About Me
Henry M. Silvert, Ph.D., was born in Philadelphia in 1948, did his undergraduate (1967-1971) and doctoral studies (1976-1985) at New York University, and read for a Bachelor of Philosophy degree In Latin American area studies at the University of Oxford (1971-1974). He spent his childhood years in New Orleans, Guatemala City, Mexico City, Santiago, and Buenos Aires, and lived in Hanover, New Hampshire, and Norwich, Vermont while he was a teenager. As a survey associate and statistician, Dr. Silvert worked at The Conference Board, where he co-authored several reports regarding business matters, for 23 years. He has also worked on projects addressing, among other topics, childhood hunger, drug use, and the HIV/AIDS epidemic and gave presentations at conferences on Chile’s return to democratic practices. Dr. Silvert has been a visiting professor at The Colegio de Mexico, where he taught comparative politics of Latin America, and an adjunct professor of sociology at various colleges and universities in New York City.
Education
1976 - 1984
New York University
Ph.D., Sociology
1971 - 1974
University of Oxford
Read for a B. Phil. in Latin American Studies
1967 - 1971
New York University
Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and Spanish
Business Research
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Corporate views of employee workplace readiness
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Corporate policies on leadership development and change management
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Diversity and inclusion in the workplace
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Mid-Market CEO Challenges: What keeps them up at night?
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HIV/AIDS in the workplace
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Lower East Side HIV/AIDS project
Academic Research
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Risk factors of HIV/AIDS infection in the Caribbean
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Maternal literacy, low-weight births and infant mortality in the Caribbean
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Childhood hunger
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The social impact of energy consumption
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Conjunctural theory: the significance of stock market shocks
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Latin American politics and society
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Prevalence of drug-usage in Bolivia
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Re-emergence of democracy in Chile
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Political development in Chile