About

I am a Postdoctoral Visiting Fellow at the Kellogg Institute for International Studies. I received my PhD in Political Science from Harvard University in 2025. My research examines the political economy of development strategies in Latin America with a focus on agricultural policies and rural politics. In my book project, I explain why governments adopt pro-agricultural development strategies—or what I call agrarian developmentalism.

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Under Review and Work in Progress

“Agrarian Developmentalism: The Politics of Development Strategies in Latin America,” under review.

• Awarded Best Graduate Student Paper by the Latin American Political Economy Network REPAL.

“Judging Property: Judicial Independence, Elite Influence, and Public Land Allocation in Colombia,”
with Isabel Güiza-Gómez.

• Honorable Mention for Best Paper by the Latin American Political Economy Network REPAL.

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Publications

“Expanding the State: Rural Mobilization and Bureaucratic Presence in Peru” (with Christopher Carter), Comparative Political Studies, 2025.

• Honorable Mention for Sage Prize, APSA Comparative Politics Section.

“The Power of the Seed: Timing, Quick Structural Change, and Genetically Modified Crop Regulations in the Andes” (with Eduardo Dargent), Comparative Politics, 51(4), 2019.

“State-building in Latin America: Analyzing its Historical Foundations”, Política y Gobierno, 24(2), 2017 (in Spanish).

“State Response by External Pressures: The Determinants of the State’s Strengthening to Face the Illegal Gold Mining Boom in Peru (2004–2015)” (with Eduardo Dargent), Revista de Ciencia Política, 36(3), 2016 (in Spanish)

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Book Chapters

“State Capacity and Social Forces: Exploring a Complex Relation,” in Grompone, R. (ed.), Uncertainties and Distances: The Controversial Role of the State in Peru, Lima: Instituto de Estudios Peruanos, 2015 (with Eduardo Dargent)(in Spanish).