Program in Latin American Studies

Director

Deborah J. Yashar

Acting Director

Douglas S. Massey (fall/spring)

Executive Director

Michael C. Stone

Associated Faculty

Jeremy I. Adelman, History

Nancy G. Bermeo, Politics

João Biehl, Anthropology

Miguel A. Centeno, Sociology

Arcadio Díaz-Quiñones, Spanish and Portuguese Languages and Cultures

Paul Firbas, Spanish and Portuguese Languages and Cultures

Rubén Gallo, Spanish and Portuguese Languages and Cultures

Michaela Hau, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Thomas D. Kaufmann, Art and Archaeology

Douglas S. Massey, Sociology, also Woodrow Wilson School

Pedro Meira Monteiro, Spanish and Portuguese Languages and Cultures

Gabriela Nouzeilles, Spanish and Portuguese Languages and Cultures

Ricardo Piglia, Spanish and Portuguese Languages and Cultures

Grigore Pop-Eleches, Woodrow Wilson School

Alejandro Portes, Sociology

Jussara Menezes Quadros, Spanish and Portuguese Languages and Cultures

Ignacio Rodríguez-Iturbe, Civil and Environmental Engineering

Jose Scheinkman, Economics

Marta Tienda, Sociology, also Woodrow Wilson School

Martin C. Wikelski, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Michael G. Wood, English, Comparative Literature

Deborah J. Yashar, Woodrow Wilson School, also Politics

Visiting Associate Professor

Jorge L. Giovannetti

Visiting Assistant Professor

Paulo R.R. Fontes

Sits with Committee

Fernando Acosta-Rodríguez, Library

M. Patricia Fernández-Kelly, Sociology

Stanley N. Katz, Woodrow Wilson School

John M.D. Pohl, Art Museum

 

The Program in Latin American Studies promotes interdisciplinary study and seeks to inspire knowledge and experience of Latin America and the Caribbean. The program builds on existing areas of study in a number of University departments and exposes students to a variety of ways of knowing and understanding the region. The faculty consists of professors with Latin American-related interests in the Departments of Anthropology, Art and Archaeology, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Comparative Literature, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Economics, English, History, Politics, Sociology, Spanish and Portuguese Languages and Cultures, and the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs. The program encourages dialogue on Latin American issues across the humanities, the natural sciences, the social sciences, and policy fields.

The program does not award a graduate degree. Graduate students are, however, active participants in the program’s numerous public lectures, conferences, and cultural activities. Each year distinguished Latin Americanists are invited from across the disciplines to speak to students, faculty, and the community at large. Small grants are offered to qualified students for field research in Latin America related to their graduate studies. The program also supports scholarly activities organized by affiliated graduate students.

The interdepartmental committee of the Program in Latin American Studies oversees the development of Latin American studies at the graduate level. It makes recommendations for the allocation of funds for fellowships and research as well as for priorities and planning in library acquisitions. It advises the departments and programs on ways in which graduate offerings in Latin American studies can be improved and coordinated. It also serves as an informal setting for advising graduate students, stimulating interdisciplinary interest in the University community, and apprising the outside world of the interest and resources of the University in Latin American studies.