McClure Professor of Teaching Excellence. He earned a PhD from the University of Chicago in 2004 and specializes in Latin American politics, political institutions, democratization, and ethnic politics. Among his recent publications are “Confronting Coup Risk in the Latin American Left,” (with Eric Rittinger) in Studies in Comparative International Development (2013) and The Sources of Democratic Responsiveness in Mexico (2010). He is currently working on a variety of research projects relevant to Latin American politics, including a book-length project on indigenous autonomy in southern Mexico, and a paper on the adoption of legislative gender quotas in Europe and Latin America.