Igor Acácio

Academic Profile

Academic Background: Ph.D., Political Science, University of California, Riverside; M.A., Political Science, Institute of Social and Political Studies of the State University of Rio de Janeiro; B.A., International Relations, Strategic Studies Institute of the Fluminense Federal University.

Research Interests: Civil-military relations, defense and security issues, Latin American politics, Brazilian politics.

Appointments: Assistant Professor of Political Science, Division of Politics, Administration, & Justice, California State University, Fullerton; previously Postdoctoral Fellow at Tulane University’s Center for Inter-American Policy and Research and Hans J. Morgenthau Fellow at Notre Dame International Security Center.

Publications: Published in Comparative Politics, Democratization, Journal of Democracy, Armed Forces & Society, and Public Opinion Quarterly.