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Elizabeth Kaknes
Assistant Professor of Political Science
Bio
I am an Assistant Professor of Political Science at Marist College. Before coming to Marist, I was a Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Michigan’s Weiser Center for Emerging Democracies. I hold a PhD in Comparative Politics from the University of Virginia. My work focuses on the political and social effects of development policy in middle-income countries. I’m interested in Latin American politics, survey methodology, democratic development, and social policy. My current research project uses original field surveys to understand the ways in which redistributive social policy changes recipients’ political attitudes in Brazil. I teach courses on the political economy of development, global health, democracy and dictatorship, introduction to comparative politics, and a First Year Seminar called “How to Make the World a Better Place.” In my free time, I love to travel (most recently to Ireland) and walk my senior shelter dog, Benny.
Education
BA, University of Mary Washington
MA, University of Virginia
PhD, University of Virginia
Research Interests / Areas of Focus
Political Economy, Social Policy, Development, Survey Methods, Latin American Politics, Brazilian Politics, Democratic Quality
Selected Publications
Manuscripts in Submission and In Progress
Policy Attribution and Political Behavior in Brazil. Manuscript in progress
Welfare and Democratic Confidence In Brazil. Manuscript in progress
Insurance and Electoral Behavior in Mexico (with Heidi Schramm). Manuscript in progress
Social Mobility and Citizenship: Race, Gender, and Welfare Policy in Two Brazilian Cities. Manuscript in progress
Social Policy and the Quality of Education in Brazil with M.Harris, K. Rivera, and A.Nader. Research in progress
Policy Transfers, Health Benefits, and Electoral Preferences in Brazil (With Carol Mershon). Research in progress
Selected Presentations
Invited Talks
SUNY Orange, October 2018
Wilmington College, November 2017
University of Toledo, February 2017
International Institute, University of Michigan, March 2017
Federal University of Uberlandia: Uberlandia, MG, Brazil, June 2014
American Political Science Association Presentations
Social Policy, Survey Design, and Sophistication: CCTs and Confidence In Brazil, 2015
Health, the Poor and Politics: Evidence from Mexico, 2013
Midwest Political Science Association Presentations
Can Welfare Programs Condition Education Spending?: Evidence from the Case of
Brazil (with A. Nader, M. Harris, K. Rivera), 2018
Health, Policy, and Elections in Brazil (with C. Mershon), 2017
Policy Transfers, Health, and Electoral Preferences in Brazil (with C. Mershon), 2016
Politics, Poverty, and Partisanship in Brazil, 2015
Policies and Partisans: Effect of Cash Transfers on Partisan Support in Mexico, 2013
The Relationship of Ethnicity and Democratic Values: Evidence from Bolivia, 2012
Other Selected Conference Presentations
Social Mobility and Citizenship: Race, Gender, and Welfare Policy in Two Brazilian Cities
2019 Southern Political Science Association Austin, Texas
Race, Gender, and Welfare Policy in Brazil
2018 Brazilian Studies Association Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
How Welfare Programs Affect Public Goods: Bolsa Família and Public Education in Brazil
2018 Latin American Studies Association International Congress, Barcelona, Spain
Afro-Brasileiro, Proffssao Esperanca: How Welfare Programs Affect Social Class and Race in Brazil, 2017 Latin American Studies Association International Congress, Lima, Peru
Purposive Random Sampling: Innovations in Survey Research Design 2014
Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro Economics Workshop
Social Insurance and Electoral Behavior in Mexico (with Heidi Schramm)
2013 Annual Meetings of the Society for Political Methodology
Awards and Honors
Faculty Research Award, Marist College (2018: $5,500)
All-University Travel Grant, Marist College (2018: $2,500)
Fundacao de Pesquisa do Estado de Rio de Janeiro/Rio de Janeiro State Research
Foundation (FAPERJ), Reverse-Doctoral Fellowship (2015: R$22,000)
David L. Boren Fellowship National Security Education Program (2014: $24,500)
Virginia Foundation for the Humanities South Atlantic Studies Fellow (2013: $1,500)
Bankard Fund for Political Economy Dissertation Fellowship (2014: $15,000)
Buckner W. Clay Endowment for the Humanities Fellowship (2014: $3,500)
Fernbach Award for International Relations Fellowship (2013: $2,500)
Quantitative Collaborative Interdisciplinary Research Grant (2013: $3,000)
Summer Language Fellowship, Sao Paulo, Brazil (2012: $3,000)
University of Virginia Quantitative Collaborative, Graduate Fellow (2011- 2012: $5,000)
