Program Coordinator and Staff
Diego Armus
Professor
Coordinator of Latin American and Latino Studies
History
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Interests: Latin America, urban, diseases, migrations, social and cultural history

Cheryl Sharp
Administrative Coordinator
Interdisciplinary Programs Office
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Debbie Sloman
Administrative Assistant in Classics, Interdisciplinary Programs
Classics
Interdisciplinary Programs
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Program Committee

Diego Armus
Professor
Coordinator of Latin American and Latino Studies
History
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Interests: Latin America, urban, diseases, migrations, social and cultural history

Nanci Buiza
Associate Professor of Spanish and Department Chair
Peace & Conflict Studies
Latin American & Latino Studies
Department of Spanish
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Interests: Latin American literature, Central American and Mexican cultural studies, U.S. Latino/a studies, and diasporic and transnational community formations.

Désirée Díaz
Associate Professor
Department of Spanish
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Interests: Latin American literature and cultural studies, Caribbean literature and visual culture, US Latino/a studies, film studies, performance studies, popular and material culture, urban studies.

Sam Handlin
Associate Professor of Political Science
On Leave Fall 2021-Spring 2022
Latin American & Latino Studies
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Luciano Martínez
Associate Professor
On leave 2021-22
Department of Spanish
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Interests: Latin American Cultural Studies, LGBT studies and queer theory, Southern Cone and Brazilian literatures, Latin American cinema.

Edwin Mayorga
Associate Professor, Co-Chair
Educational Studies
Latin American and Latino Studies
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Roberto Vargas
Interim Head of Research & Instruction
Research Librarian for Humanities + Interdisciplinary Studies
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Subject specialist for Art & Art History, Classics, English Literature, Latin American & Latino Studies, Linguistics, Philosophy, Religion, and Spanish.
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Affiliated Faculty
Paloma Checa-Gismero
Assistant Professor of Art History
On leave Fall 2022-Spring 2023
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José-Luis Machado
Associate Professor
Ecology
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Research: Invasive species and plant physiological ecology of temperate and tropical ecosystems


