Center for Latin American Studies

 

Center-based Faculty and Professional Staff

Director: Philip J. Williams

Name

Research Interests and Administrative Duties

Geographic Expertise

Efraín Barradas
email

Caribbean literature, Latino Studies, Mexican culture

Caribbean, Mexico

Richmond Brown
email

Academic program management; late colonial and modern Central America, colonial Gulf South

Central America

Emilio Bruna
email

Tropical conservation, plant population ecology

Brazil (Amazonia, Cerrado)

Jonathan Dain
email

Professional skills training, facilitation, social learning, conflict management

Brazil, Mexico

Carmen Diana Deere
email

Agricultural development, gender, land policy, rural labor markets

Brazil, Andes, Central America, Cuba, Comparative

Glenn Galloway
email

Tropical forestry, multi-stake holder cooperation, sustainable development

Ecuador, Central America

Aimee Green
email

Undergraduate advising, event planning

Brazil

Ieva Jusionyte
email

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

Karen Kainer
email

Tropical forest ecology, community forest management

Western Amazon, Mexico

Bette Loiselle
email

Tropical ecology, conservation biology

Ecuador, Atlantic Forest

Terry McCoy
email

Latin America business environment, regional trade issues

General

Jocelyn Peskin
email

Center program management, grant preparation and reporting

Honduras, Costa Rica

Mary Risner
email

Foreign language for specific purposes (business), culture & language in international business, educational technology

Brazil, Mexico

Patricia Sampaio
email

Center and TCD program coordination

Brazil, Amazonia, Atlantic Rainforest

Marianne Schmink
email

Tropical conservation and development; gender and development

Brazil, General

John Richard Stepp
email

Ecological anthropology, ethnobotany, medical anthropology, visual anthropology

Mesoamerica

Welson Tremura
email

Ethnomusicology, Brazilian jazz, classical and vocal music

Brazil

Pilar Useche
email

Development economics

Colombia, Central America

Philip Williams
email

Religion and politics, transnational migration, democratization, social movements, and civil-military relations.

Central America, Peru, Comparative

Charles Wood
email

Population & environment, demography, sociology of development, comparative study of race and ethnicity

Brazil

Emeritus Faculty

Sue Legg
email

Assessment and evaluation, eLearning

Brazil, Mexico

Helen Safa
email

Cultural anthropology, gender, race, labor

Caribbean