Becoming an American Politologist

<ns0:p>After escaping the Castro regime in Cuba via Mexico as a child, Alfred G. Cuzán came to the United States and started on his academic career path in political science. Looking back now, Cuzán sees that there were plenty of obstacles along the way, but a handful of faculty and editors willing to “take risks” made it possible for Cuzán to contribute to his goal of making political science a more fully developed discipline. In his remaining years of work, Cuzán would like to do a bit more “to expose the Castro regime for what it is.”</ns0:p>