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Nora Bredes
Kevin Clarke
Alexandre Debs
Richard Dees
John Duggan
Richard Fenno
Mark Fey
Edward Fiandach
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Hein Goemans
Ewa Hauser
Gretchen Helmke
Thomas Jackson
Bruce Jacobs
James Johnson
Stuart Jordan
Tasos Kalandrakis
Mark Kayser
Bonnie Meguid
Richard Niemi
Michael Peress
Charles Phelps
G. Bingham Powell
Lynda Powell
David Primo
Peter Regenstreif
Lawrence Rothenberg
Joel Seligman
Curtis Signorino
Valeria Sinclair-Chapman
Randall Stone

  Gretchen Helmke
Associate Professor of Political Science

hlmk@mail.rochester.edu
Harkness Hall 331
585-275-5236
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PhD, Chicago, 2000. Comparative politics. Current research examines comparative political and legal institutions, Latin American politics, and voting and elections. Her book, Courts Under Constraints: Judges, Generals, and Presidents in Argentina, was published in December 2004 (Cambridge University Press). Her articles have appeared in American Political Science Review, Comparative Politics, and Desarollo Economico. Current projects include an edited volume on informal institutions in Latin America, papers on judicial reform and the World Bank, and a new research project on split-ticket voting in Latin America. Teaches courses on Latin American politics, democratic regimes, judicial politics, and comparative political institutions. She has been awarded an Academy Scholars Fellowship at the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs at Harvard University for the years 2002-2003 and 2004-2005.
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Courses:
PSC 258 Democratic Regimes
PSC 261 Latin American Politics
PSC 263 Comparative Law and Courts
PSC 350/550 Comparative Politics Field Seminar
PSC 558 Comparative Parties and Elections
PSC 561 Latin American Politics

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