Thomas J. Metallo, Ph.D.
Biography
Prior to becoming a professor, Dr. Metallo served as a missionary with Youth With a Mission (YWAM). He is fluent in Spanish and has traveled extensively throughout Central America. During the summer, Dr. Metallo travels to Antigua, where he teaches a course on the Politics of Latin America. Dr. Metallo also serves as the faculty advisor for Pi Sigma Alpha, the National Political Science Honor Society.
Professional Memberships
- American Political Science Association
- Latin American Studies Association
- Guatemala Scholars Network
- Hillsdale College Free Market Forum
Courses Taught
- Constitutional Government and Free Enterprise (Honors)
- Introduction to Comparative Politics
- Political Economy and Public Policy
- American Foreign Policy
- International Law
- Politics of Latin America
- Introduction to Geopolitics and International Diplomacy
Edited Works
- The Occult Roots of the Nicaraguan Revolution
- Order and Legitimacy: Political Thought in National Spain
Research Interests
- Growth of the Protestant Church in Latin America, especially Guatemala
- Biblical Worldview
- History of Ideas
- Intellectual History of Latin America
- United States constitutional and founding era
- Church/State relations
- Marxism
- Marxism-Leninism
- Latin American Revolutionary Groups
- Amerindian Cosmology and Culture
- China’s growing role in the world
- Latin American and Spanish Political Thought
- Spanish Civil War
- Islam and the ReConquest of Spain
- Life and writings of Ramiro de Maeztu, Spanish journalist and political theorist
- School of Salamanca