Steffen Schmidt is professor of Political Science at Iowa State University, an Associate of the Latin American
Institute at the University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, and an Affiliate of Nova Southeastern University, Oceanographic
Center. He has also been "Dr. Politics" for 16 years on WOI Public Radio and has commentated for CNN in
Spanish, the BBC, and other major international media. Schmidt is author of 11 books, including American Government and
Politics Today and most recently Who is You? The Coming Epidemic of Identity Theft (2005). Part of the Technology,
Globalization, and Culture series.
