Lydia Tiede

Lydia Tiede is an an associate professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Houston. She received her PhD in political science from the University of California, San Diego. Prior to pursuing her PhD she worked as an immigration attorney in San Diego representing asylum seekers and immigrant women. Her current research focuses on studying law reform and the behavior of judges on high courts in Latin America and Eastern Europe. She also does comparative research on the rule of law in developing countries. Her articles have appeared in Latin American Politics and Society, World Development and the Journal of Empirical Studies. Dr. Tiede also served as a rule of law liaison in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia and most recently completed an empirical analysis of sentencing decisions in this country for the Organization of Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE). Dr. Tiede teaches courses on judicial politics, human rights, and comparative judicial systems.