- Phone:
- (812) 856-9026
- Email:
- cavellan@indiana.edu
- Room Number:
- 453
- Areas of Interest:
- Public Management and Governance in Developing Countries ,
- Local Governments in Latin America ,
- Comparative Public Policy and Policymaking ,
- Latin American Politics ,
- International Development
Claudia N. Avellaneda
Associate Professor
Faculty Affiliate, Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies
Faculty Affiliate, Political Science Department
Faculty Affiliate, Ostrom Workshop on Political Theory and Policy Analysis
Education
- Ph.D., Political Science, Texas A&M University, 2007
- M.A., Political Science, Texas A&M University-Kingsville, 2002
- B.S. Colegio Mayor de Cundinamarca, Bogotá, Colombia
Courses
- Public Management
- Governance in Developing Countries
- Comparative Public Policy
- Latin American Politics and Political Economy
- Comparative Public Administration and Management
Biography
Born in Colombia, Dr. Claudia N. Avellaneda specializes in governance and public management in developing countries, with an emphasis on local governments. She joined the IU O'Neill School of Public and Environmental Affairs in 2013, after serving as assistant professor in the Department of Political Science and graduate coordinator of Latin American Studies at the University of North Carolina-Charlotte.
Her main research interests are decentralization, public policy, innovation, governance, and public management, with a regional focus on Latin America. Specifically, Professor Avellaneda investigates determinants of government performance in Latin American municipalities by focusing on the role of the local chief executive — the mayor.
In her field research, Professor Avellaneda conducts personal interviews and experimental analyses with Latin American mayors. She explores the impact of mayors' education, experience, networking, and political support on social service delivery, public finances, tax collection, and decision-making. She has extended this line of research to Brazilian, Honduran, Colombian, and Salvadorian municipalities. Currently, her research focuses on the Chilean, Mexican, Peruvian, Guatemalan, and Ecuadorian municipalities.
Professor Avellaneda serves as editor of Local Government Studies. She is also the international editor for the Journal of Behavioral Public Administration. She serves, or has served, on the editorial boards of Public Administration Research and Theory, Public Administration Review, Public Management Review, Urban Affairs Review, Fudan Public Administration Review, Public Service Review (Revista do Serviço Público), and the Brazilian Journal of Public Administration (RAP). She is an elected member of the 2017-21 Public Management Research Association Governing Board. She was selected as the 2019-20 President of the Midwest Public Administration Caucus.
Highlights
- 2019-20: President Midwest Public Administration Caucus, Midwest Political Science Association
- 2019: IU Distinguished Latino Faculty Award
- 2019: Trustees Teaching Award, IU
- 2015: Lincoln Institute of Land Policy grant for "Determinants of Property Value Reappraisals: A Critical Question for Municipal Fiscal Health In Latin America"
- 2015: Inaugural Recipient of Most Inclusive Award, O'Neill Student Choice Awards
- 2011: Latina Women' Achievement Award, Latin American Student Organization, UNC-Charlotte
- Special Recognition, International Women's Day Celebration by the UNCC International Women's Day Committee
- 2007: Bryan D. Jones Award, outstanding graduate student in Political Science, Texas A&M University
- 2006-07: Mentor of the Year, Aggie Women in Leadership Program, Texas A&M University.
Selected Works
- “Women and risk-taking behavior in public finance,” (with K. Suzuki), Journal of Public Management Review, (22 December 2017)
- “Municipal isomorphism: testing the effects of vertical and horizontal collaboration,” (with G.Piña) Public Management Review (18 December 2017)
- Comparative Public Management: Why National, Environmental, and Organizational Context Matters, (Ed. with K. J. Meier, A.N. Rutherford), Georgetown University Press (March 2017)
- “Is Small Beautiful? Testing the Direct and Nonlinear Effects of Size on Municipal Performance.” (with Ricardo Corrêa Gomes), Public Administration Review, on-line preview access (2014)
- “Mayoral Decision Making: Issue Salience, Decision Context and Choice Constraint? An Experimental Study with 120 Latin American Mayors,” Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory,23 (3): 631-661 (2013)
- “Mayoral Public Sector Work Experience and Tax Collection Performance in Colombian Local Governments,” (with N. Petrovsky), International Public Management Journal, 17 (2) (2013)
- "Municipal Revenue Strategy in a Latin American Setting: Does the Public Manager’s Background Matter?” Public Management Review, 14 (8): 1061-1086 (2012)
- “Market Orientation and Public Service Performance: NPM Gone Mad?” (with G. Brewer, G. Boyne, and R. Walker), Public Administration Review, 71 (5): 707-717 (2011)
- “The Diffusion of Innovation: A Longitudinal Empirical Test of the Berry and Berry Model,” (with F. S. Berry and R. Walker), Public Management Review, 13 (1): 95-125 (2011). [*Third place on the award of the 2012 Kooiman Prize for the best paper in Public Management Review in 2011]
- “Municipal Performance: Does Mayoral Quality Matter? Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory, 19 (2): 285-312 (2009)
- “Mayoral Quality and Local Public Finance.” Public Administration Review, May/June: 469-486 (2009)