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Edwin Ackerman

Edwin Ackerman

Associate Professor and Undergraduate Director, Sociology Department

Senior Research Associate, Program on Latin America and the Caribbean

Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley, 2016

Areas of Expertise

Political sociology, comparative-historical sociology, Latin-American studies, social theory
Tripti Bhattacharya

Tripti Bhattacharya

Senior Research Associate and Advisory Board Member, Program on Latin America and the Caribbean

Assistant Professor, Earth and Environmental Sciences, College of Arts & Sciences

Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley, 2016

Areas of Expertise

Paleoclimatology, paleoecology, tropical climate dynamics, hydroclimate, proxy reconstruction
Tom Brutsaert

Tom D. Brutsaert

Professor by Courtesy Appointment, Anthropology Department

Senior Research Associate, South Asia Center

Senior Research Associate, Program on Latin America and the Caribbean

Professor, Exercise Science, Falk College

Ph.D., Cornell University, 1997

Areas of Expertise

Human biology, high-altitude adaptation, physical activity, growth and development
Gail Bulman

Gail Bulman

Advisory Board Member and Senior Research Associate, Program on Latin America and the Caribbean

Senior Research Associate, Autonomous Systems Policy Institute

Professor and Chair, Spanish, Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, College of Arts & Sciences

Areas of Expertise

Latin American theater in Argentina, Chile, Ecuador, Peru, Mexico and Puerto Rico
Myrna Garcia-Calderon

Myrna García Calderón

Advisory Board Member and Senior Research Associate, Program on Latin America and the Caribbean

Associate Professor, Latino-Latin American Studies, College of Arts and Sciences

Ph. D., University of California, Berkeley, 1989
Matthew R. Cleary

Matthew R. Cleary

Associate Professor, Political Science Department

Senior Research Associate, Program for the Advancement of Research on Conflict and Collaboration

Advisory Board Member and Senior Research Associate, Program on Latin America and the Caribbean

Ph.D., University of Chicago, 2004

Areas of Expertise

Latin American politics, political institutions, democratization, ethnic politics
PJ DiPietro

PJ DiPietro

Advisory Board Member and Senior Research Associate, Program on Latin America and the Caribbean

Assistant Professor, Women's and Gender Studies, College of Arts and Sciences

Ph.D., Binghamton University, State University of New York
Selina Gallo-Cruz

Selina Gallo-Cruz

Associate Professor, Sociology Department

O’Hanley Faculty Scholar

Research Co-Director, Advocacy and Activism

Senior Research Associate, Program for the Advancement of Research on Conflict and Collaboration

Research Affiliate, Program on Latin America and the Caribbean

Affiliate, Women’s and Gender Studies

Ph.D., Emory University, 2012
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Catherine García

Senior Research Associate, Program on Latin America and the Caribbean

Research Affiliate, Lerner Center for Public Health Promotion and Population Health

Assistant Professor, Human Development and Family Science, Falk College of Sport and Human Dynamics

Areas of Expertise

Aging and the life course, minority aging and health, social determinants of health, health disparities, biodemography

Cecilia A. Green

Cecilia A. Green

Associate Professor Emerita, Sociology Department

Senior Research Associate, Program for the Advancement of Research on Conflict and Collaboration

Ph.D., University of Toronto, 1998

Areas of Expertise

Race, class, gender, Caribbean studies
Mariaelena Huambachano

Mariaelena Huambachano

Advisory Board Member and Senior Research Associate, Program on Latin America and the Caribbean

Assistant Professor, Religion, College of Arts and Sciences

Denisa Jashari

Denisa Jashari

Assistant Professor, History Department

Advisory Board Member and Senior Research Associate, Program on Latin America and the Caribbean

Ph.D., Department of History, Indiana University, Bloomington, 2020

Areas of Expertise

Modern Latin America, urban history, social history, Chile, social movements, the Cold War
Jean Jonassaint

Jean Jonassaint

Senior Research Associate, Program on Latin America and the Caribbean

Research Affiliate, Maxwell African Scholars Union

Professor, French and Francophone Studies, College of Arts and Sciences

Ambika Krishnakumar

Ambika Krishnakumar

Senior Research Associate, Program on Latin America and the Caribbean

Professor, Department of Human Development and Family Science, Falk College

Ethan Madarieta

Ethan Madarieta

Advisory Board Member and Senior Research Associate, Program on Latin America and the Caribbean

Assistant Professor, English, College of Arts and Sciences

Kyrstin Mallon Andrews

Kyrstin Mallon Andrews

Assistant Professor, Anthropology Department

Advisory Board Member and Senior Research Associate, Program on Latin America and the Caribbean

Ph.D., University of California, Irvine, 2021

Areas of Expertise

Medical and environmental anthropology, Caribbean, maritime studies, fishing, multispecies, environmental governance, conservation, risk and injury, the Dominican Republic
Gladys McCormick

Gladys McCormick

Associate Professor, History Department

Associate Dean for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

Jay and Debe Moskowitz Endowed Chair in Mexico-U.S. Relations

Senior Research Associate, Program for the Advancement of Research on Conflict and Collaboration

Advisory Board Member and Senior Research Associate, Program on Latin America and the Caribbean

Ph.D., University of Wisconsin - Madison, 2009

Areas of Expertise

Latin America and the Caribbean, nineteenth- and twentieth-century Mexico
Lutchmie Narine

Lutchmie Narine

Senior Research Associate, Program on Latin America and the Caribbean

Professor, Department of Public Health, Falk College

Karl Offen
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Karl Offen

Professor, Geography and the Environment Department

Senior Research Associate and Advisory Board Member, Program on Latin America and the Caribbean

Ph.D., Department of Geography and the Environment, University of Texas at Austin, 1999

Areas of Expertise

Historical geography, political ecology, Latin America and the Caribbean, Atlantic world, map studies
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Tomás Olivier

Assistant Professor, Public Administration and International Affairs Department

Assistant Director, Center for Policy Design and Governance

Senior Research Associate, Center for Policy Research

Senior Research Associate, Program on Latin America and the Caribbean

Ph.D., School of Government and Public Policy, University of Arizona, 2017

Areas of Expertise

Water policy, environmental policy, policy design, policy process
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