School of Arts and Sciences

Website: http://rulas.rutgers.edu

Director:

Academic Director: Camilla Stevens; Ph.D., Kansas

Affiliated Faculty:

Herman L. Bennett, History; Ph.D., Duke

César Braga-Pinto, Spanish and Portuguese; Ph.D., California (Berkeley)

Ethel Brooks, Women's and Gender Studies; Ph.D., New York

Kim D. Butler, Africana Studies; Ph.D., Johns Hopkins

José Camacho, Spanish and Portuguese and Linguistics; Ph.D., Southern California

Michael J. Carr, Geological Sciences; Ph.D., Dartmouth

Carlos U. Decena, Women's and Gender Studies; Ph.D., New York

Nancy G. Diaz, Spanish (Newark); Ph.D., Rutgers

Carlos A. Fernández, Director, Center for Latino Arts and Culture; Ph.D., Indiana

Nydia Flores, Graduate School of Education; Ph.D., CUNY

Carla Giaudrone, Foreign Languages and Literatures (Camden); Ph.D., New York

Daniel M. Goldstein, Anthropology; Ph.D., Arizona

Peter Guarnaccia, Human Ecology; Ph.D., Connecticut

Robert R. Kaufman, Political Science; Ph.D., Harvard

Elpidio Laguna-Díaz, Classical and Modern Languages (Newark); Ph.D., CUNY

Aldo Lauria Santiago, Latino and Hispanic Caribbean Studies; Ph.D., Chicago

Jorge Marcone, Spanish and Portuguese; Ph.D., Texas

Carlos Raúl Narváez, Spanish and Portuguese; Ph.D., Columbia

Isabel Nazario, Associate Vice President for Academic and Public Partnership in the Arts and Humanities; M.F.A., CUNY (Queens College)

Julio Nazario, Assistant Dean for Undergraduate Honors Programs, SAS; M.F.A., Rutgers (Mason Gross School of the Arts)

Margaret H. Persin, Spanish and Portuguese; Ph.D., Indiana

Ana Yolanda Ramos, Anthropology and Puerto Rican and Hispanic Caribbean Studies; Ph.D., Columbia

Geisa M. Rocha, Spanish and Portuguese, Instructor; Ph.D., CUNY

Asela Rodríguez de Laguna, Classical and Modern Languages (Newark); Ph.D., Illinois

Phillip Rothwell, Spanish and Portuguese; Ph.D., Cambridge

Thomas Rudel, Human Ecology; Ph.D., Yale

Liliana Sanchez, Spanish and Portuguese and Linguistics; Ph.D., Southern California

Laura C. Schneider, Geography; Ph.D., Clark

Marcy Schwartz, Spanish and Portuguese; Ph.D., Johns Hopkins

Benigno Sifuentes-Jáuregui, Comparative Literature and American Studies; Ph.D., Yale

Thomas M. Stephens, Spanish and Portuguese; Ph.D., Michigan

Camilla Stevens, Spanish and Portuguese; Ph.D., Kansas

Lorrin Reed Thomas, History (Camden); Ph.D., Pennsylvania

Jonathan Tittler, Foreign Languages and Literatures (Camden); Ph.D., Cornell

Gail Triner-Besosa, History; Ph.D., Columbia

Lourdes Vázquez, Latin America, Africa, and Anthropology Librarian; M.A., New York

Mark Wasserman, History; Ph.D., Chicago

Eugene N. White, Economics; Ph.D., Illinois

The program in Latin American studies is dedicated to academic preparation in the areas of literature, political science, social sciences, history, art, and economics. In these domains, the program encourages consideration of philosophies through which Latin America and the United States can maintain a two-way dialogue that contributes to the mutual enrichment of each. Issues of importance include diversity among Latin American countries; the resurgence of violence; and other themes of interest to future intellectuals, politicians, economists, academicians, and specialists in the humanities.