Part-time and Adjunct Faculty

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Carlos Manuel Indacochea: Professorial Lecturer
Dr. Indacochea is a native of Lima, Peru. Carlos Manuel Indacochea holds a Ph.D. in Development Sociology from Cornell University (1993), an M.A. in Political Science from GWU (1982), and a BA in the Social Sciences from the Peruvian Catholic University (1978). Trained as a demographer, Indacochea has worked some 25 years in policy and programmatic activities in reproductive health. He has taught theory of development, research techniques, and political history of Latin America in several US and Peruvian universities, and has worked as a consultant for governments, NGOs, and international organizations. Indacochea has also considerable expertise in Latin American military affairs and the sociology of religion. Dr. Indacochea may be contacted at indacoch@gwu.edu.

Iskander John: Professorial Lecturer
John Iskander is Chair of Near East and North Africa Area Studies at the Foreign Service Institute. He was formerly a professor of Islamic Studies at Georgia State University in Atlanta, GA. He received his BA from Santa Clara University in History and Political Science, an MA from UCLA in Islamic Studies, and a PhD from UC Santa Barbara in Religious Studies. His research focuses on issues of religious identity, especially on issues of what it means to be saintly and deviant in medieval and modern Islamic societies. He is also deeply interested in ways that modernity is reflected in ideas about proper religious action and identity in contemporary Islamicate societies. He can be reached at jiskander@gmail.com.

Roberto Iunes: Professorial Lecturer
Political Economy of Latin America will be taught by Dr. Roberto Iunes, who has taught the course the last several years. Roberto Iunes is a Social Programs Specialist at the Inter-American Development Bank, where he has worked on many topics related to health care and education systems. The course will focus on the major issues that impact the definition and implementation of social and economic policies in Latin America. The sessions will review the theoretical/analytical framework that defines particular Latin social and economic policies, but will emphasize policy-making and policy implementation. Dr.Iunes may be contacted at robertoi@iadb.org