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Nora Hamilton
Professor of Political Science

Contact Information
Office: VKC 230A
Phone: (213)740-3622
E-mail: nhamil@usc.edu

 

Education

B.A. English Literature, Manhattanville College
M.A. Latin American Studies, New York University
Ph.D. Sociology, University of Wisconsin, Madison, 1978
 

Academic Appointment, Affiliation, and Employment History

Professor of Political Science, University of Southern California, 2001-2007  
 

Description of Research

Summary Statement of Research Interests

Professor Hamilton's areas of interest include international migration, Central American immigrant communities, the impact of economic and political developmentss in Mexico.
 

Research Specialties

Immigration, Political Development, Political Economy
 

Publications

Book

Hamilton, N., Chinchilla, N. S. (2001). Seeking Community in a Global City: Guatemalans and Salvadorans in Los Angeles, 2001. Philadelphia: Temple University Press.
Hamilton, N. L., Jeffry, F., Fuller, L., Pastor, M. (1998). N. Hamilton eds. Crisis in Central America: Regional Dynamics and U.S. Policy in the 1990s. Boulder, Colorado: Westwood Press.
Hamilton, N. L. (1982). The Limits of State Autonomy: Post Revolutionary Mexico. The Limits of State Autonomy: Post Revolutionary Mexico/Princeton University Press.
 

Honors and Awards

APSA, Section on Race and Ethnicity: Award for best book in field of Race, Ethnicity and Global Politics, 2001-2002   
 
 
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