I am an Assistant Professor of Government and Politics at the University of Maryland, College Park. I received my Ph.D. from Columbia University. I grew up in the south of Chile and completed my undergraduate studies at the Universidad Católica de Chile.
I study comparative political behavior under conditions of insecurity and social change, with a regional focus on Latin America. My research examines how crime, migration, and other sources of uncertainty shape political attitudes, ideology, and accountability among citizens and political leaders. Across this work, I use and advance methods for drawing causal inferences from both experimental and observational data.
My research has been published or is forthcoming in the Journal of Politics, British Journal of Political Science, Comparative Politics, Political Science Research and Methods, Public Opinion Quarterly, Political Behavior, Electoral Studies, and Latin American Politics and Society, among other outlets.
You can reach me (in English or Spanish) at gvis[AT]umd[DOT]edu.