Professor
Department of Politics and International Affairs

Wake Forest University Box 7568
Kirby Hall 308
Winston-Salem, NC  27109-7568

Tel: (336)-758-5451
Fax:  (336) 758-6104
E-mail: siavelpm@wfu.edu

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ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS

• Professor, Department of Politics and International Affairs, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC (8/11-present).
• Associate Professor, Department of Politics and International Affairs, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC (8/02-present).
• Assistant Professor of Political Science, Department of Politics and International Affairs, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC (8/96-8/02).
• Adjunct Assistant Professor of Government, Government Department, Georgetown University, Washington, DC (12/95-5/96).
• Lecturer, Government Department, Georgetown University, Washington, DC (5/94-12/95).

VISITING APPOINTMENTS

• Senior Visiting Fellow, Centre for Social Conflict and Cohesion Studies (COES), Santiago, Chile (3/18-8/18)
• Short term Visiting Professor, Department of Ciencias Politicas y Administrativas, Universidad de Concepción, Chile (10/9-10/15)
• Visiting Researcher, Area de Ciencia Política y de la Administración de la Universidad de Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain (July 2008)
• Visiting Professor, Departamento de Ciencias Políticas y Sociales,  Programa de Doctorado, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain (Summer 2006)
• Visiting Professor, Institute of Political Science, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile (3/92-7/93)

ADMINISTRATIVE APOINTMENTS

• Chair, Political Science and International Affairs Department, Wake Forest University (7/17-6/20)
• Program Director, Leadership, Social Justice, and Citizenship in the United States (a short term study abroad program for first generation Chilean college students, Summer 2017)
• Associate Director, Latin American and Latino Studies Program, Wake Forest University (7/17/-6/20)
• Interim Chair, Political Science and International Affairs Department, Wake Forest University (7/14-6/15)
• Director, Latin American and Latino Studies Program, Wake Forest University (7/09-7/17)
• Director, Wake Forest Santiago Study Center, Santiago, Chile (7/09-Present)
• Director, Chile Honors Program, Santiago, Chile (7/15-Present)
• Acting Director, Latin American Studies Program (Summer 2006)
• Director, Wake Forest University/Georgetown University Five Year BA/MA Joint Degree Program in Latin American Studies  (1/97-Present).

EDUCATION

• Georgetown University, Washington, DC.  Doctor of Philosophy, with distinction, 1996.
• Georgetown University, Washington, DC. Master of Arts, with distinction, 1989.
• Bradley University, Peoria, Illinois.  Bachelor of Arts, Summa Cum Laude, 1986.