Interests:

Beverly Nagel
(sociology) received her Ph.D. in Sociology from Stanford University. Her research interests concern rural development, grassroots action, and social change in Latin America. For the past twelve years, she has been engaged in research on agricultural development, ethnic relations, and social movements on Paraguay's eastern frontier. She has also
conducted research on rural development and migration patterns in Mexico, and has served as a consultant on both urban and rural development projects for the Inter-American Development Bank and the Fundación Intermon. In addition to introductory sociology, she teaches courses on social research methods, Third World development, population, social movements, and the ethnography of Latin America.