Gretchen Helmke

I am Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Rochester. I received my Ph.D. from the University of Chicago in 2000. I have received fellowships from the Weatherhead Center for International and Area Studies at Harvard University and the Kellogg Institute for International Studies at the University of Notre Dame. I have published numerous articles on comparative political institutions, the rule of law, and Latin American politics. My books include: Courts Under Constraints: Judges, Generals, and Presidents in Argentina (Cambridge University Press 2005), Informal Institutions and Democracy: Lessons from Latin America (co-edited with Steven Levitsky, Johns Hopkins University Press 2006), and Courts in Latin America (co-edited with Julio Rios-Figueroa, forthcoming). I am currently working on a book manuscript on the origins of institutional instability and inter-branch crises in Latin America.
 

Education

B.A. (1993) Political Science, University of California at Berkeley; M.A. (1994) University of California at Berkeley; Ph.D. (2000) Political Science, University of Chicago
 

Experience

• Associate Professor, Political Science, University of Rochester, 2008-Present
• Assistant Professor, Political Science, University of Rochester, 2002-2008
• Assistant Professor, Political Science, University of Notre Dame, 2001-2002
• Assistant Professor, Political Science, University of Rochester, 2001

Expertise

Comparative political institutions; comparative law; Latin American politics