Juan Fernando Ibarra Del Cueto is an Assistant Professor of Political Science at Colgate University. Juan's research interests revolve around the study of state building, democratization, and the relationship between political and economic development. He studies these topics both cross-nationally, focusing on the Latin American region, as well as sub-nationally within Mexico. From a methodological standpoint, his work relies both on qualitative methods, such as comparative historical analysis and process-tracing, as well as quantitative analysis.