Strom C. Thacker
Seventh president of Pitzer College
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Strom Cronan Thacker is an American political scientist and academic administrator. He took office as the seventh president of Pitzer College in July 2023.[needs update][1] As a scholar, his work focuses on the political economy of development in Latin America and other regions of the world.[1]
Preceded byMelvin L. Oliver
Jill A. Klein (interim)
Jill A. Klein (interim)
Alma mater
- Pomona College (BA)
- University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, (MA, PhD)
Timothy McKeown
Strom C. Thacker | |
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| 7th President of Pitzer College | |
| Assumed office July 1, 2023 | |
| Preceded by | Melvin L. Oliver Jill A. Klein (interim) |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater |
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| Thesis | From silent to active partner: Big business, the state and free trade in Mexico (1996) |
| Timothy McKeown | |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Political science |
| Institutions | |
Books
- Big Business, the State, and Free Trade: Constructing Coalitions in Mexico. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 2000. ISBN 9780521781688.[2]
- With Gerring, John (2008). A Centripetal Theory of Democratic Governance. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9780511756054.[3][4]