Rebecca Weitz-Shapiro
Assistant Professor of Political Science and Public Policy:
Political Science
Phone:
rbweitz@brown.edu
Rebecca Weitz-Shapiro's research interests include comparative political institutions, federalism and decentralization, and the political economy of development. In particular, she is interested in variation in the quality of representation and accountability within democratic governments in the developing world. Her current book project explores the determinants of variation in the use of clientelism across Argentine municipalities.
Biography
Rebecca Weitz-Shapiro is the Stanley J. Bernstein Assistant Professor of Political Science and Public Policy at Brown University. She received her Ph.D. with distinction from Columbia University in May, 2008. Her research interests include comparative political institutions, federalism and decentralization, and the political economy of development. Her empirical research has largely focused on Latin America, and she relies on a variety of methods, including survey experiments, in her research. Her current book project examines the causes of variation in the reliance on clientelism across municipalities in Argentina. She is also working on a collaborative project (with Matthew S. Winters, Illinois-UC) that examines the political determinants of life satisfaction. She has published articles in Comparative Political Studies, the Latin American Research Review, and the Journal of Politics.
Degrees
Phd, Columbia University 2008
Awards
Honorable Mention, Best Fieldwork Award Committee, Comparative
Democratization Section, American Political Science Association Annual Meeting, 2008
Candidate address, PhD Convocation, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, Columbia University, May 2008
National Science Foundation Dissertation Improvement Grant, August 2006
ISERP Graduate Fellow, Columbia University (2006-2008)
CIBER Doctoral Research Grant (Center for International Business Education and Research, Columbia University), Summer 2006
Institute for Latin American Studies (Columbia University) Tinker Summer Field Research Grant, Summer 2005
National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship, (2003-2006)
Fulbright Fellowship, Argentina, November 2001 - May 2002
Curriculum Vitae
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