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Education<\/h1>\n\n\n\n

Doctoral Training<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

University of Michigan<\/p>\n\n\n\n

PhD<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1987<\/p>\n\n\n\n

political science<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Major field:\u00a0 Comparative Politics<\/p>\n\n\n\n

First Minor:\u00a0 Public Policy<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Second Minor:\u00a0 Population Planning<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Dissertation: From Quiescence to Rebellion:\u00a0 Peasant Political Activity in Costa Rica and Nicaragua<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dissertation Committee:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Daniel Levine, Chair, University of Michigan<\/p>\n\n\n\n

James C. Scott, Yale University<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gary Hawes, University of Michigan<\/p>\n\n\n\n

John Watanabe, (Anthropology) University of Michigan<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Masters Level Training<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

University of Michigan<\/p>\n\n\n\n

MPH (Masters in Public Health)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1984<\/p>\n\n\n\n

emphasis in Population Planning<\/p>\n\n\n\n

University of Michigan<\/p>\n\n\n\n

MA<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1982<\/p>\n\n\n\n

political science<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thesis:\u00a0 Measuring Economic Development in Cuba<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Advisor: Ernest Wilson<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Undergraduate Training<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Bowdoin College<\/p>\n\n\n\n

BA<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1979<\/p>\n\n\n\n

government<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Senior Honors Thesis:\u00a0 The Race Not Run:\u00a0 The 1950s Swedish Decision\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\nNot<\/em>\n\n\n\n

\u00a0to Produce Nuclear Weapons<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Advisor:\u00a0 Allen Springer<\/p>\n\n\n\n

(This Senior Honors Thesis required original primary research in Swedish [in-depth interviews and secondary source material.]\u00a0 This was where I first became a comparativist.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

junior year:\u00a0 University of Stockholm, Sweden<\/p>\n\n\n\n

junior summer:\u00a0 Alliance Francaise, Paris, France<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Language Training<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
  • Alliance Francaise, Paris, France (French)<\/li>\n
  • Bilingual School for Language and Culture Training, Cuernavaca, Mexico (Spanish)<\/li>\n
  • University of Stockholm, Sweden (Swedish)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

    Research Languages<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
    • English<\/li>\n
    • Spanish<\/li>\n
    • French<\/li>\n
    • Swedish<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

      Conference Presentation\/Participation Languages<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
      • English<\/li>\n
      • Spanish<\/li>\n
      • French<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\r\n\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n<\/section>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1262,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"featured_post":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-250","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.clas.ufl.edu\/landerso\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/250","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.clas.ufl.edu\/landerso\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.clas.ufl.edu\/landerso\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.clas.ufl.edu\/landerso\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1262"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.clas.ufl.edu\/landerso\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=250"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/people.clas.ufl.edu\/landerso\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/250\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":536,"href":"https:\/\/people.clas.ufl.edu\/landerso\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/250\/revisions\/536"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.clas.ufl.edu\/landerso\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=250"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}