LACAS Staff

Danielle Hoeppner
Administrative Assistant
Latin American and Caribbean Area Studies Program

Giovanna Montenegro
Associate Professor of Comparative Literature and Romance Languages; Director of LACAS
Comparative Literature; Latin American and Caribbean Area Studies Program
Research Interests
- Colonial Latin America and the Caribbean
- Environment
- Material and Visual Culture
- Cartography
- Indigenous and Maroon Studies
- Public Humanities
- Digital Humanities

Maria del Carmen Rodriguez Galindo
Graduate Assistant
Latin American and Caribbean Area Studies Program
Affiliated Faculty

Nancy P. Appelbaum
Professor; LACAS Courtesy Title
History; Latin American and Caribbean Area Studies Program

Ramaesh Joseph Bhagirat
Assistant Professor
Department of Asian and Asian American Studies

Sandra Casanova-Vizcaino
Associate Professor of Spanish; TRIP Courtesy Title; Affiliated Faculty
Romance Languages and Literatures; Translation Research and Instruction Program (TRIP); Latin American and Caribbean Area Studies Program

Juanita Díaz-Cotto
Affiliated Faculty, Latin American and Caribbean Areas Studies Program; Professor, Sociology
Latin American and Caribbean Area Studies Program; Sociology

Jennifer Embree
Subject Librarian and Sustainability Hub Coordinator
Libraries

Thomas Glave
Professor
English, General Literature and Rhetoric

Warren Harding
Assistant Professor
English, General Literature and Rhetoric

Juliana Góes
LACAS Faculty Affiliate; Assistant Professor
Latin American and Caribbean Area Studies Program; Sociology

Brenda Iglesias
LACAS Faculty Affiliate; Assistant Professor of Voice
Latin American and Caribbean Area Studies Program; Music

Giovanna Montenegro
Associate Professor of Comparative Literature and Romance Languages; Director of LACAS
Comparative Literature; Latin American and Caribbean Area Studies Program

Marisol Marcin
TRIP Courtesy Title; Lecturer
Translation Research and Instruction Program (TRIP); Global Studies; Romance Languages and Literatures

Luiza F. Moreira
Professor; TRIP Courtesy Title
Comparative Literature; Translation Research and Instruction Program (TRIP)

Gerardo Pignatiello
Assistant Professor
Romance Languages and Literatures

Belinda C. Ramírez
Assistant Professor; LACAS Faculty Affiliate
Global Public Health; Sociology; Latin American and Caribbean Area Studies Program

Jessie Reeder
Associate Professor
English, General Literature and Rhetoric

René Rojas
Assistant Professor; LACAS Faculty Affiliate
CCPA Human Development; Latin American and Caribbean Area Studies Program

Ana L. Ros
Associate Professor; TRIP Courtesy Title
Romance Languages and Literatures; Translation Research and Instruction Program (TRIP)

George Ygarza
LACAS Faculty Affiliate; Postdoctoral Fellow
Latin American and Caribbean Area Studies Program; Sociology

Lisa T. Yun
Associate Professor
English, General Literature and Rhetoric; Department of Asian and Asian American Studies