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 Education

 Ph.D., The Maxwell School, Syracuse University, Political Science, 1975
 Certificate, Latin American Studies, Syracuse University, 1975
 M.A., Syracuse University, Political Science, 1972
 B.A., Dickinson College, Political Science and History, magna cum laude, 1970

Employment

1975-present       Professor of Political Science at Dickinson College

                          Awarded the Glenn and Mary Todd Chair of Political Science in 1993

1974-1975          Adjunct Assistant Professor of Political Science, LeMoyne College,
                          Syracuse, NY

Publications

"The Guatemalan Military Since the Peace Accords:  The Fate of Reform Under Arzú and Portillo." Latin American Politics and Society vol. 46: 4 (Spring 2005), 55-85.

"Curbing Central America's Militaries." Journal of Democracy vol. 15: 3 (July 2004), pp. 137-151.

Ejércitos y Democracia en Centroamérica:  Una Reforma Incompleta (Managua, Nicaragua:  LEA Grupo Editorial, 2004).

"Civil-Military Relations in Post-Sandinista Nicaragua."  Armed Forces and Society vol. 30: 1 (Fall 2003), pp. 117-139.  A version of this article was presented as a paper at the 19th International Political Science Association Congress in Durban, South Africa (July 2003).

"Honduras: The Limits of Democracy," in Howard J. Wiarda and Harvey F. Kline (eds.) Latin American Politics and Development (Boulder, CO: Westview Press, 2000), pp. 512-526.

"Honduras: Militarism and Democratization in Troubled Seas," Chapter 3 in Thomas W. Walker and Ariel Armony (eds.)  Repression, Revolution, and Democratic Transition in Central America  (Wilmington, DE: SR Books, 2000), pp. 47-66.  A version of this chapter was presented as a paper at the XXI International Congress of the Latin American Studies Association (September 1998).

"Changing Civil-Military Relations in Latin America." Latin American Research Review vol. 33: 3 (October 1998), pp. 257-269.

"Doubting Democracy in Honduras."  Current History  vol. 96 (February 1997), pp. 81-86.

"Nueva definición de las relaciones civil-militar en Honduras." Revista Iberoamericana vol. 8 (December 1997), pp. 91-131.  Korean translation by Seoul National University journal.

"Redefining Civil-Military Relations in Honduras." Journal of Interamerican Studies and World Affairs  vol. 38: 1 (Spring 1996), pp. 33-66.

"Unlikely Candidates for Democracy: The Role of Structural Context in Democratic Consolidation."  Studies in Comparative International Development  vol. 38: 1 (Spring 1996), pp. 3-23.

"Democratization and the Role of the Armed Forces in Honduras," in Jorge Domínguez and Abraham Lowenthal (eds.) Constructing Democratic Governance: Mexico, Central America, and the Caribbean in the 1990s (Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1996), pp. 64-77.  Co-author with Mark B. Rosenberg.

"Honduras," in James M. Malloy and Eduardo A. Gamarra, (eds.)  Latin America and Caribbean Contemporary Record, VIII (New York: Holmes and Meier, 1996), pp. B 270-B 287.

"Honduran Political Parties," in Charles D. Ameringer, (ed.)  Political Parties of the Americas, 1980s to 1990s(Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1992), pp. 372-382.

U.S. Army South After Withdrawal from Panama (USARSO-2000)(Carlisle Barracks, PA: Strategic Studies Institute, U.S. Army War College, 1991), 42 pp.  Co-author with Murl D. Munger, Philip A. Brehm, and William W. Mendel.

Party Politics and Elections in Latin America (San Francisco, CA and Boulder, CO: Westview Press, 1989), 386 pp., Co-author with R. H. McDonald.

"The Honduran Agrarian Reform Under Suazo Córdoba, 1982-85: An Assessment." Inter- American Economic Affairs, vol. 39: 2 (Autumn 1985), pp. 63-80.

"La influencia de la estructura agraria en la estabilidad política de Honduras."  Estudios Sociales Centroamericanos (Costa Rica), vol. 12: 36 (September-December 1984), pp. 39-72.

"Understanding Central American Politics." Latin American Research Review, vol. 19: 3 (Fall 1984), pp. 143-152.

"Agrarian Structure and Political Stability in Honduras." Journal of Interamerican Studies and World Affairs, vol. 26: 1 (February, 1984), pp. 33-68.  A version of this paper was presented at the IX International Congress of the Latin American Studies Association, Mexico City (1983).

"The Honduran Economy," chapter three in James Rudolph, (ed.)  Honduras: A Country Study (Washington, DC: American University, 1984), pp. 103-145.

"Social Mobilization, Military Tradition, and Current Patterns of Civil-Military Relations in Latin America: Testing Putnam's Major Conclusions." Western Political Quarterly, vol. 35: 4 (December 1982), pp. 574-586.  A version of this paper was presented at the Middle Atlantic Conference of Latin American Studies, University of Delaware (1980).

"An Alternative to the Bureaucratic-Authoritarian Regime: The Case of Colombian Modernization." Inter-American Economic Affairs, vol. 35: 2 (Autumn 1981), pp. 43-69.

"Civil-Military Relations in Colombia: A Societal Explanation." Journal of Interamerican Studies and World Affairs, vol. 23: 2 (May 1981), pp. 123-146.

Colombia: Armed Forces and Society (Syracuse, NY: Syracuse University Monograph Series, 1980).

"The Military," chapter six in R. Albert Berry et al. (eds.)   Politics of Compromise: Coalition Government in Colombia (New York: Transaction Books, 1980), pp. 181-206.

"Urbanization and Political Demand Measurement in Latin America: The Problem of Lag Effect." Latin American Research Review vol. 14 (Spring 1979), pp. 145-149.

"Party System in Crisis?: An Analysis of Colombia's 1978 Elections." Inter-American Economic Affairs, vol. 32: 3 (Winter 1978), pp. 29-45.

"Programas de desarrollo social rural y las expectativas campesinas: La experiencia Colombiana." Revista del Centro de Estudios Educativos (Mexico City), vol. 6: 3 (September 1976), pp. 35-67.  Co-author with Everett Egginton.

"Social Mobilization and Political Instability in Latin America: A Test of Huntington's Theory." Inter-American Economic Affairs vol. 29: 2 (Autumn 1975), pp. 3-21.

"Non-Formal Education and the Colombian Agrarian Reform," in Thomas Le Belle, (ed.)  Educational Alternatives in Latin America: Social Change and Social Stratification (Los Angeles, CA: UCLA Press, 1975), pp. 102-148.  Co-author with Everett Egginton.

"The Influence of Agrarian Reform Participation on Peasant Attitudes: The Case of Colombia."  Inter-American Economic Affairs vol. 23: 3 (Winter 1974), pp. 27-43.  Co-author with Everett Egginton.

"Reacción de los campesinos a la reforma agraria." Revista Nacional de Agricultura (Bogotá, Colombia), number 805 (July 1974), pp. 15-18.  Co-author with Everett Egginton.

Book Reviews

Bad Neighbor Policy:  Washington's Futile War on Drugs in Latin America by Ted Galen Carpenter in The Americas (October 2003), pp. 291-292.

The Armed Forces and Democracy in Latin America by J. Samuel Fitch in American Political Science Review (December 1999), pp. 996-997.

The Politics of Clientelism: Democracy and the State in Colombia by John D. Martz in American Political Science Review (December 1997), pp. 989-990.

Historical Dictionary of Honduras by Harvey K. Meyer and Jessie H. Meyer in Americas (July 1995), pp. 106-107.

The Politics of Colombia by Robert Dix in American Political Science Review (June 1988), pp. 653-654.

Structures of Domination and Peasant Movements in Latin America by Peter Singelmann in Hispanic-American Historical Review (February 1982), pp. 170-172.

The New Authoritarianism in Latin America by David Collier in Latin American Digest 15 (Winter 1980), p. 9.

The Breakdown of Democratic Regimes: Latin America by Juan Linz and Alfred Stepan (eds.) in Latin American Digest 13 (Fall 1979), pp. 7-8.

Area Specialization

Primary Field: Comparative Politics (Latin America)
Secondary Interest: African Politics

Recent Professional Activities

Paper presented on "The Political Consequences of the Rise of Evangelical Protestantism in Latin America," at Conference on Religion and Political Power in Yaounde, Cameroon, January 2006.

"The Guatemalan Armed Forces," Presentation to U.S. Army War College Seminar on Latin American Regional Security Issues, May 2005.

"Civil-Military Relations in Latin America," Presentation to U.S. Army War College Seminar on Comparative Civil-Military Relations, March 2005.

Field Research on the Political Role of the Armed Forces in Guatemala, June 2004.

Paper presented on "Civil-Military Relations in Post-Sandinista Nicaragua" at the 19th International Political Science Association Congress, Durban, South Africa, July 2003.

"Central American Military Institutions and Security Threats of the Past," Presentation to U.S. State Department Conference on Central American Security Issues.  Washington, D.C., June 2003.

"Civil-Military Relations in Central America," Presentation to U.S. Army War College Seminar on Comparative Civil-Military Relations, February 2003.

"Taking Stock of Civil-Military Relations in Latin America," Presentation to U.S. State Department Roundtable on Civil-Military Relations in Latin America, Washington, D.C., October 2001.

Field Research on Civil-Military Relations in Nicaragua and Guatemala, July and December 2001.

Lecture on "Changing Civil-Military Relations in Latin America" at the Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies, Indiana University (Bloomington), March 2001

Paper presented on "Honduras: Militarism and Democratization in Troubled Seas," at September 1998 Latin American Studies Association XXI International Congress, Chicago, Illinois.

Paper presented on "The Role of the Military in Contemporary Latin America" at June 1998 Peking University Symposium, Beijing, China.

Field Research on Democratization Process in Tegucigalpa and San Pedro Sula, Honduras (three field trips in 1995 and 1996)

Lecturer (in Spanish) in USAID Democratization Project for Guatemalan public officials, Center for Latin American Education, University of Louisville, 1994-95

Participant in Fulbright-Hays Group Travel Grant to study contemporary Cameroon, University of Yaounde, Cameroon, Central Africa (six weeks in 1994)

Academic Honors

2006                Teaching Award:  Pi Beta Phi Professor of the Month
2001                Omicron Delta Kappa Selection
1994-95           Sabbatical Supplement Grant, Dickinson College
1993                Awarded the Glenn and Mary Todd Chair of Political Science
1989                Lindback Award for Distinguished Teaching
1982-83           Heinz Endowment Research Grant for study of Honduras
1982                Research Fellowship, Center for Latin American Studies,
                       University of Pittsburgh
1973-74           Shell Corporation Dissertation Fellowship
1970-71           Maxwell Fellowship, Syracuse University
1970                Phi Beta Kappa, Dickinson College

Principal Courses Taught, 1975-2006

Latin American Politics
Comparative Politics
Central American Politics Seminar
Comparative Political Corruption Seminar
Comparative Political Modernization Seminar
Introduction to Latin American Studies
Mexican Politics Seminar
Mexican History and Civilization
Authoritarian Regimes 
19th Century Latin America
American Government
African Politics
South African Politics
International Relations

Administrative Experience

Chair, Department of Political Science  (1986-89) (1995-97)
Faculty Personnel Committee  (1986-89) (1996-98), Chair (1987-88) (1997-98)
Latin American Studies Program Coordinator  (1978-84) (1993-94) (1998-2000)
Director of Dickinson Center in Bologna, Italy  (1977-78) (1984-86) (1992-93) (2006-2008)
College Committee on Resources  (1979-81), Chair (1980-81)
Academic Violations Hearings Board  (1979-80), Convener
College Taskforce on Social and Residential Life  (1975-76) (1978-79)

Consulting and Evaluation Experience

National Science Foundation (NSF)
Stratfor
Institute for the International Education of Students (IES)
Center for Latin American Education
Strategic Studies Institute
Carson Long Institute
Frost and Sullivan. Inc.

Foreign Languages

Spanish and Italian

Personal

Home Address:  40 Kenwood Drive, Carlisle, PA 17013
Married with three children

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