Jorge I. Dominguez - Latin American Writer and Award-Winning Educator

Jorge I. Dominguez is a retired Harvard educator with more than 45 years of experience teaching Latin American politics and international affairs at the graduate and undergraduate levels. He has also authored dozens of research papers and published more than 20 books in English and Spanish. Jorge I. Dominguez joined Harvard as a junior faculty member in 1972 and retired in 2018, at which point he was also serving as chair of the Harvard Academy for International and Area Studies.

During his tenure at Harvard Jorge I. Dominguez won several teaching awards, and he was consistently among the highest-rated professors in student assessments. He also served a decade as director of the Center for International Affairs at Harvard and played a significant role in fund-raising for its new building and program expansion. In addition, he brought his expertise in Latin American politics to several institutions, including El Colegio de Mexico, as a visiting fellow and professor.

Jorge I. Dominguez's books include Democratic Politics in Latin America and the Caribbean, Boundary Disputes in Latin America, and The Cuban Economy at the Start of the Twenty-First Century. His published research papers cover comparative and international politics in Latin America, as well as select issues in Cuba and Mexico. He has also won multiple writing awards, including the McCord Writing Prize for Prose Writing.