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College of Liberal Arts & Sciences
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Damarys Josefina Canache

Damarys Josefina Canache

Associate Professor
255 Computing Applications Bldg
605 E. Springfield
Champaign, Illinois 61820
(217) 244-2500
dcanache@illinois.edu


1999 Ph.D., Political Science, University of Pittsburgh.

Honors, Recognition, and Outstanding Achievements for Teaching

  • 2000 First Year Assistant Professor, Florida State University

Honors, Recognition, and Outstanding Achievements for Research

  • 1995 First Place, American Association for Public Opinion Research Student Paper Competition, for "Looking Out My Back Door: The Neighborhood Context and Perceptions of Relative Deprivation."

Books Authored or Co-Authored (Original Editions)

  • Editor, Reinventing Legitimacy: Democracy and Political Change in Venezuela. 1998.
    Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press.With Michael R. Kulisheck.

  • Venezuela: Public Opinion and Protest in a Fragile Democracy. 2002. Coral Gables,
    FL: North-South Center Press at the University of Miami.

Journal Articles

  • “Dual Citizenship among American Latinos: What are the Implications for Political-Connectedness?”. 2007. The Journal of Politics May: 470-482. With Jeffrey Staton, and Robert Jackson.

  • "Perceptions of Political Corruption in Latin American Democracies." 2005. Latin American Politics and Society. 47: 91-111.With Michael Allison.

  • “The Demise of One-Party Politics in Mexican Municipal Elections.” 2005.British Journal of Political Science. 35: 257-84. With Jon Hiskey.

  • "Urban Poor and Political Order." 2004. In The Unraveling of Representative Democracy in Venezuela: Toward a New Model of Participation?, ed. Jennifer McCoy and David Myers. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press.

  • "Knowledge Variables in Cross-National Social Inquiry. 2004." Social Science Quarterly. 20: 539-58. With Jeffery J. Mondak.

  • “From Bullets to Ballots: The Emergence of Popular Support for Hugo Chávez.” 2002. Latin American Politics and Society 44: 69-90.

  • "Meaning and Measurement in Cross-National Research on Satisfaction with Democracy." 2001. Public Opinion Quarterly 65:506-28. With Jeffery J. Mondak and Mitchell A. Seligson.

  • "Voters and the Personal Vote: A Counterfactual Simulation."  2000.Political Research Quarterly53:663-76. With Jeffery J. Mondak and Ernesto Cabrera.

  • "Democratic Legitimacy and Political Change in Venezuela." 1998. In Reinventing Legitimacy: Democracy and Political Change in Venezuela, ed. Damarys Canache and Michael R. Kulisheck.Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press. With Michael R. Kulisheck.

  • "Multilevel Analysis Using Cross-sectional Survey Data" 1997. The Political Psychologist 2(nos.2-3): 6-8. With Jeffery J. Mondak and Carl McCurley.