Dr. Sebastián Vallejo Vera

Assistant Professor

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Biography

Sebastián Vallejo Vera is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science at Western University. His research focuses on gendered political institutions, representation, racial identity, and racism in Latin America. He is particularly interested in the gendered barriers to political institutions and the strategic reactions of political actors when encountering these barriers. Vallejo Vera employs novel Natural Language Processing (NLP) techniques on a wide variety of text data, including legislative speeches and tweets, to address substantive questions surrounding gender, racism, and politics. His work has been published in respected journals such as Latin American Politics and Society, Political Research Quarterly, and the Journal of Politics. He has also contributed to several working papers and chapters, exploring issues related to the intersection of gender and politics in the context of legislative operations in Latin America.

Research Interests

Requirements for Western University

Master Program
Requirements
GPA Requirement
Required:3.3
IELTS
Listening
Required:6
Reading
Required:6
Writing
Required:6
Speaking
Required:6
Overall
Required:6
TOEFL
Listening
Required:20
Reading
Required:20
Writing
Required:20
Speaking
Required:20
Total
Required:86
Prerequisites
Four-year degree, honours or the equivalent, in anthropology or equivalent background in social sciences.
Application Checklist
  • Online application
  • Two academic references
  • Sample of written work (15-20 pages)
  • Statement of academic intent
  • Transcripts
  • CV (optional)
Specialization Notes

Streams include Archaeology and Bioarchaeology, and Sociocultural Anthropology.