LYNN-DARRELL BENDER Cond. Villa Caparra Executive
Apt. 6-G Villa Caparra
Guaynabo, Puerto Rico 00966 (809) 783-6179
lbender@ns.inter.edu lbender@coqui.net
http://coqui.lce.org/lbender PRESENT POSITION
Professor of Political Science
Coordinator of Distance Learning Inter American University
Carretera P.R. 1
Esq. Calle Francisco Seín Río Piedras, Puerto Rico 00926
EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND The George Washington
University, Ph.D, 1972, Political Science (NDEA Title IV Fellowship, 1969-71. National Sciences Foundation
Traineeship, 1971-72.)
Dissertation "U.S.-Cuban
Relations, 1959-1972: The Determinants, Implications and Consequences of American Policy Toward
the Revolutionary Regime Fields of Study
International Politics
Comparative Politics and Government Political Theory
U.S. Foreign Policy
Latin American Government and Politics Tools
Spanish and
French The George Washington University, Master of Philosophy,
1971. University of Buenos Aires, Argentina, Politics, 1962, on Rotary International
Fellowship. Georgetown University, School of Foreign Service, International Affairs, B.S.F.S. (cum
laude), 1960-61. University of Madrid, Spain, Junior Year Abroad, 1959-60.
Georgetown University, 1958-59. Bakersfield
College, Bakersfield, California, Political Science, A.A., 1956-58.
UNIVERSITY EXPERIENCE Professor of Political Science, Inter American University, 1975-2001.
Fulbright Scholar, National Autonomous University of Mexico, Mexico City,
1980-81. Dean of Academic Affairs, Inter American University, San Germán, Puerto Rico,
1974-77 Chairman, Department of History, Political
Science and Geography, Inter American University, San Germán, Puerto Rico, 1972-74.
Associate Professor of Political Science, Inter American University, San
Germán, 1972-74. Lecturer in Political Science, Howard University, Washington, D.C.,
1971-72. PRIOR EMPLOYMENT CHRONOLOGY
Second Secretary-Vice Consul, Political/Economic Officer, American Embassy, Libreville,
Gabon, Africa, 1968. Educational and Cultural Exchange Officer, American Republics Area,
Department of State, Washington, D.C., 1966-68. Third
Secretary-Vice Consul, American Embassy, Caracas, Venezuela,
1964-66. Initial Foreign Service Officer Training and Employment Division, Department
of State, Washington, D.C., 1963. Administrative Assistant, Christensen Diamond Products, S.A.,
Madrid, Spain, 1961.
Previous- various summer jobs. PERSONAL
Born: May 14, 1938, Yankton, South Dakota.
Married: three children, all independent. Health: excellent.
Military: completed in 1962, USMCR.
Languages: bilingual Spanish, proficient in French (tested by Foreign Service Institute, Department
of State). PUBLICATIONS Articles
"U.S.Cuban Policy: Subtle Modifications and the Implications of the American-Soviet Understandings,"
The Journal of International and Comparative Studies (now Potomac Review), Vol. 5, No. 2, (Spring 1972), pp. 50-67.
"U.S. Cuban Policy Under the Nixon Administration: Subtle Modifications," Revista/Review Interamericana, Vol.
II, No. 3 (Fall 1972), pp. 330-341. "Guantánamo: Its Political, Military, and Legal Status," Caribbean
Quarterly, Vol. 19, No. 1 (March 1973), pp. 80-86. "U.S. Claims Against the Cuban Government: An Obstacle
to Rapprochement, Inter American Economic Affairs, Vol. 27, No. 1 (Summer 1973), pp. 3-13. "The Cuban
Exiles: An Analytical Sketch," The Journal of Latin American Studies (London), Vol. 4, Part 2 (November 1973), pp. 271-278.
"Gitmo: Vestige of Americana in Cuba," United States Naval Institute Proceedings, Vol. 99, No. 12/850
(December 1973), pp. 114-116. "Cuba, the United States and Sugar," Caribbean Studies, Vol. 14,
No. 1 (April 1974), pp. 155-160. "Puerto Rico: Site of the Primordial University of the Americas,"
translation and adaptation of work by Aurelio Tíó, Revista/Review Interamericana, Vol. IV, No. 4 (Winter 1975), pp. 484-492.
"U.S. Cuban Policy in Perspective: Aberration or Politics as Usual? [Perplexing Hemisphere], Revista/Review
Interamericana, Vol. IV, No. 4 (Winter 1975), pp. 484-492. "Contained Nationalism: The Mexican Foreign
Policy Example,"[Perplexing Hemisphere], Revista/Review Interamericana, Vol. V, No. 1 (Spring 1975), pp.1-4.
"OAS: Sighs of a Moribund Idealism," [Perplexing Hemisphere], Revista/Review Interamericana, Vol. V, No. 2
(Summer 1975), pp. 143-145. "Mexico's Revolutionary Totalitarian Democracy," [Perplexing Hemisphere],
Revista/Review Interamericana, Vol. V, No. 3 (Fall 1975), pp. 321-323. "The American Revolution and
the Caribbean: Two Views," with Martin Needler, [Perplexing Hemisphere], Revista/Review Interamericana, Vol. V, No. 4
(Winter 1975-76), pp. 555-557. "Nationalistic Authoritarianism: The Essence of NeoMilitarism in Latin
America," [Perplexing Hemisphere] Revista/Review Interamericana, Vol. VI, No. 1 (Spring 1976), pp. 1-2.
"José Enrique Rodó and Liberal Democracy for Latin America," [Perplexing Hemisphere], Revista/Review Interamericana,
Vol. VI, No. 2 (Summer 1976), pp. 153-155. "Argentine Foreign Policy: History of a Chameleonic Nationalism,"
[Perplexing Hemisphere], Revista/Review Interamericana, Vol. VI, No. 3 (Fall 1976), pp. 317-320. 'Education
and U. S. Policy Toward Latin America," [Perplexing Hemisphere] Revista/Review Interamericana, Vol. VI, No. 4 (Winter
197677), pp. 481-484. "Professionalism and American Diplomacy," Revista Cayey (University of Puerto
Rico), Vol. 14, No. 19 (August 1977), pp. 85-89. "The Recondite Limits of Cuban Foreign Policy,"
Sind Journal of Political Science and Modern History, Vol. II, No. 1 (Winter 1977), pp. 110-111, and Scholarly Commentaries
Appraising Two Academic Conferences (Latin American Monograph Series #4, Institute for Latin American Studies of Northwestern
Pennsylvania), pp. 34-35. "Brazil: Giant in Pursuit of Greatness," [Perplexing Hemisphere], Revista/Review
Interamericana, Vol. VII, No. 1 (Spring 1977), pp. 1-2. "Selective Morality: U.S. Foreign Policy and
Human Rights in Latin America," [Perplexing Hemisphere], Revista/Review Interamericana, Vol. VII, No. 2 (Summer 1977),
pp. 161-162. "Nationalism, Communism, and Marginal Change in Latin America," [Perplexing Hemisphere],
Revista/Review Interamericana, Vol. VII, No. 3 (Fall 1977), pp. 355-357. "Puerto Rico and Historical
Struggles for Legislative Autonomy," [Perplexing Hemisphere], Revista/Review Interamericana, Vol. YII, No. 4 (Winter
197778), pp. 561-563. "La política exterior de Cuba," Revista Homines (Universidad Interamericana,
San Juan), Vol. 2, No. 1 (January-May 1978), pp. 30-33. "The External Penetration of Latin America,"
[Perplexing Hemisphere], Revista/Review Interamericana, Vol. VIII, No. 1 (Spring 1978), pp. 1-2. "Cuba
and the Hemisphere: Present and Future," Revista/Review Interamericana, Vol. VIII, No. 2 (Summer 1978), pp. 289-296.
"Venezuela: Wealth and Democracy as Obstacles to Development," [Perplexing Hemisphere], Revista/Review
Interamericana, Vol. VIII, No. 3 (Fall 1978), pp. 377-379. "Venezuela and the New International Economic
Order" [Perplexing Hemisphere], Revista/Review Interamericana, Vol. VIII, No. 4 (Winter 1978-79), pp. 541-544.
"Las relaciones cubano-estadounidenses: la prolongación de la hostilidad," Revista Homines, Vol. 3, No. 12 (January-December
1979), pp. 92-101. "Mexico and Its Oil: Still Far From Heaven and Close to the United States,"
[Perplexing Hemisphere], Revista/Review Interamericana, Vol. IX, No. 1 (Spring 1979), pp. 1-4. "México,
Estados Unidos, y el petróleo," Opiniones Latinoamericanas, November 1979, pp. 23-25. "Espectativas
e implicaciones del retorno de Cuba a las Américas," Chapter in Problemas del Caribe contemporáneo [Rio Piedras, P.R.,
Instituto de Estudios del Caribe, Universidad de Puerto Rico, 1979], pp. 167-179. "Latin America: Demise
of the Democratic Ideal," [Perplexing Hemisphere], Revista/Review Interamericana, Vol. IX, No. 2 (Summer 1979), pp. 159-161.
"The Cuban Exiles: 'Gusanos' or 'Mariposas'?" [Perplexing Hemisphere}, Revista/Review Interamericana,
Vol. IX, No. 3 (Fall 1979), pp. 331-334. "Development and the State in Latin America," [Perplexing
Hemisphere], Revista/Review Interamericana, Vol. X, No. 1 (Spring 1980), pp. 1-3. "The Core Interests
of the Soviet Union in Cuba," [Perplexing Hemisphere], Revista/Review Interamericana, Vol X, No. 2 (Summer 1980), pp.
131-134. "Getting Tough With Cuba Again," [Perplexing Hemisphere], Revista/Review Interamericana,
Vol. X, No. 3 (Fall 1980), pp. 287-285. "Los militares y la despolitización de América Latina,"
Opiniones Latinoamericanas, February 1981, pp. 24-27. "The Not so (Un)Welcome Neighbors," [Perplexing
Hemisphere], Revista/Review Interamericana, Vol. XI, No. 1 (Spring 1981), pp. 1-3. "Tethering Latin
America Internationally," [Perplexing Hemisphere], Revista/Review Interamericana, Vol XI, No. 2 (Summer 1981), pp. 155-158.
"King Cane May Reign in the Caribbean," [Perplexing Hemisphere],Revista/Review Interamericana, Vol.
XI, No. 3 (Fall 1981), pp. 301-303. "Castro and the Soviets: Pals to What End?" U.S. Naval
Institute Proceedings, February 1982, pp. 102-103. "Cuba: What Soviet-American Understandings?"
Revista Homines, Vol. 6, No. 1 (January-June 1982), pp. 189-192. "Cuba Libre?" [Perplexing Hemisphere]
Revista/Review Interamericana, Vol. XII, No. 1 (Spring 1982), pp. 34-36. "Estado de Sitio" [Perplexing
Hemisphere], Revista/Review Interamericana, Vol. XII, No. 2 (Summer 1982), pp. 181-184. "Límites a una
política exterior independiente," Ambito Internacional (Mexico), Vol. 1, No. 2, October, 1983. Introduction
to Jeffrey M. Puryear, "Only the United States Can Decolonize Puerto Rico" [Perplexing Hemisphere], Revista/Review
Interamericana, Vol. XII, No. 4 (Winter 1982-83), pp. 489-495. Introduction to Angel Rivera Ortiz and Juan
R. Fernández, "Perspectives on Jeffrey M. Puryear's Essay 'Only the United States Can Decolonize Puerto Rico', [Perplexing
Hemisphere], Revista/Review Interamericana, Vol.III, No. 1-4 (1983), pp. 1-6. "The Few vs. the Many:
Ruling Class Domination in Latin America, [Perplexing Hemisphere] Revista/Review Interamericana, Vol. XIV, No. 14 (Spring/Winter
1984), pp. 1-3. "Latin America: Mea Culpa?" [Perplexing Hemisphere] Revista/Review Interamericana,
Vol. XV, No. 14 (1985), pp. 1-3. Latin America: Between the Fat and the Lean [Perplexing Hemisphere] Revista/Review
Interamericana, Vol. XVI. No. 1-4, pp. 1-3. "Playing Games with Latin America, [Perplexing Hemisphere]
Revista/Review Interamericana, Vol. XVII, No. 3-4 (1987), pp. 1-4. "How Should the U.S. Deal with Cuba?"
[Perplexing Hemisphere] Revista/Review Interamericana, Vol. XVIII, No. 1-2 (1988), pp. 1-5. "The Enemies
of Latin American Democracy," [Perplexing Hemisphere] Revista/Review Interamericana, Vol. XVIII, No. 3-4 (1988), pp.
1-3. "Participación y la democracia latinoamericana," [Perplexing Hemisphere] Revista/Review Interamericana,
Vol. XIX, No. 1-2 (1989), pp. 1-3. "El presidencialismo en el hemisferio," [Perplexing Hemisphere]
Revista/Review Interamericana, Vol. XIX, No. 3-4 (1989), pp. 7-9. "Mitos en torno al sistema político
norteamericano," [Perplexing Hemisphere] Revista/Review Interamericana, Vol. XX, No. 1-2 (1990), pp. 5-9.
"Las Américas en una época de cambios globales," [Perplexing Hemisphere], Revista/Review Interamericana, Vol.
XXI, Nos. 1-2 (1991), pp. 5-7. "History and the Caribbean Future," [Perplexing Hemisphere] Revista/Review
Interamericana, Vol. XXII, No. 1-2 (1992), pp. 7-8. "La revolución cubana en transición," [Perplexing
Hemisphere] Revista/Review Interamericana, Vol. XXII, No. 3-4 (1992), pp. 5-8. "Democracia versus teocracia:
¿Tiene relevancia este conflicto en las Américas?" [Perplexing Hemisphere] Revista/Review Interamericana, Vol. XXIII,
No. 1-2 (1993), pp. 5-6, written with Norman Prigge. "Los mexicanos ilegales en Estados Unidos"
[Perplexing Hemisphere] Revista/Review Interamericana, Vol. XXIII, No. 3-4 (1993), pp. 5-6. "La burocracia:
freno al nuevo rumbo político-económico en las Américas," [Perplexing Hemisphere], Revista/Review Interamericana. Vol.
XXIV., No. 1-4 (1994), pp. 5-7. "Los partidos políticos en EE.UU.," [Perplexing Hemisphere], Revista/Review
Interamericana. Vol. XXV, No. 1-4) (1995), pp. 1-3. "Los partidos políticos en Puerto Rico," Robert
W. Anderson, [Perplexing Hemisphere], Revista/Review Interamericana. Vol. XXVI, No. 1-4 (1996), pp. 1-3. "Política
y drogas,"[Perplexing Hemisphere], Revista/Review Interamericana. Vol. XXVII, No. 1-4 (1997), pp. 1-3. "U.S.
vs. Cuba: Back to the Future?" [Perplexing Hemisphere], Revista/Review Interamericana. Vol. XXVIII, No. 1-4 (1998), pp.
1-4. Book Reviews Review of "Latin American Review of Books," Number
One (Spring 1973), Joint Publication of Latin American Newsletter, Ltd. and Leeds, London, in Revista/Review Interamericana,
Vol. III, No. 4 (Winter 1974), pp. 435-439. Review of "The Cuban Insurrection 1952-1959" by Ramón
Bonachea and Marta San Martín in Journal of Latin American Studies (London), Vol.7, Part 2 (November 1975), pp. 336-337.
Review of "Che's Guerrilla War" by Regis Debray in Revista/Review Interamericana, Vol. VI, No. 1 (Spring
1976), pp. 144-145. Review of "From Neighnor to Stranger: The Dilemma of Caribbean Peoples in the United
States" by Virginia R. Domínguez in Revista/Review Interamericana, Vol. VI, No. 3 (Fall 1976), pp. 476-477.
Review of Hagelberg, "The Caribbean Sugar Industries: Constraints and Opportunities" in Caribbean Studies, Vol.
16, No. 1 (April 1976), pp. 169-171. Review Essay "Political Forces in Latin America," in Problems
of Communism, Vol. XXIX (September-October 1980), pp. 65-67. Review of "José Martí: Mentor of the Cuban
Nation" by John M. Kirk in Cuban Studies/Estudios Cubanos 14:2 (Summer 1984), pp. 71-72. Review of
Baloyra, "El Salvador in Transition" in The Journal of Politics, Vol. 46, 1984, pp. 952-954. Review
Essay "Hemispheric Debate: How to Handle Latin America," Caribbean Review, Vol. XIV, No. 4, 1986, pp. 34-35,
Review of "José Martí, the United States, and the Marxist Interpretation of Cuban History" by Carlos
Ripoll in Cuban Studies/Estudios Cubanos, Vol. 16, 1986, pp. 252-253. Review of "Cuba, Castro and the
Caribbean" by Carlos Alberto Montaner in Cuban Studies/Estudios Cubanos, Vol. 17, 1987, pp. 186-187. Review
of "Reflections on the Cuban Missile Crisis" by Raymond L. Garthoff in Cuban Studies/Estudios Cubanos, Vol. 18,
1988, pp. 243-244. Review of "Subject to Solution: Problems in Cuban-U.S. Relations" by Wayne S.
Smith and Estéban Morales Domínguez in Cuban Studies/Estudios Cubanos, Vol. 20, 1990, pp. 188-190. Review
of "Cuba's Foreign Policy in the Middle East" by Damián J. Fernández in Cuban Studies/Estudios Cubanos, Vol. 21,
1991, pp. 234-235. Review of "The Russians Aren't Coming: New Soviet Policy in Latin America"
by Wayne S. Smith, ed. in Cuban Studies/Estudios Cubanos, Vol. 22, 1992, pp. 217-218. Review of "The
Conscience of Worms and the Cowardice of Lions: Cuban Politics and Culture in an American Context" by Irving Louis Horowitz
in Cuban Studies/Estudios Cubanos, Vol. 24, 1994, pp. 194-195. Newspaper Articles
"U.S.Cuban Relations: A Possibility?" San Juan Star (December 12, 1972), p. 28. "United
States-Cuban Relations: A Possibility?" Bakersfield Californian (August 5, 1973), p. 23. "The
U.S., Cuba, and the Future," San Juan Star (February 23, 1974), p. 20. "Los cubanos exilados: una
radiografía," El Mundo, San Juan, P.R. (June 17, 1974), p. 12. "Obstacles to a Cuban-American Settlement,"
San Juan Star (September 26, 1974), p. 20. "Les obstacles a un arrangement entre Cuba et les EtatsUnis,"
Le Nouvelliste, Haiti (October 2, 1974), p. 11. "Obstáculos para una reconciliación cubano-estadounidense."
El Mundo (February 5, 1975). "Azucar y diplomacia," El Mundo (February 6, 1975). "Cuba:
2 puntos Claves," El Mundo (February 7, 1975). "USCuban Relations: Now What? San Juan Star (August
15, 1975), p. 16. "Las relaciones cubano-americanas: continuidad y cambio," La Paz , Bolivia (October
24, 1975). "U.S.-Cuba Ties: Still Many Problems," San Juan Star (June 16, 1977), p. 28.
"Puerto Rico and the United Nations in Perspective," San Juan Star (October 25, 1978), p.16. "Cuba
and Its Exiles," San Juan Star (May 10, 1980), p. 20. "Reagan and Cuba," San Juan Star (February
24, 1981), p. 13 "Reagan y Cuba: resistencia y convivencia," (March 1981 in various newspapers
throughout Latin America). "La penetration externa en América Latina," (August 1981 in various
newspapers throughout Latin America). "Latin America: Eclipse of the Democratic Ideal," San Juan
Star (January 19, 1982), p. 16. "Latin America's New Dependency," San Juan Star (May 24, 1982),
p. 18. "Lure of American Jobs Irresistible: Alien Problem Defies Resolution, Bakersfield Californian
(August 8, 1982), p. B7. "Los mexicanos ilegales en Estados Unidos," El Mundo (November 2, 1982),
p. 25A. "The Key to True Political Autonomy," Sam Juan Star (November 3, 1982), p. 19.
"King Cane May Still Reign in the Caribbean," San Juan Star (March 18, 1983), p. S8. "Los
cambios que compensan cambios," El Mundo (February 15, 1984). "E.U. us. América Latina," El
Mundo (February 20, 1984), p. 9A. "Analyzing Marti's Universal Appeal to Cubans," San Juan Star
(February 8, 1985), p. 18. "Cuba's Internationalism," San Juan Star (May 30, 1985), p. 3S.
"Monroe Still Stalks the Hemisphere," San Juan Star (September 13, 1985), p. 14. "América
Latina penetrada," El Mundo (September 18, 1985), p. 21. "Like It or Not," San Juan Star (November
21, 1985), p. 42. "Who Rules Latin America," San Juan Star (December 1, 1986), p. 18.
"Can Latin America Ride the 'Third Wave,'" San Juan Star (April 13, 1987), p. 30. "Lean
Isn't Beautiful," San Juan Star (October 31, 1987), p. 32. "Latin America's Democratic Future,"
San Juan Star (April 23, 1988), p.16. "Cuban Missile Crisis Bore Still Bitter Fruit," San Juan
Star (February 26, 1989), Sec. B. p. 7. "What Democracy Has Cost Venezuela," San Juan Star (March
18, 1989), p. 16. Books "The Politics of Hostility: Castro's Revolution
and United States Policy," San Juan, Puerto Rico: Inter American University Press, 1975. "Perspectivas
Políticas," Vol. I, San Juan, Puerto Rico: Politikon Books, 1979. Second Edition, Inter American University Press, 1981,
Vol. II, Inter American University Press, 1980. Third Edition (combined, revised, and expanded), 1983. Fourth Edition, January
1987. Fifth Edition, San Juan: Librotex, August 1987. Sixth Edition, San Juan: Librotex, January 1990. Seventh Edition,
San Juan: Publicaciones Puertorriqueñas, August 1991. Eighth Edition, San Juan: Publicaciones Puertorriqueñas, 1993. Ninth
Edition (revised and expanded) Publicaciones Puertorriqueñas, 1995. Tenth Edition, Publicaciones Puertorriqueñas, 1998.
Internet edition in negotiations. "Cuba vs. United States: The Politics of Hostility," San Juan:
Inter American University Press, 1981. "The American Presence in Puerto Rico" (editor), San Juan,
Puerto Rico: Institute of Puerto Rican Culture/PRUSA Centennial Commission/Publicaciones Puertorriqueñas, 1998.
To be Published Article: "¿Libertad o Justicia? El papel del estado en las Américas," Revista/Review
Interamericana. Article: "Puertorriquenos and americanos in Puerto Rico: Ethnic Conflict?," Revista/Review
Interamerican. Review of "Contesting Castro: The United States and the Triumph of the Cuban Revolution"
by Thomas G. Patterson, in Cuban Studies/Estudios Cubanos. Chapter in forthcoming book, Encyclopedia of Ethnic
Conflict: "The United States-Puerto Rico Relationship." Lectures, Consultant
Services and Other Activities Speaker in IAU lecturer series at North/South Center, San Juan, "La política
exterior norteamericana hacia Cuba Socialist," March 1973. Guest speaker in lecture series "Cuba
and Revolution," Georgetown University, Washington, D.C., October 1974. Chairman of panel on "Cuba:
la institucionalización de la revolución," at Caribbean Studies Association Meeting, San Juan, January 1975.
Speaker, Founder's Day, Inter American University, San Germán, Puerto Rico, "Reafirmando lo pasado en el Presente,"
January 1975. Guest lecturer, Colegio Universitario del Sagrado Corazón, San Juan, "Relaciones entre
EE.UU. y Cuba," April 1975. Consultant for Department of State, Washington, D.C. at symposium on Cuba,
"U.S. Cuban Policy in Perspective: Continuity with Change," May 1975. Speaker in guest lecturer
series on the Caribbean, University of Puerto Rico, Colegio Universitario de Cayey, "Las expectativas e implicaciones
del retorno de Cuba a las Américas," April 1976. Consultant for Tinker Foundation, New York, to evaluate
proposal "Cuba and the Caribbean" submitted by the Center for Strategic and International Studies, Georgetown University,
Washington, D.C., July 1976. Guest participant, international conference on "The Role of Cuba in World
Affairs" held at the University of Pittsburgh, November 1976 Member, Board of Editors of The Sind Journal
of Modern History and Political Science and the Revista/Review Interamericana, 1977-83. Guest speakers Admiral's
Conference, Roosevelt Roads Naval Base, June 1977, on U.S.-Cuban relations and Latin American politics. Guest
participant at 5th Meeting of Institute of Cuban Studies devoted to Cuba's foreign policy, New York City, May 1978, "Las
relaciones cubano-norteamericanas: la prolongación de la hostilidad." Lecturer, Institute for Shipboard
Education, aboard the SS UNIVERSE Caribbean/Latin American cruise, June-July 1978. Guest participant in I
Seminario Nacional de Relaciones Públicas de Universidades, at the Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, Monterrey, Mexico,
March 1980, "Las relaciones públicas y la universidad: un ejemplo en Puerto Rico." Fulbright scholar,
National Autonomous University of Mexico, Mexico City, 1980. Organizer of activity "The U.S. Constitution:
Its Impact on Puerto Rican Culture" for Puerto Rican Commission on the Bicentennial of the U.S. Constitution, March,
1988. Seminar participant, "The Application of Multimedia," Instructional Technology Center, University
of Delaware, June 1993. Director of multidisciplinary research project "The American Presence in Puerto
Rico," 1993-1999. Development of internet materials and offering courses (Introducción a la Ciencia
Política and Procesos Políticos) in distance learning program of Inter American University via http://www.blackboard.com/courses/CP1011/
and http://www.blackboard.com/courses/IACG2020/. Courses also available via Webct at http://aixtest.inter.edu:9900/.
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