Latin Americanist Directory
Faculty
Anthropology
Bradley, Douglas
Associate Professor; Concurrent Associate Professor, Department of Art, Art History and Design; Curator, Snite Museum of Art
101 Snite Museum of Art
(574) 631-4712
Douglas.E.Bradley.1@nd.edu
Thematic interests: Olmec art; Mesoamerican ritual ball game sculpture; origin of writing in Mesoamerica Latin American art; African art; Haitian art.
DaMatta, Roberto
Professor Emeritus; Rev. Edmund P. Joyce, CSC, Chair
611 Flanner Hall
(574) 631-7106
Roberto.A.DaMatta.1@nd.edu
Thematic interests: Social and cultural anthropology; national rituals, ceremonies, and myths; tribal political structures, myths, and ritual symbolism.
Hauser, Mark
Visiting Assistant Professor
220 Decio Hall
(574) 631-3416
Mark.W.Hauser.5@nd.edu
Thematic interests: Historical Anthropology; Archaeology; Colonialism; Political Economy; Informal and Contraband Trade; Slavery; Material Culture; Ceramics; Landscape; African Diaspora; Caribbean.
Lende, Daniel
Assistant Professor
616 Flanner Hall
(574) 631-7758
lende.1@nd.edu
Thematic interests: Medical and biocultural anthropology, combining biological and cultural approaches to research, geographical research areas include Popayan, Colombia.
Nordstrom, Carolyn
Professor
623 Flanner Hall
(574) 631-5072
Carolyn.R.Nordstrom.1@nd.edu
Thematic interests: Political anthropology; peace and conflict resolution; civilians in war zones; medical anthropology; gender; culture theory; Africa and Asia; global commodity flows in Brazil.
Smith-Oka, Vania
Assistant Professor
649 Flanner Hall
(574) 631-7269
Vania.Smith-Oka.1@nd.edu
Thematic interests: Political ecology; globalization and health; ethnobotony; ethnomedicine; women's knowledge; anthropology of religion; Mexico.
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Center for Social Concerns
Lies, William CSC
Executive Director; Concurrent Assoc Professional Specialist, Department of Political Science
117 Center for Social Concerns
(574) 631-3002
William.M.Lies.7@nd.edu
Thematic interests: Religion and politics; Pentecostal growth; religious freedom; democratic stability; human rights and justice.
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Chemistry and Biochemistry
Marino, Joseph
Professor, W.K. Warren II Chair; Dean, College of Sciences
168 Hurley Building
(574) 631-6456
Joseph.P.Marino.12@nd.edu
Thematic interests: Organic chemistry; new synthetic methods; strategies for natural product synthesis.
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Economics and Policy Studies
Bartell, CSC, Ernest
Professor Emeritus
211 Hesburgh Center
(574) 631-7816
Ernest.J.Bartell.1@nd.edu
Thematic interests: Economic development; Catholic social teaching; economics of education; Chile; Brazil.
Dutt, Amitava Krishna
Professor
420 Decio Faculty Hall
(574) 631-7594
Amitava.K.Dutt.1@nd.edu
Thematic interests: Growth and income distribution; development; trade; political economy; post-Keynesian macroeconomics.
Kim, Kwan S.
Professor
220 Hesburgh Center
(574) 631-5179
Kwan.S.Kim.1@nd.edu
Thematic interests: Development economics; international trade and finance; econometrics.
Leahy, William H.
Professor
214 Decio Faculty Hall
(574) 631-7238
William.H.Leahy.1@nd.edu
Thematic interests: Labor economics; collective bargaining; arbitration; industrial relations; regional economics.
Ros, Jaime
Professor
319 Hesburgh Center
(574) 631-7009
Jaime.Ros.1@nd.edu
Thematic interests: Development economics; trade and macroeconomic policies; problems in developing countries.
Ruccio, David
Associate Professor
243 O'Shaughnessy
(574) 631-6434
David.F.Ruccio.1@nd.edu
Thematic interests: International economic order; postmodernism; late capitalism.
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Civil Engineering and Geological Sciences
Ketchum Jr., Lloyd H.
Associate Professor Emeritus
156B Fitzpatrick Engineering
(574) 631-5696
Lloyd.H.Ketchum.1@nd.edu
Thematic interests: Water pollution control; water quality.
Kirkner, David
Associate Professor; Associate Chair
162 Fitzpatrick Engineering
(574) 631-6518
kirkner@nd.edu
Thematic interests: Finite element methods; structural analysis of pavement systems; damage mechanics; probabilistic mechanics; stochastic models of material heterogeneity.
Nerenberg, Robert
Assistant Professor
163 Fitzpatrick Engineering
(574) 631-4098
Nerenberg.1@nd.edu
Thematic Interests: Environmental biotechnology, molecular tools; biofilm processes; biological drinking water treatment; wastewater treatment/reuse; membrane processes; bioremediation.
Silliman, Stephen
Professor; Associate Dean, College of Engineering
106E Cushing Hall of Engineering
(574) 631-5332
Stephen.E.Silliman.1@nd.edu
Thematic interests: Groundwater hydrology flow; transport in heterogeneous media; third world water supply; water source protection.
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English
Delgadillo, Theresa
Assistant Professor
309 Decio Faculty Hall
(574) 631-4710
Theresa.A.Delgadillo.1@nd.edu
Thematic interests: Latino/a literary and cultural studies; representations of the spiritual in contemporary narratives; the Afro-Latina/o diasporas in popular culture.
Johnson-Roullier, Cyraina
Associate Professor
260 Decio Faculty Hall
(574) 631-7069
Cyraina.E.Johnson-Roullier.2@nd.edu
Thematic interests: Post-colonial Literature and Theory; modernism; novel.
Menes, Orlando Ricardo
Assistant Professor
353 Decio Faculty Hall
(574) 631-4110
Orlando.Menes.1@nd.edu
Thematic interests: Poetry writing; Latino/a literature; Caribbean literature.
Rodriguez, J. Javier
Assistant Professor
219 Decio Faculty Hall
(574) 631-7170
Jaime.J.Rodriguez.77@nd.edu
Thematic interests: 18th and 19th Century American literature; Mexican literature; cultural studies.
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History
Beatty, Ted
Associate Professor; Interim Director, Kellogg Institute for International Studies; Director, Latin American Studies Program (LASP)
130G Hesburgh Center
(574) 631-7038
Edward.Beatty.5@nd.edu
Thematic interests: Mexican history; comparative socioeconomic development; history of technology.
Graubart, Karen
Associate Professor
475 Decio Faculty Hall
(574) 631 0377
kgraubar@nd.edu
Thematic interests: Colonial Latin American history, gender and race in Latin America, the history of the Andean region, perspectives on the “other” from Iberia to the New World.
MacCormack, Sabine
Professor, Departments of History and Classics; Rev. Theodore M. Hesburgh CSC Chair
431 Decio Faculty Hall
(574) 631-9303
Sabine.G.MacCormack.1@nd.edu
Thematic interests: Late Antiquity; Colonial Latin America.
Rodriguez, Marc
Assistant Professor; Concurrent Assistant Professor of Law
219 O'Shaughnessy Hall
(574) 631-4717
rodriguez.94@nd.edu
Thematic Interests: US Latino/a history and US legal history.
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Institute for Latino Studies
Brown-Gort, Allert
Associate Director
230 McKenna Hall
(574) 631-3787
Allert.BrownGort.1@nd.edu
Thematic interests: Role of culture in shaping values and political systems; immigration policy; political views of Mexican nationals/Mexican Americans in the US.
Cárdenas, Gilberto
Professor, Samora Chair in Latino Studies, Department of Sociology; Assistant Provost; Director
230 McKenna Hall
(574) 631-3819
Gilberto.Cardenas.7@nd.edu
Thematic interests: International migration; border studies; links between Latino communities in the US and countries of origin.
Richman, Karen
Migration and Border Studies Center Director
Karen.E.Richman.2@nd.edu
Thematic interests: Religion; economies; gender; performance; geographic areas of the Caribbean, Mexico and the US.
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Law School
Carozza, Paolo
Associate Professor; Center for Civil and Human Rights
321 Law School
(574) 631-4128
Paolo.G.Carozza.2@nd.edu
Thematic interests: International law; international human rights; European legal systems; comparative law.
Cassel, Douglass
Lilly Endowment Professor of Law; Director, Center for Civil and Human Rights
301A Law School
(574) 631-7895
Doug.Cassel@nd.edu
Thematic Interests: International human rights; international criminal law; international humanitarian law
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Library
Scott Van Jacob
Iberian and Latin American Studies Subject Librarian
206 Hesburgh Library
(574) 631-6587
Scott.VanJacob.1@nd.edu
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Mendoza College of Business
Bergstrand, Jeffrey H.
Professor
351 Mendoza College of Business
(574) 631-6761
Jeffrey.H.Bergstrand.1@nd.edu
Thematic interests: International trade flows; free trade agreements; exchange rates and international finance; open-economy macroeconomics.
Rivera, Juan M.
Associate Professor
347 Mendoza College of Business
(574) 631-5195
Juan.M.Rivera.1@nd.edu
Thematic interests: International accounting; foreign exchange transactions; foreign reporting and disclosures; agribusiness and development; NAFTA.
Tavis, Lee
C.R. Smith Professor of Business Administration; Director, Multinational Managers and Developing Country Concerns
389A Mendoza College of Business
(574) 631-7617
Lee.A.Tavis.1@nd.edu
Thematic interests: Business planning models; potential contribution of multnationals to development.
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Political Science
Coppedge, Michael
Associate Professor
238 Hesburgh Center
(574) 631-7036
Michael.J.Coppedge.1@nd.edu
Thematic interests: Democratization; quality of democracy; Latin American parties and party systems; Venezuelan politics.
Hagopian, Frances
Michael Grace II Associate Professor of Latin American Studies
237 Hesburgh Center
(574) 631-8529
Frances.Hagopian.1@nd.edu
Thematic interests: Democratization; political economy; comparative politics and political development.
Lopez, George A.
Professor
115 Hesburgh Center
(574) 631-6972
George.A.Lopez.1@nd.edu
Thematic interests: Economic sanctions; human rights; conflict resolution.
Mainwaring, Scott P.
Professor, Eugene Conley II Chair
231 Hesburgh Center
(574) 631-8530
Scott.P.Mainwaring.1@nd.edu
Thematic interests: Democratic institutions and democratization; political parties; the Catholic Church in Latin America.
O'Donnell, Guillermo
Helen Kellogg Professor of Government and International Studies
219 Hesburgh Center
(574) 631-7756
Guillermo.A.Odonnell.1@nd.edu
Thematic interests: Democratic theory and new democracies; rule of law; comparative politics; authoritarianism and democratization.
Scully, CSC, Timothy R.
Professor
216 Hesburgh Center
(574) 631-9002
Timothy.R.Scully.1@nd.edu
Thematic interests: Comparative parties and party systems; democratization; aggregate data analysis.
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Romance Languages and Literatures
Ameriks, Geraldine
Associate Professional Specialist
117 Decio Faculty Hall
(574) 631-7331
Geraldine.A.Ameriks.1@nd.edu
Thematic interests: Latin American culture and literature; immigration issues; foreign language pedagogy.
Anadón, José
Professor
472 Decio Faculty Hall
(574) 631-7696
Jose.Anadon.2@nd.edu
Thematic interests: Chronicles of discovery and conquest of America; contemporary narrative of Latin America, particularly historical novels.
Anderson, Thomas
Associate Professor
126 Decio Faculty Hall
(574) 631-8448
Thomas.F.Anderson.121@nd.edu
Thematic interests: Hispanic Caribbean literature; post-revolutionary Cuban fiction.
Boyer, Patricio
Assistant Professor
167 Decio Faculty Hall
(574) 631-6886
Patricio.E.Boyer.16@nd.edu
Thematic interests: Colonial Spanish and Anglo America; ethics; psychoanalysis; post-colonial literature; law and literature.
Coloma, Maria
Assistant Professional Specialist
351 Decio Faculty Hall
(574) 631-7585
Maria.S.Coloma.2@nd.edu
Thematic interests: Spanish language pedagogy; Peru.
Ferreira Gould, Isabel
Assistant Professor; Director, Portuguese Language Program
343 O'Shaughnessy Hall
(574) 631-0460
Isabel.A.Ferreira.5@nd.edu
Thematic interests: Twentieth-century Brazilian immigrant literature; nineteenth- and twentieth-century autobiographical literature from Brazil and Portugal; twentieth-century women's literature from Brazil; war literature from postrevolutionary Portugal; postcolonial literature from Lusophone Africa; comparative literature; Portuguese language.
Heller, Ben
Associate Professor
343 Decio Faculty Hall
(574) 631-6556
Ben.Heller.11@nd.edu
Thematic interests: Modern Spanish American and Caribbean literatures; poetry; representations of nature; environmental criticism and translation.
Ibsen, Kristine
Professor
343 O'Shaughnessy Hall
(574) 631-7563
Kristine.L.Ibsen.1@nd.edu
Thematic interests: Mexican culture and literature, historical narrative, and women’s writing.
Mangione-Lora, Elena
Assistant Professional Specialist
343 Decio Faculty Hall
(574) 631-3062
Elena.M.Mangione-Lora.1@nd.edu
Thematic Interests: Spanish Caribbean music and literature.
Moreno-Anderson, Marisel
Assistant Professor
343 O'Shaughnessy Hall
(574) 631-6737
Marisel.C.Moreno-Anderson.1@nd.edu
Thematic interests: Hispanic Caribbean literature; Latino/a literature.
Olivera-Williams, María Rosa
Associate Professor
343 O'Shaughnessy Hall
(574) 631-4117
Maria.R.OliveraWilliams.1@nd.edu
Thematic interests: Spanish American literature and culture of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries; women's writings; feminist studies.
Teixeira, Sandra
Visiting Assistant Professional Specialist, Portuguese Language Program
343 O'Shaughnessy Hall
(574) 631-6886
Sandra.M.Teixeira.5@nd.edu
Thematic interests: Portuguese language pedagogy.
Verani, Hugo
Research Professor
343 O'Shaughnessy Hall
(574) 631-0396
Hugo.Verani.1@nd.edu
Thematic Interests: Spanish-American literature with emphasis in Southern Cone and Mexican literatures.
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Sociology
Bustamante, Jorge
Professor, Eugene Conley Chair
304 Hesburgh Center
(574) 631-3820
Jorge.A.Bustamante.1@nd.edu
Thematic interests: International migration; border settlements; Mexico-US migration.
Fishman, Robert
Professor
230 Hesburgh Center
(574) 631-8531
Robert.M.Fishman.2@nd.edu
Thematic Interests: Democratization and the quality of democracy; social ties and politics; states and regimes; European politics and society.
Valenzuela, J. Samuel
Professor
210 Hesburgh Center
(574) 631-6410
J.S.Valenzuela.1@nd.edu
Thematic interests: Comparative labor movements; historical and political sociology; democratization.
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Theology
Ashley, J. Matthew
Associate Professor
130 Malloy Hall
(574) 631-7077
James.M.Ashley.2@nd.edu
Thematic interests: Political and liberation theology; Christian spirituality; the dialogue between theology and science.
Elizondo, Virgilio
Visiting Professor
222 Corby Hall
(574) 631-7654
Virgilio.P.Elizondo.2@nd.edu
Thematic interests: Mestizo Christianity; mestisaje theology; liberation theology; evangelization; faith and spirituality; culture and public ritual.
Groody, CSC, Daniel
Assistant Professor; Director, Latino Ecclesial and Pastoral Concerns
229 Malloy Hall
(574) 631-9042
Daniel.G.Groody.1@nd.edu
Thematic interests: Hispanic spirituality; immigration; Our Lady of Guadalupe.
Gutiérrez, OP, Gustavo
Professor, Cardinal O'Hara Chair
331 Malloy Hall
(574) 631-5366
Gustavo.A.Gutierrez.30@nd.edu
Thematic interests: Latin American liberation theology; Latin America and the Third World; historical background and continuing theological relevance of the preferential option for the poor.
Matovina, Timothy
Associate Professor; Director, Cushwa Center for the Study of American Catholicism
1135 Flanner Hall
(574)-631-3841
Timothy.Matovina.1@nd.edu
Thematic interests: US Catholic and US Latino theology and religion.
Pelton, CSC, Robert
Concurrent Professor; Director Emeritus, Institute for Pastoral and Social Ministry; Director, Latin American/North American Church Concerns (LANACC)
215 Hesburgh Center
(574) 631-8528
Robert.S.Pelton.1@nd.edu
Thematic interests: The Catholic Church; ecclesial base communities; liberation theology; the Cuban Church.
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Kellogg Institute Staff
Canales, Luis
Assistant Director
232 Hesburgh Center
(574) 631-3636
lcanales@nd.edu
de Sousa Solis, Juliana
Assistant Program Manager
201 Hesburgh Center
(574) 631-8523
jdesousa@nd.edu
Rivers, Holly
Assistant Director, Latin American Studies Program (LASP)
130 Hesburgh Center
(574) 631-6023
Holly.Rivers.7@nd.edu
Schierling, Sharon
Associate Director
130 Hesburgh Center
(574) 631-8524
Sharon.K.Schierling.1@nd.edu
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International Studies Program Staff
Douthwaite, Julia
Assistant Provost; Professor, Department of Romance Languages and Literatures
154 Hurley Building
(574) 631-5203
Julia.V.Douthwaite.1@nd.edu
Hayes, Anne
Program Coordinator
152 Hurley Building
(574) 631-3229
Anne.F.Hayes.28@nd.edu
Kselman, Claudia
Director
158 Hurley Building
(574) 631-5882
Claudia.Kselman.2@nd.edu
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