Welcome, one and all !

What you see above is a view of the northern lowlands of my home country of Costa Rica.

I, however, am living about 1750 miles away, in Durham, North Carolina, in the larger area known as "The Piedmont" (or "El Pie de Monte").

I am a graduate student at

in the Department of Political Science.

To visit my department, click below:

My substantive areas of research interest are:

Political Economy of Development

Politics of Economic Policy in Latin America

Political Philosophy and Theory of Liberal Democracy

You can reach me at:

Gustavo Rodríguez
Department of Political Science
Duke University
Box 90204
Durham, North Carolina 27708
Contact me by e-mail