DAVID S.

BROWN
School Address
Department of Political Science
University of Colorado
Boulder, CO 80309

Contact Information
tel: (303) 492-4783
email: dsbrown@colorado.edu
http://spot.colorado.edu/~dsbrown/

EDUCATION

Doctor of Philosophy, Political Science

University of California, Los Angeles
Thesis - Democracy, Human Capital, and Economic Growth

June 1995

Masters, Political Science

University of California, Los Angeles

June 1992

Bachelor of Arts, History

Doane College, Crete, NE

May 1984

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

University of Colorado, Boulder, CO

Chair, Department of Political Science

June 2012 - present

University of Colorado, Boulder, CO

Full Professor

June 2012 - present

University of Colorado, Boulder, CO

Director, Center to Advance Research and Teaching
in the Social Sciences

January 2011- July 2012

University of Colorado, Boulder, CO

Acting Chair, Department of Political Science

January 1 - June 30, 2010

University of Colorado, Boulder, CO

Associate Chair, Director of Graduate Studies

August 2006 - July, 2008

University of Colorado, Boulder, CO

Director, INVST Community Studies,
University of Colorado, Boulder, CO
Associate Professor
University of Colorado, Boulder, CO
Research Associate, Institute of Behavior Science

October 2007 - July, 2008

June 2005 - 2012

May 2003 - present

University of Colorado, Boulder, CO

Assistant Professor

June 2002 - 2005

Rice University, Houston, TX

Assistant Professor

September 1997 - May 2002

University of Colorado, Boulder, CO

Kenneth Boulding Post-Doctoral Fellow, Institute of Behavior Science

September 1996 - June 1997

University of California, Los Angles, Los Angeles, CA

Visiting Lecturer

1995-1996

PUBLICATIONS

Refereed Journal Articles

David S. Brown, Courtenay Brown, J. Christopher Brown (Forthcoming). Land Occupations and
Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon. Land Use Policy.
Amy H. Liu, David S. Brown, and Meghan H. Dunn (2015). Minority Language Recognition and Trust
Evidence from Twenty-Five Democracies. Taiwan Journal of Democracy. Volume 11(2):113-138.
Carew Boulding and David S. Brown (2015).Do Political Parties Matter for Turnout? Number of
Parties, Electoral Rules, and Local Elections in Brazil and Bolivia. Party Politics. May 2015 21:
404-416.
Amy Liu, Moonhawk Kim, Kim-Lee Tuxhorn, David Leblang and David Brown, (2015) Lingua Mercatoria: Language and Foreign Direct Investment International Studies Quarterly vol. 59(2).
David S. Brown, J. Christopher Brown, and Scott Desposato (2014). NGOs, Turnout, and the Left:
A Sub-national Analysis of Brazil. Journal of Developing Societies. Vol. 30 (4) 365-87.
Carew Boulding and David S. Brown (2014), Political Competition and Local Social Spending: Evidence from Brazil. Studies in Comparative International Development. 49:197216
David S. Brown, J. Chrisopher Brown, and Maureen Donaghy (2012). The Electoral Consequences
of Direct Political Action: Evidence from Brazil. Latin American Politics and Society. 53 (4) p. 35-66.
David S. Brown, Michael Touchton, and Andrew Whitford (2011). Political Polarization as a Constraint on Corruption: a cross-national comparison. World Development 39 (9) pp. 1516-1529.
David S. Brown and Ahmed Mushfiq Mobarak (2009). The Transforming Power of Democracy:
Regime Type and Electricity Consumption in the Developing World. American Political Science Review. 103 (2): 193-213.
David S. Brown, J. Christopher Brown, and Scott W. Desposato (2008). Who Gives, Who Receives,
and Who Wins? Transforming Capital into Political Change through Non-Governmental Organizations. Comparative Political Studies. Vol. 41, No. 1: 24-47.
David S. Brown, J. Christopher Brown, and Scott W. Desposato (2007). Promoting and preventing
political change through internationally-funded NGO activity. Latin American Research Review. 42
(1): 124-136.
Glen Biglaiser and David S. Brown (2005), The Determinants of Economic Liberalization in Latin
America. Political Research Quarterly (December 2005) Vol 58, No. 4: pp. 565-574

 Avelino, George; Brown, David S.; Hunter, Wendy (2005).The Effects of Capital Mobility, Trade
Openness, and Democracy on Social Spending in Latin America 1980-1999. American Journal of
Political Science 49, no. 3 (July 2005): 625-641.
Brown, David S., J. Christopher Brown, and Scott W. Desposato (2005). Paving the Way to Political
Change: Decentralization of Development in the Brazilian Amazon. Political Geography 24, no. 1
(2005): 39-52.
David S. Brown and Wendy A. Hunter. (2004)Democracy and Human Capital Formation: Education
Spending in Latin America, 1980 to 1997. Comparative Political Studies. vol. 37, no. 7, pp. 842864(23).
David S. Brown (2004).Democracy and Gender Inequality in Education: a cross-national examination.
British Journal of Political Science. 34(1): 157-172.
Glen Biglaiser and David S. Brown (2003).The Determinants of Privatization in Latin America.
Political Research Quarterly. 56 (1): 77-90.
David S. Brown, J. Christopher Brown, and Scott Desposato. (2002). Left Turn on Green? The
Unintended Consequences of International Funding for Sustainable Development in the Amazon. Comparative Political Studies. Vol. 35 (7): pp. 813-838.
David S. Brown. (2002). Democracy, Authoritarianism, and Education Finance in Brazil. Journal of
Latin American Studies. Vol. 34 (1): pp. 115-141.
David S. Brown. (2000). Democracy, Colonization, and Human Capital in Sub-Saharan Africa,
Studies in Comparative and International Development. 35 (1).
Wendy A. Hunter and David S. Brown. (2000) World Bank Directives, Domestic Politics, and the
Politics of Human Capital Investment in Latin America. Comparative Political Studies Vol. 33 No. 1
pp. 113-143.
David S. Brown. (1999) Reading, Writing, and Regime Type. Political Research Quarterly Vol. 52,
No.4; pp. 681-707.
Douglas Schuler and David S. Brown. (1999) Democracy, Regional Market Integration and Foreign
Direct Investment: Lessons from Costa Rica. Business and Society Vol. 38, No. 4.
David S. Brown and Wendy A. Hunter. (1999) Democracy and Social Spending in Latin America,
1980-92 American Political Science Review Vol. 93, No. 4.
John OLoughlin, Michael D. Ward, Corey L. Lofdahl, Jordin S. Cohen, David S. Brown, David Reilly,
Kristian S. Gleditsch and Michael Shin. The Diffusion of Democracy, 1946-1994. Annals of the
Association of American Geographers, vol. 88, no.4, December (1998).

Book Chapters
George Avelino, David S. Brown, and Wendy Hunter (2004). Globalization, Democracy, and Social
Spending, in Globalization and Its Outcomes, OLoughlin, J., L. Staeheli, and Greenberg, E., eds.
Guilford Press.

Book Reviews
David S. Brown Review of Democracy and Development by Adam Przeworski, Michael Alvarez, Jos
Antonio Cheibub, and Fernando Limongi Comparative Political Studies vol. 34, no. 5.
David S. Brown. Review of Traditional Politics and Regime Change in Brazil by Frances Hagopian.
American Political Science Review vol. 91, no. 4.
David S. Brown. Review of The Paradox of Plenty by Terry Lynn Karl. Comparative Political Studies
vol. 32, no. 2.

Working Papers
David S. Brown, Meghan Harrington and Amy Liu, Social Effects of Minority Language Recognition.
David S. Brown, Andrew Whitford, and Jeff Yates, Perceptions of the Rule of Law: Evidence about
the Impact of Judicial Insulation
David S. Brown, Courtenay Brown, J. Christopher Brown, Land Reform and Deforestation in the
Brazilian Amazon.
David S. Brown, Erin Huebert, Due Process and Homicide in the World

HONORS
Marinus Smith Award 2010. A university-wide honor given by the CU Parents association to Faculty and
Staff, recognizing their contribution to undergraduate education.

INVITED TALKS
Invited to present a talk entitled Political Competition and Local Social Spending: Evidence from
Brazil. Tulane University, October 6th, 2011.
Invited to present a talk entitled Discounting Democracy? for the Comparative Politics Workshop,
University of Illinois, April 13, 2009.
Invited to present a talk entitled Discounting Democracy? for the Political Science Department at
Texas Tech University, April 2009.
Invited to present a talk entitled Comparing the Welfare States of Latin America and Europe at the
Global Changes in the Welfare State at Texas A&M, January 2007.
Invited to present a paper entitled The MST and Social Spending at the Municipal Level in Brazil
for the Duke/UNC Latin American studies Consortium. December 5, 2006.
Invited to present a paper and contribute manuscript to possible edited volume. The Transforming
Power of Democracy: Regime Type and Access to Electricity in the Developing World with Ahmed
Mushfiq Mobarak, for a conference entitled Democracy and Human Development: A Global Inquiry,
Boston University, November 12, 2004
Visiting Professor, Fundao Getulio Vargas (July 2004). I was invited by Brazils leading business and
public policy school to teach a graduate seminar on globalization, development, and democracy. The
course was taught July 2004.
Invited to preset a talk entitled International Resources, Local NGOs, and Politics in the Brazilian
Amazon. Fundao Getulio Vargas, CEPESP, So Paulo, Brasil, July 27, 2004.
Invited to present a talk entitled International Resources, Local NGOs, and Politics in the Brazilian
Amazon. Latin American Studies Center, Yale University, New Haven CT, October 24, 2003.
Invited to present a paper entitled Democracy and Gender Inequality: a cross-national examination
of democracys impact on womens education at the National Science Foundation sponsored conference
Rethinking Democracy in the New Millenium, Houston, TX (February 16-19, 2001).
Invited to present a talk entitled Diffusion of Democracy During the Third Wave Department of
Political Science, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA. November 1, 2000.
Invited to present a talk entitled Democracy and Social Spending in Latin America 1980-92. Jointly
sponsored by the Jackson School of International Studies and the Political Science Department, University of Washington, Seattle. April 1, 1999.

AWARDS
Deans Fund for Excellence (Spring 2004), University of Colorado, Boulder. Democracy and Electricity Consumption. With Mushfiq Mobarak, Department of Economics, University of Colorado. Total
Funding: $750.
Finalist for the Phi Beta Kappa Teaching Award: Most Effective Teaching by an Assistant Professor
at Rice University. Spring 2001.
Award/Proposal No. SES-0099097 National Science Foundation International Funding, Local NonGovernmental Organizations, and Electoral Outcomes. Award begins March 2001. Duration: 20012004. Total funding: $154,921.
Finalist, American Association for the Advancement of Science Post-doctoral Fellowship, February
2000.
Distinguished College Associate, Sid Richardson College, Rice University, 1998-99.
Distinguished College Associate, Sid Richardson College, Rice University, 1997-98.
Kenneth Boulding Post-Doctoral Fellowship; Institute of Behavioral Science, Program on Political and
Economic Change, University of Colorado, Boulder. 1996-1997.
Dissertation Fellowship; International and Overseas Studies Program, University of California, Los
Angeles, 1993-1994.
Latin American Studies Travel Grant; Latin American Center, University of California, Los Angeles,
1993.
Graham Fellowship; Department of Political Science, University of California, Los Angeles, 1992-1993.
Latin American Studies Travel Grant; Latin American Center, University of California, Los Angeles,
1992.
Qualified with Distinction. Ph.D. Minor Field Examination in Methodology, Department of Political
Science, University of California, Los Angeles, 1990.
Latin American Studies Summer Language Fellowship; Latin American Center, University of California,
Los Angeles 1986.

FIELD WORK
NSF-funded field work in the Brazilian Amazon (Rondonia and Mato Grosso) (May 2002).
NSF-funded field work in the Brazilian Amazon (Rondonia and Mato Grosso) (July 2001).
So Paulo and Braslia (June 1998).
So Paulo, Brazil, (June 1994).
Doctoral Student Fellow, Programa de Poltica Internacional e Comparada, Departamento de Cincia
Poltica, Universidade de So Paulo, So Paulo, Brazil, Summer 1992.

TEACHING
International Political Economy
Comparative Political Economy
Comparative Politics
Politics of Latin America
Political Economy of Development
Political Economy of Latin America