Juan P Acevedo

PhD Student of Political Science majoring in International Relations

I’m a PhD student in political science at the Graduate Center, CUNY majoring in international relations. I have taught courses in international relations, political economy and international trade in China, Colombia and the United States for the past 7 years. My main areas of research are international political economy, foreign policy & soft power

Publications

•       Book Chapter:  Acevedo-Ossa, Juan. “Colombia: Negotiating the Domestic-Global Nexus.” in Diplomatic Strategies of Nations in the Global South (forthcoming)
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Acevedo-Ossa, Juan. “El realismo subalterno en la política exterior colombiana.” Foreign Affairs Latin America (2022)
    
OMEP World Assembly
2013. Poster presentation on “Early childhood development in Colombia”.
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Research article:
Patricia Rodríguez, Andrés Sarria,
Millerlandy Santana, Juan Pablo Acevedo y Alexandra Arango. (2017). Reintegración económica de excombatientes desde
el análisis de los determinantes de la motivación hacia el trabajo. Revista Perfiles Gerenciales. 6(1). pp. 100-112.

Academic Interests

My research lies in the intersection of foreign policy, soft power and international political economy with a particular emphasis on China in the Global South and its hegemonic competition with the United States.

Education

2020-2025            Ph.D. Student, Political Science (International Relations & Comparative Politics) – Graduate Center, CUNY, New York City, USA
Research interests: Foreign policy, international political economy, US-China relations        

2018-2019            Postgraduate Diploma in University teaching
– Universidad ICESI – Cali, Colombia

2009 -2012          M.A. in International Relations
– Zhongnan University of Economics and Law – Wuhan, China.

2008 – 2010         Chinese language and culture – Zhongnan University of Economics and Law – Wuhan, China.

2002 – 2007         B Sc in Industrial Engineering, San Buenaventura University – Cali, Colombia.

Positions

Adjunct lecturer: China in the global economy (Spring 2023), international political economy (Fall 2023), Fordham University, *Non-CUNY
Research Assistant, Ralph Bunche Institute for International Studies, CUNY Graduate Center
Research Assistant: NYPD project, Institute for State and Local Governance, CUNY Graduate Center