Areas of Research/Interest: Fear and violence; urban cultures; corporate social responsibility programs in developing countries; sociological theory; sociology of culture. External Affiliations: American Sociological Association; International Sociological Association; Fellow, New York Institute for the Humanities; Board of Directors, Rainforest Alliance; President, South/North De! velopment Initiative (SNDI). Fellowships/Honors: Breaking Barriors Award, National Hispanic Employees Association, 1996; Visiting Scholar, Ecole des Hautes Etudes, Paris, 1993; Fulbright Fellow, Argentina, 1985; Tinker Fellow, 1977-1978; Phi Beta Kappa, 1965; Wien International Fellow, 1962-1965.
Bio:
I like to think of myself as a scholar, sailor, polyglot, world traveler, and adventurer. I was born in Argentina and have lived most of my adult life in New York City, but sometimes also in Boston, Buenos Aires, Florence, and Paris. After a number of years in the higher-learning industry, I am glad to be back in my profession, as Professor of Sociology, Faculty of Arts and Science, New York University. I find the University and the Department much changed for the better. I was Executive Director of New York University in Florence at Villa La Pietra from 1998 to 2000. In Italy, I was also a Visiting Professorial Lecturer on Latin American Politics at the Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies of the Johns Hopkins University, Bologna Center. Among other former positions, I was Associate, then Acting Dean of the Graduate School of Arts and Science at New York University, 1994-1997.
Select Publications:
The fitful republic: Economy, society, and politics in Argentina. Westview Press, 1985
Fear at the Edge: State Terror and Resistance in Latin America. University of California Press, 1992
"On Violence and Terror," Telos, Fall 2001. Los hilos del desorden. Primeras trayectorias geopoliticas del siglo XXI. Buenos Aires: Del Umbral, 2006.
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