Verónica Montecinos, PhD

Distinguished Professor, Sociology

Program Coordinator, Teaching International

vxm11@psu.edu

Office Phone: 412 675 9462

Office Location: Main Building, 208

Office Hours:

Tuesdays: 1:30PM - 2:45PM
Thursdays: 1:30PM - 2:45PM
And by appointment

Mailing Address:

Penn State Greater Allegheny, 4000 University Drive, McKeesport, PA 15132

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Bio

Dr. Montecinos is the author of Economists, Politics and the State, Chile 1958–1994 (CEDLA, 1998), co-editor of Economists in the Americas (Edward Elgar, 2009, with John Markoff), and editor of Women Presidents and Prime Ministers in Post-Transition Democracies, Palgrave (in press).

She has also published book chapters and articles that have appeared in such journals as the International Journal of Politics, Culture and Society, The Journal of Economic Perspectives, Latin American Research Review and Studies in Comparative International Development.

Teaching Interests:

Sociology of gender, development and politics, Latin American politics, global social problems

Area(s) of Expertise : Sociology, Political Science, Chile and
Latin America

Research Interests

Sociology of economics, democratization, technocratic politics in Latin America, gender and pensions, gender and politics

Publications

Recent publications:

Encyclopedia essays:

"Economics," in The Palgrave Dictionary of Transnational History. From the Mid-19th Century to the Present Day (2009).

"Washington Consensus," in The Wiley-Blackwell Encyclopedia of Globalization (2012).

"Spanish-speaking South America. Politicized Economic Thought," in Routledge Handbook of the History of Global Economic Thought (2015).

Book chapters:

"Economics: The Chilean Story," in Verónica Montecinos and John Markoff (editors) in Economists in the Americas, Edward Elgar (2009).

“C. Wright Mills and Latin America,” in Guy Oakes (editor), The Anthem Companion to C. Wright Mills (2016).

"Michelle Bachelet: Engendering Chile's Democratization," in Verónica Montecinos (editor) Women Presidents and Prime Ministers in Post-Transition Democracies, Palgrave (in press).

Books:

Economists in the Americas (co-editor), Edward Elgar (2009).

Women Presidents and Prime Ministers in Post-Transition Democracies (editor), Palgrave (in press).

Education

University of Pittsburgh, M.A. in Political Science (1993)

University of Pittsburgh, Sociology M.A. (1981) and Ph.D. (1988)

Catholic University of Chile, Licentiate Sociology (1975)

Course Schedule

FALL 2019 SEMESTER

Meeting Location:

GREATER ALLEGHENY

SOC 5-001: Social Problems

Meeting Location:

Main Building 101

Meeting Days/Times:

Tu Th 10:35 AM - 11:50 AM

SOC 110 -001: Soc of Gender

Meeting Location:

Frable Building 227

Meeting Days/Times:

Tu Th 3:05 PM - 4:20 PM