Professor, Political Science and Law
Faculty Expert: Political Theory and Popular Culture, Brazil, Venezuela, Populism, Democratization, Security, and Foreign Policies of Developing Countries
Dr. Anthony Spanakos, Professor, received his PhD from the University of Massachusetts Amherst. His research interests are political economy and democracy in Latin America, foreign policy of rising powers, Sino-Latin American relations, and political theory and popular culture. He is the co-editor of Reforming Brazil (2004, Lexington) and Conceptualising Comparative Politics (2015, Routledge) and the book series Conceptualising Comparative Politics (Routledge). He is co-editor for an upcoming special issue of Latin American Perspectives on “The Legacy of Hugo Chavez.” His research has been published in a number of scholarly journals and books. He was a Fulbright Visiting Fellow in Brazil (2002) and Venezuela (2008) and a visiting research fellow at the National University of Singapore’s East Asia Institute (2009). He teaches courses in comparative politics, international relations, political theory, Latin American politics and political economy.
Dr. Spanakos is an expert on political theory and popular culture, Populism, and foreign policies of developing countries.
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About Anthony Spanakos
Faculty Expert: Political Theory and Popular Culture, Brazil, Venezuela, Populism, Democratization, Security, and Foreign Policies of Developing Countries
Dr. Anthony Spanakos, Professor, received his PhD from the University of Massachusetts Amherst. His research interests are political economy and democracy in Latin America, foreign policy of rising powers, Sino-Latin American relations, and political theory and popular culture. He is the co-editor of Reforming Brazil (2004, Lexington) and Conceptualising Comparative Politics (2015, Routledge) and the book series Conceptualising Comparative Politics (Routledge). He is co-editor for an upcoming special issue of Latin American Perspectives on “The Legacy of Hugo Chavez.” His research has been published in a number of scholarly journals and books. He was a Fulbright Visiting Fellow in Brazil (2002) and Venezuela (2008) and a visiting research fellow at the National University of Singapore’s East Asia Institute (2009). He teaches courses in comparative politics, international relations, political theory, Latin American politics and political economy.
Dr. Spanakos is an expert on political theory and popular culture, Populism, and foreign policies of developing countries.
| Present | Professor, Montclair State University ‐ Political Science and Law | |
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Disciplines
Research Interests
Brazil, Venezuela, BRICS, Comparative Politics, Political Economy, Populism, Democratization, Securit, Foreign Policies of Developing Countries, Political Theory and Popular Culture, and South-South relations and the English School of International Relations: Chinese and Brazilian ideas and involvement in Sub-Saharan Africa
Professional Service and Affiliations
| 2009 - Present | Reviewer, University of Toronto Press | 2008 - Present | Member, Latin American and Caribbean Economic Association | 2008 - Present | Reviewer, Revista Analise Economica | 2008 - Present | Reviewer, The Canadian Association for Latin American and Caribbean Studies | 2006 - Present | Member, Association for Asian Studies | 2000 - Present | Member, New England Council of Latin American Studies | 1999 - Present | Member, Brazilian Studies Association | 1997 - Present | Member, Latin American Studies Association | 1997 - Present | Member, Pi Sigma Alpha Honor Society | 1995 - Present | Member, American Political Science Association | 1997 - 2001 | Member, Modern Greek Studies Association |
| 2000 | PhD, University of Massachusetts Amherst ‐ Political Science | |
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| 1998 | MA, University of Massachusetts Amherst ‐ Political Science | |
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| 1995 | AB, Princeton University ‐ Political Science | |
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