• PhD, Political Science, University of Notre Dame, 2013
• MA, Political Science, University of Notre Dame, 2008
• MA, Latin American Studies, Tulane University, 2005
• BA, Sewanee: The University of the South, 2003

Assistant Professor, Emory & Henry College, 2015-present

• Introduction to Comparative Politics
• Social Science Research Methods
• Politics of Latin America
• Organized Crime in Latin America
• Politics of the Middle East and North Africa
• Democracy and Democratization
• Politics of Civil Wars
• Law and Society
• Writing in Political Science 

Instructor, Northern Arizona University, 2014-2015

• Social Science Research Methods
• Politics of Developing Nations
• Politics of Violence in Latin America
• Organized Crime and Drug Trafficking in Latin America
• Studies in Latin America Politics
• Introduction to Politics

Publications

• Krause, K. (2014). “Supporting the Iron Fist: Crime News and Authoritarian Crime Control in Guatemala.” Latin American Politics and Society, 56:1.
• Krause, K. (2016). Crime Control in Guatemala. In Encyclopedia of Public Administration and Public Policy (3^rd ed.). London, England: Taylor and Francis.

Research Experience

• Field Work in Guatemala and Costa Rica, 2016
• Senior Regional Citizen Security Advisor, SSG Advisors, 2015-2016
• Project Coordinator, Varieties of Democracy, 2012
• Translator - Walker, I. (2013). Democracy in Latin America: Beyond Hope and Despair, translated by Krystin Krause, Holly Bird, and Scott Mainwaring. Notre Dame, IN: University of Notre Dame Press.
• Field Work in Guatemala, 2011
• Field Work in Argentina, Guatemala, and El Salvador, 2009-2010
• Field Work in Argentina and Guatemala, 2007
• Field Work in Argentina, 2004

Emory & Henry College, 2015-present

• Assistant Professor - Department of Politics, Law, and International Relations

Northern Arizona University, 2014-2015

• Instructor - Department of Politics and International Affairs    

University of Notre Dame, 2014

• Adjunct Assistant Professor - Department of Political Science

Indiana University South Bend, 2014

• Adjunct Assistant Professor - Department of Political Science