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I am an Visiting Scholar in the Department of Political Science at the University of Massachusetts-Amherst and Profesor-Investigador Titular (on leave) at the Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas (CIDE)) in Mexico City. I also serve as the co-principal investigator of the Mexican Election Study (Estudio Nacional Electoral de México), which is part of the Comparative Study of Electoral Systems (CSES). Previously, I was a Post-Doctoral Fellow in the Department of Politics at the University of Virginia. I received my PhD in Political Science from the University of Notre Dame where I was also a Garza PhD Fellow of the Kellogg Institute for International Studies.
My research interests include survey research methodology, public opinion formation, and political behavior. My main line of research sheds light on the influence of political campaigns on voting behavior. I study the influence of partisanship and motivated reasoning on voters' electoral behavior. I also participate in collaborative research projects aiming to understanding why voters support corrupt politicians in Latin America, voters' populist attitudes in Latin America, and vote-buying/clientelism in Mexico. My work has been published in Public Opinion Quarterly, Perspectives on Politics, Political Behavior, Political Research Quarterly, Electoral Studies, International Journal of Public Opinion Research, Journal of Elections, Public Opinion, and Parties, Latin American Research Review, Revista Latinoamericana de Opinión Pública, Política y Gobierno, among other journals. Contact information: Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas (CIDE) División de Estudios Políticos Carretera México-Toluca 3655, Col. Lomas de Santa Fe Tel.: 55-5727-9800 ext. 2208 Mexico City, Mexico. C.P. 01210 Email: rodrigo.castro@cide.edu / Google Scholar |
