Julia Sweig — SPARQNOW

At-a-Glance

Author of the New York Times Best Seller *Lady Bird Johnson: Hiding in Plain Sight* (2021), longlisted for the 2022 PEN/Jacqueline Bograd Weld Award for Biography.
Executive producer, writer, and host of *In Plain Sight: Lady Bird Johnson*, an eight-episode audio documentary produced with ABC News.
Founder & Principal of Julia Sweig Consulting, LLC since 1999.
Senior Research Fellow at The University of Texas at Austin - The LBJ School of Public Affairs since 2015.
Previously served as Senior Fellow and Director, Latin America Studies at the Council on Foreign Relations (1999-2015).
Authored several books including *Cuba: What Everyone Needs to Know* (2009, 2nd ed. 2012) and *Inside the Cuban Revolution* (2002).
Holds a PhD and MA from the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies.

Biography

Julia Sweig is an American writer and scholar recognized for her expertise in U.S. politics and international relations, with a particular focus on US-Latin American relations and American foreign policy. She is the Founder & Principal of Julia Sweig Consulting, LLC, established in 1999, and has served as a Senior Research Fellow at The University of Texas at Austin - The LBJ School of Public Affairs since 2015.