Antonio V. Menéndez Alarcón
Professor of Sociology
Director International Studies Program
Ph.D. Sociology, University of Notre Dame, 1991
MA in Sociology, Université de Paris, 1983
Office: Jordan Hall 371
Phone: (317) 940-9284
Email: amenende@butler.edu
FAX: (317) 940-9754
Departmental Specialty Areas
Comparative and International Sociology, Globalization, Culture
and Communication, Ethnic Relations, European Societies, Latin
American Societies
Additional Research Areas
Media and Communication, International Relations, Identity and
Nation-State, European Union, and Political Sociology.
Professor Menéndez is a comparative sociologist whose research
and scholarship have examined issues of ethnicity, cultural
identity, media and power, and the process of European integration
using multiple research methods. His most recent books include
Safeguarding German-American Relations in the New Century:
Understanding and Accepting Mutual Differences. Editor, in
collaboration with Hermann Kurthen and Stefan Immerfall. Lanham,
MD: Lexington Publishers: 2006; and The Cultural Realm of
European Integration. Greenwood Press, 2004. Another
publication from 1992, Power and Television in Latin
America received the Choice Magazine's 1994
Outstanding Academic Book Award. Previous books published
in Spanish include The Dominican Student (Santo Domingo:
Intec, 1987), Spanish Migration to the Dominican Republic
(Oviedo: Consejo de Comunidades Asturanas, 1993), and an
earlier edited work in collaboration with Jose Alcantara. Human
Being and Society. (Santo Domingo: Intec, 1987).
He has published many
articles in professional journals in English, French, and Spanish,
such as Research in Political Sociology, International Journal
of Cultural Studies, International Review of Sociology,
International Journal of Contemporary Sociology, and International
Journal of Politics, Culture and Society as well as in edited
volumes.
Professor Menéndez's current research interests lie in (1)
investigating the cultural influences on international relations;
namely, analyzing how conceptions of cultural identity, sense of
belonging, and nation determine decision making in the
international arena; (2) exploring ideologies of nationalism and
the connections between popular culture, everyday life, and broader
social processes such as globalization and transnationalism.
Languages Spoken
Dr. Menendez speaks French, English, Spanish and has a working
knowledge of German.
Courses Taught
IS410/SO335 - Global Society
SO323 - Racial and Ethnic Relations
SO333 - European Societies
SO331 - Latin American Societies
SO349 - Social Movements
IS101 - Introduction to International Studies