Center for Latin American Studies

CLAS occasionally appoints Senior Fellows based on outstanding service to the Center and distinguished contributions to the field of Latin American studies. At present, our Senior Fellows include:

Nader Nazmi

Nader Nazmi is currently Deputy Director of the Latin America Department at the Institute of International Finance (IIF). Before joining the IIF, he was Hollender Professor of Economics and Chair of Business and Economics Department at Lake Forest College. He has also served as Director of Latin America and Director of Emerging Markets at Banc One Capital Markets, International Advisor to the Central Bank of Ecuador, Visiting Professor and Adjunct Professor at Georgetown University, Visiting Scholar at the University of Michigan, and Fulbright Scholar in Brazil. Mr. Nazmi has written extensively on international finance, macroeconomics and emerging market economies, with a focus on Latin America.

Michael Shifter

Michael Shifter is the Vice President for Policy at the Inter-American Dialogue, a leading policy forum on Western Hemisphere affairs; he also directs the Dialogue's Andean Program. Mr. Shifter has also worked as the director for the Ford Foundation's governance and human rights program in Lima, Peru and in Santiago, Chile, and served as the Director of Latin America and the Caribbean at the National Endowment for Democracy. His articles on hemispheric politics and US-Latin America relations have been published in Foreign Affairs, Foreign Policy, New York Times, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, Miami Herald, Cambio, Estado do São Paolo, and Perú 21. He co-edited the second and third editions of Constructing Democratic Governance in Latin America with Jorge Dominguez, which was most recently revised in 2005. Mr. Shifter earned his BA at Oberlin College and a Master's in Sociology at Harvard University. Since 1993, Mr. Shifter has been an adjunct professor at CLAS, and has taught courses on democracy and human rights and political leadership in Latin America.