Dr. Robert H. Trudeau

Political Science Department  Providence College Providence,  Rhode Island 02918-0001  Phone: (401) 865-2629  Fax: (401) 865-1222  E-Mail: rtrudeau@providence.edu

Education

• University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill; Ph.D. in Political Science granted in 1971:
• Fields: Latin American Politics, Political Development, Comparative Politics;
• Dissertation: Costa Rican Voting Behavior: Its Socio-Economic Correlates (Committee Chair: Dr. John D. Martz)
• University of Massachusetts, Graduate School of Education, Secondary School Teaching Certification granted in 1962.
• University of Massachusetts, B.A. degree (Government, Spanish) granted in 1961.

Present Position

• Professor, Department of Political Science, Providence College (since 1970)
• Director, Center for Teaching Excellence, Providence College (1997-1999)

• Chair, Political Science Department, Providence College (1990-1994)
• Director, Latin American Studies Program, Political Science Department (1987-1993)
• Fulbright Professor, University of Buenos Aires, Political Science Program; and the Catholic University of Argentina, Program in Political Science, both in Buenos Aires, Argentina, August to November, 1988.
• Fulbright Professor, Instituto de Estudios Politicos y Sociales, Universidad Rafael Landívar, Guatemala City, January, 1980 to November, 1980.
• Peace Corps Volunteer, Choluteca, Honduras, Central America, 1964-1966.
• Spanish Teacher, Agawam High School (Agawam, MA), 1966, and Palmer High School (Palmer, MA) 1962-1964.

Book

• Guatemalan Politics: The Popular Struggle for Democracy, (Boulder, CO: Lynne Rienner Publishers, 1993).

• "Guatemala," in Latin American Politics and Development, 4th edition, ed. by Howard J. Wiarda and Harvey F. Kline (forthcoming, 2000).
• "Guatemala," in Political Parties of the Americas, 1980s to 1990s: Canada, Latin America, and the West Indies, ed. by Charles Ameringer (Westport CT: Greenwood, 1992).
• "Central America and Panama," in Handbook of Political Science Research on Latin America, 1960-1990, ed. by David Dent (Westport CT: Greenwood, 1991).
• "Guatemala," in Latin America and Caribbean Contemporary Record, vol. IX (1989-1990), ed. by James Malloy and Edward Gamarra (New York: Holmes and Meier, 1991).
• "Guatemala: Sozio-okonomische und politische Entwicklung, 1989/1990," Lateinamerika: Analysen, Daten, Dokumentation (Hamburg, Germany: Institut fur Iberoamerika-Kunde), No. 14 (July, 1990), pp. 7-18.
• "Guatemala," in Latin America and Caribbean Contemporary Record, vol. VIII (1988-1989), ed. by James Malloy and Edward Gamarra (New York: Holmes and Meier, 1990).
• "The 1985 Elections and the Prospects for Democracy in Guatemala," in John Booth and Mitchell Seligson (eds.), Recent Elections and Democracy in Central America (Chapel Hill, NC: University of North Carolina Press, 1989)
• (with Lars Schoultz) "Guatemala," in Morris J. Blachman, William M. LeoGrande, and Kenneth E. Sharpe (eds.), Confronting Revolution: Security Through Diplomacy in Central America (New York: Pantheon Books, 1986).

• Review of The Soul of Development: Biblical Christianity and Economic Transformation in Guatemala, by Amy L. Sherman, in Studies in Comparative International Development, forthcoming, 2000.
• Review of Demanding Democracy: Reform and Reaction in Costa Rica and Guatemala, 1870s-1950s, by Deborah J. Yashar, in Mesoamerica, forthcoming, 2000.
• Review of: Harvest of Violence: The Mayan Indians and the Guatemalan Crisis, ed. by Robert Carmack; and Foro del pueblo maya y los candidatos a la presidencia de Guatemala, ed. by Alberto Esquit Choy, in Mesoamérica, No. 27 (1994), pp. 198-203.
• "Understanding Transitions to Democracy: Recent Work on Guatemala," Latin American Research Review, Vol. 28, No.1 (1993), pp. 235-247.
• Review of: Human Rights in Africa: Cross-Cultural Perspective, ed. by Abdullah Ahmed An-Na'im and Francis M. Deng, in Providence: Studies in Western Civilization (Spring, 1993).
• Review of: External Debt, Savings, and Growth in Latin America, ed. by Ana Maria Martirena-Mantel; and Crises in the Caribbean Basin, ed. by Richard T. Tardanico, in American Political Science Review, vol. 83 no. 2 (June, 1989), pp. 697-699.
• Review of: Honduras Confronts Its Future, by Philip Shepherd and Mark Rosenberg (eds.), in Mesoamerica (Winter, 1988).
• Review of: Latin America: Bankers, Generals, and the Struggle for Social Justice, by James Petras, and of: U.S. Policy Toward Latin America: From Regionalism to Globalism, by Harold Molineu, in The Annals (Fall, 1987).
• Review of: Meeting the Challenge of Disability of Chronic Illness: A Family Guide, by L.A. Goldfarb, et al., in The Candlelighters Childhood Cancer Foundation Progress Reports, Vol. 6, Nol 2/3 (1986), p. 8.
• "Nicaragua Study Defends `Wrong' Side," review of Nicaragua: Revolution in the Family, by Shirley Christian, in The Providence Sunday Journal-Bulletin (September 8, 1985), p. I-7.
• Review of: The Developing Nations: A Comparative Perspective, by Robert Gamer, in New Political Science (Fall, 1977).

• "Report on Taking Students to Honduras," (presented at the annual meeting of the Massachusetts Council for International Education, Holyoke, MA, November, 1999)
• "Service-Learning and Citizenship Education: A Report from a Course on Latin American Politics," (presented at the Midwest Political Science Association Meeting, Chicago, April, 1997). Text
• "Guatemala's 1990 Elections and the Prospects for Democracy," paper presented at the Centre for International Studies, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby BC, Canada (March, 1991).
• "United States Policy in Central America and the Quality of Democracy in the United States," paper presented at the Argentine Association of American Studies Annual Meeting (Mar del Plata, Argentina, August, 1988).
• "Recent Social Policy and the Prospects for Democracy in Guatemala," paper delivered at the Conference: "Guatemala: A New Democracy," (Washington: The Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies, April, 1987).
• "Reflections on Organized Political Acitivity in Democratic Transitions," paper delivered at the Conference on the Transition to Democracy in the Southern Cone (Columbia, SC: University of South Carolina and US Information Agency, March, 1987).
• (with William Hudson and James Carlson) "The Use of the Group Discussion Format in the Introductory American Government Course," paper delivered at the New England Political Science Association Annual Meeting (Cambridge, MA: April 4, 1987).
• "Democracy in Guatemala: Present Status, Future Prospects," paper delivered at the International Meeting of the Latin American Studies Association (Boston: October, 1986).

• Keynote Speaker, Update Conference: Latin America, 1997 (Lawrence, KS: University of Kansas Center of Latin American Studies, March 15, 1997). Text of Prepared Statement
• Panel Discussant, International Meeting of the Latin American Studies Association, Atlanta, March, 1994. Panel Theme: United States Human Rights Policy in Latin America. Invited Academic Consultant, Center for International Policy's Congressional Staff Members Study Trip, Mexico and Guatemala, April, 1994.
• Panel Chair/Organizer, International Meeting of the Latin American Studies Association, Los Angeles, September, 1992. Panel Titles: New Conceptual and Research Directions in Human Rights in Latin America, Part I and Part II (funded by Plumsock Foundation).
• Panel Chair/Organizer, International Meeting of the Latin American Studies Association, New Orleans, March, 1988. Panel Title: "Recent Political and Economic Developments in Guatemala."
• Expert Testimony, Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere Affairs of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, United States House of Representatives (Ninety-Eight Congress: First Session (Washington: March 9, 1983).
• Panel Discussant, International Meeting of the Latin American Studies Association, April, 1979. Panel Theme: "New Directions in the Study of Inter-American Relations: Alternative Perspectives."
• Participant, OXFAM Study Tour, "Two Approaches to a National Food Policy: The Dominican Republic and Cuba," January, 1979.
• Session Organizer, Moderator, Symposium on the Ratification of the Panama Canal Treaties, Providence College, February, 1978.
• Panel Chair/Organizer, Joint Meetings of the Latin American Studies Association and the African Studies Association, November, 1977. Panel title: "The Politics of Population in Latin America and Africa: Research Strategies and Conceptual Issues."
• Panel Discussant, American Political Science Association Annual Meeting, August, 1977. Panel Theme: "Using Dependency Theory and Marxist-Leninist Analysis to Study Latin America."
• Panel Participant, Second Annual Conference on the Portuguese Speaking World, North Dartmouth, MA, Southeastern Massachusetts University, April 16, 1977. Panel Theme: "Revolution in Portugal: the International Perspective."
• Participant, second annual meeting of the International Population Policy Consortium, Dubrovnik, Yugoslavia, October, 1972. Panel Presentation: "Report on Population Policy Research in Puerto Rico."
• Panel Participant, second Population Policy/Political Science Workshop, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, May 4-5, 1972. Presentation: "Normative Implications of Population Policy Research."
• Founding Member, International Population Policy Consortium, January, 1971.
• Invited Observer, first Population Policy/Political Science Worshop, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, December 4-5, 1970.
• Rutgers University, Department of Education, NDEA Summer Program for Secondary School Spanish Teachers, Summer, 1963.

• Latin American Studies Association
• New England Council of Latin American Studies
• Guatemala Scholars Network (National Steering Committee) (Treasurer 1985-1993).
• Latin American Studies Association Task Force on Human Rights and Academic Freedom (1982-1985, co-chair 1984-85; 1991-1994, Chair 1991-1992).
• Swarthmore Central American Project (1982-1987)

• 1994-1996: President, Faculty Senate of Providence College
• 1993-1994: Academic Computer Facilities Committee; Martin Luther King, Jr., Program Committee; Feinstein Institute for Public Service Faculty Research Team
• Member, Faculty Research Team, Providence College, Feinstein Institute for Public Service (1993-1994 academic year). After Providence College received a $5 million grant to create a program in Community and Public Service, a small faculty research team was organized to implement the grant. Providence College is at present the only university in the United States to offer an academic major in Community and Public Service Studies for undergraduate students.
• 1992-1993: College Academic Computer Committee; College Committee on Social Life and Food Facilities;
• 1991-1992: Faculty Senate representative to Committee on Administration; College Academic Computer Committee;

Field Research:

• Costa Rica (1970), (funded by NIMH)
• Puerto Rico (1971), (funded by Carolina Population Center)
• Guatemala (1980), (coincident with Fulbright Lectureship)
• Guatemala and Mexico (1987), (funded by Providence College Committee to Aid Faculty Research)
• Argentina (1988), (coincident with Fulbright Lectureship)
• Honduras (1996) (ongoing project to document testimony of leaders of rural movements, with Jefferson Boyer)

• Fulbright Teaching Fellowship, Guatemala (1980)
• Fulbright Summer Seminar: South America Today (1986)
• Research Award, Providence College Committee to Aid Faculty Research, (1987)
• Fulbright Teaching Fellowship, Argentina (1988)
• Plumsock Foundation, award to support Latin American scholars and human rights activists at the Los Angeles (1992) meeting of the Latin American Studies Association (1991)

• Extended Travel (three months residence or longer): Honduras, Puerto Rico, Guatemala, Argentina
• Other Foreign Travel: Paraguay, Brazil, Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, Venezuela, Panama, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Mexico, United Kingdom, Ireland, Germany, India, Bhutan, Austria, Yugoslavia, Italy, Canada, France, Switzerland, Spain

• Providence College Student Congress Person of the Year Award, 1972-73
• Providence College President's Distinguished Faculty Award, 1997

• Founder of The Tomorrow Fund, a non-profit organization that supports the Children's Cancer program at Rhode Island Hospital; Member of the Board of Directors from 1985 to 1995, Secretary, 1987-1992; Vice-President 1992-1995.
• Member, Board of Directors, Candlelighters of Rhode Island (organization of families of children with cancer).