ADAM GOLOB, PhD
Expert Services
I provide educational classes, training and workshops, as well as expertise for legal cases. I am open to work with individuals and institutions to provide other related services in these fields upon request.
Presentations
With more than 10 years in the field of education, and with research on a wide breadth of meaningful topics, I am pleased to present at events, conferences and congresses, and to engage with any venue on relevant topics that are impactful across disciplines.
Previous presentations
Active Teaching Strategies for an Engaged Classroom An Exceptional Case: Nicaragua’s slide from Democracy Broken Silence: Multiethnic and Multicultural Movements in Guatemala Coerced Recruitment and the Need for Asylum Costa Rica and the End of Exceptionalism Costa Rica’s Historical Development and its New Age of Progress Discussing Trump’s Executive Order on Immigration: The Refugee Ban and its Global Impacts Enslaved Tourism in Costa Rica Gang Strategies in the Northern Triangle: Coerced Criminality as a Form of Human Trafficking Gangs and Modern-Day Slavery in El Salvador, Honduras and Guatemala: A Non-Traditional Model of Human Trafficking Is There a Better Way to Elect a President?: A Discussion of the Electoral College Persistent Slavery: Trafficking in Persons and the Modern-Day Slave Rehabilitation Does not Begin with a ‘P’: Incorporating a Victim-Centered Approach of Human Trafficking Stereotype Bias in Education The Resurgence of Mano Dura in Guatemala Ungoverned Spaces and the Threat of Coercive Rule of the Quasi-State Government in Honduras
Expert Witness
Having served as an expert witness for immigration court for several years, I have an excellent track record of providing crucial and meaningful country conditions analyses for cases that involve individuals from Central America.
​
Countries in which I have been certified as an expert by the federal immigration court system:
Costa Rica • Guatemala • El Salvador • Honduras • Nicaragua • Panama
Topics in which I have served as an expert witness:
Domestic/Intimate Partner violence Gang / cartel / organized crime related violence Gang recruitment Gang trafficking General country knowledge Indigenous rights LGBTQI issues/rights Political associations (includes party politics as well as social and environmental activism) Prison conditions Race / ethnicity / clan culture / persecution / discrimination Sexual- and Gender-based Violence (SGBV) Trafficking (includes labor, sexual exploitation, etc.) US relations Violence / discrimination against children (includes intrafamilial violence) Violence / discrimination against women/girls (includes domestic violence) / women's rights
Workshops
As an educator, author, presenter, and advisor, I offer many influential workshops which include Central American politics; USA civil society; discussions on race, class, and gender; pedagogical approaches; and teaching online and in-person. Workshops can be tailored to your needs.
Previous classes/workshops:
Active Engagement Strategies for the Classroom American Government Basics Central American Gangs, A Complicated Status Comparative Politics Disenfranchisement of American Voters Framing Freedom v. Security Globalization Human Trafficking 101 Interdisciplinary Sustainability International Relations Introduction to Political Science Latin America Latin American History/Politics/Society The Myth of Exceptionalism Nuances of American Political Culture Political Discourse in Contentious Topics Political Theory Politics of Developing Areas Spanish Language Stereotype Bias Understanding the Electoral College
Endorsements
