Viviane Mahieux, *
Modern Languages and Literatures (PhD, Harvard), DIrector
Latin American and European avant-gardes; the city and urban theory; the genre of the chronicle in the 19th and 20th centuries; journalism and media theory; Mexican literature and culture.
Cynthia Vich, *
Modern Languages and Literatures (PhD, Stanford), Associate Director
19th and 20th-century Latin American literatures; feminism in the Hispanic world
O. Hugo Benavides,
Sociology and Anthropology (PhD, CUNY Graduate Center)
Social theory; historical and national production; sexuality and identity; Latino politics; Latin America.
Susan Berger,
Political Science (PhD, Columbia)
Latin American politics; gender and women’s movements in Latin America; Guatemala
Arnaldo Cruz-Malavé,
Modern Languages and Literatures (PhD, Stanford)
Contemporary Hispanic Caribbean transitions; queer diasporas; New York in Latino literature and film, and urban Latino culture
Clive Daniel,
Economics (PhD, Fordham)
Norma Fuentes Mayorga, *
Sociology and Anthropology (PhD, Columbia)
International migration; gender, race and class; Latino/a studies; education, urban problems and mental health.
Greta Gilbertson,
Sociology and Anthropology (PhD, Texas-Austin)
Immigration; gender; race and ethnicity; citizenship
Javier Jiménez-Belmonte,
Modern Languages and Literatures (PhD, Columbia)
Medieval and early modern Spanish literature.
Carey Kasten,
Modern Languages and Literatures (PhD, Columbia)
20th-century Spanish theater, film and novel; Golden Age theater
Rafael Lamas,
Modern Languages and Literatures (PhD, NYU)
Comparative studies of music and literature; theories of memory; the tension between inherited identities and paradigms of action
Michael Lee,
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Theology (PhD, Notre Dame)
Christology; soteriology; Christian spirituality; Latin American theology (particularly liberation theologies); U.S. Latino/a theology.
Sara Lehman,
Modern Languages and Literatures (PhD, Boston University)
Colonial Latin American literature
Luz Lenis, *
Associate Dean, Fordham College (PhD, SUNY-Albany)
Spanish for high oral proficiency speakers
Héctor Lindo-Fuentes, History (PhD, Chicago)
Latin America; Central American economic history; history of education
Claude Mangum, African and African American Studies (PhD, Teacher's College, Columbia)
Education of African Americans; experiences of African Americans in the Catholic Church.
Gioconda Marún, Modern Languages and Literatures (PhD, Universidad Naciónal de Buenos Aires)
Modernismo; 19th and 20th Century Latin American literature; interrelations of English journalism and Hispanic literature; globalization and literature.
Ronald Méndez-Clark, Director of International and Study Abroad Programs (PhD, Princeton)
Barbara Mundy, Art History and Music (PhD, Yale)
Colonial Latin America; indigenous art created in the Spanish colony, especially in New Spain; cartography in the early modern period, and the role of collections in pre-Columbian art history.
S. Elizabeth Penry, History (PhD, Miami)
Colonial Latin America; cultural history; indigenous peoples; Early Modern Spain
Ivette Rivera-Giusti, History (PhD, SUNY-Binghamton)
U.S. Latina/o history; labor; gender; immigration and ethnicity; Hispanic Caribbean.
Monica Rivera-Mindt, Psychology (PhD, Nebraska)
Neurologic disorders; cross-cultural neuropsychology; the effects of sociocultural factors on cognitive test performance
Clara Rodríguez, Sociology and Urban Studies (PhD, Washington)
Race and ethnicity; media studies; Latino studies; labor markets, migration; urban and regional studies
Orlando Rodríguez, Sociology and Anthropology (PhD, Columbia)
Criminal justice processes; program evaluation research; mental health of minority and migrant populations.
Christopher Schmidt-Nowara, * History (PhD, Michigan)
The intellectual and cultural history of the Iberian world, with particular emphasis on Spain, the Caribbean, Brazil, and the U.S. Southwest
Janet Sternberg, Communication and Media Studies (PhD, NYU)
Brazilian culture, especially music; Portuguese language and linguistics; media ecology
Adjuncts / Visiting Faculty
Emilio Estela, LALS (J.D., Cornell)
Adjunct Professor of Latin American and Latino Studies
Assistant District Attorney, New York County District
Anne Hayes, History (PhD, CUNY Graduate Center)
Adjunct Professor of History
Rose Perez, Graduate School of Social Service
Adjunct Professor of Social Work
Stuart Rockefeller, Sociology and Anthropology (PhD, Chicago)
Adjunct Professor of Anthropology
Luisita Torregrosa, LALS
Adjunct Professor of Latin American and Latino Studies
Bonnie Wasserman, Modern Languages and Literatures (PhD, UC Berkeley)
Adjunct Professor of Portuguese
* Executive Committee
