Alberto Fuentes
alberto.fuentes@inta.gatech.edu
781 Marietta St. NW, Office 316
Atlanta GA 30332
ACADEMIC POSITIONS
GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
Assistant Professor of Global Development, 2016-Present, Sam Nunn School of International Affairs and School of City and Regional Planning
EDUCATION
MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (MIT)
Ph.D., 2014, Institute for Work and Employment Research (IWER), Sloan School of Management
Dissertation: Apostles of Development and Consular Brigadiers: Ideologies, professions and agro-industrial transformations in Central America
Committee: Richard Locke and Ben Schneider (co-chairs), Michael Piore and Matthew Amengual
MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (MIT)
Master of City Planning, 2007, with a focus in International Development and Regional Planning
Thesis: A Light in the Dark: Labor Reform in Guatemala during the FRG Administration, 2000 – 2004
Committee: Judith Tendler (chair), Andrew Schrank
YALE UNIVERSITY, New Haven, Connecticut
Bachelor of Arts, Economics, 2004
FELLOWSHIPS
GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (Georgia Tech), Atlanta, Georgia
Post-Doctoral Fellow, 2014-2016, Sam Nunn School of International Affairs
RESEARCH
Journal Publications (peer reviewed)
“Spurred to Upgrade: A Review of Triggers and Consequences of Industrial Upgrading in the Global Value Chain Literature,” forthcoming in World Development (with Seth Pipkin)
“Self-Discovery in The Dark: the demand side of industrial policy in Latin America.” Review of International Political Economy, 23(1), 2016. (with Seth Pipkin)
“A Vocation for Industrial Transformation: Ideology, Organizational Isomorphism and Upgrading in the Guatemalan Sugar Industry.” Studies in Comparative International Development, 49(3), September 2014.
“La Discriminación y su relación con la diferencia de ingresos en el mercado laboral guatemalteco.” Perfiles Latinoamericanos, Número 27. México: FLACSO; 2006.
Journal Manuscripts in Progress and Under Review
“Los Apóstoles del Desarrollo y la Modernización de la Industria Azucarera Guatemalteca.” (Under Review)
“The Divergent Institutional Logics of Industrial Change: A comparison of export-cheese processors in Nicaragua.” (Under Review)
“Developmental Professionals, Industrial Transformation and Mutual Gains in Nicaragua’s Cheese-Processing Industry.” (Under Review)
“From Templates to Results: Policy Models and Technological Learning in the Mexican and Brazilian Automotive and Petroleum Industries, 1975-2000.” (with Seth Pipkin) (Under Review)
Book Manuscript in Progress
Apostles and Revolutionary Intellectuals: Developmental Professionals and Industrial Transformation in Central America.
Publications (other)
United Nations Development Program. Informe Nacional de Desarrollo Humano 2007/2008: Guatemala: una economía ¿al servicio del desarrollo? Guatemala; 2008.
Fuentes, A. “Reseña de libro: John Maynard Keynes, 1883-1946: Economist, philosopher, statesman.” ECO Revista Académica, Número 4. Guatemala: Universidad Rafael Landívar, 2009.
REFEREED PRESENTATIONS
“The Runner or the Course: Vulnerability and Policy Preferences in the Industrial Development of Brazil and Mexico.” (with Seth Pipkin), REPAL, Boston 2016.
“Capabilities and Compatibilities: Vulnerabilities and Policy Paradigms in the Industrial Development of Mexico and Brazil.” (with Seth Pipkin), SASE, Berkeley 2016.
“Spurred to Upgrade: A Review of Triggers of Change in the Global Value Chain Literature.” (with Seth Pipkin), SASE, London 2015.
“A Fork in the Upgrading Road: The Contrasting Ideologies and Business Models of the Nicaraguan Cheese Industry’s Industrial Transformation.” SASE, London 2015.
“Spilling Over or Pumping Out: Ideologies, Business Models, and the Divergent Firm-Stakeholder Outcomes of the Industrial Transformation in Nicaragua’s Cheese Industry.” ISA, Kansas City, 2015.
“Self-Discovery in The Dark: The Demand Side of Industrial Policy in Latin America” (with Seth Pipkin), SASE, Chicago 2014.
TEACHING
Undergraduate
INTA 2050. Introduction to Global Development (Fall 2014, Spring 2015, Fall 2015, Spring 2016, Fall 2016, Spring 2017).
INTA 4340/MGT 8803. Economics in Latin America, Study Abroad Program Argentina-Uruguay Summer 2017 (with Kirk Bowman, John McIntyre)
Graduate
INTA 6304/CP 8883. Modernization and Development (Fall 2016).
SERVICE
GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
Co-director of the Global Development Minor, 2016 – Present, Sam Nunn School of International Affairs
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM (UNDP), 2008 – 2009.
Economic Consultant for the National Human Development Report.
INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES ECONOMICAS Y SOCIALES (IDIES), UNIVERSIDAD RAFAEL LANDIVAR, 2007-2008.
Economic Researcher.
SECRETARIA DE PLANIFICACION Y PROGRAMACION DE LA PRESIDENCIA (SEGEPLAN), 2004 – 2005.
Consultant for Socio-Economic Studies.
FELLOWSHIPS AND GRANTS
Serve-Sustain-Learn, 2016. Grant to support the dissemination campaign of the Global Development Minor ($2,600) (with Neha Kumar and Jonathan Colton).
CIS Summer Study Grant, 2010. Research Grant to study the transformation of the Guatemalan sugar industry ($3,000).
Program on Human Rights and Justice, 2006. Research Grant to study the organizational changes in Guatemala’s Ministry of Labor ($2,000).
Rodwin Travel Fund, 2006. Research Grant to study the Guatemalan public transportation system ($1,000).
OTHER SKILLS
Languages: Native Spanish speaker.
ACADEMIC MEMBERSHIPS
Latin American Studies Association
The Society for the Advancement of Socio-Economics
Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning
American Sociological Association
Academy of Management
International Studies Association
American Political Science Association
Southeast Latin American Political Behavior (SeLAB) Consortium