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1 R E G I N A A N N E B A T E S O N Department of Political Science Massachusetts Institute of Technology 77 Massachusetts Ave., Room E Cambridge, MA bateson@mit.edu (617) ACADEMIC APPOINTMENT Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Department of Political Science Assistant Professor, 2013 present Research Interests: Civil war, crime, vigilantism, human rights, policing, Latin American politics, activism and political participation. Teaching: (Parental leave, Fall 2013) : Qualitative Field Research. PhD seminar, Spring J: Introduction to Latin American Studies. Undergraduate lecture, Fall : Graduate Scope and Methods. PhD seminar, Fall 2014 (Co-taught with Rich Nielsen) EDUCATION Yale University, M.A. in Political Science, May 2009 M.Phil. in Political Science, December 2009 Ph.D. in Political Science with Distinction, May 2013 Exam Fields: Comparative politics, international relations, political economy, and methods. Dissertation: Order and Violence in Postwar Guatemala. Received the Gabriel A. Almond Award for the best dissertation in comparative politics. Supervised by Stathis Kalyvas (chair), Elisabeth Wood, and Susan Stokes. Stanford University, B.A. in History with Distinction, June 2004 University of Chicago, Transferred to Stanford University after one year. 1

2 PUBLICATIONS & WORKING PAPERS Bateson, Regina Crime Victimization and Political Participation. American Political Science Review, Vol. 106, No. 3: (Received the Heinz I. Eulau Award.) Constructing Order after Civil War. Working paper. The Politics of Vigilantism. Working paper. The Resurgence of Guatemala s Civil Patrols. Working paper. Ethics Beyond the IRB. Working paper. Risk Management During Field Research. Working paper. CURRENT RESEARCH From Victims to Activists. Second book project. Research ongoing, 2013 present. Security from Below (working title). First book project. Writing underway, 2013 present. Finding Meaning in Politics. Article-length project. Qualitative research with the relatives of pedestrians and cyclists killed by vehicles in New York City. Participant observation and interviews ongoing, 2014-present. New York City, NY and Albany, NY. Mass Shootings and Political Participation. Article-length project. Quantitative data collection underway, 2013 present. HONORS & AWARDS 2014 Gabriel A. Almond Award, American Political Science Association 2013 Heinz I. Eulau Award, American Political Science Association 2007 Honorable Mention, National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Competition FELLOWSHIPS & GRANTS School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences (SHASS) Faculty Research Grant, MIT National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship University Dissertation Fellowship, Yale University 2009 MacMillan Center for International and Area Studies Dissertation Research Grant, Yale University 2009 Leitner Political Economy Research Grant, Yale University 2008 Center for Latin American and Iberian Studies Travel Grant, Yale University 2

3 Sterling Prize Fellowship, Yale University University Fellowship, Yale University INVITED PRESENTATIONS 2014 (upcoming) Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económica (CIDE). Mexico City, Mexico David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies, Harvard University Political Violence Workshop, Government Department, Harvard University Seminar on Fieldwork in Difficult Settings, University of British Columbia. Vancouver, BC, Canada Department of Anthropology and Sociology, Universidad del Valle de Guatemala. Guatemala City, Guatemala Northeast Regional Conference on Social Studies, Yale University. New Haven, CT. CONFERENCES & WORKSHOPS 2014 (upcoming) Workshop on Socialization and Organized Political Violence, Yale University. (Organized by Jeff Checkel, Simon Fraser University). New Haven, CT LASA2014: The XXXII International Conference of the Latin American Studies Association. Chicago, IL Midwest Political Science Association (MPSA) Annual Conference. Chicago, IL LASA2013: The XXXI International Conference of the Latin American Studies Association. Washington, DC Conference on Paramilitaries, Militias, and Civil Defense Forces in Civil Wars, Yale University. New Haven, CT 2012 American Political Science Association (APSA) Annual Meeting. New Orleans, LA. Paper presentation scheduled; conference cancelled International Studies Association (ISA) Annual Convention. San Diego, CA 2012 LASA2012: XXX International Conference of the Latin American Studies Association. San Francisco, CA Harvard-MIT-Yale Graduate Student Conference on Political Violence. MIT, 2011 Comparative Politics Workshop, Yale University. New Haven, CT Harvard-MIT-Yale Graduate Student Conference on Political Violence, Yale University. New Haven, CT Households in Conflict Network (HiCN) Annual Workshop, Universidad de los Andes. Bogotá, Colombia LASA2010: XXIX International Conference of the Latin American Studies Association. Toronto, ON, Canada American Political Science Association (APSA) Annual Meeting. Washington, DC. 3

4 2010 Conference on Legal Subjectivity, Popular/Community Justice, and Human Rights in Latin America, Centre for Research in the Arts, Social Sciences, and Humanities, Cambridge University. Cambridge, UK Midwest Political Science Association (MPSA) Annual Conference. Chicago, IL Comparative Politics Workshop, Yale University. New Haven, CT II Congreso Latinoamericano de Opinión Pública, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú (PUCP). Lima, Peru Order, Conflict, and Violence Speaker Series, Yale University. New Haven, CT Comparative Politics Workshop, Yale University. New Haven, CT Third Annual Harvard-Yale-MIT Graduate Student Conference on Order, Conflict, and Violence, Yale University. New Haven, CT. PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Election Observer, the Organization of American States, 2011 Observed the second round of the Guatemalan presidential election in the department of San Marcos. Traveled independently in rural areas and interviewed local leaders and government officials. Foreign Service Officer, US Department of State, Served as a consular officer at the U.S. Embassy in Guatemala City. Interviewed visa applicants, managed fraud investigations, performed routine American Citizen Services, and assisted American citizens in crisis. PROFESSIONAL SERVICE Panel Organizer, Relations between States and Organized Crime Groups: Collaboration, Toleration, and Negotiated Settlements. May 31, LASA2013: XXXI International Conference of the Latin American Studies Association. Washington, DC. Panel Organizer, Lynchings in the Americas: Historical, Social, and Political Causes. May 25, 2012: LASA2012: XXX International Conference of the Latin American Studies Association. San Francisco, CA. Panel Organizer, The Struggle for Human Rights in Postwar Guatemala. Oct. 8, 2010: LASA2010: XXIX International Conference of the Latin American Studies Association. Toronto, Canada. Panel Organizer, The Political Impact of Latin America s Crime Wave. Sept. 4, 2010: American Political Science Association Annual Meeting. Washington, DC. Reviewer, American Journal of Political Science, British Journal of Political Science, Journal of Conflict Resolution, International Studies Quarterly, Qualitative Sociology, Latin American Politics and Society. 4

5 UNIVERSITY SERVICE Graduate Admissions Committee Member, Department of Political Science, MIT, Mentor, Office of Diversity and Equal Opportunity, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, Yale University, Junior Faculty Search Committee (graduate student member), Department of Political Science, Yale University, McDougal Public Service Fellow, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, Yale University, LANGUAGES Spanish: Fluent. French: Intermediate. Portuguese: Conversational. SOFTWARE Stata R Adobe Illustrator ArcGIS (intermediate) UCINet (basic) AFFILIATIONS American Political Science Association Latin American Studies Association International Studies Association Program on Order, Conflict, and Violence, Yale University ( ) Visiting Researcher: Universidad del Valle de Guatemala, Guatemala City ( ) 5

JOSHUA GERALD LEPREE

JOSHUA GERALD LEPREE University of Colorado-Boulder, Department of Sociology 195 Ketchum, 327 UCB, Boulder, CO 80309-0327 (305) 484-1065 Joshua.LePree@colorado.edu http://sociology.colorado.edu/people/lepree-josh