ANDY BAKER

Academic Positions

Assistant Professor, University of Colorado at Boulder, Fall 2007 to present.

Assistant Professor, Northeastern University, Fall 2004 to Spring 2007.

Assistant Professor, University of Houston, 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.

Articles in Refereed Journals

Barry Ames, Andy Baker, Lucio R. Renno (2008). "Split-Ticket Voting as the Rule: Voters and Permanent Divided Government in Brazil." Electoral Studies.

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 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.

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.

Chapters in Refereed Volumes

Andy Baker (2009). "Why is Voting Behavior so Regionalized in Mexico? Political Discussion and Vote Choice in the 2006 Election." In Jorge I. Dominguez, Chappell Lawson, and Alejandro Moreno (eds.), Mexico's Choice: The 2006 Presidential Campaign in Comparative Perspective. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press

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.

Invited Publications

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

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, 2005.

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

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

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

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

"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

"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."  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.

Chair and Discussant for "Political Economy of International Trade Policymaking."  Midwest 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.

Discussant for "The Effect of the Economy on Public Opinion and Voting in New Democracies."  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.

Discussant for "Parties and Political Behavior in Latin America."  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 Brazil's 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 Areas

Comparative Politics

Introduction to Comparative Politics; Latin American Politics; Politics and Political Economy in Developing Countries; Comparative Political Behavior; Comparative Political Economy; Politics in Brazil and/or Mexico.

Research Methodology

Introduction to Statistics; Advanced Statistics; Maximum Likelihood; Survey Research Methods.

International Relations

International Political Economy; US-Latin American Relations.

Professional Service

Reviewer for American Journal of Political Science, American Political Science Review, Comparative Political Studies, DuBois Review, Electoral Studies, International Organization, International Studies Quarterly, Journal of Politics, Latin American Politics and Society, Latin American Research Review, Legislative Studies Quarterly, Operant Subjectivity, Party Politics, Political Analysis, Political Research Quarterly, PS: Political Science & Politics, and Social Science Quarterly.

Reviewer for 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).  

Fieldwork

Fieldwork for NSF Grant, Brazil , June 2002 to November 2002, May 2004.

Dissertation fieldwork, Mexico , April 1999 to August 1999.

Dissertation fieldwork, Brazil , August 1998 to March 1999.

Preliminary dissertation fieldwork, Brazil , January 1997 to June 1997.

Undergraduate thesis fieldwork, Mexico , January 1993 to May 1993.

Research Skills and Experience

Foreign languages

Portuguese (excellent).

Spanish (good).

Questionnaire and survey design

Designed, with team of 11 others, NSF-funded “Mexico 2006 Panel Study.

Designed and administrated, with team of two others, 25,000-respondent survey in Brazil during 2002, 2004, and 2006 elections for NSF-funded "Social Context and Voting Behavior in Brazil ."

Designed 1000-respondent survey in Brazil in 1999 and 2005.

Designed and administered small-N Q-methodology survey in Mexico in 1993.

References

Barry Ames, University of Pittsburgh

Raymond Duch, Oxford University    

Diana Mutz, University of Pennsylvania

Leigh Payne, University of Minnesota and Oxford University