J. Salvador Peralta
Professor
678-839-4993
jperalta@westga.edu
Boyd Building - Room 222
Office Hours
Fall 2024:
Tue-Thu 1-3pm
and by appointment
Dr. J. Salvador Peralta is a Professor of Political Science at the University of West Georgia. He teaches courses on American Government, Comparative Politics, Democratic Theory, Democratic Erosion, Political Analysis, and Latin American Politics. His current research explores different interests in Latin America including democratic erosion, social investment policies, higher education politics, and the politics of poetry in the region.
His most recent scholarly publications and poetry translations have appeared in The Politicization of Social Investment in Latin America from Oxford University Press, The Midsouth Political Science Review, and The Birmingham Poetry Review.
His experiences living through dictatorship, war, and emigrating to the U.S. have informed his scholarly and teaching interests and inspired him to develop a course on what it means to be free, for which he won a National Endowment for Humanities (NEH) grant.
- ORGL-1500 (Profiles of Leaders)
- ORGL-2601 (Intro to Public Administration)
- ORGL-2900 (Program and Policy Eval Leader)
- POLS-1101 (American Government)
- POLS-2101 (Intro to Political Science)
- POLS-2601 (Intro to Pol Science Inquiry)
- POLS-3201 (Public Policy)
- POLS-3401 (Comparative Politics)
- POLS-3601 (Political Analysis)
- POLS-4200 (Principles of Public Admin)
- POLS-4210 (Public Management)
- POLS-4215 (Mgmt of Non-Profit Organizatns)
- POLS-4218 (Project Mgnt in Public Sector)
- POLS-4220 (Administrative Law & Govt)
- POLS-4221 (Government Org & Admin Theory)
- POLS-4403 (Latin American Politics)
- POLS-4604 (Democratic Theory)
- POLS-4984 (Senior Seminar)
- POLS-4985 (Public Leadership)
- POLS-6202 (Research Meth for Pub Admin)
- POLS-6287 (Comprehensive Research Project)
- SJUS-3050 (Politics of Social Justice)
- SJUS-4800 (Social Justice Policy Analysis)
Fall 2025 Sections
- POLS-1101 (American Government) Section: 03 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
- POLS-3401 (Comparative Politics) Section: E01 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
- POLS-3601 (Political Analysis) Section: E01 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
- POLS-4215 (Management of Non-Profit Orgs) Section: 50E eMajor Courses External Resource
Summer 2025 Sections
- POLS-2101 (Intro to Political Science) Section: E01 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
- POLS-4215 (Mgmt of Non-Profit Organizatns) Section: 01E eMajor Courses External Resource
- POLS-4604 (Democratic Theory) Section: E01 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
Spring 2025 Sections
- POLS-1101 (American Government) Section: E03 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
- POLS-2601 (Intro to Political Science Inq) Section: 01 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
- POLS-4210 (Public Management) Section: 50E eMajor Courses External Resource
- POLS-4403 (Latin American Politics) Section: 01 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
- SJUS-4800 (Social Justice Policy Analysis) Section: 80E eMajor Courses External Resource
Fall 2024 Sections
- POLS-1101 (American Government) Section: 01 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
- POLS-2601 (Intro to Political Science Inq) Section: 01 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
- POLS-3401 (Comparative Politics) Section: E01 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
- POLS-4215 (Mgmt of Non-Profit Organizatns) Section: 50E eMajor Courses External Resource
- POLS-4220 (Administrative Law & Govt) Section: 80E eMajor Courses External Resource
Summer 2024 Sections
- POLS-1101 (American Government) Section: E03 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
- POLS-2101 (Intro to Political Science) Section: E01 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
- POLS-4215 (Mgmt of Non-Profit Organizatns) Section: 01E eMajor Courses External Resource
Spring 2024 Sections
- POLS-1101 (American Government) Section: E04 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
- ORGL-1500 (Profiles of Leaders) Section: 50E eMajor Courses External Resource
- POLS-2601 (Intro to Political Science Inq) Section: 01 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
- POLS-3601 (Political Analysis) Section: E01 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
- SJUS-4800 (Social Justice Policy Analysis) Section: 80E eMajor Courses External Resource
- POLS-4985 (Public Leadership) Section: 01 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
Fall 2023 Sections
- POLS-1101 (American Government) Section: 05 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
- POLS-1101 (American Government) Section: 11 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
- ORGL-2601 (Intro to Public Administration) Section: 51E eMajor Courses External Resource
- POLS-3401 (Comparative Politics) Section: E01 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
- POLS-4218 (Project Mgnt in Public Sector) Section: 80E eMajor Courses External Resource
Summer 2023 Sections
- POLS-4200 (Principles of Public Admin) Section: 01E eMajor Courses External Resource
- POLS-4604 (Democratic Theory) Section: E01 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
Spring 2023 Sections
- POLS-1101 (American Government) Section: E08 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
- POLS-1101 (American Government) Section: 10 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
- ORGL-1500 (Profiles of Leaders) Section: 51E eMajor Courses External Resource
- POLS-4221 (Government Org & Admin Theory) Section: 80E eMajor Courses External Resource
- POLS-4403 (Latin American Politics) Section: E01 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
- POLS-6287 (Comprehensive Research Project) Section: E04 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
Fall 2022 Sections
- POLS-2601 (Intro to Political Science Inq) Section: 01 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
- SJUS-3050 (Politics of Social Justice) Section: 50E eMajor Courses External Resource
- POLS-3401 (Comparative Politics) Section: E01 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
- POLS-4200 (Principles of Public Admin) Section: 51E eMajor Courses External Resource
- POLS-6202 (Research Meth for Pub Admin) Section: E02 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
- POLS-6202 (Research Meth for Pub Admin) Section: E01 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
Summer 2022 Sections
- ORGL-2601 (Intro to Public Administration) Section: 01E eMajor Courses External Resource
- POLS-3201 (Public Policy) Section: E01 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
- POLS-4604 (Democratic Theory) Section: E01 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
Spring 2022 Sections
- POLS-1101 (American Government) Section: E02 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
- POLS-1101 (American Government) Section: 09 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
- ORGL-1500 (Profiles of Leaders) Section: 51E eMajor Courses External Resource
- ORGL-2900 (Program and Policy Eval Leader) Section: 81E eMajor Courses External Resource
- POLS-4984 (Senior Seminar) Section: E01 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
Fall 2021 Sections
- POLS-1101 (American Government) Section: 06 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
- POLS-3401 (Comparative Politics) Section: E01 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
- POLS-4215 (Mgmt of Non-Profit Organizatns) Section: 51E eMajor Courses External Resource
Summer 2021 Sections
- POLS-2101 (Intro to Political Science) Section: E01 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
- POLS-4984 (Senior Seminar) Section: E01 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
Spring 2021 Sections
- POLS-1101 (American Government) Section: 03 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
- POLS-1101 (American Government) Section: 04 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
- ORGL-1500 (Profiles of Leaders) Section: 50E eMajor Courses External Resource
- POLS-4604 (Democratic Theory) Section: E01 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
Fall 2020 Sections
- POLS-1101 (American Government) Section: 07 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
- POLS-2601 (Intro to Pol Science Inquiry) Section: 01 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
- POLS-3401 (Comparative Politics) Section: 01 external Syllabus via Concourse External Resource
J. Salvador Peralta. 2022. “Chapter 14. The Politicization of Social Investment in Latin America.” In The World Politics of Social Investment. Julian Garritzmann, Silja Häusermann, and Bruno Palier, eds. Oxford: Oxford University Press. [View Publication External Resource]
Anthony Fleming, Paul E. Rutledge, J. Salvador Peralta, and Vanessa Woodward Griffin. 2022. "The Gun Stops Here: Firearm Policy and Presidential Issue Framing." Midsouth Political Science Review. 22: 71-96. [View Publication External Resource]
Juana de Ibarbourou. 2022. "Selected Poems." Translated by J. Salvador Peralta. Birmingham Poetry Review. 49. [View Publication External Resource]
Maggiano, Corey M., Christine D. White, Richard A. Stern, J. Salvador Peralta, and Fred J. Longstaffe. "Focus: Oxygen isotope microanalysis across incremental layers of human bone: Exploring archaeological reconstruction of short term mobility and seasonal [View Publication External Resource]
J. Salvador Peralta. 2018. “¡Aquí mando yo! Presidencia, liderazgo presidencial y formulación de políticas públicas en el Perú durante los gobiernos de Alan García.” In Centros de Gobierno. América Latina... Jorge Lanzaro, ed. Madrid: Tecnos.
J. Salvador Peralta. 2017. “Latin America University Rankings 2017: an unwelcomed advance in Chile.” Times Higher Education: London. [View Publication External Resource]
J. Salvador Peralta and Gregory Fraser. 2017. “An Interview with Claribel Alegría.” Birmingham Poetry Review 44. [View Publication External Resource]
Fleming, Anthony, Paul Rutledge, Gregory Dixon, and J. Salvador Peralta. 2016. “When the Smoke Clears: Focusing Events, Issue Definition, Strategic Framing, and the Politics of Gun Control.” Social Science Quarterly, 97(5): 1144-1152. DOI: 10.1111/ssqu [View Publication External Resource]
J. Salvador Peralta, and Thiago Pezzuto. 2016. “We Come In Peace”: Ideology and Higher Education Policymaking in Latin America. In The International Politics of Higher Education. Meng-Hsuan Chou, Isaac Kamola, and Tamson Pietsch, eds. London: Routledge [View Publication External Resource]
J. Salvador Peralta, and Thiago Pezzuto Pacheco. 2014. “Resisting Progress: The New Left and Higher Education in Latin America.” PS: Political Science and Politics 47(3): 620-623. doi:10.1017/S1049096514000742 [View Publication External Resource]
J. Salvador Peralta. 2013. “Do Culture and Institutions Matter? Explaining the Sources of Cross-National Regime Support.” Politics & Policy 41(4): 479-508. [View Publication External Resource]
J. Salvador Peralta, and G. Richard Larkin. 2011. “Counting Those Who Count: The Impact of Latino Population Growth on Redistricting in Southern States.” PS: Political Science & Politics 44(3): 552-561. [View Publication External Resource]