Jean-Claude Garcia-Zamor is presently a tenured Professor in the Department of Public Administration at Florida International University (FIU). He has also been doing research and teaching at Leipzig University in the former East Germany during the summer of May, June and July. Dr. Garcia-Zamor is the author of six books and editor of three volumes. He also co-edited three other books. His 12th book entitled: Planning Strategies for Urban Development in Leipzig, Germany: Harmonizing Planning and Equity was published in 2014. He is the author of numerous articles that have appeared in professional journals in the United States, Canada, Puerto Rico, Brazil, Belgium, Great Britain, the Netherlands, India, South Korea, Poland, Lithuania, and the People’s Republic of China. He holds a Master in Latin American History and a Ph.D. in Public Administration from New York University. He also holds a Master of Public Administration and a B.A. in Political Science from the University of Puerto Rico. He is a life member of the American Society for Public Administration, and a member of the American Political Science Association, the International Political Science Association and the Urban Affairs Association.