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Douglas Hecock is an Associate Professor of Political Science at Bucknell University, where he joined the faculty in 2006 and currently serves as Department Chair. He also holds an affiliation as Faculty in Latin American Studies. Hecock earned his Ph.D. from the University of New Mexico. His teaching interests include comparative politics, Latin American politics, third world politics, democratization, and the politics of economic development, with courses such as POLS 205 Comparative Politics, POLS 211 Third World Politics, POLS 219 Latin American Politics, and POLS 290 Politics of Economic Development. Hecock's research focuses on comparative politics, particularly in Latin America, examining democratization processes, education reform, and the political economy of foreign direct investment (FDI). In 2015-2016, he received a Fulbright Scholar award to conduct research in Mexico on the politics of FDI, investigating how local political contexts influence investment decisions, such as preferences for border states versus well-governed interior states. This work was affiliated with the Center for Economic Research and Training in Mexico City.