Dr. Carlos Juárez, associate professor of political science and program chair in the College of International Studies at HPU was appointed acting dean of International Studies, effective July 1.

The appointment comes as Dr. Jeanne Rellahan leaves HPU to become dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at Finlandia University in Michigan.

For the past four years, Juárez has worked closely with Rellahan and shared her understanding of the college’s faculty, mission, and direction, according to HPU President Chatt G. Wright, who announced the appointment.

For the past two summers, Juárez has taught in the Johns Hopkins University Center for Talented Youth program hosted by HPU on the Hawai‘i Loa campus. He regularly teaches courses in comparative politics, international relations, international monetary relations, and peace studies.

Juárez has published a wide range of academic journal articles, book chapters, and research reports and has lectured on his work throughout the U.S., Mexico, South America, Italy, New Zealand, and Australia.

He received his Ph.D. from UCLA and joined HPU in 1997 after 10 years in the University of California system. His research focuses on comparative political economies of developing countries.

Juárez was a Fulbright scholar to Mexico in 2000 and a Fulbright senior specialist to the Czech Republic in 2003. He is currently president of the Fulbright Association- Hawai‘i state chapter.