VERONICA MARIA SOL HERRERA
University of Connecticut
Department of Political Science
365 Fairfield Way
Unit 1024
Storrs, CT 06269-1024
APPOINTMENTS
Assistant Professor
University of Connecticut, Department of Political Science, 2012-
Visiting Scholar
University of California, Berkeley, Center for Latin American Studies, 2011-2012
EDUCATION
University of California, Berkeley, Travers Department of Political Science, Berkeley, CA
Ph.D. May 2011
Fields: Comparative Politics, Latin American Politics, Research Methods
Dissertation: “Mayors, Markets and Municipal Reform: The Politics of Water Delivery in Mexico”
Committee: Ruth Berins Collier, Alison Post, David Collier, Kent Eaton (UC Santa Cruz), Isha Ray (Energy and Resources Group, UC Berkeley)
M.A. December 2005
Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, PA
B.A. in Political Science, High Honors, 2003
PEER-REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS
“Does Commercialization Undermine the Benefits of Decentralization for Local Services Provision? Evidence from Mexico’s Urban Water and Sanitation Sector” (Forthcoming, World Development)
SELELCTED PUBLICATIONS
“When Decentralization Matters: Subnational, Municipal, and New Intertier Relations.” 2012. Latin American Politics and Society. 54 (2). 153-163. (book review essay)
Co-authored with Céline Kauffmann, “Analyses of Private Participation of the Water and Sanitation Sector in Select Latin American Countries,” 2008 OECD Working Paper, OECD Investment Division, Water Investment Project
"New Actors, Old Problems: The Rise of Special Interests in Mexico," Center for Latin American Studies, UC Berkeley, Spring 2008
“The Persistence of Peronism,” Berkeley Review of Latin American Studies, Fall 2007
“Fujimori’s Quiet Coup d’Etat and the Restoration of Peru’s Constitutional Court,” Center for Latin American Studies, UC Berkeley, January 2005
WORKS IN PROGRESS
Water Networks: Political Coalitions and Policymaking in Urban Mexico (book manuscript)
“A Tale of Two Reforms: Shifting Governance Models in Urban Water and Sanitation in Developing Countries” (with Alison Post)
“From Participatory Promises to Partisan Capture: Local Democratic Transitions and Citizen Water Boards in Mexico”
“Environmental Social Movements in Latin America”
ACADEMIC FELLOWSHIPS, GRANTS, AWARDS
Clarence Stone Scholar Award, Urban Politics Section, American Political Science Association, 2013
SSRC Dissertation Completion Grant, SSRC-Mellon Mays Graduate Initiatives Program, 2010-2011
Finishing Year Fellowship, Political Science, UC Berkeley, 2010
Dean’s Normative Time Fellowship, Political Science, UC Berkeley, 2009-10
Simpson Memorial Fellowship, Institute for International Studies, UC Berkeley, 2008-9
Dissertation Research Fellowship, University of California Institute for Mexico and the United States (UC Mexus), 2008
Fulbright Fellowship, Institute for International Education, Mexico, 2007-8
Summer Grant, Graduate Division, UC Berkeley, 2007
Teaching Effectiveness Award, Graduate Division, 2007
Academic Progress Award, Graduate Division, UC Berkeley, 2007
Outstanding Graduate Student Instructor, Graduate Division, 2006
Summer Grant, National Science Foundation, 2005
Graduate Division First Year Fellowship, Political Science, UC Berkeley, 2004-5
High Honors, Political Science, Swarthmore College, 2003
Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellow, Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, 2002-3
Frances Reiner and Stephen Girard Lax Scholar, Swarthmore College, 2002-3
CONFERENCES AND INVITED PRESENTATIONS
“Water Networks: Political Coalitions and Policymaking in Urban Mexico,” Invited Speaker, Watson Institute, Brown University, October 17, 2013
“From Participatory Promises to Partisan Capture: Local Democratic Transitions and Citizen Water Boards in Mexico” Paper presented at the 2013 American Political Science Association Annual Meeting, Chicago
“The Participatory Brand and Local Democratic Transitions,” Paper presented at the 2013 Latin American Studies Association Conference, Washington, DC
“North American Waters: Political, Economic and Administrative Challenges.” Invited Speaker, Global Urban Studies Program, Michigan State University, February 22, 2013
“A Tale of Two Reforms: Shifting Governance Models in Urban Water and Sanitation in Developing Countries” (with Alison Post). Paper presented at the 2012 Latin American Studies Association Conference, San Francisco, California
“Mayors, Markets and Municipal Reform: The Politics of Water Delivery in Mexico,”
Invited guest speaker at Center for Latin American Studies, March 2011, Stanford University
“Federalism and Multi-Tiered Governance in Public Service Provision”
Paper presented at the 2010 Latin American Studies Association Conference, Toronto, Canada
“Commodifying Water: Mayors, Business and Municipal Policymaking in Mexico”
Paper presented at the 2010 American Political Science Association Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C.
“Mayors, Markets and Municipal Politics: The Case of Water Provision in Mexico”
Paper presented at the Comparative Politics Colloquium, Spring 2010, UC Berkeley
“The Subnational Politics of Public Service Provision in Mexico”. Paper presented at the 2010 Midwest Political Science Association Annual Meeting, Chicago
“Mexico after the PRI: Democratic Competition and Economic Uncertainty”
Guest Lecture in Undergraduate Latin American Politics Course, 2009, UC Berkeley
“Decentralization and Discontinuity: The Politics of Local Services Reform in Mexico”
Paper presented at the 2009 American Political Science Association, Toronto, Canada
“A Liquid Commodity: Private Sector Participation in Water and Sanitation in Latin America.” Paper presented at the 2007 Latin American Studies Association Conference, Montreal, Canada
“The Menem Legacy: Market Reforms and Economic Crisis in Argentine Politics”
Guest Lecture in Undergraduate Latin American Politics Course, 2006, UC Berkeley
ADDITIONAL RESEARCH AND PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Contributor to Qualitative Data Repository Pilot Project, Consortium for Qualitative and Multi-Methods Research, Maxwell School of Syracuse University (NSF Funded), 2013-2014.
Research Consultant, OECD Water and Sanitation Investment Division
Provided research for 2009 OECD book, “Private Sector Participation in Water Infrastructure OECD Checklist for Public Action,” and 2009 OECD book, “Managing Water for All: An OECD Perspective on Pricing and Financing”
Research Assistant, Election Administration Research Center, Institute for Governmental Studies, UC Berkeley, 2006 (Spearheaded coding and measurement design of large California wide survey conducted on poll worker training and administration)
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
Member
American Political Science Association
Latin American Studies Association
New England Council for Latin American Studies
Last Updated: September 2013
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