UF Center for Latin American Studies
Fall 2021 brings fourteen new students into our MALAS program
August 22, 2021
As with every year, this fall semester finds the Center for Latin American Studies with a new cohort of MALAS students. Coming from all parts of the world, they represent a wide range of academic interests and career pursuits. Learn more about them below.
Sofi-Nicole BarreiroHometown: Miami, Florida
Academic interests: Migration, diaspora, Latinx studies, racialization and racial identity, political underrepresentation, political history, democratization, contemporary challenges to democracy
Luísa Bridi DacroceHometown: Chaves, Portugal / Palmitos, Brazil
Academic interests: Cultural Psychology, Latinidad, Identity Formation and Renegotiation, Ethnoracial Classification and Contestation
Donovan CarterHometown: Waxhaw, North Carolina
Academic interests: Eliminating State-Sanctioned Violence, Afro-Latino Political Movements, Hip-Hop and Reggaetón, Resistance Traditions
Email: donovan.carter@ufl.edu
Seung Gi KimHometown: Seoul, South Korea
Academic interests: Development Studies and Economic Analysis, Geopolitics, International Economics, Brazilian Studies, Latin American Business Environment, Latin American Politics, Latin American History
Murielle Le MaireHometown: Micanopy, FL
Academic interests: Conservation, global climate change, land use and land rights, indigenous history, gender and sexuality studies, de-colonial studies and understanding the intersection of human rights and environmental issues, i.e. environmental (in)justice
Thacher Tracion LoutinHometown: St Catherine, Jamaica
Academic interests: Education in the Caribbean, Education policy, Global relations, Educational leadership, Arts of the Caribbean
Carrie MartinsHometown: Pennsylvania, USA
Academic interests: International education, higher education, diversity and inclusion, virtual exchange/COIL, immigration
Kleber Naula YautibugHometown: Chimborazo, Ecuador
Academic interests: Andean Studies, Indigenous Population, Democracy and Ethnic Political Participation in Latin America.
Email: knaula@ufl.edu
Juan Carlos Perea MorenoHometown: Quibdo-Choco, Colombia
Academic interests: How the socioeconomic inequality affects the learning process of black students in the pacific region of Colombia
Email: jmorenoperea@ufl.edu
Whitney RodríguezHometown: Quito, Ecuador
Academic interests: Race, Black Feminism, Queer studies, Gender, Racism, Sexuality, Intercultural Communication
Email: wrodriguez1@ufl.edu
Spence RohlwingHometown: Parker, Colorado
Academic interests: Literature, Populism, Crime and Violence, Democracy, Political Science
Francisco SánchezHometown: Caracas, Venezuela
Academic interests: Violence and consequences in people. Subjectivities. Trauma and Recovery. Borders and State formation. Ethnography and qualitative research. Photography.
YoVanna SolomonHometown: Wilmington, North Carolina
Academic interests: Afro-Latine studies, queer studies, gender and sexuality studies, pleasure activism, Black social and political movement, critical language acquisition
Maricarmen Torres MedinaHometown: Bayamón, Puerto Rico
Education: Languages and translation, public policy, city and housing, poverty, community development and visual and cultural representation
