{"id":2494,"date":"2023-07-13T15:07:35","date_gmt":"2023-07-13T19:07:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/institutodelibertadeconomica.org\/our-team\/gerard-alexander-phd\/"},"modified":"2023-07-13T15:08:28","modified_gmt":"2023-07-13T19:08:28","slug":"gerard-alexander-phd","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/institutodelibertadeconomica.org\/en\/our-team\/gerard-alexander-phd\/","title":{"rendered":"Gerard Alexander, Ph.D."},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_section el_id=\"team_member\" css=\".vc_custom_1679506641691{margin-top: 30px !important;}\"][vc_row][vc_column width=\"1\/3\"][vc_single_image image=\"2491\" img_size=\"full\" alignment=\"center\"][\/vc_column][vc_column width=\"2\/3\"][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element vc_custom_1650374638741\">\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n<h3>Gerard Alexander, Ph.D.<\/h3>\n<h5><b>Board Member<\/b><\/h5>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<p data-pm-slice=\"1 1 []\">Gerard Alexander is an associate professor of politics at the University of Virginia. He is the author of\u00a0<em>The Sources of Democratic Consolidation<\/em>\u00a0and scholarly articles on attitudes toward immigration, empirical democratic theory, institutional change, and conditions for democratic stability. He has also written on U.S. politics in the New York Times, the Washington Post, National Review, the Weekly Standard, and the Claremont Review of Books.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Alexander grew up\u00a0\u00a0in the U.S. Virgin Islands and spent substantial time as a young person in Puerto Rico. He received his Ph.D. and M.A. in Political Science from Columbia University in New York. He holds a Bachelor\u2019s degree in international studies from Georgetown University.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][\/vc_section][vc_section][vc_row][vc_column]<div class=\"templatera_shortcode\"><style type=\"text\/css\" data-type=\"vc_shortcodes-custom-css\">.vc_custom_1677767978547{padding-top: 96px !important;padding-bottom: 72px !important;background-color: #1b2028 !important;}<\/style><section data-vc-full-width=\"true\" data-vc-full-width-init=\"false\" class=\"vc_section dark-cta-1 vc_custom_1677767978547 vc_section-has-fill\"><div class=\"vc_row wpb_row vc_row-fluid\"><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-7\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element  white\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<h2>Contribute now for a free and prosperous Puerto Rico<\/h2>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-5\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element  white\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<p>With your help, we will promote the ideals of individual liberty and responsibility, the rule of law, private property, and effective and accountable government to increase opportunity in Puerto Rico and enable prosperity for all.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element  button-01\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<p><a href=\"https:\/\/institutodelibertadeconomica.org\/en\/donations\/\">Donate now<\/a><\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section><div class=\"vc_row-full-width vc_clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>[\/vc_column][\/vc_row][\/vc_section]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Gerard Alexander, Ph.D. Board Member Gerard Alexander is an associate professor of politics at the University of Virginia. 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