Christine Wade

Education

Dr. Wade received her B.A. from Agnes Scott College in 1994, her M.A. from Georgia State University in 1996, and her Ph.D. from Boston University in 2003. 

Research Spotlight

Dr. Wade is a specialist in the international and comparative politics of Latin America, with a focus on Central America and the Caribbean. Much of her field research is conducted in El Salvador and Nicaragua, interviewing public officials, analysts and members of civil society. She has also served as an accredited election observer for various presidential, legislative and local elections in El Salvador. 

Research

Dr. Wade is the author of Captured Peace: Elites and Peacebuilding in El Salvador (Ohio University Press, January 2016). She is the co-author and co-editor of Latin American Politics and Development (Routledge, 2017, forthcoming 2022). She is the co-author of Understanding Central America: Global Forces, Rebellion and Change (Routledge, 2020) and Nicaragua: Emerging from the Shadow of the Eagle (Westview Press, 2016). Her co-authored book A Revolução Salvadorenha (The Salvadoran Revolution) is as part of the Revolutions of the Twentieth Century Collection at São Paulo: Fundação Editora Da UNESP (2006). She is also the author of several publications on the FMLN, peacebuilding and post-war politics in El Salvador, and Central America. Her commentaries regularly appear in World Politics Review, the Latin American News Network, the Latin American Advisor, and other publications. 

Teaching

POL 201- Theories of Peace and Conflict

POL 341- Politics of Development

POL 342- Revolutions and Revolutionary Movements

POL 348- Latin American Politics

POL 373- Human Rights and Social Justice

POL 382- U.S.-Latin American Relations

POL 386- Comparative Peace Processes