Assistant Professor
Contact Information
lnunez6@gmu.edu
Fairfax Campus, Aquia Building, Room 311
4400 University Drive
Fairfax, VA 22030
MSN: 3F4
Biography
Lucas Núñez is an assistant professor in the Schar School of Policy and Government at George Mason University, where he teaches courses on quantitative methodology.
His research focuses on quantitative methods, particularly relating to the challenges presented by unobserved heterogeneity, with applications to political electoral behavior and participation. His work has been published in the Journal of Politics, Political Behavior, Electoral Studies, and the Annual Review of Political Science.
From 2011 to 2013, Núñez worked as a consultant for the World Bank Group in Washington, D.C.
He holds a BA and graduate studies in economics from Universidad Torcuato Di Tella in Argentina, and a PhD in Social Science from the California Institute of Technology.
Curriculum Vitae
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CONTACT INFORMATION
Schar School of Policy and Government
George Mason University
4400 University Drive MSN 3F4
Fairfax, VA 22030
E-mail: lnunez6@gmu.edu
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ACADEMIC POSITIONS
Assistant Professor, Schar School of Policy and Government, George Mason University, 2018–
EDUCATION
Ph.D. in Social Science, California Institute of Technology. 2018.
Committee: R. Michael Alvarez (chair), Phillip T. Hoffman, Jonathan N. Katz, Robert P. Sherman.
M.Sc. in Social Science, California Institute of Technology. 2015.
Graduate Studies in Economics, Universidad Torcuato Di Tella (UTDT). 2010.
BA in Economics, Universidad Torcuato Di Tella (UTDT). 2009.
PEER REVIEWED ARTICLES
2018. “Do Clientelistic Machines Affect Electoral Outcomes? Mayoral Incumbency as a Proxy for Machine Prowess,” Journal of Electoral Studies, 55: 109–119.
2018. “Research Replication: Practical Considerations,” PS: Political Science and Politics, 51(2): 422-426. Joint with R.M. Alvarez and E.M. Key.
2017. “The Four Faces of Political Participation in Argentina: Using Latent Class Analysis to Study Political Behavior,” Journal of Politics, 79(4): 1386-1402. Joint with R.M. Alvarez and I. Levin.
2016. “Expressive and Strategic Behavior in Legislative Elections in Argentina,” Political Behavior, 38(4): 899-920.
BOOK CHAPTERS
2018. “A Taxonomy of Protest Voting,” Annual Review of Political Science, 21(1): 135-154. 2018. Joint with R.M. Alvarez and D.R. Kieweit.
2017. “Preferences, Constraints, and Choices: Tactical Voting in Mass Elections,” in Fisher, J. (ed.) Handbook of Public Opinion and Voting Behavior. New York: Rutledge. Joint with R.M. Alvarez and D.R. Kiewiet.
WORK IN PROGRESS
“Conventional and Unconventional Political Participation in Latin America: What Drives Political Action and Agitation?,” joint with R. M. Alvarez, G. Katz, and I. Levin. (Under Review)
“Partial Effects for Binary Outcome Models with Unobserved Heterogeneity.” (Under Review)
“Local Cohorts Estimator for Synthetic Panels from Repeated Cross Sections.”
“Loyalty and Defection: The Effect of Party Campaigns on Tactical Voting in Britain.”
FELLOWSHIPS & AWARDS
2016 John O. Ledyard Prize for Graduate Research in Social Science, California Institute of Technology.
2015, 2016, 2017 NSF travel support to attend the Annual Summer Meeting of the Society for Political Methodology.
2013-2014 Institute Fellowship, California Institute of Technology.
2009 Best Undergraduate Thesis (Shared), Universidad Torcuato Di Tella (UTDT).
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
Referee: Journal of Politics, Electoral Studies, American Journal of Political Science, Political Analysis, Journal of Experimental Political Science, Party Politics, Economics Bulletin, Democratization, Political Behavior, Political Research Quarterly.
Graduate Research Assistant: Political Analysis (2015-2017).
CONFERENCES & SEMINARS
2018 MPSA.
2017 Annual Summer Meeting of the Society for Political Methodology (Graduate Poster Session), George Mason University.
2016 MPSA, Annual Summer Meeting of the Society for Political Methodology (Graduate Poster Session).
2015 MPSA (Graduate Poster Session), Annual Summer Meeting of the Society for Political Methodology (Graduate Poster Session).
TEACHING
George Mason University, Fairfax, VA USA.
GOVT 300. Research Methods and Analysis (undergraduate). Fall 2018 – Spring 2019.
POGO 511. Statistical Methods (graduate). Spring 2019.
GOVT 496. Directed readings (undergraduate). Spring 2019.
California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA USA.
Teaching Assistant: PS 141b. A History of Budgetary Politics in th United States. Spring 2018.
Teaching Assistant: PS 141a. A History of Budgetary Politics in the United States. Winter 2018.
Teaching Assistant: PS 120. American Electoral Behavior and Party Strategy. Spring 2017.
Teaching Assistant: PSY 20. Cognitive Psychology. Fall 2014.
Universidad Torcuato Di Tella (UTDT), Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Teaching Assistant: Econometrics. 2011.
Teaching Assistant: Financial Econometrics (Graduate). 2010.
Teaching Assistant: Time Series Econometrics (Graduate). 2010.
Teaching Assistant: Mathematics II. 2009.
Teaching Assistant: Mathematics I. 2009.
OTHER POSITIONS
2011-2013 Consultant, The World Bank, Development Research Group.
2010-2011 Research Assistant for Prof. Gonz´alez Rozada, Department of Economics, Universidad Torcuato Di Tella (UTDT).
2010-2010 Analyst, Center for Financial Research, Business School, Universidad Torcuato Di Tella (UTDT).
REFERENCES
R. Michael Alvarez
Professor of Political Science
California Institute of Technology
rma@hss.caltech.edu
Jonathan N. Katz
Kay Sugahara Professor of Social Sciences and Statistics
California Institute of Technology
jkatz@caltech.edu
Robert P. Sherman
Professor of Economics and Statistics
California Institute of Technology
sherman@hss.caltech.edu
Areas of Research
- Quantitative Methodology
- Political Participation
- Political Behavior
- Elections