University Teaching
After receiving his M.A. from Harvard, Robert Leiken served as an Acting Assistant Professor of Humanities at Massachusetts Institute of Technology from 1968-1971. In 1971 he went to Mexico, where he served as a Professor of Economics at the National Agricultural University of Mexico (Universidad Nacional Agricola Autonoma de Chapingo) and also as a Professor of Economic History at the Center for Economic Research and Teaching. He has also served as a Visiting Professor of Political Science at Boston College and as a Visiting Professor of Communications at Boston University.
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