Ford Project Core Faculty

Project Co-Directors:

Dr. Philip J. Williams
Professor of Political Science and Latin American Studies
email: pjw@polisci.ufl.edu
homepage: http://www.clas.ufl.edu/users/pjw/

Dr. Manuel A. Vásquez
Associate Professor of Religion and Latin American Studies
email: mvasquez@religion.ufl.edu
homepage: http://web.religion.ufl.edu/faculty/vasquez.html

 Brazil:

Dr. José Cláudio Souza Alves
Sociologist, Professor, Institute of Human and Social Sciences, Federal Rural University of Rio de Janeiro
email: jclaudioalves@uol.com.br

Guatemala:

Sylvia Irene Palma Calderón
Executive Director, Instituto Centroamericano de Estudios Sociales y Desarrollo (INCEDES), Guatemala City
email: irenepalma.incedes@gmail.com

Mexico:

Dr. Patricia Fortuny Loret de Mola
Professor and Researcher, Center of Research and Advanced Studies in Social Anthropology (CIESAS-Peninsular), Yucatán
email: gfortuny@prodigy.net.mx
mpfortuny@hotmail.com

 United States:

Dr. Timothy J. Steigenga
Associate Professor of Political Science, Wilkes Honors College of Florida Atlantic University, Jupiter, Florida
email: tsteigen@fau.edu

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Research Associates:

 Brazil:

Professor Lúcia Ribeiro de Souza
Sociologist, Superior Institute for the Study of Religion (ISER/Assessoria),Rio de Janeiro
email: lucia.r@uol.com.br

 Guatemala:

Carol Lisset Girón Solórzano
Inter-Institutional Coordinator, Instituto Centroamericano de Estudios Sociales y Desarrollo (INCEDES), Guatemala City
email: carolgiron@yahoo.com

 Mexico:

Mirian Solís Lizama
Colegio de la Frontera Norte
Abelardo L. Rodríguez #2925
Zona del Río C.P. Mex
Maestría en Desarrollo Regional (Coordinación: Carolina Ortiz y Mirian Solíz Lizama)
Tel: 011-52-664-6300 x2220
email: Mirian15@hotmail.com

 United States:

Marie Friedmann Marquardt
Independent Religious Studies Scholar
Decatur, Georgia
email: themarquardts@mac.com

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Advisory Board (in process):

Raphael Allen (Concerned Black Clergy of Metropolitan Atlanta)
Carlos Cardoza-Orlandi (Columbia Theological Seminary)
David O. Jenkins (Faith in the City/Candler School Theology Emory University)
Gary Laderman (Religious Studies, Emory University)
Antonio Marcos (Pastoral Maya)
Marie Friedmann Marquardt (Religious Studies, Independent Scholar)
Mary Odem (History and Women's Studies, Emory University)
Robert Orsi (Religious Studies, Northwestern University)
Carol Pierannunzi (Director, A. L. Burrus Institute of Public Service, Kennesaw State University)
Pablo Vila (Sociology, Temple University)

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Project Coordinator:

John Corr
email: jcorr@latam.ufl.edu

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