Bio & Expertise

Born in Havana, Cuba, Cuzán can trace his interest in political science to January 7, 1959: the day Fidel Castro triumphantly rode into Havana after Cuban dictator Fulgencio Batista fled the country. Two years later, when Castro’s plans to establish a Soviet-style communist regime became evident, Cuzán and his family immigrated to Miami.


Dr. Cuzán has been awarded numerous grants and fellowships: ​two Fulbright scholar​ grants (2015 and 1983)​, ​several ​National Endowment for the Humanities Fellow​ships​ (2004, 1996, 1992, 1989 and 1988), ​a ​Reuben Askew Fellowsh​ip and a Henry Salvatori Fellow​ship. He chaired the Department of Government at UWF from 1992 to 2012. He has also co-authored several articles on the Pollyvote, a model for predicting the outcome of presidential elections, which received media attention.


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The PollyVote predicts the share of the popular two-party vote achieved by the candidate of the incumbent party.

Honors

Fulbright Fellow
University of Tartu (Estonia, Tartu) - UT, Spring 2016
National Endowment for the Humanities Fellow​, Summer Institute for College Teachers on “The Enduring Significance of Tocqueville’s Democracy in America,” Bethel University
National Endowment for the Humanities (United States, Washington D.C.) - NEH, 2007
National Endowment for the Humanities Fellow​, w, Princeton University Summer Seminar for College Teachers on Comparative Constitutions, directed by Prof. Walter Murphy
National Endowment for the Humanities (United States, Washington D.C.) - NEH, 1996
National Endowment for the Humanities Fellow​, National Endowment for the Humanities Fellow, Southern Illinois University Summer Seminar for College Teachers on “The Constructionist Stance,” directed by Prof. Joel Best
National Endowment for the Humanities (United States, Washington D.C.) - NEH, 1992
National Endowment for the Humanities Fellow​, National Endowment for the Humanities Fellow, University of Wisconsin Summer Institute for College Teachers on Latin American History
National Endowment for the Humanities (United States, Washington D.C.) - NEH, 1989
National Endowment for the Humanities Fellow​, National Endowment for the Humanities Fellow, Cornell University Summer Seminar for College Teachers on “Collective Action,” directed by Prof. Sidney Tarrow
National Endowment for the Humanities (United States, Washington D.C.) - NEH, 1988
Fulbright Fellow
Fulbright Association (United States, Washington D.C.), 1983
National Endowment for the Humanities Fellow, Summer Institute for College Teachers on “War and Morality,” The U.S. Naval Academy
National Endowment for the Humanities (United States, Washington D.C.) - NEH, 2004
National Endowment for the Humanities Fellow, Summer Institute for College Teachers on “The Enduring Significance of Tocqueville’s Democracy in America,” Bethel University
National Endowment for the Humanities (United States, Washington D.C.) - NEH, 2007
USIS Speaker and Specialist Grant to lecture at the Institute of Technology and Higher Education, Monterrey, Mexico
United States Department of State (United States, Washington D.C.) - DOS, 1999
Professorial Excellence Program (PEP) Award
University of West Florida (United States, Pensacola) - UWF, 1998
University Research and Creative Activities Award
University of West Florida (United States, Pensacola) - UWF, 1996
Reuben Askew Fellow
John Scott Dailey Florida Institute of Government, 1995
Henry Salvatori Fellow
The Heritage Foundation, 1994
Manning J. Dauer Award (for best article published in The Political Chronicle)
Journal of the Florida Political Science Association, 1990
Fulbright Fellow, Argentina
Fulbright Association (United States, Washington D.C.), 1983 Summer
Liberty Fund Fellow
Institute for Humane Studies (United States, Arlington) - IHS, 1981 Summer
Fellow
National Institute of Mental Health (United States, Bethesda) - NIMH, 1973-1974

Organizational Affiliations

Distinguished University Professor, College of Arts, Social Sciences, and Humanities

Distinguished University Professor, Reubin O'D. Askew Department of Government

Past Affiliations

Chair, Reubin O'D. Askew Department of Government

Education

Political Science
1975, PhD, Indiana University (United States, Bloomington) - IU
Political Science
1972, MA, Indiana University (United States, Bloomington) - IU
Government and Economics
1969, BA, University of Miami (United States, Coral Gables) - UM