Education
Ph.D., University of California, Irvine, 1987
Ronn Pineo, Ph.D.
Professor Emeritus
Areas of Expertise
Latin America, late 19th century to the present; history of public health; Andean history; urban history; social, economic, and demographic history
Biography
Ronn Pineo earned his PhD in Latin American History from the University of California, Irvine. He is the author of two books on the Andean region and served as contributing co-editor for a volume on comparative Latin American urban history. Dr. Pineo is a six time Fulbright recipient, with awards for lecturing and study in Mexico, Ecuador, and mostly recently in Perú. He served as guest editor for a special 2019 edition on public health care issues for the Journal of Developing Societies, contributing a piece on Cuba. He has also written articles on Latin American economic policy and on Bolivia under Evo Morales for the JDS. Pineo frequently contributes op-ed pieces on Latin American issues to on-line forums and publications, most recently at CommonDreams.org. He is currently researching the recent history of public health care in Perú.
Selected Publications
"Immigration Crisis: The United States Under President Donald J. Trump,” Journal of Developing Societies (36:1) March, 2020: 1-34.
Guest Editor and Contributor, Special Issue on Public Healthcare in the Developing
World. “Introduction,” “Conclusion,” and “Cuban Public Healthcare: A Model of Success
for Developing Nations,” Journal of Developing Societies 35:1 (2019): 1-15; 16-61; and 195-196.
“The Free Market Experiment in Latin America: Assessing Past Policies and the Search
for a Pathway Forward,” three part series for the Council on Hemispheric Affairs, coha.org (2013).
“Bicentennial and Breaking Continuity: Ecuador, Latin America, and Obama.” http://upsidedownworld.org,
December 23, 2009.
Ecuador and the United States: Useful Strangers. Athens: University of Georgia Press, 2007.
Recent Lectures and Presentations
“Death Benefits: The Demographic Implications of Cigarette Smoking in Latin America,” paper given at the ATWS Conference, Salvador, Brazil, November 2011.
Awards and Honors
2001 University of Maryland board of Regents Faculty Award for Excellence in Teaching
Teaching
HIST 121: Latin America-The Colonian Period
HIST 322: History of Mexica-The National Period