Curriculum Vitae
Daniel Zizumbo-Colunga
Vanderbilt University
Department of Political Science
VU Station B#351817
Nashville Tennessee 37235-1817
Juan Cano 102 Department 1D
San Miguel Chapultepec, Miguel Hidalgo
Mexico City, 11850
daniel.zizumbo-colunga@vanderbilt.edu
Last update: 10/29/2015
Academic Positions
Visiting Professor. Division of Political Studies. Center for Economic Research and Teaching (CIDE). September 2015 – Present.
Education
Ph.D. Vanderbilt University
Political Science.
Major Fields: Comparative Politics (Latin America), Political Methodology
Minor Field: American Politics
Dissertation: Taking the Law into Our Hands: Trust, Social Capital and Vigilante Justice (Defended on September the 8th 2015)
M.A. Vanderbilt University
Political Science, 2013
B. A. (Licenciatura) National Autonomous University of Mexico
Psychology, May 23 2007
Publications
Peer Reviewed Journal Articles
“The Varying Political Toll of Corruption in Good versus Bad Economic Times.” Comparative Political Studies. October 2013. 46 (10): 1190-1218 (With Elizabeth J. Zechmeister).
“Security Satisfaction and Citizens’ Democratic Preferences: The Hard-Line Approach and Mexico.” Política y Gobierno. 2013 (special issue): 187-219.
Book Chapters
“Economic Evaluations and Support for Free Trade in Latin America and the Caribbean” Legitimacy of Regional Integration edited volume. Ed. Steffen Schneider and Achim Hurrelmann. October 27th 2015. Palgrave MacMillan. (with Mitchell A. Seligson).
“Crime and Violence across the Americas” in The Political Culture of Democracy in the Americas, 2014: Democratic Governance across 10 Years of the AmericasBarometer, pp. 1-28. December, 2014. (with Nicole Hinton, Daniel Montalvo, Arturo Maldonado and Mason Moseley).
“Citizen Security, Evaluations of the State, and Policy Preferences” in The Political Culture of Democracy in the Americas, 2014: Democratic Governance across 10 Years of the AmericasBarometer, pp. 73-116. December, 2014. (with Matthew Layton, Mariana Rodríguez and Mason Moseley).
“Political Legitimacy and Democratic Values” in The Political Culture of Democracy in the Americas, 2012: Towards Equality of Opportunity. pp. 189-215. December, 2012. (with Ryan E. Carlin, Gregory J. Love, Matthew M. Singer and Amy Erica Smith).
“Civil Society and Civic Participation” in The Political Culture of Democracy, 2010: Democratic Consolidation in the Americas in Hard Times. ed. Mitchell A. Seligson and Amy Erica Smith. pp. 107-129. December, 2010. (With Amy Erica Smith).
“Local Government” in The Political Culture of Democracy, 2010: Democratic Consolidation in the Americas in Hard Times. ed. Mitchell A. Seligson and Amy Erica Smith. pp. 131-143. December, 2010. (With Mitchell A. Seligson and Amy Erica Smith).
Published Reports
“Vigilante Justice: Ten Years of Evidence in Review”. Insights Series #120. Latin American Public Opinion Project, Vanderbilt University, August 2015.
“Social Capital and Economic Crisis”. Insights Series #43. Latin American Public Opinion Project, Vanderbilt University, July 2010. (with Elizabeth J. Zechmeister and Mitchell A. Seligson).
“The Political Toll of Corruption on Presidential Approval”. Insights Series #52. Latin American Public Opinion Project, Vanderbilt University, November 2010. (with Elizabeth J. Zechmeister).
“Explaining Support for Vigilante Justice”. Insights Series #39. Latin American Public Opinion Project, Vanderbilt University, May 2010.
“Who Supports Free Trade in the Americas (and Why)?”. Americas Quarterly Winter 2011, pp. 66-69. (with Elizabeth J. Zechmeister and Mitchell A. Seligson).
Fellowships & Awards
2014-2015. Social Science Research Consortium (SSRC) Drugs Security and Democracy Dissertation Research Award.
Fall 2015. Research on Individuals, Politics & Society Laboratory (RIPS) Grant for Experimental Research.
2012-2014. College of Arts and Science Travel Grants to attend: The Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, Washington D.C. (2014); The Annual Meeting of the European Political Science Association, Edinburgh Scotland.(2014); The Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago IL. (2012, 2013).
2012. Center for Latin American Studies Summer Research Award.
2012. College of Arts and Science Summer Research Award (Declined).
2011. Award to attend the Summer Institute in Political Psychology at Stanford University, Department of Political Science, Vanderbilt University.
2010. Award to attend the Summer Institute in Survey Research Techniques at the University of Michigan Ann Arbor, Department of Political Science, Vanderbilt University.
2010-2014. Graduate Tuition Fellowship/Assistantship, Vanderbilt University.
2009-2014. National Council of Science and Technology (Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología CONACYT) Graduate Fellowship.
2006-2007 PAPIME Undergraduate Research Scholarship Recipient, The National Autonomous University of Mexico.
Working Papers
“Terrorism and Democracy in Latin America and the Caribbean”. Under review at World Politics (with Jennifer L. Merolla, J. Daniel Montalvo and Elizabeth Zechmeister).
“Missing the Rally: The Effect of the 2004 Madrid Terrorist Attacks Revisited”. Under revision, to be submitted shortly.
“Taking the Law in Our Own Hands: The Joint Importance of Trust in the Law and in the Community”. Under revision, to be submitted shortly.
“Trust and Support for Collective Vigilantism: A Vignette Experiment”. Paper presented at Vanderbilt University’s Comparative Colloquium, January 2015. Under preparation for submission.
“Trust and Vigilante Justice: An Extralegal-Retaliation Experiment”. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, April 16th-April 19th, 2015, Chicago Illinois. Under revision, to be submitted shortly.
“Terror Threat, Emotions, and Information Seeking in a Political Campaign”. Working Paper (with Jennifer Merolla, Travis Coan and Elizabeth Zechmeister).
Research Presentations
External (by invitation)
“Economic Evaluations and Support for Free Trade in Latin America and the Caribbean”. Paper presented at “The Legitimacy of Regional Integration in Europe and the Americas: Empirical and Comparative Perspectives Research Workshop” at The Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, Department of Political Science (GSI), July 19-20 2013, Munich, Germany.
“Can Good Government Performance Decrease Democratic Preferences?” Paper presented at the Seminar “Desafíos de la Política Mexicana: Visiones desde el Barómetro de las Américas” at the Center for Economic Research and Teaching (Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económica CIDE). January 28, 2012, Mexico City, Mexico.
External
“Missing the Rally: The Effect of the 2004 Madrid Terrorist Attacks Revisited”. Paper presented at the 4th Annual General Conference of the European Political Science Association, June 19th-June 21st, 2014, Edinburgh, Scotland.
“Taking the Law in Our Own Hands: Testing the Interactive Trust Hypothesis in Mexico 2010”. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, April 12th-April 15th, 2013, Chicago Illinois.
“Missing the Rally: Terrorist Attacks and the Rally Around the Flag Effect in the 2004 Spanish Elections”. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, April 12th-April 15th, 2013, Chicago Illinois.
“The Dark Side of Social Capital: The Interactive Role of Interpersonal Trust and Trust in Law Enforcement as Predictors of Support for Vigilante Justice”. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, April 12th-April 15th, 2012, Chicago Illinois.
“Terror Threat, Emotions, and Information Seeking in a Political Campaign” Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, April 12th-April 15th, 2012, Chicago Illinois. (with Travis Coan, Elizabeth J. Zechmeister, and Jennifer Merolla).
“Love Splinters: When Love Touches Mental Health (Las astillas del amor: cuando el amor toca la salud mental)” Paper presented at the Second Regional Conference of the Inter American Society of Psychology. October 5th 2006. La Habana, Cuba. (with Sofía Rivera Aragón).
“When Remembering You Torments Me: Anxiety and Depression During Dating Breakup (Cuando tu recuerdo me atormenta: ansiedad y depresión durante la ruptura de la relación de noviazgo)”. Paper presented at the III International Conference of Social Psychology and II Congress of Social Exclusion and Identity. October 26 2006. Puebla, México. (with Sofia Rivera-Aragón).
“Real and Ideal Aspects of Gender Identity” symposium offered during the XXXIV Conference of the National Council for Psychology Teaching and Research. Abril 19 2007. Guadalajara, Jalisco. México. (with Sofía Rivera-Aragón, Tania Rocha-Sánchez Esmeralda, Rolando Díaz-Loving, Briam Limón-González, Mirna García-Méndez, Nancy Montero-Santamaría, Erika Benítez-Carrillo; Georgina García-Rodríguez).
Internal
“Enforcing the Law Outside the State: The Case of Cherán” Graduate Student Roundtable. Center for Latin American Studies. Vanderbilt University. September 20 2012, Nashville Tennessee.
“Enforcing the Law Outside the State: The Case of Cherán” guest in the speaker series of The Mexican Studies Group. Robert Penn Warren Center of Humanities. Vanderbilt University. November 11 2012, Nashville Tennessee.
Research Experience
2013 (Summer) Research assistant for The Latin American Public Opinion Project (LAPOP), Vanderbilt University
2013 (Spring) Research Assistant for Elizabeth Zechmeister, Department of Political Science, Vanderbilt University
2012 (Summer & Fall) Research assistant for LAPOP, Vanderbilt University
2012 (Spring) Research Assistant for Elizabeth Zechmeister, Department of Political Science, Vanderbilt University
2011 (Spring-Fall) Research assistant for LAPOP, Vanderbilt University
2010 (Fall) Research assistant for Cindy D. Kam, Department of Political Science, Vanderbilt University
2010 (Spring & Summer) Research assistant for LAPOP, Vanderbilt University
Teaching Experience and Interests
2014 (Spring) Teaching Assistant for Elizabeth J. Zechmeister, Class: International Relations of Latin America
Teaching Interests Comparative Politics, Public Opinion, Political Psychology, Political Behavior, Research Design, Latin American Politics, Mexican Politics, International Relations in Latin America, Emotions in Politics, Experimental Methods, Statistical Analysis of Multilevel Data ,and Multidiscipline & Mixed Methods in Political Science.
Professional Activities & Service
Additional Training and Research Skills
Summer Institute in Survey Research Techniques, Institute for Social Research University of Michigan, 2010. Courses Completed: Design and Analysis of Complex Survey Data, Multi-Level Analysis of Survey Data, Structural Equation Models.
Summer Institute of Political Psychology, Institute for Research in the Social Sciences (IRiSS) Stanford University, 2011.
Languages: Spanish (native), English (fluent), French (advanced), Portuguese (proficient), German (basic).
Statistical Packages/Programs: STATA, HLM, R, SPSS.
Other: Kendo, 2nd Dan
Fieldwork
2014-2015 National Media Archives (UNAM, Mexico City) / Cherán / Nahuatzen (State of Michoacán, México)
2013 (Fall) Cherán / Department of Psychology of the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM)
2012 (Summer) Mexico City / Cherán (State of Michoacán, México)
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