Amílcar Antonio Barreto
Special Assistant to the Dean, College of Arts & Sciences
Editor, Northeastern Series on Democratization & Political Development, University Press of New England
Associate Director, Humanities Center
Associate Professor of Political Science
J.D., Ph.D., SUNY, Buffalo
301 Meserve Hall
(617) 373-2783
(617) 373-5311 (fax)
a.barreto@neu.edu
Vita
Areas of Study
Comparative Politics, Ethnicity and Nationalism
Selected Publications
- "Vieques and the Politics of Democratic Resistance." The National Centennial Review. Vol. 8, No. 1 (2008)
- Vieques, the Navy, and Puerto Rican Politics. Gainesville: University Press of Florida, 2002
- The Politics of Language in Puerto Rico. Gainesville: University Press of Florida, 2001
- Language, Elites and the State: Nationalism in Puerto Rico and Quebec. Westport, CT: Praeger, 1998
- "Nationalism, Language Policy, and Nested Games in Puerto Rico" Caribbean Studies 30:1 (2002)
- "Statehood, the English Language, and the Politics of Education in Puerto Rico" Polity 34:1 (2001)
- “Conducting Identities:Ethnic Boundaries and Elite Preferences in Puerto Rico” Nationalism and Ethnic Politics 7:1 (2001)
- “Modelos ecológicos de apoyo partidista en Puerto Rico, 1980-1992” [“Ecological Models of Party Support in Puerto Rico, 1980-1992”]. Revista de Ciencias Sociales, 9 (2000)
Selected Professional Activities
- Phi Beta Delta Honor Society for International Scholars, Alpha Nu Chapter
- Member, Executive Committee, Program in Latino, Latin American and Caribbean Studies
- Distinguished Alumnus, Universidad Interamericana de Puerto Rico, 2002.
- "I Speak, Therefore I Am: Language and the Progression of Puerto Rican Identity," UCLA Humanities Consortium Conference on Language and Nation, June 2002.
Courses 2007-2008
Fall 2007
- POL G350 Seminar Comparative Politics
Courses 2006-2007
Fall 2006
- POL U510 International Law
Courses 2005-2006
Fall 2005
- POL U380 Latino Politics in the US
Spring 2006
- POL G362 Nationalism
Courses 2004-2005
Fall 2004
- POL U510 International Law
- POL G350 Seminar Comparitive Politics
Spring 2005
- POL U510 International Law
- POL U580 Special Topics: Comparitive Politics and IR
