David Smilde

David Smilde

David Smilde is the Charles A and Leo M Favrot Professor of Human Relations and Chair of the Department of Sociology at Tulane University. He is teaching a seminar called Democratic Erosion and Resilience based on the DEC curriculum. David is a cultural sociologist...
Eszter Matyas

Eszter Matyas

ESZTER MATYAS graduated from Political Science at Central European University and Eotvos Lorand University (ELTE) where she was mainly researching the field of environmental politics. She was a junior research fellow at the Hungarian Academy of Sciences Center of...
James W. McGuire

James W. McGuire

James W. McGuire received a BA from Swarthmore and a PhD in political science from the University of California, Berkeley. His research and teaching focuses on democracy, social welfare policies, and public health, especially in Latin America and East Asia. McGuire is...
J. Salvador Peralta

J. Salvador Peralta

Dr. J. Salvador Peralta is an Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of West Georgia. He teaches courses on American Politics, Democratization, and Latin American Politics. His current research explores presidential behavior, social investment...
Fletcher D. Cox

Fletcher D. Cox

Fletcher D. Cox is an Associate Professor in the Political Science Department at William Jewell College. During the 2022 – 2023 academic year, he was a Visiting Researcher in the Department of Peace and Conflict Research (DPCR) at Uppsala University where he was...