About
Anna Callis is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Center for Inter-American Policy and Research (CIPR) within Tulane University's Stone Center for Latin American Studies. She holds a visiting affiliation with Tulane. Her research focuses on comparative politics, democratization, redistributive politics, political economy of development, Latin American politics, and historical natural experiments.
Education:
- Ph.D. in Political Science, University of California, Berkeley (2023)
- M.A. in Political Science, Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales (2015)
- M.A. in Political Science, University of California, Berkeley (2018)
- B.A. in Political Science and Latin American and Caribbean Studies, University of Michigan (2012)
Key Research Contributions: Callis explores methodological pluralism in political science, emphasizing causal inference and historical political economy. Her work bridges theoretical frameworks with empirical analysis of Latin American political dynamics.
Awards:
- UC Berkeley Dissertation Completion Fellowship (2021–2022)
- UC Berkeley Graduate Fellowship Grant (2015–2020)
- UC Berkeley Outstanding Graduate Student Instructor Award (2017–2018)
Academic Experience: She served as a Predoctoral Fellow at the Center for U.S.-Mexican Studies, UC San Diego (2021–2023). Her research is anchored in interdisciplinary collaborations, particularly through the CIPR network.
