David Smilde

(He / Him / His)

I am the Charles A and Leo M Favrot Professor of Human Relations and Senior Associate at the Center for Inter-American Policy and Research. I have published five books and 30 academic articles and chapters on Venezuela, and have written op eds on Venezuela for the New York Times, Washington Post and Foreign Policy. I publish commentary and research on my substack: "Venezuela and the United States" davidsmilde.substack.com.

Experience

  • –present
    Professor of Sociology, Latin America, Venezuela, human rights, US foreign policy, political conflict, violence., Tulane University

Education

  • 2000 
    University of Chicago, Ph.D, sociology

Honours

American Sociological Association, Section on the Sociology of Religion Distinguished Book Award 2008; Association for the Sociology of Religion Distinguished Article Award 2016

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