Benjamin S.

Allen

Curriculum Vitae

BENJAMIN S. ALLEN, Ph.D.

Arlington, VA 22206
Phone: (971) 219-6259 | Email: ben.stewart.allen@gmail.com
Website: www.benstewartallen.net
Education
University of California, Berkeley
2015
Ph.D., Political Science
Dissertation Committee: Alison E. Post (Co-Chair, Political Science), Ruth B. Collier
(Co-Chair, Political Science), David Collier (Political Science), Peter Evans
(Sociology)
2008
M.A., Political Science
Thesis: The Diffusion of Conditional Cash Transfer Programs in Brazil and
Mexico.
Wesleyan University
2002
B.A., Latin American Studies
Phi Beta Kappa, University Honors, High Honors in Latin American Studies, Levi-Spira Prize
for Excellence in Latin American Studies

2015
2014

2012

2011

2008
2002

2013
2010

2012-13
2011-13

Publications
Protecting Nature in Federal Systems: States, Private Interests, and Conservation Units in Brazil. Ph.D.
Dissertation, Political Science, University of California, Berkeley.
Brazil: Disentangling Green Industry from Brown Consequences. Chapter 12 in Can Green
Sustain Growth? From the Religion to the Reality of Sustainable Prosperity, edited by John
Zysman and Mark Huberty, 206-227. Stanford: Stanford Business Books, 2014.
Ferraz da Fonseca, Igor, Marcel Bursztyn, and Benjamin S. Allen. Trivializing
Sustainability: Environmental Governance and Rhetorical Free-Riders in the
Brazilian Amazon. Natural Resources Forum 36 (2012): 28-37.
Deforestation's Challenge to Green Growth in Brazil. Berkeley Roundtable on the
International Economy (BRIE) Working Paper #202. URL:
http://brie.berkeley.edu/publications/WP_202DeforestationGreenGrowthBrazil.pdf
Trends: Pink Tide Rising. Berkeley Review of Latin American Studies, Fall 2008.
The New Brazilian Land Reform. Honors Thesis, Latin American Studies Program,
Wesleyan University, 2002.
Research Methods Training
Causal Inference in the Social Sciences (ICPSR course, UC Berkeley)
Institute for Qualitative and Mixed-Methods Research, Syracuse University
Research Experience
Research Assistant, UC Berkeley Department of Political Science, Assistant Professor Alison
Post
Dissertation Field Research, Brazil (13 months)
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2010
2009
2008

Research Assistant, UC Berkeley Department of Political Science, Assistant Professor Alison

Post
Preliminary Dissertation Field Research, Brazil (6 weeks)
Preliminary Dissertation Field Research, Brazil (6 weeks)
Graduate Researcher, University of California, Berkeley, Labor Center (3 months)

2014-2015

Teaching Experience
UC Berkeley Graduate Division Outstanding Graduate Student Instructor Award Recipient

Visiting Instructor, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, CA

Fall 2015
National Security Affairs 4059: Special Topics: Latin America
Summer 2015 National Security Affairs 3578: Society, Politics, and Security in Contemporary Brazil
Summer 2014 National Security Affairs 3578: Society, Politics, and Security in Contemporary Brazil
Head Graduate Student Instructor, University of California, Berkeley
Fall 2014
Political Science 3: Introduction to Empirical Research Methods in Political Science
(Professor Laura Stoker)
Fall 2013
Political Science 3: Introduction to Empirical Analysis and Quantitative Methods (Professor
Jason Wittenberg)
Fall 2012
Political Science 3: Introduction to Empirical Research Methods in Political Science
(Professor Laura Stoker)
Graduate Student Instructor, University of California, Berkeley
Summer 2015 Economics 100A: Microeconomic Analysis (Professor Scott Carson)
Spring 2015
Political Science 122A: Politics of European Integration (Professor Nicholas Ziegler)
Spring 2014
Political Science 138G: After the Crash Explaining National Success and Failure in Global
Political Economy (Professor John Zysman)
Spring 2011
Political Science 138G: After the Crash Explaining National Success and Failure in Global
Political Economy (Professor John Zysman)
Fall 2010
Political Science 2: Introduction to Comparative Politics (Professor Pradeep Chhibber)

2015

2015

2015
2015

Conference Presentations and Invited Lectures

What Explains Different Countries Policy Choices? Institutions and Resources in Brazil
and China. Lecture Delivered to Political Science 138G: National Success and Failure in the
Age of a Global Economy, Berkeley, CA, April 16, 2015.
A Tale of Two Crises: Political and Environmental Challenges in Brazil. Lecture delivered
to 100+ members of the Foreign Policy Association of Rossmoor, Walnut Creek, CA,
March 24, 2015.
Politics, Deforestation, and Drought in Brazil. Lecture delivered to the Model United
Nations Working Group on Climate Change and Gender, Berkeley, CA, February 28, 2015.
Do the Federal or State governments Promote Better Environmental Conservation in
Brazil? A Descriptive Analysis of Political Geography and Conservation Areas. Paper
presented at the annual Southern Political Science Association Conference, January 15-17,
2015, New Orleans, LA.

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2013

2013

2012

2011

2011-12
2011-12
2010
2008-13
2007-8

Curriculum Vitae

Polanyis Great Transformation: The Rise of Market Society and Resistance to it. Lecture
delivered to Political Science 138G: National Success and Failure in the Age of a Global
Political Economy, Berkeley, CA, February 6, 2014.
Paths of Least Resistance: Political Risk and Conservation Area Demarcation in
Two Brazilian States. Paper presented at the annual American Political Science
Association Conference, August 29-September 1, 2013, Chicago, IL.
Disentangling Green Industry from Brown Consequences in Brazil. Paper
presented at the Midwestern Political Science Association, April 10-14, 2013,
Chicago, IL.
Building Environmental Institutions in Brazil: The Development of Five
Conservation Unit Governance Agencies. Paper presented at the Brazilian Studies
Association, September 6-8, 2012, Urbana-Champaign, IL.
Politics and Conservation in Brazil: The Challenge of Implementing Protected
Areas. Lecture given at the UC Berkeley Center for Latin American Studies Summer
Grant Forum, February 8, 2011.
Fellowships and Grants Awarded
International Dissertation Research Fellowship, Social Science Research Council
Deans Normative Time Fellowship, University of California, Berkeley
Summer Research Travel Grant, UC Berkeley Center for Latin American Studies
Graduate Research Fellowship, National Science Foundation
Foreign Language and Area Studies Fellowship (Portuguese)
Languages
English: Native Speaker
Portuguese: Fluent speaking, reading, and writing
Spanish: Fluent speaking, reading, and writing

2015-Present
2006-7
2006
2004-6
2002-3

Other Professional Experience

Research Associate, Billingsley Energy and Environmental Research, Arlington, VA
Contract Spanish/English Medical Interpreter, TeleLanguage, Inc., Portland, OR
Special Projects Coordinator, World Affairs Council, Portland, OR
Rural Health and Sanitation Volunteer, Peace Corps, Paraguay
Resident Spanish Teacher, Lakeside Upper School, Seattle, WA

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