Grace Jaramillo, PhD

2515 41st Avenue W, Vancouver, BC V6N 3C2

grace.jaramillo@ubc.ca

CURRICULUM VITAE

Education
Ph.D. Political Studies, Concentration Comparative Politics. Queen’s University, Canada. 2016

M.A. Public and International Affairs (MPIA). University of Pittsburgh, PA, United States. 2003

S.C. Latin American Public Policy. University of Pittsburgh, PA, United States.

B.A. Universidad Central del Ecuador

Appointments
• University of British Columbia – Department of Political Science 2017-ongoing
Adjunct Professor at SPPGA
After spending the second half of my SSHRC Postdoctoral Fellowship award
studying the politics of institutional change after Free Trade Agreements of
Latin America in the Asia Pacific at UBC, I was recruited to teach at the School
of Public Policy and Global Affairs to teach as Adjunct Professor. Today, I am
part of the teaching faculty leading two core requirements courses, including
public policy analysis and program evaluation and supervising master’s
capstone projects.
• Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada – Expert advisor on Trade and GVCs 2019
Expert Advisor on Trade, and Global Value Chains
Conducted research on trade agreements in the Asia Pacific and created the
line of reports called The Trade Trackers for Canada’s FTAs.
• University of Waterloo – Balsillie School of International Affairs 2016-2017
Postdoctoral fellow
Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council Postdoctoral Fellowship
award. First year. Working with Dr. John Ravenhill designing a research project
on free trade agreements in the Asia Pacific.
• Queen's University 2014-2015
Adjunct professor.
• Faculty of Latin American Studies FLACSO-Ecuador 2007-2010
Head of the International Relations Program – Full time professor
Designed the curricula for the master’s Program and two certificates at the
graduate level. Increased the enrollment twofold in three years, by increasing
the seminars and international publications.
• Universidad Andina Simón Bolívar 2003-2006
Associate Professor of Global and Development Studies
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Appointed coordinator for the Andean Centre of International Studies.

Conducted research, outreach activities like seminars and conferences.
Edited a bi-annual peer-reviewed journal of the field.

Publications
In Progress
• Book: Challenges to Democracy in the Andes: Strongmen, Broken Sep 2022
Constitutions and Regimes in Crisis with Maxwell Cameron (Eds.)
• Free Trade Agreements and Varieties of Capitalism in Latin America: 2023
Institutional Change? Article under review by Review of International Political
Economy.
• The political economy of industrial policy in Peru and Ecuador: 1970-2010. TBD
Single-authored monograph manuscript updated for publications from the
doctoral dissertation

Articles in scholarly journals

• Archival research for comparative policy studies. The Oxford Encyclopedia of 2020
Politics. DOI: 10.1093/acrefore/9780190228637.013.1446
• Cultural and trade policy at crossroads, International Journal of Cultural Policy 2019
IJCP, Vol. 25, Issue 5. DOI: 10.1080/10286632.2019.1626847
• “The complexity of Ecuadorian approach to the world”. DCIDOB Magazine. 2008
January-March 2008 (103).

Chapters in books
• “Latin America: Trade and Culture at a Crossroad” in Patricia Goff (ed.), Trade 2021
and Culture: The ongoing debate (pp. 56-68). New York: Routledge-Taylor &
Francis Group.
• “Advances in Comparative Historical Research” in Guy Peters & Guillaume 2020
Fontaine (Eds.), Handbook of Research Methods and Applications for
Comparative Policy Analysis (pp. 111-130). London: Edward Elgar Publishing.
DOI: 10.4337/9781788111195
• “Rafael Correa’s foreign policy paradox: discursive sovereignty, practical 2019
dependency”. In F. Sanchez & S. Pachano (Eds.), Assessing the Left Turn in
Ecuador (Chapter 14). London, UK: Palgrave. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-27625-6

Public Reports and Symposia

• “The CPTPP: A key strategic advantage for Japan to advance its leadership in July 2020
the Pacific.” In the Symposium Compendium, Japan’s Leadership in the Liberal
International Order: Impact and Policy Opportunities for Partners
• Covid -19: An opportunity to re-think Latin America (dis)connection to Global July 2020
Value Chains. For the Italian Institute of International Political Studies - ISPI
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• The CPTPP Tracker: Assessing Canada’s First Year of Participation in the Dec 2019
Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership. For
the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada

Papers and abstracts in refereed conference proceedings

• Ecuador´s transition back into democracy: An assessment of the political and 2019
socio-economic outcomes of Correa´s decade in power. Paper presented at
LASA 2019 in Boston, MA.
• FTA in the Americas 15 years after: The devil is in the implementation. Paper 2016
presented at IPSA 2020 in Poznan, Poland.
• “Comparative historical analysis in the study of industrial policy in Ecuador and 2014
Peru 1960-2010”. Paper prepared for IPSA-Montreal.
• “From logics of appropriateness to logics of consequence: a new approach to 2012
understand South-South development cooperation”, paper presented at the
Annual Conference of the Latin American Studies Association, LASA. 21-24
May, San Francisco, California.
• “Structure vs. agency: a missing debate in Latin American political studies: a 2012
methodological critique”. Paper presented at the Annual Latin American
Conference of Political Science, ALACIP.
• “Sovereignty and global governance: the case of Ecuador”, paper presented at 2010
the Annual Convention of the International Studies Association, ISA. 17-20
February, New Orleans, Louisiana.
• “UNASUR: the double movement”, paper presented at the 2nd FLACSO 2010
Congress on Latin American Social Sciences. 26-28 May. Mexico, DF.
• “National determinants of regional integration: the case of Ecuador”, paper 2009
presented at the 21 World Congress of International Political Studies
Association, IPSA. 12-16 July. Santiago de Chile, Chile.

Newspaper articles and interviews as expert

• The Venezuelan Crisis: a political and economic overview. Interview with CBC 2016
News - On the Money live. October 15, 2106
• How Chavez planted the seed of violence. Contribution to the Opinion page of 2014
The Globe and Mail –Global Debate Section. February 27.
• Appearance in Agenda with Steve Paikin. Debate about the Legacy of Chavez. 2013
Aired on March 8, 2013.
• Regular op-ed columns for El Comercio Newspaper, Quito-Ecuador. Monthly
• Frequently interviewed by CBC News, The Conversation, CNN-Chile, BBC, 2007- to the
Radio Netherlands International, Radio France International, Associated Press, present
El Comercio Peru, La Reforma from Mexico, La Nación in Argentina and
Semana Magazine in Colombia.
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Teaching Experience
• PPGA 504 – Policy Analysis and Program Evaluation Winter 2021; 2022; 2023

• POLI 332- Latin American Democratic Institutions Fall 2019

• POLI 421 – Comparative Politics: The State in Latin America Fall 2018

• Theories of International Relations – FLACSO Doctoral Program Summer 2018

• Comparative politics of Latin America – Queen’s University Winter 2015

• Public Policy Analysis and Policy Evaluation Summer 2012

• Regionalism in Comparative Perspective Summer 2012, Winter 2009

• Comparative Public Policy Spring 2012

• Globalization and International Development Spring 2010

• International Political Economy Taught from 2004-2010

Honors and Awards

• Global Affairs Canada-SSHRC International Policy Ideas Award 2019
Annual award to the best 10 ideas for Canadian Foreign Policy connecting
Foreign Policy, Trade and International Development Assistance
• Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) 2018-2019
Insight Grants Survival of Defective Democracies (co-researcher) for
the project “Defective Democracies in the Andes”.
• Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) 2016
Postdoctoral Fellowship
• Nominated among the 20 most influential young thinkers in Latin America 2010, 2012
by CAF-Brookings (Latin American Development Bank) in two occasions.
• Member of the Carter Center’s Bilateral Group of Dialogue for Ecuador 2008-2009
and Colombia. A high-level group to promote peace talks and mutual
understanding to overcome the impasse. During this time, the Joint
Chiefs of the Colombian Armed Forces gave her a medal for her
contributing to conflict resolution through mediation efforts and mutual
understanding.
• Nominated member of the Ecuadorian Council of Foreign Relations 2007
• National Award for Achievements in the promotion of Women’s Rights by 2005
the Ecuadorian National Council for Women.
• Chevening Fellowship Award for young policy leaders. 2006-2007
• Fulbright Scholarship Award 2001-2003
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• U.S. State Department: nominated to the International Visitor Exchange January-

Program for current and emerging foreign leaders. First-hand meetings February
with relevant leaders and foreign policy advisors, including Congress, 1997
Chambers of Commerce, State Department and the Pentagon.

Affiliations/Memberships
• International Studies Association (ISA) member Since 2008

• Latin American Studies Association (LASA) member Since 2008

• Canadian Association for Latin American and Caribbean Studies, Since 2019
Member of the Board of Directors since 2020

Fellowships
• FLACSO-Faculty of Latin American Studies Since 2010
• Queen’s University Centre for International and Defence Policy Since 2017

Other Languages
• Spanish Complete fluency
• French Reading fluency

List of References
• Dr. Catherine Conaghan. Full-time professor and dissertation supervisor at 1-613-453-0348
Queen's University. Kingston, Ontario: Email: conaghan@queensu.ca
• Dr. Maxwell Cameron. Full-time professor and Director of Centre for the 1-604-822-3129
Study of Democratic Institutions at UBC. Email: max.cameron@ubc.ca
• Dr. Yves Tiberghien. Full-time professor of IPE and Director Emeritus of the 1-604-822-6079
Institute of Asian Research at UBC. Email: yves.tiberghien@ubc.ca
• Dr. Andres Mejía-Acosta. Full-time professor Director of the Graduate +44-7726-152669
Program at King’s College London. Email: andes.mejia@kcl.ac.uk
• Dr. John Ravenhill. Director of the Political Science Department at University 1-226-772-3060
of Waterloo and first postdoctoral supervisor. Waterloo, Ontario: Email:
jravenhill@uwaterloo.ca