Julio F. Carrión

 

Office:                          Department of Political Science and International Relations, University of Delaware, Newark, DE  19716.

Office Phone:                (302) 831-1929  

Fax:                              (334) 831-4452

E-mail:                          jcarrion@udel.edu

Web Page:                    http://www.udel.edu/poscir/faculty/JCarrion

 

 

Areas of Skills and Knowledge

Comparative Politics with concentration in Latin American Politics.  Extensive experience in survey data analysis and quantitative methods. Substantive areas of interest: public opinion, political participation, democratic theory, and political psychology.

 

Education

·                     Ph. D., Political Science, University of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Dissertation title: “Political Participation in Peru.” May 1993.

·                     Graduate Certificate in Latin American Studies. University of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. May 1993.

·                     B.A., Sociology, 1984, University of San Marcos, Lima, Peru. B.A. thesis approved with rating of “Outstanding.”

·                     ICPSR Summer Program in Quantitative Methods of Social Research, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, July-August 1999.

 

Professional History

·                     Associate professor of political science and international relations. University of Delaware. September 2005 to date.

·                     Assistant professor of political science and international relations. University of Delaware. 1998-2005.

·                     Assistant professor of political science.  Troy State University, Troy, Alabama. 1996-1998.

·                     Research professor of political science. Latin American Faculty for the Social Sciences, Quito, Ecuador (FLACSO-Ecuador). 1993-1995.

·                     Teaching Fellow.  University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. 1988–1993.

·                     Associate Researcher.  Instituto de Estudios Peruanos (Institute for Peruvian Studies), Lima, Peru. 1983-1986.

·                     Research Assistant.  Universidad del Pacifico (Pacific University), Lima, Peru. 1982.

·                     Teaching assistant. Universidad National Mayor de San Marcos (San Marcos University), Lima, Peru. 1981.

 

Academic Awards and Grants

·                     Department of Defense. A three-year grant to direct a series of mini-courses on Area Studies. 2004.

·                     Adjuct Senior Research Associate. The Dante B. Fascell North-South Center, University of Miami, 2002-2003.  Appointment included a grant to organize a conference and edit a volume on the Fujimori legacy and its impact on public policy in Latin America.

·                     General University Research grant, University of Delaware, 2000.  To conduct research on system support in unconsolidated democracies.

·                     Fellow of the Institute for Transforming Undergraduate Education

·                     U.S. Agency for International Development-Peru Office, 1998.  A two-year grant to conduct two national surveys in Peru to determine people’s satisfaction with their local governments and their national political institutions.

·                     Travel grant to attend the XVIII International Congress of the Latin American Studies Association, Atlanta, 1994. Latin American Studies Association.

·                     Summer Research Fellowship in Latin American Studies, 1991. Center of Latin American Studies, University of Pittsburgh. To conduct library research at Cornell University.

·                     CLAS Graduate Student Research Grant, 1989. Center of Latin American Studies, University of Pittsburgh. To conduct field work in Peru.

·                     Teaching Fellowship, 1988–1992.  Department of Political Science, University of Pittsburgh.

·                     Fulbright Scholarship, 1986–1987. Institute of International Education.

 

Teaching and Advising

·                     Intro to Political Science (POSC100—Freshmen-only course)

·                     Comparative Politics (POSC270—Introductory course)

·                     Politics of Developing Nations (POSC311—Multicultural course and Group C course)

·                     Latin American Political Systems (POSC426—Upper-level undergraduate course)

·                     Problems of Latin American Politics (POSC450—Upper-level undergraduate course)

·                     Data Analysis for Political Science (POSC300—Required course for all majors and minors in political science)

·                     Developing and Transitional Systems (POSC802—Advanced graduate-level seminar)

·                     Advanced Social Research for Political Science (POSC816—Advanced graduate-level seminar)

 

Publications

Books:

·                     The Fujimori Legacy: The Rise of Electoral Authoritarianism in Peru (edited volume forthcoming by Pennsylvania State University Press in 2006).

·                     -Working-Class Youth in Peru.  (Lima: Instituto de Estudios Peruanos, 1991. In Spanish)

·                     -Working Class and Wage Earners in Peru (co-authored with Pedro Galín and Oscar Castillo), (Lima: Instituto de Estudios Peruanos, 1986. In Spanish)

 

Refereed Articles:

 

·                     -“Political Support, Political Skepticism, and Political Stability in New Democracies: An Empirical Examination of Mass Support for Coups d’Etat in Peru.” (with Mitchell Seligson).  Comparative Political Studies. Vol. 35, Number 1, February, 2002

·                     -“The Peruvian Elections of 2001: Dismantling the Authoritarian Legacy.  Reflexión Política. Vol. 3, Number 6, December 2001 (In Spanish)

 

Book Reviews:

·                     Sylvia Chan, Liberalism, Democracy and Development: The Relevance of Liberal Democracy for Developing Countries. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2003.  Comparative Political Studies, February 2004.

·                     Carol Wise, Reinventing the State: Economic Strategy and Institutional Change in Peru (Ann Arbor, MI: University of Michigan Press) and Charles Kenney, Fujimori’s Coup and the Breakdown of Democracy in Latin America (Notre Dame, IN: University of Notre Dame Press)”.  Journal of Latin American Studies, February 2005.

 

Book Chapters:

 

·                     -“Public Opinion, Market Reforms, and Democracy in Fujimori’s Peru.” In Julio F. Carrión (ed.) The Fujimori Legacy: The Rise of Electoral Authoritarianism in Peru (University Park: Pennsylvania State University Press, forthcoming).

·                     -“Conclusion: The Rise of Electoral Authoritarianism in Peru.”  In Julio F. Carrión (ed.) The Fujimori Legacy: The Rise of Electoral Authoritarianism in Peru (University Park: Pennsylvania State University Press, forthcoming).

·                     -“Fujimori’s Popularity in Ordinary Times, 1993-1997.”  In Fernando Tuesta (ed.), El Juego Político.  Fujimori, La Oposición y las Reglas (Lima: Fundación Friedrich Ebert, 1999) (In Spanish).

·                     -“Partisan Decline and Presidential Popularity: The Politics & Economics of Representation in Peru, 1980-1993.” In Kurt Von Mettenheim and James Malloy (eds.), Deepening of Democracy in Latin America. (Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, August 1998).

·                     -“The Transformation of Public Opinion Under the First Fujimori Administration: From Identities to Interests?” in Fernando Tuesta (ed.), Los Enigmas del Poder. (Lima: Fundación Friedrich Ebert, 1996. In Spanish).

·                     -“Peru” (with Carlos Parodi), in Eduardo Gamarra and James Malloy (eds.) Latin American and the Caribbean Contemporary Record, Vol, VIII (New York: Holmes  & Meier: 1994).

 

Internet Publications:

·                     -“The Truth Commission Report in Peru:  Establishing the Truth, Fighting the Apathy” FOCAL Point: Spotlight on the Americas. Ottawa, Canada, September 2003. http://www.focal.ca/fpoint/focalpoint_september03.pdf

·                     “Solving Economic Underdevelopment in the Third World.” University of Delaware, Problem-Based Learning Clearinghouse (October 11, 2001; peer-reviewed) (http://www.udel.edu/pbl)

·                     “A Nation Divided Between Democracy and Authoritarianism” (8 June, 2000) (http://qsilver.queensu.ca/peru/trends)

·                     “Peru's Impoverished Voters: The Battleground of the Second Round” (7 May, 2000) (http://qsilver.queensu.ca/peru/trends)

·                     “Will Toledo Win the First Round of Elections?” (30 March, 2000) (http://qsilver.queensu.ca/peru/trends)

·                     “Fujimori at a Standstill, Toledo on the Move” (5 March,2000) (http://qsilver.queensu.ca/peru/trends)

·                     “The Race Begins: Will There Be a Second Round?” (2 February, 2000) (http://qsilver.queensu.ca/peru/trends)

·                     “Alejandro Toledo and the Discrete Charm of Fourth Place” (17 December, 1999) (http://qsilver.queensu.ca/peru/trends)

·                     Why Fujimori Won't Be the Next President (24 November, 1999) (http://qsilver.queensu.ca/peru/trends)

·                     Will Luis Castañeda Lossio Be the Next President? (10 October, 1999) (http://qsilver.queensu.ca/peru/trends)

 

 

Professional Activities

·                     “Latin American Politics.”  A presentation to the Department of Defense.

·                     “Indigenous Leadership in the Andes.”  A presentation for the Bureau of Intelligence and Research, Department of State, May 2004

·                     “Ambassadorial Seminar for Amb. Curtis Struble”.  A presentation for the Bureau of Intelligence and Research, Department of State, December 2003

·                     Discussant for the panel “Social and Public Policy in Latin America” Northeastern Political Science Association, Philadelphia, November 2003.

·                     A presentation for the FOCAL Forum of Hemispheric Experts, Ottawa, Canada, June 2002.

·                     Conference Organizer “The Fujimori Legacy & Its Impact for Public Policy in Latin America” (Co-sponsored by the North-South Center, University of Miami, and the University of Delaware.  Washington D.C., March 2002)

·                     Member of the Editorial Board, Delaware Review of Latin American Studies, an on-line journal.

·                     Manuscript reviewer for the Journal of Interamerican Studies and World Affairs, Comparative Politics, Comparative Political Studies, American Journal of Political Science

·                     Book manuscript reviewer for Prentice Halll; Addison, Wesley, Longman; and Oxford University Press

·                     Frequent interviews with the Wall Street Journal and the BBC.

 

 

Paper Presentations

·                     Paper presenter, “How Do People Conceptualize Democracy in Latin America? Does it Make Any Difference.” 2004 Meeting of the Latin American Studies Association, October 6-9, Las Vegas

·                     Panel Discussant, “The People’s Voice and Latin American Public Policy.” Northeastern Political Science Association meeting. November 6-8-, 2003, Philadelphia.

·                     Paper presenter: “Understanding Electoral Authoritarianism: The Case of the 1995 Election in Peru” 2001 Meeting of the American Political Science Association. San Francisco.

·                     Panel Organizer, “The Y2K Problem in Peru: Fujimori and the Bases of Liberal Democracy in Peru. Part II: Public Opinion and Social Actors.” 2000 Meeting of the Latin American Studies Association, Miami.

·                     Paper Presenter: “The Electoral Campaign and Public Opinion in Peru Today.” 2000 Meeting of the Latin American Studies Association, Miami.

·                     Paper presentation: “When Authoritarianism is Popular: Mass Support for Coups in Latin America.”  XXI International Congress, Latin American Studies Association, Chicago, September 1998.

Prior to coming to Delaware

·                     Paper presentation: “A Social-Cognitive Approach to Protest Behavior: Understanding Radical Activism in Peru.” Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association.  Washington Sheraton, August 28-31, 1997.

·                     Paper presentation: “The Transformation of Public Opinion Under the Fujimori Administration: From Identities to Interests?” XIX International Congress, Latin American Studies Association, Washington, DC, September, 1995.

·                     Discussant for the panel “Political Culture and Democracy in Latin America.” 90^th Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, New York, September 1994.

·                     Paper presentation: “The ‘Support Gap’ For Democracy in Peru: Mass Public Attitudes Towards Fujimori’s Self-Coup. Implications for democratic theory.” XVIII International Congress, Latin American Studies Association, Atlanta, March 1994.

·                     Paper presentation: “Presidential Popularity in Peru, 1980–1990”. XVII International Congress, Latin American Studies Association, Los Angeles, September 1992.

·                     Paper presentation: “Notes for the study of the training and labor market of Peruvian sociologists” (co-author), Primer Congreso Peruano de Sociología, Huacho-Peru, 1982.

 

Language:  Spanish (native ability). French (reads).