UF Center for Latin American Studies
The UF Center for Latin American Studies has 21 Center-based faculty members and professional staff, and five Emeritus faculty with expertise in the humanities, social sciences, and natural sciences. We encourage you to look through our faculty profiles below.
You may also search the Faculty Geographic Expertise map for faculty based on geographic region.
A list of our Affiliate Faculty can be viewed here.
Director
Center for Latin American Studies
319B Grinter Hall
P.O. Box 115530
Gainesville, FL 32611-5530
E-mail: delatorre.carlos@latam.ufl.edu
Tel: 352-273-4703
Fax: 352-392-7682
Professor, Center for Latin American Studies
Department of Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
380 Grinter Hall
P.O. Box 115530
Gainesville, FL 32611-5530
E-mail: embruna@ufl.edu
Tel: 352-846-0634
Fax: 352-392-7682
Dr. Bruna is on leave for the Fall 2024 and Spring 2025 semesters.
Director, Natural Resource Leadership Institute
Senior Lecturer, Tropical Conservation and Development Program
Center for Latin American Studies
388 Grinter Hall
P.O. Box 115530
Gainesville, FL 32611-5530
Email: jdain@latam.ufl.edu
Tel: 352-273-4713
Fax: 352-392-7682
Director and Master Lecturer, Master of Sustainable Development Practice
Center for Latin American Studies
Center for African Studies
466 Grinter Hall
P.O. Box 115560
Gainesville, FL 32611-5560
E-mail: ggalloway@latam.ufl.edu
Tel: 352-392-3292
Fax: 352-392-3296
Assistant Professor
Center for Latin American Studies
Department of Sociology, Criminology, and Law
Turlington 3360
Gainesville, FL 32611-5530
E-mail: r.hanson@ufl.edu
Tel: 352-294-7191
Fax: 352-392-7682
Dr. Hanson is on leave for the Fall 2024 and Spring 2025 semesters.
Professor
Center for Latin American Studies
School of Forest, Fisheries, and Geomatics Sciences
210 Newins-Ziegler Hall
P.O. Box 110410
Gainesville, FL 32611-0410
E-mail: kkainer@ufl.edu
Tel: 352-846-0833
Fax: 352-846-1277
Assistant Director of Academic Affairs
Lecturer
Center for Latin American Studies
319F Grinter Hall
Gainesville, FL 32611-5530
E-mail: ckorsant@latam.ufl.edu
Phone: 352-273-4704
Director, Tropical Conservation and Development Program
Professor, Center for Latin American Studies
Department of Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
347 Grinter Hall
P.O. Box 115530
Gainesville, FL 32611-5530
Email: bloiselle@latam.ufl.edu
Tel: 352-273-4706, 352-846-0592
Fax: 352-392-7682
Lecturer, Writer in Residence
Undergraduate Coordinator
Center for Latin American Studies
358 Grinter Hall
Gainesville, FL 32611-5530
E-mail: luisgomezlomeli@ufl.edu
Phone: 352-273-4714
Professor
Center for Latin American Studies
382 Grinter Hall
Gainesville, FL 32611-5530
Email: m.martineznovo@ufl.edu
Tel: 352-273-4716
Fax: 352-392-7682
Professor
Center for Latin American Studies
301 Grinter Hall
P.O. Box 115530
Gainesville, FL 32611-5530
E-mail: spaulson@latam.ufl.edu
Tel: 352-273-4730
Fax: 352-392-7682
Dr. Paulson is on leave for the Fall 2024 semester.
Assistant Professor
Center for Latin American Studies
360 Grinter Hall
Gainesville, FL 32611-5530
E-mail: r.solorzano@ufl.edu
Phone: 352-392‐4672
Associate Director, Outreach and Business Programs
Project Manager, Florida-Brazil Linkage Institute
Center for Latin American Studies
370A Grinter Hall
P.O. Box 115530
Gainesville, FL 32611-5530
E-mail: mrisner@latam.ufl.edu
Tel: 352-273-4723
Fax: 352-392-7682
Professor
Center for Latin American Studies
Department of Anthropology
1112 Turlington Hall
P.O. Box 117305
Gainesville, FL 32611-7305
E-mail: stepp@ufl.edu
Tel: 352-392-0299
Fax: 352-392-6929
Associate Instructional Professor
Center for Latin American Studies
Department of Political Science
331 Grinter Hall
P.O. Box 115530
Gainesville, FL 32611-5530
E-mail: casuarez@latam.ufl.edu
Tel: 352-273-4724
Fax: 352-392-7682
Assistant Professor
Center for Latin American Studies
368 Grinter Hall
Gainesville, FL 32611-5530
E-mail: an.tenoriolopez@ufl.edu
Phone: 352-273-4735
Director, Florida-Brazil Linkage Institute
Associate Director, Center for the Arts, Migration, and Entrepreneurship
Professor, Center for Latin American Studies
College of Music
382 Grinter Hall
P.O. Box 115530
Gainesville, FL 32611-5530
E-mail: tremura@ufl.edu
Tel: 352-273-4728
Fax: 352-392-7682
Dr. Tremura is on leave for the Fall 2024 semester.
Associate Director of Academic Affairs
Professor
Center for Latin American Studies
Department of Anthropology
309 Grinter Hall
Gainesville, FL 32611-5530
E-mail: tuckerc@ufl.edu
Tel: 352-392-0690
Fax: 352-392-7682
Professor
Center for Latin American Studies
Department of Food and Resource Economics
1091 McCarty Hall
P.O. Box 110240
Gainesville, FL 32611-0240
E-mail: useche@ufl.edu
Tel: 352-392-1826 ext. 430
Fax: 352-846-0988
Professor
Center for Latin American Studies
Department of Geography
313 Grinter Hall
Gainesville, FL 32611-5530
Email: roberttwalker@ufl.edu
Tel: 352-392-0494
Assistant Professor
Center for Latin American Studies
378 Grinter Hall
Gainesville, FL 32611-5530
Email: weeksm@ufl.edu
Tel: 352-273-4708
Professor Emeritus
Center for Latin American Studies
Department of Spanish and Portuguese Studies
Grinter Hall
P.O. Box 115530
Gainesville, FL 32611-5530
E-mail: barradas@ufl.edu
Distinguished Professor Emerita
Center for Latin American Studies
Food and Resource Economics Department
P.O. Box 115530
Gainesville, FL 32611-5530
E-mail: deere@latam.ufl.edu
Professor Emeritus
Center for Latin American Studies
Department of Political Science
P.O. Box 115530
Gainesville, FL 32611-5530
Email: tlmccoy@latam.ufl.edu
Professor Emerita and Distinguished Teaching Scholar
Center for Latin American Studies
Department of Anthropology
P.O. Box 115530
Gainesville, FL 32611-5530
E-mail:schmink@ufl.edu
Professor Emeritus of Political Science
Center for Latin American Studies
Department of Political Science
P.O. Box 115530
Gainesville, FL 32611-5530
E-mail: pjw@calpoly.edu
Professor Emeritus
Center for Latin American Studies
Department of Sociology, Criminology, and Law
P.O. Box 115530
Gainesville, FL 32611-5530
Email: cwood@latam.ufl.edu
