Wendy A Hunter
Faculty Affiliate, Teresa Lozano Long Institute of Latin American Studies, College of Liberal Arts
Email: wendyhunter@austin.utexas.edu
Wendy Hunter studies Comparative Politics, with an emphasis on Latin American affairs. She has done in depth work on the military in Brazil and the Southern Cone, as well as research on social policy issues in Latin America, with special attention to the politics of education and health reform.
She is the author of "The Transformation of the Workers' Party in Brazil, 19892009" (Cambridge University Press, 2010) and "Eroding Military Influence in Brazil: Politicians against Soldiers" (University of North Carolina Press, 1997), and has published articles in Comparative Politics, Comparative Political Studies, Political Science Quarterly, International Studies Quarterly, the American Political Science Review, the American Journal of Political Science, and World Politics.