Wilson Center Experts
Joseph S. Tulchin
Dr. Joseph S. Tulchin was selected as Director of the Wilson Center's Latin American Program in 1989. 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
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
Latin America, International Relations, Urban Studies
Project Summary
A brief history of hemispheric relations. It is based on a dual perspective--U.S. and Latin America--and takes both points of view into account.
Major Publications
- Decentralization, Democratic Governance, and Civil Society in Comparative Perspective, co-editor (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2004)
- Latin America in the New International System, co-editor (Lynne Rienner Publishers, 2001)
- Argentina and the United States: A Conflicted Relationship (Twayne, 1990)
- The Aftermath of War: World War I and U.S. Policy Toward Latin America (New York University Press, 1971)
