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Taeko Hiroi

Professor
Political Science and Public Administration

Office Building: Benedict Hall
Office Room: 312
Phone: (915) 747-7983
Email: thiroi@utep.edu

Expertise: See Research Profile in Expertise Connector

Bio

No info available.

Awards and Honors

Elected National President-Elect, Pi Sigma Alpha, The National Political Science Honor Society - Pi Sigma Alpha, The National Political Science Honor Society (09/01/2024-09/30/2024)
Pi Sigma Alpha Best Chapter Award 2023-2024 - Pi Sigma Alpha National Political Science Honor Society (08/01/2024-08/31/2024)
Pi Sigma Alpha Best Chapter Award 2022-2023 - Pi Sigma Alpha National Political Science Honor Society (08/01/2023-08/31/2023)
Election to the National Executive Council of Pi Sigma Alpha - The National Political Science Honor Society (10/01/2022-10/31/2022)
American Political Science Association Travel Grant - American Political Science Association (09/01/2022-09/30/2022)
Pi Sigma Alpha Best Chapter Award 2021-2022 - Pi Sigma Alpha National Political Science Honor Society (08/01/2022-08/31/2022)
Pi Sigma Alpha Best Chapter Award 2019-2020 - Pi Sigma Alpha National Political Science Honor Society (01/01/2020-12/31/2020)
Cook Award - Department of Political Science (01/01/2019-12/31/2019)
Pi Sigma Alpha Best Chapter Award 2018-2019 - Pi Sigma Alpha, The National Political Science Honor Society (01/01/2019-12/31/2019)
Outstanding Graduate Student Award Spring 2019 - Department of Political Science (05/01/2019-05/31/2019)
Pi Sigma Alpha Best Chapter Award 2016-17 - Pi Sigma Alpha, The National Political Science Honor Society (08/23/2017)
Pi Sigma Alpha Best Chapter Award 2015-16 - Pi Sigma Alpha, The National Political Science Honor Society (07/01/2016-07/31/2016)
Pi Sigma Alpha Best Chapter Award 2014 - Pi Sigma Alpha National Office (07/01/2014-07/31/2014)
Pi Sigma Alpha Best Chapter Award - Pi Sigma Alpha National Office (07/01/2013)
Graduate School Faculty Marshal of Students - UTEP Graduate School (05/01/2013-05/31/2013)
Grant Proposal Preparation Program Participant - College of Liberal Arts (01/01/2013-01/31/2013)
Social Science Research Institute Grant - Social Science Research Institute, Japan (01/01/2011-12/31/2011)
Advisor of the Year Award - Student Development Center/Registered Student Organization Awards Show (05/06/2011)
APSA Small Research Grant - American Political Science Association (01/01/2010-12/31/2010)
Enhancing Undergraduate Chinese Language and Culture Studies: Integrating Faculty and Curriculum Development - DOE (01/01/2010-12/31/2010)
Pi Sigma Alpha Best Chapter Award - Pi Sigma Alpha National Office (07/01/2010)
University Research Institute Research Grant - The University of Texas at El Paso (01/01/2009-12/31/2009)
Graduate Research Assistantship Funding - NSF Advance. The University of Texas at El Paso (01/01/2007-12/31/2007)
Graduate Research Assistantship Funding - NSF Advance. The University of Texas at El Paso (01/01/2006-12/31/2006)
Andrew Mellon Predoctoral Fellowship - University of Pittsburgh (01/01/2003-12/31/2003)
Dean’s Tuition Fellowship - Faculty of Arts and Sciences, University of Pittsburgh (01/01/2003-12/31/2003)
International Studies Fund Research Grant - University Center for International Studies, University of Pittsburgh (01/01/2003-12/31/2003)
National Science Foundation Dissertation Improvement Grant in Political Science - National Science Foundation (01/01/2003-12/31/2003)
Visiting Scholar - Instituto de Ciência Política, Universidade de Brasília (01/01/2003-12/31/2003)
Andrew Mellon Predoctoral Fellowship - University of Pittsburgh (01/01/2002-12/31/2002)
Faculty-Graduate Student Joint Research Grant - Center for Latin American Studies, University of Pittsburgh (01/01/2002-12/31/2002)
Presenter Honorarium - Conference on the Political Economy of International Finance (01/01/2002-12/31/2002)
Travel Grant - Latin American and Caribbean Economic Association (01/01/2002-12/31/2002)
Summer Field Research Grant - Center for Latin American Studies, University of Pittsburgh (01/01/2001-12/31/2001)
Teaching Fellowship - Department of Political Science, University of Pittsburgh (01/01/2001-12/31/2001)
Latin American Social and Public Policy Fellowship - Center for Latin American Studies, University of Pittsburgh (01/01/2000-12/31/2000)
Summer Language Study Fellowship - Center for Latin American Studies, University of Pittsburgh (01/01/2000-12/31/2000)
Latin American Social and Public Policy Fellowship - Center for Latin American Studies, University of Pittsburgh (01/01/1999-12/31/1999)
The George S. Blair Memorial Master’s Paper Award - School of Politics and Economics, The Claremont Graduate University (05/01/1997-05/31/1997)
The John Randolph Haynes and Dora Haynes Foundation Fellowship - School of Politics and Economics, The Claremont Graduate University (08/01/1996-08/31/1996)
Tuition Fellowship - School of Politics and Economics, The Claremont Graduate University (08/01/1995-08/31/1995)
High Honors Graduate - Department of Political Science, The University of Montana (05/01/1995-05/31/1995)

Education

Ph D in Political Science, University of Pittsburgh (2005)

Artistic and Creative Performances and Exhibits

Other - Ties to Home: The Kimonos of Kitty Huntley (08/23/2021-02/28/2022). Kimono Exhibit. UTEP Centennial Museum. Taeko Hiroi.

Publications

Corruption, patronage, and avertable child deaths in developing countries Politics & Policy 51 6 (2023), Taeko Hiroi, Gregory S. Schober.
Corruption, patronage, and avertable child deaths in developing countries Politics & Policy 51 6 (2023), Taeko Hiroi, Gregory S. Schober.
Safeguarding the promise of integration: Regional leaders and coup deterrence Regions & Cohesion 13 1 (2023), Gaspare Genna, Taeko Hiroi.
Processo legislativo no Brasil: poderes de agenda e ferramentas de obstrução Editora da UFPR (in press), Taeko Hiroi, Lucio Renno.
Exploring Politics: A Concise Introduction CQ Press (2022), Gaspare M. Genna, Taeko Hiroi.
Exploring Politics: A Concise Introduction CQ Press (2022), Gaspare M. Genna, Taeko Hiroi.
The presidential calculous in the appointment of ministers in Brazil/O cálculo do presidente ao nomear ministros no Brasil Brazilian Journal of Public Administration/Revista De Administração Pública 55 5 (2021), Pedro Neiva, Taeko Hiroi.
Todos os estados são iguais, mas alguns são mais iguais do que outros Revista Brasileira de Ciências Sociais 35 103 (2020), Pedro Neiva, Taeko Hiroi, .

Presentations

Legislative Support and Cabinet Portfolio Reallocations in (Multiparty) Presidential Regimes (2024), Volume Philadelphia, Taeko Hiroi, James Langford.
Adjusting Ministerial Appointments in Response to Changes in Legislative Support (2024), Volume New Orleans, Taeko Hiroi, James Langford.
Testing a Compensation Hypothesis in Brazilian Federalism, 1889-2017 (2023), Volume Brown University, Providence, RI, Taeko Hiroi.
Navigating through Legislative Obstruction and Review: Explaining Legislative Activism in a Coalitional Presidential System (2022), Volume Montreal, Canada, Taeko Hiroi.
Explaining Ministerial Appointments in Brazil: Regions, Career Trajectories, and Loyalty (2022), Volume Chicago, IL (hybrid), Taeko Hiroi.
Explaining Ministerial Appointments in Brazil: Regions, Career Trajectories, and Loyalty (2021), Taeko Hiroi, Pedro Neiva.
Rethinking Political Representation: The Distribution of Principal National Offices in Brazilian Federalism, 1889-2017 (2021), Volume Brazil, Taeko Hiroi.
Explaining Legislative Activism: Legislative Reviews, Obstruction and Governing Coalitions in the Brazilian Congress (2021), Taeko Hiroi.
Trading Legislative Seats for National Hegemony: The Distribution of Principal National Offices in Brazilian Federalism, 1889-2017 (2020), Taeko Hiroi.

Grants

Political Film Series and Discussions (12/15/2024 - 05/31/2025) - Pi Sigma Alpha National Office
Voter Registration Drive & Presidential Debate Watch Party (09/10/2024 - 10/31/2024) - Pi Sigma Alpha National Office
Navigating through Legislative Obstruction and Review: Explaining Legislative Activism in a Coalitional Presidential System (09/15/2022 - 09/18/2022) - American Political Science Association
Quality of Governance and Health Outcomes: A Global Analysis (05/01/2018 - 12/31/2020) - Other

Current/Future Courses

Term	Course	Section
Fall 2025	POLS 5393 - Final Paper Project	12179
Fall 2025	POLS 4370 - Independent Reading in Pol Sci	12578
Fall 2025	POLS 4343 - Politics of Brazil	16884
Fall 2025	POLS 5380 - Selected Problems-Government	11944
Fall 2025	POLS 5334 - Seminar-Comparative Pol. Dev.	16883
Fall 2025	POLS 5398 - Thesis	10943
Fall 2025	POLS 5399 - Thesis	10952
Fall 2025	RSRC 4033 - Undergraduate Research	12714
Summer 2025	POLS 2310 - Introduction to Politics	33532
Summer 2025	RSRC 4033 - Undergraduate Research	31103

Past Courses

Select Term:

Term	Course	Section	Syllabus
Fall 2025	POLS 4343 - Politics of Brazil	16884
Fall 2025	POLS 5334 - Seminar-Comparative Pol. Dev.	16883
Spring 2025	POLS 3345 - Democracy and Democratization	27173	Syllabus
Spring 2025	POLS 5393 - Final Paper Project	22645
Fall 2024	POLS 3339 - Comparative Political Systems	18044	Syllabus
Fall 2024	POLS 5393 - Final Paper Project	12404
Fall 2024	POLS 2310 - Introduction to Politics	14524	Syllabus
Summer 2024	POLS 2310 - Introduction to Politics	33336	Syllabus
Spring 2024	POLS 5346 - Sem in Pol Econ of Developmt	26820	Syllabus
Fall 2023	POLS 5345 - Comparative Electoral Systems	16490	Syllabus
Fall 2023	POLS 2310 - Introduction to Politics	11522	Syllabus
Summer 2023	POLS 3339 - Comparative Political Systems	35129
Spring 2023	POLS 4343 - Politics of Brazil	26943	Syllabus
Spring 2023	POLS 5334 - Seminar-Comparative Pol. Dev.	26955	Syllabus
Spring 2023	POLS 5399 - Thesis	22092
Fall 2022	POLS 3345 - Democracy and Democratization	19101	Syllabus
Fall 2022	POLS 2310 - Introduction to Politics	17018	Syllabus
Fall 2022	POLS 5398 - Thesis	12201
Fall 2022	POLS 5399 - Thesis	12211
Summer 2022	POLS 3339 - Comparative Political Systems	36095	Syllabus
Spring 2022	POLS 3339 - Comparative Political Systems	28504	Syllabus
Spring 2022	POLS 5346 - Sem in Pol Econ of Developmt	28507	Syllabus
Spring 2022	POLS 5398 - Thesis	22745
Spring 2022	POLS 5399 - Thesis	22756
Fall 2021	POLS 5345 - Comparative Electoral Systems	18805	Syllabus
Fall 2021	POLS 4329 - Elections Around the World	19703	Syllabus
Fall 2021	POLS 2310 - Introduction to Politics	18600	Syllabus
Fall 2021	POLS 5398 - Thesis	12204
Summer 2021	POLS 3339 - Comparative Political Systems	35908	Syllabus
Spring 2021	POLS 2310 - Introduction to Politics	28042	Syllabus
Spring 2021	POLS 5334 - Seminar-Comparative Pol. Dev.	28047	Syllabus
Fall 2020	POLS 2310 - Introduction to Politics	12940	Syllabus
Fall 2020	POLS 4343 - Politics of Brazil	18600	Syllabus
Fall 2020	POLS 5399 - Thesis	12356
Fall 2020	LABS 4301 - Topics Lat Amer/Border Stud	19713
Summer 2020	POLS 3339 - Comparative Political Systems	35834
Summer 2020	POLS 5399 - Thesis	33575
Spring 2020	POLS 3339 - Comparative Political Systems	28048	Syllabus
Spring 2020	POLS 5346 - Sem in Pol Econ of Developmt	27982	Syllabus
Spring 2020	POLS 5398 - Thesis	23416
Fall 2019	POLS 2310 - Introduction to Politics	13142	Syllabus
Fall 2019	POLS 4348 - Politics/Developing Countries	18070	Syllabus
Summer 2019	POLS 3339 - Comparative Political Systems	35164
Spring 2019	POLS 3339 - Comparative Political Systems	28065	Syllabus
Spring 2019	POLS 5393 - Final Paper Project	26239
Spring 2019	POLS 5334 - Seminar-Comparative Pol. Dev.	27884	Syllabus
Spring 2019	POLS 5399 - Thesis	23685
Spring 2019	RSRC 4033 - Undergraduate Research	24945
Fall 2018	POLS 3345 - Democracy and Democratization	18098	Syllabus
Fall 2018	POLS 5393 - Final Paper Project	16691
Fall 2018	POLS 2310 - Introduction to Politics	13384	Syllabus
Fall 2018	POLS 5398 - Thesis	12695
Fall 2018	POLS 5399 - Thesis	12706
Fall 2018	RSRC 4033 - Undergraduate Research	14672
Summer 2018	POLS 3339 - Comparative Political Systems	35511
Summer 2018	POLS 2310 - Introduction to Politics (C)	35016
Spring 2018	POLS 3334 - Politics in World Regions	25935	Syllabus
Spring 2018	POLS 5346 - Sem in Pol Econ of Developmt	28225	Syllabus
Spring 2018	POLS 4358 - Special Topics in Public Admin	26846	Syllabus

Course Evaluations

Term	Course	Section	Evaluation
Fall 2024	POLS 3339 - Comparative Political Systems	18044	Evaluation
Fall 2024	POLS 2310 - Introduction to Politics	14524	Evaluation
Summer 2024	POLS 2310 - Introduction to Politics	33336	Evaluation
Spring 2024	POLS 5346 - Sem in Pol Econ of Developmt	26820	Evaluation
Fall 2023	POLS 5345 - Comparative Electoral Systems	16490	Evaluation
Fall 2023	POLS 2310 - Introduction to Politics	11522	Evaluation
Summer 2023	POLS 3339 - Comparative Political Systems	35129	Evaluation
Spring 2023	POLS 4343 - Politics of Brazil	26943	Evaluation
Spring 2023	POLS 5334 - Seminar-Comparative Pol. Dev.	26955	Evaluation
Fall 2022	POLS 3345 - Democracy and Democratization	19101	Evaluation
Fall 2022	POLS 2310 - Introduction to Politics	17018	Evaluation
Spring 2022	POLS 3339 - Comparative Political Systems	28504	Evaluation
Spring 2022	POLS 5346 - Sem in Pol Econ of Developmt	28507	Evaluation
Fall 2021	POLS 5345 - Comparative Electoral Systems	18805	Evaluation
Fall 2021	POLS 4329 - Elections Around the World	19703	Evaluation
Fall 2021	POLS 2310 - Introduction to Politics	18600	Evaluation
Summer 2021	POLS 3339 - Comparative Political Systems	35908	Evaluation
Spring 2021	POLS 2310 - Introduction to Politics	28042	Evaluation
Spring 2021	POLS 5334 - Seminar-Comparative Pol. Dev.	28047	Evaluation
Fall 2020	POLS 2310 - Introduction to Politics	12940	Evaluation
Fall 2020	POLS 4343 - Politics of Brazil	18600	Evaluation
Summer 2020	POLS 3339 - Comparative Political Systems	35834	Evaluation
Spring 2020	POLS 3339 - Comparative Political Systems	28048	Evaluation
Spring 2020	POLS 5346 - Sem in Pol Econ of Developmt	27982	Evaluation

Bio

No info available.

Awards and Honors

Elected National President-Elect, Pi Sigma Alpha, The National Political Science Honor Society - Pi Sigma Alpha, The National Political Science Honor Society (09/01/2024-09/30/2024)
Pi Sigma Alpha Best Chapter Award 2023-2024 - Pi Sigma Alpha National Political Science Honor Society (08/01/2024-08/31/2024)
Pi Sigma Alpha Best Chapter Award 2022-2023 - Pi Sigma Alpha National Political Science Honor Society (08/01/2023-08/31/2023)
Election to the National Executive Council of Pi Sigma Alpha - The National Political Science Honor Society (10/01/2022-10/31/2022)
American Political Science Association Travel Grant - American Political Science Association (09/01/2022-09/30/2022)
Pi Sigma Alpha Best Chapter Award 2021-2022 - Pi Sigma Alpha National Political Science Honor Society (08/01/2022-08/31/2022)
Pi Sigma Alpha Best Chapter Award 2019-2020 - Pi Sigma Alpha National Political Science Honor Society (01/01/2020-12/31/2020)
Cook Award - Department of Political Science (01/01/2019-12/31/2019)
Pi Sigma Alpha Best Chapter Award 2018-2019 - Pi Sigma Alpha, The National Political Science Honor Society (01/01/2019-12/31/2019)
Outstanding Graduate Student Award Spring 2019 - Department of Political Science (05/01/2019-05/31/2019)
Pi Sigma Alpha Best Chapter Award 2016-17 - Pi Sigma Alpha, The National Political Science Honor Society (08/23/2017)
Pi Sigma Alpha Best Chapter Award 2015-16 - Pi Sigma Alpha, The National Political Science Honor Society (07/01/2016-07/31/2016)
Pi Sigma Alpha Best Chapter Award 2014 - Pi Sigma Alpha National Office (07/01/2014-07/31/2014)
Pi Sigma Alpha Best Chapter Award - Pi Sigma Alpha National Office (07/01/2013)
Graduate School Faculty Marshal of Students - UTEP Graduate School (05/01/2013-05/31/2013)
Grant Proposal Preparation Program Participant - College of Liberal Arts (01/01/2013-01/31/2013)
Social Science Research Institute Grant - Social Science Research Institute, Japan (01/01/2011-12/31/2011)
Advisor of the Year Award - Student Development Center/Registered Student Organization Awards Show (05/06/2011)
APSA Small Research Grant - American Political Science Association (01/01/2010-12/31/2010)
Enhancing Undergraduate Chinese Language and Culture Studies: Integrating Faculty and Curriculum Development - DOE (01/01/2010-12/31/2010)
Pi Sigma Alpha Best Chapter Award - Pi Sigma Alpha National Office (07/01/2010)
University Research Institute Research Grant - The University of Texas at El Paso (01/01/2009-12/31/2009)
Graduate Research Assistantship Funding - NSF Advance. The University of Texas at El Paso (01/01/2007-12/31/2007)
Graduate Research Assistantship Funding - NSF Advance. The University of Texas at El Paso (01/01/2006-12/31/2006)
Andrew Mellon Predoctoral Fellowship - University of Pittsburgh (01/01/2003-12/31/2003)
Dean’s Tuition Fellowship - Faculty of Arts and Sciences, University of Pittsburgh (01/01/2003-12/31/2003)
International Studies Fund Research Grant - University Center for International Studies, University of Pittsburgh (01/01/2003-12/31/2003)
National Science Foundation Dissertation Improvement Grant in Political Science - National Science Foundation (01/01/2003-12/31/2003)
Visiting Scholar - Instituto de Ciência Política, Universidade de Brasília (01/01/2003-12/31/2003)
Andrew Mellon Predoctoral Fellowship - University of Pittsburgh (01/01/2002-12/31/2002)
Faculty-Graduate Student Joint Research Grant - Center for Latin American Studies, University of Pittsburgh (01/01/2002-12/31/2002)
Presenter Honorarium - Conference on the Political Economy of International Finance (01/01/2002-12/31/2002)
Travel Grant - Latin American and Caribbean Economic Association (01/01/2002-12/31/2002)
Summer Field Research Grant - Center for Latin American Studies, University of Pittsburgh (01/01/2001-12/31/2001)
Teaching Fellowship - Department of Political Science, University of Pittsburgh (01/01/2001-12/31/2001)
Latin American Social and Public Policy Fellowship - Center for Latin American Studies, University of Pittsburgh (01/01/2000-12/31/2000)
Summer Language Study Fellowship - Center for Latin American Studies, University of Pittsburgh (01/01/2000-12/31/2000)
Latin American Social and Public Policy Fellowship - Center for Latin American Studies, University of Pittsburgh (01/01/1999-12/31/1999)
The George S. Blair Memorial Master’s Paper Award - School of Politics and Economics, The Claremont Graduate University (05/01/1997-05/31/1997)
The John Randolph Haynes and Dora Haynes Foundation Fellowship - School of Politics and Economics, The Claremont Graduate University (08/01/1996-08/31/1996)
Tuition Fellowship - School of Politics and Economics, The Claremont Graduate University (08/01/1995-08/31/1995)
High Honors Graduate - Department of Political Science, The University of Montana (05/01/1995-05/31/1995)

Ph D in Political Science, University of Pittsburgh (2005)

Artistic and Creative Performances and Exhibits

Start Date

2021-08-23

End Date

2022-02-28

Type

Other

Title

Ties to Home: The Kimonos of Kitty Huntley

Publications

Corruption, patronage, and avertable child deaths in developing countries Politics & Policy 51 6 (2023), Taeko Hiroi, Gregory S. Schober.
Corruption, patronage, and avertable child deaths in developing countries Politics & Policy 51 6 (2023), Taeko Hiroi, Gregory S. Schober.
Safeguarding the promise of integration: Regional leaders and coup deterrence Regions & Cohesion 13 1 (2023), Gaspare Genna, Taeko Hiroi.
Processo legislativo no Brasil: poderes de agenda e ferramentas de obstrução Editora da UFPR (in press), Taeko Hiroi, Lucio Renno.
Exploring Politics: A Concise Introduction CQ Press (2022), Gaspare M. Genna, Taeko Hiroi.

Presentations

Legislative Support and Cabinet Portfolio Reallocations in (Multiparty) Presidential Regimes (2024), Volume Philadelphia, Taeko Hiroi, James Langford.
Adjusting Ministerial Appointments in Response to Changes in Legislative Support (2024), Volume New Orleans, Taeko Hiroi, James Langford.
Testing a Compensation Hypothesis in Brazilian Federalism, 1889-2017 (2023), Volume Brown University, Providence, RI, Taeko Hiroi.
Navigating through Legislative Obstruction and Review: Explaining Legislative Activism in a Coalitional Presidential System (2022), Volume Montreal, Canada, Taeko Hiroi.
Explaining Ministerial Appointments in Brazil: Regions, Career Trajectories, and Loyalty (2022), Volume Chicago, IL (hybrid), Taeko Hiroi.

Political Film Series and Discussions (12/15/2024 - 05/31/2025) Pi Sigma Alpha National Office
Voter Registration Drive & Presidential Debate Watch Party (09/10/2024 - 10/31/2024) Pi Sigma Alpha National Office
Navigating through Legislative Obstruction and Review: Explaining Legislative Activism in a Coalitional Presidential System (09/15/2022 - 09/18/2022) American Political Science Association
Quality of Governance and Health Outcomes: A Global Analysis (05/01/2018 - 12/31/2020) Other

Current/Future Courses

Term

Fall 2025

Course

POLS 5393 - Final Paper Project

Section

12179

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2025

Course

POLS 4370 - Independent Reading in Pol Sci

Section

12578

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2025

Course

POLS 4343 - Politics of Brazil

Section

16884

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2025

Course

POLS 5380 - Selected Problems-Government

Section

11944

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2025

Course

POLS 5334 - Seminar-Comparative Pol. Dev.

Section

16883

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2025

Course

POLS 5398 - Thesis

Section

10943

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2025

Course

POLS 5399 - Thesis

Section

10952

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2025

Course

RSRC 4033 - Undergraduate Research

Section

12714

Syllabus

Term

Summer 2025

Course

POLS 2310 - Introduction to Politics

Section

33532

Syllabus

Term

Summer 2025

Course

RSRC 4033 - Undergraduate Research

Section

31103

Syllabus

Past Courses

Select Term:

Term

Fall 2025

Course

POLS 4343 - Politics of Brazil

Section

16884

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2025

Course

POLS 5334 - Seminar-Comparative Pol. Dev.

Section

16883

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2025

Course

POLS 3345 - Democracy and Democratization

Section

27173

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2025

Course

POLS 5393 - Final Paper Project

Section

22645

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2024

Course

POLS 3339 - Comparative Political Systems

Section

18044

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2024

Course

POLS 5393 - Final Paper Project

Section

12404

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2024

Course

POLS 2310 - Introduction to Politics

Section

14524

Syllabus

Term

Summer 2024

Course

POLS 2310 - Introduction to Politics

Section

33336

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2024

Course

POLS 5346 - Sem in Pol Econ of Developmt

Section

26820

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2023

Course

POLS 5345 - Comparative Electoral Systems

Section

16490

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2023

Course

POLS 2310 - Introduction to Politics

Section

11522

Syllabus

Term

Summer 2023

Course

POLS 3339 - Comparative Political Systems

Section

35129

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2023

Course

POLS 4343 - Politics of Brazil

Section

26943

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2023

Course

POLS 5334 - Seminar-Comparative Pol. Dev.

Section

26955

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2023

Course

POLS 5399 - Thesis

Section

22092

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2022

Course

POLS 3345 - Democracy and Democratization

Section

19101

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2022

Course

POLS 2310 - Introduction to Politics

Section

17018

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2022

Course

POLS 5398 - Thesis

Section

12201

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2022

Course

POLS 5399 - Thesis

Section

12211

Syllabus

Term

Summer 2022

Course

POLS 3339 - Comparative Political Systems

Section

36095

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2022

Course

POLS 3339 - Comparative Political Systems

Section

28504

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2022

Course

POLS 5346 - Sem in Pol Econ of Developmt

Section

28507

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2022

Course

POLS 5398 - Thesis

Section

22745

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2022

Course

POLS 5399 - Thesis

Section

22756

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2021

Course

POLS 5345 - Comparative Electoral Systems

Section

18805

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2021

Course

POLS 4329 - Elections Around the World

Section

19703

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2021

Course

POLS 2310 - Introduction to Politics

Section

18600

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2021

Course

POLS 5398 - Thesis

Section

12204

Syllabus

Term

Summer 2021

Course

POLS 3339 - Comparative Political Systems

Section

35908

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2021

Course

POLS 2310 - Introduction to Politics

Section

28042

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2021

Course

POLS 5334 - Seminar-Comparative Pol. Dev.

Section

28047

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2020

Course

POLS 2310 - Introduction to Politics

Section

12940

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2020

Course

POLS 4343 - Politics of Brazil

Section

18600

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2020

Course

POLS 5399 - Thesis

Section

12356

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2020

Course

LABS 4301 - Topics Lat Amer/Border Stud

Section

19713

Syllabus

Term

Summer 2020

Course

POLS 3339 - Comparative Political Systems

Section

35834

Syllabus

Term

Summer 2020

Course

POLS 5399 - Thesis

Section

33575

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2020

Course

POLS 3339 - Comparative Political Systems

Section

28048

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2020

Course

POLS 5346 - Sem in Pol Econ of Developmt

Section

27982

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2020

Course

POLS 5398 - Thesis

Section

23416

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2019

Course

POLS 2310 - Introduction to Politics

Section

13142

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2019

Course

POLS 4348 - Politics/Developing Countries

Section

18070

Syllabus

Term

Summer 2019

Course

POLS 3339 - Comparative Political Systems

Section

35164

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2019

Course

POLS 3339 - Comparative Political Systems

Section

28065

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2019

Course

POLS 5393 - Final Paper Project

Section

26239

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2019

Course

POLS 5334 - Seminar-Comparative Pol. Dev.

Section

27884

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2019

Course

POLS 5399 - Thesis

Section

23685

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2019

Course

RSRC 4033 - Undergraduate Research

Section

24945

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2018

Course

POLS 3345 - Democracy and Democratization

Section

18098

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2018

Course

POLS 5393 - Final Paper Project

Section

16691

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2018

Course

POLS 2310 - Introduction to Politics

Section

13384

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2018

Course

POLS 5398 - Thesis

Section

12695

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2018

Course

POLS 5399 - Thesis

Section

12706

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2018

Course

RSRC 4033 - Undergraduate Research

Section

14672

Syllabus

Term

Summer 2018

Course

POLS 3339 - Comparative Political Systems

Section

35511

Syllabus

Term

Summer 2018

Course

POLS 2310 - Introduction to Politics (C)

Section

35016

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2018

Course

POLS 3334 - Politics in World Regions

Section

25935

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2018

Course

POLS 5346 - Sem in Pol Econ of Developmt

Section

28225

Syllabus

Term

Spring 2018

Course

POLS 4358 - Special Topics in Public Admin

Section

26846

Syllabus

Term

Fall 2024

Course

POLS 3339 - Comparative Political Systems

Section

18044

Evaluation

Term

Fall 2024

Course

POLS 2310 - Introduction to Politics

Section

14524

Evaluation

Term

Summer 2024

Course

POLS 2310 - Introduction to Politics

Section

33336

Evaluation

Term

Spring 2024

Course

POLS 5346 - Sem in Pol Econ of Developmt

Section

26820

Evaluation

Term

Fall 2023

Course

POLS 5345 - Comparative Electoral Systems

Section

16490

Evaluation

Term

Fall 2023

Course

POLS 2310 - Introduction to Politics

Section

11522

Evaluation

Term

Summer 2023

Course

POLS 3339 - Comparative Political Systems

Section

35129

Evaluation

Term

Spring 2023

Course

POLS 4343 - Politics of Brazil

Section

26943

Evaluation

Term

Spring 2023

Course

POLS 5334 - Seminar-Comparative Pol. Dev.

Section

26955

Evaluation

Term

Fall 2022

Course

POLS 3345 - Democracy and Democratization

Section

19101

Evaluation

Term

Fall 2022

Course

POLS 2310 - Introduction to Politics

Section

17018

Evaluation

Term

Spring 2022

Course

POLS 3339 - Comparative Political Systems

Section

28504

Evaluation

Term

Spring 2022

Course

POLS 5346 - Sem in Pol Econ of Developmt

Section

28507

Evaluation

Term

Fall 2021

Course

POLS 5345 - Comparative Electoral Systems

Section

18805

Evaluation

Term

Fall 2021

Course

POLS 4329 - Elections Around the World

Section

19703

Evaluation

Term

Fall 2021

Course

POLS 2310 - Introduction to Politics

Section

18600

Evaluation

Term

Summer 2021

Course

POLS 3339 - Comparative Political Systems

Section

35908

Evaluation

Term

Spring 2021

Course

POLS 2310 - Introduction to Politics

Section

28042

Evaluation

Term

Spring 2021

Course

POLS 5334 - Seminar-Comparative Pol. Dev.

Section

28047

Evaluation

Term

Fall 2020

Course

POLS 2310 - Introduction to Politics

Section

12940

Evaluation

Term

Fall 2020

Course

POLS 4343 - Politics of Brazil

Section

18600

Evaluation

Term

Summer 2020

Course

POLS 3339 - Comparative Political Systems

Section

35834

Evaluation

Term

Spring 2020

Course

POLS 3339 - Comparative Political Systems

Section

28048

Evaluation

Term

Spring 2020

Course

POLS 5346 - Sem in Pol Econ of Developmt

Section

27982

Evaluation

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