Research

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Working Papers:

 

Albertus, Michael. 2009. “Sowing the Land and Harvesting Votes: The Distributive Politics of Land Reform in Venezuela.”

 

Albertus, Michael. 2009. “Political Regimes and Poverty Reduction, 1950-2002.”

 

Albertus, Michael. 2009. “Democracy and the Threat of Redistribution in Latin America.”

 

Albertus, Michael. 2009. “Redistribution by Revolution from Above: Land Reform in Peru, 1968-1980.”

 

Albertus, Michael, and Victor Menaldo. 2009. “Gaming Democracy: The Role of Elite Welfare in Democratic Transitions.”

 

Publications:

 

Albertus, Michael. 2005. “Ephemeral Exhortations or Binding Bargains? Negotiated Settlements, Post-Dispute Peace Duration, and Dispute Hostility.” Michigan Journal of Political Science 2 (5): 7-58.

 

Awards and Grants:

 

Diversity Dissertation Research Opportunity Grant for data collection and coding (2009) from Stanford University Office of the Vice Provost for Graduate Education

 

Ayacucho Foundation Grant for field work in Venezuela (January-April 2009) from Stanford Center for Latin American Studies

 

Diversity Dissertation Research Opportunity Grant for field work in Venezuela and Colombia (January-April 2009) from Stanford University Office of the Vice Provost for Graduate Education

 

Stanford University Graduate Research Opportunity Grant for field work in Peru and Bolivia (Summer 2008)

 

John E. Sawyer Graduate Fellow at the Stanford Center for the Study of Poverty and Inequality (2007/08)

 

Melvin & Joan Lane Stanford Graduate Fellowship (2006-)

 

 

Education:

 

Stanford University

Ph.D. Political Science (expected June 2010)

Fields: Comparative Politics, International Relations, Quantitative Methods

 

University of Michigan

B.S.E. Electrical Engineering, summa cum laude (2005)

B.S. Political Science, high honors (2005)

B.S. Mathematical Sciences (2005)