Affiliated Faculty
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The Latin American Institute provides an institutional base of support for UCLA's community of faculty Latin Americanists in more than thirty disciplines and professional fields in the natural sciences, social sciences, humanities, fine arts, and professions who conduct research and teach on Latin America and its role in the world.
These scholars have an international reputation for the excellence of their research, teaching, publications and service. A group of approximately 70 faculty members devote the major part of their research and teaching activity to Latin America, advise Latin American Studies students, and server on Interdepartmental Degree committees. Their contributions to the Latin American Institute include committee service, fundraising, hosting guests, and moderating public programs.
Afro-American Studies Interdepartmental Program
Ysamur Flores-Peña
Keywords: Caribbean
Anthropology
Harold Barrett
Keywords: Amazonia, Ecuador, Latin America, Venezuela
Karen Brodkin
Keywords: Comparative Latin America, Latin America
Carole Browner
Keywords: Comparative Latin America, Latin America
Christopher Donnan
Keywords: Andean Region, Peru
Linda Garro
Keywords: Mexico
Marjorie Goodwin
Keywords: Guatemala, Mexico
Peter Hammond
Keywords: Africa, Brazil, Cultural anthropology, Gender
Allen Johnson
Keywords: Cultural anthropology, Labor, Latin America, Social anthropology
Richard Lesure
Keywords: Central America, Ecuador, Mexico
Dwight Read
Keywords: Mexico
Charles Stanish
Keywords: Bolivia, Peru
Art History Department
Stella Nair
Keywords: Andean Region
Charlene Villaseñor-Black
Keywords: Latin America, Mexico
Cesar E. Chavez Center for Interdisciplinary Instruction in Chicana and Chicano Studies
Leisy Abrego
Keywords: Central America
Eric Avila
Keywords: Latin America, Mexico
Judith Baca
Keywords: Mexico
Maylei Blackwell
Keywords: Latin America, Mexico
Alicia Gaspar De Alba
Keywords: Mexico
David Hernandez
Keywords: Mexico
Raul Hinojosa-Ojeda
Keywords: Mexico
Susan Plann
Keywords: Mexico
Maria Pons
Keywords: Argentina, Mexico
Robert Chao Romero
Keywords: Mexico
Otto Santa Ana
Keywords: Mexico
Abel Valenzuela
Keywords: Mexico
Classics
Katherine King
Keywords: El Salvador, Latin America
Comparative Literature
Katherine King
Keywords: El Salvador, Latin America
Efrain Kristal
Keywords: Peru
Department of Gender Studies
Aisha Finch
Keywords: Caribbean, Latin America
Department of History
Robin Derby
Keywords: African Diaspora, Black Atlantic, Latin America
Juan Gomez-Quiñones
Keywords: Central America, Cuba, Dominican Republic
Robert Hill
Keywords: Africa, African Diaspora, Cuba, History, Latin America, Religion
Kelly Lytle Hernandez
Keywords: Mexico
William Summerhill
Keywords: Brazil
Kevin Terraciano
Keywords: History, Latin America, Mexico
James W. Wilkie
Keywords: Bolivia, Globalization, History, Mexico
Department of Music
Walter Ponce
Keywords: Comparative Latin America, Latin America, Mexico
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Donald Buth
Keywords: Mexico
Malcolm Gordon
Keywords: Ecuador
Henry Hespenheide
Keywords: Costa Rica
Park Nobel
Keywords: Latin America, Mexico
Thomas B. Smith
Keywords: Africa, Ecuador, Environment, Latin America, UCLA
Eduardo Zeiger
Keywords: Latin America
Economics
Francisco Buera
Keywords: Latin America
Ariel Burstein
Keywords: Latin America
Arnold C. Harberger
Keywords: Chile, Latin America, Mexico
Hugo Hopenhayn
Keywords: Latin America
Rosa Matzkin
Keywords: Comparative Latin America, Latin America
Aaron Tornell
Keywords: Economic Theory, Economics, Latin America, Mexico
Carlos Vegh
Keywords: Development, Economic Theory, Economics, Latin America
Ethnomusicology
Tara Browner
Keywords: Comparative Latin America, Latin America
Kenny Burrell
Keywords: Comparative Latin America, Latin America
Jesus Guzman
Keywords: Mexico
Steven Loza
Keywords: Brazil, Cuba, Latin America, Mexico, Music
Bobby Rodriguez
Keywords: Comparative Latin America, Latin America
Anthony Seeger
Keywords: Brazil
Geography
Stephen Bell
Keywords: Argentina, Brazil, Mexico, Uruguay
Judith Carney
Keywords: Africa, African Diaspora, Agricultural Development, Black Atlantic, Environment, Gender, Geography, Globalization, Mexico, UCLA, Women's Studies
Thomas Gillespie
Keywords: Central America, Mexico
Walter Hartmut
Keywords: Brazil, Central America, Mexico
Graduate School of Education and Information Studies
John N. Hawkins
Keywords: Asia, China, Education, Latin America, Mexico
Peter Mclaren
Keywords: Brazil, Latin America
Robert Rhoads
Keywords: Argentina, China
John Richardson
Keywords: Central America
Daniel Solorzano
Keywords: Mexico
Carlos Alberto Torres
Keywords: Argentina, Brazil, Cuba, Education, Latin America, Mexico, Politics, Sociology
Concepcion Valadez
Keywords: Brazil, Mexico, Paraguay
Institute of the Environment and Sustainability
Thomas B. Smith
Keywords: Africa, Ecuador, Environment, Latin America, UCLA
Linguistics
Pamela Munro
Keywords: Mexico, Paraguay
Microbiology, Immunology and Molecular Genetics
Larry Simpson
Keywords: Brazil
Musicology
Tamara Levitz
Keywords: Cuba
Robert Stevenson
Keywords: Comparative Latin America, Latin America
Organismic Biology, Ecology, and Evolution
Donald Buth
Keywords: Mexico
Political Science
Barbara Geddes
Keywords: Southern Cone
Anthony Pagden
Keywords: Comparative Latin America, Latin America
Raymond Rocco
Keywords: Central America, Costa Rica, Mexico
Mark Sawyer
Keywords: Cuba
Psychology
Paul Abramson
Keywords: Mexico
Christine Dunkel Schetter
Keywords: Comparative Latin America, Latin America
Patricia Greenfield
Keywords: Mexico
School of Medicine
Patrick Dowling
Keywords: Mexico
David Hayes-Bautista
Keywords: Mexico
Karin Nielsen, MD
Keywords: Brazil
School of Public Health
John Froines
Keywords: Mexico
Isabelle Hunt
Keywords: Latin America
Snehendu Kar
Keywords: Brazil, Health, India, Public Health
Donald Morisky
Keywords: Asia, Brazil, Health, Philippines, Public Health, Southeast Asia
Alfred K. Neumann
Keywords: Africa, Development, Health, Latin America
Anne Pebley
Keywords: Guatemala
Bonnie Taub
Keywords: Argentina, Brazil, Mexico, Uruguay
Jane Valentine
Keywords: Mexico
Arturo Vargas-Bustamante
Keywords: Mexico
Social Welfare
Rosina Becerra
Keywords: Mexico
Farnando Torres-Gil
Keywords: Mexico
Sociology
Rodolfo Alvarez
Keywords: Latin America
Cesar Ayala
Keywords: Caribbean
Rubén Hernández-León
Keywords: Mexico
Ivan Light
Keywords: Latin America, Mexico
David Lopez
Keywords: Brazil
Vilma Ortiz
Keywords: Mexico
Roger Waldinger
Keywords: Mexico
Andreas Wimmer
Keywords: Comparative Latin America, Cultural Studies, Guatemala, Latin America, Mexico
Maurice Zeitlin
Keywords: Chile
Spanish and Portuguese
Adriana Bergero
Keywords: Argentina, Mexico, Uruguay
Hector Calderon
Keywords: Mexico
Veronica Cortinez
Keywords: Mexico
John Dagenais
Keywords: Comparative Latin America, Latin America
Luz De La Torre
Keywords: Ecuador
Juliet Falce-Robinson
Keywords: Mexico
Randal Johnson
Keywords: Brazil, Film, Latin America
Jorge Marturano
Keywords: Cuba
Anna More
Keywords: Comparative Latin America, Latin America, Mexico
Claudia Parodi-Lewin
Keywords: Mexico
José Luiz Passos
Keywords: Brazil
Antonio Quicoli
Keywords: Brazil
Jesus Torrecilla
Keywords: Mexico
Maarten Van Delden
Keywords: Latin America
Maria Teresa Zubiaurre
Keywords: Mexico
UCLA Anderson School of Management
Sebastian Edwards
Keywords: Chile, Latin America, Mexico
Ed Leamer
Keywords: Argentina, China, Econometrics, Economic Theory, Economics, Mexico
Hans Schollhammer
Keywords: Mexico
Eduardo Schwartz
Keywords: Comparative Latin America, Latin America
UCLA Charles E. Young Research Library
Jennifer Osorio
Keywords: Asia, Latin America
UCLA Engineering
Alfonso Cardenas
Keywords: Argentina, Brazil, Mexico, Peru
Mario Gerla
Keywords: Brazil, Colombia, Mexico
Daniel Pradel
Keywords: Mexico
UCLA Law
Patrick Del Duca
Keywords: Mexico
Maximo Langer
Keywords: Argentina, Latin America
Richard Steinberg
Keywords: Latin America, Law
UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television
Maria Elena De Las Carreras
Keywords: Argentina
Chon Noriega
Keywords: Mexico
Jose Valenzuela
Keywords: Mexico
Edit Villarreal
Keywords: Mexico
Fabián Wagmister
Keywords: Latin America
Urban Planning
Stephen K. Commins
Keywords: Africa, Development, Gender, Globalization, Governance, Human Capital Development, Mexico, Non-Governmental Organizations (NGO), Poverty Reduction
Leobardo Estrada
Keywords: Central America, Mexico
Susanna Hecht
Keywords: Bolivia, Brazil, Central America, Development, Geography, Latin America, Mexico
Edward Soja
Keywords: Comparative Latin America, Latin America
Michael Storper
Keywords: Brazil
Chris Tilly
Keywords: Comparative Latin America, Latin America, Mexico
World Arts & Cultures
Donald J. Cosentino
Keywords: Africa, African Diaspora, Art, Black Atlantic, Cuba, Dance, Humanities, Language, Literature, Religion
David Delgado-Shorter
Keywords: Mexico
Irma Dosamantes-Beaudry
Keywords: Mexico
Patrick Polk
Keywords: Haiti