Anibal Perez-Linan is Professor of Political Science and Global Affairs at the University of Notre Dame. He is Co-Principal Investigator of the Notre Dame Reparations Design and Compliance Lab. Anibal Pérez-Liñán studies processes of democratization, political instability, and the rule of law in new democracies. His research has been funded by the National Science Foundation, the United States Agency for International Development, the Inter-American Development Bank, Uruguay’s National Agency for Research and Innovation (ANII), and Paraguay’s National Council for Science and Technology (Conacyt), among other institutions. He is editor-in-chief of the Latin American Research Review, the scholarly journal of the Latin American Studies Association (LASA), and co-editor with Paolo Carozza of the Kellogg Series on Democracy and Development published by University of Notre Dame Press.