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Cynthia McClintock

Professor of Political Science and International Affairs
Director, Latin American and Hemispheric Studies Program

Monroe 407
2115 G Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20052

Phone: (202) 994-6589
Fax: (202) 994-7743
E-mail: mcclin@gwu.edu

Education:

Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Expertise:

Latin American politics, U.S. policy towards Latin America

Background:

Cynthia McClintock is Professor of Political Science and International Affairs at George Washington University, where she has been teaching since 1975. Cynthia earned her B.A. from Harvard University in 1967 and her Ph.D. from M.I.T. in 1976. For the 2006-07 academic year, she has received a fellowship from the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars for her project, "The Majority Runoff Presidential-Election Rule in Latin America."

Cynthia's book The United States and Peru: Cooperation at a Cost (co-authored with Fabian Vallas) was published by Routledge in January 2003. Her previous books include Revolutionary Movements in Latin America: El Salvador's FMLN and Peru's Shining Path (U.S. Institute of Peace Press, 1998) and Peasant Cooperatives and Political Change in Peru (Princeton University Press, 1981). She is the author of numerous scholarly articles, which have appeared in World Politics and Comparative Politics, among other journals.

During 1994-95, Cynthia was President of the Latin American Studies Association, an international scholarly association with more than 4,000 members. She has served in numerous administrative positions at George Washington University, in particular as Director of the Latin American Studies Program. A 1998-2000 member of the Council of the American Political Science Association (APSA), Cynthia was elected chair of APSA's Comparative Democratization Section for 2003-2005.

Courses Taught:

PSc 183 Comparative Politics of Latin America
PSc 184 International Relations of Latin America
PSc 230 Comparative Government and Politics
PSc 231 Advanced Theories of Comparative Politics
PSc 234 Democracy and Democratization in Comparative Perspective
PSc 283 Governments and Politics of Latin America
PSc 284 International Relations of Latin America

Last update: 07.11.07