Monica de Bolle Named Academic Director of Latin American Studies

May 21, 2018

The Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) is pleased to announce that Dr. Monica de Bolle will serve as the Academic Director of the Latin American Studies Program (LASP) and the Emerging Markets Specialization beginning July 2018.  

“Dr. de Bolle is a dynamic professor and frequent media commentator on issues related to emerging markets, debt restructuring and Latin American economic development,” said Dr. Riordan Roett. “I am confident that she will provide superb leadership for the future development of both programs.”

De Bolle is no stranger to the school and has served as a Practitioner in Residence of International Economics and Emerging Markets since 2016, and was previously a member of the adjunct faculty.  She is also a senior fellow at the Peterson Institute for International Economics. De Bolle’s research focuses on financial crises, macroeconomics, foreign exchange policy, monetary and fiscal policy, trade and inequality, financial regulation, and capital markets. She has previously served as director of the Institute for Economic Policy Research (IEPE/Casa das Garças), economist at the International Monetary Fund, and in 2014 was named an "Honored Economist" by the Order of Brazilian Economists. De Bolle has authored and coauthored a number of books on the global economy and Brazil's policy challenges, including her most recent book How to Kill the Blue Butterfly: A Chronicle of the Dilma Era n (2016), which remained on Brazil´s best seller lists for several weeks and was a finalist for Premio Jabuti, a prestigious literature prize.  

“It is my great honor to guide students through the many policy changes to come during this defining moment for the global economy, Latin America, and Emerging Markets, at such an academically rewarding institution,” said de Bolle.