Prof. Fernando Lopez Alves, PhD from the University of California Los Angeles, United States (UCLA) is Full Professor of Sociology, Global and International Studies at the University of California, ranked among Best 50 Universities of the world.
For five years he directed as Academic Director the University of California Washington Center in Washington D.C. (UCDC) and President at Consortia for Educational Engagement International, involving more than 20 universities, in Washington D.C.
He has been a researcher and a visiting faculty in several universities in the United States, Europe, and Latin America (Princeton University, UCLA, University of London, University of Salamanca, George Washington University, Oxford University, University of CEMA Argentina, University de los Andes Colombia, Universidad de La Republica Uruguay, and the Institute of Latin American Studies, London).
He is the author of seven (7) academic books published by prestigious presses in the United States, England, and Latin America (Princeton University Press, Duke University Press, Cambridge University Press, Sudamericana, Santillana, and MacMillan) as well as four (4) monographs, and more than fifty (50) academic articles in peer review journals. He has also published sixty (60) articles in printed media and worked as a foreign correspondent for several prestigious media outlets. Lopez-Alves has been the recipient of 3 Fulbright awards, 1 Endowment for the Humanities Grant, 2 U.S. Institute of Peace Fellowships, 1, OAS Grant, 2 UCLA Distinguished Scholar Awards, 1 University of London Fellowship, and 1 University of Salamanca Distinguished Fellow Award.
He also serves as an adviser/researcher for several international organizations and as President and/or Member of the Board in several non-profits.
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