Liliana Monk

Office Hours
Tuesdays 4:00PM - 5:00PM

Professor Monk has taught about the geography of Latin America for three years at GWU.  Born in Buenos Aires, Argentina and having lived in Brazil, she was drawn to studying the region, especially the impact that neoliberal economic policies had on Argentina’s small agricultural towns. She was awarded a Fulbright Fellowship to study “ghost towns” after the privatization of train transportation throughout the country. 

As an economist in the U.S. Department of Commerce, Professor Monk helped negotiate agreements on nuclear energy, tourism and hydropower between the United States and the People’s Republic of China. As Assistant Director of International Trade for an industry group, Professor Monk successfully negotiated the reduction of tariffs on Bourbon whiskey in Chile. Professor Monk has also worked in the Latin American division of the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) and in the World Bank’s Water Resources Division.

Professor Monk has been involved in promoting geography education through the College Board’s AP Human Geography course, by serving as Co-Chair of its Test Development Committee from 2007-2014, writing its curriculum, participating in the annual reading of the exam, and training future teachers of geography through summer institutes.

She speaks six languages fluently including Spanish, Portuguese and Chinese.