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From its foundation in 1834, Tulane University has pursued a mission of advancing progressive and cutting-edge study and research in Latin America. Our core faculty of seventy Latin Americanists represents the largest contingent of faculty associated with any department or program at the University. Students and faculty benefit from the holdings of the Latin American library and a network of contacts with public officials, non-governmental organizations and academic leaders in Latin America.
Camilo Nieto-Matiz
Camilo Nieto-Matiz is a postdoctoral fellow at the Center for Inter-American Policy and Research (CIPR) at Tulane University. He received his Ph.D. in political science…
Daniela Rivero-Bryant
Contact Info irivero@tulane.edu Department Affiliation School of Architecture Degrees Ph.D., 2020, Tulane University, Economics M.S., 2017, Tulane University, Economics B.S., 2005, Universidad Católica Boliviana-San Pablo,…
Eric Dumonteil
Contact Info edumonte@tulane.edu Department Affiliation Department of Tropical Medicine Degrees Ph.D., 1995, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Biochemistry and Physics M.S., 1990, Université…
Eva Silvestre
Contact Info esilvest@tulane.edu Department Affiliation Global Community Health and Behavioral Sciences Degrees Ph.D., 2007, Tulane University, Public Health M.A., 2001, University of Colorado, Boulder, Anthropology…
Fabio Resmini
Fabio Resmini is a Visiting Predoctoral Fellow at the Center for Inter-American Policy and Research at Tulane University. He is a PhD candidate in Political…
Gustavo Diaz
Gustavo Diaz is a postdoctoral fellow at the Center for Inter-American Policy and Research at Tulane University. He holds a PhD in Political Science from…
Julia Fleckman
Contact Info jfleckma@tulane.edu Department Affiliation Global Community Health and Behavioral Sciences Degrees Ph.D., 2017, Tulane University, School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, Global Community…
Maureen Lichtveld
Contact Info mlichtve@tulane.edu Department Affiliation Environmental Health Science Degrees M.P.H., 1986, Johns Hopkins University, Environmental Health Sciences M.D., 1981, Anton de Kom University of Suriname,…
Mélanie Lamotte
Contact Info mlamotte@tulane.edu Department Affiliation Department of French and Italian Degrees Ph.D., 2015, University of Cambridge, History M.A., 2011, University of Cambridge, Early Modern History…
Riley Moran
Riley Moran graduated summa cum laude from Tulane University in 2021. She majored in Latin American Studies, Political Science, and Social Policy. She was the…
Yuko Sato
Yuko Sato is a visiting scholar at the Center for Inter-American Policy and Research (CIPR) at Tulane University and a PhD candidate in political science…
Z'etoile Imma
Contact Info zimma@tulane.edu Department Affiliation Department of English Africana Studies Degrees Ph.D., 2012, University of Virginia, English Language and Literature B.A., 2004, CUNY Baccalaureate Program/Brooklyn…
Zaraí Toledo Orozco
Zaraí Toledo Orozco is a postdoctoral fellow at the Center for Inter-American Policy and Research at Tulane University. She received her Ph.D. in Political Science…
Jared Abbott
Jared Abbott is a postdoctoral fellow at the Center for Inter-American Policy and Research (CIPR) at Tulane University. He holds a Ph.D in political science…
Handy Acosta Cuellar
Born in Havana, Handy Acosta Cuellar has a track history as a young leader in the field of the environment and youth participation in Cuba.…
Laura Rosanne Adderley
Contact Info adderley@tulane.edu Department Affiliation History Biography I am a historian of comparative black experience around the Americas, with particular interest in the different ways…
Maria Akchurin
Contact Info makchurin@tulane.edu Department Affiliation Center for Inter-American Policy and Research After CIPR, Maria Akchurin accepted a position as Assistant Professor of Sociology at Loyola…
Inaki Alday
Contact Info ialday@tulane.edu Department Affiliation Tulane School of Architecture Degrees MArch, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya Barcelona, 1992 Academic Experience Dean, Richard Koch Chair in Architecture,…
Gabriela Alemán
Contact Info maleman@tulane.edu Department Affiliation Latin American Studies Degrees *PhD, Tulane University, Spanish & Portuguese, 2003 *Magíster en Letras Latinoamericanas, Universidad Andina Simón Bolivar, 1996…
Daniela Alvarez
Daniela Alvarez is a native of New Orleans and assumed the position of administrative secretary at the Stone Center in May 2016. She has had…
Adrian Anagnost
Contact Info aanagnos@tulane.edu Department Affiliation Art history Biography My work considers site, space, and the politics of embodiment in modern and contemporary art, with a…
E. Wyllys Andrews, V
Contact Info wandrews@tulane.edu Department Affiliation Anthropology Degrees A.B., Harvard College, Anthropology, 1964 Ph.D., Tulane University, Anthropology, 1971 Academic Experience Professor Emeritus, Tulane University, 2009- Professor,…
Caitlin Andrews-Lee
Caitlin Andrews-Lee is a postdoctoral fellow at the Center for Inter-American Policy and Research (CIPR) at Tulane University. She received her Ph.D. in Government from…
Katherine Andrinopoulos
Contact Info kandrino@tulane.edu Department Affiliation Global Health Systems and Development Degrees B.S., University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, Public Health, 1999 M.H.S., Johns Hopkins, International Health,…
Moises Arce
Contact Info marce@tulane.edu Department Affiliation Political Science Biography I have studied the causes and consequences of social conflicts over the extraction of natural resources due…
Rebecca Atencio
Contact Info ratencio@tulane.edu Department Affiliation Spanish and Portuguese Biography My research specialty is late twentieth and twenty-first century Brazilian literature, cinema, and television with a…
Idelber Avelar
Contact Info iavelar@tulane.edu Biography My books and scholarly articles encompass a relatively wide range of countries and periods in Latin America, but they are all…
Mia Bagneris
Contact Info mbagneri@tulane.edu Department Affiliation Art history Degrees A.B., Harvard-Radcliffe College, Women’s Studies and Afro-American Studdies, 1999 Ph.D., Harvard University, African and African American Studies,…
Melissa Bailes
Contact Info mbailes@tulane.edu Department Affiliation English Degrees B.A., University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, English and History, 2001 Ph.D., University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, English, 2012…
William Balée
Contact Info wbalee@tulane.edu Department Affiliation Anthropology Biography I am a cultural anthropologist with a long-term focus on the peoples, societies, and landscapes of the Amazon…
Octavio Barajas
Octavio Barajas received his B.A. from the University of California at Los Angeles and his M.A. in Latin American Studies form the University of Texas…
Antonio Barrios
Contact Info abarrio@tulane.edu Department Affiliation Urology Degrees M.D., Universidad de San Carlos School of Medicine, Guatemala City, Guatemala, 1974 M.P.H., Tulane University, Health Systems Management,…
Bethany Beachum
Bethany Beachum graduated from the Stone Center‘s M.A. Program in Latin American Studies in May 2020. She earned her B.A. in International Development Studies from…
Jane Bertrand
Contact Info bertrand@tulane.edu Department Affiliation Global Health Systems and Development Degrees B.A., Brown University, French, 1971 M.A., University of Chicago, Social Science Communication, 1973 Ph.D.,…
William E. Bertrand
Contact Info wbertran@tulane.edu Department Affiliation Global Community Health and Behavioral Sciences Degrees B.A., Louisiana State University, 1966 Ph.D., Tulane University, 1972 Academic Experience Professor, Tulane…
Antonio Bojanic
Contact Info abojanic@tulane.edu Department Affiliation Economics Degrees Ph.D., Auburn University, Economics, 1994 B.A., Saint Mary’s College, Economics and Biology, 1990 Academic Experience Professor of Practice,…
Elizabeth Boone
Contact Info eboone@tulane.edu Department Affiliation Art history Degrees B.A., College of William and Mary, Fine Arts, 1970 M.A., University of Texas, Art History, 1974 Ph.D.,…
James Boyden
Contact Info jboyden@tulane.edu Department Affiliation History Biography I am an historian of Spain, with research concentration on the Castilian court and aristocracy in the fifteenth…
Victoria Bricker
Contact Info vbricker@tulane.edu Department Affiliation Anthropology Degrees B.A., Stanford University, Philosophy and Humanities, 1962 M.A., Harvard University, Anthropology, 1963 Ph.D., Harvard University, Anthropology, 1968 Academic…
John Eric Brown
John Brown is a PhD candidate in the Department of Sociology in Maynooth University, Ireland. He is a Fulbright Student Awardee. His research focuses on…
Michael E. Brumbaugh
Contact Info meb@tulane.edu Department Affiliation Classics Degrees A.B., Colgate University, Classics, 2004 M.A., University of California, Los Angeles, Classics, 2007 Ph.D., University of California, Los…
Myrlene Bruno
Contact Info brufamy@gmail.com Department Affiliation French Degrees Ph.D., University of Louisiana at Lafayette, 2016 M.A., University of Louisiana at Lafayette, 2012 M.A., Florida International University,…
Pierre Buekens
Contact Info pbuekens@tulane.edu Department Affiliation Public Health and Tropical Medicine Degrees M.D., Free University of Brussels, 1979 M.P.H., Free University of Brussels, 1982 Certification in…
Michael Burke
Contact Info mburke1@tulane.edu Department Affiliation Freeman School of Business Degrees B.A., University of Notre Dame, Psychology, 1977 M.S., Purdue University, Industrial Psychology, 1980 Ph.D., Illinois…
Carolina Caballero
Contact Info icaballe@tulane.edu Department Affiliation Spanish and Portuguese Degrees B.A., Wofford College, History and Spanish, 1994 M.A., University of North Carolina, Romance Languages, 1997 Ph.D.,…
José Nicolás Cabrera-Schneider
Nicolás Cabrera-Schneider is from Guatemala. He holds an M.S. in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and an M.A. in Anthropology. Currently, Nicolás is a Ph.D. student…
Hortensia Calvo
Contact Info hcalvo@tulane.edu Department Affiliation Latin American Library Degrees Licenciatura, Philosophy, Universidad de Los Andes, Santafé de Bogotá, Colombia, 1980 M.A., Spanish and Spanish American…
Marcello Canuto
Contact Info mcanuto@tulane.edu Department Affiliation Anthropology Degrees A.B., Harvard University, Anthropology, 1991 Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania, Anthropology, 2002 Academic Experience Associate Professor, Tulane University, 2009-…
Vanessa Castañeda
Vanessa Castañeda graduated with her bachelors in Anthropology and Latin American Studies at the University of North Carolina Charlotte. She worked as a Spanish medical…
Alejandra Castillo
Alejandra is a first-year student in the Latin American Studies M.A. Program. She is from Nicaragua and has a B.A. in Dance with a minor…
Arachu Castro
Contact Info acastro1@tulane.edu Department Affiliation School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine Arachu Castro, Ph.D., M.P.H., is Samuel Z. Stone Chair of Public Health in…
Christopher Chambers-Ju
Contact Info cchambersju@tulane.edu Department Affiliation Center for Inter-American Policy and Research Christopher Chambers Ju received his PhD in political science from the University of California,…
M. Pia Chaparro
Contact Info pchaparro@tulane.edu Department Affiliation Global Community Health and Behavioral Sciences Degrees B.S., Universidad Nacional Agraria La Molina, 2002 M.A., University of Hawai’i at MÄnoa,…
John Charles
Contact Info jcharles@tulane.edu Department Affiliation Spanish and Portuguese Degrees A.B., Brown University, Comparative Literature and Hispanic Studies, 1992 M.A., Yale University, Hispanic Literatures, 1998 M.Phil,…
Claudia Chávez Argüelles
Contact Info cchavezarguelles@tulane.edu Department Affiliation Anthropology Department Degrees Ph.D., University of Texas in Austin, 2016 M.A., Centro de Investigaciones y Estudios Superiores en Antropología Social…
Gabriel Chouhy
Contact Info gac27@pitt.edu Department Affiliation Stone Center for Latin American Studies Degrees Licentiate in Sociology, School of Social Sciences, Universidad de la República (UdelaR), Uruguay…
Eugene Cizek
Contact Info ecizek@tulane.edu Department Affiliation Architecture Degrees B.A., Louisiana State University, Architecture, 1964 M.A., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, City Planning and Urban Design, 1966 Dr.…
Emily Clark
Contact Info eclark@tulane.edu Department Affiliation History Biography My research focuses on the Atlantic world, exploiting the opportunity that Louisiana’s successive French, Spanish and US sovereignties…
Mary Clark
Contact Info maclark@tulane.edu Department Affiliation Political Science Biography I chose my dissertation topic during the “lost decade” of the 1980s when the debt crisis had…
Keith Clay
Contact Info clay@tulane.edu Department Affiliation Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Degrees Ph.D., Duke University, Botany, 1982 B.S., Rutgers College, Botany, 1977 Academic Experience Professor and Chair,…
Rosie Click
Rosie Click is a first-year student in the Latin American Studies MA program. She graduated from Tulane in 2019 with a BA in Latin American…
Adrienne Colella
Contact Info acolella@tulane.edu Department Affiliation Freeman School of Business Degrees B.A., Miami University, Psychology, 1983 M.A., Ohio State University, Industrial/Organizational Psychology, 1987 Ph.D., Ohio State…
Kaillee Coleman
Kaillee Coleman is a first-year graduate student in the Latin American Studies MA program at Tulane. Her research looks broadly at Cuban and Caribbean art…
Arielle Crook
Arielle Crook attended Xavier University of Louisiana as a pre-medical student and earned her Bachelor of Science degree in Biology in 2018. Throughout her travels…
Felipe Fernandes Cruz
Contact Info fcruz1@tulane.edu Department Affiliation History Biography My historical research focuses on the role of technology—and cultural ideologies behind technological developments—in shaping modern Brazil and…
Steven Darwin
Contact Info darwin@tulane.edu Department Affiliation Ecology & Evolutionary Biology Degrees B.A., Drew University, Botany, 1971 M.A., University of Massachusetts, Botany, 1973 Ph.D., University of Massachusetts,…
Roxanne Dávila
Contact Info rdavila@tulane.edu Department Affiliation Spanish & Portuguese Degrees A.B., Harvard University, Romance Languages and Literatures, 1990 Ph.D., Yale University, Spanish and Portuguese, 1999 Academic…
Dave Davis
Degrees B.A., University of New Orleans, Philosophy, 1972 M.Phil., Yale University, Anthropology, 1974 Ph.D., Yale University, Anthropology, 1975 Academic Experience Visiting Professor, Tulane University, 2001-…
Mark S. Davis
Contact Info msdavis@tulane.edu Department Affiliation Institute on Water Resources Law and Policy Tulane University ByWater Institute Degrees M.L.T, Georgetown University, 1983 J.D., Indiana University, 1979…
Diogo de Lima
Contact Info ddelima@tulane.edu Department Affiliation Theatre and Dance Training Pavillion Arts Center, São Paolo, Brazil Academic Experience Senior Professor of Practice, Tulane University, 2018 -…
David De Micheli
David De Micheli is a postdoctoral fellow with the Center for Inter-American Policy and Research at Tulane University. He received his PhD from the Department…
Martin Dimitrov
Contact Info mdimitro@tulane.edu Department Affiliation Political Science Biography I was born in Bulgaria and grew up in Varna, a resort town and a large port…
Ana Claudia Dos Santos Sao Bernardo
Ana Cláudia dos Santos São Bernardo (she, her, hers) is the 2020-2021 Zemurray-Stone Postdoctoral Fellow in Brazilian Studies at the Roger Thayer Stone Center for…
Christopher Dunn
Contact Info cjdunn@tulane.edu Department Affiliation Spanish and Portuguese Biography My research is primarily devoted to modern Brazilian literary and cultural studies with a particular focus…
Renata Durães Ribeiro
Contact Info rduraes@tulane.edu Department Affiliation Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Degrees B.S., Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Ecology, 1998 M.S., Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Ecology,…
John Edwards
Contact Info edwards@tulane.edu Department Affiliation Economics Biography I am a microeconomist with a strong interest in Latin America. I grew up in Uruguay and I…
Patrick Egan
Contact Info pegan1@tulane.edu Department Affiliation Political Science Biography I was born in South Carolina and grew up in Clemson, in the northwest corner of the…
Ludovico Feoli
Contact Info lfeoli@tulane.edu Department Affiliation Center for Inter-American Policy and Research Biography I am a political scientist interested in understanding how groups of individuals at…
Sefira Fialkoff
Contact Info sfialkof@tulane.edu Department Affiliation Center for Inter-American Policy and Research Sefira Fialkoff is the assistant director of the Center for Inter-American Policy and Research…
Maisoon Fillo
Maisoon Fillo graduated in 2015 with her bachelors in Psychology and Hispanic Studies at The College of William and Mary. She studied abroad in La…
Megan Flattley
Megan Flattley is a student in the joint Art History and Latin American Studies PhD program. Her research looks at the artistic influence and exchange…
George C. Flowers
Contact Info flowers@tulane.edu Department Affiliation Earth & Environmental Science Degrees B.S., University of South Alabama, Geology, 1975 M.A., University of California-Berkeley, Geology, 1977 M.S.E., Tulane,…
Denise Frazier
Contact Info dfrazier@tulane.edu Department Affiliation New Orleans Center for the Gulf South Degrees Ph.D., 2009, Tulane University, Latin American Studies M.A., 2005, Tulane University, Latin…
Guadalupe García
Contact Info ggarcia4@tulane.edu Department Affiliation History Biography Guadalupe García specializes in the history of cities and colonialism in Latin America and the Caribbean. Her research…
Cynthia Garza
Cynthia Garza holds a Masters degree from the Stone Center for Latin American Studies at Tulane University and is currently completing a PhD in the…
Amy George
Contact Info ageorge@tulane.edu Department Affiliation Spanish and Portuguese Degrees B.A., Tulane University, Spanish and Latin American Studies, 1995 M.A., University of Arizona, Latin American Studies,…
Annie Gibson
Contact Info agibson3@tulane.edu Department Affiliation Department of Global Education Biography My research explores how performance becomes a staging ground to construct a sense of group…
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Antonio Daniel Gómez
Contact Info agomez@tulane.edu Department Affiliation Spanish & Portuguese Degrees B.A., Universidad Nacional de Cuyo, Literature, 2000 M.A., University of Pittsburgh, Latin American Literature, 2003 Ph.D.,…
Gonzalo Gómez Bengoechea
Gonzalo Gómez Bengoechea is a professor of Economics at Comillas – ICADE Univestity, in Madrid. During his stay at the Center for Interamerican Policy and…
Samantha Greenspun
Samantha Greenspun completed her PhD in December 2019. Her research focused on the impacts of taxation and social spending on gender inequality across six countries…
Alex R. Gunderson
Contact Info argunderson3@gmail.com Department Affiliation Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Degrees Ph.D., Duke University, 2013 M.S., College of William and Mary , 2007 B.S., Minnesota State…
Eduardo Guzmán-Saenz
Degrees B.A., Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education, Business Administration & Public Accounting, 1973 M.B.A., Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education, Business Administration,…
Susanne Hackett
Susanne Hackett holds a BA in Cultural Anthropology from Duke University and an MA in Latin American Studies from Tulane. Prior to joining the Stone…
Benjamin M. Han
Contact Info bhan5@tulane.edu Department Affiliation Communication Degrees B.S., University of Texas at Austin, Radio-TV-Film, 2003 M.A., University of Southern California, Critical Studies, 2006 Ph.D., New…
Günther Handl
Contact Info ghandl@tulane.edu Department Affiliation Law Degrees Dr.Jur., University of Graz, 1969 L.I.B., Cambridge University, 1973 J.S.D., Yale University, 1978 Academic Experience Eberhard P. Deutsch…
Dan M. Healan
Contact Info healan@tulane.edu Department Affiliation Anthropology Degrees B.A., Georgia State University, Anthropology, 1967 M.A., University of Missouri, Anthropology, 1970 Ph.D., University of Missouri, Anthropology, 1973…
Julie Henriquez Aldana
Contact Info jhenriquez@tulane.edu Department Affiliation Newcomb College Institute Degrees B.A., Louisiana State University M.S., Louisiana State University Ph.D., Louisiana State University Academic Experience Instructor, Louisiana…
Christine Hernández
Contact Info chernand@tulane.edu Department Affiliation Latin American Library Degrees B.A., University of Illinois, Anthropology and Spanish, 1988 M.A., Tulane University, Anthropology, 1991 Ph.D., Tulane University,…
Marina Hernandez
Marina is a recent Master of Public Health graduate from the International Health & Development program at Tulane School of Public Health & Tropical Medicine…
Claudia Herrera
Contact Info cherrera@tulane.edu Department Affiliation Public Health and Tropical Medicine Degrees B.S., Microbiology, University of Los Andes, 1994 M.S., Microbiology, University of Los Andes, 1998…
Yuri Herrera-Gutiérrez
Contact Info yherrera@tulane.edu Department Affiliation Spanish and Portuguese Degrees B.A., Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Political Science, 1997 M.F.A., University of Texas at El Paso,…
Laila Hlass
Contact Info lhlass@tulane.edu Department Affiliation Law Degrees B.A., Rice University, 2001 J.D., Columbia Law School, 2006 L.L.M., Georgetown University Law, 2014 Academic Experience Professor of…
Oliver Houck
Contact Info ohouck@tulane.edu Department Affiliation Law Degrees B.A., Harvard University, English, 1960 J.D., Georgetown Law Center, 1967 Academic Experience Professor, Tulane University School of Law,…
Harry Howard
Contact Info howard@tulane.edu Department Affiliation Spanish & Portuguese Degrees B.A., University of North Carolina, Interdisciplinary Studies, 1980 M.A., Cornell University, Linguistics, 1988 Ph.D., Cornell University,…
James D. Huck, Jr.
Contact Info jhuck@tulane.edu Department Affiliation Center for Latin American Studies James D. Huck, Jr., rejoined the Center for Latin American Studies in January of 2001.…
Martha Huggins
Contact Info mhuggins@tulane.edu Department Affiliation Sociology Martha K. Huggins, Charles and Leo Favrot Professor Emerita (Sociology, 2012), continues to be recognized for her research on…
Laura-ZoÃ" Humphreys
Contact Info lhumphreys@tulane.edu Department Affiliation Communication Degrees B.A., Anthropology and Women’s Studies, McGill University, 2000 M.A., Anthropology, University of Chicago, 2004 Ph.D., Cinema and Media…
Gabi Hutchinson Gallo
Originally from South Texas, Gabi Hutchinson Gallo is a first year MA-Latin American Studies student here at Tulane. She graduated with a BA in International…
Suyapa Inglés
Sue Inglés has been with the University since 1981 and assumed the position of Assistant Director at the Stone Center in 1991. She is responsible…
Stefanie Israel de Souza
Stefanie Israel de Souza is a sociologist with research interests in comparative urban marginality, criminology, culture, political sociology, social movements, race and ethnicity, and qualitative…
Katharine Jack
Contact Info kjack@tulane.edu Department Affiliation Anthropology Degrees B.S., University of Calgary, Physical Anthropology, 1992 M.A., University of Calgary, Physical Anthropology (Primatology), 1995 Ph.D., Physical Anthropology…
Katherine Jensen
Katherine Jensen is an Assistant Professor of Sociology and International Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She was a 2018-2019 Postdoctoral Fellow in the Center…
Margarita Jover
Contact Info mjover@tulane.edu Department Affiliation Tulane School of Architecture Degrees MArch, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya Barcelona, 1995 Academic Experience Associate Professor in Architecture, Tulane University,…
Jordan Karubian
Contact Info jk@tulane.edu Department Affiliation Ecology & Evolutionary Biology Degrees B.S., University of California, San Diego, Ecology, 1993 M.S., University of Chicago, Ecology and Evolution,…
Carl Kendall
Contact Info ckendall@tulane.edu Department Affiliation Global Community Health and Behavioral Sciences Degrees B.A., Swarthmore College, Anthropology, 1969 M.A., University of Rochester, Anthropology Ph.D., University of…
Brittany Kennedy
Contact Info bkenned1@tulane.com Department Affiliation Department of Spanish and Portuguese Degrees Ph.D., University of South Carolina, 2009 M.A., University of South Carolina, 2006 B.A., Louisiana…
Thomas A. Klingler
Contact Info klingler@tulane.edu Department Affiliation French & Italian Degrees B.A., Manchester College, French, 1983 M.A., Indiana University, French Linguistics, 1986 M.A., Indiana University, General Linguistics,…
Xelaju Korda
Xela Korda was awarded her M.A. in Latin American Studies with distinction from Tulane in 2006 after completing a thesis entitled “Aesthetics of (In)Security: Mentally…
Patricia Alexander Lagarde
Patricia Alexander Lagarde is a Ph.D. candidate in the joint Art History and Latin American Studies program. Her dissertation, “Facing Pilgrimage: Tenon Head Sculptures at…
Kris Lane
Contact Info klane1@tulane.edu Department Affiliation History Biography I am a historian specializing in the history of the Andes region of South America. Going back to…
Amalia Leguizamón
Contact Info aleguiza@tulane.edu Department Affiliation Sociology Biography I am a sociologist interested in the political economy of the environment in Latin America. I am curious…
Camilo Arturo Leslie
Contact Info cleslie1@tulane.edu Department Affiliation Sociology Biography I work in the areas of economic sociology and the sociology of law, with a comparative focus on…
Jack C. Ling
Contact Info jling@tulane.edu Department Affiliation Global Community Health and Behavioral Sciences Degrees B.A., Syracuse University, Journalism, 1954 M.A., Stanford University, Communication/Journalism, 1955 Academic Experience Clinical…
Jana Lipman
Contact Info jlipman@tulane.edu Department Affiliation History Biography My first book told the history of the U.S. naval base in Guantánamo Bay (GTMO) from the point…
Ana M. López
Contact Info lopez@tulane.edu Department Affiliation Cuban and Caribbean Studies Institute Biography My research is focused on Latin American/Latino film and media and is transnational in…
Ana María López Caldwell
Ana María López Caldwell received her B.A. in Business Administration from Stevenson University. While in college, she founded a non-profit organization called Feed-the-Mind focused on…
Javier Lopez
Javier Lopez is a first year Guatemalan-American student at Tulane University’s Latin American Studies MA program. He started at Tulane after the cancellation of the…
M. Casey Kane Love
Contact Info mkane1@tulane.edu Department Affiliation Political Science Degrees Ph.D., Tulane University, Political Science, 2005 M.A., Tulane University, Latin American Studies, 2000 B.A., Tulane University Academic…
Megwen Loveless
Contact Info mloveles@tulane.edu Department Affiliation Spanish & Portuguese Biography My academic trajectory has taken me in two very different directions, starting with my graduate work…
Carlos Ignacio Juan Lozano
Contact Info cjuanloz@asu.edu Department Affiliation Department of Spanish and Portuguese Degrees Ph.D., University of Valencia, 2015 M.A. University of Valencia, 2009 B.A., University of Valencia,…
Nora Lustig
Contact Info nlustig@tulane.edu Department Affiliation Economics Biography I am a development economist with a focus on Latin America interested in studying the dynamics of economic…
Colin M. MacLachlan
Contact Info cmaclac@tulane.edu Department Affiliation History Degrees A.B., University of the Americas, Latin American Studies, 1959 M.A., Long Island University, United States History, 1962 Ph.D.,…
Judith Maxwell
Contact Info maxwell@tulane.edu Department Affiliation Anthropology Degrees B.A., Michigan State University, TESOL, 1970 M.A., Michigan State University, Linguistics, 1976 Ph.D., University of Chicago, Anthropology and…
Vicki Mayer
Contact Info vmayer@tulane.edu Department Affiliation Communication Biography I am driven to understand how and why people work with media and through media and communications industries.…
Sabia McCoy-Torres
On Leave Fall 2020 Contact Info smccoytorres@tulane.edu Department Affiliation Anthropology Degrees B.A., International Politics, Oberlin College M.A., Anthropology, Cornell University Ph.D., Anthropology, Cornell University Academic…
Erin McCutcheon
Erin L. McCutcheon is a Ph.D. candidate in the joint Latin American Studies and Art History program. Her expertise lies in modern and contemporary Latin…
Valerie McGinley
Contact Info vmcgmar@tulane.edu Department Affiliation Stone Center for Latin American Studies Valerie McGinley has been with the Stone Center since 1995. Her responsibilities include overall…
Katherine McKiernan
Katherine (Kate) McKiernan is a postdoctoral fellow at the Center for Inter-American Policy and Research (CIPR) at Tulane University. She received her Ph.D. in Political…
Amy Medvick
Amy Medvick holds a BA in Jazz Performance awarded jointly by Humber College and Thompson Rivers University, and an MA in ethnomusicology from the University…
Martin Mejia
Originally from Quito, Ecuador, Martín Mejía is currently a Ph.D. Student in the Latin American Studies program. He received his BA in Political Science at…
Frida Melgar
Frida Camille Melgar is a first-year student in the Latin American Studies MA program. She is from El Paso, Texas, and has a BA in…
Sedrick Miles
Sedrick Miles holds a Master’s degree in Psychology Research from The New School For Social Research and a B.A. in Psychology from Morehouse College. Both…
Marilyn Miller
Contact Info mgmiller@tulane.edu Department Affiliation Spanish & Portuguese Degrees B.A., Biola University, English, 1983 M.A., University of Washington, English Literature, 1986 M.A., University of Oregon,…
Nancy Mock
Contact Info mock@tulane.edu Department Affiliation Global Health Systems and Development Degrees B.S., Yale University, Biology, 1976 M.P.H., Tulane University, International Health, 1979 Dr.P.H., Tulane University,…
Rubén Morales Forte
Rubén Morales Forte completed his M.A. in Latin American Studies. His main interests are Maya Archaeology and Linguistics. He is also part of the Mellon…
Tatsuya Murakami
Contact Info tmurakam@tulane.edu Department Affiliation Anthropology Degrees B.A., Kanagawa University, Spanish, 1996 M.A., University of Tokyo, Cultural Anthropology, 1998 Ph.D., Arizona State University, Anthropology, 2010…
Laura Murphy
Contact Info lmurphy2@tulane.edu Department Affiliation Global Community Health & Behavioral Sciences Degrees B.S., Stanford University, Mechanical Engineering, 1983 Ph.D., University of North Carolina, City and…
Stephen A. Nelson
Contact Info snelson@tulane.edu Department Affiliation Earth & Environmental Science Degrees B.A., University of California-Berkeley, Geology, 1973 M.A., University of California-Berkeley, Geology, 1975 Ph.D., University of…
Jason S. Nesbitt
Contact Info jnesbitt@tulane.edu Department Affiliation Anthropology Degrees B.A., Simon Fraser University, Archaeology, 2000 M.A., Trent University, Anthropology, 2003 M. Phil., Yale University, Anthropology, 2007 Ph.D.,…
Catherine Nuckols-Wilde
Catherine Nuckols-Wilde is a Ph.D. student in the joint Latin American Studies and Art History program. Her research focuses on the Maya hieroglyphic writing system…
Julia O'Keefe
Originally from Austin, Texas, Julia O’Keefe is currently a Ph.D. candidate in the joint Latin American Studies and Art History program. She attained her B.A.…
Richard Oberhelman
Contact Info oberhel@tulane.edu Department Affiliation Global Community Health & Behavioral Sciences Degrees B.A., Rice University, Spanish, 1977 M.D., University of Texas Southwestern Medical, 1981 Academic…
Virginia Oliveros
Contact Info volivero@tulane.edu Department Affiliation Political Science Biography Since July 2013, I have been an Assistant Professor of Political Science and Associate Research Fellow at…
Isabel Owen
Isabel E. Owen is a first year MA student in Latin American Studies and a Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) Fellow for Portuguese. Isabel…
Hannah Palmer
Contact Info hpalmer@tulane.edu Department Affiliation Stone Center for Latin American Studies Hannah Palmer, who joined the staff in 2019, oversees summer abroad initiatives and academic-year…
Tatjana Pavlovic
Contact Info tpavlov@tulane.edu Department Affiliation Spanish & Portuguese Degrees M.A., University of Washington, Spanish, 1991 Ph.D., University of Washington, Romance Languages and Critical Theory, 1996…
Valerie Paz-Soldán
Contact Info vpazsold@tulane.edu Department Affiliation Global Community Health and Behavioral Sciences Degrees B.A., Stanford, Psychology, 1992 M.P.H., San Jose State, Community Health Education, 1996 Ph.D.,…
Liat Perlin
Liat joins her fellow Stone Center cohort after two years in Peace Corps Guatemala where she worked with local farmers and elementary schools to design…
Erika Pettersen
Erika Pettersen graduates in May 2020 with Master’s degree from the Stone Center for Latin American Studies. Prior to her studies at Tulane, she earned…
Stephanie Porras
Contact Info sporras@tulane.edu Department Affiliation Art History Degrees B.A., Claremont McKenna College (Pomona College), Art History, 2003 M.A., University College of London, History of Art,…
Mauro Porto
Contact Info mporto@tulane.edu Department Affiliation Communication Biography My research explores how the interactions between media and political systems affect processes of democratization, with a focus…
Catherine Prechtel
Catherine Prechtel graduated with bachelor‘s degrees in Spanish and Anthropology from Pacific University in Oregon in 2014. While at Pacific University, she co-taught poetry classes…
Lance Query
Contact Info lquery@tulane.edu Department Affiliation Latin American Library Degrees B.S., University of Missouri, Education, 1966 M.A., Indiana University, Latin American History, 1972 M.A., University of…
Linnette F. Reed
Contact Info lreed2@tulane.edu Department Affiliation Spanish and Portuguese Degrees M.A., Universidad de Salamanca, History, Art History and Geography, 1980 M.A., Texas A & M University,…
Wayne Reed
Contact Info wreed@tulane.edu Department Affiliation Physics Degrees B.S., Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Physics, 1975 M.S., University of Washington, Physics, 1976 Ph.D., Clarkson University, Physics, 1984 Academic…
Carol McMichael Reese
Contact Info creese1@tulane.edu Department Affiliation Architecture Degrees B.A., Trinity University, Psychology, 1970 M.A., University of Texas, Art History, 1979 Ph.D., University of Texas, Art History,…
Thomas F. Reese
Contact Info treese@tulane.edu Department Affiliation Stone Center for Latin American Studies Thomas Reese has been with the Stone Center since 1999 as Executive Director. His…
Felix K. Rioja
Contact Info 504-862-8354 Department Affiliation Economics Biography I am an economist that studies Latin American growth and development. In particular, I have recently been studying…
Fernando Rivera-Díaz
Contact Info friverad@tulane.edu Department Affiliation Spanish & Portuguese Degrees B.A., University of San Agustin, Literature and Linguistics, 1994 Licentiate, University of San Agustin, Literature and…
Christopher Rodning
Contact Info crodning@tulane.edu Department Affiliation Anthropology Degrees A.B., Harvard University, Anthropology, 1994 Ph.D., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Anthropology, 2004 Academic Experience Professor,…
Francisco Rodríguez
Francisco R. Rodríguez is a Venezuelan economist and currently director and founder of Oil for Venezuela, a non-profit organization focused on finding solutions to Venezuela’s…
Andrés Roldán Tonioni
Andrés Roldán is a PhD student at the University of Chile and a visiting at the Center for Inter-American Policy and Research. Here he will…
Lauren Romaguera
Lauren Romaguera is a Ph.D. candidate at the Stone Center for Latin American Studies. As a Miami native and daughter of Cuban exiles, she has…
Diego Rose
Contact Info diego@tulane.edu Department Affiliation Global Community Health and Behavioral Science Degrees B.S., University of California-Berkeley, Nutritional Sciences, 1977 M.P.H., Unviersity of California-Berkeley, Public Health…
Jesús Ruiz
Jesús G. Ruiz is a first-generation citizen of the United States and a former Fulbright Scholar to Spain. He specializes in Colonial Latin America, the…
Oana Sabo
Contact Info osabo@tulane.edu Department Affiliation French and Italian Studies Degrees B.A., University of Timisoara, English and French M.A., University of Southern California, Comparative Literature Ph.D.,…
Ana Sánchez-Rojo
Contact Info a.s.rojo@tulane.edu Department Affiliation Music Degrees B.A., University of the Americas- Puebla, 2003 M.M., University of Texas at Austin, Historical Musicology, 2008 Ph.D., University…
Geovane Santos
Currently a local presence in the New Orleans music scene, award-winning composer and educator Geovane Paiva Santos, is a native Brazilian from the city of…
Jamie Sauerbier
Jamie Sauerbier is a first-year student in the Latin American Studies MA program. She completed her undergraduate studies at the University of Georgia with a…
Susan Schroeder
Department Affiliation History Degrees B.A., University of California-Los Angeles, Anthropology, 1976 M.A., University of California-Los Angeles, Latin American History, 1977 Ph.D., University of California-Los Angeles,…
Rachel Schwartz
Rachel Schwartz is a postdoctoral fellow at the Center for Inter-American Policy and Research (CIPR) at Tulane University. She received her Ph.D. in Political Science…
Allison Scribe
Currently a first-year MA student at the Stone Center, Allison Scribe graduated cum laude with a BA in Latin American Studies and Communication from Tulane…
Cameron Sells
Cameron Sells is a postdoctoral fellow at the Center for Inter-American Policy and Research at Tulane University. He received his Ph.D. in Political Science from…
Daniel Sharp
Contact Info dsharp@tulane.edu Department Affiliation Music Biography My research focuses primarily on how traditional and experimental music is intertwined in the Americas, with a specific…
Maureen E. Shea
Contact Info mshea@tulane.edu Department Affiliation Spanish & Portuguese Degrees B.A., Frostburg State College, Spanish, 1975 M.A., Colorado State University, Hispanic Literature, 1978 Ph.D., University of…
Thomas Sherry
Contact Info tsherry@tulane.edu Department Affiliation Ecology & Evolutionary Biology Degrees B.A., Dartmouth College, Biology, 1973 M.A., Dartmouth College, Biology, 1975 Ph.D., University of California-Los Angeles,…
Dale Shuger
Contact Info dshuger@tulane.edu Department Affiliation Spanish & Portuguese Degrees B.A., Harvard University, Romance Languages, 2001 Ph.D., New York University, Spanish & Portuguese, 2008 Academic Experience…
G. Eduardo Silva
Contact Info gesilva@tulane.edu Department Affiliation Political Science Biography At its core my research focuses on state-society relations and the politics of policy change. A core…
Lee Skinner
Contact Info leeskinner@tulane.edu Department Affiliation Spanish and Portuguese Degrees Ph.D., 1996, Emory University, Spanish B.A., 1991, Brown University, Comparative Literature Academic Experience Professor and Dean…
David Smilde
Contact Info dsmilde@tulane.edu Department Affiliation Sociology Biography I am a Latin Americanist specializing in social mobilization and how cultural and religious practices facilitate it. I…
Diana Soto
Diana Karina Soto was born in Guadalajara, Mexico but grew up in Michoacán and Ciudad Juárez where she received her BA in Economics from the…
Rachel Stein
Contact Info rstein7@tulane.edu Department Affiliation Latin American Library Biography Rachel Stein joined The Latin American Library as Research & Instruction Librarian in June 2018. She…
Raymond Taras
Contact Info taras@tulane.edu Department Affiliation Political Science Degrees B.A., Université de Montreal, Political Science, 1967 M.Phil., University of Essex, Comparative Politics, 1974 Ph.D., University of…
Caz Taylor
Contact Info caz@tulane.edu Department Affiliation Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Degrees B.S., Southampton University, United Kingdom, Mathematics, 1988 M.S., New York University, Biology, 1999 Ph.D., University…
Selamawit D. Terrefe
Contact Info sterrefe@tulane.edu Department Affiliation English Degrees Ph.D., University of California, Irvine, 2017 M.A., University of California, Irvine, 2010 M.A., New York University, 2006 B.A.,…
Carolina Helena Timóteo de Oliveira
Carolina Timóteo de Oliveira completed her undergraduate degree in English at the Federal University of Minas Gerais in Belo Horizonte. While working on her undergraduate…
John M. Trapani, III
Contact Info jtrapan@tulane.edu Department Affiliation Business Degrees B.A., University of Texas-Arlington, Economics, 1968 M.A., University of Texas-Arlington, Economics, 1969 Ph.D., Tulane University, Economics, 1972 Academic…
Beverly Trask
Contact Info btrask@tulane.edu Department Affiliation Theatre & Dance Degrees B.S., University of Southern Mississippi, 1970 M.F.A., Southern Mississippi, 1977 Academic Experience Associate Professor, Tulane University,…
Constantino Urcuyo
Contact Info curcuyo@tulane.edu Department Affiliation Center for Inter-American Policy and Research Degrees Lic., University of Costa Rica, Law and Notary, 1972 Ph.D., University of Paris…
Jorge Valenzuela
Originally from Lima, Peru, Jorge Valenzuela graduated with a B.A. in Sociology from the Pontificia Universidad Católica del Peru in 2005. He worked for several…
Sunshine A. Van Bael
Contact Info svanbael@tulane.edu Department Affiliation Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Degrees B.A., University of Chicago, Biology, 1996 Ph.D., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Animal Biology, Ecology…
Elena Vanasse Torres
Elena Vanasse Torres [she/ella/ela] is a master’s student at the Roger Thayer Stone Center for Latin American Studies and a cultural worker in her community…
John Verano
Contact Info verano@tulane.edu Department Affiliation Anthropology Degrees B.A., Stanford University, Anthropology, 1977 M.A., University of California-Los Angeles, Anthropology, 1980 Ph.D., University of California-Los Angeles, Anthropology,…
Darianna Videaux-Capitel
Darianna Videaux Capitel is a first-year student in the Latin American Studies MA program. A native from Cuba, she holds a BA in Double Bass…
Alberto Cortes Ramos
Dr. Alberto Cortes Ramos has a degree in Political Science from the University of Costa Rica. He received his M.A. in Development Studies from ISS…
Dawn Wesson
Contact Info wesson@tulane.edu Department Affiliation Public Health & Tropical Medicine Degrees B.A., North Central College, Biology and Spanish, 1983 M.S., University of Chicago, Illinois, Ecology,…
Edward D. White
Contact Info ewhite9@tulane.edu Department Affiliation English Degrees B.A., George Washington University, French Literature, 1987 M.A., University of Vermont, English, 1990 M.A., Cornell University, English, 1993…
Sonya Wohletz
Sonya Wohletz is a Ph.D. student in Tulane’s Art History and Latin American Studies departments. She specializes in colonial art of Quito and has diverse…
Edith Wolfe
Contact Info ewolfe@tulane.edu Edie Wolfe joined the Stone Center in July 2005. Her responsibilities include advising undergraduate students in the major and minor programs in…
Justin Wolfe
Contact Info jwolfe@tulane.edu Department Affiliation History Biography I am a historian of post-colonial social and cultural history, particularly focused on the construction of identity within…
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Denise Woltering-Vargas
Contact Info dwolteri@tulane.edu Department Affiliation Stone Center for Latin American Studies Denise manages educational and community programs for Tulane University’s Stone Center for Latin American…
Hayley Woodward
Hayley Woodward is a Ph.D. student in Tulane’s joint Art History and Latin American Studies program. She earned her B.A. in Art History with Honors…
Kyle B. Young
Kyle B. Young is a first-year student and Foreign Language Area Studies (FLAS) Fellow in the Latin American Studies M.A. program. In 2020, he graduated…
Marc Zender
Contact Info mzender@tulane.edu Department Affiliation Anthropology Degrees B.A., University of British Columbia, Anthropology, 1997 M.A., University of Calgary, Archaeology, 1999 Ph.D., University of Calgary, Archaeology,…
Karen Zumhagen-Yekplé
Contact Info kzumhagen@tulane.edu Department Affiliation English Degrees B.A., Barnard College, Columbia University, Philosophy and Political Science M.A., University of Virginia, Philosophy Ph.D., University of California,…
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