PAUL DOSH, Assistant Professor

Carnegie Hall
Rm 203 H

Phone: (651) 696-6776
Email: dosh@macalester.edu

Before joining the Macalester faculty in 2004, Paul Dosh taught at Carleton College, the University of California at Berkeley, and San Quentin Prison.  A Fulbright-Hays scholar, he holds a B.A. from Carleton (1996), a Ph.D. from UC Berkeley (2004), and is the recipient of several teaching awards.  An expert on Latin American politics and social movements, he is the author of Demanding the Land: Urban Popular Movements in Peru and Ecuador, 1990-2005 (forthcoming from Penn State University Press).  His articles appear in Latin American Perspectives, Latin American Politics & Society, the Journal of Latin American Studies, the NACLA Report on the Americas, and the Political Science Educator. 

As a Montessori educator, Paul offers students an innovative learning environment that emphasizes self-teaching, peer-teaching, and civic engagement.  His courses include Foundations of Comparative Politics, Latin America through Women’s Eyes, Latin American Politics, Latino Politics, Comparative Social Movements, a Senior Research Seminar, and the Chuck Green Civic Engagement Fellowship. 

A frequent invited speaker, he has given over 60 presentations at universities, conferences, grassroots organizations, and political events around the Americas.  Major presentations include the keynote address at the University of California Teaching Effectiveness Award ceremony (2001), a featured address at the Lake Country Institute’s conference on Montessori and peace (2008), and commencement addresses at Carleton (2003) and Berkeley (2001, 2004). 

As an educator, scholar, activist, and poet, Paul has been engaged with social justice struggles in the Americas for most of his life and has worked in ten Latin American countries.  He loves to dance salsa. 

• For syllabi and sample student work, see Paul Dosh's Course Resources page
• Paul's Curriculum Vitae