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Thomas Vargas

Postdoctoral Fellow

McMaster University

Biography

I am a Postdoctoral Fellow in Political Science at McMaster University, where I study education politics in Latin America. I also serve as Editorial Assistant for the American Political Science Review.

I obtained my PhD in Political Science from the University of Minnesota, where I had the pleasure of serving as Managing Editor for Comparative Political Studies from 2016-2018. Prior to graduate school, I worked for two years for the Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL) in Santiago, Chile.

Interests

  • Political Economy of Development
  • Politics of Education
  • Causal Inference
  • Mixed-Methods
  • Latin America

Education

  • PhD in Political Science, 2020

    University of Minnesota

  • Master of Public Policy, 2012

    The College of William & Mary

  • BS in Foreign Service, 2010

    Georgetown University

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