Center For Latin American Studies Affiliated Faculty
Leticia Alvarez gutierrez
Associate Professor
Education, Culture and Society
Interest Areas:
- Education
- Humanities & Fine Arts
- Latin American Diaspora/Migration
- South America
Diksha Arora
Assistant Professor (Lecturer)
Gary l. Atwood
Assistant Professor (Lecturer)
World Languages and Cultures
Interest Areas:
- Humanities & Fine Arts
Kiri Avelar
Assistant Professor
Tabitha Benney
Associate Professor
Political Science
tabitha.benney@poli-sci.utah.edu
Interest Areas:
- Environmental Studies
- Social & Behavioral Sciences
L. scott Benson
Professor (Lecturer)
Family And Preventive Medicine
Interest Areas:
- Health
- South America
Lauren Birgenheier
Associate Professor
Geology and Geophysics
Interest Areas:
- Ecology & Biodiversity
- Environmental Studies
- South America
Lynn Bohs
Professor
Biology
Interest Areas:
- Central America
- Ecology & Biodiversity
- South America
Andrea r Brunelle
Professor
Geography
Interest Areas:
- Environmental Studies
- Social & Behavioral Sciences
- South America
Jason Burrow
Professor
Educational Psychology
Interest Areas:
- Education
- Health
- Latin American Diaspora/Migration
Darryl p. Butt
Professor
College of Mines and Earth Sciences
Interest Areas:
- Engineering
- South America
Hugh Cagle
Associate Professor
History
Interest Areas:
- Brazil
- Humanities & Fine Arts
Rohan Chatterjee
Assistant Professor
Kirstin Chavez
Professor
Miguel Chuaqui
Professor
Music
Interest Areas:
- Humanities & Fine Arts
- South America
Cathryn Clayton
Professor
Music
Interest Areas:
- Humanities & Fine Arts
- South America
Susanna Cohen
Associate Professor
Nursing
Interest Areas:
- Central America
- Health
- Mexico
Phyllis Coley
Distinguished Professor Emeritus
Biology
Interest Areas:
- Central America
- Ecology & Biodiversity
- Environmental Studies
- South America
Jennifer Coombs
Professor (Lecturer)
Family and Preventive Medicine
Interest Areas:
- Central America
- Health
- Latin American Diaspora/Migration
Talía Dajes
Assistant Professor
World Languages and Cultures
Interest Areas:
- Humanities & Fine Arts
- South America
David De micheli
Assistant Professor
Political Science
Interest Areas:
- Brazil
- Social & Behavioral Sciences
Isabel Dulfano
Professor
World Languages and Cultures
Interest Areas:
- Central America
- Humanities & Fine Arts
- Indigenous Studies
Jane m. Dyer
Nursing
Interest Areas:
- Health
- Latin American Diaspora/Migration
Christina Elmore
Nursing
Christina.Elmore@nurs.utah.edu
Interest Areas:
- Central America
- Health
- Latin American Diaspora/Migration
Melinda Fagan
Professor
Philosophy
Interest Areas:
- Brazil
- Humanities & Fine Arts
Tanya Flores
Associate Professor
World Languages and Cultures
Interest Areas:
- Central America
- Latin American Diaspora/Migration
- Mexico
- South America
Michael Free
Professor
Metallurgical Engineering
Interest Areas:
- Engineering
- Environmental Studies
- South America
Matthew Fry
Associate Professor
Annie isabel Fukushima
Associate Professor
Ethnic Studies
Interest Areas:
- Humanities & Fine Arts
- Latin American Diaspora/Migration
Romeo Garcia
Assistant Professor
Writing and Rhetoric Studies
Interest Areas:
- Humanities & Fine Arts
- Latin American Diaspora/Migration
Yvette Gonzalez
Assistant Professor
College of Social Work
Interest Areas:
- Indigenous Studies
- Latin American Diaspora/Migration
- Mexico
Keri Gonzalez
Assistant Professor (Lecturer)
World Languages and Cultures
Interest Areas:
- Humanities & Fine Arts
- Latin American Diaspora/Migration
- Mexico
Erin Graham
Associate Professor (Lecturer)
Christina Gringeri
Professor
College of Social Work
Interest Areas:
- Latin American Diaspora/Migration
- Mexico
Gema Guevara
Associate Professor
World Languages and Cultures
Interest Areas:
- Humanities & Fine Arts
- Mexico
- South America
Matt Haber
Associate Professor
Philosophy
Interest Areas:
- Brazil
- Humanities & Fine Arts
Leandra Hernandez
Associate Professor
Andrew Hoffmann
Assistant Professor (Lecturer)
Honors College
Interest Areas:
- Central America
- Environmental Studies
Claudio Holzner
Professor
Political Science
Interest Areas:
- Central America
- Latin American Diaspora/Migration
- Mexico
- Social & Behavioral Sciences
- South America
Rebecca Horn
Associate Professor
History
Interest Areas:
- Humanities & Fine Arts
- Indigenous Studies
- Mexico
Devin Jenkins
Associate Professor
William Johnson
Professor
Geology and Geophysics
Interest Areas:
- Engineering
- Environmental Studies
- South America
Susan s. Johnston
Professor
Special Education
Interest Areas:
- Education
Doug Jones
Associate Professor
Anthropology
Interest Areas:
- Brazil
- Social & Behavioral Sciences
Jasmine Kirby
Assistant Librarian
Marriott Library
Leslie Knapp
Professor
Anthropology
Interest Areas:
- Mexico
- Social & Behavioral Sciences
Karen leslie Kramer
Professor
Anthropology
Interest Areas:
- Central America
- Indigenous Studies
- Mexico
- Social & Behavioral Sciences
- South America
Chris Leppard
Professor
Christopher Lewis
Associate Professor
World Languages and Cultures
Interest Areas:
- Brazil
- Humanities & Fine Arts
Lauren Liang
Associate Professor
Educational Psychology
Interest Areas:
- Education
- Latin American Diaspora/Migration
John Longino
Professor
Biology
Interest Areas:
- Central America
- Ecology & Biodiversity
- Environmental Studies
- South America
Shane Macfarlan
Associate Professor
Anthropology
shane.macfarlan@anthro.utah.edu
Interest Areas:
- Environmental Studies
- Mexico
- Social & Behavioral Sciences
- South America
María laura Martinelli
Visiting Assistant Professor
Theresa Martinez
Associate Professor
Sociology
Interest Areas:
- Latin American Diaspora/Migration
- Social & Behavioral Sciences
Christopher Mead
Professor (Lecturer)
Michael Meija
Associate Professor
English
Interest Areas:
- Brazil
- Humanities & Fine Arts
- Latin American Diaspora/Migration
Ivan Mendieta-muñoz
Associate Professor
Economics
Interest Areas:
- Mexico
- Social & Behavioral Sciences
- South America
Isabel teresa Molina
Assistant Professor (Lecturer)
College of Social Work
Interest Areas:
- Latin American Diaspora/Migration
- Mexico
Ed Munoz
Associate Professor
Interest Areas:
- Latin American Diaspora/Migration
- Mexico
- Social & Behavioral Sciences
Anna pavlova Murta hogsdon
Assistant Professor (Lecturer)
World Languages and Cultures
Interest Areas:
- Brazil
- Humanities & Fine Arts
Nalini Nadkarni
Professor
Biology
Interest Areas:
- Ecology & Biodiversity
- Environmental Studies
Danielle Olden
Associate Professor
History
Interest Areas:
- Humanities & Fine Arts
- Latin American Diaspora/Migration
- Mexico
Richard Paine
Associate Professor
Anthropology
Interest Areas:
- Central America
- Indigenous Studies
- Mexico
- Social & Behavioral Sciences
Paul Paret
Associate Professor
Art and Art History
Interest Areas:
- Humanities & Fine Arts
- South America
Nicolas Parra-herrera
Associate Professor
Anne Peterson
Associate Professor
Philosophy
Interest Areas:
- Humanities & Fine Arts
Susie Porter
Professor
History
Interest Areas:
- Humanities & Fine Arts
- Latin American Diaspora/Migration
- Mexico
Mitchell Power
Professor
Geography
Interest Areas:
- Environmental Studies
- Social & Behavioral Sciences
- South America
Alejandro Quin
Associate Professor, Director
World Languages and Cultures
Interest Areas:
- Brazil
- Central America
- Humanities & Fine Arts
- South America
Daniela Samur
Assistant Professor
History
Interest Areas:
- Central America
- Humanities & Fine Arts
- South America
Marie Sarita gaytán
Associate Professor
Sociology and Gender Studies
Interest Areas:
- Latin American Diaspora/Migration
- Mexico
- Social & Behavioral Sciences
Kimberly Shoaf
Professor
Family and Preventive Medicine
Interest Areas:
- Health
Elena Shtromberg
Professor
Art and Art History
Interest Areas:
- Brazil
- Humanities & Fine Arts
- Mexico
- South America
Armando Solorzano
Associate Professor
Family and Consumer Studies & Ethnic Studies
armando.solorzano@fcs.utah.edu
Interest Areas:
- Latin American Diaspora/Migration
- Mexico
- Social & Behavioral Sciences
Alejo Stark
Assistant Professor
Vedrana Subotic
Professor
Music
Interest Areas:
- Humanities & Fine Arts
- South America
John Sullivan
Instituto de Docencia e Investigación de Zacatecas (IDIEZ) (Director)
Interest Areas:
- Education
- Indigenous Studies
Veronica e. Valdez
Professor
Education, Culture and Society
Interest Areas:
- Education
- Indigenous Studies
- Latin American Diaspora/Migration
- South America
Jesus Valero
Assistant Professor
Political Science
Interest Areas:
- Latin American Diaspora/Migration
- Social & Behavioral Sciences
Cecilia Wainryb
Professor
Psychology
cecilia.wainryb@psych.utah.edu
Interest Areas:
- Latin American Diaspora/Migration
- Social & Behavioral Sciences
- South America
Jennifer Watt
Assistant Professor
Environmental Studies Program
Interest Areas:
- Central America
- Environmental Studies
- Social & Behavioral Sciences
- South America