Government Faculty

Dr. Jose Z. Garcia

Ph.D., University of New Mexico, 1974
Associate Professor.

Research Interests

Latin American Politics, New Mexico Politics, and International Relations.

Publications and Awards

Dr. Garcia has published articles in Current History, Policy Studies Journal, Western Political Quarterly, Aportes, Military Review (Latin American Edition), and The World and I. He has written chapters in Mili tary Force and Power in the 1980's; Perspectives from China, Africa and Latin America (Westview Press, 1978), Race, Sex, and Political Problems (Heath, 1979), Interest Groups in the American West (University of Utah, 1987), Latin American and Caribbean Contemporary Record (Holmes and Meier, 1989), Towards 20/20 Vision: International Politics During the Next 30 Years (Greenwood Press, 1990), Latin America: Its Problems and Its Promise (Westview Press, 1989), and Government in New Mexico (University of New Mexico Press, 1990). A former Fullbright and Ford Foundation Fellow, Dr. Garcia was appointed by the Library of Congress to write the review essay for the Handbook of Latin American Studies in 1988, and was appointed Distinguished Visiting Professor at the United States Army School of the Americas from 1989-1991, where he was named instructor of the year for 1990. He also was a member of the official Latin American Studies Association delegation to observe the 1989 elections in Paraguay.

Courses Taught

Latin American Politics, Central American Politics, New Mexico Politics, The Military in Latin America, International Relations Theory and Introduction to Political Science.

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