I am Assistant Professor of Political Science at Boston University. I received a Ph.D. in Political Science from the University of California, Berkeley in 2009. My current research focuses on campaigns, parties, and political communication in Latin America. I have also done work on methodology and concept analysis, and on the impact of the Internet in developing countries and authoritarian regimes. Curriculum Vitae Course syllabi: Quantitative Research Methods (Fall 2011) Introduction to Comparative Politics (Fall 2011) Latin American Political Parties (Spring 2012) Campaigns and Elections Around the World (Spring 2012)

Research, Papers, and Publications

• "The Spoils of Victory: Campaign Donations and Government Contracts in Brazil" (with F. Daniel Hidalgo and Neal P. Richardson). Working Paper 379 (August 2011), Kellogg Institute for International Studies, University of Notre Dame. Coverage in O Globo.


• "Voting for Democracy: Campaign Effects in Chile's Democratic Transition." Working paper (revise and resubmit). Appendix.


• "Mass Media and Politics in Latin America." Prepared for inclusion in Jorge I. Domínguez and Michael Shifter, eds., Constructing Democratic Governance in Latin America, 4th ed. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, forthcoming.


• "Controlling the Airwaves: Incumbency Advantage and Community Radio in Brazil" (with F. Daniel Hidalgo). American Journal of Political Science 55, no. 4 (October 2011). Supporting information. Replication data.


• "Varieties of Electioneering: Success Contagion and Presidential Campaigns in Latin America." World Politics 62, no. 4 (October 2010).


• "Chile: Promoting the Personal Connection--The Internet and Presidential Election Campaigns." In Stephen Ward, Diana Owen, Richard Davis, and David Taras, eds., Making a Difference: A Comparative View of the Role of the Internet in Election Politics. Lanham, MD: Lexington Books, 2008.


• "Television and Neopopulism in Latin America: Media Effects in Brazil and Peru." Latin American Research Review 40, no. 2 (June 2005).

• "Neoliberalism: From New Liberal Philosophy to Anti-Liberal Slogan" (with Jordan Gans-Morse). Studies in Comparative International Development 44, no. 2 (Summer 2009). Coverage in the New York Times.


• "Conceptualizing Continuity and Change: The Composite-Standard Model of Path Dependence." Journal of Theoretical Politics 19, no. 1 (January 2007).
  


• Review of Politics in Time, by Paul Pierson. Journal of Politics 70, no. 1 (January 2008). Click here for the entire qualitative methods book review symposium from this issue.

• The Digital Revolution and International Development (edited with Thad Dunning). A special issue of Studies in Comparative International Development, 40, no. 2 (Summer 2005).
  • Taylor Boas and Thad Dunning, "Classic Questions, New Context: Development in an Era of Bits and Bytes" (pp. 3-8).
  • Taylor Boas, Thad Dunning, and Jennifer Bussell, "Will the Digital Revolution Revolutionize Development? Drawing Together the Debate" (pp. 95-110).

• "Weaving the Authoritarian Web: The Control of Internet Use in Non-Democratic Regimes." In John Zysman and Abraham Newman, eds., How Revolutionary Was the Digital Revolution? National Responses, Market Transitions, and Global Technology. Stanford, CA: Stanford Business Books, 2006.

• "Weaving the Authoritarian Web." Current History 103, no. 677 (December 2004).
  

• "Technology, Freedom, and Democracy: An Evolving Debate." APSA-CP: Newsletter of the Organized Section in Comparative Politics of the American Political Science Association 15, no. 1: 18-23 (Winter 2004).
  
  
• "Falun Gong and the Internet: Evangelism, Community, and Struggle for Survival" (with Mark R. Bell). Nova Religio 6, no. 2 (April 2003): 277-293.
  
  
• Open Networks, Closed Regimes: The Impact of the Internet on Authoritarian Rule (with Shanthi Kalathil). Washington, DC: Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, 2003.
  

• "The Dictator’s Dilemma? The Internet and U.S. Policy toward Cuba." The Washington Quarterly 23, no. 3 (Summer 2000): 57-67.