Jonathan C. Benjamin-Alvarado, Ph.D.
- Assistant Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs
- Professor
- 402.554.4859
Additional Information
Office Hours
By Appointment Only.
Background
Dr. Benjamin-Alvarado joined the faculty at the University of Nebraska Omaha (UNO) in 2000 from a previous teaching and research position at the University of Georgia, where he also received his Ph.D.
Besides his teaching duties, Dr. Benjamin-Alvarado is the Director of the Intelligence Community Centers of Academic Excellence Program at UNO.
Awards
College of Arts and Sciences Excellence in Service Award, 2013
College of Arts and Sciences Outstanding Teaching Award, 2003
Courses Taught
| LLS 1000 | Introduction to Latino/Latin American Studies |
| PSCI 2210 | Introduction to International Relations |
| PSCI 2500 | Introduction to Comparative Politics |
| PSCI 3140/8145 | Latino Politics |
| PSCI 3260/8265 | U.S. Foreign Policy |
| PSCI 4250/8256 | Intelligence and National Security |
| PSCI 4280/8286 | Inter-American Politics |
| PSCI 8200 | Seminar in Foreign and Security Affairs |
| PSCI 8250 | Seminar in International Relations |
Research
Dr. Benjamin-Alvarado’s research has been published in the Journal of Political Science Education, the Nonproliferation Review, Political Science Quarterly, and Urban Affairs Review.
He is the author of Power to the People: Energy and the Cuban Nuclear Program published by Routledge Press and the editor of Cuba’s Energy Future: Strategic Approaches to Cooperation published by the Brookings Institution Press.