Jeffrey D. Pugh

Jeffrey D. Pugh is Associate Professor in the Department of Conflict Resolution, Human Security, & Global Governance at the University of Massachusetts Boston. He is also the executive director of the Center for Mediation, Peace, and Resolution of Conflict (CEMPROC). His PhD in political science is from the Johns Hopkins University, with undergraduate degrees from the University of Georgia, where he was a Foundation Fellow. Pugh's research focuses on the role of non-state actors and international institutions influencing governance and peacebuilding in the Global South, especially in migrant-receiving areas of Ecuador. His book, The Invisibility Bargain: Governance Networks and Migrant Human Security (Oxford University Press 2021), focuses on non-state actors and governance networks providing peace and security for Colombian migrants in Ecuador. He has published articles in International Migration Review, Latin American Politics and Society, International Studies Perspectives, PS, Journal of Peacebuilding and Development, and Negotiation Journal, among others.

His research has received awards from the International Studies Association, the American Political Science Association (APSA), the Middle Atlantic Council of Latin American Studies (MACLAS), the New England Council of Latin American Studies, and the 2011 Peace and Justice Studies Association, among others. He was a 2014-2015 Fulbright Scholar in Ecuador and is a past president of the Middle Atlantic Council on Latin American Studies (MACLAS). He lives between Cambridge, MA and Washington, DC, and enjoys music, cooking, the outdoors, and playing with his precocious toddler.