Dr. Douglas Friedman is Director of Latin American and Caribbean Studies. He received his B.A. from Richmond College, City University of New York and his M.Phil. and Ph.D. from the City University of New York Graduate School and has been a member of the Department of Political Science since 1983. Dr. Friedman's main teaching and research interests include Comparative Politics - Latin American, Economic and Political Development, Revolution; and Political Theory - Ancient, Medieval and Modern. He supervises students participating in Model OAS delegations and is chair of the Faculty Council that organizes the Edgar Maya Model OAS in Washington D.C. each year.

Dr. Friedman has traveled extensively in Latin America and is the author of The State and Underdevelopment in Spanish America: The Political Roots of Dependency in Peru and Argentina , published by Westview Press.

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You can reach me by e-mail at: friedmand@cofc.edu