Caitlin Andrews-Lee
Biography
Dr. Caitlin Andrews-Lee is Assistant Professor in the Department of Politics and Public Administration, with membership in the Yeates School of Graduate Studies pending. In addition to a Ph.D. in Government from the University of Texas at Austin, she holds a B.A. in History and Political Science from Colorado College.
Prior to joining TMU, she was a Postdoctoral Fellow at Tulane University’s Center for Inter-American Policy and Research (CIPR) in New Orleans. Her research and teaching focus on comparative politics, charismatic leadership and followership, and research methods, with a regional specialization in Latin America.
Peer-Reviewed Articles
- "When Handpicked Successors of Charismatic Leaders Prosper: The Surprising Success of Juan Manuel Santos in Colombia." [with Laura Gamboa]. Democratization (online first).
- “The Language of Legacies: The Politics of Evoking Dead Leaders” [with Amy Liu]. Political Research Quarterly (online first).
- “The Politics of Succession in Charismatic Movements: Routinization versus Revival in Argentina, Venezuela, and Peru.” Comparative Politics 52:2 (January 2020): 289-316.
- “The Power of Charisma: Investigating the Neglected Citizen-Politician Linkage in Hugo Chávez’s Venezuela.” Journal of Politics in Latin America 11:3 (December 2019): 298-322.
- “The Revival of Charisma: Experimental Evidence from Argentina and Venezuela.” Comparative Political Studies 52:5 (April 2019): 687-719.
Chapters in Edited Volumes
- "Venezuela: A Populist Legacy and Authoritarian Response." In Populists and the Pandemic: How Populists Around the World Responded to Covid-19. Edited by Nils Ringe and Lucio Rennó. UK: Routledge.
Books
- The Emergence and Revival of Charismatic Movements: Argentine Peronism and Venezuelan Chavismo. New York: Cambridge University Press, forthcoming.
- Winner of the 2022 Leon Epstein Award for the Best Book on Parties and Political Organizations by the American Political Science Association
- Winner of the 2021 Social Sciences Award by the Southern Cone Section of the Latin American Studies Association
Dr. Andrews-Lee’s research focuses on Latin American and comparative politics. She is especially interested in how leaders cultivate charismatic attachments with voters to garner support, consolidate power, and undermine democratic accountability. Her first book, The Emergence and Revival of Charismatic Movements: Argentine Peronism and Venezuelan Chavismo, investigates the nature and trajectory of political movements founded by charismatic leaders. Rather than fading away or transforming into institutionalized parties, as the conventional wisdom would suggest, she demonstrates that charismatic movements can survive in their original personalistic state. Consequently, these movements can undermine liberal democracy for years or even decades after their original leaders disappear.
Dr. Andrews-Lee’s new research, which forms the foundation of her second book project, investigates under what conditions women can rise to and exercise executive power as the leaders of charismatic movements.
Dr. Andrews-Lee has been the recipient of several awards:
- Insight Development Grant, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC), Award No. 430-2021-00392, 2021-2023
- Winner of the 2022 Leon Epstein Award for the Best Book on Parties and Political Organizations by the American Political Science Association
- Winner of the 2021 Social Sciences Award by the Southern Cone Section of the Latin American Studies Association
- National Scholar Award, P.E.O. International Women’s Organization, 2018-2019
- National Science Foundation Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grant in
Political Science, 2016-2017 - Fulbright IIE Scholarship, 2016
- University Graduate Continuing Fellowship, University of Texas, 2015, 2017-2018
Fred Sondermann Award for Excellence in Political Science, Colorado College, 2009
Corder Sigafus Research Fellowship, Colorado College, 2008
Dr. Andrews-Lee teaches some combination of
- POG230: Statistics and Social Science
- POG240: Introduction to Comparative Politics
- POG323: Politics of International Development
- POG343: Politics in Latin America
- POL540: Issues in Third World Politics
Prior to joining Ryerson, she taught Scope and Methods of Political Science at Tulane University and Comparative Politics of Latin America at Colorado College
Dr. Andrews-Lee is a member of
- American Political Science Association
- Midwest Political Science Association
- Latin American Studies Association