Dr. Cynthia J. Arnson is director of the Latin American Program at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars. She is a member of the editorial advisory board of Foreign Affairs Latinoamérica, she is also a member of the advisory boards of the Social Science Research Council's Conflict Prevention and Peace Forum and of Human Rights Watch/Americas, where she served as associate director from 1990 to 1994, covering Central America and Colombia. Arnson participated as editor in several publications from the Stanford University and The Johns Hopkins University as well. She also was an assistant professor of international relations at American University's School of International Service from 1989 to 1991, and a foreign policy aide in the House of Representatives during the Carter and Reagan administrations. Graduated magna cum laude from Wesleyan University in Middletown, Connecticut, Cynthia Arnson has an M.A. and Ph.D. in international relations from The Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies.