Latin America Faculty

Carlos Blanco (BA, Universidad Central de Venezuela; MA, Centro de Estudios del Desarrolla; PhD Universidad Central de Venezuela). Governance; Latin American Political Reform and Decentralization; Authoritarianism; Latin American Studies.

Susan Eva Eckstein (PhD, Columbia University) Urbanization, Immigration, Poverty, Rights and Injustices, and Social Movements in Third World Countries.

Kevin P. Gallagher (BA, Northeastern University; MA, PhD, Tufts University) Economic Development, Trade and Investment Policy, International Environmental Policy, Latin America.

David Scott Palmer (BA, Dartmouth College; MA, Stanford University; PhD Cornell University) Comparative Politics, International Relations, Latin American Studies.

Strom C. Thacker (BA, Pomona College; MA, PhD, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill) International and Comparative Political Economy, Governance, Development; Latin American Studies; Mexican Political Economy and Politics.