Diana Kapiszewski, Georgetown University
Diana Kapiszewski is Associate Professor of Government and Director of the Center for Latin American Studies at Georgetown University. Her research interests include public law, comparative politics, and research methods. She has published several books (authored and co-edited) and multiple articles on comparative law and courts, field research, and research transparency. Her ongoing work includes projects examining the architecture of accountability and the judicialization of electoral governance in Latin America, the use of methods in political science research, and methods and transparency in legal scholarship. Kapiszewski also directs SIGLA (the States and Institutions of Governance in Latin America database project) and co-edits the Cambridge University Press “Methods for Social Inquiry” book series.
Hillel David Soifer, Temple University
Hillel David Soifer is Associate Professor of Political Science at Temple University. His empirical work focuses on on state building and political development in Latin America and includes the book State Building in Latin America (Cambridge University Press, 2015) and related articles on the historical development of the Latin American state and the conceptualization and measurement of state capacity. Hillel has also published work on research design and qualitative methodology, including papers on critical junctures, the use of shadow cases, and subnational comparison. His current project explores the challenges of studying spatial aggregate units, focusing on the implications of the modifiable areal unit problem.
