Latin America, Carribean & Latino Studies

Picture	Name	Contact
	M. Cristina Alcalde Associate Dean of Inclusion and Internationalization, College of Arts & Sciences, Professor, Gender and Women's Studies , Marie Rich Endowed Professor gender violence, 'Migration', Latin America, race and racialization, intersectionality, Critical Social Theory, masculinities, return migration, motherhood, exclusion and belonging, Latinxs in the U.S.	cristina.alcalde@uky.edu 212 Breckinridge Hall, 265 Patterson Office Tower 859-257-9719
	Emily Beaulieu Bacchus Associate Professor of Comparative Politics, Director of International Studies, Associate Chair, Interim Director of Graduate Studies	eabeau2@uky.edu 1627 & 1461 Patterson Office Tower (859) 257-9677
	Tiffany D. Barnes Professor, Director of Undergraduate Studies, Internship Director Comparative Politics, Gender and Politics, Latin American Politics	tiffanydbarnes@uky.edu 1631 Patterson Office Tower
	Rusty Barrett Professor, Department of Linguistics, Director, Latin American, Caribbean, and Latino Studies Program Linguistics	erbarr2@email.uky.edu 1673 Patterson Office Tower
	Eladio B. Bobadilla Assistant Professor Modern U.S. history, Social movements history, Labor and working class history and politics, History of race and ethnicity, U.S. Latinx history and politics, Immigration history, Nativism and xenophobia, Oral history and memory	eladio.bobadilla@uky.edu 1721 Patterson Office Tower (859) 257-1043
	Renee Bonzani Lecturer ethnobotany, South American Archaeology, Midwest and Eastern North American Archaeology, Origins of Food Production, Paleoethnobotany	Renee.Bonzani@uky.edu 201F Lafferty Hall 859-257-2671
	Ruth Brown Senior Lecturer, Academic Coordinator for Elementary Language Courses migration, Literature and Visual Culture, Latinos/as in the U.S, US/Mexico border, Service-learning, Spanish for the Professions, Second Language Acquisition	ruth.brown@uky.edu 1137 Patterson Office Tower 859-257-7102
	Francie Chassen-López Professor, Otis A. Singletary Professorship of the Humanities Postcolonial Mexico; Latin American culture and society; gender history, History and Biography, War and Gender	frclopz@email.uky.edu 1771 Patterson Office Tower 859-257-4344
	Mónica Díaz Associate Professor of Hispanic Studies and History, Chair of Hispanic Studies Indigenous peoples and religion, Race, Coloniality, Visual studies, Women's writings, Gender and ethnic identity, Cultural studies, Catholic studies	monica.diaz@uky.edu 1159 Patterson Office Tower (859) 257-5756
	Fatima Espinoza Vasquez Activism, Media Activism and Advocacy, Information Science and Technology, Sociotechnical Infrastructures, Disasters	fatima.espinoza@uky.edu 320 Lucile Caudille Little Library
	Crystal A. Felima Assistant Professor Disasters and Crises, Ecological Futures, Emergency Management and Response, Risk and Social Vulnerability, Mapping and GIS, International Development, Anthropology of the State, Black Feminist Theory, Narrative Research, Digital Humanities	crystal.felima@uky.edu 208 Lafferty Hall
	Marcelo Guzman Associate Professor Mass spectrometry, Photocatalysis, Chromatography, Photochemistry, Prebiotic chemistry, Environmental Chemistry, Environmental monitoring	marcelo.guzman@uky.edu 121 Chemistry-Physics Building 859-323-2892
	Dieter Hennings	guitarprogram@uky.edu
	Scott Hutson Professor, Department Chair Archaeology, households and communities, political economy, settlement patterns, ancient Mesoamerica and Maya, material cultures and ontologies	scotthutson@uky.edu 208 Lafferty Hall 859 257-9642
	Ann Kingsolver Professor of Anthropology, Director, Appalachian Studies Program globalization, critiques of racial capitalism, interpretations of place and identity, Anthropology of Work, transnational collaborations, university-community knowledge equity	ann.kingsolver@uky.edu 203A Lafferty Hall, Anthropology, Office hours Tu/Th 2-3PM, also 624 Maxwelton Court, Appalachian Center 859-218-4088
	Ana S. Q. Liberato Associate Professor of Sociology----Visiting Professor, Sociology Department, University College Dublin, Ireland, 2020-21 Race, ethnicity, gender, Migration & Mobility, Political Sociology, Cultural studies, Well Being & Health	ana.liberato@uky.edu 1573 Patterson Office Tower 859-257-6069
	Matt Losada Associate Professor Latin American Cultural History, Argentine film, 20th and 21st-Century Latin American literature, Spanish experimental film, Women Filmmakers	mattlosada@uky.edu 1133 Patterson Office Tower 859-257-5793
	Bertin M. Louis, Jr. Associate Professor Africana Studies, cultural anthropology, race and racism, African Diaspora, Religion, Human Rights, Statelessness, migration, Haiti, Haitian Studies, Haitian Protestantism, antiracist movements, The Bahamas, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, Anti-Haitianism	bertin.louis@uky.edu 102A Lafferty Hall (Anthropology) (859)-257-4654
	Sarah Lyon Professor, Associate Dean of Faculty development, Latin America, labor, ethical consumption, fair trade, gender and development, Anthropology of Food, economic anthropology, graduate education	sarah.lyon@uky.edu 257 Patterson Office Tower 859 257-5038, 859-539-1296
	Tad Mutersbaugh Professor of Geography, Director of Graduate Studies , Director, Committee on Social Theory Product certification--Organic, fairtrade, biodiversity, Political Ecology, political economy, Commodity Chains and Networks, Latin America (with emphasis on Mexico and Central America), Agrarian Studies, Marxist Cultural and Social Theory	tmute2 871 Patterson Office Tower (859) 257-1316
	Erik Lars Myrup Associate Professor, Director of Undergraduate Studies Brazil, Latin America, Portuguese Asia, Early Modern Expansion, Cross-Cultural Encounters	erik.myrup@uky.edu 1735 Patterson Office Tower 859-257-3483
	Yanira Paz Professor of Spanish Sociolinguistics, Discourse Analysis, Oral Traditions	yblaba0@uky.edu 1105 Patterson Office Tower 859-257-7091
	Rafael Perez-Figueroa	Rafael.Perez-Figueroa@uky.edu
	Christopher Pool Professor Evolution of complex societies, political and economic archaeology, archaeometry, geoarchaeology, mesoamerica, landscape and memory	christopher.pool@uky.edu 203B Lafferty Hall 859 257-2710
	Dierdra Reber Associate Professor, Director of Graduate Studies 19th-21st century Latin American Latinx and US culture, film and media studies, cultural and critical theory, affect studies and theory, biopolitics and power, neoliberalism, ecocriticism and sustainability studies, Latin American post/coloniality, postcolonial studies and theory, gender women's sexuality studies	dierdra.reber@uky.edu 1135 Patterson Office Tower (859) 257-1569
	Sue Roberts Associate Provost for Internationalization, Professor of Geography Economic Geography, Political Geography, development studies	sueroberts@uky.edu 115 Bradley Hall, 803 Patterson Office Tower (859) 257 4611, (859) 257-2399
	Karrieann Soto Vega Assistant Professor Postcolonial/Decolonial Theory, Multilingualism, Multimodality, Critical Geopolitics, Gender & Women's Studies, Latinx Studies, Cultural Rhetoric	ksotovega@uky.edu 1313 Patterson Office Tower (859) 323-8422
	Haralambos Symeonidis (Χαράλαμπος Συμεωνίδης) Professor of Spanish Linguistics, Co-Director of ALGR (Atlas Lingüístico Guaraní-Románico), Professor at Middlebury Language School Summer 2010, Professor at Middlebury Language School (Buenos Aires) Summer 2012-today, Invited scholar at National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece (March 2017), Invited scholar at Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany Hispanic Linguistics, Spanish and Portuguese in South America (Paraguay, Argentina, Brazil), Judaeo-Spanish, Language Contact, Eurovision Song Contest and Language Use	haralambos.symeonidis@uky.edu 1129 Patterson Office Tower 859-257-2629

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