# Latin American Studies

**Source**: https://catalog.ucsd.edu/faculty/LATI.html
**Parent**: https://catalog.ucsd.edu/front/courses.html

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*All courses, faculty listings, and curricular and degree requirements described herein are subject to change or deletion without notice.*

#### Professors

Marisa A. Abrajano, PhD, *Professor, Political Science*

Guillermo D. Algaze, PhD, *Professor, Anthropology*

Ana Maria Alvarez, MFA, *Associate Professor, Theatre and Dance*

Camila Alvarez, PhD, *Assistant Professor, Sociology*

Luis Alvarez, PhD, *Associate Professor, History*

Robert R. Alvarez, PhD, *Professor Emeritus, Ethnic Studies*

Abigail Andrews, PhD, *Assistant Professor, Sociology*

María José Aragón, PhD, *Assistant Professor, Education*

John C. Arroyo, PhD*, Assistant Professor, Urban Studies and Planning*

Carol Arcos Herrera, PhD, *Assistant Professor, Literature*

Eric J. Bakovic, PhD, *Professor, Linguistics*

Rosie Bermudez, PhD, *Assistant Professor, History*

John D. Blanco, PhD, *Associate Professor, Literature*

Geoffrey Braswell, PhD, *Professor, Anthropology*

Kimberley C. Brouwer, PhD, *Adjunct Professor, School of Medicine, Division of Global Health*

Gabriela Caballero, PhD, *Associate Professor, Linguistics*

Robert Cancel, PhD, *Professor, Literature*

Jose Ignacio Carvajal Regidor, PhD, *Assistant Professor, Literature*

Robert Castro, MFA, *Professor, Theatre and Dance*

Gloria Chacon, PhD, *Associate Professor, Literature*

Dennis R. Childs, PhD, *Associate Professor, Literature*

Luz Chung, MA and Ed.D, *Lecturer/Supervisor Secondary World Languages, Education Studies*

Shana Cohen, PhD, *Assistant Professor, Education Studies*

Jaime Concha, PhD, *Professor Emeritus, Literature*

Frances Contreras, PhD, *Associate Professor, Education Studies*

Matilde Córdoba Azcárate, PhD, *Assistant Professor, Communication*

Wayne A. Cornelius, PhD, *Professor Emeritus, Political Science*

Ben Cowan, PhD, *Associate Professor, History*

Peter Cowhey, PhD, *Professor, School of Global Policy and Strategy (GPS)*

Ann Craig, PhD, *Associate Professor Emerita, Political Science*

Thomas Csordas, PhD, *Professor, Anthropology*

Teddy Cruz, PhD, *Professor, Visual Arts*

Scott Desposato, PhD, *Professor, Political Science*

Ricardo Dominguez, MFA, *Associate Professor, Visual Arts*

Kirstie Dorr, PhD, *Associate Professor, Ethnic Studies*

Paul W. Drake, PhD, *Professor Emeritus, Political Science*

Michel Estefan, PhD, *Assistant Professor, Sociology*

Alex Fattal, PhD, *Assistant Professor, Communication*

Richard Feinberg, PhD, *Professor, School of Global Policy and Strategy (GPS)*

Rafael Fernández de Castro, PhD, *Professor, School of Global Policy and Strategy (GPS)*

David FitzGerald, PhD, *Professor, Sociology*

Ross H. Frank, PhD, *Associate Professor, Ethnic Studies*

Jose I. Fuste, PhD, *Assistant Professor, Ethnic Studies*

Richard Garfein, PhD, *Adjunct *Professor, School of Medicine, Division of Global Health**

Hannah Garth, PhD, *Assistant Professor, Anthropology*

Brian Goldfarb, PhD, *Associate Professor, Communication*

Paul S. Goldstein, PhD, *Professor, Anthropology*

Grant Goodall, PhD, *Professor, Linguistics*

Olivia A. Graeve, PhD, *Professor, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering*

Jessica Graham, PhD, *Associate Professor, History*

David Gutiérrez, PhD, *Professor Emeritus, History*

Bright Gyamfi, PhD, *Assistant Professor, History*

Stephan Haggard, PhD, *Professor, School of Global Policy and Strategy (GPS)*

Daniel Hallin, PhD, *Professor, Communication*

Gordon Hanson, PhD*, Professor, School of Global Policy and Strategy (GPS)*

Anthony J. Harb, PhD, *Assistant Professor, Communication*

John Haviland, PhD, *Professor, Anthropology*

Louis Hock, MFA, *Professor Emeritus, Visual Arts*

Jorge Huerta, PhD, *Professor Emeritus, Theatre and Dance*

Christine Hunefeldt, PhD, *Professor Emeritus, History*

Janelle Iglesias, MFA, *Assistant Professor, Visual Arts*

Stephanie Jed, PhD, *Professor, Literature*

Janis H. Jenkins, PhD, *Professor, Anthropology*

Andrew Jolivétte, PhD, *Professor, Ethnic Studies*

Sara Johnson, PhD, *Associate Professor, Literature*

Makeba Jones, PhD, *Associate Teaching Professor, Education Studies*

Milos Kokotovic, PhD, *Associate Professor, Literature*

Sara Kozameh, PhD, *Assistant Professor, History*

David Mares, PhD, *Professor Emeritus, Political Science*

Curtis Marez, PhD, *Professor, Ethnic Studies*

Jorge Mariscal, PhD, *Professor, Literature*

Luis Martin-Cabrera, PhD, *Associate Professor, Literature*

Veronica Martinez-Matsuda, PhD, *Associate Professor, History*

Hugh Mehan, PhD, *Professor Emeritus, Sociology*

Andrea Mendoza, PhD, *Assistant Professor, Literature*

Michael Monteón, PhD, *Professor Emeritus, History*

John C. Moore, PhD, *Professor, Linguistics*

Lorena Mostajo, MFA, *Assistant Professor, Visual Arts*

Marc-Andreas Muendler, PhD, *Professor, Economics*

Elizabeth Newsome, PhD, *Associate Professor, Visual Arts*

Simeon Nichter, PhD, *Assistant Professor, Political Science*

Amy Non, PhD, *Associate Professor, Anthropology*

Rafael Nunez, PhD, *Professor, Cognitive Science*

Ruben Ortiz-Torres, MFA, *Professor, Visual Arts*

Agustina Paglayan, PhD, *Assistant Professor,* *School of Global Policy and Strategy (GPS)*

Juan Pablo Pardo-Guerra, PhD, *Associate Professor, Sociology*

Max Parra, PhD, *Associate Professor, Literature*

David Pedersen, PhD, *Associate Professor, Anthropology*

Sandra Pedregal, MA, *Lecturer, School of Global Policy and Strategy (GPS)*

Nolan E. Penn, PhD, *Professor Emeritus, Psychiatry*

Roy Pérez, PhD, *Assistant Professor, Ethnic Studies*

Keith Pezzoli, PhD, *Associate Teaching Professor, Urban Studies and Planning, Communication*

Nancy Grey Postero, PhD, *Professor, Anthropology*

Jade Power-Sotomayor, PhD, *Professor, Theatre and Dance*

Mirle Rabinowitz-Bussell, PhD, *Academic Director, Real Estate and Development, Urban Studies and Planning*

Pamela Radcliff, PhD, *Professor, History*

Natalia Ramondo, PhD, *Assistant Professor, Economics*

James E. Rauch, PhD, *Professor, Economics*

Danielle Raudenbush, PhD, *Assistant Professor, Sociology*

Vanesa Ribas, PhD, *Associate Professor, Sociology*

David Ringrose, PhD, *Professor Emeritus, History*

Ariana Ruiz, PhD, *Assistant Professor, Literature*

Sebastian Saiegh, PhD, *Professor, Political Science*

Marta Sánchez, PhD, *Professor Emerita, Literature*

Rosaura Sánchez, PhD, *Professor Emerita, Literature*

Amy Sara Carroll, PhD, *Associate Professor, Literature*

Marta Serra-Garcia, PhD, *Assistant Professor, Rady School of Management*

Peter H. Smith, PhD, *Professor Emeritus, Political Science*

Brandon Som, PhD, *Assistant Professor, Literature*

Shelley S. Streeby, PhD, *Professor, Literature*

Daphne Taylor-García, PhD, *Associate Professor, Ethnic Studies*

Clinton Tolley, PhD, *Associate Professor, Philosophy*

Eric Van Young, PhD, *Professor Emeritus, History*

Manuel R. Vargas, PhD, *Professor, Philosophy*

Olga A. Vásquez, PhD, *Associate Professor Emerita, Communication*

Mateo Vásquez-Cortes, PhD, *Assistant Professor, Global Policy and Strategy*

Dana Velasco Murillo, PhD, *Associate Professor, History*

Nadia Villafuerte, PhD, *Assistant Professor, Literature*

Matthew Vitz, PhD, *Associate Professor, History*

Carlos Waisman, PhD, *Professor Emeritus, Sociology*

Mariana Wardwell, PhD, *Associate Professor, Visual Arts*

Daniel Widener, PhD, *Associate Professor, History*

Alison Wishard Guerra, PhD, *Associate Professor, Education Studies*

Tom K. Wong, PhD*, Associate Professor, Political Science*

Winifred Woodhull, PhD, *Associate Professor, Literature*

Wayne Yang, PhD, *Associate Professor, Ethnic Studies*

Rihan Yeh, PhD, *Associate Professor, Anthropology*

León Zamosc, PhD, *Professor Emeritus, Sociology*

Ana Celia Zentella, PhD, *Professor Emerita, Ethnic Studies*

Elana Zilberg, PhD, *Associate Professor, Communication*

#### Affiliated Academic Staff

Sarah Buck Kachaluba, PhD, *Librarian and Subject Specialist for Latin American Studies and Iberian Languages and Literatures*