PROFILE

Hillary Corwin is a PhD student in the Department of Government at the University of Texas at Austin, specializing in international relations and political methodology.  She holds B.S. and M.S. degrees from the University of Texas at Dallas, and has worked with the United States Agency for International Development on Latin American economic development policy and vulnerable population programs.  She joined the University of Texas at Austin as a Ph.D. Student in 2016.

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Substantively, she is interested in political economy and policy diffusion, with a focus on how interest (mis)alignment between great powers shapes the efficacy of economic statecraft. Methodologically, she uses formal theory, network models, and causal inference techniques.  

Her research examines economic influence in the post-colonial period, focusing on the strategic interactions of great powers in the international system and on the circumstances in which great powers' commitments to deepening economic inclusion or threats of exclusion (fail to) shape the policy choices of target states. Her dissertation examines the relationships between development cooperation and human rights globally from the Cold War to present.

RESEARCH

Hillary is a political economist who studies economic statecraft in the settings of international development, security, and human rights.  Her research investigates how interest alignment between powerful states along multiple dimensions alters the efficacy of economic influence in achieving foreign policy goals.  

EDUCATION

Ph.D. in Government

In Progress

THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN

Fields: International Relations and Political Methodology

Dissertation Co-Chairs: Nathan M. Jensen and Terrence L. Chapman

Dissertation: Development Cooperation and Respect for Human Rights

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M.S. in International Political Economy

May 2015

THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS

Focus in International Business and  Public Policy
Area Focus in Latin America

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B.S. in International Political Economy

May 2013

THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS

Focus in Latin American Economic Development

Summa Cum Laude

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