Allert Brown-Gort

Associate Director, Institute for Latino Studies
(MA, University of Texas at Austin, 1998)
230 McKenna Hall
574-631-3787
email: abrowngo@nd.edu
www.nd.edu/~latino/people.htm

Geographic focus: Latin America (Mexico, Brazil, Southern Cone)

Thematic interests: Role of culture in shaping values and political systems; civil service reform; political views of Mexican nationals in the United States.

Current research: A national qualitative study of the opinions of the Mexican migrant and Mexican American communities on immigration issues, including the creation of a new guest-worker program, the possibility for amnesty for undocumented workers, and possible political consequences; an Inter-American project on civil service reform.