Professional Service
- American Political Science Association. Panel Discussant "Democratic Backsliding". 09/17/2022 - 09/17/2022
- American Political Science Association. Panel Discussant. "Processes and Consequences of Democratic Subversion". 09/15/2022 - 09/15/2022
- Análisis Político. Role: Member of the Editorial Board. Editorial board member of the journal Análisis Politico of the Institution de Estudios y Relaciones Internacionales of the Universidad Nacional de Colombia. 03/01/2022 - present
Internal Service
- Served as faculty Reviewer for the Hinckley Journal of Politics, were I was in charge of reviewing student articles submitted and accepted to the journal. Faculty Reviewer, 02/01/2022 - 02/28/2022. Other service.
- Faculty leader of Women in Politics Graduate Group. 12/01/2021 - present. Department service.
- Served as faculty Reviewer for the Hinckley Journal of Politics, were I was in charge of reviewing student articles submitted and accepted to the journal. Faculty Reviewer, 02/01/2021 - 02/28/2021. Other service.
- Served as Model United Nations Faculty Advisor. As such, I met with students to help plan conferences and their participation in other events. MUN Faculty Advisor, 01/01/2021 - present. Department service.
Community Partnership
- Lecture on democracy to the Women Voters of Utah. 11/22/2021 - 11/22/2021
In the Media
- Podcast Interview by Democracy Paradox "Laura Gamboa on Opposition Strategies to Resist Democratic Erosion". 08/22/2022. https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/democracy-pa...
- Article in Razón Pública "El país que dejó Duque". 07/31/2022. https://razonpublica.com/pais-dejo-duque/
- Article (coauthored with Juan Albarracín and Sandra Botero) in the Washington Post "Colombia's new president aims to swing his country left. It won't be easy". 05/14/2021. 06/30/2022. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/06/30...
- Interviewed by the New York Times and cited in "Colombia presidential election: In Colombia, a Leftist and a Right-Wing Populist Move on to June Runoff". 05/29/2022. https://www.nytimes.com/live/2022/05/29/world/colo...
- Interviewed based on my work on democratic backsliding for Samuel Benson's opinion piece "America , we have a problem" published in Deseret News. 06/14/2021. https://www.deseret.com/opinion/2021/6/14/22463627...
- Interviewed based on my expertise in Colombia for Jen Kirby's article "Colombia’s protests are a product of its post-peace-deal reality" in Vox News. 06/12/2021. https://www.vox.com/22518904/colombia-protests-cal...
- Interviewed based on my work on democratic backsliding for this Thomas B. Edsall op-ed "How Far Are Republicans Willing to Go? They’re Already Gone" published in the New York Times. 06/09/2021. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/09/opinion/us-demo...
- Interviewed based on my work on democratic backsliding for this Thomas B. Edsall op-ed "How Far Are Republicans Willing to Go? They’re Already Gone" published in the New York Times. 06/09/2021. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/09/opinion/us-demo...
- Interviewed based on my work on democratic backsliding for this piece by Bryan Schoot "Growing alarm’ that American democracy is in danger, University of Utah professor says" published in the Salt Lake Tribune. 06/03/2021. https://www.sltrib.com/news/politics/2021/06/03/gr...
- Article (coauthored with Juan Albarracín) in the Washington Post "Colombia’s police are cracking down on protests. That may be backfiring". 05/14/2021. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/05/14...
- Interviewed by Telemundo to discuss the vice-presidential debate at the University of Utah. 10/07/2020.
- Interviewed at length to provide background information on Venezuela and its democratic backsliding for the podcast "Hope in Darkness: The Josh Holt Story" by KSL Podcasts. 08/20/2020. https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/hope-in-dark...