About: Eric Selbin

Eric Selbin is a political sociologist whose primary research interests are revolutions and related forms of collective behavior (resistance, rebellion, social movements) as well as International Relations Theory. Much of his work has focused on Latin America and the Caribbean, and his volume on Modern Latin American Revolutions is frequently used as a textbook in courses in Latin American Studies and contentious politics. He holds a PhD from the University of Minnesota and is Professor of Political Science at Southwestern University in Georgetown, Texas, where he has also been appointed a University Scholar. In 2013, Selbin was appointed a research fellow at the Teresa Lozano Long Institute of Latin American Studies (LLILAS) at the University of Texas at Austin and he has held appointment