UF Center for Latin American Studies
The specialization in Latinx Studies, Migration & Transnational Studies (LSMT) draws from many disciplines to provide students with a broad view of the history and the main social and intellectual issues that have shaped different groups that make up the Latinx community in the US and various diasporic communities in Latin America. The specialization looks integrally at Latinx lives and migration history and processes, considering relations of Latinx and migrants to Latin American culture and history, and with other racialized groups in the U.S. Attention is given to the special role that Florida plays as a point of contact and transnational relations with Latin America. The specialization promotes the study of Latinxs, migration processes, and other U.S.-Latin American cultural developments by highlighting interconnections among peoples, regional changes, and global transformations.
To help students and advisors to navigate the vast and constantly shifting curricular landscape supporting Latin American Studies at UF.
To foster connection and collaboration around shared interests among current and prospective UF faculty, students, and partners.
María Coady (Education) Bilingual Education, ESOL for Spanish speakers
Amy Jo Coffey (Telecommunication) Audience Economics, U.S. Non-English Language Programming, Market Segmentation, Utility of New Media Spaces
Ester de Jong (Education) Bilingualism
Joan Flocks (Law) Environmental Justice, Farmworkers, Housing, Migrant Labor, Poverty Law
Elizabeth Garcia (Center for Gender, Sexualities, and Women's Studies Research) Latina Women’s Literature, Latina Feminist Theory, Women of Color & Feminism, Latinx Children & YA Literature
Tace Hedrick (English) Chicano Studies, Latinx Studies, Culture and Literature, Afro-Latino/a Studies, Intellectual History of the Americas, Feminist, Queer Theory and Cultural Studies; Popular Culture, Visual Culture
Jillian Hernandez (Center for Gender, Sexualities, and Women's Studies Research) Sexualities and Race, visual Culture, Art History, and Performance Studies, Critical Girlhood Studies, Ethnic Studies, Latinx Studies, and Black Studies, Hip Hop, Media, and Cultural Studies, Black and Latina Feminisms
Berta Esperanza Hernández-Truyol (Law) Civil Rights, Comparative Law, Human Rights, Human Trafficking, International and Regional Human Rights (Inter-America and Europe), International and Transnational Law, LGBT Issues, Marriage Equality, Race & Race Relations Sovereignty, War and War Crimes, Women, Gender and the Law
Pedro Malavet (Law, Puerto Rico) Comparative Law, Critical Race Theory, LatCrit Theory, U.S. Territorial Possessions, Evidence, Civil Procedure
Tony Mata (Theatre/Dance/Latin American Studies)
Paul Ortiz (Department of History) Oral History, African American history, Latino Studies, the African Diaspora, Social Movement Theory, U.S. History, U.S. South, labor, and documentary studies
Rafael "Rafa" Ramirez Solórzano (Center for Latin American Studies) Latinx Social Movements with focus on Gender and Sexuality, Racial/Latinx Geographies, Latina/o/x Political Theory, Relational Racialization
Carlos A. Suárez Carrasquillo (Political Science, Puerto Rico & Caribbean) urban politics, gated communities, city marketing/branding
Cecilia “CC” Suarez (Agriculture, Latin American Studies), Cultural Studies, Leadership Education and Development, intercommunity engagement
Jeanne Stacciarini (Nursing, Migrant Health) mental health promotion among minorities, community-based participatory research for minorities, rural and international populations
Barbara Zsembik (Sociology) Demography, Migration and health, Health disparities, Latino sociology and demography, Social epidemiology, Family and Household Social Demography
