I am an Assistant Professor of Government & Politics at the University of Maryland, College Park. I received my Ph.D. from Columbia University. I grew up in the south of Chile and completed my undergraduate studies at Universidad Católica de Chile.
I study comparative political behavior and the political economy of developing countries, particularly in Latin America. I am especially interested in topics related to crime, migration, and political attitudes. My work focuses on using and advancing methods for drawing causal inferences from experimental and observational data.
My research has been published, or is forthcoming, in the Journal of Politics, British Journal of Political Science, Comparative Politics, Political Science Research and Methods, Public Opinion Quarterly, Political Behavior, and Electoral Studies, among other outlets.
You can reach me (in English or Spanish) at gvis[AT]umd[DOT]edu.