Board of Directors: John H. Coatsworth

John H. Coatsworth was appointed Provost of Columbia University in February 2012.  He is a leading scholar of Latin American economic and international history.  Prior to his appointment, Dr. Coatsworth served as Dean of the University's School of International and Public Affairs (2008 – 2012).  He was the Monroe Gutman Professor of Latin American Affairs at Harvard University (1992–2007), the founding director of Harvard's David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies and the chair of the Harvard University Committee on Human Rights Studies. Prior to his work at Harvard, he was a member of the faculty at the University of Chicago (1969–1992).

Dr. Coatsworth is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the Council on Foreign Relations and numerous professional associations. He is the former president of the American Historical Association and Latin American Studies Association. In 1986, he was awarded the John Simon Guggenheim Foundation Fellowship. He has served as Senior Fulbright Lecturer three times, with appointments in Argentina and Mexico. Dr. Coatsworth received his B.A. in History from Wesleyan University, and his M.A. and Ph.D. in Economic History from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.