Hobart and William Smith Colleges

27 July 2012 DAgostino Publishes on Latin America

Associate Dean for Global Education Tom DAgostino recently co-edited Understanding Contemporary Latin America (4^th edition), with St. John Fisher Professor of Political Science Richard S. Hillman.

Part of a series titled Understanding: Introductions to the States and Regions of the Contemporary World, the book is an interdisciplinary overview of Latin America and includes chapters focusing on geography, history, politics, religion, environmental issues, and the role of women.

The fourth addition of the book incorporates the rich history and development of Latin America, and also addresses the wide range of issues facing the region in the first decade of the 21st century. Analyzing current events relating to the economy, environment education and cultural expression through the newest scholarship on the subjects, DAgostino and Hillman paint a vivid portrait of Latin American in contemporary society and explore U.S. and world views of the region.

In addition to DAgostinos work, Professor of Economics and Latin American Studies Scott McKinney contributed a chapter on the economies of the region.

DAgostino and Hillman have also recently co-authored Understanding the Contemporary Caribbean as part of the same series with Lynne Rienner Publishers, and have collaborated on several other publications, including the book Distant Neighbors in the Caribbean: The Dominican Republic and Jamaica in Comparative Perspective; the article Political Parties, Public Opinion, and the Future of Democracy in Venezuela, published in Opinio Pblica, and Comparing Hispanic and Anglophone Political Cultures in the Caribbean: The Cases of the Dominican Republic and Jamaica, in Caribbean Studies newsletter. DAgostino also wrote the chapter Latin American Politics in Understanding Contemporary Latin America, edited by Hillman.

DAgostino has more than a decade of teaching experience, offering courses in political science and Latin American and Caribbean studies. Before joining the Colleges in 2000, DAgostino was an associate professor of political science and director of international programs at Siena College. He holds masters and doctoral degrees in political science from Syracuse University, and a bachelors degree in political science and Spanish, receivedcum laude,from St. John Fisher College.