Chandler Stolp has a Ph.D. in social and decision sciences and public policy from Carnegie Mellon University. He is an applied statistician and economist with interests in research methods, economic development, and U.S.-Latin American relations. His research focuses on social policy evaluation, western hemispheric economic integration, and the application of innovative statistical methods in "messy" data environments.
Professor Stolp chaired a state task force in the early 1990s on the impacts of the proposed North American Free Trade Agreement on Texas manufacturing and is currently directing a research project evaluating health and education programs in Brazil and elsewhere in Latin America. He serves as the Director of the Brazil Center at the Lozano Long Institute of Latin American Studies (LLILAS) and also of the Inter-American Policy Studies Program, a joint venture of the LBJ School and LLILAS. He has worked as a statistical and economics consultant for numerous public and private agencies in Texas and throughout Latin America. Professor Stolp is a Faculty Research Associate at the Population Research Center, and an Endowed Research Fellow at the IC2 Institute.
At the LBJ School, he offers courses in applied statistics, research methods, economic integration, and Latin American development. He also serves as Assistant Graduate Adviser and Coordinator of the School's Ph.D. program.
Education
Ph.D. in social and decision sciences and public policy, Carnegie Mellon University
Current Positions
Ph.D. Coordinator, LBJ School; Director, Brazil Center, Lozano Long Institute of Latin American Studies (LLILAS); Director, Inter-American Policy Studies Program (joint venture of the LBJ School and LLILAS); Faculty Research Associate, Population Research
Previous Positions
Chaired state task force in early 1990s on the impacts of the proposed North American Free Trade Agreement on Texas manufacturing; statistical and economics consultant for numerous public and private agencies in Texas and throughout Latin America
Co-author, Education and Work After High School: A First Look at the Class of 2006 (University of Texas at Austin, 2007); Systems and Policies for the Global Learning Economy (Praeger, 2003); author or co-author, various scholarl
Economic Policy
U.S. - Latin American Relations
Western Hemisphere Economic Integration