LACLS Faculty Directory

Picture	Name	Contact
	Emily Beaulieu Bacchus Professor of Comparative Politics Associate Chair	Emily.Beaulieu@uky.edu 1627 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 [Rena] [Bon-zane] she/her/hers Senior 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 Director of Elementary Language Instruction Latinx populations in the U.S., Instructional Technology, Second Language Acquisition, Service-learning, 19th-21st century Latin American Latinx and US culture, Language in Kentucky	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	Francie.Chassenlopez@uky.edu 1771 Patterson Office Tower 859-257-4344
	Joseph Clark Assistant Professor Early Modern Atlantic World, Slavery and African Diaspora, Latin America and the Caribbean, Environmental History	jmhclark@uky.edu 1757 Patterson Office Tower (859) 257-1859
	Mónica Díaz Associate Professor of Hispanic Studies and History Chair of Hispanic Studies Marie Rich Endowed Professor Indigenous peoples and religion, Race, Coloniality, Visual studies, Women's writings, Gender and ethnic identity, Cultural studies, Catholic studies	monica.diaz@uky.edu 1105 Patterson Office Tower (859) 257-7091
	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, Black Ecologies, Emergency Management and Response, Mapping and GIS, International Development, Anthropology of the State, Black Feminist Theory, Narrative Research, Embodiment and Exposure	crystal.felima@uky.edu 208 Lafferty Hall
	Marcelo Guzman Associate Professor of Chemistry Environmental Chemistry & Analytical Chemistry Mass spectrometry, Photocatalysis, Chromatography, Photochemistry, Prebiotic chemistry, Environmental Chemistry, Environmental monitoring	marcelo.guzman@uky.edu 105 Chemistry-Physics Building 859-323-2892
	Dieter Hennings	guitarprogram@uky.edu
	Scott Hutson (skAHt HUHT- suhn) he, him, his Professor Department Chair Archaeology, households and communities, political economy, settlement patterns, ancient Mesoamerica and Maya, material cultures and ontologies	srhuts2@email.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 Appalachian Center, 624 Maxwelton Ct., Rm. 202 859-218-4088
	Ana S. Q. Liberato Associate Professor of Sociology----Visiting Professor, Sociology Department, University College Dublin, Ireland, 2020-2023 Social inequalities, Migration and Mobility, Authoritarian politics and democratization, globalization, Health and well-being, Cultural studies	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, Brazilian film	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 for Faculty Advancement & Strategic Initiatives development, Latin America, labor, ethical consumption, fair trade, gender and development, agri-food systems, economic anthropology, business and organizational anthropology, indigeneity	sarah.lyon@uky.edu 257 Patterson Office Tower 859 257-5038, 859-539-1296
	Tad Mutersbaugh Professor of Geography 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	Tad.Mutersbaugh@uky.edu 871 Patterson Office Tower (859) 257-1316
	Erik Lars Myrup Associate Professor Director of Advising 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	Yanira.Paz@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 of Latin American Culture 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 (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 Executive Director of KFLC 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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