Mary Clark

For my dissertation, I researched the process of formulating, adopting, and implementing export promotion policies in Costa Rica. After publishing several articles based on this work, I then expanded it into a book, Gradual Economic Reform in Latin America: The Costa Rican Experience (SUNY Press, 2001). In subsequent research, I turned to social policy, especially in the health sector, in Central America. As my research interests turned from Latin American political economy toward health policy so did my teaching and I developed courses on comparative health policy and global public health. Before leaving Tulane, I had begun work on mental health policy, first in Central America and later in Liberia, West Africa. In addition to research and teaching, I spent many years at Tulane in administrative positions.