{"id":601,"date":"2016-09-14T14:13:38","date_gmt":"2016-09-14T19:13:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/clacs\/?page_id=601"},"modified":"2025-08-01T14:40:46","modified_gmt":"2025-08-01T19:40:46","slug":"regional-faculty-associates","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/clacs\/our-people\/regional-faculty-associates\/","title":{"rendered":"Regional Faculty Associates"},"content":{"rendered":"

One of the strengths of CLACS is its strong regional faculty membership base. CLACS has maintained a long-term relationship with over 100 Latin Americanist faculty members at public and private institutions in the Upper Midwest who have been appointed as Regional Faculty Associates.<\/p>\n

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Akindes, Simon<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>
\nUW-Parkside
\nDepartment of Politics, Philosophy and Law
\nResearch\/Teaching Interests: Latin American Left; Political and Social Movements; Democratization; Elections and Democracy in Africa; Popular Music and Politics; Civil-Military Relations in Africa
\nCountry Interests: Bolivia,Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Cuba, C\u00f4te d’Ivoire
\nakindess@uwp.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Armacanqui-Tipacti, Elia\u00a0<\/strong>(Emerita)
\nUW-Stevens Point
\nDepartment of Foreign Languages
\nResearch\/Teaching Interests: Latin American literature, culture and civilization; Peruvian women writers
\nCountry Interests: Peru
\nearmacan@uwsp.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Aronson, Stacey Parker<\/a> <\/strong>
\nUniversity of Minnesota, Morris
\nDepartment of Spanish
\nResearch\/Teaching Interests: All levels of Spanish language and literature; Brazilian Portuguese; representation of sexual violence in early modern literature
\nCountry Interests: Latin America; Brazil
\naronsosp@morris.umn.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Av\u00edn, Rose-Marie<\/strong>
\nUW-Eau Claire
\nDepartment of Economics
\nResearch\/Teaching Interests: economic development; women and economic development
\nCountry Interests: Nicaragua
\navinr@uwec.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Barker, Richard\u00a0<\/strong>(Emeritus)
\nUW-Stevens Point
\nDepartment of Foreign Languages
\nrbarker@uwsp.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Bellver S\u00e1ez, Pilar<\/a><\/strong>
\nMarquette University
\nDepartment of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures
\nResearch\/Teaching Interests: Contemporary Latin American literature; U.S. Latino literature; cultural studies Country Interests: Latin America, Mexico
\npilar.bellver@marquette.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Bockelman, Brian<\/strong><\/a>
\nRipon College
\nDepartment of History
\nResearch\/Teaching Interests: intellectual and cultural history of Argentina in the early 20th century; bohemian cultures outside Europe
\nCountry Interests: Argentina
\nBockelmanB@ripon.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Borja, Jonathan<\/strong><\/a>
\nUW-La Crosse
\nDepartment of Music
\nResearch\/Teaching Interests: Mexican Concert Music of the 20th Century
\nCountry Interests: Mexico
\njborja@uwlax.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Brown, Pete<\/strong><\/a>
\nUW-Oshkosh
\nDepartment of Religious Studies and Anthropology
\nResearch\/Teaching Interests: economic anthropology; historical anthropology; ethnicity; social inequality
\nCountry Interests: Mexico
\nbrownp@uwosh.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Bryan, Catherine<\/strong><\/a>
\nUW-Oshkosh
\nDepartment of Foreign Languages and Literatures
\nResearch\/Teaching Interests: 19th and 20th century Latin American literature and culture; Women’s literatures; Indigenismo
\nbryan@uwosh.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Calmes, Victoria<\/strong><\/a>
\nUW-La Crosse
\nDepartment of Foreign Languages
\nResearch\/Teaching Interests: Spanish language skill development, Spanish literature and film
\nCountry Interests: Spain, Latin America in general
\ncalmes.vict@uwlax.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Carrillo, Germ\u00e1n<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>(Emeritus)
\nMarquette University
\nDepartment of Foreign Languages and Literatures
\nResearch\/Teaching Interests: colonial and 20th century literature; Spanish for the professions; courses in culture\/civilization; contemporary issues in the Hispanic world; multicultural issues; service learning
\nCountry Interests: Latin America, Spain
\ngerman.carrillo@marquette.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Casta\u00f1eda, Bel\u00e9n<\/strong> <\/a>(Emerita)
\nMarquette University
\nDepartment of Foreign Languages and Literatures
\nResearch\/Teaching Interests: Spanish American literature – 20th century narrative
\nCountry Interests: Spain, Latin America, Caribbean
\nbelen.castaneda@marquette.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Clough, Cindy<\/strong><\/a>
\nMount Mary University
\nDepartment of Occupational Therapy
\nResearch\/Teaching Interests: Occupational Therapy, K-12 education \/ special education, disability, and diversity
\nCountry Interests: Haiti
\ncloughc@mtmary.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Collins, Jennifer Noelle<\/strong><\/a>
\nUW-Stevens Point
\nDepartment of Political Science
\nResearch\/Teaching Interests: Latin American politics; comparative politics; democratization; social and indigenous movements
\nCountry Interests: Bolivia, Ecuador
\njecollin@uwsp.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Coon, Adam<\/a> <\/strong>
\nUniversity of Minnesota Morris
\nDepartment of Spanish
\nResearch\/Teaching Interests: 20th and 21st Century Latin American Narrative and Poetry; Contemporary Indigenous Literatures; Contemporary Nahua Cultural Production; Post-Colonial and Decolonial Studies; Language Revitalization
\nCountry Interests: Mexico
\nawcoon@morris.umn.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Cort\u00e9s, Roc\u00edo<\/strong><\/a>
\nUW-Oshkosh
\nDepartment of Foreign Languages and Literatures
\nResearch\/Teaching Interests: colonial to contemporary Latin American literature; culture and civilization; language, composition, conversation and translation
\nCountry Interests: Latin America in general
\ncortes@uwosh.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Cort\u00e9s-V\u00e9lez, Dinorah<\/strong><\/a>
\nMarquette University
\nDepartment of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures
\nResearch\/Teaching Interests: Colonial Latin American literature and culture; Baroque of Indies; Sor Juana In\u00e9s de la Cruz; female writing
\nCountry Interests: Latin America, Mexico
\ndinorah.cortes-velez@marquette.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Craig-Odders, Ren\u00e9e<\/strong><\/a>
\nUW-Stevens Point
\nDepartment of World Languages and Literatures
\nrcraigod@uwsp.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Cruz, Marcelo<\/strong><\/a>
\nUW-Green Bay
\nDepartment of Public & Environmental Affairs
\nResearch\/Teaching Interests: urban and cultural geography; geography of South America; Latino migration to the US
\nCountry Interests: Andean South America
\nCruzm@uwgb.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Dalstrom, Matthew<\/strong>
\nSaint Anthony College of Nursing
\nResearch\/Teaching Interests: US\/Mexico border; medical tourism; access to health care; health disparities
\nCountry Interests: Mexico
\nmatthew.d.dalstrom@osfhealthcare.org<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Daly, Tara A<\/a>.<\/strong>
\nMarquette University
\nDepartment of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures
\nResearch\/Teaching Interests: Contemporary Andean Literatures and Cultures; Queer theory; Amazon Studies
\nCountry Interests: Bolivia, Ecuador, Peru, Colombia
\ntara.daly@marquette.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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DeGrave, Analisa E.<\/strong><\/a>
\nUW-Eau Claire
\nDepartment of Foreign Languages
\nResearch\/Teaching Interests: Latin American poetry; Utopia; U.S. Latino Literature
\nCountry Interests: generalist
\ndegravae@uwec.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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DeGrave, Jeff R.<\/strong><\/a>
\nUW-Eau Claire
\nDepartment of Geography and Anthropology
\nResearch\/Teaching Interests: Latin American politics; migration; development; use of GIS in Latin America
\nCountry Interests: generalist, Cuba
\ndegravjr@uwec.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Depiante, Marcela<\/strong><\/a>
\nUW-Eau Claire
\nDepartment of Foreign Languages
\nResearch\/Teaching Interests: syntax and morphology; Spanish linguistics (Ellipsis phenomena, Cliticization, Coordination)
\nCountry Interests: Argentina
\ndepianma@uwec.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Dickson-Gomez, Julia<\/strong><\/a>
\nMedical College of Wisconsin
\nInstitute for Health and Equity
\nResearch\/Teaching Interests: Global Health, Qualitative Methods, Social Determinants of Health, Housing and Homelessness, Informal Settlements, Substance Abuse
\nCountry Interests: El Salvador
\njdickson@mcw.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Do\u00f1a-Reveco, Cristi\u00e1n<\/a><\/strong>
\nUniversity of Nebraska at Omaha
\nOffice of Latino and Latin American Studies & Department of Sociology and Anthropology
\nResearch\/Teaching Interests: International migration within the Americas; Latin American Sociology; Latin American recent history; Population and development; Emigration intentions and decisions; Migration policies; Comparative historical analysis of Migration; Migrants access to Social Rights
\nCountry Interests: Chile; Southern Cone
\ncdona@unomaha.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Donoghue, Michael E.<\/strong><\/a>
\nMarquette University
\nDepartment of History
\nResearch\/Teaching Interests: history of U.S. foreign relations; history of 20th century U.S.-Latin American relations (Central America and the Caribbean); the U.S. and Cuba
\nCountry Interests: Panama, Guatemala
\nmichael.donoghue@marquette.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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dos Santos, Pedro G.<\/strong><\/a>
\nCollege of St. Benedict\/St. John’s University
\nDepartments of Political Science
\nResearch\/Teaching Interests: Women’s Representation, Gender Quotas, Electoral Institutions, Elections and Campaign Finance, Women Presidents, Comparative Political Economy in Latin America
\nCountry Interests: Brazil
\npdossant001@csbsju.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Dosh, Paul<\/strong><\/a>
\nMacalester College
\nDepartment of Political Science
\nResearch\/Teaching Interests: Comparative politics, urban politics, social movements
\nCountry Interests: Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru
\ndosh@macalester.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Duarte, Armando<\/a><\/strong>
\nUniversity of Iowa
\nDepartment of Dance
\nResearch\/Teaching Interests: Brazilian Popular Culture; Samba and Carnival
\nCountry Interests: Brazil
\narmando-duarte@uiowa.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Dwyer, K. Angelique<\/a><\/strong>
\nGustavus Adolphus College
\nDepartment of Modern Languages, Literatures and Cultures; and
\nLatin American, Latinx and Caribbean Studies (LALACS) Program
\nResearch\/Teaching Interests: U.S.\/Mexico Intercultural Studies; Latina\/Chicana Cultural
\nProduction; Performance Studies; Film, and artistic expressions of liminality.
\nCountry Interests: Mexico\/U.S., Latinxs in the U.S. \/ Latin America
\nadwyer@gustavus.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Espinosa, Mariola<\/a><\/strong>
\nUniversity of Iowa
\nDepartment of History
\nResearch\/Teaching Interests: Disease; Public Health; Medicine
\nCountry Interests: Caribbean
\nmariola-espinosa@uiowa.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Fares, Gustavo<\/strong><\/a>
\nLawrence University
\nDepartment of Spanish
\nResearch\/Teaching Interests: Latin American literatures, civilizations, and cultures; contemporary art and art criticism; contemporary Argentine women writers; Borges
\nCountry Interests: Argentina, Mexico
\nfaresg@lawrence.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Fern\u00e1ndez, Manuel<\/strong><\/a>
\nUW-Eau Claire
\nDepartment of Foreign Languages
\nResearch\/Teaching Interests: narratives of the Hispanic Caribbean; Latin American narratives of the Boom and the Post-Boom; interdisciplinary courses with a focus on Latin American and U.S. Latino issues
\nCountry Interests: Cuba
\nfernanm@uwec.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Fern\u00e1ndez-Meardi, Hern\u00e1n<\/strong><\/a>
\nUW-Green Bay
\nDepartment of Spanish
\nResearch\/Teaching Interests: Articulation of the concept of violence in Hispanic literature; cultural economy in Latin American modernity; subaltern groups in Latin America and the discourses of the construction of identities in Latin-American countries
\nCountry Interests: Argentina
\nfernandh@uwgb.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Flora, Cornelia<\/strong><\/a> (Emerita)
\nIowa State University
\nDepartment of Sociology
\nResearch\/Teaching Interests: Community, Ecosystems, Indigenous peoples
\nCountry Interests: Colombia, Central America, Argentina, Ecuador, Peru, Chile
\ncflora@iastate.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Frederick, Jake<\/strong><\/a>
\nLawrence University
\nHistory Department
\nResearch\/Teaching Interests: ethnicity, uprising, and fire policy in the colonial era
\nCountry Interests: Mexico
\njake.frederick@lawrence.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Freire, Virginia<\/strong><\/a>
\nUW-Stevens Point
\nDepartment of Biology
\nResearch\/Teaching Interests: ethnobotany; uses and applications of medicinal plants
\nCountry Interests: Guatemala
\nvfreire@uwsp.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Fuentes, Bibiana <\/strong><\/a>
\nUW-Eau Claire
\nDepartment of Languages
\nResearch\/Teaching Interests: Contemporary Latin American Literature; Feminist Social Movements
\nCountry Interests: Colombia
\nfuentelb@uwec.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Gates-Madsen, Nancy<\/strong><\/a>
\nLuther College
\nDepartment of Spanish
\nResearch\/Teaching Interests: Contemporary Latin American Literature and Culture, Memory Studies, Literatures and the Environment
\nCountry Interests: Argentina, Chile, Uruguay, Mexico, Central America
\nnancy.gatesmadsen@luther.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Genova, Thomas<\/strong><\/a>
\nUniversity of Minnesota-Morris
\nDepartment of Humanities (Spanish)
\nResearch\/Teaching Interests: 19th-century literature; hemispheric studies; Afrolatinidades; historical novel; translation studies
\nCountry Interests: Caribbean, Argentina, Brazil
\ntgenova@morris.umn.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Goff, Victoria<\/strong> (Emerita)
\nUW-Green Bay
\nDepartments of Communication, History, Women’s Studies
\nResearch\/Teaching Interests: 19th and 20th century Latin American history with specific interests in media, labor, women, and immigration and migration history
\nCountry Interests: Mexico, Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Latin America in general
\ngoffv@uwgb.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Gonz\u00e1lez, Gail <\/strong><\/a>(Emerita)
\nUW-Parkside
\nDepartment of Modern Languages
\nResearch\/Teaching Interests: Contemporary Hispanic American literature; post-dictatorship literature; detective fiction
\nCountry Interests: Argentina
\ngonzalez@uwp.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Gonz\u00e1lez-Muntaner, Elena<\/strong><\/a>
\nUW-Oshkosh
\nDepartment of Foreign Languages and Literatures
\nResearch\/Teaching Interests: 19th Century Latin American literature; Spanish and Latin American women writers; Spanish language and culture
\nCountry Interests: Latin America in general, Spain
\ngonzalee@uwosh.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Gonz\u00e1lez P\u00e9rez, Armando<\/strong><\/a>(Emeritus)
\nMarquette University
\nDepartment of Foreign Languages and Literatures
\nResearch\/Teaching Interests: Medieval and Renaissance Spanish literature; Caribbean literature; Afro-Caribbean literature; Spanish and Latin American poetry; Spanish for the professions; Latin American culture and civilization; contemporary issues in the Hispanic world; service learning
\nCountry Interests: Latin America, Caribbean region, Spain
\narmando.gonzalez-perez@marquette.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Gormley, Melissa<\/strong><\/a>
\nUW-Platteville
\nDepartment of History
\nResearch\/Teaching Interests: Brazilian history; visual and literary culture\/modernity
\nCountry Interests: Brazil
\ngormleym@uwplatt.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Graham, Laura <\/strong><\/a>(Emerita)
\nUniversity of Iowa
\nDepartment of Anthropology
\nResearch\/Teaching Interests: Language, Culture, Communication; Indigenous Media,Expressive Culture\/Performance,Human Rights; Engaged\/Activist Anthropology
\nCountry Interests: Brazil, Venezuela
\nlaura-graham@uiowa.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Granados, Omar<\/strong><\/a>
\nUW-La Crosse
\nDepartment of Modern Languages
\nResearch\/Teaching Interests: Twentieth-century and contemporary Caribbean, Latin American and Latino literature and culture, Cuban and Cuban American studies, Cultural approaches on migration, exile and human rights, literature and the environment, Latino and Latin American cinema
\nCountry Interests: Cuba, Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, Colombia
\nogranados@uwlax.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Greenfield, Gerald <\/strong>(Emeritus)
\nUW-Parkside
\nDepartment of History
\nResearch\/Teaching Interests: Cultural Studies; Northeast Brazil; Urban History
\nCountry Interests: Brazil
\ngerald.greenfield@uwp.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Guevara-Geer, Geoff<\/strong><\/a>
\nRipon College
\nRomance and Classical Languages
\nResearch\/Teaching Interests: Spanish American literature, civilization and arts; literary theory and aesthetics; Spanish language: grammar, composition and conversation
\nCountry Interests: Argentina
\nGuevara@ripon.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Hathaway, Heather<\/strong><\/a>
\nMarquette University
\nDepartment of English
\nResearch\/Teaching Interests: ethnic American literature; immigration to the US; Caribbean immigration and diaspora; Caribbean literature
\nCountry Interests: Caribbean, particularly Antigua, Jamaica, Haiti, Barbados
\nheather.hathaway@marquette.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Hauge, Soren<\/strong><\/a>
\nRipon College
\nDepartment of Economics
\nResearch\/Teaching Interests: economic development; microfinance; microenterprise development; environmental economics; international economics
\nCountry Interests: Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Chile
\nhauges@ripon.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Hawkins, Maren<\/strong><\/a>
\nCarroll University
\nDepartment of Public Health
\nResearch\/Teaching Interests: Community-Engaged research; Immigrant health
\nCountry Interests: Ecuador, U.S.
\nhawkinsm@carrollu.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Haynes, Douglas<\/strong><\/a>
\nUW-Oshkosh
\nDepartment of English
\nResearch\/Teaching Interests: Rural to urban migration; environmental justice; teaching writing in the context of study abroad
\nCountry Interests: Nicaragua \/ Central America
\nhaynesd@uwosh.edu<\/a>
\nwww.douglas-haynes.com<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Hendrickson, Margarita\u00a0<\/strong>(Emerita)
\nUW-River Falls
\nDepartment of Modern Languages
\nResearch\/Teaching Interests: 20th century Latin American literature; poetry and narrative; Ernesto Cardenal; Garc\u00eda M\u00e1rquez: historical context in later works
\nCountry Interests: Chile, Colombia, Mexico, Nicaragua, Brazil
\nmargarita.d.hendrickson@uwrf.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Hern\u00e1ndez, Bonar<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>
\nIowa State University
\nDepartment of History
\nResearch\/Teaching Interests: Religion and politics; Religious movements and ethnic identity; Transnationalism. and Catholicism with an emphasis on modern Latin America
\nCountry Interests: Guatemala
\nbhernand@iastate.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Hern\u00e1ndez y Rojas, Mariana <\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>
\nUW-Green Bay
\nDepartment of Humanities\/Modern Languages
\nResearch\/Teaching Interests: Materialities; 20th-21st century Mexican literature
\nCountry Interests: Mexico
\nhernezm@uwgb.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Hindson, Jean M.\u00a0<\/strong>(Emerita)
\nUW-La Crosse
\nDepartment of Foreign Languages
\nResearch\/Teaching Interests: women writers; foreign language pedagogy
\nCountry Interests: Mexico, Southern Cone
\nhindson.jean@uwlax.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Hippert, Christine<\/strong>
\nLoyola University Chicago
\nSchool of Environmental Sustainability
\nResearch\/Teaching Interests: Andes, Bolivia; cultural anthropology; community development; public health; identity
\nCountry Interests: Andes, Bolivia
\nchippert@luc.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Hoff, Paul<\/strong><\/a>
\nUW-Eau Claire
\nDepartment of Foreign Languages
\nResearch\/Teaching Interests: foreign language pedagogy; oral proficiency testing; Spanish civilization
\nCountry Interests: Spain, Mexico
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Huam\u00e1n And\u00eda, Bethsab\u00e9<\/strong><\/a>
\nSaint Catherine University
\nDepartment of English and International Studies
\nResearch\/Teaching Interests: Poetry; performance; representation of violence, gender; Latin American film
\nbhuamanandia277@stkate.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Hudgens Henderson, Mary<\/strong><\/a>
\nWinona State University
\nDepartment of Global Studies and World Languages
\nResearch\/Teaching Interests: Bilingual education; sociolinguistics; Spanish as a heritage language
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Jambrina, Jes\u00fas<\/strong><\/a>
\nViterbo University
\nDepartments of World Languages (Spanish) and History
\nResearch\/Teaching Interests: Modern Latin American and Hispanic Caribbean Literatures and Cultures; Latino\/as U.S.; Latin American History; and Sexualities Studies
\nCountry Interests: Cuba
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James, Peggy<\/strong><\/a>
\nUW-Parkside
\nDepartment of Political Science
\nResearch\/Teaching Interests: developing countries; international relations; Political stability
\nCountry Interests: Latin America in general
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Kapelusz-Poppi, Ana Maria<\/strong><\/a> (Emerita)
\nUW-Oshkosh
\nDepartment of History
\nResearch\/Teaching Interests: 19th and 20th century Mexican public health and intellectual history; 19th and 20th century Latin America
\nCountry Interests: Mexico
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Kelly, John<\/strong><\/a>
\nUW-La Crosse
\nDepartment of Geography and Earth Science
\nResearch\/Teaching Interests: 1land tenure, territoriality, and natural resource management in rural Latin America; indigenous peoples; GIS; participatory research mapping; human geography; political ecology
\nCountry Interests: Mexico, Honduras, Costa Rica, Guatemala
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Kildegaard, Arne<\/strong><\/a>
\nUniversity of Minnesota-Morris
\nDepartment of Economics and Management
\nResearch\/Teaching Interests: economic stabilization and development in Latin America
\nCountry Interests: Mexico, Cuba
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Kohn, Mary Ellen<\/strong><\/a>
\nMt. Mary College
\nDepartment of Foreign Languages
\nResearch\/Teaching Interests: teaching of language and culture; 16th and 17th century Spanish prose
\nCountry Interests: Spain, Mexico, Puerto Rico, Honduras
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Kyle, Brett<\/a><\/strong>
\nUniversity of Nebraska at Omaha
\nDepartment of Political Science
\nResearch\/Teaching Interests: Democratization, Legacies of Authoritarianism, Political Parties and Elections, Military Politics, Civil-Military Relations, Human Rights, Transitional Justice
\nCountry Interests: Latin America in general
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Lake, Darlene M. <\/strong>(Emerita)
\nUW-La Crosse
\nDepartment of Foreign Languages
\nResearch\/Teaching Interests: cultural studies; 20th Century Latin American literature; Latin American and Peninsular narrative and detective novel
\nCountry Interests: Mexico, Spain
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Leonard, Kathy (Emertia)<\/strong><\/a>
\nIowa State University
\nDepartment of Foreign Languages and Literatures
\nResearch\/Teaching Interests: Bolivian women authors, translation, Hispanic dialectology
\nCountry Interests: Bolivia, Cuba, Argentina
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Lic\u00f3n, Gerardo<\/strong><\/a>
\nUW-Eau Claire
\nDepartment of Latin American Studies
\nResearch\/Teaching Interests: Latino History, Cultural Studies, Pachuco Culture
\nCountry Interests: Mexico, U.S.
\nlicong@uwec.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Lozano, Melina<\/strong>
\nMadison College
\nDepartment of World Languages; Department of Adult and Continuing Education
\nResearch\/Teaching Interests: Spanish language\/linguistics; Kichwa\/Runa Simi language\/linguistics; Latin American dance; Latin American history; Spanish-English-Runa Simi bilingual education
\nCountry Interests: Cuba, Ecuador, Guatemala, Mexico, Peru
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Macias-Gonz\u00e1lez, Victor M.<\/strong><\/a>
\nUW-La Crosse
\nDepartment of History
\nResearch\/Teaching Interests: Late nineteenth\/early twentieth century Mexican history
\nCountry Interests: Mexico
\nmacias.vict@uwlax.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Magalh\u00e3es III, Eduardo<\/strong><\/a>
\nSimpson College
\nDepartment of Political Science
\nResearch\/Teaching Interests: Latin American Politics, Latino Politics in the US
\nCountry Interests: Brazil
\neduardo.magalhaes@simpson.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Marina, Peter<\/strong><\/a>
\nUW-La Crosse
\nDepartment of Sociology
\nResearch\/Teaching Interests: Sociology of the City, Cultural Criminology, Sociology of Religion, Transgressive Sociology, Hispanic Studies, Urban Ethnography
\nCountry Interests: Cuba, Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, Bolivia, Mexico
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Marini, Candela<\/strong><\/a>
\nMilwaukee School of Engineering
\nSocial Sciences and Communication
\nResearch\/Teaching Interests: 19th Century Latin America; Visual Studies; Nation-Building; War Photography; Gothic Film and Fiction
\nCountry Interests: Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Uruguay
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Mart\u00edn G\u00f3mez, Antonio <\/strong><\/a>
\nUW-La Crosse
\nGlobal Cultures & Languages
\nResearch\/Teaching Interests: Applied Linguistics, Spanish for the Professions, Spanish for Heritage Speakers
\nCountry Interests: Ecuador, Spain
\namartingomez@uwlax.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Martins, Alexandre<\/a><\/strong>
\nMarquette University
\nDepartment of Theology and College of Nursing
\nResearch\/Teaching Interests: Health Care Ethics; Social Ethics; Global Health and Liberation Theology
\nCountry Interests: Brazil
\nalexandre.martins@marquette.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Matthew, Laura E.<\/strong><\/a>
\nMarquette University
\nDepartment of History
\nResearch\/Teaching Interests: colonial and modern Latin America; Central American and Mexican area studies; Amerindian migration and ethnogenesis in colonial Mesoamerica
\nCountry Interests: Mexico, Central America
\nlaura.matthew@marquette.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Mazar, Inbal<\/a><\/strong>
\nDrake University
\nDepartment of World Languages and Cultures
\nResearch\/Teaching Interests: Spanish language; Maya studies; Cultural studies; Migration; Health; Oral tradition and folklore; Service-learning
\nCountry Interests: Guatemala, United States
\ninbal.mazar@drake.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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McAndrews, Timothy<\/strong><\/a>
\nUW-La Crosse
\nDepartment of Archaeology
\nResearch\/Teaching Interests: South American archaeology, early village-based society and long-term cultural evolution
\nCountry Interests: South-Central Andean Altiplano
\nmcandrew.timo@uwlax.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Medeiros, Michelle<\/strong><\/a>
\nMarquette University
\nDepartment of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures
\nResearch\/Teaching Interests: Women’s travel writing in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, Latin American and Hispanic literature, gender and women studies, and history of science
\nmichelle.medeiros@marquette.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Melero, Pilar<\/strong><\/a>
\nUW-Whitewater
\nDepartment of World Languages and Cultures
\nResearch\/Teaching Interests: all levels of Spanish; Spanish for heritage speakers; modern Latin American literature
\nCountry Interests: Mexico
\nmelerop@uww.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Meyler, Jason<\/strong><\/a>
\nMt. Mary University
\nDepartment of World Languages
\nResearch\/Teaching Interests: Professor of US Latin@ and Latin American narrative and audiovisual culture (plastic arts, performance art, music, and film)
\nCountry Interests: Mexico, Guatemala, Colombia
\nmeylerj@mtmary.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Mitchell, Stephanie<\/strong><\/a>
\nCarthage College
\nDepartment of History
\nResearch\/Teaching Interests: Women’s and gender history
\nCountry Interests: Mexico
\nsmitchell@carthage.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Moran Thundercloud, Diana Elena<\/strong>
\nUW-La Crosse
\nDepartment of Ethnic and Racial Studies; Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
\nResearch\/Teaching Interests: Indigenous America; Native Indigenous Environmental Activism in Latin America; Human Rights; Immigration and Migration; Religion and Spirituality; Latin American Femicide; Children of Undocumented Immigrants
\nCountry Interests: Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Mexico, Peru
\ndmoranthundercloud@uwlax.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Moreno,Mar\u00eda<\/a><\/strong>
\nViterbo University; FLACSO-Ecuador
\nDepartment of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
\nResearch\/Teaching Interests: Gender; Race-ethnicity; Anti-racism; Indigenous politics; Andes
\nCountry Interests: Andean countries; Ecuador
\nmsmorenop@hotmail.com<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Muirhead, Pablo<\/strong>
\nMilwaukee Area Technical College
\nDepartment of Foreign Language
\nResearch\/Teaching Interests: second language acquisition; international service-learning; technology integration
\nCountry Interests: Peru, Cuba
\nmuirheap@matc.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Myers, Megan<\/a><\/strong>
\nIowa State University
\nWorld Languages and Cultures
\nResearch\/Teaching Interests: Transnational Hispaniola, Dominican American Literature, Community-Based Learning
\nCountry Interests: Dominican Republic, Haiti
\nmjmyers@iastate.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Nadeau, Evelyn<\/strong><\/a>
\nClarke University
\nDepartment of Foreign Languages
\nResearch\/Teaching Interests: Latin American literature
\nevelyn.nadeau@clarke.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Narv\u00e1ez, Benjamin N.<\/strong><\/a>
\nUniversity of Minnesota, Morris
\nDepartment of History
\nResearch\/Teaching Interests: Race, labor, immigration, social revolution, U.S.-Latin American relations
\nCountry Interests: Cuba, Peru
\nbnarvaez@morris.umn.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Ochoa Campo, Astrid <\/strong><\/a>
\nUW-La Crosse
\nDepartment of Global Cultures and Languages
\nResearch\/Teaching Interests: Contemporary Latin American and Latinx women’s literature, Latin American and Latinx literatures and cultures,WGS,World Langauge Education
\nCountry Interests: Colombia
\naochoacampo@uwlax.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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O’Day, Karen<\/strong><\/a>
\nUW-Eau Claire
\nDepartment of Art and Design
\nResearch\/Teaching Interests: Latin American art (ancient, colonial, modern, contemporary)
\nCountry Interests: Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia
\nodaykm@uwec.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Ortiz Ceberio, Cristina<\/strong><\/a>
\nUW-Green Bay
\nDepartment of Modern Languages
\nResearch\/Teaching Interests: contemporary Latin American women writers
\nCountry Interests: Cuba, Mexico
\nortizc@uwgb.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Pardo-Ballester, Cristina<\/a><\/strong>
\nIowa State University
\nDepartment of World Languages and Cultures
\nResearch\/Teaching Interests: ALL;SLA; Language assessment; Translation studies\/Applied linguistics; Spanish for specific purposes; Translation and interpretation
\nCountry Interests: Argentina, Colombia, Ecuador, Mexico, Puerto Rico, and Spain
\ncpardo@iastate.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Parys, Jodie A.<\/strong><\/a>
\nUW-Whitewater
\nDepartment of World Languages and Cultures
\nResearch\/Teaching Interests: Contemporary Latin American literature and culture; Representation of AIDS in Latin American literature; Spanish Language and Composition; Occupational Spanish; Service Learning
\nCountry Interests: Uruguay, Argentina, Chile, Latin America and Caribbean in general
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Paulk, Julia C.<\/strong><\/a>
\nMarquette University
\nDepartment of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures
\nResearch\/Teaching Interests: 19th century Latin American literature; antislavery literature of the Americas; comparative context for the study of Latin American literature
\nCountry Interests: Costa Rica
\nJulia.paulk@marquette.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Pinzl, Michelle<\/strong><\/a>
\nViterbo University
\nDepartment of English and World Languages
\nResearch\/Teaching Interests: Interpreting, Intercultural Communication
\nCountry Interests: Latin America
\nmmpinzl@viterbo.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Rich, Jessica<\/strong><\/a>
\nMarquette University
\nDepartment of Political Science
\nResearch\/Teaching Interests: Research\/Teaching Interests: Comparative Politics, civil society, HIV\/AIDS, social policy, bureaucracy
\nCountry Interests: Brazil
\njessica.rich@marquette.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Rivera Berruz, Stephanie<\/a><\/strong>
\nMarquette University
\nDepartment of Philosophy
\nResearch\/Teaching Interests: Latin American philosophy; Caribbean philosophy; Latina\/x feminisms; Decolonial feminisms; Philosophy of race and sexuality
\nCountry Interests: Cuba; Dominican Republic; Mexico; Puerto Rico
\n stephanie.riveraberruz@marquette.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Roberg, Jeffrey L. <\/strong><\/a>
\nCarthage College
\nDepartment of Political Science
\nResearch\/Teaching Interests: Effects of Tourism in Latin America, Human and Envronmental Rights
\nCountry Interests: Argentina, Cuba, Ecuador, Peru, and Chile
\njroberg@carthage.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Ryan, Carrie<\/strong><\/a>
\nSt. Norbert College
\nDepartment of History
\nResearch\/Teaching Interests: Cultural history; tourism; science and race; Indigenous peoples
\nCountry Interests: Argentina
\ncarrie.ryan@snc.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Santos-Phillips, Eva<\/strong> (Emerita)
\nUW-Eau Claire
\nDepartment of Foreign Languages
\nResearch\/Teaching Interests: Spanish American literature, culture and film; women in Spanish American literature, film and art
\nCountry Interests: Caribbean, Mexico, Argentina
\nsantosel@uwec.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Schnitzer, Stefan<\/strong><\/a>
\nMarquette University
\nDepartment of Biological Sciences
\nResearch\/Teaching Interests: plant community ecology \/ tropical forest ecology; the ecology of lianas (woody vines); tropical and temperate forest dynamics and regeneration
\nCountry Interests: Panama
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Schulenburg, Chris T.<\/strong><\/a>
\nUW-Platteville
\nDepartment of Humanities (Spanish)
\nResearch\/Teaching Interests: Contemporary Latin American Narrative\/Pedagogy
\nCountry Interests: Chile, Argentina
\nschulenburgc@uwplatt.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Scribner, Druscilla<\/strong><\/a>
\nUW-Oshkosh
\nDepartment of Political Science
\nResearch\/Teaching Interests: Latin American politics; comparative politics; politics of development; women and politics; genocide and human rights
\nCountry Interests: Argentina, Chile
\nscribned@uwosh.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Sel\u00e7uk, Or\u00e7un<\/a> <\/strong>
\nLuther College
\nDepartment of Political Science
\nResearch\/Teaching Interests: Populism; Polarization; Opposition; Autocratization
\nCountry Interests: Venezuela, Ecuador, and the Andes
\nselcor01@luther.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Sheehan, Megan<\/strong><\/a>
\nCollege of St. Benedict\/St. John’s University
\nDepartment of Sociology
\nResearch\/Teaching Interests: Food and culture; migration; urbanization
\nCountry Interests: Chile
\nmsheehan001@csbsju.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Silva, Grant J.<\/strong><\/a>
\nMarquette University
\nDepartment of Philosophy
\nResearch\/Teaching Interests: Latin American philosophy; philosophy of race and immigration ethics; Decolonial philosophy
\nCountry Interests: Mexico, Central America, the Caribbean
\ngrant.silva@marquette.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Sinclair, Shelley<\/strong> (Emertia)
\nUW-La Crosse
\nDepartment of History
\nsinclair.shel@uwlax.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Sipress, Joel<\/strong><\/a>
\nUW-Superior
\nDepartment of Social Inquiry
\nResearch\/Teaching Interests: Secondary teaching field: Latin American history
\nCountry Interests: Mexico
\njsipress@uwsuper.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Smith, Amy Erica<\/strong><\/a>
\nIowa State University
\nDepartment of Political Science
\nResearch\/Teaching Interests: Latin American politics, Brazilian Politics, comparative political behavior
\nCountry Interests: Brazil, Latin America generally
\naesmith2@iastate.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Smith, Brian H. <\/strong>(Emeritus)
\nRipon College
\nDepartment of Religion
\nResearch\/Teaching Interests: religion and politics in Latin America
\nCountry Interests: Chile, Colombia
\nsmithb@ripon.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Smith, Carter E.<\/strong><\/a>
\nUW-Eau Claire
\nDepartment of Foreign Languages
\nResearch\/Teaching Interests: representing terrorism in contemporary Spanish\/Basque narratives; 20th century Spanish fiction
\nCountry Interests: Spain
\nsmithce@uwec.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Sottile, Pedro D.<\/strong><\/a>
\nUW-Eau Claire
\nDepartment of Accounting & Finance
\nResearch\/Teaching Interests: Sovereign credit risk
\nCountry Interests: Argentina, Brazil, Mexico
\nsottilpd@uwec.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Spoto, Ray<\/strong> (Emeritus)
\nUW-Platteville
\nDepartment of Foreign Languages
\nspoto@uwplatt.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Tar, Jane<\/strong><\/a>
\nUniversity of St. Thomas
\nDepartment of Modern and Classical Languages
\nResearch\/Teaching Interests: Hispanic women writers; Hispanic cultural studies; business Spanish
\nCountry Interests: Latin America, Spain
\njdtar@stthomas.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Tejada, Rita<\/strong><\/a>
\nLuther College
\nDepartment of Spanish
\nResearch\/Teaching Interests: Caribbean Literature, Latin American Literature and Film, Women Issues, Latin American Women Writers, Service Learning Projects
\nCountry Interests: Dominican Republic
\ntejadari@luther.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Thomas, Charles <\/strong><\/a>(Emeritus)
\nUW-Oshkosh
\nDepartment of Foreign Languages and Literatures
\nthomascp@uwosh.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Toral, Pablo<\/strong><\/a>
\nBeloit College
\nDepartment of Political Science
\nResearch\/Teaching Interests: Environmental Political Economy of Latin America; Sustainability, Environmental justice, urban planning and design, conservation
\nCountry Interests: Comparativist
\ntoralp@beloit.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Valero, Jos\u00e9 A.<\/strong><\/a>
\nUW-Eau Claire
\nDepartment of Foreign Languages
\nResearch\/Teaching Interests: 18th century history and culture; nation building and cultural institutions
\nCountry Interests: Latin America, Caribbean, Spain
\nvaleroja@uwec.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Varela-Garc\u00eda, Fabiola<\/strong><\/a>
\nUW-Eau Claire
\nDepartment of Foreign Languages
\nResearch\/Teaching Interests: Sociolinguistics and bilingualism; Mayan languages in Guatemalan linguistic policy
\nCountry Interests: Central America, Guatemala
\nvarelaf@uwec.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Velez, Gabriel<\/a><\/strong>
\nMarquette University
\nEducational Policy and Leadership
\nResearch\/Teaching Interests: Peace education; Adolescent development; Civic engagement; Restorative justice; Transitional justice
\nCountry Interests: Colombia, United States
\ngabriel.velez@marquette.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Waugh, Richard <\/strong>(Emeritus)
\nUW-Platteville
\nDepartment of Social Sciences\/Geography
\nResearch\/Teaching Interests: Indigena of South and Central America
\nCountry Interests: Peru, Guatemala
\nwaugh@uwplatt.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Younoszai, Barbara <\/strong><\/a>(Emerita)
\nHamline University
\nDepartment of Modern Languages
\nbyounoszai@hamline.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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