Professor & Chair @BU_PoliSci. Latin American politics, religion, public opinion, behavior. Author, Evangelicals and Electoral Politics in Latin America.
Joined September 2013
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After more than a decade of research, Evangelicals and Electoral Politics in Latin America: A Kingdom of this World is published with @CambridgeUP @CUP_PoliSci!
Why are religious minorities well represented and politically influential in some democracies but not others? 🧵...
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🏆 Congratulations to @RyanECarlin1 and Shane P/ Singh, recipients of the 2026 Seligson Prize!
Their paper, "The Pigmentocracy of Executive Approval," was selected as this year's winning work for its outstanding use of #AmericasBarometer data.
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This year's selection committee, @AmyEricaSmith, @TaylorBoas, and @yogerardomh, recognized the paper's important contribution to the study of democracy, governance, and public opinion in the Americas.
📖 Read the award-winning article: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.…
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Don’t miss it—CURA 2026–27 Call for Fellows closes Monday, May 11! Apply now on our website. bu.edu/cura/research/cura-fe…
I'm on the committee for this prize. Please send us your best published research using AmericasBarometer data!
📢 2026 Seligson Prize: Call for Nominations
Nominate outstanding scholarship using #AmericasBarometer data. The prize honors the legacy of Mitchell A. Seligson, founder of @LAPOP_Lab & pioneer in public opinion research.
⏳Nominations due April 15
ℹ️ vanderbilt.edu/lapop/seligso…
As we wrap up summer dissertation defenses, I’d like to celebrate my four awesome @BU_Polisci PhD students who graduated this year, their dissertation topics, and their job market outcomes:
@AlbrightZara, “Beyond the Great Powers: How South American States are Navigating US–China Competition in the 21st Century.” Postdoctoral Research Associate, Latin American Studies, Princeton University.
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We are excited to announce the winners of the 2025 Seligson Prize! 🎉Congratulations🎉 to @AmyEricaSmith and @TaylorBoas for their article:
“Religion, Sexuality Politics, and the Transformation of Latin American Electorates.” [1/4]
Read it in @BJPolS:
🔗cambridge.org/core/journals/…
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#OpenAccess from @PandRjournal -
Who leads the flock? Religion and the radical right among Brazilian migrants - cup.org/43fXzkm
- @TaylorBoas
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New work from the spectacular @AlbrightZara!
Very excited to share my *first* journal article published this week in @LAPSjournal comparing 🇨🇳China’s development finance in Latin America to the 🇺🇸US-backed World Bank!
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doi.org/10.1017/lap.2024.54
An exciting conference is coming up, in an exciting city, Florianópolis, Brazil! Check out the call for WAPOR (World Association for Public Opinion Research) Latin America 2025. I'll be there! waporlatam2025.org
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Big @APSAtweets News: BU Political Science is hiring! Environmental policy, subfield open. academicjobsonline.org/ajo/j… Info will also be up on ejobs soon.
Cc @POCalsoknow @womenalsoknow #psjminfo
After four overdue article reviews and a tenure letter in the past two weeks, I finally cleared my plate...for APSA discussant duties, letters for job candidates, a book workshop, and more article reviews. And non-academics think we're "off" when not teaching...
Is there no strong norm of replicability in quantitative sociology? Went looking for the data from an AJS article and found nothing. Checked out the AJS guidelines--essentially "submitting replication data/code is best practice, but we know it's hard and don't require it."
This pre-registered Parallel Vote Tabulation shows convincing evidence of an opposition victory in Venezuela. Kudos to @DalsonFigueired, @rnishimura, Walter Mebane, and an anonymous Venezuelan scholar for using science to defend democracy. supervisiondev2.metabaseapp.…
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A highly credible, scientific Parallel Vote Tabulation shows a landslide opposition victory in Venezuela. Democracies must act to help the Venezuelan people defend this victory. #VenezuelaLibre
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#OpenAccess from our latest issue -
Religion, Sexuality Politics, and the Transformation of Latin American Electorates - cup.org/4f3Ly4F
- @AmyEricaSmith & @TaylorBoas
