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Goldfarb Fellow: Steve Stamos
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Tuesday April 8, 2008
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7:00 p.m. |
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Diamond
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Lecture |
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THE PEACE CORPS IN THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
GUALETE: A CASE STUDY
Professor Steve Stamos
Bucknell University
Tuesday, April 8 at 7 pm Diamond 122
This presentation will examine the reality and context of rural underdevelopment in the Dominican Republic by focusing on a case study of the work of a Peace Corps cluster group in the community of Gualete located in the Puerta Plata region.
The talk will examine the specific projects (health, water, micro finance, and education) of three volunteers as well as the impact and legacy of their work.
Professor Stamos will critically examine the challenges and opportunities of contemporary globalization in this context and the growing importance of programs such as the Peace Corps for Soft Diplomacy for the United States.
Biography
Stephen Stamos, (Ph.D. The Union Institute) is Professor of economics and international relations. Steve joined the Bucknell faculty in 1974. He was a member of the economics department for 15 years and has been in the International Relations program since. Currently, he is the Director of the IR program. He has taught at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, the University of California, San Diego, and the National Autonomous University of Mexico, Mexico City. He has served as a Director for Eastern Environmental (a public firm), has been a consultant to the Swarthmore Group (a private firm), and has been an adjunct faculty member in the international division of a training program for JP Morgan bank.
Professor Stamos teaches and does research in the following areas: international economics and finance, economic development, globalization, and energy and environmental economics. He is the author of six books: Economics: A Tool for Understanding Society (now in its 8th edition); International Economics; The ABC?s of International Finance;, International Economic Policy; Exploring the Global Economy; and Energy Economics.
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