Ignacio Arana Araya
Assistant Professor
Institute for Strategy and Technology
Orcid identifier0000-0002-8251-5598 (opens in a new tab)
- Assistant ProfessorInstitute for Strategy and Technology
- 412-482-8636
- Carnegie Mellon University, Institute for Strategy and Technology, 5000 Forbes Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA, 15213, United States
BIO
I am an Assistant Professor at the Carnegie Mellon Institute for Strategy and Technology at Carnegie Mellon University. I hold a BA in Journalism and Mass Communication from the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile (2002), an MA in Political Science from the University of Chile (2007), and an MA and a Ph.D. in Political Science from the University of Pittsburgh (2015). Before coming to the US, I worked at the international desks of the newspapers El Mercurio (Chile, 2002-2008) and ABC (Spain, 2008).
ACADEMIC POSITIONS
- Assistant ProfessorCarnegie Mellon University, Institute for Strategy and Technology, Pittsburgh, United States1 Jan 2019 - present
NON-ACADEMIC POSITIONS
- Feature WriterABC newspaper, Spain, International News, Spain1 Jan 2008 - 1 Jan 2008
- Feature WriterEl Mercurio newspaper, International News, Chile1 Jan 2004 - 1 Jan 2008
- Associated JournalistErcilla magazine, International News, Chile1 Jan 2003 - 1 Jan 2004
- Feature WriterEl Mercurio newspaper, International News, Chile2002 - 2002
DEGREES
- Ph.D., Political ScienceUniversity of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA2015
- M.A., Political ScienceUniversity of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, United States2011
- M.A., Political ScienceUniversity of Chile, Santiago, Chile2007
- B.A., Journalism and Mass CommunicationPontifical Catholic University of Chile, Santiago, Chile2002
CERTIFICATIONS
- Latin American Studies CertificateUniversity of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, United States1 Jan 2013 - 1 Jan 2013
- ICPSR quantitative methods summer programUniversity of Michigan2011 - 2011
POSTGRADUATE TRAINING
- Postdoctoral FellowCarnegie Mellon University, Institute for Politics and Strategy, Pittsburgh, United States2017 - 2019Postdoctoral Fellowship
- Postdoctoral ResearcherPontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Instituto de Ciencia Política, Chile2015 - 2017Postdoctoral Research
LANGUAGES
- Spanish - Latin AmericanCan read, write, speak, understand and peer review
- EnglishCan read, write, speak, understand and peer review
- PortugueseCan read and understand
CAMPUS
- Pittsburgh
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS
- 16 Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions
- 5 Gender Equality
AVAILABILITY
- Collaborative projects
- Join a web conference as a panellist or speaker
- Media enquiries
- Technical support
- Career advice
- Industry Projects
- Teaching provision
- Membership of an advisory committee
- Mentoring (long-term)
- Mentoring (short-term)