His research investigates issues in political economy, democratization studies, and foreign policies by using cases from Latin America and Asia. He has published articles in Comparative Political Studies, New Political Science, Latin American Politics and Society, and Latin American Research Review, He is the co-editor of Reforming Brazil (Lexington Books, 2004) and he has written chapters in a number of edited scholarly volumes. He has also written a number of essays on popculture and philosophy on subjects such as Batman, the Watchmen, Iron Man, and Spiderman. Mentor: William Batkey