Dr. Indira Palacios-Valladares Strong Hall 316 (417) 836-6927 901 South National Avenue, Springfield, MO 65897 IndiraPalacios@MissouriState.edu EDUCATION 2006 2002 Ph.D. in Political Science University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Major in Comparative Politics, minor in Political Theory M.A. in Political Science and Graduate Certificate in Latin American Studies University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 1996 B.A. (Sociology Major) University of Chile ACADEMIC POSITIONS Since Fall 2013 Fall 2007 to 2013 Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, Missouri State University. Instructor, Department of Political Science, Missouri State University. RESEARCH Book Industrial Relations after Pinochet: Firm-Level Unionism and Collective Bargaining Outcomes in Chile. December 2011. Bern, Switzerland: Peter Lang, Series Trade Unions Past, Present and Future, Vol. 11. Articles Grievances and the Diffusion of Student Protest: Understanding the Recent Wave of Student Contention in Chile (under review by refereed journal) Protest U, Americas Quarterly, summer 2014, 8 (3): 87-92. From Militancy to Clientelism: Labor Union Strategies and Membership Trajectories in Contemporary Chile, Latin American Politics and Society, summer 2010, 52 (2): 73-102. Book review in Latin American Politics and Society, summer 2005, 47 (2): 191-196. Parties and Unions in the New Global Economy by Katrina Burgess.
Professional Publications Balance de una Década. 2002. In Teresa Valdés, ed., El Nuevo Contrato Social Dirigido a las Mujeres: Balance de Democracia en Chile. Co-authored with Teresa Valdés and Natasha Molina. Santiago, Chile: Grupo Iniciativa Mujeres Chile. El Indice de Compromiso Cumplido: Una Estrategia para el Control Ciudadano de la Equidad de Género. 2001. Co-authored with Pamela Caro, Alejandra Faúndez, Elizabeth Guerrero, Ana María Muñoz, Teresa Valdés and Ximena Valdés. Santiago, Chile: FLACSO-Chile. ICC Indice de Compromiso Cumplido: Un Instrumento de Control Ciudadano para las Mujeres. 2000. Co-authored with Pamela Caro, Olga Espinoza, Alejandra Faúndez, Elizabeth Guerrero, Ana María Muñoz, Ximena Valdés and Teresa Valdés. Santiago, Chile: Grupo Iniciativa Mujeres Chile. Las Mujeres en las Ultimas Elecciones Presidenciales. 2000. In Nuevo Gobierno: Desafíos de la Reconciliación. Co-authored with Teresa Valdés. Santiago, Chile: FLACSO-Chile. Participation and Leadership in Latin America and the Caribbean. 1999. Co-authored with Teresa Valdés Santiago, Chile: ECLAC (Published in Spanish also). Encuesta Nacional: Opinión y Actitudes de las Mujeres Chilenas sobre la Condición de Género. 1999. Isabel Duque, Nuria Núñez and Teresa Valdés, eds. Santiago, Chile: Grupo Iniciativa Mujeres Chile. El Control Ciudadano de la Plataforma de Beijing: Un Proceso Social en Construcción. 1999. In Chile entre la II Cumbre y la Detención de Pinochet. Co-authored with Teresa Valdés. Santiago, Chile: FLACSO- Chile. Avances Hacia las Metas para las Niñas, las Adolescentes y las Mujeres. 1998. Co-authored with Alejandra Faúndez, and Teresa Valdés. Bogotá, Colombia: UNICEF Regional Office for Latin America and The Caribbean (Published in English also). Planificación y Participación Local. 1994. Co-authored with Eduardo Morales and Juan Enrique Opazo. Santiago, Chile: Agencia de Cooperación Española. Conference Presentations, Talks and Invited Lectures Grievances, Organization, and the Diffusion of Student Protest: Post-Transition Student Movements in the Southern Cone, to be presented at the annual meeting of the American Political Science Association (APSA), Washington, DC, August 28-31, 2014. (Accepted but did not attend) Students and Politics: Contemporary Student Movements in the Southern Cone, to be presented at the annual meeting of the Latin American Studies Association (LASA), Chicago, Ill, May 21-24, 2014. Grievances and the Diffusion of Student Protest: Understanding the recent Wave of Student Contention in Chile, to be presented at the annual meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association (MPSA), Chicago, Ill, April 3-6, 2014. El Excepcionalismo Chileno: Protestas Estudiantiles en Argentina, Chile, y Uruguay después del Retorno a la Democracia, talk delivered at the Universidad Católica del Uruguay. Montevideo, Uruguay, July 31, 2013. 2
Understanding the Chilean Exceptionalism: Student Movements in Argentina, Chile and Uruguay after the Transition to Democracy, presented at the annual meeting of the Latin American Studies Association (LASA), Washington, DC, May 29-June 1, 2013. The 2012 US Presidential Election and the Electoral College, lecture delivered at the Universidad Central de Chile, July 10, 2012. A Cross National Comparison of Student Movements, presented at the annual meeting of the Latin American Studies Association (LASA), San Francisco, California, May 23-26, 2012. Organizing Chilean Retail Workers, presented at the annual meeting of the Latin American Studies Association (LASA), Toronto, Canada, October 6-9, 2010. Negociación Colectiva y Sindicalización en Chile: Un Estudio Comparado de Cuatro Firmas, presented at the monthly faculty workshop of the Instituto de Ciencia Política, Universidad Católica de Chile. Reverting Union Membership Losses: Cautionary Tales from Chile, presented at the annual meeting of the Latin American Studies Association (LASA), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, June 11-14, 2009. Union Bargaining Power: A Comparative Analysis of Firm-level Outcomes, presented at the annual meeting of the Latin American Studies Association (LASA), San Juan, Puerto Rico, March 15-18, 2006. Resisting State Reform: Contentious Politics in Chile in the 1990s, presented at the annual meeting of the American Political Science Association (APSA), Philadelphia, PA, August 28-31, 2003. The Limits of Political Opportunity Theory: Mass Protest as a Political Resource, presented at the annual meeting of the Latin American Studies Association (LASA), Dallas, TX, March 26-29, 2003. Social Actors in Movement: Chile 1990-1999, presented at the annual meeting of the Southeastern Council on Latin American Studies (SECOLAS), Chapel Hill, NC, March 6-8, 2003. Social Movements and Strategic Framing: Chile 1990-1999, presented at the FLACSO-ILAS Graduate Student Research Seminar, Santiago, Chile, April 2002. Field Research Affiliations Summer 2012 Summer 2010 March 2004-2005 Department of Political Science Universidad Central -- Santiago, Chile Instituto de Ciencia Política Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile -- Santiago, Chile Instituto de Ciencia Política Universidad Andrés Bello -- Santiago, Chile 3
FELLOWSHIPS, GRANTS AND HONORS Summer 2014 Fall 2013 Fall 2012 American Political Science Association Fund for Latino Scholarship Public Affairs Grant (with Dr. Gabriel Ondetti) Public Talk Missouri State University Public Affairs Grant (with Dr. Gabriel Ondetti) - Public Talk Study Away Exploratory Grant (declined) Missouri State University Summer 2012 Fall 2011 Summer 2009 Fall 2008 Fall 2004-2005 Spring 2004 Summer 2001 Research Grant Latin American, Caribbean and Hispanic Studies Program Missouri State University Member of the US Midwest Young Scholars Delegation to Taiwan Ministry of Foreign Affairs Taiwan Research Grant College of Humanities and Public Affairs, Missouri State University Incentive Grant Public Talk College of Humanities and Public Affairs, Missouri State University Doctoral Dissertation Field Research Fellowship Ford Foundation Off-Campus Dissertation Field Research Fellowship Graduate School University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Pre-Dissertation Field Research Travel Grant Mellon-Tinker Foundation Pre-Dissertation Field Research Grant Ford Foundation TEACHING EXPERIENCE Introduction to Comparative Politics American Democracy and Citizenship Latin American Politics Graduate Seminar in Comparative Politics 4
SERVICE To Missouri State University Minority Faculty Mentor College of Humanities and Public Affairs, Fall 2013- present Faculty Fellow, Living Learning Community Wells House, Fall 2012-present Member, Fulbright MSU Campus Committee, Fall 2011-present Interviewer, Presidential Scholarship, Spring 2010-present Member, Public Affairs Conference University Committee, Fall 2013-Spring 2014 Member, Advisory Committee MSU Center for Learning and Writing-Bear Claw, Fall 2012 Member, CDC Director Search Committee, Fall 2011 Member, Hispanic Center Faculty Committee, Fall 2009-2010 To the Department Member, Department of Political Science PLS 101 Committee, Fall 2009-present Member, Latin American and Caribbean Studies Program Grants Committee, Spring 2009-present Member, Department of Political Science Curriculum Committee, Fall 2008-present Member, Department of Political Science Masters of Global Studies Committee, Fall 2010-present Academic Advisor Undergraduate Political Science Majors, Fall 2010-present Chair, American Government and International Relations Instructor Search Committee, Summer 2011 Member, Department of Political Science South East Asia Faculty Search Committee, Fall 2008 Member, Department of Political Science Middle Eastern Politics Search Committee, Fall 2007 Academic Events Organized Twenty Years On: The Legacy of the Rwandan Genocide," talk by Dr. Theogene Rundasinwa, former Secretary general of the Rwandan Patriotic Front and ambassador to the United States, at Missouri State University, Springfield, MO April 9, 201. Co-organizer Dr. Ashley Leinweber. Sponsored by Missouri State University s Department of Political Science and Public Affairs Conference. US-Cuba Relations in Light of Recent Economic Reforms, talk by Dr. Philip Brenner from American University, at Missouri State University, Springfield, MO September 24, 2013. Co-organizer Dr. Gabriel Ondetti. Sponsored by Missouri State University -- Public Affairs Grant, the Latin American and Caribbean Studies Program and the Department of Political Science. Social Mobilization in Contemporary Chile: Debates about Neoliberalism, Society and Politics panel at the 2013 Annual Meeting of the Latin American Studies Association LASA, Washington, DC May 29 to June 1, 2013. Unauthorized Immigration to the United States: US Policy and its Effects, talk by Dr. David FitzGerald from UC San Diego, at Missouri State University, Springfield, MO September 24, 2012. Co-organizer Dr. Gabriel Ondetti. Sponsored by Missouri State University -- Public Affairs Grant, the Latin American and Caribbean Studies Program and the Department of Political Science. Drug-related Violence and the Future of Mexico, talk held by Dr. Howard Campbell from UT El Paso, at Missouri State University, Springfield, MO, October 6, 2011. Co-organizer Dr. Gabriel Ondetti. Sponsored by Missouri State University -- Public Affairs Grant, the Latin American and Caribbean Studies Program and the Department of Political Science. 5
The Left in Latin America, panel discussion held at Missouri State University, Springfield, MO, April 24, 2008. Sponsored by Missouri State University s College of Humanities and Public Affairs Incentive Grant CHPA. To the Profession Peer review Social Movements Studies (SMS) Journal of Latin American Studies (JLAS) Latin American Politics and Society(LAPS) Editorial Board member, LASA Forum 2012-2013 Co-editor with Gabriel Ondetti of Spring 2013 number To the Community 2007 - present Board of Directors, Grupo Latinoamericano, Springfield, Missouri 2008 Editorial Advisory Board, Springfield News-Leader and Observer, Springfield, Missouri August 1999-2000 March 2000 September 1999 Talk Show Co-host and Co-producer. Puerto de Palos. Radio Academia 105.3 FM. Universidad Academia de Humanismo Cristiano, Santiago, Chile NGO delegate to the Preparatory Meeting for United Nations Special Session Beijing+5 held in New York NGO delegate to the Southern Cone Regional Preparatory Meeting for Beijing+5 held in Montevideo, Uruguay PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS Latin American Studies Association (LASA), American Political Science Association (APSA), Midwest Political Association (MPSA). NON-ACADEMIC JOB EXPERIENCE 1998-2000 & 1994-1996 Research Assistant Department of Gender Studies/Latin American Faculty of Social Sciences (FLACSO-Chile) and Assistant to the Academic Director 1999 School of Philosophy and Humanities, University of Chile Project Co-Coordinator (private consulting contract) 1998 Municipality of Las Condes, Chile Project Co-Coordinator (private consulting contract) 1997 Department of Social Studies/Municipality of Santiago, Chile Program Evaluator 6