Bunche Hall UCLA

Leadership and Staff

LAI Leadership

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Rubén Hernández-León

Professor of Sociology; Director, Latin American Institute

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Bonnie Taub

Associate Director, Latin American Institute; Co-Chair, Academic Programs - Latin American Studies M.A.

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Bryan Pitts

Assistant Director

Staff

Ariatne Barrera
Program Representative
Veronica Zavala
Outreach Coordinator
Marcelo Jatoba
Publications Manager

Library Staff

Sócrates Silva
Unit Head, International and Area Studies; Librarian/Curator for Latin American and Iberian Studies

Hispanic American Periodicals Index (HAPI)

Orchid Mazurkiewicz
Editor and Director, HAPI
Michael Scott
Associate Editor, HAPI

Latin American Studies Interdepartmental Degree Program

Yumi Kinoshita
Academic Counselor

Research Programs

Center for Mexican Studies

Gaspar Rivera Salgado
Director, Center for Mexican Studies; Project Director, UCLA Labor Center

Center for Brazilian Studies

Susanna B. Hecht
Director, Center for Brazilian Studies; Professor of Urban Planning

Program on Caribbean Studies

Andean Working Group

Stella Nair
Director, Andean Working Group; Associate Professor, Department of Art History
Alba Menéndez Pereda
Coordinator, Andean Working Group; Ph.D. Candidate, Cotsen Institute of Archaeology
Gabriel Silva Collins
Coordinator, Andean Working Group; Ph.D. Student, Cotsen Institute of Archaeology

Central American Working Group

Patricia Arroyo Calderón
Associate Professor

10343 Bunche Hall
315 Portola Plaza
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1447

(310) 825-4571
lai@international.ucla.edu