Chappell Lawson is an Associate Professor of Political Science at MIT. Professor Lawson's major interests are Latin American politics, Mexican politics, democratization, political communication, political behavior, and U.S. foreign policy.
Professor Lawson's recent books include, Building the Fourth Estate: Democratization and Media Opening in Mexico (University of California Press, 2002) and Mexico's Pivotal Democratic Election (Stanford University Press, 2003), co-edited with Jorge Domínguez. His articles have appeared or are forthcoming in British Journal of Political Science, Latin American Research Review, Mexican Studies, Journal of Democracy, and Foreign Affairs.
Professor Lawson was a National Fellow at The Hoover Institution, Stanford University (2002-2003) and a Visiting Research Fellow at the Center for U.S.-Mexico Studies at the University of California, San Diego (1998-99). He received his Ph.D. from Stanford University in 1999. Before joining the MIT faculty, he served as a Director of Inter-American Affairs on the National Security Council.
Building
the Fourth Estate:
Democratization and the Rise of a Free Press in Mexico
University
of California Press, August 2002
more information | contents | introduction
Mexico's
Pivotal Democratic Election
edited by Jorge I. Dom ínguez
and Chappell Lawson
Univeristy of California, San Diego, Center for U.S.-Mexican
Studies, 2004
Mexico 2006 Panel Study:
Mexico 2000 Panel Study:
Mexico 2000 Panel and Mexico 2000 Postelectoral Datasets:
Office: E53-439
Phone: 617-253-3524
email: clawson@mit.edu
Curriculum Vitae (1/08, pdf)