Professor of Sociology & Political Science

Director, Center for Latin American Studies

 

When I despair, I remember that all through history the ways of truth and love have always won.  There have been tyrants, and murderers, and for a time they can seem invincible, but in the end they always fall.  Think of it―always.

-Mahatma Gandhi



Current Courses

Sociology Senior Seminar

Politics, Economy & Society

Courses Recently Taught

India's Political Economy

Data Analysis for Social Scientists


 

Selected Publications

Imtiaz Hussain, Satya Pattnayak, and Anil Hira, North American Homeland Security: Back to Bilateralism? (Praeger, 2008).

"The Impact of Political Freedom on Economic Growth and Poverty in Latin America," pp. 251-281, In Cómo se hacen las ciencias sociales: Una antologia de ejemplos y perceptos en homenaje a Fernando Pozos, Edited by Fernando Leal (Guadalajara, Mex: University of Guadalajara Press, 2008).

"Japan, North America, and the BRICs: Challenges and Opportunities," pp. 249-283, In Community, Diffusion and North American Expansiveness: The Political Economy of Flux, Edited by Imtiaz Hussain (Mexico City: Universidad Iberoamericana, 2008).

"India as an Emerging Power," India Quarterly LXIII, no. 1 (2007): 79-110.



Favorite Links

ICDS - San Jose, Costa Rica

UCV - Valparaiso, Chile

International Sociological Association

Latin American Studies Association

American Sociological Association

International Studies Association