Elizabeth Stein - Political Science Department - University of New ...

EDUCATION
ELIZABETH A. STEIN
University of New Orleans
Department of Political Science
2000 Lakeshore Drive, 256 Milneburg Hall
New Orleans, Louisiana 70148
e-mail: eastein@uno.edu
University of California, Los Angeles – Los Angeles, California – August 2008
Ph.D., Political Science (Comparative Politics and Quantitative Methods)
Northwestern University, Medill School of Journalism Evanston, Illinois – December 1997
M.S., Integrated Marketing Communications (Corporate Public Relations)
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill – May 1995, Graduated with distinction
B.A., Journalism and Mass Communication (Visual Communications), and
International Studies (Political Science and Latin America)
Study Abroad: La Universidad del Belgrano, Buenos Aires, Argentina – 1993
DISSERTATION
Leading the Way: The Media and the Struggle against Authoritarian Rule
Committee: Barbara Geddes (chair), Matthew Baum, Daniel Hallin, Daniel Posner and John Zaller
ACADEMIC POSITIONS
August 2008
to present
FELLOWSHIPS, GRANTS & AWARDS
Summer 2011
Summer 2010
Summer 2009
Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, University of New Orleans,
New Orleans, Louisiana
Research Library Fellow –Latin American Institute, UCLA
MacMillan Center Library Fellow, visiting postdoctoral fellow – Center for Latin American and
Iberian Studies, The Whitney and Betty MacMillan Center for International and Area Studies, Yale
University
SCoRe Summer Research Grant – Office of Research and Sponsored Programs, UNO
2007-2008 Mentored Teaching Fellow – Department of Political Science, UCLA
Spring 2008
Spring 2007
Summer 2006
Latin American Center Small Grant, funding for research on Chile – Latin American Center, UCLA
Shorenstein Fellow, visiting fellow – Joan Shorenstein Center for the Press, Politics, and Public
Policy, Harvard University Kennedy School of Government
Hoffenberg Fellowship, dissertation writing – Department of Political Science, UCLA
2004-2005 Fulbright IIE, dissertation research in Brazil and Chile – Institute of International Education and the
United States Department of State - Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs
Summer 2004
Foreign Language Area Studies Fellowship, Portuguese – Latin American Center, UCLA
2003-2004 Foreign Language Area Studies Fellowship, Portuguese – Latin American Center, UCLA
Spring 2004
Latin American Center Small Grant, funding for research on Brazil – Latin American Center, UCLA
2002-2003 Edward A. Dickson Fellowship, funding for research related to communication studies –
Department of Communication Studies, UCLA
Summer 2001
Summer 2000
Summer Research Mentorship – Graduate Division, UCLA
Tinker Grant, funding for research in Cuba – Latin American Center, UCLA
1999-2000 Foreign Language Area Studies Fellowship, Spanish – Latin American Center, UCLA

PUBLICATIONS
Frantz, Erica and Elizabeth Stein. Forthcoming. “Comparing Political Leadership in Non-Democratic Regimes,” in Ludger
Helms (ed.), Comparative Political Leadership. Hampshire, UK: Palgrave MacMillan, Inc.
Stein, Elizabeth. 2007. “Mainstream Newspaper Coverage: A Barometer of Government Tolerance for Anti-Regime
Expression in Authoritarian Brazil.” Joan Shorenstein Center on the Press, Politics and Public Policy Research Paper
Series, #R-31, http://www.hks.harvard.edu/presspol/publications/papers/research_papers/r31_stein.pdf
CONFERENCE & QUALIFYING PAPERS
“Information and Communication Technologies’ (ICTs) Influence on Mass Opposition Movements and Political Change
in Semi- and Non-Democratic Regimes,” International Studies Association Annual Meetings, 2011 – Montreal,
Canada (March 2011)
“A Cross-National Test of the Media's Role as a Barometer of Government Tolerance for Public Displays of Dissent in
Authoritarian Regimes, 1992-2008” American Political Science Association Annual Meeting, 2010 – Washington, D.C.
(August 2010)
“Economic Approval and Support for Dictators,” with Joseph Wright. American Political Science Association Annual
Meeting, 2010 – Washington, D.C. (August 2010)
“Is the Internet Revolutionary The Disconnect for Grass-Roots Movements in the Developing World,” Midwestern
Political Science Association National Conference, 2010 – Chicago, Illinois (April 2010)
“Media Coverage and Opinion Polls: Preference Falsification and the Spiral of Silence; Miscalculating the ‘No’ Vote in
the Chilean Plebiscite,” American Political Science Association Annual Meeting, 2009 – Toronto, Canada (September
2009)
“The Internet—a Revolutionary Technology but not Technology for Revolutionary Action: Inaccessible to Core
Supporters of Dissident Social Movements in Latin America,” Latin American Studies Association 2009 Congress, –
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (June 2009)
“Gauging Risk: The Media and Mass Activism in Authoritarian Brazil, 1974-1982,” American Political Science
Association Annual Meeting, 2008 – Boston, Massachusetts (August 2008)
“Planning Protests Under Authoritarian Rule: Journalists Test the Water,” Midwestern Political Science Association
National Conference, 2008 – Chicago, Illinois (April 2008)
“The Unraveling of Support for Authoritarianism: Diverging Public Opinion in a Democratizing Nation,” American
Political Science Association Annual Meeting, 2007 – Chicago, Illinois (August/September 2007)
“The Dynamic Relationship of Elites, Media and Public Opinion during Political Liberalization in Authoritarian Brazil,”
Midwestern Political Science Association National Conference, 2007 – Chicago, Illinois (April 2007)
“Leading the Way: The Media’s Effects on Public Opinion and Political Activism during Authoritarian Rule in Brazil,”
American Political Science Association Annual Meeting, 2006 – Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (September 2006)
“Sources of Popular Support in Authoritarian Regimes: Revisited (1972-1982),” Midwestern Political Science Association
Annual Meeting, 2006 – Chicago, Illinois (April 2006)
“The Canary in the Coal Mine: Journalists’ Relationship to Activists during Democratization in Brazil,” Latin American
Studies Association 2006 Congress – San Juan, Puerto Rico (May 2006)
“Embargoes and the ‘Rally-Against-the-Enemy’ Effect: Sustaining Pariah Leaders,” Midwestern Political Science
Association Annual Meetings, 2003 – Chicago, Illinois (April 2003)
“Public Approval of Economic Reform in Latin America: An Unexpected Phenomenon” Qualified Spring 2002
“Media Effects and Political Activism: Democratic Transition to Consolidation in Central America and Africa,” Western
Political Science Association Annual Meetings, 2002 – Long Beach, California (March 2002) Qualified Fall 2001

ADDITIONAL WORKING PAPERS
“Checking Presidents: Media and Partisan Mechanisms of Accountability in Latin America,” with Marisa Kellam, Texas
A&M University to be presented at the Midwestern Political Science Association Annual Meetings, April 2012
“Political Stability under Democracy and Dictatorship,” with Erica Frantz to be presented at the Latin American Studies
Association Congress, May 2012
“Silencing Critics: When and How Presidents Restrict Media Freedom in Latin America,” with Marisa Kellam, Texas
A&M University
“The Benefits of Institutionalized Leadership Succession for Dictators’ Tenure and Its Implications for Positive
Economic Policy Outcomes,” with Erica Frantz, Bridgewater State University
INVITED TALKS
“Journalism & Collective Action in Brazilian Democracy: A Positive Legacy of Authoritarian Repression,” Symposium
Celebrating 50 Years of FAPESP and the Scientific Partnership between Brazil and the United States (FAPESP is the
Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo, the scientific funding agency of the State of São Paulo),
Brazil Institute of the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, Washington D.C., October 24-26, 2011
“How (Not) to do Fieldwork,” Department of Political Science, Texas A & M University, College Station, TX (April 2011)
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Authoritarian regimes
Political activism and collective action
Media politics and political communication
Political transitions
Accountability
PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS & HONOR SOCIETIES
American Political Science Association
Midwestern Political Science Association
National Society of Collegiate Scholars
Latin America and the developing world
Public opinion
New Media (ICTs)
Political leadership
Crime and corruption
Latin American Studies Association
Kappa Tau Alpha – Journalism Honor Society
Golden Key Honor Society
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Assistant Professor (UNO)
Introduction to Comparative Politics Fall 2008
Introduction to Comparative Politics (online course) Summers 2009, 2010, 2011
Latin American Government and Politics Spring 2009, Spring 2011
Politics and the Cinema (Latin American Politics through film) Spring 2010, Fall 2011
Comparative Democratization Fall 2010
Media and Politics from a Comparative Perspective Spring 2010, 2012
Graduate Seminar in Comparative Politics Fall 2008, Fall 2010
Graduate Seminar in Latin American Politics Spring 2009, Spring 2011
Graduate Seminar in Political Change and Development Fall 2009
Graduate Seminar in Comparative Media Politics Spring 2010, 2012
Graduate Seminar on the Politics of Protest Fall 2011
Teaching Fellow (UCLA)
Media and Mass Action in Political Transition, instructor of record Spring 2008
Teaching Assistant/Associate and Grader (UCLA)
Introduction to Quantitative Research • Introduction to Comparative Politics • Introduction to World Politics •
Introduction to American Politics • Introduction to Political Theory • Government and Politics in Latin America:
South America • Government and Politics in Latin America: Middle America • Methodologies in Communication
Research • Freedom of Communication • Political Psychology • American Politics in Mass Media

GRADUATE STUDENT COMMITTEE SERVICE
Ph.D. Dissertation Committee Member – Hung Chung Wang (Joe), Jennifer Notariano, Jennifer Dumas
Ph.D. Comprehensive Exam Committee Chair – Thomas McQuaid
Ph.D. Comprehensive Exam Committee Member – Erika Burton del Pilar, Jennifer Dumas, Christina Kiel, Jennifer
Notariano
Ph.D. Qualifying Exam Committee Chair – Thomas McQuaid
Ph.D. Qualifying Exam Committee Member – Anna Ball, Erika Burton del Pilar, Jennifer Dumas, Christina Kiel,
Laurýn Minter, Julia Moore, Maria Pisaneschi, Alfonso Sanchez, Meschack Simati, Robert Worth
Master’s Exam Committee Chair – Katy Dupre, Michael Pickering, Jonathan Solis, William Stretzinger
Master’s Exam Committee Member – Angela Boyle, Erika Burton del Pilar, Allison Gavrell, Ivy Pritchard
Master’s Thesis Committee Member – Jennifer Dumas, Matthew Ireland, Rachael Proffitt
SERVICE
Faculty advisor to College Democrats Spring 2012
Initiated biweekly comparative politics working group for Ph.D. students Spring 2012
Organize and host guest speakers
Barbara Geddes, professor, UCLA March 2009
Cesar Zucco, lecturer and fellow, Princeton University, and
Daniela Campello, assistant professor, Princeton University September 2010
Marisa Kellam, assistant professor, Texas A & M University April 2011
Erica Frantz, assistant professor, Bridgewater State University September 2011
Eduardo Alemán, associate professor, University of Houston March 2012
Presentation in honors seminar Spring 2011
Faculty Recruitment Committee AY 2008-2009
Undergraduate Committee AYs 2009-2012
Reviewer for Latin American Research Review Fall 2009
Reviewer for American Journal of Political Science Fall 2011
PAST ACADEMIC & RESEARCH POSITIONS
Winter & Spring 2006
Academic Year 2005-2006
Counseling Assistant, International Institute, UCLA
Managing Editor, Ufahamu, UCLA
2002 – 2004 Graduate Student Researcher, UCLA, for Professor Barbara Geddes
Spring 2003
Fall 2002 – Winter 2003
Academic Year 2002-2003
Winter 2001-Summer 2002
Winter 2002
Summer 2000, Fall 2001
Committee Member for Student Recruitment Weekend, UCLA
Assistant to Committee Chair, UCLA, for Professor Barbara Geddes, Political
Science Faculty Recruitment Committee
Information Liaison to First-Year Students, Political Science Graduate Student
Association, UCLA
Assistant Editor, APSA-CP Newsletter, UCLA, for Daniel Treisman, editor
Graduate Student Researcher, UCLA, for Professor Matthew Baum.
Graduate Student Researcher, UCLA, for Professor Miriam Golden
SKILLS
Languages:
Computer:
Fluent in Spanish and Portuguese
Access, Excel, PageMaker, Photoshop, PowerPoint, Publisher, SPSS, Stata, Word

PAST WORK EXPERIENCE
January-August 1999 Freelance Writer, Editor, Document Designer, Self-Employed, Chicago, Illinois
● Chicago Tribune – Circulation Marketing, account executive
● English as a Second Language Tutor
● Copy editor for medical marketing firm
March-December 1998 Account Executive, Ketchum Public Relations, Chicago, Illinois
June-September 1997 Professional Resident, Kemper Lesnik Communications, Chicago, Illinois
June-September 1996 Editorial Assistant, Team Marketing Report, Chicago, Illinois
December 1995- Community Relations/Media Services Intern, Chicago Wolves Hockey Club,
June 1996
Rosemont, Illinois
May-October 1995 Sports Marketing Intern, The Michael Jordan Foundation, Chicago, Illinois