About the Author

Brantley Nicholson is a visiting professor and President's College Associate in the Department of Latin American and Iberian Studies at the University of Richmond.

Sophia A. McClennen is Professor of International Affairs and Comparative Literature at the Pennsylvania State University, University Park, where she directs the Center for Global Studies. Her most recent books are Colbert's America: Satire and Democracy (Palgrave 2012) and Neoliberalism, Terrorism, Education co-authored with Jeffrey Di Leo, Henry Giroux, and Ken Saltman (Paradigm 2012).