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Jeffrey Pugh

Department:
Confl Res, Hum Sec & Globl Gov
Title:
Grad Prog Dir/Assoc Professor
Location:
Wheatley Hall Floor 04 0128A
Phone:
617.287.7489
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Biography

Jeffrey Pugh is an associate professor of conflict resolution at the University of Massachusetts Boston and the executive director of the Center for Mediation, Peace, and Resolution of Conflict (CEMPROC), an NGO in Ecuador, as well as the co-PI of the Immigrant Visibility & Political Activism Research Collaborative. He received his PhD in political science from the Johns Hopkins University.

Area of Expertise

Peace and Conflict Studies , International Studies , Latin American Politics, Institutions (Political Science) , Refugee Studies, Migration Studies , Social Movements

Degrees
  • Ph.D in political science, Johns Hopkins University
  • MA in political science, Johns Hopkins University
  • BA in political science, University of Georgia
  • BA in speech communication, University of Georgia

Professional Publications & Contributions

Book

The Invisibility Bargain: Governance Networks and Migrant Human Security, Oxford University Press (2021).

Peer reviewed articles

Book chapters

Other publications

Additional Information

Jeffrey Pugh’s research focuses on peacebuilding, migration, and non-state actors in the Global South. He has published scholarly articles, book chapters, and policy reports, and his book, The Invisibility Bargain: Governance Networks and Migrant Human Security (Oxford University Press, 2021), examines the integration, political participation, and access to human security of Colombian migrants in Ecuador. His current research agenda through IVPARC applies the human security framework to immigrant activism in the United States. His research has received more than 10 awards, from the American Political Science Association, the International Studies Association, and others, and he was a 2014-15 Fulbright Scholar affiliated with FLACSO Ecuador. Pugh teaches graduate courses on Negotiation, Immigration & Conflict, Human Security, Theories of Peace and Conflict, and others. He is a co-founder of the Regional Institute on Nonviolent Action in the Americas, he occasionally serves as an expert witness for asylum cases of Ecuadorians in the United States, and he is a past president of the Middle Atlantic Council on Latin American Studies (MACLAS).

Pugh is an associate professor of conflict resolution at the University of Massachusetts Boston and the executive director of the Center for Mediation, Peace, and Resolution of Conflict (CEMPROC), an NGO in Ecuador, as well as the co-PI of the Immigrant Visibility & Political Activism Research Collaborative (www.ivparc.com). He received his PhD in political science from the Johns Hopkins University. Pugh’s research focuses on peacebuilding, migration, and non-state actors in the Global South. He has published scholarly articles, book chapters, and policy reports, and his book, The Invisibility Bargain: Governance Networks and Migrant Human Security (Oxford University Press, 2021), examines the integration, political participation, and access to human security of Colombian migrants in Ecuador. His current research agenda through IVPARC applies the human security framework to immigrant activism in the United States. His research has received more than 10 awards, from the American Political Science Association, the International Studies Association, the Latin American Studies Association, and others, and he was a 2014-15 Fulbright Scholar affiliated with FLACSO Ecuador. Pugh teaches graduate courses on Negotiation, Immigration & Conflict, Human Security, Theories of Peace and Conflict, Nonviolent Action, International Conflict Resolution, and others. He is a co-founder of the Regional Institute on Nonviolent Action in the Americas, and he occasionally serves as an expert witness for asylum cases of Ecuadorians in the United States. He is a past president of the Middle Atlantic Council on Latin American Studies (MACLAS) and the current editor-in-chief of the Middle Atlantic Review of Latin American Studies (MARLAS).

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