CURRICULUM VITA
JENNIFER L. McCOY
Department of Political Science The Carter Center
Georgia State University One Copenhill
Atlanta, GA 30303 Atlanta, GA 30307
404-651-4847 (Office)
Email: jmccoy@gsu.edu 404-420-5175
404-651-1434 (Fax)
404-378-6790 (home) (Fax) 404-420-5196
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
1998-present Director, Americas Program, The Carter Center (joint position)
1991-present Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, Georgia State University
1984-1991 Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, Georgia State University
1989-1998 Senior Research Associate, Latin American and Caribbean Program, Carter Center of Emory University
1994-present Senior Associate, Policy Research Center, Georgia State University
1987-88 Associate Director, Latin American and
Caribbean Program, Carter Center of Emory University (on leave from Georgia
State University)
EDUCATION University of Minnesota, PhD April, 1985
Department of Political Science
Fields of Concentration: Comparative Politics (Latin
America)
Comparative Political Economy
International Politics
Supporting Program: Economics
Statistics
Dissertation: "Democratic Dependent Development and State-Labor Relations in Venezuela," (Advisors: Professors Gary Wynia and Raymond Duvall)
Oklahoma State University, 1974-78
B.A. with Honors, Political Science and Spanish
Universidad de los Andes, Bogotá Colombia
Semester of study, 1977
RESEARCH Democratization processes in Latin America
and Third World.
INTERESTS Electoral processes and election monitoring.
Transparency and corruption.
U.S. policy towards Latin America.
TEACHING Comparative Politics
INTERESTS Latin American Politics
Comparative Political Economy
Comparative Democratization
International Politics
International Political Economy
International Development
COURSES Latin American Politics (graduate
and undergraduate)
TAUGHT Political Economy of Latin America (graduate
and undergraduate)
Comparative Political Economy (graduate)
Comparative Democratization Processes (graduate)
International Politics (undergraduate)
Theories of International Politics (graduate)
International Political Economy (graduate and undergraduate)
International Development (graduate)
Global Affairs (undergraduate)
The Vietnam War (graduate and undergraduate)
American Foreign Policy (undergraduate)
HONORS/GRANTS
The Carter Center, half-time buy-out to serve as Director
of the Americas Program, 1998-
2003 ($400,000)
Georgia State University Research Team Grant, APolitical Communication and Civil Society Formation in Transitional Democracies.@ 1998 ($15,000)
Georgia State University International Initiatives Grant, ADemocratization and Decentralization In Latin America.@ 1995-96 ($13,000).
Rockefeller Foundation Team Residency, 1995. APolitical Learning during Redemocratization in Latin America,@ Bellagio Conference and Retreat Center, Italy.
North-South Center Research Grant, 1993-94. "Political Learning during Redemocratization in Latin America" ($43,000).
Return Fulbright Scholar, Uruguay, 1992.
Georgia Consortium on Conflict Resolution Research Grant, 1991.
Fulbright Scholar, Uruguay, 1991.
Georgia State University Instructional Improvement Grant, 1995.
Georgia State University Research Grant, 1987, 1990, 1992.
Faculty Development Seminar, Federal University of Pernambuco and University System of Georgia, Recife, Brazil, 1986.
Georgia State University Travel Research Grant, 1985.
University of Minnesota Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship, 1982.
University of Minnesota Special Research Grant, 1982.
Graduate School Tuition Scholarship, 1981.
Hubert H. Humphrey Fellowship, 1978.
Phi Kappa Phi Honorable Mention Fellowship, 1978.
WORKS IN PROGRESS
The Unraveling of Representative Democracy
in Venezuela: Toward a New Model of
Participation? Edited by Jennifer McCoy
and David Myers. Under review.
“Regime Change in Venezuela: Theoretical
Implications of Regime Unraveling,” by David
Myers and Jennifer McCoy.
“Explaining the Success and Failure of Elections in Latin America,” by Jonathan Hartlyn and Jennifer McCoy (to be presented at the Latin American Studies Association in March 2003.)
PUBLICATIONS:
BOOKS
Political Learning and Redemocratization in Latin
America: Do Politicians Learn from Political Crises?, edited
by Jennifer L. McCoy (Univ. of Miami: North-South Center; Lynne Rienner
Press (distributors), 2000).
Venezuelan Democracy Under Stress, edited by Jennifer L.McCoy, William C. Smith, Andres Serbin, and Andres Stambouli (North-South Center/Transaction Press, 1995).
Democracia Bajo Presion: Politica y Mercado en Venezuela, edited by Andres Serbin, Andres Stambouli, Jennifer L.McCoy and William Smith (Caracas, Venezuela: Nueva Sociedad, 1993).
Food, Agriculture, and Development in the Pacific Basin,
co-edited with G. Edward Schuh, (Westview Press, 1986).
REFEREED ARTICLES and BOOK CHAPTERS
Jennifer L. McCoy and Heather Heckel,
“The Emergence of a Global Anti-Corruption Norm,”
International Politics 38:1 (March 2001):
65-90.
Jennifer McCoy, “The Learning Process” and “Comparative Lessons” in Jennifer McCoy, editor, Political Learning and Redemocratization in Latin America: Do Politicians Learn from Political Crises (Univ. of Miami: North-South Center; Lynne Rienner Press (distributors), 2000): 1-14, 131-148.
Jennifer McCoy, “Venezuela: The End of Partyarchy,” Journal of Democracy (July 1999).
Jennifer McCoy, ANicaragua=s Second Election,@ in
Krishna Kumar, editor, Post-Conflict
Elections, Democratization, and International
Assistance ( Lynne Rienner Publisher, 1998).
Jennifer McCoy, AMonitoring and
Mediating Elections during Latin American
Democratization,@ in Kevin
Middlebrook, editor. Electoral Observation and Democratic
Traditions in Latin
America (Center for U.S.-Mexican Studies, University of California-San
Diego, 1998): 53-90
Jennifer McCoy, “Introduction: Dismantling the Predatory State,@ in Robert Rotberg, ed., Haiti Renewed (Brookings Institute Press, 1997): 1-26.
Jennifer McCoy and William Smith, "From Deconsolidation to Reequilibration? Prospects for Democratic Renewal in Venezuela,@ in McCoy, et al, Venezuelan Democracy Under Stress (Transaction Press, 1995): 237-285.
William Smith and Jennifer McCoy, AVenezuelan Democracy Under Stress,@ in McCoy, et al, Venezuelan Democracy Under Stress (Transaction Press, 1995): 1-12.
Jennifer McCoy and William Smith, ADesconsolidación o reequilibrio democrático en Venezuela,@ Nueva Sociedad 140 (Nov-Dic 1995): 18-32.
Jennifer McCoy and William Smith, ADemocratic Disequilibrium
in Venezuela,@ Journal of InterAmerican Studies and World Affairs Vol 37,
No 2 (Summer 1995): 113-179.
Jennifer McCoy, "La Crisis de Confianza," in Democracia
Bajo Presion: Politica y Mercado en Venezuela, edited by Andres Serbin,
Andres Stambouli, Jennifer McCoy and William Smith (Caracas, Venezuela:
Nueva Sociedad, 1993): pp. 9-26.
Jennifer McCoy, "Mediating Democracy: A New Role for International Actors?" in ed. David Bruce, New World Order: Social and Economic Implications (Atlanta, Georgia: Georgia State University Business Press, 1993): pp. 129-140.
Howard Lehman and Jennifer McCoy, "The Dynamics of the Two-Level Bargaining Game: The 1988 Brazilian Debt Negotiations," World Politics 44:4 (July 1992): 600-644.
Jennifer McCoy, Larry Garber and Robert Pastor, "Making Peace by Observing and Mediating Elections," Journal of Democracy, Fall (1991): 102-114. Reprinted in The Global Resurgence of Democracy, edited by Larry Diamond and Marc Plattner (John Hopkins University Press, 1993): 178-192.
Jennifer McCoy, "Labor and the State in a Party-Mediated Democracy: Institutional Change in Venezuela," Latin American Research Review, 24:2 (Spring 1989): 35-68.
Jennifer McCoy, "Venezuela: Austerity and the Working Class," in Paying the Costs of Austerity In Latin America, edited by Werner Baer and Howard Handelman (Boulder: Westview Press, 1989): 195-223.
Jennifer McCoy, "The State and the Democratic Class Compromise in Venezuela," The Journal of Developing Societies, 4:1 (Spring 1988): 85-104. Also in State and Development, edited by Cal Clark and Jonathan Lemco (Leiden: Brill, 1988).
Jennifer McCoy, "Consequencias de la crisis economica y la austeridad," Revista Relaciones de Trabajo (Valencia, Venezuela; 1988): 204-227.
Jennifer McCoy, "The Politics of Adjustment: Labor and the Venezuelan State," Journal of Interamerican Studies and World Affairs, Vol. 28, no. 4 (Winter 1986-87): 103-138.
Jennifer McCoy and G. Edward Schuh, "Food and Agriculture in the Pacific Basin: An Overview," in Schuh and McCoy (eds) Food, Agriculture and Development in the Pacific Basin (Westview Press, 1986): 11-22.
Roger Benjamin, Robert Kudrle, and Jennifer McCoy, "The Dynamics of Economic Change in the Pacific Basin," in R. Benjamin and R. Kudrle (eds.), The Industrial Future of the Pacific Basin, Westview Press, 1984: 1-12.
Elizabeth Cholawsky and Jennifer McCoy, "A Comparative
Analysis of News Coverage of Rhodesia," Journalism Quarterly, Spring, 1982.
INVITED PUBLISHED ARTICLES and BOOK REVIEWS
“Defining the ‘Bolivarian Revolution’:
Hugo Chávez’s Venezuela,” Current History (February
2001): 80-85 (with Laura Neuman).
“Demystifying Venezuela’s Hugo Chávez,” Current History (February 2000) 66-71.
“Venezuela” 2000 American Annual/Encyclopedia Year Book (Grolier Educational).
“Venezuela” Encyclopedia Britannica (2000), with Heather Heckel.
“Venezuela’s ‘Peaceful Revolution’,” Current History (February 1999): 122-126 (with Harold Trinkunas).
ANicaragua: Beyond the Revolution,@ Current History (February 1997): 75-80 (with Shelley McConnell).
AThis Land Is My Land: Nicaraguan Property Disputes,@ Hemisfile, September 1995.
"Electing Ernesto: The Meaning of the Mexican Elections," Hemisphere, Fall 1994.
"Venezuelan Alternatives," Hemisphere, Winter/Spring 1993.
"Democratic Prospects in Latin America," Harvard International Review, Symposium on Democracy (Winter 1992/93).
"Monitoring Latin America's Elections: Opportunities and Dilemmas Share the Ballot." North-South Magazine (April-May, 1992): 30-35.
"All ayes on democratic elections," Hemisfile, September 1991: 1-2, 12.
"Nicaragua in Transition," Current History (March 1991): 117-120, 131-32.
Book review, Steve Ellner, Venezuela's Movimiento al Socialismo, Journal of Inter-American Studies and World Affairs, 31:4 (Winter, 1989): 243-245.
Book review, John Weeks, Limits to Capitalist Development,
South Eastern Latin Americanist, (June-September 1986):56-57.
PUBLISHED REPORTS AND WORKING PAPERS
Observing Political Change in Venezuela:
the Bolivarian Constitution and the 2000 Elections,
The Carter Center, April 2001 (with Laura
Neuman).
The U.S. and Latin America in the New
Millennium: Outlook and Priorities. Prepared
Statement presented to the Western Hemisphere
Subcommittee of the House Foreign Relations
Committee, U.S. Congress, March 15, 2000.
Transparency in the Americas: Report of a Conference, The Carter Center, November 1999 (contributor).
The Observation of the 1998 Venezuela Elections, The Carter Center, March 1999 (with Harold Trinkunas).
The Observation of the 1996 Nicaragua Elections, Special Report, The Carter Center, March, 1997 (principal author).
Nicaraguan Elections and Property Disputes, Prepared Statement presented to the Western Hemisphere Subcommittee of the House Foreign Relations committee, U.S. Congress, April 1996.
Nicaragua Pre-election Report: Voter Registration, The Carter Center, June 1996 (principal author).
Nicaragua Pre-election Report: Campaign and Election Preparations, The Carter Center, September 1996 (principal author).
Haiti: Prospects for Political and Economic Reconstruction, World Peace Foundation Report No. 10, November 1995 (sole author).
Invited Intrusion: International Election-monitoring and the Evolving Concept of Sovereignty, Working Paper, Georgia Consortium on Conflict Resolution, July 1995 (sole author).
Report on a Property Issues Conference in Nicaragua, The Carter Center, July 1995 (principal author).
Nicaraguan Property Disputes, Report of The Carter Center, April 1995 (contributing author).
The August 21, 1994 Mexican National Elections: 4th Report, The Carter Center, August 21, 1994 (sole author).
Elections in Mexico: 3rd Report, The Carter Center, August 1, 1994 (sole author).
Electoral Reform in Mexico, Occasional Paper, Vol 4, The Carter Center, November 1993 (contributing author).
Mexican Electoral Reforms, Prepared Statement
presented to the Western
Hemisphere Subcommittee and the International Organization
Subcommittee of the House
Foreign Relations Committee, U.S. Congress, April
20, 1994.
Economic and Political Situation in Nicaragua, Prepared
Statement presented to the
Subcommittee on Western Hemispheric Affairs, House
Foreign Relations Committee,
Washington, D.C., March 13, 1991.
Observing the Nicaraguan Election: Report of Council of Freely-Elected Heads of Government Observer Delegation, Special Report #1 of The Carter Center of Emory University, July 1990 (Principal Author).
CONFERENCE PAPERS
“Making Democracy Meaningful in Latin
America,” paper presented at the American Political
Science Convention, San Francisco, August
2001 (with Shelley McConnell).
“Elections with Adjectives in Contemporary
Latin America: A Comparative Analysis,” paper
presented at the Latin American Studies
Association Congress, Washington, D.C. September
2001 (with Jonathan Hartlyn).
“From Representative to Participatory
Democracy? Regime Change in Venezuela,” paper
presented at the Latin American Studies
Association Congress, Washington, D.C. September
2001.
“The Decline of Punto Fijo and the Rise
of the Fifth Republic in Venezuela”, paper presented
at the Latin American Studies Association
Congress, Miami, March, 2000.
AReluctant Reformers: Explaining Privatization in Venezuela and Uruguay,@ paper presented at the Latin American Studies Association Congress, Chicago, September 24-27, 1998.
APolitical Learning in an Emerging Democracy: Nicaragua since 1990,@ paper presented at the Latin American Studies Association Congress, Guadalajara, Mexico, April 1997.
AElection Monitors and Mediators in Latin American Democratization,@ paper presented at the Conference on Election Monitors and Democratic Transitions, United Nations and University of California at San Diego, San Diego, January 24-25, 1997.
APolitical Learning and Democratization in Latin America: Comparative Lessons@, paper presented at the XIX Congress of the Latin American Studies Association, Washington D.C., September 28-30, 1995.
"Election-Monitoring and Sovereignty," paper presented
to the Project on Sovereignty
and a New World Politics, Council on Foreign Relations,
Washington D.C., January 12,
1995.
AThe Democratic Advantage? Perceptions and Procedures of Economic Reform in Uruguay,@ paper presented at the Midwest Political Science Association meetings, Chicago, April 1995.
Political Learning during Redemocratization in Latin America: Mid-term Project Report, Workshop Presentation, XVIII Congress of the Latin American Studies Association, Atlanta, March 10-12, 1994.
"Political Learning in Reemerging Democracies: Framework for Analysis and Illustrations from Uruguay," with Luis Costa Bonino, paper presented at the XVII Congress of the Latin American Studies Association, Los Angeles, September 24-27, 1992.
"The Collective Dilemma of Economic Reform: Uruguay in Comparative Perspective," paper presented to the Instituto de Ciencias Politicas, Universidad de la Republica, Montevideo, Uruguay, September 4, 1992.
"From Electoral Bargaining to Social Concertation in Nicaragua," paper presented at the XVI Congress of the Latin American Studies Association, Washington, D.C., April 2-4, 1991.
Election Monitoring in Latin America, Round table presentation, XVI Congress of the Latin American Studies Association, Washington, D.C., April 2-4, 1991.
With Howard Lehman, "Strategic Bargaining in Brazil's
Debt negotiations: The Dynamics
of the Two-Level Game," presented at the Annual Meeting
of the American Political
Science Association, Atlanta, September 1989.
"Concertation in Latin America: The Limits of the Social Pact in Venezuela," presented at the Conference on the Micro-Foundations of Democracy, University of Chicago, April 29-May 1, 1988.
"Democratic Class Compromise, Concertation and the Social Pact in Venezuela," presented at the XIV Congress of the Latin American Studies Association, New Orleans, March 16-19, 1988.
"State, Labor and the Democratic Class Compromise in Venezuela," presented at the Annual Meeting of the Southeastern Conference on Latin American Studies, Merida, April 1987.
"The Venezuelan Labor Movement: Help or Hindrance in the Management of the Debt Crisis," presented at the Annual Meeting of the International Studies Association-South, Atlanta, November 1986 and at the XIII Congress of the Latin American Studies Association, Boston, October 1986.
"Democratic Stability and Regime Change: Inducements and Constraints in Venezuela," presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, September 1985.
"Regime Transformation in the Periphery: A Conceptual Framework," presented at the Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, April 1985.
"Democracy, Social Reform, and Regime Stability in
Venezuela," presented at the Annual Meeting of the International Studies
Association, March 1985.
INVITED LECTURES/SYMPOSIA
Presenter, “Venezuela: Perspectives and
Prospects in a Time of Uncertainty,” Institute of Latin
American Iberian Studies, Columbia University,
New York City, November 18, 2002.
Presenter, “Venezuela: The Path to Reconciliation
and Change,” Council of the Americas, New
York City, November 18, 2002.
Presenter, Seminar on the Inter-American
Democratic Charter, Liu Institute, University of
British Columbia, November 12-13, 2002.
Moderator and Participant, Inter-American
Forum on Political Parties, Sponsored by the
Organization of American States, Vancouver,
December 4-6, 2002.
Moderator, “The Future of U.S.-Cuba Relations,”
Debate at The Carter Center, Atlanta,
March 22, 2002.
Moderator, Conference on Electoral Reform in Peru, Lima, Peru, December 1-2, 2001.
Presenter, Conference on the 2001 Elections in Peru, Lima, Peru, July 11, 2001.
Participant, Conference on Money and Politics, Mexico City, June 3-5, 2001.
Invited participant of civil society to
the Presidential Summit of the Americas (Quebec City,
April 2001. Contributed proposals
through the OAS and the Council of Presidents and Prime
Ministers.
Presenter, U.S. State Department Symposium on “Venezuela”, September 2000.
Presenter, U.S. Inter-Agency Conference on “Venezuela”, September 22, 1999.
Presenter, U.S. Inter-Agency Conferences on AProspects for Reform in Venezuela,@ Washington, D.C., September 11, 1998.
Participant, AU.S National Interest and the Western
Hemisphere,@ The American
Assembly,May 28-31, 1998, Harriman, New York.
Presenter, U.S. Inter-Agency Conferences on Nicaragua,
Washington D.C., October 17,
1997.
Presenter, U.S. AID Conference on Post-Conflict Democratic Transition: Washington, D.C., October 30-31, 1997.
Participant, United Nations Conference on Election-Monitoring,
Queretaro, Mexico, August 14-16, 1997.
Presenter, U.S. Inter-Agency Conference on Nicaragua,
Washington, D.C., September 22,
1996.
Participant, U.S. Department of State Conference on Venezuela, Washington, D.C. January 13, 1995.
Panel Moderator, Southern Center for International Studies Conference on Latin America: Emerging Power in a Changing World, Atlanta, GA, February 23, 1995.
Participant, Workshop on Defining International Standards for Free and Fair Elections, Inter-Parliamentary Union, United Nations, New York, January 22, 1994.
Participant, Seminar on Collective Responses to Regional Problems, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Carter Center, Atlanta, September 20-21, 1993.
Speaker, Seminar on The Social Aspects of Peacekeeping, Friedrich Ebert Foundation, United Nations, New York City, April 28, 1993.
Co-Director and Presenter, Conference on Democracy Under Pressure: Politics and Markets in Venezuela, North-South Center, Caracas, Venezuela, November 9-11, 1992.
Discussant, Conference on International Transformations and Hemispheric Restructuring, North-South Center, Miami, December 7-8, 1992.
Participant and Co-organizer, Conference on Public-Private Sector Cooperation for Development, University System of Georgia and Argentine Consulate, Atlanta, November 4-6, 1992.
Participant, Mexican Election-Monitoring of U.S. Elections Project, Carter Center, November 1-5, 1992.
Speaker, Workshop on Election-Monitoring, United Nations, New York, City, November 7, 1992.
Participant, Workshop on a New Social Science Research Agenda, Woodrow Wilson Center for International Affairs, Washington, D.C., December 13-15, 1991.
Speaker, Workshop on Civilian Aspects of Peacekeeping, Canadian Institute of Peace Security, Ottawa, July 9-10, 1991.
Presenter, Conference on U.S.-Latin American Relations in the 1990s, North-South Center, Miami, June 15-17, 1991.
Plenary Session speaker, "International Monitoring of Transitional Elections," Southern Political Science Association Meeting, Atlanta, November 9, 1990.
Presenter, "U.S. Foreign Policy in Central America," Third World Studies Conference, Georgia Southwestern College, May 25, 1989.
Keynote speaker, "The United States and Cuba," Conference on the New Ethnics: Immigration and Assimilation of Cubans in the U.S., Georgia College, April 19-20, 1989.
Rapporteur, Consultation on the Hemispheric Agenda, The Carter Center of Emory University, Atlanta, March 29-30, 1989.
Participant, Conference on Labor Movements and Transitions to Democracy, Kellogg Institute, Notre Dame, IN, April 26-28, 1988.
Participant, Conference on El Salvador, Commission on U.S.-Latin American Relations, St. Simon's Island, GA, October 1988.
Participant, Seminar on U.S. Elections and Policy Toward
Latin America, Cuban Center for U.S. Studies and University of New Mexico,
Havana, Cuba, September 1988.
OP/ED ARTICLES
“Chávez’ Second Chance,” New York Times, April 18, 2002.
"Does U.S. Vote Meet World's Standards?," with David Carroll, Atlanta Journal and Constitution, November 8, 1992.
"Venezuela Coup Plot a Test for Democracy," Daily News, February 16, 1992.
"Do Not Leave Nicaragua Alone," Christian Science Monitor, November 28, 1990.
"Venezuela: The Dilemmas of Sudden Oil Wealth," The Miami Herald, September 9, 1990.
"Journey to Democracy in Nicaragua," with Robert A. Pastor, Atlanta Journal and Constitution (Perspective Section), April 22, 1990.
"Venezuelan Riots Underscore Need for Debt Policy," Atlanta Constitution, March 7, 1989.
"Panama's Shift Must Come From Within," Atlanta Constitution, March 4, 1988.
"Unilateral Intervention by U.S. could Lend Support
to Haiti's Military Junta," Atlanta Constitution, December 9, 1987.
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES/RECOGNITION
Editorial Board member, Latin American
Politics and Society (2000-
2002).
Editorial Board member, Latin American Research Review (1997-1999).
Consultant to the UNDP Regional Project on Democratic
Development in Latin
America (theoretical framework), 2002.
Methodological Advisory Committee member of the Global
Access Project to
measure corruption and government accountability globally,
Center for Public
Integrity, 2002.
Consultant to the United Nations Development Program, U.S. State Department, and private companies.
Directed election observer delegations to Jamaica (2002),
Venezuela (1998, 1999,
2000), Peru (2000, 2001), Nicaragua (1990,1996,
2001), Panama (1994) and
Mexico (1994) for The Carter Center.
Election observer to Indonesia (1999), Jamaica (1997), Guyana (October 1992) with Carter Center delegation; Haiti (December 1990) with Carter Center/NDI delegation; Suriname (May 1991) with OAS delegation.
Director, Nicaraguan Property Project of The Carter Center (1994-95).
Election-Monitor and Managua Director for Council of Freely-Elected Heads of Government (Chair, Jimmy Carter), Nicaragua Elections Project, The Carter Center (October 1989-March 1990).
Member, Regents Council for International Education, University System of Georgia, 1995-96.
Member, Academic Advisory Council for Regents Global Center, University System of Georgia, 1992-94.
Local Arrangements Co-Chair, Congress of Latin American Studies Association, Atlanta, March 1994.
IR Section Head, Southern Political Science Association (1990)
Executive Council Member, International Studies Association-South (1989-91)
Board of Directors, Georgia Partners of the Americas (1989-91)
Associate Director, Latin America Consortium, University System of Georgia (1989-present)
Chair, Political Science Interdepartmental Group, University Center in Georgia (1988-90)
Creator and Chair, Atlanta Faculty Political Economy Study Group (1989-90)
Creator and Chair, Atlanta Latin American Faculty Study Group (1989-91)
Panel Organizer, Latin American Studies Association Meetings, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2001.
Panel Chair, American Political Science Association Meeting, 1986; Southern Political Science Association Meeting, 1994.
Panel Discussant, American Political Science Association
Meetings, 1984, 1986; International Studies Association Meeting, 1986;
Southern Political Science Association Meeting 2001.
PROFESSIONAL
MEMBERSHIPS
American Political Science
Association
Southern Political Science Association
Latin American Studies Association
FOREIGN
LANGUAGES Spanish (high proficiency)
TRAVEL
Research: Venezuela, Nicaragua,
Uruguay.
Travel: Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Costa
Rica, Colombia, Cuba, Ecuador, Haiti, Guyana, Mexico, Peru, Suriname.
January 2003