Doctoral Training
University of Michigan
PhD
1987
political science
Major field: Comparative Politics
First Minor: Public Policy
Second Minor: Population Planning
Dissertation: From Quiescence to Rebellion: Peasant Political Activity in Costa Rica and Nicaragua
Dissertation Committee:
Daniel Levine, Chair, University of Michigan
James C. Scott, Yale University
Gary Hawes, University of Michigan
John Watanabe, (Anthropology) University of Michigan
Masters Level Training
University of Michigan
MPH (Masters in Public Health)
1984
emphasis in Population Planning
University of Michigan
MA
1982
political science
Thesis: Measuring Economic Development in Cuba
Advisor: Ernest Wilson
Undergraduate Training
Bowdoin College
BA
1979
government
Senior Honors Thesis: The Race Not Run: The 1950s Swedish Decision Not to Produce Nuclear Weapons
Advisor: Allen Springer
(This Senior Honors Thesis required original primary research in Swedish [in-depth interviews and secondary source material.] This was where I first became a comparativist.)
junior year: University of Stockholm, Sweden
junior summer: Alliance Francaise, Paris, France
Language Training
- Alliance Francaise, Paris, France (French)
- Bilingual School for Language and Culture Training, Cuernavaca, Mexico (Spanish)
- University of Stockholm, Sweden (Swedish)
Research Languages
- English
- Spanish
- French
- Swedish
Conference Presentation/Participation Languages
- English
- Spanish
- French