Castro Cornejo-Rodrigo-163901

Rodrigo Castro Cornejo, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

College
College of Fine Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences
Department
Political Science
Phone
978-934-2551
Office
Dugan hall, Room 103
Email
rodrigo_castrocornejo@uml.edu
Links

Expertise

Comparative Political Behavior, Elections, Voting Behavior, and Survey Research

Research Interests

Survey Research, Public Opinion and Voting Behavior; Partisanship, Polarization, and Motivated Reasoning; Clientelism, Vote Buying, and Democratic Attitudes.

Education

  • Ph.D.: Political Science, (2018), University of Notre Dame
  • MA: Political Science, (2013), University of Notre Dame
  • BA: Political Science, (2008), CIDE, Mexico City.

Biosketch

Rodrigo Castro Cornejo is an assistant professor in the Department of Political Science and associate director of the Center for Public Opinion at the University of Massachusetts-Lowell. He also serves as the co-principal investigator of the Mexican Election Study, which is part of the Comparative Study of Electoral Systems (CSES).

He received his Ph.D. in Political Science from the University of Notre Dame where he was also a Ph.D. Fellow of the Kellogg Institute for International Studies. Professor Castro Cornejo was previously assistant professor of Political Science at CIDE, Mexico City.

His academic work as has been published in "Journal of Democracy," "Public Opinion Quarterly," "Perspectives on Politics," "Political Behavior,' "Political Research Quarterly," "Electoral Studies," "International Journal of Public Opinion Research," "Journal of Elections, Public Opinion, and Parties," "Latin American Research Review" and "Journal of Politics in Latin America," among other journals.

Selected Publications

  • Aguiar, Azul, Rodrigo Castro Cornejo, and Alejandro Monsiv谩is-Carrillo. 2025. 鈥淚s Mexico at the Gates of Authoritarianism?,鈥� Journal of Democracy. 36(1):50-64.
  • Konzevik, Natasha* and Rodrigo Castro Cornejo. 2025. 鈥淎 Backlash Against Gender Partiy in Candidacies? Sexist Attitudes among the Mexican Electorate in the 2021 Gubernatorial and 2024 Presidential Elections,鈥� Revista Mexicana de Opini贸n P煤blica. 38(1).
  • Castro Cornejo, Rodrigo. 2024. 鈥淧artisan Bias in Public Perception of Elections Polls: Experimental Evidence from Mexico,鈥� Journal of Elections, Public Opinion and Parties.
  • Castro Cornejo, Rodrigo. 2024. 鈥淲ho Believes in Fraud in the 2006 Mexican Presidential Election? Election Denialism, Partisan Bias, and Affective Polarization,鈥� Latin American Research Review.
  • Castro Cornejo, Rodrigo and Joy Langston. 2024. 鈥淎nti-Democratic Attitudes, the Winner-Loser Gap, and the Rise of the Left in Mexico,鈥� Revista Latinoamericana de Opini贸n P煤blica.
  • P茅rez, Daniel* and Rodrigo Castro Cornejo. 2024. 鈥淓stimated Voting Intention at the Municipal Level: MRP Model in the State of Mexico鈥檚 2023 Elections,鈥� Revista Mexicana de Opini贸n P煤blica. 37(2).
  • Langston, Joy and Rodrigo Castro Cornejo. 2023. 鈥淲hy Do Clientelist Brokers Go Rogue? Parties, Politicians, and Intermediaries in Mexico,鈥� Perspectives on Politics. 21(1):43-58.
  • Castro Cornejo, Rodrigo. 2023. 鈥淪ame Scandal, Different Interpretations. Politics of Corruption, Anger, and Partisan Bias,鈥� Journal of Elections, Public Opinion and Parties. 33(3):497- 518.
  • Castro Cornejo, Rodrigo. 2023. 鈥淭he AMLO Voter. Affective Polarization and the Rise of the Left in Mexico,鈥� Journal of Politics in Latin America. 5(1):96鈥�112.
  • Castro Cornejo, Rodrigo. 2023. 鈥淒o (Perceptions of) Electoral Polling Affect Voters鈥� Behavior? Campaign Effects, Partisan Bias, and Strategic Voting in Mexico,鈥� Revista Latinoamericana de Opini贸n P煤blica. 11(2):73鈥�108.
  • 脕lvarez, Jos茅* and Rodrigo Castro Cornejo. 2023. 鈥淲ho Approves of Marriage Equality in Mexico? Generational Gaps, Education, and the Lack of Partisan Differences,鈥� Revista Mexicana de Opini贸n P煤blica. 34(1).
  • Castro Cornejo, Rodrigo and Ulises Beltr谩n. 2022. 鈥淲ho Receives Electoral Gifts? It Depends on Question Wording: Experimental Evidence from Mexico,鈥� Political Behavior: 44(1):227鈥�255.
  • Castro Cornejo, Rodrigo, Ulises Beltr谩n, Sandra Ley, and Ren茅 Galicia.4 2022. 鈥淔rom Election Day to Presidential Approval: Partisanship and the Honeymoon Period in Mexico,鈥� Electoral Studies. 75(February):102438.
  • Castro Cornejo, Rodrigo. 2021. 鈥淗ow Do Campaigns Matter? Independents, Political Information, and the Enlightening Role of Campaigns in Mexico,鈥� International Journal of Public Opinion Research. 33(4):779-98.
  • Castro Cornejo, Rodrigo. 2021. 鈥淪hort- and Long-term Partisanship: Campaign Effects and the Stability of Party Identification in Latin America,鈥� Latin American Research Review. 56(2).
  • Castro Cornejo, Rodrigo and Ulises Beltr谩n. 2020. 鈥淟ist Experiments, Political Sophistication, and Vote Buying. Experimental Evidence from Mexico,鈥� Journal of Politics in Latin America. 12(2):219-234.
  • Castro Cornejo, Rodrigo, Sandra Ley, and Ulises Beltr谩n. 2020. 鈥淎nger, Partisanship, and the Activation of Populist Attitudes in Mexico,鈥� Pol铆tica y Gobierno. 27(2):1-37.聽
  • Castro Cornejo, Rodrigo. 2019. 鈥淧artisanship and Question-Wording Effects: Experimental Evidence from Latin America,鈥� Public Opinion Quarterly. 83(1):26鈥�45.
  • Botero, Sandra, Rodrigo Castro Cornejo, Laura Gamboa, Nara Pav茫o and David Nickerson. 2019. 鈥淯nder Friendly Fire: An Experiment on Partisan Press and Voting Behavior,鈥� Electoral Studies. 60(August):102044.
  • Botero, Sandra, Rodrigo Castro Cornejo, Laura Gamboa, Nara Pav茫o and David Nickerson. 2019. 鈥淎re All Types of Wrongdoing Created Equal in the Eyes of Voters?鈥� Journal of Elections, Public Opinion and Parties. 31(2):141-158.
  • Audette, Andre, Mark Brockway, and Rodrigo Castro Cornejo. 2019. 鈥淩eligious Engagement, Civic Skills, and Political Participation in Latin America,鈥� Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion. 59(1):101-118.
  • Castro Cornejo, Rodrigo. 2019. 鈥淒o Campaigns Matter (in New Democracies)? Campaign Interest, Vote Choice, and Survey Satisficing,鈥� Revista Latinoamericana de Opini贸n P煤blica. 8(1):83-126.
  • Beltr谩n, Ulises and Rodrigo Castro Cornejo. 2019. 鈥淐lientelistic Activation of Mexican Voters: Between Vote Buying and Political Communication,鈥� Pol铆tica y Gobierno. 26(2):171-206.
  • Botero, Sandra, Rodrigo Castro Cornejo, Laura Gamboa, Nara Pav茫o and David Nickerson. 2015. 鈥淪ays Who? An Experiment on Allegations of Corruption and Credibility of Sources,鈥� Political Research Quarterly. 68(3):493-504.
  • Javeline, Debra, Jessica J. Hellmann, Jason S. McLachlan, Dov F. Sax, and Mark W. Schwartz and Rodrigo Castro Cornejo. 2015. 鈥淓xpert Opinion on Extinction Risk and Climate Change Adaptation,鈥� Elementa. Science of the Anthroposcene. 3(57).
  • Javeline, Debra, Jessica Hellmann, Rodrigo Castro Cornejo, and Gregory Schufeldt. 2014. 鈥淓xpert Opinion on Climate Change and Threats to Biodiversity,鈥� BioScience. 63(8):666-673.

Selected Intellectual Property

  • 2018 Mexican Election Study (CIDE-CSES), Comparative Study of Electoral Systems (with Ulises Beltr谩n and Sandra Ley)
  • 2018-19 Mexican Panel Election Study (with Ulises Beltr谩n and Sandra Ley)
  • 2021 Mexican Election Study (CIDE-CSES), Comparative Study of Electoral Systems (with Ulises Beltr谩n and Sandra Ley)
  • 2024 Mexican Election Study (ENEM-CSES), Comparative Study of Electoral Systems (with Ulises Beltr谩n and Melina Altamirano)