Department of Political Science
University of North Carolina at Charlotte
9201 University City Boulevard
Charlotte, NC 28223-0001
(704) 687-2550
Fax (704) 687-3497

E-Mail: gbweeks@uncc.edu

Education:

Ph.D. (Political Science), University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1999
           Dissertation: The Long Road to Civilian Supremacy over the Military: Chile, 1988-1998

M.A. (Political Science), San Diego State University, 1994
          Thesis: The Pattern of United States Recognition Policy Toward Latin America

A.B. (Political Science and Spanish--dual major), University of California, Berkeley, 1992
        Spent the 1990-1991 academic year studying at the Universidad Complutense, Madrid, Spain

Teaching and Academic Experience:

2005-present    Associate Professor, University of North Carolina at Charlotte

2006-present    Editor, The Latin Americanist

2000-2005        Assistant Professor, University of North Carolina at Charlotte

Spring 2000      Lecturer, San Diego State University

Fall 1999          Lecturer, San Diego State University; Adjunct Professor, University of San Diego

Spring 1999      Lecturer, San Diego State University

Fall 1998          Teaching Assistant, UNC-CH

1997-1998        Researcher, Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales (FLACSO), Santiago, Chile

1995-1997        Teaching Assistant, UNC-CH

Works Published:

Books  

Understanding Latin American Politics (under contract with Longman)

(with John R. Weeks) Irresistible Forces: Explaining Latin American Migration to the United States and its Effect on the U.S. South (Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, forthcoming 2010)

(co-edited with Silvia Borzutzky) The Bachelet Government: Conflict and Consensus in Post-Pinochet Chile (Gainesville: University Press of Florida, forthcoming 2010)

U.S. and Latin American Relations (New York: Longman, 2008)

The Military and Politics in Postauthoritarian Chile  (Tuscaloosa: The University of Alabama Press, 2003)

Refereed Articles and Book Chapters

"A Preference for Deference: Reforming the Military's Intelligence Role in Argentina, Chile and Peru," Third World Quarterly 29, 1 (2008): 45-61.

(with John R. Weeks and Amy J. Weeks) "Latino Immigration to the U.S. South: 'Carolatinos' and Public Policy in Charlotte, North Carolina,"  Latino/a Research Review 6, 1-2 (2006-2007): 50-71.

"Facing Failure: The Use (and Abuse) of Rejection in Political Science," PS: Political Science and Politics 39, 4 (October 2006): 879-882.

“Fighting Terrorism While Promoting Democracy: Competing Priorities in U.S. Defense Policy Toward Latin America,” Journal of Third World Studies 23, 2 (Fall 2006): 59-77.

"Inching Toward Democracy: President Lagos and the Chilean Armed Forces,"  In Silvia Borzutzky and Lois Hecht Oppenheim (eds.). After Pinochet: The Chilean Road to Democracy and the Market (Gainesville: University Press of Florida, 2006): 26-41.

"The Military and Intelligence Reform in Chile," Fuerzas Armadas y Sociedad 18, 3-4 (2004): 245-258.

"The Military and Legalism: A Response to Paul Sigmund," Revista de Ciencia Política 24, 1 (2004): 227-230.

"Fighting the Enemy Within: Terrorism, the School of the Americas, and the Military in Latin America," Human Rights Review 5, 1 (October-December 2003): 12-27.

"Rethinking Historical Factors: The Military and Political Transitions in South America," Politics & Policy 32, 1 (March 2004): 158-174.

“Is the Mold Being Broken? Defense Ministries and Democracy in Latin America,” Journal of Political and Military Sociology 31, 1 (Summer 2003): 23-37.

“The Military and Democracy in Latin America: Chile in Comparative Perspective," In Frank Columbus (ed.).  Politics and Economics of Latin America. (Hauppauge, NY : Nova Science Publishers, 2003): 19-41.

“The ‘Lessons’ of Dictatorship: The Military and Political Learning in Chile,” Bulletin of Latin American Research 21, 3 (July 2002): 396-412.

“Almost Jeffersonian: U.S. Recognition Policy Toward Latin America,” Presidential Studies Quarterly 31, 3 (September 2001): 490-504.

"Democratic Institutions and Civil-Military Relations: The Case of Chile," Journal of Third World Studies 18, 1 (Spring 2001): 65-85.

"Waiting for Cincinnatus: The Role of Pinochet in Post-authoritarian Chile," Third World Quarterly 21, 5 (2000): 725-738.

"The Long Road to Civilian Supremacy Over the Military: Chile, 1990-1998," Studies in Comparative International Development 35, 2 (Summer 2000): 65-82.

Other

"Reopen the Doors," The Raleigh News & Observer September 14, 2009.

"America's Melting Pot in a Processed Cheese Era," The Raleigh News & Observer June 3, 2009.

"A Highly Flawed But Fixable Program," The Raleigh News & Observer March 26, 2009.

"Recent Scholarship on U.S.-Latin American Relations," Latin American Research Review 44, 1 (2009): 247-256.(article length analysis of eight books)

"Bush's Bogus Empathy," Newsday March 18, 2007.

(with John R. Weeks) "Demographic Shift Coming," The Charlotte Observer May 30, 2006.

“Aristide Plays His Last Card,” The Charlotte Observer February 26, 2004.

"Autumn of the General: Pinochet and the Search for Justice in Chile," Hemisphere 9, 2 (Spring 2000): 6-8.

Reviews

Mary E. Odem and Elaine Lacy (eds.). Latino Immigrants and the Transformation of the U.S. South (Athens: University of Georgia Press, 2009). Forthcoming in Camino Real.

Michael Grow, U.S. Presidents and Latin American Interventions: Pursuing Regime Change in the Cold War (Lawrence: University Press of Kansas, 2008).  Presidential Studies Quarterly 39, 4 (2009): 960-962.

Kristian Gustafson, Hostile Intent: U.S. Covert Operations in Chile, 1964-1974 (Washington, DC: Potomac Books, 2007).  Delaware Review of Latin American Studies 10, 1 (2009).

Gilbert M. Joseph and Daniela Spenser, In from the Cold: Latin America's New Encounter with the Cold War (Durham: Duke University Press, 2008).  Hispanic American Historical Review 89, 3 (August 2009): 566-567.

David Scott Palmer, U.S. Relations with Latin America During the Clinton Years: Opportunities Lost or Opportunities Squandered? (Gainesville: University Press of Florida, 2006).  The Americas 66, 2 (October 2009): 302-303.

J. Patrice McSherry.  Predatory States: Operation Condor and Covert War in Latin America (Lanham: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc., 2005).  Journal of Latin American Studies.40, 1 (2008): 164-165.

Cecilia Menjívar and Néstor Rodríguez (eds).  When States Kill: Latin America, the U.S., and Technologies of Terror (Austin: University of Texas Press, 2005). Mesoamerica 50 (2008): 237-239.

Stern, Steve J. Remembering Pinochet’s Chile: On the Eve of London 1998 (Durham and London: Duke University Press, 2004). Journal of Interdisciplinary History 37, 3 (2007): 494-495.

Fuentes, Claudio A. Contesting the Iron Fist: Advocacy Networks and Political Violence in Democratic Argentina and Chile (New York: Routledge, 2005).  Whitehead Journal of Diplomacy and International Relations 6, 2 (Summer-Fall 2005): 215-216.

Bowman, Kirk S.  Militarization, Democracy, and Development: The Perils of Praetorianism in Latin America (University Park: The Pennsylvania State University Press, 2002).  Journal of Latin American Studies 36, 4 (November 2004): 806-807.

Veeser, Cyrus.  A World Safe for Capitalism: Dollar Diplomacy and America’s Rise to Global Power (New York: Columbia University Press, 2002), The Latin Americanist XLVIII, 1 (Fall 2004): 118-120.

Sheinin, David.  Beyond the Ideal: Pan Americanism in Inter-American Affairs (Westport, CT: Praeger, 2000), The Latin Americanist XLVII, 3-4 (2004): 110-112.

Londregan, John.  Legislative Institutions and Ideology in Chile (New York: Cambridge University Press, 2000).  Journal of Third World Studies v. 20, n.2 (Fall 2003): 226-228.

Article manuscript reviews for Bulletin of Latin American Research, International Political Science Review, Journal of Policy History, Latin American Politics and Society, Latin American Research Review, Political Research Quarterly, Revista de Ciencia Política (Chile).

Book manuscript reviews for Cengage, CQ Press, Houghton Mifflin, Longman Publishers, Lynne Rienner Publishers, Oxford University Press, Prentice Hall, Roxbury Press, Rowman & Littlefield, University of California Press, Wadsworth.

Conference Participation:

Organized and Chaired Workshop, "Connecting Globally Through Latin American Politics Blogs," 2009 Meeting of the Latin American Studies Association, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

"The Concertación and Chilean Politics: The Role of Expectations," Presented at the 2009 Meeting of the Latin American Studies Association, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

(with John R. Weeks) "Immigration and Transnationalism: Rethinking the Role of the State in Latin America," Presented at the 2009 Meeting of the Southeastern Council of Latin American Studies, New Orleans, Louisiana.

Discussant for Panel "Foreign Policy in the New Administration," 2009 Meeting of the North Carolina Political Science Association, Greensboro, North Carolina.

"The Transition is Dead, Long Live the Transition: Bachelet's Inheritance of Civil-Military Relations in Chile."  Presented at the 2007 Meeting of the Latin American Studies Association, Montréal, Canada.

"Arrested Development: The Military and Intelligence Reform in Argentina, Chile, and Peru."  Presented at the 2007 Meeting of the Southeastern Council of Latin American Studies, San José, Costa Rica.

(with John R. Weeks) "The Political Demography of Latin American Immigration."  Presented at the 2006 Meeting of the Southeastern Council of Latin American Studies, Charlotte, North Carolina.

(with John R. Weeks) "The Political Demography of Latin American Immigration."  Presented at the 2006 Meeting of the Latin American Studies Association, San Juan, Puerto Rico.

“Arrested Development: The Military and Intelligence Reform in Chile and Peru.”  Presented at the 2004 Meeting of the Latin American Studies Association, Las Vegas, Nevada.

"Accountability, Rule of Law and Defense Policy: Chile in Comparative Perspective," Presented at the 2004 Meeting of the Rocky Mountain Council on Latin American Studies, Santa Fe, New Mexico.

“Fighting Terrorism While Promoting Democracy: Competing Priorities in U.S. Defense Policy Toward Latin America,” Presented at the 2003 Meeting of the Latin American Studies Association, Dallas, Texas.

“Inching Toward Democracy?  President Lagos and the Chilean Armed Forces,” Presented at the 2003 Meeting of the Southeastern Council on Latin American Studies, Chapel Hill, North Carolina.

“U.S. Foreign Policy and Civil-Military Relations in Latin America,” Presented at the 2002 Meeting of the North Carolina Political Science Association, Salisbury, North Carolina.

“What is ‘After’ Pinochet? Pinochetismo and Chilean Politics,” Presented at the 2001 Meeting of the International Studies Association-South, Winston-Salem, North Carolina.

"The 'Lessons' of Dictatorship: The Military and Political Learning in Chile." Presented at the 2001 Meeting of the Latin American Studies Association, Washington, DC.

"Is the Mold Being Broken? Defense Ministries and Democracy in Latin America." Presented at the 2001 Meeting of the Rocky Mountain Council on Latin American Studies, Tucson, Arizona.

"Waiting for Cincinnatus: The Role of Pinochet in Postauthoritarian Chile." Presented at the 2000 meeting of the Latin American Studies Association, Miami, Florida.

"Dealing With the Dictator: The Role of Pinochet in Postauthoritarian Chile." Presented at the 2000 Meeting of the Rocky Mountain Council on Latin American Studies, Santa Fe, New Mexico.

"Democratic Institutions and Civil-Military Relations: The Case of Chile." Presented at the 1999 Meeting of the American Political Science Association, Atlanta, Georgia.

"The Military and Chilean Democracy, 1990-1998." Presented at the 1998 Meeting of the Latin American Studies Association, Chicago, Illinois.

Consulting

Briefing for U.S. Ambassador to Chile, Washington DC, December 2007

Assisted the Charlotte Mayor's Immigration Study Commission, 2006

U.S. State Department Seminar on Chilean Politics, Washington DC, November 2005

Comercial Pablo, C. por A. vs. General Tire International Company (2003), United States District Court for the Western District of North Carolina, Charlotte Division.

Awards And Honors

2009 - GlaxoSmithKline Faculty Fellow, Institute for Emerging Issues, North Carolina State University
2007 - College of Arts and Sciences Small Grant for research in Santiago, Chile
2005 - Faculty research grant from the UNC Charlotte Urban Institute for research on Latino Immigration to Charlotte
2004--API Grant to develop Latin American Studies core seminar and website
2002--API Grant to develop Liberal Studies course
2002--University of North Carolina at Charlotte Faculty Research Support Grant for research in Santiago, Chile in 2003
2001--University of North Carolina at Charlotte Faculty Research Support Grant
2000--University of North Carolina at Charlotte Junior Faculty Summer Fellowship Grant for research in Santiago, Chile in 2001
1997--Tinker Foundation Summer Fellowship for research in Santiago, Chile
1995--Tinker Foundation Summer Fellowship for research in Montevideo, Uruguay