Roberts, Kennith

Latin American populism, electoral volatility, party system change, and the social bases of political representation
Chile, Peru, Venezuela, and Argentina

Editorial Boards

Professional Associations

Chair, Woodrow Wilson Award Committee for the best book in Political Science, American Political Science Association, 2004-05.
Burdette Award Selection Committee for best article in Comparative Politics, Comparative Politics Section, American Political Science Association, 2001-2002
Bryce Wood Book Award Committee, Latin American Studies Association, 2000-2001

Administrative Work in Department, College, and University Committees

Chair, Department of Political Science, Aug. 2001-
Ethics and Advisory Committee, University of New Mexico Faculty Senate, 2003-
Interdisciplinary Committee for Latin American Studies, Latin American Institute, UNM, 1995-
Policy Committee, Latin American and Iberian Institute, 2002-03
Program Committee, Latin American and Iberian Institute, UNM, 1992-2002
Graduate Studies Committee, Dept. of Political Science, UNM, 1993-94 and 2000-01
Executive Committee, Dept. of Political Science, UNM, 1994-95
Grants and Awards Committee, Latin American Institute, UNM, 1994-1996 and 2000-01
Chair, Latin American Search Committee, Department of Political Science, UNM, 2000-01

Community Service

Board of Directors, Re-Visioning New Mexico, 2000-2002; President, 2002-03
National Executive Board, Witness for Peace, 1993-1997
Human Rights Training, Immigration and Naturalization Service, Los Angeles and San Francisco Asylum Offices, January and May, 1996
Member of the Carter Center=s Election Observation Delegation to Caracas and Maracaibo, Venezuela, December, 1998, May, 2000, November 2003, August 2004.

Professor, 7/05-, Department of Government, Cornell University
Chair, 8/01-3/05 Department of Political Science, University of New Mexico
Associate Professor, 8/98-7/05, Dept. of Political Science, University of New Mexico
Assistant Professor, 8/92-7/98 , Dept. of Political Science, University of New Mexico
Doctoral Fellow, 9/90-6/92, Center for Latin American Studies, Stanford University
Residential Fellow, 8/91-12/91, Kellogg Institute for International Studies, University of Notre Dame,
Visiting Research Associate, 9/89-8/90, Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales (FLACSO), Santiago, Chile
Graduate Fellow, 1 /89-12/89, Stanford Center for Conflict and Negotiation, Stanford University.
Graduate Research and Teaching Assistant, 9/86-6/92, Dept. of Political Science, Stanford University
Visiting Instructor of Political Science, 9/85-8/86, Eckerd College, St. Petersburg, FL

Gunter Starkey Teaching Award, College of Arts and Sciences, University of New Mexico, 1999-2000
Regent's Lectureship, College of Arts and Sciences, University of New Mexico, 1998-2001
Richard Goldsmith Prize for best paper on dispute resolution, Stanford Center for Conflict and Negotiation, Stanford University, 1989

Changing Course: Parties, Populism, and Political Representation in Latin America’s Neoliberal Era , forthcoming, Cambridge University Press.
Populism, Political Conflict, and Grass-Roots Organization in Latin America: A Comparison of Fujimori and Chavez
Deepening Democracy? The Modern Left and Social Movements in Chile and Peru (Stanford University Press, 1998),
“Populist Mobilization, Socio-Political Conflict, and Grass-Roots Organization in Latin America,” Comparative Politics (January 2006).
“Party System Demise and Populist Resurgence in Venezuela,@ Latin American Politics and Society 45, 3 (Fall 2003): 35-57.
"Party-Society Linkages and the Transformation of Political Representation in Latin America," Canadian Journal of Latin American and Caribbean Studies 27, 53 (2002): 9-34.
"Social Inequalities Without Class Cleavages: Party Systems and Labor Movements in Latin America",Neoliberal Era,@ Studies in Comparative International Development (Winter 2002).