Center-based Faculty & Professional Staff
Director: Philip J. Williams
| Name |
Research Interests and Administrative
Duties |
Geographic Expertise |
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| Caribbean literature, Latino Studies, Mexican culture |
Caribbean, Mexico |
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| Academic program management; late colonial and modern
Central America, colonial Gulf South |
Central America |
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| Tropical conservation, plant population ecology |
Brazil (Amazonia, Cerrado) |
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| Professional skills training, facilitation, social
learning, conflict management |
Brazil, Mexico |
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| Agricultural development, gender, land policy, rural
labor markets |
Brazil, Andes, Central America, Cuba, Comparative |
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Tropical forestry, multi-stake holder cooperation, sustainable development
|
Ecuador, Central America
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Undergraduate advising, event planning |
Brazil |
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Crime, violence, law, the legal and the illegal; journalism and media production; ethnographic study of the state and governance; space, mapping, urban planning, infrastructure; border communities.
|
Argentina, Paraguay, Brazil
|
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| Tropical forest ecology, community forest management |
Western Amazon, Mexico |
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Tropical ecology, conservation biology |
Ecuador, Atlantic Forest
|
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Latin America business environment, regional trade
issues |
General |
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| Center program management, grant preparation and reporting |
Honduras, Costa Rica |
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| Foreign language for specific purposes (business), culture & language in international business, educational technology |
Brazil, Mexico |
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Center and TCD program coordination |
Brazil, Amazonia, Atlantic Rainforest |
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Tropical conservation and development; gender and development |
Brazil, General |
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Ecological anthropology, ethnobotany, medical anthropology, visual anthropology |
Mesoamerica |
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Ethnomusicology, Brazilian jazz, classical and vocal music |
Brazil |
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Development economics |
Colombia, Central America |
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Religion and politics, transnational migration, democratization, social movements, and civil-military relations. |
Central America, Peru, Comparative |
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| Population & environment, demography, sociology of development, comparative study of race and ethnicity |
Brazil |
Emeritus Faculty
Assessment and evaluation, eLearning |
Brazil, Mexico |
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Cultural anthropology, gender, race, labor |
Caribbean |
