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AdvisorsUNDERGRADUATE ADVISING The filing and revision of concentration forms is to be done with the DS Director. The Director must also be consulted about any curricular exceptions or about matters involving policies concerning the Development Studies concentration. Students are encouraged to speak with the Director about any concerns or comments they might have about the DS concentration. The Watson Institute's Academic Programs Coordinator is available during office hours to speak with students about routine matters concerning the concentration or other procedural issues that may arise in dealing with the University's administrative offices. Development Studies Program Faculty Advisors, Fall '08:
Gianpaolo Baiocchi (Director) Areas: Civil Society, Local Government, Theory. Latin America, esp. Brazil. Office Hours: Tues. 10-12, WIIS, 313 Cornel Ban (DEVL 1980) Areas: Comparative Political Economy, Policy Diffusion, Social Policy and Labor Market Deregulation in the EU, Eastern Europe. Office Hours: Mon; Tues 10-12, WIIS, 125 Keith Brown Areas: South Eastern Europe, Democracy promotion in post-conflict settings: History and Memory. Office Hours: Wed. 9-10.30, WIIS, 336 Elliott Colla, Comparative Literature Department Areas: Modern Arabic and English literature, the Arabic novel, postcolonial theory with focus on Egyptian and Palestinian literature, politics of antiquities. Office Hours: Tues. 2-4 Lina Fruzzetti, Anthropology Department Areas: Social anthropology, gender in India, nationalism and postcolonial studies, development and culture, ethnographic film making. identity and citizenship within Islam and Hinduism, East and North Africa communities. Office Hours: Wed. 12-2, Anthro Miguel Glatzer Development Studies Areas: State-building; democratization; non-profits and civil society; social policy in new democracies; the welfare states of advanced industrialized countries; nationalism and education; and comparative political economy. WIIS, 125 Patrick Heller, Sociology Department Areas: Development and comparative political economy, globalization, democratization and civil society with a focus on South Asia and Southern Africa, Brazil, labor and inequality. Office Hours: Th. 3-5, Maxcy 410. Please sign up using http://www.brown.edu/signup/user/signup.php?action=SIGNUP&project_id=377 Paget Henry, Sociology and Africana Studies Departments Areas: Political Sociology, Critical Theory, Caribbean Studies, Political Sociology, Critical Theory, culture and development, Colonial Cultures. Office Hours: Wed. 3-5 , Churchill, 207 José Itzigsohn, Sociology Department Office Hours: TBA, Maxcy Hall, 203 Geoffrey Kirkman, Watson Institute Areas: Information and communication technologies (ICTs), media and international development; social entrepreneurship; Latin American baseball, UNDPHuman Development Report. Office Hours: email for appointment, WIIS, 249 Louis Putterman, (MA Advisor, DS MA Program) Economics Areas: Development Economics, Experimental Economics. Office Hours: M, W 2-2:50, Economics, Robinson Hall, 206 Daniel Smith, Anthropology Department Areas: The relationship between socio-cultural and demographic processes, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa; rural-urban migration; medical anthropology; HIV/AIDS; contemporary marriage; reproductive health and behavior; corruption in Nigeria. Office Hours: on-leave -by appointment only. Richard Snyder, Political ScienceAreas: comparative politics, with an emphasis on the political economy of development, political regimes, and Latin American politics, Neoliberalism, esp. in Mexico. Office Hours: M 2-4 Prospect House
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