Semblanza I am an Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Studies at the Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas (CIDE) in Mexico City. Previously, I was a Post-Doctoral Fellow in the Department of Politics at the University of Virginia. I received my PhD in Political Science from the University of Notre Dame where I was also a Garza PhD Fellow of the Kellogg Institute for International Studies.rnrnMy research interests include survey/experimental methods, public opinion formation, and partisanship. My main line of research sheds light on the influence of political campaigns on voting behavior. I study the influence of partisan identities on voters' electoral behavior as well as motivated reasoning during political campaigns. I also participate in collaborative research projects aiming to understanding why voters support corrupt politicians in Latin America, populism and negative partisanship in Latin America, and vote-buying in Mexico.

Artículos

• La activación clientelar del electorado en México. Entre compra de votos y comunicación política
  Ulises Beltrán y Rodrigo Castro Cornejo. La activación clientelar del electorado en México. Entre compra de votos y comunicación política, Política y Gobierno, Volumen XXVI, número 2, segundo semestre de 2019, pp. 171-204
  2019-01-01
• Under friendly fire: An experiment on partisan press, fragmented opposition and voting behavior
  Sandra Botero, Rodrigo Castro Cornejo, Laura Gamboa, Nara Pavao, and David W. Nickerson. Under friendly fire: An experiment on partisan press, fragmented opposition and voting behavior, Electoral Studies, Volume 60, August 2019, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.electstud.2019.04.008
  2019-01-01
• Religious Engagement, Civic Skills, and Political Participation in Latin America
  Andre P. Audette, Mark Brockway, and Rodrigo Castro Cornejo. Religious Engagement, Civic Skills, and Political Participation in Latin America, Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, Volume 59, Issue 1, March 2020, pp. 101-118, https://doi.org/10.1111/jssr.12642
  2020-01-01
• Are all types of wrongdoing created equal in the eyes of voters?
  Sandra Botero, Rodrigo Castro Cornejo, Laura Gamboa, Nara Pavao, and David W. Nickerson. Are all types of wrongdoing created equal in the eyes of voters?, Journal of Elections, Public Opinion and Parties, Published online: 12 Aug 2019, DOI: 10.1080/17457289.2019.1651322
  2020-01-01
• Who Receives Electoral Gifts? It Depends on Question Wording: Experimental Evidence from Mexico
  Rodrigo Castro Cornejo and Ulises Beltran. Who Receives Electoral Gifts? It Depends on Question Wording: Experimental Evidence from Mexico, Political Behavior, Published: 19 May 2020, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11109-020-09618-1
  2020-01-01