Carew E. Boulding
CV

EDUCATION
Ph.D. University of California, San Diego, 2007
Political Science

Dissertation Title: “Protest, Voting, and Political Change: The Effects of NGOs on Politics in Developing Democracies”

Dissertation Committee: Paul Drake (Chair), Clark Gibson, Stephan Haggard, Peter Gourevitch, Scott Desposato, Richard Feinberg (Economist, Graduate School of International Relations and Pacific Studies)

Comprehensive Examinations: Comparative Politics, International Relations, Politics of Development (Focus Field)

M.A. University of California, San Diego, 2003
Political Science

B.A. University of Washington, Seattle, 1999
Political Science, Departmental Honors

B.A. University of Washington, Seattle, 1999
English Literature

RESEARCH INTERESTS
• Political Effects of Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs)
• Latin American Politics, emphasis on Bolivia
• Politics of Development
• Foreign Aid and Democratization

FELLOWSHIPS AND AWARDS
• Institute for Global Conflict and Cooperation Dissertation Year Fellowship 2006-2007
• Center for Iberian and Latin American Studies, Pre-Dissertation Field Grant
for field work in Bolivia Summer 2004
• American Political Science Association Travel Grant 2004
• Mark Twain Teaching Assistantship, UCSD Department of Political Science 2002-2006
• Graduate Fellowship, UCSD Department of Political Science 2001-2002
• Robert Dahl Award for the best Senior Honors Thesis in Political Science,
University of Washington 1999
• Bonderman Honors Travel Fellowship, funding for travel to South America 1999
 to follow up on senior thesis research

PUBLICATIONS
2007 “Political Supporters or Challengers? The Effects of NGOs on Local Politics in Bolivia” (with Clark Gibson). Forthcoming (accepted for publication Sept. 2007), Comparative Political Studies.


WORKING PAPERS AND PRESENTATIONS
2006 “NGOs and Political Participation: Sub-national Evidence on Voter Turnout and Protest from Bolivia” Poster presentation at the American Political Science Association, Aug. 31-Sept. 4, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

2006 “Political Supporters or Challengers? The Effects of NGOs on Local Politics in Bolivia” (with Clark Gibson) Presented at the American Political Science Association, Aug. 31-Sept. 4, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

2006 “Modern State-building Simulation” (with Kathleen Gallagher Cunningham). Presented at the APSA Teaching and Learning Conference, February 2006, Washington D.C.

2005 “To the Streets or to the Voting Booth: The Effects of Foreign Aid to Civil Society on Participation in Developing Democracies” Dissertation Prospectus. Defended February 22, 2005.

2005 “Political Terror, Election Fraud, and Foreign Aid: When do Donors Withdraw Aid to Pomote Democracy?” Presented at the Midwest Political Science Association conference, Chicago, IL, April 6-10, 2005.

2004 “Foreign Aid and Democratization: When do Donors Withdraw Aid and Why?” (with Susan D. Hyde). Presented at the Western Political Science Association conference, Portland, OR; the International Studies Association, Montreal, Quebec; and the UCSD International Relations Workshop Retreat, The Martin Johnson House, La Jolla, CA.

2004 “Foreign Aid, NGOs and Democratic Accountability” Presented at the UCSD International Relations Workshop Retreat, May 2004, The Martin Johnson House, La Jolla, CA.

2004 “The Foreign Aid Puzzle: Multilateral vs. Bilateral Development Assistance.” Presented at the Midwest Political Science Association, April 2004, Chicago, IL and at the American Political Science Association, Sept. 2004, Chicago, IL.


INVITED TALKS
“Foreign Aid, NGOs, and Democratic Accountability in Bolivia.” Presented at the Latin American Studies Graduate Research Workshop, UCSD (April 22, 2004)

“Foreign Aid and Development in Latin America.” Presented at the Social Science Forum speaker series on development at Chapman University in Orange, CA (March 1, 2004).
TEACHING AND RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

Lecturer
• “Global Development,” University of Colorado (Fall 2007).
• “How to Build a Democracy: A State-building Simulation” co-taught with Kathleen Gallagher Cunningham, UCSD (Winter 2006).

Teaching Assistant
• “World Poverty: An Introduction,” UCSD, Professor Stephan Haggard (Winter 2005)
• “Dimensions of Culture”, a writing program emphasizing issues of diversity and social justice, Thurgood Marshall College, UCSD (Fall 2003- Spring 2004)
• “Political Inquiry (Statistics for Political Science),” UCSD, Professors Kristian Gleditsch and Peter H. Smith. (Fall 2002, Spring 2003)

Grader
• “Politics of Immigration,” UCSD, Professor Wayne Cornelius. (Fall 2005)
• “Western Political Development,” UCSD, Professor Victor Magagna. (Fall 2004)
• “U.S. – Latin American Relations,” UCSD, Professor Peter H. Smith. (Spring 2005, Summer 2004, Winter 2003)
• “American Political Parties,” UCSD, Professor Peter Galderisi (Summer 2002)

Research Assistant
• Project on decentralization and environmental policy in Latin America, Professor Clark Gibson (Winter-Spring 2002)


PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS
• American Political Science Association, 2001-present
• Midwest Political Science Association, 2003- present
• Western Political Science Association, 2003- present
• Latin America Studies Association, 2004- present
• Women in Political Science, UCSD, 2001-2007


PROFESSIONAL SERVICE
• Associate Editor for the Journal of Environment and Development (June 2004 – June 2007)
• Founding member of Women in Political Science Graduate Mentoring Program, UCSD (2002-2007)


LANGUAGES
Spanish (proficient at a professional level)


OTHER EXPERIENCE
Oct. 1999- July 2000 Traveled extensively in Chile, Bolivia, Argentina and Peru.
Feb. 2000- June 2000 Worked as a volunteer coordinator at an orphanage in La Paz, Bolivia and started a literacy workshop for teenage girls at a state-run home
Fall 1997 Semester abroad in Seville, Spain