Marcela Velasco
Clark B 348
(970) 491-5942
Marcela.Velasco@colostate.edu

Education:
PhD, Boston University, 2007
MA, New York University, 1995
BA, University of Massachusetts at Amherst, 1993

Specializing in:
Comparative Politics, South American Politics, Contentious Politics

Current research interests:
Social movements in Colombia, with emphasis on how contentious organizations affect governability at the local level.

MAJOR PUBLICATIONS:

• “Cambio constitucional y capacidades institucionales: un análisis de la protesta social en Colombia” in Opinião Pública, (Brazil, 2007).
• Cambio institucional y protesta social en Colombia 1964-2000: Un análisis de series de tiempo” in Colombia Internacional, (Colombia, 2006).

Courses:
POLS 241: Introduction to Comparative Politics
POLS 446: Politics of South America