Panel Discussion with:

Professor Luiz Pedone

Institute of Strategic Studies  Universidade Federal Fluminense

Kenneth Erickson

The Graduate Center and Hunter College

Jacqueline Braveboy-Wagner*

The Graduate Center and City College of New York

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Friday, April 25, 2014

At 4:00 PM

The Graduate Center, Room C 201

Luiz Pedone obtained his Ph.D. at the University of Massachusetts. He taught at the University of Brasilia from 1976 to 2003 and is currently a Professor of IR and Public Policy at the Institute of Strategic Studies (Inest) at Univ Federal Fluminense (UFF) in Niterói- Rio de Janeiro. His current research focuses on Science and Technology as key factor in defense strategy. He coordinates the Research Group Defense, S&T and International Politics at Inest-UFF. He also earned degrees in public administration at University of Brasilia and industrial engineering at Georgia Tech.

Kenneth Erickson is a professor of Political Science at Hunter College. His areas of specialization include comparative politics, Latin American politics, democratization, drugs and public policy, and environmental and energy policy. TO RESERVE please send an email to bildner@gc.cuny.edu