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Gender · Political Behavior · Political Communication
Who follows politics, who tunes out, and why the default voter has so often been a man.
PhD candidate in Government and Politics, University of Maryland, College Park.
I study gender and political behavior, with a focus on how people follow politics in digital environments: who seeks out political news, who turns away from it, and how men in particular build political meaning and, increasingly, align with the right across Latin America.
My work is computational and multi-method. I build original datasets, work with digital trace data and survey experiments, and use causal inference and text-as-data methods to study how political attention and information shape democratic life. At Maryland I am a member of the Interdisciplinary Laboratory for Computational Social Science.
Before Maryland I earned a master's in International Policy Analysis and Management at PUC-Rio and spent several years working in market intelligence, which is where I first became interested in how people read information and turn it into political decisions.
Research
Gender, attention, and political information
My research examines gender and political behavior in Latin America, focusing on how citizens seek information and engage with politics in digital environments. I combine survey experiments and digital trace data with causal inference and text-as-data methods.
Peer-reviewed articles
Book chapter
Under review
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The Winner-Loser News Gap Is a Male Gap: Gendered Responsiveness to Electoral Outcomes
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What Lost Elections Tell Us about the Demand for News
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The Electoral Business Cycle of Wikipedia
Works in progress
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Speaking of Abortion: What Voices Reveal about Gender and Moral Punishment
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Suspense, Surprise, and the Winner-Loser Gap in News Consumption
Teaching
In the classroom
I work for a classroom where students feel free to think out loud and follow an idea without fear of being wrong. My sections are collaborative, and my job is to guide students through their own reasoning rather than hand them conclusions, which means meeting people where they are, staying patient and kind when something has not clicked yet, and explaining ideas clearly enough that students can take them somewhere of their own. When I designed my asynchronous political philosophy course, I paired canonical texts from Aristotle to Mill with film, so that demanding ideas played out in stories students already cared about.
Instructor of record
Political Philosophy: Ancient and Modern
University of Maryland, Summer 2026. Designed and delivered a six-week asynchronous online course covering Aristotle through Mill.
Teaching assistant · Graduate
Advanced Maximum Likelihood Estimation
University of Maryland, PhD methods sequence, Fall 2026.
Teaching assistant · Graduate
Multilevel Analysis
University of Maryland, PhD methods sequence, Fall 2026.
Teaching assistant
International Political Relations
University of Maryland, Spring 2026.
Guest lecture
The Winner-Loser News Gap Is a Male Gap
GVPT 729B graduate seminar, University of Maryland, December 2024.
Student evaluations
Students rated me between 3.8 and 3.9 out of 4 on every university-wide item. 95% said they would recommend me to other students, and 92% strongly agreed that I created an inclusive environment where they belonged and showed confidence in their success.
Carolina was one of the best TAs I have ever had. She was attentive and clearly cared about us learning the content. Her slides and explanations were extremely helpful to my understanding, and she was very kind and understanding whenever someone did not understand something. Student evaluation, GVPT 200, Spring 2026
Carolina did a great job balancing explaining and summarizing topics while allowing students to take their own perception of issues. She did not force us to take a side, but gave us the platform to make our own decisions. Student evaluation, GVPT 200, Spring 2026
I loved this TA, she is very helpful, responds quick to emails, and gives good feedback. Whenever I was confused she always helped me out and made things easier. All of her discussions I walked out understanding the topics more. I think she is a perfect TA. Student evaluation, GVPT 200, Spring 2026
She went above and beyond for her students. She was always very prepared for discussion and easily reachable if anyone had concerns. She was very well organized and had clear expectations for assignments and section. She sent out weekly emails about what we were doing in section and made very detailed discussion prompts and exam reviews. Her lectures always included real life events and examples not mentioned in lecture. She is a very approachable person and cares a lot about this course and her students. Student evaluation, GVPT 200, Spring 2026
Curriculum Vitae
Curriculum vitae
A full record of publications, teaching, talks, fellowships, and service.
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Contact
Get in touch
I am always glad to talk about research, methods, or potential collaborations.
[email protected]- Office5149 Tydings Hall, Department of Government and Politics, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742
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