Education

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

1982

political science

Thesis: Measuring Economic Development in Cuba

Advisor: Ernest Wilson

Undergraduate Training

Bowdoin College

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