About Shannon O’Neil
I am the Douglas Dillon Fellow for Latin America Studies at the Council on Foreign Relations. My main areas of interest and expertise include globalization, policy reform, democratic stability and governance, and Latin American immigration to the United States. I am currently working on a book on Mexico and U.S.-Mexico relations. This project analyzes the political, economic, and social transformations Mexico experienced during the last two decades and considers the importance of these changes for ties between Mexico and the United States. I recently directed CFR’s Independent Task Force on U.S.-Latin America Relations: A New Direction for a New Reality. I also continue to do research based on my dissertation,which analyzed the economic and political consequences of social security privatization in Latin America.
In addition to my position at the CFR, I am a visiting scholar at the Institute of Latin American Studies and I teach Latin American Politics in the political science department at Columbia University.
Before my academic turn I worked in the private sector as an equity analyst at Indosuez Capital Latin America and Credit Lyonnais Securities. While working in the private sector I lived in Mexico City and later New York, traveling extensively throughout the region. While conducting research for my dissertation I was a Fulbright scholar, living again in Mexico and then subsequently in Argentina. I hold a PhD in Government from Harvard University, an MA in International Relations from Yale University, and a BA from Yale University.
To contact me please e-mail or call my office at 212-434-9772.