May 2014 Antonio Ugues Jr. Department of Political Science St. Mary's College of Maryland 18952 E. Fisher Road St. Mary s City, MD 20686 Telephone: 1-240-895-2119 E-mail: augues@smcm.edu ACADEMIC POSITIONS St. Mary's College of Maryland, St. Mary s City, Maryland Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science (2013 present) Chapman University, Orange, California Lecturer, Department of Political Science (2012 2013) University of California-Riverside, Riverside, California Associate-in Residence, Department of Political Science (2011 2013) EDUCATION University of California-Riverside, Riverside, California Ph.D., Political Science (2013) Dissertation: A Comparative Analysis of Electoral Management Bodies in Central America University of California-Riverside, Riverside, California M.A., Political Science (2009) California State University-Bakersfield, Bakersfield, California B.A., Political Science & Economics (2006) RESEARCH & TEACHING INTERESTS Comparative politics, Latin America, Democracy and Elections PUBLICATIONS Peer Reviewed Articles Antonio Ugues Jr., D. Xavier Medina Vidal, and Shaun Bowler. 2012. Experience Counts: Page 1 of 6
Mixed Member Elections and Mexico s Chamber of Deputies. Journal of Legislative Studies 18: 98-112. David Pion-Berlin, Antonio Ugues Jr., and Diego Esparza. 2011. Self Advertised Military Missions in Latin America: What is Disclosed and Why? Political and Military Sociology: An Annual Review 38: 1-25. Antonio Ugues Jr., Keith E. Schnakenberg, C. Richard Hofstetter, Bohdan Kolody, and John W. Ayers. 2011. Two Cultures? Latino and Asian Language Assimilation Along the U.S.-Mexico Border. California Journal of Politics and Policy 3: Article 17. Antonio Ugues Jr. 2010. Citizens' Views on Electoral Governance in Mexico. Journal of Elections, Public Opinion & Parties 20: 495-527. D. Xavier Medina Vidal, Antonio Ugues Jr., Shaun Bowler, and Jonathan Hiskey. 2010. Partisan Attachment and Democracy in Mexico: Some Cautionary Observations. Latin American Politics & Society 52: 63-87. D. Xavier Medina Vidal, Antonio Ugues Jr., Shaun Bowler, and Todd Donovan. 2009. Two Political Worlds? The Relevance of Language in California Politics. California Journal of Politics and Policy 1: Article 29. Chapters in Edited Volumes Antonio Ugues Jr. 2014. Electoral Management in Central America. In Advancing Electoral Integrity, eds. P. Norris, R. Frank, and F. Martínez i Coma. Oxford: Oxford University Press. Antonio Ugues Jr. 2007. "The North American Free Trade Agreement and Rural Agriculture in Mexico. In Food & Politics: Home and Abroad, ed. S. E. Clark. Dubuque, Iowa: Kendall/Hunt Publishing Company. Technical Reports The Difference that Deliberation Makes: Evaluating the 'Our Budget, Our Economy' Public Deliberation. December, 2010, with Dr. Kevin Esterling (UC Riverside), Dr. Archon Fong (Harvard University), Dr. Taeku Lee (UC Berkely), with Hollie Russon Gilman, Thomas Hayes, Xavier Medina Vidal, Alex Street, and Antonio Ugues. RESEARCH IN PROGRESS Antonio Ugues Jr. N.d. The Foundations of Independent Electoral Management in Central America: An Examination of El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua. Currently under review. Antonio Ugues Jr., D. Xavier Medina Vidal, and Shaun Bowler. N.d. Los Congresos Page 2 of 6
Estatales y la Política Federal en México: State Legislatures and Federal Policy Making in Mexico. Currently under review. Antonio Ugues Jr. N.d. Institutional Performance, Institutional Trust: Explaining Citizens Trust in Electoral Management Bodies in Central America. Currently under review. Antonio Ugues Jr. and D. Xavier Medina Vidal. N.d. Public Evaluations of Electoral Institutions in Mexico: An Analysis of the IFE and TRIFE in 2006 & 2012. In preparation for journal submission. CONFERENCE PAPERS Antonio Ugues Jr. N.d. Explaining the Performance of Electoral Management Bodies in New Democracies: A Comparative Analysis of Central America. Paper presented for the Electoral Integrity Project 2013 Annual Workshop, Concepts and Indices of Electoral Integrity, The Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, Harvard University, June 2013, Cambridge, MA, USA D. Xavier Medina Vidal, Antonio Ugues Jr., and Shaun Bowler. N.d. Los Congresos Estatales y la Política Federal en México: State Legislatures and Federal Policy Making in Mexico. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Latin American Studies Association 2012 Congress, May 2012, San Francisco, California. D. Xavier Medina Vidal, Antonio Ugues Jr., and Shaun Bowler. N.d. Los Congresos Estatales y la Política Federal en México: State Legislatures and Federal Policy Making in Mexico. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Western Political Science Association, March 2012, Portland, Oregon. Diego Esparza, Antonio Ugues Jr., and Paul Hernandez. N.d. Ties that Bind? Felipe Calderon s War on Drugs and the Future of the Mexican Presidency. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Western Political Science Association, March 2012, Portland, Oregon. Antonio Ugues Jr., D. Xavier Medina Vidal, and Shaun Bowler. Experience Counts: The Revolving Door of the Mexican Chamber of Deputies. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Western Political Science Association, March 2009, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Antonio Ugues Jr. and D. Xavier Medina Vidal. Candidate Appeal in the Aftermath of the 2006 Mexican Elections. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Western Political Science Association, March 2009, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. John W. Ayers and Antonio Ugues Jr. The Map that Matters. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Western Political Science Association, March 2006, Albuquerque, New Mexico. Page 3 of 6
FIELD RESEARCH & ELECTION OBSERVATION Tegucigalpa, Honduras; El Progreso, Honduras. International election observer with the Organization of American States for the 2013 Honduran general elections. November 2013. San Salvador, El Salvador. Archival research and observation of the 2012 legislative and municipal elections. March 2012. RESEARCH EXPERIENCE Country Expert/Coder (El Salvador). Varieties of Democracy Project (V-Dem). Expert survey coding for the Varieties of Democracy project (http://v-dem.net). July October 2013. Research Assistant. University of California, Riverside. Survey coding, analysis, and supervision of deliberative experiment for Professors Kevin Esterling (UC Riverside), Taeku Lee (UC Berkeley), and Archon Fung (Harvard University). AmericaSpeaks. June November 2010. Research Assistant. University of California, Riverside. Archival research, compilation of database, analysis, and presentation of data on advertised military missions in Latin America for Professor David Pion-Berlin (UC Riverside). January April 2009. Research Assistant. University of California, Riverside. Archival research, compilation of database, and presentation of data on military and police responses to protests in Latin America for Professor David Pion-Berlin (UC Riverside). April June 2008. COURSES TAUGHT Latin American Politics/Politics of Latin America St. Mary's College of Maryland, Spring 2014 University of California-Riverside, Summer 2013 Chapman University, Spring 2013 Mexican Politics/Politics of México Chapman University, Fall 2012 University of California-Riverside, Summer 2012 Comparative Politics/Introduction to Comparative Politics St. Mary's College of Maryland, Fall 2013, Spring 2014 Norco College, Spring 2013 University of California-Riverside, Summer 2011 Page 4 of 6
Introduction to Politics St. Mary's College of Maryland, Fall 2013, Spring 2014 SERVICE TO ST. MARY S COLLEGE & OTHER INSTITUTIONS Co-coordinator for St. Mary s Projects (SMPs) Presentations, Department of Political Science, St. Mary's College of Maryland, Spring 2014 Senior Thesis Advisor, Juán Sánchez, Department of Political Science, Chapman University, Fall 2012 SERVICE TO THE PROFESSION Manuscript Reviewer, California Journal of Politics & Policy, September 2011 PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS American Political Science Association Pi Sigma Alpha (National Political Science Honor Society) HONORS & AWARDS Dissertation Year Program Fellowship. University of California, Riverside, 2011-2012 University of California Institute for Mexico and the United States (UC MEXUS). Small Grants Award, June 2011 Competition Graduate Division Dissertation Research Grant. University of California, Riverside, 2011-2012 Ronald E. McNair Post-Baccalaureate Achievement Program, Research Award Recipient. California State University, Bakersfield, 2005 Student Research Scholars (SRS) Program Award Recipient. California State University, Bakersfield, 2004-2005 Thomas Watts Peace Foundation Award. California State University, Bakersfield, 2003-2004 Student Research Scholars (SRS) Program Award Recipient. California State University, Bakersfield, 2003-2004 REFERENCES Page 5 of 6
David Pion-Berlin, Professor of Political Science, University of California, Riverside, (951) 827-4606, david.pion@ucr.edu Shaun Bowler, Professor of Political Science, University of California, Riverside, (951) 827-5595, shaun.bowler@ucr.edu William Barndt, Assistant Professor of Political Studies, Pitzer College, (909) 621-8217, william_barndt@pitzer.edu Benjamin Bishin, Associate Professor of Political Science, University of California, Riverside, (951) 827-4637, ben.bishin@ucr.edu Page 6 of 6