Yarimar Bonilla, Latino and Caribbean Studies and Anthropology; Ph.D., Chicago

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

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

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 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 Caribbean Studies; Ph.D., Columbia

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

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

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

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

Eduardo Herrera, Mason Gross School of the Arts; Ph.D., Illinois (Urbana-Champaign)

Daniel Hoffman, Nutrition; Ph.D., Tufts

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

Miguel Jimenez-Crespo, Spanish and Portuguese; Ph.D., Granada (Spain)

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

Renée Larrier, French; Ph.D., Columbia

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

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

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

Rocío Magaña, Anthropology; Ph.D., Chicago

Nelson Maldonado-Torres, Latino and Caribbean Studies and Comparative Literature; Ph.D., Brown

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

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

Susan Martin-Márquez, Spanish and Portuguese and Comparative Literature; Ph.D., Pennsylvania

Yolanda Martínez-San Miguel, Latino and Caribbean Studies and Comparative Literature; 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

Sean T. Mitchell, Anthropology (Newark); Ph.D., Chicago

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

Nela Navarro, Spanish and Portuguese Studies and Center for the Study of Genocide and Human Rights (Newark)

Isabel Nazario, Associate Vice President for Office of Institutional Diversity and Inclusion; 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 (emerita)

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

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

Jose Sanchez, School of Communication and Information; Ph.D., 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, American Studies and Comparative Literature; Ph.D., Yale

Nina Siulc, Anthropology; Ph.D., New York

Michelle Stephens, English; Ph.D., Yale

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

Camilla Stevens, Latino and 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

Damaris Otero-Torres, Spanish and Portuguese; Ph.D., California (San Diego)

Camilla Townsend, History; Ph.D., Rutgers

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

Francisco Werner, Marine and Coastal Sciences; Ph.D., Washington

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

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

The program in Latin American studies is administered by the Center for Latin American Studies, 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 toward a more thorough understanding of culture and society throughout the Americas.