Research Interests
Political Parties, Democratic Accountability, Media Freedom
Academic Degrees
- Ph.D. in Political Science, University of California Los Angeles, 2007
- M.A. in Political Science, University of California Los Angeles, 2000
- B.A. in Latin American & Iberian Studies and Political Science, Summa Cum Laude, University of California Santa Barbara, 1995
Short Bio
Marisa Kellam researches the quality of democracy with a focus on Latin America. Her research links institutional analysis to various governance outcomes in democracies along three lines of inquiry: political parties and coalitional politics; mass electoral behavior and party system change; and democratic accountability and media freedom. She has published her research in various peer-reviewed journals, including the British Journal of Political Science, Comparative Political Studies, Democratization, Party Politics, Electoral Studies, Political Communication and Latin American Politics & Society. Originally from Santa Rosa, California, Marisa Kellam earned her Ph.D. in political science from UCLA and spent several years as an assistant professor at Texas A&M University. In 2021-2023, she was a visiting scholar the Center on Democracy, Development and the Rule of Law at Stanford University.
