Wilson Center Experts

Dr. Joseph S. Tulchin served as Director of the Latin American Program from 1989 through 2005. His areas of expertise are U.S. foreign policy, inter-American relations, contemporary Latin America, strategic planning, and social science research methodology. Dr. Tulchin was previously Professor of History and Director of International Programs at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he edited the Latin American Research Review, and served for seven years as a faculty member of Yale University. He holds a Ph.D. in history from Harvard University, read history at Peterhouse, Cambridge, and received his B.A. from Amherst College. Throughout his long career he has taught or lectured in nearly every country in the hemisphere, published more than 100 scholarly articles and more than seventy books.
 

Education

Ph.D., History, Harvard University; Cambridge University; B.A., American Studies, Amherst College
 

Subjects

Argentina,Democratization,International Security,Latin America,U.S. Foreign Policy,Urban Issues
 

Honors

Three time recipient of a Fulbright Scholarship; NDEA Fellow; and National Fellow (Hoover Institution)
 

Experience

Professor of History and Director of International Programs at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Professor of History at Yale University; author; consultant to U.S. Dept. of State, UN Habitat, USAID

Expertise

Contemporary Latin America; hemispheric affairs and U.S. foreign policy; and comparative urban development