About the author

Tall, Grande, or Venti: Presidential Powers in the United States and Latin America

Scott Morgenstern
http://www.pitt.edu/~politics/faculty/faculty/Morgenstern/morgenstern-personalwebpage.html
University of Pittsburgh
United States

Dr. Scott Morgenstern is an associate professor of Political Science at the University of Pittsburgh, with research interests in political parties, electoral systems, and comparative legislatures. Among his publications are Patterns of Legislative Politics: Roll Call Voting in the United States and Latin America’s Southern Cone (Cambridge University Press, 2004), Legislative Politics in Latin America, (coeditor and contributor; Cambridge University Press, 2002), and Pathways to Power (coeditor and contributor, Pennsylvania State University Press, 2008). His articles have appeared in the Journal of Politics, Comparative Political Studies, Comparative Politics, Party Politics, Electoral Studies, Review of International Political Economy, and other journals.

John Polga-Hecimovich
http://www.johnpolga.com
University of Pittsburgh
United States

John Polga-Hecimovich is a Ph.D. candidate in Political Science at the University of Pittsburgh. His research interests include bureaucratic delegation, political parties, and coalition government, with a geographical focus on Latin America. He has published articles in the Journal of Politics, Political Research Quarterly, Electoral Studies, Party Politics, and Latin American Politics and Society.

Sarah Shair-Rosenfield
Arizona State University
United States

Dr. Sarah Shair-Rosenfield is an assistant professor of Political Science at Arizona State University. Her research focuses on the effects of electoral system reforms on political parties, minority representation and democratization in Southeast Asia and Latin America. She has published articles in Electoral Studies and the Journal of East Asian Studies.