C.V. Dr. Jack Child (30 Sept 2008). University Professor of Spanish and Latin American Studies, and Affiliate Professor of International Service, American University, Washington, DC, 20016. email: jchild@American.edu. Web page: HTTP://www.american.edu/jchild/lahal_home.html

Dr Child was born of American parents in Buenos Aires, Argentina, and lived in South America for 18 years before coming to the United States in 1955 to attend Yale University. Following graduation from Yale he entered the U.S. Army, and served for 20 years as an Army Latin American Specialist until his retirement as a lieutenant colonel. While on active duty he earned his Master's and Doctoral degrees in the international relations and area studies of Latin America from the School of International Service of American University. In 1980 he joined the School of International Service as Assistant Dean. Two years later he moved to the Department of Language and Foreign Studies, where he teaches a variety of courses (in both English and Spanish) dealing with translation, and Latin American studies, with an emphasis on popular culture.

His research has focused on cultural studies and conflict resolution in Latin America. He has received grants from the U.S. Institute of Peace and the International Peace Academy (United Nations) for research dealing with negotiations in Antarctica and the Falklands/Malvinas, and peace-keeping and confidence-building measures in Central and South America. His interest in high latitudes has taken him to Alaska, and on thirteen trips as staff lecturer and guide aboard expedition cruise vessels to Antarctica and sub-Antarctic islands, including South Georgia and the Malvinas/Falklands.

BOOKS:

Miniature Messages: The Semiotics and Politics of Latin American Postage Stamps. (Duke U Press, 2008).

Latin America, digital equivalent of a 300 page reference book. Is a segment of "History Resource Center: The Modern World", published on-line by The Gale Group, Woodbridge, CT, 2001. The "Latin America" segment consists of an annotated anthology of 150 key 20th Century documents.

Antarctica: an Introduction and Negotiation Simulation, and Falklands/Malvinas: an Introduction and Negotiation Simulation. Text, CD-RoM. U.S. Institute of Peace/G2G Multimedia, Cambridge: 1998.

Introduction to Latin American Literature: a Bilingual Anthology. (with software). Lanham: UPA, 1994.

The Central American Peace Process, 1983-1991: Sheathing Swords, Building Confidence. Boulder: Lynne Rienner, 1992 (supported by a grant from the U.S. Institute of Peace).

Introduction to Spanish Translation (with software). Lanham: UPA, 1992.

Geopolitics of the Southern Cone and Antarctica. Co-edited with Philip Kelly, author of one chapter, and

translator of five chapters. Boulder: Lynne Rienner, 1988. Also published in Spanish.

Antarctica and South American Geopolitics: Frozen Lebensraum. New York: Praeger, 1988.

Regional Cooperation and the Peaceful Settlement of Disputes in Latin America. Editor, and author of two

chapters. New York: International Peace Academy, 1987.

Conflict in Central America: Approaches to Peace and Security. Editor, and author of two chapters. London:

Christopher Hurst & Co; New York: St. Martin's Press, 1986.

Quarrels Among Neighbors: Geopolitics and Conflict in South America. NY: Praeger, 1985.

Latin America: International Relations. Detroit: Gale Research Co., 1981. Co-authored with John Finan.

Unequal Alliance: The Inter-American Military System, 1938-1978. Westview, 1980.

COMPUTER SOFTWARE AUTHORED: Has authored CD-RoM programs on a wide variety of Latin American studies topics, such as "Latin American Painters"; "Antarctica"; "Falklands/Malvinas Islands"; "Latin America: History, Art, Literature" (supplement to a privately published textbook in English and Spanish, and EDUCOM award winner); "Intro to the Geography of Latin America" (published by Gessler). In the last ten years each course he taught has had a computer-assisted component.

REPRESENTATIVE BOOK CHAPTERS (partial list):

"External actors: the U.N. and the OAS" in Repression, Resistance and Democratic Transition in Central America. Thomas W. Walker, ed. Wilmington, DE: Scholarly Resources, 2000.

"Peacekeeping and Confidence-building in Latin America", in Beyond Praetorianism: the Military in Latin America, ed. by Michael Gold-Biss. Miami: North-South Center, 1996

"Medidas de confianza en América Central", in Medidas de confianza mutua en América Latina. Santiago, Chile: FLACSO, October 1994. Published in English by The Stimson Center, 1995.

"Geopolítica y Seguridad en el Pensamiento Latinoamericano", in Civiles y Militares: Fuerzas Armadas y Transición Democrática, ed. by Carlos J. Moneta, Caracas: Nueva Sociedad, 1990.

"Geopolitical Thinking", in Civil-Military Relations in Latin America, ed. by Louis Goodman and Juan Rial. Lexington, MA: Lexington Books, 1989.

"War in the South Atlantic" in U.S. Policy in Latin America edited by John Martz. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1988 (paperback edition, 1990).

REPRESENTATIVE ARTICLES (partial list; full list is over 100 items):

"The Politics and Semiotics of the Smallest Icons of Popular Culture: Latin American Postage Stamps", Latin American Research Review, Vol. 40, no. 1, February 2005. Also LASA XXVth Congress CD-RoM, Jan 2005

"The Politics and Semiotics of Argentine Postage Stamps". Essays of the Middle Atlantic Council of Latin American Studies. March 2005, pp. 1-34.

"Antarctic Geopolitics: South American Perspectives and Propinquities", Limes (Rivista Italiana di Geopolitica), February 2004, in Italian. Ms also available in English.

"Researching the Politics and History of Latin American Postage Stamps at the American Philatelic Research Library, State College, PA", The Philatelic Literature Review, July 2003.

"Teaching Latin American Studies with Blackboard Software", MACLAS Essays, Middle Atlantic Council of Latin American Studies, June 2002.

"The Central American Peace Process: The Role of International Organizations" in MACLAS Essays, July 2000. Winner of the James L. Street prize for best article in the Essays.

"The Impact of Computer-Assisted Instruction in Undergraduate Latin American Studies Courses" in Computers in the Humanities, 1997.

"The Politics and Ecology of Tourism in South American Antarctica", MACLAS Essays, June 1995.

"Argentina: Guns and Roses", in Hemisphere, volume VI, number 3, March 1995.

Articles: "Antarctica", "Beagle Channel Dispute", "Falklands/Malvinas War", "Strait of Magellan", "Falklands/Malvinas Islands", "Vernet" Encyclopedia of Latin American History, NY: Scribner's, 1995.

"Spanish-English Translation: Crossing the Cultural Bridge", ATA Chronicle, 1995.

"Integration of Several Information Technologies in a General Education Course" in 101 Success Stories of Information Technology in Teaching in Higher Education, EDUCOM, 1992.

"Latin Lebensraum: Geopolitics of Ibero-American Antarctica", Applied Geography, October 1990.

"José Martí and the 1889 Conference", Inter-American Review of Bibliography, no. 4, 1989.

"Preparing and Using 35mm Slides for Teaching Latin American Studies", Hispania, May 1987