000.

"Party Strategy and Malapportionment under Japanese SNTV: A Case of Underdispersion in Events Data," (poster with Ethan Scheiner).  Society for Political Methodology, 1999.

"Responses to Brazi Abertura Comercial: Trade-Related Policy Preferences and Political Cleavages."  Rio Branco Institute Fellows Conference, 1998.

"Voter Turnout in Comparative Perspective: Synthesizing Institutional and Individual-Level Explanations." Midwest Political Science Association, 1996.

Teaching Experience and Interests

Comparative Politics

African Politics (undergraduate)

Chinese Politics (undergraduate)

Comparative Political Behavior (graduate and undergraduate)

Comparative Political Economy (graduate and undergraduate)

Introduction to Comparative Politics (graduate and undergraduate)

Latin American Politics (graduate and undergraduate)

Third World Development (graduate and undergraduate)

International Relations

International Political Economy (graduate and undergraduate)

U.S.-Latin American Relations (undergraduate)

Methodology

Introduction to Statistics (graduate and undergraduate)

Advanced Statistics (graduate and undergraduate)

Undergraduate Honors Thesis (undergraduate)

Professional Service

Reviewer for American Journal of Political Science, American Political Science Review, Business and Politics, Columbia FDI Perspectives, Comparative Political Studies, Comparative Politics, DuBois Review, Electoral Studies, European Journal of Political Research, European Union Politics, Foreign Policy Analysis , International Organization, International Political Science Review, International Studies Quarterly, Journal of Development Studies, Journal of International Relations and Development, Journal of Politics, Journal of Politics in Latin America, Latin American Politics and Society, Latin American Research Review, Legislative Studies Quarterly, Operant Subjectivity, Party Politics, Political Analysis, Política y Gobierno, Political Research Quarterly, PS: Political Science & Politics, Review of International Political Economy, Social Science Quarterly, Socio-Economic Review, and World Politics.

Reviewer for Cambridge University Press, Oxford University Press, Pearson Longman Press, Roxbury Press, and Wadsworth.

Reviewer for US National Science Foundation, Social Science Research Council International Dissertation Research Fellowship, and Israeli National Science Foundation.

Section head, Comparative Politics: Political Behavior, 2009 Midwest Political Science Association Meeting.

Contributing Editor, Brazil's Government and Politics, Handbook of Latin American Studies (2006).