Gloria Bonilla-Santiago, Urban Studies (Camden); Ph.D., CUNY

Jorge Bravo, Political Science, Ph.D., Duke

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

Karen Caplan, History (Newark); Ph.D., Princeton

Gabriella Carolini, Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy; Ph.D., Columbia

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

Roberto Chang, Economics; Ph.D., Pennsylvania

Sheila Cosminsky, Sociology, Anthropology, and Criminal Justice (Camden); Ph.D., Brandeis

Jason Cortes, Spanish and Portuguese Studies (Newark); Ph.D., Pennsylvania State

Jon Cowans, History (Newark); Ph.D., Stanford

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

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

Zaire Dinzey-Flores, Latino and Hispanic Caribbean Studies and Sociology; Ph.D., Michigan

Jennifer Duprey-Colon, Spanish and Portuguese Studies (Newark); Ph.D., Cornell

Pedro Erber, Spanish and Portuguese Studies (Newark); Ph.D., Cornell

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

Janice Fine, Labor Studies; Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Nurgul Fitzgerald, Nutrition, Ph.D., Connecticut

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

Tatiana Flores, Art History and Latino and Hispanic Caribbean Studies; Ph.D., Columbia

Melissa Gasparotto, Librarian for African and Latin American Studies, Spanish and Portuguese; M.A., Long Island University

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

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

Eduardo J. Gomez, Public Policy and Administration (Camden); Ph.D., Brown

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

Ebelia Hernandez, Graduate School of Education; Ph.D., Indiana

Daniel Hoffman, Nutrition; Ph.D., Tufts

R. Ariel Igal, Nutrition; Ph.D., La Plata (Argentina)

Temma Kaplan, History; Ph.D., Harvard

Vickki Katz, School of Communication and Information; Ph.D, Annenberg School of Communication

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

Carl Kirschner, Spanish and Portuguese; Ph.D., Massachusetts

Asela Laguna, Spanish and Portuguese Studies (Newark); Ph.D., Illinois

Elpidio Laguna-Díaz, Spanish and Portuguese Studies (Newark); Ph.D., CUNY (emeritus)

Renée Larrier, French; Ph.D., Columbia

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

Laura Lomas, English (Newark); Ph.D., Columbia

Kathleen Lopez, Latino and Hispanic Caribbean Studies; Ph.D., Michigan

Rocío Magaña, Anthropology; Ph.D., Chicago

Tania del Mar López Marrero, Geography and Latino and Hispanic Caribbean Studies, Ph.D., Pennsylvania State

Rocío Magaña, Anthropology; Ph.D., Chicago

Regina Marchi, Journalism and Media Studies; Ph.D., California (San Diego)

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

Yolanda Martínez-San Miguel, Latino and Hispanic Caribbean Studies; Ph.D., California (Berkeley)

Raymond Sanchez Mayers, Social Work; Ph.D., Brandeis

Bonnie McCay, Human Ecology; Ph.D., Columbia

Ann Mische, Sociology; Ph.D., New School for Social Research

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

Nela Navarro, Spanish and Portuguese Studies (Newark)

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)

Arturo Osorio-Fernandez, Management and Global Business (Newark); Ph.D., Massachusetts

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

Geisa Rocha, Latin American Studies; Ph.D., CUNY

Phillip Rothwell, Spanish and Portuguese; Ph.D., Cambridge (UK)

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

Jose Sanchez, School of Communication and Information; Ph.D., University of Texas (Austin)

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

Jorge Schement, School of Communication and Information; Ph.D., Stanford

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

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

Carlos Seiglie, Economics (Newark); Ph.D., Chicago

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

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

Camilla Stevens, Latino and Hispanic Caribbean Studies and Spanish and Portuguese; Ph.D., Kansas

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

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

Camilla Townsend, History; Ph.D., Rutgers

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

Leonardo Vázquez, Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy; Ph.D., Southern California

Sophia Wallace, Political Science; Ph.D., Cornell

Mark Wasserman, History; Ph.D., Chicago

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

Wolfson, Todd; School of Communication and Information; Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania

Zucco, Cesar, Political Science; Ph.D., UCLA

The program in Latin American studies is administered by the Center for Latin American Studies (CLAS), a clearinghouse and center of coordination for research, pedagogy, and extracurricular events pertaining to Latin America and its worldwide diasporas. The mission of the Center for Latin American Studies is to foster learning and research across disciplines and geographic boundaries, and to bring the richness of the scholarship on Latin American environment, economics, politics, culture, history, art, language, and literature to the larger Rutgers community. Academic courses, together with visiting writers, film series, concerts, conferences, and lectures, highlight topics in migration, health, environmental issues, human rights and democracy, cultural performance, literary innovation, and linguistic and political change in Latin American and greater hemispheric contexts. The center moves beyond traditional regionalisms towards a more thorough understanding of culture and society throughout the Americas.