Mariela Daby is an Associate Professor of Political Science at Reed College, Portland, Oregon. Her research interests include social movements, political participation, reproductive rights, and distributive politics and gender in Latin America. Her most recent publications focus on abortion decriminalization in Latin America and the gender gap in political clientelism. Previous work has examined the incentives that contribute to the persistence of clientelism in consolidated democracies.
Professor Daby’s articles have appeared in Comparative Political Studies, Politics & Gender, Comparative Politics, Party Politics, Social Networks, Latin American Research Review, and Latin American Politics and Society.
She has received fellowships and grants from the American Political Science Association, the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, the Social Science Research Council, and the Fulbright Commission, among others.
At Reed College, she teaches courses on politics and social movements, politics and gender, and human rights and violence in Latin America.
Professor Daby received a Ph.D. in Political Science from the University of Chicago and a B.A. (summa cum laude) in Political Science and Government from Di Tella University in Argentina.
Professor Daby was born and raised in Buenos Aires, Argentina, and lives in Portland, Oregon, with her partner and three children.