Comparative Politics: Latin American politics, and economic and political issues in
the developing world.
Author of Guardians of the Nation?: Economists, Generals, and Economic Reform in Latin
America (University of Notre Dame Press, 2002) and co-author of Politics and Foreign
Direct Investment (University of Michigan Press, 2012).
Currently working on several projects that examine foreign direct investment, sovereign
bond ratings, the IMF, and democratization.