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Affiliate Department
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Name
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Research Interests
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Geographic Expertise
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Agricultural Education and Communication
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Marta Hartmann
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Gender and culture in agriculture and natural resource management
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Colombia
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Paul Monaghan
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Community-based social marketing
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Haiti, Latino Studies
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T. Grady Roberts
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Teaching and learning, experiential learning, study abroad
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Costa Rica, Trinidad & Tobago, Ecuador
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Agricultural & Biological Engineering
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Clyde Fraisse
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Climate-based agricultural risk management applications, crop growth modeling
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Brazil
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Dorota Z. Haman
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Irrigation and water management; plant water requirements
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Central and South America
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Rafael Muñoz-Carpena
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Hydrology, water quality
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Central and South America
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Fred Royce
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Agricultural cooperatives, international development, decision support systems
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Central America, Cuba
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Agronomy
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Lynn Sollenberger
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Forage plants and grazing livestock
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Jamaica, Mexico
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Anthropology
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Willie Baber
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Applied anthropology, public health
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Caribbean
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Allan F. Burns
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Visual and applied anthropology
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Mexico, Central America
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Susan deFrance
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Zooarchaeology
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Peru, Bolivia, Caribbean
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Susan Gillespie
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Archaeology, ethnohistory, social organization
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Mesoamerica
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Clarence Gravlee
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Ethnic disparities in health, cultural dimensions of psychosocial stress
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Puerto Rico
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Faye Harrison
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African diaspora, social inequality, human rights, political economy
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Caribbean
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Michael Heckenberger
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Archeology of non-western cultures of the humid tropics; historical anthropology
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Brazil
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Richard Kernaghan
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Violence, rights and political community
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Peru
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Michael E. Moseley
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Archaeology of Andean complex civilizations
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Andean South America
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Gerald Murray
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Applied anthropology, linguistics, ecology
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Caribbean
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Augusto Oyuela-Caycedo
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Archaeology, historical ecology
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Andes, Amazonia
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Architecture
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Martha Kohen
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Urban planning
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South America
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Alfonso Perez-Mendez
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Design
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Cuba, Caribbean
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William Tilson
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Design, history, preservation, theory
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Caribbean
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Roy Graham
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Historic preservation
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Central America
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Art and Art History
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Maria Rogal
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Graphic design, relationship between design, culture and identity
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General
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Maya Stanfield-Mazzi
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Pre-Columbian and colonial art
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Andes
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Sergio Vega
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Visual, historical and cultural studies; photography
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Brazil
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Behavioral Science and Community Health
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Alba Amaya-Burns
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Tropical medicine, public health
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El Salvador, Nicaragua
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Biology
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Karen Bjorndal
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Biology of sea turtles
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Caribbean
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Walter S. Judd
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Systematics
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General
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Kaoru Kitajima
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Functional plant ecology, seedling regeneration ecology, tropical forests, climate change
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Panama, Costa Rica, Bolivia
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Francis E. Putz
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Ecology
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South America
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Claudia Romero |
Tropical conservation
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South America
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Chemistry
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Valeria Kleiman
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Energy transfer
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Argentina
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Computer & Information Science & Engineering
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Manuel Bermudez
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Programming languages, transfer of technology
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Costa Rica, Venezuela
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Economics
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Elias Dinopoulos
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International economics, economic development
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General
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Education: Counselor Education
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Edil Torres Rivera
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Multicultural counseling
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Latino Studies
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Education: Human Dev. & Organizational Studies
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Pilar Mendoza
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academic capitalism, access and equity in higher education
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Latino Studies, Colombia
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Education: Teaching and Learning
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Maria Coady
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Bilingual education, ESL language and literacy development
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Latino Studies
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Ester de Jong
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Bilingual education, language policy, and program evaluation
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Latino Studies
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English
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Tace Hedrick
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Chicana/o and Latina/o studies, feminist theory, feminist art history
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General
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Leah Reade Rosenberg
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Anglophone Caribbean studies, postcolonial studies, cultural studies
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Caribbean
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Entomology and Nematology
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Mark Branham
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Evolution of sexual communication in fireflies
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Caribbean, Jamaica
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James Cuda
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Biological control of invasive weeds
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Brazil
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Environmental and Global Health
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Richard Rheingans
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Infectious disease and environmental health hazards in developing countries
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Haiti, Central America
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Family Youth and Community Sciences
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Marilyn Swisher
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Sustainable agriculture
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Central America
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Finance, Insurance and Real Estate
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Andy Naranjo
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International finance and capital markets, international asset pricing
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General
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Brian Gendreau
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Emerging markets finance
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General
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Florida Museum of Natural History
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Kathleen Deagan
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Archaeology, interactions among Native American, Hispanic and African sectors of colonial communities
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Caribbean
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Kitty Emery
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Environmental archaeology
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Mesoamerica
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William F. Keegan
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Archaeology, economic and ecological anthropology, horticultural societies
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Caribbean
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Bruce MacFadden
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Vertebrate paleontology
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Bolivia
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Susan Milbrath
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Archaeology, Mayan codices
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Mesoamerica
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Jacqueline Miller
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Systemics and taxonomy of Lepidoptera
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Mexico, Caribbean
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Max Nickerson
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Systematics and ecology of amphibians and reptiles
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Central America
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Scott Robinson
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Tropical avian ecology and conservation
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Peru, Brazil, Panama
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Norris H. Williams
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Molecular systematics of orchids and euglossine bees
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Panama, South America
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Thomas C. Emmel
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Population biology and conservation ecology, butterflies and land snails
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General
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Food and Resource Economics
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Charles Adams
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Marine economics
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General
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Jeffrey Burkhardt
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Natural resource ethics and policy
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General
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Edward Evans
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Internatinal trade policy, agro-economics
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Caribbean
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Peter Hildebrand
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International development/farming systems, production economics
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General
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William Messina
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International trade
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Caribbean
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Charles Moss
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Agricultural finance, agricultural policy, quantitative methods
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Mexico
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Thomas Spreen
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Quantitative methods, citrus marketing and trade
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General
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James Sterns
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Agribusiness, food products, strategic management in food firms
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Haiti, Ecuador, Brazil
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Diego Valderrama
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Environmental and natural resource economics, fisheries and aquaculture
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Honduras, Nicaragua
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Forest Resources and Conservation
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Michael Bannister
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Agroforestry
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Caribbean, Central America
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Grenville Barnes
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Land tenure, cadastral and land information systems, GIS
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Central and South America, Caribbean
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Douglas Carter
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Forest economics and management
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General
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Mary L. Duryea
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Reforestation, urban forestry
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Brazil, Peru, Ecuador
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Francisco Escobedo
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Urban forestry
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Chile
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P.K.R. Nair
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Agroforesty, international forestry
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General
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Tim White
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Forest genetics
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Chile, Brazil
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Robert Buschbacher
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Tropical ecology
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Brazil
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Geography
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Michael Binford
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GIS and RS applications in environmental systems, landscape dynamics
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South America
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Eric Keys
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Cultural and political ecology, land use land cover change
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Mexico
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Nigel J. Smith
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Biodiversity and agriculture
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Brazil, Peru
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Jane Southworth
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Climate change, remote sensing, land use, land cover change
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Honduras, Guatemala
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Corene Matyas
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Climatology, hurricanes, climate and change
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Caribbean
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Peter Waylen
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Hydrology, climatology, quantitative methods
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South America
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Geological Sciences
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Mark Brenner
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Limnology, paleolimnology
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Mesoamerica, Caribbean
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History
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Ida Altman
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Latin American colonial history
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Spain, Mexico and Colonial Spanish America
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Juliana Barr
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Colonial American history, Native American history
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Borderlands
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David P. Geggus
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Colonial Caribben history, slavery
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Caribbean
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Lillian Guerra
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Caribbean Diasporas and Caribbean History
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20th Century Cuba, Puerto Rico
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Jeffrey D. Needell
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Modern Latin American history, intellectual history
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Brazil
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Paul Ortiz
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Oral history, Latino history
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Latino studies
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Mark Thurner
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Modern Latin American history
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Andean South America
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Horticultural Sciences
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Jonathan Crane
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Tropical fruits
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Caribbean, Mexico, Costa Rica
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Steven A. Sargent
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Postharvest physiology and technology
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Brazil
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Interior Design
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Maruja Torres-Antonini
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Architectural and interior design history, environmental behavior
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General
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IFAS International Programs
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Walter Bowen
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Agronomy, agriculture economics
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Andes, Brazil
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Journalism & Communications
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John Kaplan
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Photojournalism
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Cuba, General
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Churchill Roberts
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Documentary film, international telecommunication, and social impact of the mass media
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Cuba, Panama
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Landscape Architecture
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Maria C. Gurucharri
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Comprehensive problem solving in natural systems & urban landscapes
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Central America
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Languages, Literatures & Cultures: Haitian Creole
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Benjamin Hebblethwaite
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Haitian Creole instruction & linguistics
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Haiti
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Latin American Collection
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Paul Losch
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Bibliographic resources for Latin American Studies
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General
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Richard F. Phillips
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Bibliographic resources for Latin American Studies
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General
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Margarita Vargas-Betancourt
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Caribbean basin archives
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Caribbean, Mexico
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Law
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Thomas T. Ankersen
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Environmental law, water law, protection of biological diversity
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Central America
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Richard Hamann
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Water law, environmental law, environmentally sensitive ecosystems
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Central America
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Berta Hernández-Truyol
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International human rights, issues of gender/race and Latinas/nos in the law
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General
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Joan Flocks
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Agricultural labor, child labor
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Latino Studies
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Pedro Malavet
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Comparative law, critical race theory, LatCrit theory
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Puerto Rico, Latino Studies
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Timothy McLendon
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Environmental law
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Haiti, Brazil
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Jon Mills
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Florida constitutional law, environmental law, legislative drafting
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Brazil
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Winston Nagan
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International human rights
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Ecuador
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Stephen Powell
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International trade law, dispute settlement, trade and the environment
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General
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Thomas Ruppert
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Environmental law
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Costa Rica
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D. Daniel Sokol
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International business and regulation
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General
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Jeff Wade
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Environmental law
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Brazil
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Linguistics
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James Essegbey
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Descriptive, documentary and theoretical linguistics, Creole studies
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Caribbean
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M.J. Hardman
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Jaqi family of languages, language and culture, language and gender
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Andean South America, Peru, Bolivia, Chile
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Medicine: Division of Infectious Diseases and Global Medicine
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Michael Lauzardo
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Tuberculosis, general pulmonary disease, mycobacterial infections
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Haiti, Dominican Republic
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Multicultural and Diversity Affairs
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Eric Castillo
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Visual culture, cultural studies, critical race studies
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Latino Studies, borderlands
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Music
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Kenneth Broadway
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Percussion
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Caribbean
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Silvio Dos Santos
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Music criticism and analysis
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Brazil
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Larry Crook
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Ethnomusicology, music history
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Brazil
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Kristen Stoner
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Popular and classical flute of Latin America
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Ecuador, Chile, Argentina
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Natural Resources and Environment
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Ignacio Porzecanski
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Biodiversity conservation, sustainable development, wetlands management
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General
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Nursing: Women, Children and Family
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Stacciarini, Jeanne-Marie
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Psychiatric and mental health nursing
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Brazil, Latino Studies
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Pediatrics
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David Wood
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Pediatrics, public health, general preventative medicine
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General
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Political Science
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Leslie E. Anderson
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Popular politics and citizen empowerment, development of democracy
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Central America, Argentina
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Myra Leann Brown
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International political economy, international evironmental relations, international relations
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General
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Public Relations
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Juan Carlos Molleda
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Global corporate public relations, public relations practices and education
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Venezuela, General
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Religion
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Anna L. Peterson
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Christianity in Latin America, social ethics, environmental ethics
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Central America
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Robin Wright
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Indigenous religions, ethnohistory, Indian policy
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Brazil
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Manuel Vásquez
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Religion in Latin America, theory and method, religion among U.S. Latinos
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Brazil, Central America
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Sociology
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Milagros Pena
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Women’s studies, social movements, race and ethnic relations, Latino/as in the U.S.
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Mexico
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Stephen Perz
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Demography, environmental sociology, sociology of development
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Brazil
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Barbara A. Zsembik
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Latino sociology, demography of health and aging in minority populations
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General
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Soil and Water Science
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Jerry B. Sartain
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Soil fertility
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General
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Nicholas Comerford
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Forest soils, root/soil interactions, forest management
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Brazil
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Spanish and Portuguese Studies
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Jessi Aaron
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Spanish linguistics
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Mexico
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Antonio C. Gil
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Spanish language instruction
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General
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M. Elizabeth Ginway
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Nineteenth- and twentieth-century Brazilian narrative
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Brazil
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Carina Gonzalez
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Latin American literature
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Argentina, General
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Gillian Lord
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Second language acquisition, L2 phonetics and phonology, technology in language education
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Mexico
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Greg Moreland
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Languages across the curriculum and for the professions
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Mexico
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Reynaldo Jiménez
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Spanish American narrative, Spanish for bilinguals
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Caribbean
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Charles Perrone
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Luso-Brazilian studies and literature
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Brazil
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David Pharies
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Romance historical linguistics
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General
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Jason Rothman
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Romance linguistics and language acquisition
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Brazil
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Martín Sorbille
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19th century Spanish-American literature
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General
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Telecommunication
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Michael Leslie
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Impact of media content on society from cross-cultural perspective
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Mexico, Brazil
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Amy Jo Coffey
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Foreign language programming in the US, audience analysis
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Latino Studies, Costa Rica
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Theatre and Dance
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Joan Frosch
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Dance ethnography, choreography
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General
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Tony Mata
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Musical theatre
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Latino Studies
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Tourism, Recreation, & Sports Management
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Brijesh Thapa
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Recreation & sports management, ecotourism
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Caribbean
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Urban and Regional Planning
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Joseli Macedo
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Design, international planning
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Brazil
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Veterinary Medicine
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Klibs Galvão
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Dairy cows, reproductive physiology & management, dairy production medicine
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General
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Jorge Hernandez
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Epidemiology
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Mexico
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Wildlife and Ecology Conservation
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John Blake
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Tropical ecology
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Ecuador, Amazon, Argentina
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Lyn C. Branch
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Conservation biology, behavioral ecology, landscape ecology
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Southern Cone
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Robert Fletcher
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Landscape and spatial ecology
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Ecuador
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John Hayes
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Ecology and conservation of bats
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Costa Rica
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Susan K. Jacobson
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Human dimensions of natural resource management, environmental education
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General
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Kathryn E. Sieving
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Avian ecology and conservation
|
General
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Women's Studies and Gender Research
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Florence Babb
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Gender and sexuality, culture and political economy
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Cuba, Nicaragua, Peru
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