Area of Expertise: Congress and foreign policy; U.S.–Latin American politics and relations; Cuban history, politics, and relations with the United States; El Salvador; Nicaragua

Additional Information: William M. LeoGrande, an AU faculty member since 1978, is dean of the School of Public Affairs and a professor of government. LeoGrande has written widely in the field of Latin American politics and U.S. foreign policy, with a particular emphasis on Central America and Cuba. His latest work, Our Own Backyard: The United States in Central America, 1977–1992, was released in September 1998. He also is an expert on Congress and foreign policy; Cuban history, politics and relations with the United States; El Salvador; and Nicaragua. He is a member of the American Political Science Association, the Latin American Studies Association and the Council on Foreign Relations. LeoGrande is coauthor of Confronting Revolution: Security through Diplomacy in Central America and coeditor of both The Cuba Reader: The Making of a Revolutionary Society and Political Parties and Democracy in Central America. His articles have appeared in Foreign Affairs, Foreign Policy, Latin American Research Review, the New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Miami Herald, Le Monde, and other journals and newspapers. His radio and television appearances include spots on NewsHour with Jim Lehrer, ABC’s Nightline, Larry King Live, WAMU's and several network evening news broadcasts.

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