Department of Political Science
Miami University Oxford, OH 45056
(513) 529-2018

Education

Ph.D. Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois. Degree Awarded December 1993. Dissertation: "Independent Organizing in Puebla, Mexico, 1961-1992: Social Movements, the Struggle for Autonomy, and Democratization."

M.A. Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois. Awarded August 1989.

B.A. College of Wooster, Wooster, Ohio. Major: Political Science. June 1982. Graduated Phi Beta Kappa, with honors in major.

Positions

Associate Professor, Miami University, 2000-
Assistant Professor, Miami University, 1994-2000

Publications

"The Confluence of Domestic and International Interests: US Policy toward Cuba, 1998-2001," forthcoming in International Studies Perspectives, Spring 2002 (with Philip Brenner and Patrick Haney).

"The Helms-Burton Act: Congress and Cuba Policy," In Contemporary Cases in U.S. Foreign Policy: From Trade to Terrorism (Washington, DC: CQ Press), ed. Ralph G. Carter (with Patrick Haney, 2002).

"Policy Toward Cuba in the Clinton Administration," Political Science Quarterly, p. 387-408, Fall 1999, (with Patrick Haney).

"Assessing Democracy in Puebla, Mexico: The Opposition Takes Charge of Municipal Government," Journal of Interamerican Studies and World Affairs, p. 1-27, Summer 1999.

"The Role of Ethnic Interest Groups in US Foreign Policy: The Case of the Cuban American National Foundation," International Studies Quarterly, p. 341-361, June 1999 (with Patrick Haney).

"An Uphill Struggle to Resist Downward Harmonization in Puebla, Mexico: The Case of Volkswagen Workers," Economic Development Quarterly, p. 248-265, August 1998.

"Local Workplace Organizing in the Wake of Globalisation: Street Vendors and Autoworkers in Puebla, Mexico," p. 61-81, Space and Polity, Summer 1997.

Book Review: Diane Davis, Urban Leviathan, Political Science Quarterly, Winter 1997.

"Covering Latin America: The Exclusive Discourses of the Summit of the Americas as Viewed through the New York Times," Third World Quarterly, p. 527-556, 17 (3) 1996 (with Thomas Klak).

"Mexican Labor in the Era of Economic Restructuring and NAFTA: Working to Create a Favorable Investment Climate," Labor Studies Journal, p. 58-86, Winter 1996.

Recent Conference Papers

"Making Cuba Policy in Public: From Reagan to Bush II," presented at the International Studies Association meetings, March 2002.

"The Changing Executive-Legislative Relationship in US-Cuba Policy Making," (co-author, Patrick Haney) presented at the Western Political Science Association Meetings, March 2001.

"The Politics of Mexican Neoliberalism and NAFTA at the State and Municipal Levels," presented at the Western Political Science Association Meetings, March 2000.

"The Politics of Cuba Policy after the Cold War," (co-author, Patrick Haney) presented at the International Studies Association Meetings, (panel chair) March 1999.

"Testing for Democracy in Puebla, Mexico: the Experience of Opposition Party Municipal Government," presented at the Midwest Political Association Meetings, April 1998.

"The Role of Cuban Exiles in the Making of U.S.-Cuba Policy," (co-author, Patrick Haney) paper presented at the Southwestern Political Science Association Meetings, (panel chair) March 1998.

"Framing Cuba Policy: Policymakers Working in Public," presented by co-author, Patrick Haney, at the American Political Science Association meetings, August 1997.

"Actually Existing Federalism in a Mexican City: PAN Government in Puebla," presented at the Southwestern Political Science Association meetings, April 1997.

"The Political Economy of Workplace Organizing in Puebla, Mexico: the Case of Volkswagen Workers," presented at International Studies Association meetings, April 1996.

"Popular Organizing in a Mexican City: Street Vendors and Autoworkers in Comparative Perspective," presented at Western Political Science Association meetings, March 1996.

"NAFTA and Economic Restructuring in Mexico: Political Implications for and Responses by Labor," presented at the Midwest Political Science Association conference in April 1995.