School of Languages and Area Studies (SLAS)

Profile

Ann Matear is a Principal Lecturer in Iberian and Latin American Studies. She has a doctorate from the University of Liverpool on the subject of Gender, the State and the politics of Transition in Chile.

Research Interests

Education policy in LA; Gender in Latin America; Human Rights

Recent Publications

Co-author (with S. Barrientos, A. Bee, I. Vogel) of Working miracles; Women at the cutting edge of Chilean fruit exports, published by Macmillian (1999) and author of a number of articles on gender politics, political identity and democratic transition in Latin America.

1. 2007 Equity in Education in Chile: The Tensions Between Policy & Practice, International Journal of Educational Development. Vol 27: 1, January 2007, pp. 101-113.
2. 2007 Tensions between State and Market in Chile: Educational Policy and Culture. European Review of Latin American and Caribbean Studies (October Issue).
3. 2006 Barriers to Equitable Access: Higher Education Policy in Chile since 1990, Higher Education Policy, March 2006, pp. 31-49.
4. 2004 ‘Coming to Terms with the Past: The Pursuit of Justice in Chile’. History Today.
5. 2004 ‘The Pinochet Case: A Catalyst for Deepening Democracy in Chile?’, in P. Gready (ed) (2004), Fighting for Human Rights. Routledge.

Recent Conference Organisation

May 30^th – 31^st 2007: (with Dr Deborah Shaw) Cultural Representations of Race, Gender & Class in ContemporaryLatin America.University ofPortsmouth. Funded by Joint Initiative for the Study of Latin America & Caribbean.

Teaching

20th Century history and politics of Latin America, democratisation and human rights of Spain.

Administration

Undergraduate Curriculum Development & Quality Coordinator.

Course Leader in American Studies & Combinations