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TONY SPANAKOS 345 63rd Street • Apt 1R • Brooklyn NY 11220 Phone: (718) 290-0290 E-mail: [email protected]
EDUCATION University of Massachusetts Amherst Ph. D. Political Science, 2000 Committee: Howard Wiarda (Chair), James Der Derian, and José Ornelas Comprehensive Exams: Comparative Politics (Distinction), International Relations, Political Theory Certificate in Latin American Studies
University of Massachusetts Amherst M.A. Political Science, 1998
Princeton University A.B. Political Science, 1995 Certificate in Latin American Studies and Hellenic studies
APPOINTMENTS AND PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Current Associate Professor, Fall 2011- Assistant Professor, Fall 2006- Spring 2011 Montclair State University, Department of Political Science
Adjunct Assistant Professor, Spring 2007- New York University, Political Science
Previous Visiting Fellow May-Aug 2010 East Asia Institute, National University of Singapore
Fulbright Visiting Professor Jan- Aug 2008 Institute for Advance Management Studies, Caracas, Venezuela
Visiting Researcher, May-June 2007 Singapore Management University
Assistant Professor, Fall 2003-2006 Touro College, Department of Political Science
Adjunct Assistant Professor, Spring 2004 Brooklyn College, CUNY, Department of Political Science Adjunct Assistant Professor, Fall 2003 Long Island University, Department of History and Political Science
Fulbright Visiting Professor July- Dec 2002 University of Brasília, Department of Political Science
Visiting Assistant Professor, 2000-2002 Manhattanville College, Department of Political Science
Special Projects Coordinator, 2000-2001 Graduate Center- CUNY Bildner Center for Western Hemisphere Studies
Visiting Lecturer, Latin American Politics, 1999-2000 Tufts University, Department of Political Science
Research Assistant 1999 Amherst College, Department of Political Science
Teaching Assistant 1995-1998 University of Massachusetts Amherst, Department of Political Science
TEACHING EXPERIENCE Associate Professor, Montclair State University 2011- Assistant Professor, Montclair State University 2006- Comparative Politics Government and Politics of Latin America Global Political Economy Honors Seminar: 20th Century and the Search for Order Honors Seminar: Graphic Novels and a World of Politics Constitutional Law- Civil Liberties Montclair in China- Writing for the Social Sciences
Adjunct Assistant Professor, New York University 2007- Political Economy of Developing Countries Political Economy of Reform (Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa) States and Markets in the Developing World Reforming and Transforming Latin American Politics Comparative Politics Pro-Seminar
Assistant Professor, Touro College 2003- 2007 Comparative Politics Democracy and Death Latin American Politics Writing for the Social Sciences American Politics Ancient Political Theory Modern Political Theory Ethnic Politics in the United States American Cultural History Political Communication
Adjunct Assistant Professor, Brooklyn College Spring 2004 Introduction to Politics- Global Politics Politics of the Developing World
Adjunct Assistant Professor, Long Island University Fall 2003 History of the World Since 1500 Slavery in the Americas
Fulbright Visiting Professor, University of Brasília July- Dec 2002 International Economic Relations (taught in Portuguese)
Visiting Assistant Professor, Manhattanville College 2000-2002 Introduction to Comparative Politics Introduction to Latin American Politics Citizenship and Identity Politics Latin American Political Economy Democratization and Crisis in Latin America Issues in Latin American Development Introduction to Political Economy The Political Economy of Globalization
Lecturer in Latin American Politics, Tufts University 1999- 2000 Introduction to Latin American Politics (rated by Boston Globe: one of the two best courses to take at Tufts University) Citizenship and Identity Politics in Latin America (Seminar) Democratization and Crisis in Latin America
Teaching Assistant, UMass Amherst 1995-1998 Introduction to International Relations International Relations Writing for Political Science Departmental Undergraduate Advisor
PUBLICATIONS Books Mauricio Font and Anthony Peter Spanakos Eds. Reforming Brazil. Lexington Books 2004. Peer-Reviewed Articles Anthony P. Spanakos “Can the Centre Hold?: Chinese Foreign Policy, Brazilian Foreign Policy, and International Relations Theory,” China: An International Journal (revise and resubmit)
Anthony P. Spanakos “Liberalism and Post-Liberalism in Bolivarian Venezuela,” Latin American Politics & Society (forthcoming)
Anthony P. Spanakos “Citizen Chávez: The State, Social Movements, and the Publics in Forming a New Citizenship- Nation-State Project,” Latin American Perspectives 38 (1), Jan 2011. Pp. 14-27.
Anthony P. Spanakos. “China and Brazil: Potential Allies or Just BRICs in the Wall?” East Asian Policy. 2 (2) June 2010. Pp.81-89.
Fernando Ferrari and Anthony P. Spanakos, “Why Has Economic Performance Differed between Brazil and China? A Comparative Analysis of Brazilian and Chinese Macro- Economic policy.” Revista Venezolana de Análisis de Coyuntura/IIES-UCV Enero 2009, XV (1), pp. 1-24.
Anthony P. Spanakos and Lucio R. Renno “Speak Clearly and Carry a Big Stock of Dollar Reserves: Sovereign Risk, Ideology and the Presidential Elections in Argentina, Brazil, Mexico, and Venezuela” Comparative Political Studies, Oct 2009, 42 (10).
Anthony P. Spanakos “New Wine, Old Bottles, Flamboyant Sommelier: Chávez, Citizenship, and Populism, New Political Science Dec 2008. 30 (4) pp. 521-544.
Anthony P. Spanakos “Que regime é este? The Left in Brazil, Chile, and Venezuela.” Revista Análise Econômica-UFRGS, 26 (50), September 2008, pp. 245-273.
Anthony P. Spanakos and Lucio R. Renno “Elections and Economic Turbulence in Brazil: Candidates, Voters and Investors.” Latin American Politics and Society 48, 4, Winter 2006, pp. 1-26.
Lucio R. Renno and Anthony P. Spanakos “O Impacto de Indiciadores Econômicos na intencão de Voto para Presidente: As Eleciões Brasileiras de 1994, 1998 e 2002.” Dados 49, 1, 2006, pp. 11-39.
Anthony P. Spanakos “The Canvas of the Other: Fanon and Recognition” disClosure special issue on Race and Coloring, No. 7, 1998.
Chapters in Books
Anthony P. Spanakos “No Time to Securitize: 24, Inception, and Urgency,” Lori Crowe, Chris Hendershot, Derek Maisonville Ed., Imagining Empire: International Relations and Pop-Cultural (Re)Presentations of the Ongoing Imperial Present, (manuscript under review at Routledge) Anthony P. Spanakos “The Avengers as Polis: Philia, Arête, and Eudaimonia,” in Mark D. White Ed., The Avengers and Philosophy, temporary title, Wiley Press (forthcoming)
Anthony P. Spanakos “Love, Friendship, and Being Spiderman.” JJ Sanford Ed, Spiderman and Philosophy, temporary title, Wiley Press (forthcoming)
Anthony P. Spanakos and Yu Xiao, “It Takes Three to Samba: Sino-US-Latin American Relations.” Creutzfeldt, Benjamin (ed.) Treinta Años de Relaciones Colombo-Chinas: La Presencia China en Colombia y América Latina – Reflexiones y Perspectivas. Bogotá: Universidad Externado de Colombia (forthcoming)
Anthony P. Spanakos. "Exceptional Recognition: The US Global Dilemma in The Incredible Hulk, Iron Man, and Avatar," in Betty Kaklamanidou and Richard Gray Ed. Film and Television Superheroes in the New Millennium (McFarland,2011)
Anthony P. Spanakos. “Citizenship and the Politics of Citizenship.” Parashar, S. and Y. Wang (ed) Inequality in a Globalizing World: Perspectives, Processes, and Experiences.Kendall Hunt Publishing (2011)
Anthony P. Spanakos and Yu Xiao “Has the Rise of China Made Latin America More Unsafe” Zheng Yongnian Ed. China and International Relations: The Chinese view and the Contribution of Wang Gungwu. London: Routledge, 2010. pp. 221-241.
Anthony P. Spanakos and Lucio R. Renno “Elections and Economic Turbulence in Brazil: Candidates, Voters, and Investors.” William C. Smith and Laura Gómez-Mera, Markets, States, and Society in Contemporary Latin America. Malden: Blackwell. 2010. Updated and revised version of Spanakos and Renno 2006. pp, 257-277.
Anthony P. Spanakos “Tony Stark, Philosopher King of the Future?” Mark D. White Ed. Iron Man and Philosophy: Facing the Stark Reality. Hoboken: Wiley Press. 2010. pp. 129-143.
Anthony P. Spanakos “Super-Vigilantes and the Keene Act” Mark D. White Ed., The Watchmen and Philosophy:A Rorschach Test. Hoboken: Wiley. 2009. pp. 33-46.
Anthony P. Spanakos“The Silenced Majority.”Americas Quarterly, 3 (3), Summer 2009, pp. 40-42.
Anthony P. Spanakos “Governing Gotham.” Mark D. White and Robert Arp Ed., Batman and Philosophy: The Dark Knight of the Soul, Wiley 2008, pp. 55-69.
Anthony P. Spanakos “In/securing Citizens in Democratic Brazil.” Satya Pattnayak and Lowell Gustafson Ed. Security in the Americas. Mellen Publishers. 2006, pp. 47-67.
Anthony P. Spanakos “Reforming Brazil: A preliminary assessment.” Mauricio Font and Anthony Peter Spanakos Ed., Reforming Brazil. Lexington Books 2004, pp. 11-25. Anthony P. Spanakos and Howard Wiarda, “Dominican Foreign Policy: From Nationalism to Globalism” Frank Mora and Jeanne Hey Ed. Latin American and Caribbean Foreign Policy, Rowman and Littlefield, 2003, pp. 104-119.
Anthony P. Spanakos “Democracia, ciudadania e identidad en la República Dominicana: con cual Demos y cual Kratos.” Ramonina Brea, Rosario Espinal, and Fernando Valerio Holguín, eds., La República Dominicana en el Umbral del Siglo XXI: Cultura, Política y Cambio Social Santo Domingo: Pontificia Universidad Católica Madre y Maestra, 1999, pp. 259-279.
Review Essays Anthony P. Spanakos “Adjectives, Asterisks and Qualifications, or How to Address Democracy in Contemporary Latin America” Latin American Research Review 42, 2, June 2007, pp. 225-237.
Anthony P. Spanakos and Elizabeth McQuerry “Crisis of Capital Flows in Latin America,” Latin American Research Review 2004, pp. 258-274.
Textbooks, Reviews, and Other Learning Materials Anthony P. Spanakos. “China And Brazil: Potential Allies Or Just BRICs In The Wall?” East Asia Institute Background Brief. no.511, 11 March 2010
Anthony P. Spanakos. “Introduction and reviews for Section of Political Economy (Brazil), Handbook of Latin American Studies, 2006- (2010)
Anthony P. Spanakos. "Bye Bye Brazil or US?" Shanghai Oriental Morning Post. 2 November 2009 and 9 November 2009. (published in Chinese)
Anthony P. Spanakos “The Silenced Majority.” Americas Quarterly, 3 (3), Summer 2009, pp. 40-42.
Anthony P. Spanakos. Entries for Mexico. Political Handbook of the World (2009).
Anthony P. Spanakos, Entries for Argentina, Chile and Brazil. Political Handbook of the World (2008).
Anthony P. Spanakos “Introduction and reviews for Section of Political Economy (Brazil), Handbook of Latin American Studies, 2004- (2008)
Anthony P. Spanakos. “Introduction and reviews for Section of Political Economy (Brazil), Handbook of Latin American Studies, 2002- (2006)
Jacob Neusner’s edited volume God’s Rule: the politics of world religions, in American Political Science Association Section on Religion and Politics Newsletter 2004.
Anthony P. Spanakos. “Nonsense in the Midst of Stagnation.” Carta Internacional n. 116. University of São Paulo. October, 2002.
Anthony P. Spanakos. “Procura-se: Confianca e Credibilidade” Carta Internacional no.114. University of São Paulo. August, 2002.
Anthony P. Spanakos. “The Blame Game” August 24-30, 2002. www.infobrazil.com
Anthony P. Spanakos. “Realigned Left-Wing: Ready to Share Power?” May 4-10, 2002. www.infobrazil.com
Anthony P. Spanakos review of “Mark Ensalaco’s Chile Under Pinochet: Recovering the Truth, in Political Science Quarterly. Vol. 116 No. 3. Fall 2001.
Anthony P. Spanakos. “Concern, yes, Panic… not quite.” June 23-29, 2001. www.infobrazil.com
Anthony P. Spanakos review of Bertrand Badie’s The Imported State: The Westernization of the political Order, in The Review of Politics, Vol. 63, No. 3,Summer 2001.
Anthony P. Spanakos "The Dominican Republic: 'A New Way'?," Howard Wiarda and Harvey Kline Ed, Latin American Politics and Development Fifth edition. Boulder: Westview Press, 2000, pp. 527-541.
Anthony P. Spanakos review of Stathis Gourgouris’s Dream Nation: Enlightenment, Colonization and the Institution of Modern Greece and Montseratt Guibernau and John Rex’s edited volume, The Ethnicity Reader: Nationalism, Multiculturalism and Migration in Ethnos/Nation, Vol. 6, No. 1-2, 1999.
Anthony P. Spanakos and Howard Wiarda. “Comparative Perspectives on Southern European Democratization: Novel Data, Ancién Methods” Portuguese Studies Review Vol. V, No. 2, Winter 1996/7.
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS Peer-reviewed Anthony P. Spanakos “Comparative Perspectives on the Arab Spring & Democratization,” Chair and Discussant, Northeastern Political Science Association, 17-19 November 2011
Anthony P. Spanakos “Boliv-are-you-Kidding?: Credibility and Economic Policy-Making in Venezuela,” Northeastern Political Science Association, 17-19 November 2011
Anthony P. Spanakos and Lucio Renno. “Partial Derivatives?: Global Capital Availability and Presidential Popularity in Brazil and Argentina,” Workshop on Elections, Electoral Behavior, and the Economy, Quebec City, 21-22 October 2011
Anthony P. Spanakos “In the Shadow of the United States: De-unipoling the Interpretation of Chinese and Latin American Foreign Policies,” Workshop on China in the Western Hemisphere , Muck School of Global Affairs, University of Toronto, Toronto, 4-5 March 2011
Anthony P. Spanakos. “Homo Samba: The Philosophical Roots of Populism in Latin America?” Northeastern Political Science Association, Boston, 11-13, November 2010
Anthony P. Spanakos. “24, Security, and the Exceptional State Apparatus,” Popular Culture and World Politics Conference, Toronto, 4-6 November 2010
Anthony P. Spanakos. “Co-Producing Crisis: Mobilization of Metaphors in Venezuela,” Latin American Studies Association, Toronto, 6-9 October 2010
Anthony P. Spanakos with Lucio Renno. “It’s the Global Economy Stupid,” Latin American Studies Association, Toronto, 6-9 October 2010
Anthony P. Spanakos. “Brazil's Foreign Policy, the U.S., and China” Brazilian Studies Association, Brasília, 22-24 July 2010
Anthony P. Spanakos. “Brazilian Foreign Policy,” Chair and Discussant, Brazilian Studies Association, Brasília, 22-24 July 2010
Anthony P. Spanakos. “Remembering Tiananmen Square and Dismembering Deng Yu Jiao” China’s Policies on Borderlands and Their International Implications, University of Macao, China, 11-12 March 2010
Anthony P. Spanakos. “Remembering Tiananmen Square and Dismembering Deng Yu Jiao” China’s Policies on Borderlands and Their International Implications, University of Macao, China, 11-12 March
Anthony P. Spanakos and Yu Xiao. “Has the Rise of China Made Latin America More Unsafe,” International Studies Association, New Orleans 17-20, February 2010
Anthony P. Spanakos “Teaching Global Issues through Graphic Novels,” International Studies Association, New Orleans 17-20, February 2010
Anthony P. Spanakos and Yu Xiao. “Has the Rise of China Made Latin America More Unsafe,” Northeastern Political Science Association, Philadelphia, 19-21 November 2009
Anthony P. Spanakos “Chinese International Relations: Regional and Global Unit”, Chair and Discussant Northeastern Political Science Association, Philadelphia, 19-21 November 2009
Anthony P. Spanakos and Lucio Renno.“Bonds, Stocks or Dollars? Do Capital Markets influence Electoral Results in Brazil and Mexico,” American Political Science Association, Toronto, 3-6 Sept 2009 Anthony P. Spanakos. “Elections, Political Participation, Leadership and Party-Union Relations,” Chair, New York State Political Science Association, John Jay College, 24-25 April 2009
Anthony P. Spanakos. “Who Would Have Thunk It? Investing in China and Socialism in Venezuela: Understanding Regime Change”, International Studies Association, New York, 16 February 2009
Anthony P. Spanakos. “The Song of Angry Men: Building the New Man, Citizenship, and Violence in Bolivarian Venezuela,” Latin American Studies Association Rio de Janeiro, 11-14 June 2009
Anthony P. Spanakos. “Friends, Venezuelans, Countrymen: The Burial of Democracy Without Civic Friendship” Northeast Political Science Association, Boston, 13-15 November 2008
Anthony P. Spanakos. “Political Imaginaries and the Rashomon Problem: Doing Field Research in Venezuela and Other Polarized Societies,” American Political Science Association, Boston, 28-30 August, 2008
Anthony P. Spanakos. “Stumblingblocks to Belief: Credibility, Legitimacy, and Trust in the Bolivarian Government of Hugo Chávez,” II Jornadas de la Sección de Estudios Venezolanos, Asociación de Estudios Latino Americanos LASA. Caracas, Venezuela, 26- 27 de Mayo 2008
Fernando Ferrari and Anthony P. Spanakos. “What Left is This? Brazilian Economic Policies Under Lula and Beyond,” Brazilian Studies Association, New Orleans 27-30 March 2008
Anthony P. Spanakos. “Rice and Beans or Raw Fish?: How Different Are Latin American and Asian Regimes and How Good Are Our Typologies?” Northeast Political Science Association, Philadelphia, 15-17 November 2007
Anthony P. Spanakos and Lucio Renno. “Utopia One-armed: The New Left, Elections And Financial Risk in Latin America” American Political Science Association, Chicago 30 August-2 September 2007 and at the Latin American Studies Association, 5-8 September 2007
Anthony P. Spanakos. “Investor Perception of Economic Policy in Malaysia and Brazil,” New York State Political Science Association, Poughkeepsie, 20-21 April, 2007
Anthony P. Spanakos. “Politics of Ethnicity, Nationalism and Religion in the Middle East and Africa” Chair and Discussant, New York State Political Science Association, Poughkeepsie, 20-21 April, 2007
Anthony P. Spanakos. “Development Theory,” Chair, Northeastern Political Science Association, Boston, 9-11 November, 2006 Anthony P. Spanakos. “Neither Secular Nor Wholly Sacred: Cosmology and Sacredness of Space in Orthodox Christian Thought,” Northeastern Political Science Association, Boston, 9-11 November 2006
Anthony P. Spanakos. “Lula, Fear and Macroeconomic Policies,” Chair and organizer, Brazilian Studies Association, Nashville, 13-16 October, 2006
Anthony P. Spanakos. “How Investor Fear Was Allayed by Lula's Economic Policies,” Brazilian Studies Association, Nashville, 13-16 October, 2006
Anthony P. Spanakos. “Straightening and Bailing ‘Them’ Out: Inter-American Relations in a Time of Capital Flows,” Latin American Studies Association, San Juan, March 17, 2006
Anthony P. Spanakos. “Authority, Community and Citizenship in Eastern Christian Thought,” Northeast Political Science Association, Philadelphia, November 17-20, 2005
Anthony P. Spanakos. “Economic Turbulence and Elections: The Case of Brazil,” New York State Political Science Association, Niagara University, Niagara, 15 April 2005
Anthony P. Spanakos. “Democracy, Civil Society, and Feminism,” Chair and discussant, New York State Political Science Association, Niagara University, Niagara,15 April 2005
Anthony P. Spanakos. “Elections in Emerging Markets,” Latin American Studies Association, Las Vegas, October 6-8, 2004
Anthony P. Spanakos. “Dynamism and Competitiveness: Brazilian Sectoral Policy,” Chair and Discussant, Brazilian Studies Association, Rio de Janeiro, 13 June 2004
Anthony P. Spanakos. “As eleciões da perspectiva do Wall Street,” VII Congresso Luso- Afro-Brasileiro de Ciências Sociais, Rio de Janeiro, 2-6 September 2002
Anthony P. Spanakos. “Political Business Cycles in Brazil, Venezuela and Argentina,” Brazilian Studies Association Atlanta, April 6, 2002
Anthony P. Spanakos. “Political Business Cycles in Emerging Markets: The Case of Brazil,” Latin America Studies Association, Washington, D.C., September 7, 2001
Anthony P. Spanakos. “Economic Reform in Brazil and South America,” Chair, Latin America Studies Association, Washington, D.C., September 7, 2001
Anthony P. Spanakos. Chair of panel on: “Race, Ethnicity and Gender in Latin American Democratization,” Latin American Studies Association, Miami, March 16-18th, 2000
Anthony P. Spanakos. "The Privatization of Citizenship in the Dominican Republic and Brazil" Latin American Studies Association, Miami, March 16-18th, 2000 Anthony P. Spanakos. “The Privatization of Citizenship in Latin America” Northeast Political Science Association, Philadelphia, November 10-13, 1999
Anthony P. Spanakos. “Governments and Societies in Transition I: The Developing World,” Chair and Discussant, Northeast Political Science Association, Philadelphia, November 10-13, 1999
Anthony P. Spanakos. "The Wretched of Brazil: State Sponsored Violence, Strategies of Resistance and Political Subjectivity in a Liberal Democracy," Nationalism, Identity and Minority Rights Conference, September 16-19, 1999, Bristol. A slightly different version was presented at the American Political Science Association, Atlanta, September 1-5, 1999
Anthony P. Spanakos. “Violence and Racial Consciousness in Brazil,” Latin American Studies Consortium of New England conference "Crossing the Urban Frontier: New Directions in Latin American Studies," New Haven, February 27, 1999
Anthony P. Spanakos. "Mixed Race, Partial Citizenship, and Fragmentary Notes on the Dominican Republic and Brazil," New York State Political Science Association, New York, May 7-8, 1999
Anthony P. Spanakos. "Citizenship and Marginalized Communities in Latin America," New School Graduate Conference "Political Science at the End of the Millennium," New York, April 23, 1999
Anthony P. Spanakos. "Constructing a Democracy: with which Demos and which Kratos?," New York State Political Science Association, May 8-9, 1998, Albany
Anthony P. Spanakos. Chair and Discussant on a panel on "Political Theory and International Relations," New York State Political Science Association, Albany, May 8-9, 1998
Anthony P. Spanakos. "Concepts of Identity and Liberation in the Writings of Frantz Fanon and Gustavo Gutierrez," Northeast Political Science Association, Philadelphia, November 10-13, 1997
Anthony P. Spanakos. "Democra(cy)tization and Dialogia: Identity, Recognition and Citizenship," American Political Science Association, Washington, D.C., August 28-31, 1997
Anthony P. Spanakos. "Ciudadania, diaspora y democracia: el caso de la doble diaspora dominicana," La República Dominicana al Umbral del Século XXI, Santo Domingo, July, 24-26, 1997
Anthony P. Spanakos. "The Comparative Method: Subject, Object, and Value-Freedom," conference on "Knowledge and its Discontents: Science, Expertise, Modernity," Ithaca, Cornell University, May 2-4, 1997
Anthony P. Spanakos. "Sovereignty, Territory and Identity, Diaspora Nations and Hegemonic States," conference on "Strategies of Critique XI," Toronto, York University, April 18-19, 1997
Anthony P. Spanakos. "Democracy, Citizenship, and Diasporas: The Double Dominican Diaspora," National Association of Hispanic and Latino Studies, Houston, February 11- 15, 1997
Anthony P. Spanakos. "Bernie Goetz, the Batman, and the Unabomber, Vigilantism and (re)Valuation of American Security," Northeastern Political Science Association, Boston, November 14-16, 1996
Anthony P. Spanakos. "Strategies of Military Depoliticization in the Transitional and Consolidation Governments of Modern Greece and Argentina," Southern Political Science Association, Atlanta, November 6-9, 1996
Anthony P. Spanakos. “The Military and Democratic Transitions: the Greece and Argentine Cases.” European Studies Conference, Omaha, October 3-5, 1996. Earlier versions presented at the New England Political Science Association, Springfield, May 3- 4, 1996, and the New York State Political Science Association, Ithaca, March 29-30, 1996
OTHER PRESENTATIONS Anthony P. Spanakos, “Downgrading America: Credibility and Credit-Worthiness,” Montclair State University, Montclair, 29 Sept 2011
Anthony P. Spanakos, Discussant, National Identity in Venezuela, Institute of Latin American Studies, Columbia University, New York, 2 Dec 2010
Anthony P. Spanakos, “To Boldly Go Where No American Has Boldly Gone Before: US Foreign Policy in Iron Man, the Incredible Hulk and Avatar,” Montclair State University, Montclair, 1 Dec 2010
Anthony P. Spanakos, “Introduction,” Panel on Brazilian History, Villanova University, Villanova, 18 Oct 2010
Anthony P. Spanakos “Political Economy,” for the “Teaching Brazil Workshop for K-12 Teachers,” Villanova University, Villanova, 2 Oct 2010
Anthony P. Spanakos “Still Reforming Brazil: Police not Politics,” Presentation given for the Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies and the Lemann Institute for Brazilian Studies, University of Illinois, Urbana Champaign, 16 Sept 2010
Anthony P. Spanakos. “Understanding US Politics,” presentation for University of Graz, Austria, visiting students, Montclair State University, Montclair, 13 July 2010 Anthony P. Spanakos. "The Samba of Brazilian Democracy: Contemporary Rhythms," Villanova University, 7 April 2010
Anthony P. Spanakos. "Teaching Through Graphic Novels," University Learning and Teaching Showcase, Montclair State University, 26 March 2010
Anthony P. Spanakos. “The Last Maoist?: Venezuela’s Foreign Policy, the US, and the World,” Singapore Management University, Singapore, 17 Aug 2009
Anthony P. Spanakos. “Chinese and Latin American Foreign Policy Under Unipolarity” EAI Seminar, East Asia Institute, Singapore, 4 August 2009
Anthony P. Spanakos. Chair, Informal Politics Discussion, East Asia Institute, Singapore, 28 July 2009
Anthony P. Spanakos. “Has the Rise of China Made Latin America more Unsafe,” Bridging China Studies and International Relations Theory Conference, East Asia Institute, Singapore, 26-27 June 2009
Anthony P. Spanakos. “The Once and Future President? Hugo Chávez and the Future of Venezuela” 27 April, 2009, Montclair State University
Anthony P. Spanakos. “Politics and Comics,” Honor’s Students Organization Lecture, Montclair State University, 4 March 2009
Anthony P. Spanakos. “Latin America: A Region in Transition” Cafe Diem, Montclair State University, 6 February 2009
Anthony P. Spanakos. “Politics and Comics: Why We Will Watch the Watchmen,” Honor’s Student Organization, 4 March 2009
Anthony P. Spanakos. “Using Graphic Novels in the Class: Preliminary Feedback,” Presentation to the MSU CHSS Teaching Research Group, February 11, 2009
Anthony P. Spanakos. “The Foreign Policy of Venezuela’s Hugo Chávez and China’s Peaceful Rise,” East Asia Institute, National University of Singapore, Singapore, 9 January 2009
Anthony P. Spanakos. “Using Graphic Novels and Artwork in the Classroom,” Presentation to the MSU CHSS Teaching Research Group, October 15, 2008
Anthony P. Spanakos. “Did Hugo Chávez Change History? An Inside Look at Venezuela and its Impact on the Outside” St John’s University, 1 October 2008
Anthony P. Spanakos. “Públicos, movimientos sociales, y Chavismo” Insituto de Estudios Superiores de Administración, Caracas, 19 August 2008 Anthony P. Spanakos. “Revolucionarios, reacionarios ciudadanos imaginarios,” Fulbright Alumni Association, Caracas, Venezuela, 2 June 2008
Anthony P. Spanakos. “Is Chávez Leading Latin America Towards Twenty-First Century Socialism?” Montclair State University, Montclair 30 April 2008
Anthony P. Spanakos. “A Critical Juncture in the Chavez Revolutions? Analyzing Venezuelan Politics after the December 2007 Electoral Defeat,” Discussants, Columbia University, New York 28 April 2008
Anthony P. Spanakos. “Modest Proposals: From Jonathan Swift to the Onion” for The Power of Laughter: The Satirical Spirit Humanities in the School Day, Montclair State University, 6 December, 2007
Anthony P. Spanakos. “Are the Economic Policies of Latin America’s Left Credible?” Princeton University, 4 December, 2007
Anthony P. Spanakos. “Lula’s 5th Year: Prospects for 2008” David Fleischer, Discussant, Columbia University, 28 November 2007 “Are Investors Afraid of Latin America’s Left?” Columbia University, 19 September 2007
Anthony P. Spanakos. “Putting China In Its Place: Classifying Contemporary Political Regimes,” East Asia Institute National University of Singapore, 22 June 2007
Anthony P. Spanakos. “Making, Sacking or Seeking the Kingdom: Political Theory or Theoria,” St John’s University, 27 April, 2007
Anthony P. Spanakos. “A Credulous People, A Credible Government or Invest Grade Policies?” Columbia University, April 11, 2007
Anthony P. Spanakos. “Broken Promises in Brazil: The Workers’ Party in Power,” UMass Amherst, 8 December, 2006
Anthony P. Spanakos. “Porque o Lula não faz campanha e porque deve fazer.” Universidade de São Marcos, São Paulo, August 21, 2006
Anthony P. Spanakos. “‘Bom Governo’ ou ‘Bom Timing’: O governo Lula e risco eleitoral.” Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, August 17, 2006
Anthony P. Spanakos. “Risco Brasil: Nunca Mais”, University of Arizona, Tucson, April 14, 2006
Anthony P. Spanakos. “The Name Game: Democracy in Latin America,” Touro College, New York, March 23, 2006
Anthony P. Spanakos. “Banking on the Elections: the Case of Brazil,” Villanova University, Philadelphia, November 16, 2005 Anthony P. Spanakos. “Voters vrs Investors in Brazil’s Presidential Elections,” presentation at UMass Amherst, 16 September 2004
Anthony P. Spanakos. “Wall Street Observes the Brazilian Presidential Elections,” presentation of Princeton University, Princeton, 4 November 2002.
Anthony P. Spanakos. “Ambiguous Games: Policy Uncertainty and Country Risk during the Brazilian Presidential Electoral Campaign of 2002,” presentation at Columbia University, New York, 31 October 2002.
Anthony P. Spanakos. “As Eleicões Presidencias da Vista do Wall Street,” presentation at the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, 25 October 2002.
Anthony P. Spanakos. “Jogos de Dois Níveis: Risco e Ambiguidade,” presentation at the University of São Paulo, São Paulo, 19 September 2002
Anthony P. Spanakos. “Dívida securitizada,” presentation at the Federal Fluminense University (UFF), Niteroi, 4 September, 2002
Anthony P. Spanakos. “Porqué é tão alto: Risco Brasil e Risco Político,” Seminar at the Catholic University of Brasília, Brasília, 23 August, 2002
Anthony P. Spanakos. “Como o Wall Street Observa as Eleicões Presidencias,” São Paulo, CEDEC, 26 June 2002
Anthony P. Spanakos. “As Reformas do Estado na América Latina e no Brasil,” Seminar on State Reform in Latin America and Brazil, 1990-2002, sponsored by the Woodrow Wilson International Center and the University of Brasília, Brasília, 24 June, 2002,
Anthony P. Spanakos. “Política Econômica, Ciclos Políticos e Ciclos Econômicos no Brasil,” Panel on Political Economy in Brazil, Brasília, August 21, 2001
Anthony P. Spanakos. “Understanding US-Brazilian Relations,” The Wall Street Institute, Brasília, August 15, 2001,
Anthony P. Spanakos. “Actors and Interest Mediation,” Discussant, City University of New York, “Reforming Brazil” Conference, New York, May 18, 2001,
Anthony P. Spanakos. “The Impact of Municipal Elections on the Reform Process in Brazil,” Discussant, City University of New York, New York, November 16, 2000,
Anthony P. Spanakos. “Property Rights and Political Transitions,” Discussant, New England Council on Latin American Studies, Amherst, October 14, 2000,
Anthony P. Spanakos. “Divergence and Convergence over Race: Brazil and the Dominican Republic in Comparative Perspectives,” at a Sawyer Seminar hosted by the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill on “The Concept and Consequences of Race: Cross-National and Cross-Disciplinary Perspectives,” Chapel Hill, March 29, 2000,
Anthony P. Spanakos. "Mythinterpreting" Democracia Racial: Raca e Consciência no Brasil,” Centro de Estudos Afro-Asiàticos, Rio de Janeiro, January 6, 1999
FELLOWSHIPS AND RESEARCH New Jersey Council of the Humanities Grant Director of “How Does Politics Affect Inequality and Injustice in Latin America” discussion Series for the Latin American and Latino Studies program at Montclair State University
East Asia Institute, Visiting Fellow Studied Sino-Relations while inside an academic think tank in Singapore focusing on China and its relations with the rest of the world (May-Aug 2009)
Fulbright Visiting Professor Selected by the CIES and the US and Venezuelan Fulbright Commissions to do research at the Institute of Superior Study of Administration and on the credibility of economic policies (Jan –Aug 2008)
Instructor, MSU teacher training program, Shanghai 2007 One of eight professors chosen to train Chinese professors from East China Normal University and Shanghai Normal University. Taught “writing for the natural sciences.”
Visiting Researcher, Singapore Management University 2007 Conducted research on political and economic cycles in developing countries.
Fulbright Visiting Professor Selected by the CIES and the US and Brazilian Fulbright Commissions to teach at the University of Brasília and to do research on the 2002 elections (July- Dec 2002)
Opinion Maker Selected by the Brazilian Embassy in Washington to observe development projects in the Northeast of Brazil as part of the Brazilian Foreign Ministry’s “Opinion Makers” program (Dec 2001)
Research Assistantship Javier Corrales (Amherst College)- Research assistant for a project which examined the politics behind successful implementation of structural adjustment programs in Latin America (Spring 1999)
Foreign Language and Area Studies Grant One year grant to study Portuguese language and to do field research in Brazil (Fall 1998/Spring 1999) Foreign Language and Area Studies Summer Grant Grant for study of Spanish and field research in the Dominican Republic (Summer 1997)
Library Research Grant University of Florida-Gainesville Grant to use resources of University of Florida Gainesville’s collection on Latin America (Summer 1997)
Teaching Assistantship- UMass Amherst (Fall 1995-Spring 1998) See “teaching experience”
Stanley J. Seegar Scholarship for Study in Greece, Princeton University Grant to do field research on political behavior in Greece (Summer 1994)
Columbus Scholars Program One of fifty US high school students chosen to go to the Dominican Republic to be part of a cultural and scholastic program in the Dominican Republic (Summer 1990)
LANGUAGES Portuguese, Spanish, Greek, some Mandarin
SERVICE, MEMBERSHIP AND OTHER NOTES Director, Latin American and Latino Studies, MSU, 2011- Deputy Chair, Political Science and Law, MSU, 2011- Member, MSU College of Humanities and Social Sciences Curriculum Committee 2011- Member, MSU Strategic Planning Committee 2008-2010 Reviewer, University of Toronto Press, 2009- Reviewer, Revista Análise Económica, 2008- Member, MSU Global Education Grants Committee 2008-2009 Member, Latin American and Caribbean Economic Association, 2008- Discussion Group, ‘Our Underachieving Colleges’ at MSU Teaching Academy 2007 Member, Secretary, MSU Undergraduate Curriculum Committee, 2007-2011 Program Committee Member, BRASA IX, 2007-2008 Contributor, Political Handbook of the World, 2007-2010 Member, Advisory Board and Curriculum Committee, Latin American and Latino Studies Program, Montclair State University 2006- Reviewer, Canadian Journal of Latin American and Caribbean Studies, 2008- Reviewer, Latin American Politics and Society, 2005- Reviewer, Journal of Latin American Urban Studies, 2005- Alumnus Interviewer (Brooklyn) Princeton University, 2005- Faculty Advisor, Political Science Society Club, Touro College 2005-2006 Departmental Liaison, Information Technology Committee, Touro College 2004-2006 Editor, Section of Political Economy-Brazil, Handbook of Latin American Studies, 2002- Co-Section Chair, Economy, Development, Finance Section, BRASA 2002- Member of the Asian Studies Association 2006-present Member of the American Political Science Association 1995-present Member of the Modern Greek Studies Association 1997-2001 Member of the Latin American Studies Association 1997-present Member of the Brazilian Studies Association 1999-present Member of the New England Council of Latin American Studies 2000-present Member of UMass Political Science Graduate Studies Committee, 1997-8 Member of UMass Political Science Undergraduate Studies Committee, 1998 Inducted in Pi Sigma Alpha Honor Society in 1997 Regional coordinator for the National Association of Hispanic and Latino Studies, 1997 Alumnus Interviewer (Western Massachusetts) for Princeton University 1999- 2000 Fraternity coordinator at Lambda Chi Alpha (UMass), 1996-8 Fraternity Resident Scholar at Sigma Epsilon Fraternity (MIT), 1999-2000 Faculty advisor for the Hellenic Society of Tufts University 1999-2000 Wrote opinion pieces in the Athens Weekly Greek News on Modern Greek politics, economics and history, 1994