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Dorothy Kronick is an Assistant Professor of Public Policy at the Goldman School of Public Policy, University of California, Berkeley. Her research focuses on contemporary Latin American politics, particularly Venezuelan politics, political violence, and crime and policing. She has published in top-tier journals such as American Political Science Review, Science, and Science Advances, with recent work in Journal of Democracy (2025) and World Development (2025). Her commentary on Venezuelan politics appears in The New York Times and The Washington Post.
Research Trends: Kronick's work spans electoral fraud, community policing, political violence, and institutional reform in Venezuela and the Global South. Her recent articles address electoral legitimacy and authoritarian governance, while earlier work examines criminal markets and public policy failures.
Key Collaborations: She collaborates with scholars like Rebecca Hanson and Nicolás Idrobo on Venezuela's electoral integrity, and with David Hausman on policing reforms in Chicago. Her 2021 co-authored article in Science involved 20 researchers in global field experiments.
