Maria Esperanza Casullo Home address: Miguel Camino 165 Neuquén Capital, Neuquén, Argentina CP 8300 +54-9-299-155783981 mecasullo@unrn.edu.ar CURRICULUM VITAE EDUCATION (February 2010.) PhD in Government with concentration in Political Theory, with distinction. Georgetown University. Dissertation Title: "Expanding the Borders of Democracy: Deliberative Democracy Theory and Populism." Mentor: Dr. R. Bruce Douglass. Committee: Dr. Gerald Mara, Dr. Mark E. Warren (University of British Columbia, Canada), (April 2004.) MA in Public Policy and Development Management, with distinction Georgetown University. Thesis Title: More is Better in Civil Society? Public Spheres, Social Movements and Social Capital in Democracy. Committee: Dr. Roberto Patricio Korzeniewicz (mentor), Dr. Mark E. Warren, Dr. Marc Howard. (2000.) BA in Social Communication Sciences, with honors, Universidad Nacional de Buenos Aires (Argentina). CURRENT EMPLOYMENT: September 2016-May 2017: Zuzana Semionova Visiting Scholar in Leadership and Ethics, University of Richmond. Richmond, Virginia. Associate Professor at the Universidad Nacional de Río Negro, Sede Alto Valle. Visiting Professor at the Doctorate Program in Political Science, Universidad Torcuato Di Tella, Buenos Aires. RESEARCH INTERESTS: Comparative Politics, Latin American Politics, Democratic Theory Populist Theory, Latin American State and Civil Society Relations, Social Policy. 1
TEACHING EXPERIENCE Currently: - Associate Professor. Sede Alto Valle, Universidad Nacional de Rio Negro, Argentina. - Visiting Professor, Departamento de Ciencia Política y Relaciones Internacionales, Universidad Torcuato Di Tella, Argentina. (September 2013 to May 2014.) Craig M. Cogut Visiting Professor for Latin American Politics, Center for Latin American and the Caribbean Studies, Watson Institute, Brown University. (August 2012 to December 2012): Visiting Professor at Universidad de Buenos Aires. (October 2011): Invited Professor at Universidad Nacional de San Andrés, Buenos Aires, Argentina, High Public Management Program. (April 2011 to December 2012): Visiting Researcher at Universidad Torcuato Di Tella, Department of Political Science and International Relations, Buenos Aires, Argentina. (October 2010 to February 2011): Director for Anti-Discriminatory Policy. National Institute against Discrimination and Racism (INADI), Ministry of Justice, Argentina. (February 2010 to October 2010): Advisor. National Institute against Discrimination and Racism (INADI), Ministry of Justice, Argentina. (March 2009 to September 2010): Associate Professor, Institute of Public Policy and Government, Universidad Nacional de Rio Negro, Argentina. (2005 to 2009): Associate Professor. School of Politics and Government, Universidad Nacional de San Martín, Buenos Aires, Argentina. (2005-2006): Teaching Assistant. School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University, USA. (Summer 2005): Visiting Professor. Escuela de Political y Gobierno, Universidad Nacional de San Martin, Buenos Aires, Argentina. (Spring Semester 2005): Teaching Assistant. Department of Government, Georgetown University, USA. (Summer 2004): Visiting Professor. Escuela de Politica y Gobierno, Universidad Nacional de San Martin, Buenos Aires, Argentina. 2
(1997 to 2003): Teaching Assistant. Social Sciences Department, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina. FELLOWSHIPS (August 2013 to May 2014) Craig M. Cogut Visiting Professor in Latin American Politics. Center for Latin American and the Caribbean Studies, Brown University. (April 2012): Sarmiento Fellowship in Latin American Studies at Center for Latin American and the Caribbean Studies, Brown University. ACADEMIC ADMINISTRATION (2009): Director of the MA in Public Policy and Government. Universidad Nacional de Rio Negro, Argentina. (2006 to 2009): Academic Coordinator of the MA in Public Policy and Development. Georgetown University and Universidad Nacional de San Martín. (Joint program.) Buenos Aires, Argentina. PUBLICATIONS (ARTICLES AND CHAPTERS) 2015: Book manuscript Expanding the Borders of Democracy: Deliberative Democracy and Populism is in the process of being authorized for review for publication by Notre Dame Press. 2015 - Entry on "Clientelism" in Ritzer, George (editor) Wiley Blackwell Encyclopedia of Sociology, 2nd Edition. Blackwell Press. (In press.) - Book Chapter: Recent Publications in Sociology - Argentina y Uruguay, in Tracy North y Katherine D. McCann (eds.), Handbook of Latin American Studies de la Library of Congress Nr. 71. (Currently in press.) - Article: Sarmiento y la desmesura del pensar in Studia Politicae. Vol. 33, Winter. - Journal Article: Argentina: del bipartidismo a la democracia peronista in Nueva Sociedad. Nr. 358. 2014: 3
- Journal Article En el nombre del pueblo? Por qué estudiar al populismo hoy. Revista PostDATA Vol. 19 Nº 2, Octubre 2014. - Editor of a special volumen on populism studies: Revista Postdata19 Nº 2, Octubre 2014. The volumen contains, among others, articles by Pierre Ostiguy, Giorgio Katzambekis and Sebastián Barros. (2013) Book Chapter: Recent Publications in Sociology - Argentina y Uruguay, in Tracy North y Katherine D. McCann (eds.), Handbook of Latin American Studies de la Library of Congress Nr. 69. (Currently in preparation.) (2012) Book Chapter: Mauricio Macri, liberal o populista? in the edited volume: Racismo, violencia y política. Pensar el Indoamericano, dos años después. General Sarmiento, Editorial de la UNGS. ISBN 9789876301312 168. Pp. 43-60. Article: Liberal, radical, o populista y clientelar: Tres Visiones sobre la Relación entre Sociedad Civil y Estado en Latinoamérica in Revista Perspectivas Para la Gestión, el Estado y las Políticas Públicas. Buenos Aires, N 1. (In press.) Book Chapter: Recent Publications in Sociology - Argentina y Uruguay, in Tracy North y Katherine D. McCann (eds.), Handbook of Latin American Studies de la Library of Congress Nr. 67. Library of Congress, Washington DC. ISSN 9780292718289. ISSN: 00729822. Pp. 542-549. (2010) Book Chapter: Recent publications in Sociology - Argentina y Uruguay, in Tracy North and K.D. McCann, (eds.) Handbook of Latin American Studies de la Library of Congress Nr. 65. Library of Congress, Washington DC. Pp. 25-35 Article: Los espectadores de la política. Esfera pública y juicio estético in Revista Nuevo Espacio Público 2/3. IPAP, Viedma. Pp. 25-35 (2009:) Article: Responding to Disaster: Two Logics of Demands and the Politics of Hibridity. in Social Movements Studies. Journal of Social, Cultural and Political Protest 8. Routledge, London. Pp. In 95-114. Co-authored with Patricio Korzeniewicz. (2007:) Book Chapter: "Protesters, Participants and Politicians: Civil Society and Democratization in Latin America." in M. Herkenrath, ed. Civil Society Local and Regional Responses to Global Challenges. Muenster, Berlin, Hamburg, Wien, and London: LIT Verlag. Pp. 217-252. Co-authored with Patricio Korzeniewicz. (2005): Book Chapter: Recent publications in Sociology - Argentina y Uruguay. in Tracy North and Katherine D. McCann, eds.), in Tracy North y Katherine D. McCann (eds.), Handbook of Latin American Studies de la Library of Congress Nr. 65. Library of Congress, Washington DC. 4
(2003): Article: Social Capital in the Framework of the New World Bank Poverty Reduction Strategies in Revista Pensamiento Propio. CRIES, Caracas. (With Mariana Caminotti, Carolina Schillagi and Raúl Tempesta). PP 83-104 Book Chapter: Partidos Políticos en América Latina: Consolidación o Crisis? in Marcelo Cavarozzi y Juan Manuel Abal Medina, eds. Asedio a la Política: Partidos Políticos en América Latina en la Era Neoliberal. Rosario: Homo Sapiens. Pp. 9-32. Coauthored with Marcelo Cavarozzi. (2001). Article: Sobre la libertad in Revista Zigurat Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires. Pp. 122-126. (2000). Article: El dilema de la responsabilidad histórica in Revista Alpha. Universidad Nacional de Osorno, Osorno. Pp. 161-174. BOOK REVIEWS (2009): Review of Javier Auyero's Routine Politics and Violence in Argentina. The Grey Zone of State Power in Social Movements Studies. Journal of Social, Cultural and Political Protest 9. Routdlege, London. Pp. 488-490. (2003): El asedio a la política. Los partidos latinoeamericanos en la era neoliberal. in Revista Política y Gestión 4. UNSAM, Buenos Aires. Pp. 135-140 COURSES TAUGHT Undergraduate Courses 2014-2015: Qualitative Techniques for Social Research and Citizenship and Public Policy (UNRN). Spring 2014: Seminar, Political Systems and Political Parties in Latin America. Concentration in Latin American Studies, Brown University. Fall 2013: Seminar New Latin American Populisms in Comparative Perspective: Venezuela, Argentina, Bolivia, Ecuador and Paraguay. Concentration in Latin American Studies, Brown University. Spring 2013 Professor State Theory and Public Policy, Global Politics and Qualitative Research Techniques. BA in Public Security, Universidad Nacional de Rio Negro. 5
2012 Professor, Latin American Populism in a Comparative Perspective. BA in Political Science, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina. Professor, Public Policy Design and Evaluation, BA in Public Security, Universidad Nacional de Rio Negro. Professor, Latin American Populism in Comparative Perspective, Course for Study- Abroad Foreign Studenst, Universidad Torcuato Di Tella. (2009.) Professor, Democracy, Citizenship and Social Conflict, BA in Public Security, Universidad Nacional de Río Negro. Professor, Scope and Methods of Social Science, BA in Public Administration. Universidad Nacional de Río Negro, Argentina. (2007): Professor, Comparative Political Systems and Democracy and the Party System. BA in Humanities Lincoln Collage - Universidad Nacional de San Martín, Argentina. (2005 a 2006): Teaching Assistant in Introduction to Political Thought, School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University, USA. Profs. R. Bruce Douglass and Patrick Deneen. (2005): Teaching Assistant in Political Theory, Department of Government, Georgetown University, USA, Prof. Richard Avramenko. (2004): Co-Teacher, Globalization and the Meltdown of Society in Latin-America, Georgetown University (Summer Course), Buenos Aires. Profs. Marcelo Cavarozzi and Roberto Patricio Korzeniewicz. (1997 a 2003): Teaching Assistant, Graphic Design Seminar. BA in Communication Science, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina. Graduate Courses (2012, 2014, 2015) Professor, Latin American Political Systems and Political Parties. MA in Political Science, Universidad Torcuato Di Tella. (October 2011): Professor, Public Policy at the Crossroads: Inequality, Clientelism and the New Bureaucracy in Latin America, Program of Specialization in Public Management, Universidad de San Andrés, Argentina. (2009-2010). Professor Sate, Society and Market, MA in Public Policy and Government, Universidad Nacional de Río Negro, Argentina. 6
(2008): Professor, Democracy and Populism in the Latin American Context, Department of Graduates and Professional Development, Universidad Torcuato Di Tella, Argentina. (2008): Co-teacher, Political Theory. Doctorate in Political Science, Universidad Nacional de San Martín, Argentina. With Dr. Patricio Korzeniewicz. (2006 a 2008): Professor, Theories of Development MA in International Cooperation Studies, Universidad Nacional de San Martín, Argentina. (2006): Co-Teacher, Political Analysis, Master in Business Administration, Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata. With: Dr. Marcelo Cavarozzi. (2005 2006): Co-Teacher Political Anaylisis, Master in Business Administration, Universidad de Buenos Aires. With Dr. Marcelo Cavarozzi y Arturo Fernández. Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina. (2005): Co-teacher, Qualitative Methodology, Doctorate in Political Science, Universidad Nacional de San Martin, Argentina. With Dr. Roberto Patricio Korzeniewicz. PARTICIPATION IN CONFERENCES AND PANELS 2016: Paper Looking Forward, Looking Backward: Latin American and European Populisms accepted for the APSA Conference 2016, as part of a panel on Populism in Latin America and Europe with Pierre Ostiguy, Francisco Panizza, Joe Lowndes and Ben Moffit. 2015: - Paper Ni tan programáticos ni tan populistas: las transformaciones recientes de los partidos de gobierno en América Latina accepted at the Populismos en Perspectiva Comparada conference panelof the VIII Latin American Association of Political Science Congress (ALACIP 2015). July 2015, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Lima PUCP, Perú. - Paper Transformaciones de la gobernabilidad populista presented at 12 Congreso de la Sociedad Argentina de Análisis Político. August,, Mendoza. 2014: - Participated as discussant at the Workshop on Comparative Populism World-Wide. Universidad Católica de Chile, Julio 2014. Works-in-progress by Pierre Ostiguy, Paul Taggart, Gabriel Vommaro and Sebastián Barros were discussed. - Paper Argentina, a Peronist Democracy? presented at the Argentina Today and Tomorrow: Prospects and Challenge Conference. Providence, Brown University. 2013: Paper: A Tale of Two Provinces: Subnational Populism and Processes of Political 7
Identity Formation in Neuquén and Rio Negro, accepted in the Descentralization and Subnational Governance, LASA Conference. Washington DC, 29 de mayo a 1 de junio 2013. (2012): Paper: Assessing three visions of democracy in latin america: Civil society and political institutions in historical perspective presented in the Session Latin America: Modernizations and modernities in global contexts theoretical and comparative perspectives, Second ISA Forum of Sociology (Working Groups) of the International Sociology Association. Co-authored with R. Patricio Korzeniewicz. Buenos Aires, 1 al 4 de Agosto 2012. (2011): Panelist in the Seminar The Political Participation of the Youth. School of Communication Sciences. Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. (Córdoba, 27 September.) Panelist in the Seminar Political Cyber-activism. FLACSO (Latin-American Faculty for the Social Sciences) and Friederich Ebert Foundation. (Buenos Aires, 18 May.) Participant in the Seminar of Disability Policies in Argentina. Universidad Nacional de San Andrés. (Buenos Aires, 18 October.) (2007). Paper: Responding to Disaster: Two Logics of Demands and the Politics of Hibridity accepted at Latin American Studies Association Conference. (Montreal, August.) (2006). Paper More is better in civil society? A typology of civil society configurations accepted for the 20th World Congress of the International Political Science Association (IPSA) (Fukuoka, Japan, July). (2005). Paper Protesters, Participants and Politicians: Civil Society and Democratization in Latin America, presented at the Research Seminar, Department of Sociology, Binghamton University. With Dr. Patricio Korzeniewicz. Paper Social Differentiation and the Transformation of Autonomy: A Sociological Critique of Democratic Liberal Theory. accepted, American Political Science Association Conference Washington DC. (2005). Paper: Historical Patterns of Associations and Social Movements in Latin-America (Co-authored with Patricio Korzeniewicz), presented at the Annual Political Economy of the World System Conference Amherst, Massachusetts. (2004). Paper: "The Transitions Paradigm and the Normative Blindness of Political Science: Lessons of the Post-Transitions Era in Latin America," presented at Graduate Student Conference on Historical Perspectives on Latin American Dictatorships. Conference October 13 2004, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland. (2004). Paper: Historical Patterns of Associationism in Argentina presented at Latin-American Studies Association (LASA) World Congress, October 7, Las Vegas, Nevada. With Dr. Patricio Korzeniewicz. 8
(2001). Paper: Hannah Arendt: de la acción al juicio como acontecimiento político presented at XI National Congress of the Argentine Philosophical Association. Universidad Nacional de Salta, Salta. AWARDS (2006). The paper Protesters, Participants and Politicians: Civil Society and Democratization in Latin America, written in co-authorship with Dr. Patricio Korzeniewicz, was awarded a $1.000 prize in the World Society Foundation Award Program for Research Papers. (2005). "Political & Social Thought" Assistantship. Graduate School and School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University. (2003). Merit-based scholarship from Georgetown University, towards PhD completion. (2002-2003). Research scholarship in the School of Government and Politics, Universidad Nacional de San Martin. (2001). Travel Award to the Seminary Globalization from Above and Below, University of Maryland, College Park, January 2002. 9