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Latin American Studies draws on diverse group of faculty from a variety of different fields. The list is ordered by department.

American Indian Studies

Alan Kilpatrick, Ph.D., Associate Professor,
Current Research: Sourcing of obsidian in northeastern Mexico.
Email: akilpatr@mail.sdsu.edu

Margaret Field, Ph.D., Assistant Professor,
Current Research: Navajo language, literacy, and ethnomathmatics

Anthropology

Joseph W. Ball, Ph.D., Professor,
Current Research: Archaeology, Belize
Email: jwball@mail.sdsu.edu

Fred Conway, Lecturer,
Current Research: Sustainability, Applied Anthropology
Email: conway1@mail.sdsu.edu

Lynn H Gamble Ph.D. Associate Professor, Director Collections Management, Current Research: Archaeology of indigenous people in California and Baja California

Ramona Pérez, Ph.D., Professor,
Current Research: Graduate mentoring programs, Latino higher education

Chicano & Chicana Studies

Ricardo Griswold del Castillo, Ph.D., Professor,
Current Research
: Mexican history of Old Town, San Diego
Email: rgriswol@mail.sdsu.edu

Adelaida del Castillo, Ph.D., Associate Professor,
Current Research: Gender Relations
Email: delcast1@mail.sdsu.edu

Maria Ibarra, Ph.D., Associate Professor,
Email: m1ibarra@mail.sdsu.edu

Norma Iglesias Prieto, Ph.D.,
Current Research: Cultural production on the U.S.-Mexican border
Email: niglesia@mail.sdsu.edu

Norma Ojeda De la Peña, Ph.D., Associate Professor,
Current Research: Gender and health issues on the border
Email: nojeda@mail.sdsu.edu

Isidro Ortiz, Ph.D., Professor,
Current Research: Chicano Political Interests
Email: ortiz5@mail.sdsu.edu

Rodolfo Jacobo, M.A., Professor,
Current Research: History of the Bracero Program
Email: rjacobo@mail.sdsu.edu

Economics

James B. Gerber, Ph.D., Professor of Economics and Director, CLAS, Current Research: The US-Mexico border, economic integration in Latin America

Catalina Amuedo-Dorantes, Ph.D., Assistant Professor,
Current Research: Labor economics, and International Economics and International Organization

Ed Balsdon, Ph.D., Assistant Professor,
Current Research: Labor economics, income distribution, and environmental economics

English and Comparative Literature

William A. Nericcio, Ph.D., Associate Professor,
Current Research: Critical Theory, Cultural Studies, The Novel in the Americas, Chicano/a Studies

Geography

Fernando J. Bosco Ph.D., Assistant Professor,
Current Research: Latin America in context of globalization

Barbara E. Fredrich, Ph.D., Professor,
Current Research: Traditional Religion, Traditional medicine

John R. Weeks, Ph.D., Professor,
Current Research: Demographics of San Diego

Fred Wildes, Ph.D., Instructor,
Current Research: Sustainable Development, natural resource management, environmental conservation, Latin America

History

Hugo Murillo-Jiménez, Ph.D., Lecturer,
Current Research: 19th century Central American history and politics
Email: murill2@mail.sdsu.edu

Paula de Vos, Ph.D., Assistant Professor,
Current Research: Medicine in Latin American history
Email: pdevos@mail.sdsu.edu

Paul Ganster, Ph.D., Professor,
Current Research: U.S.-Mexico border issues, border studies
Email: pganster@mail.sdsu.edu

Bruce Castleman, Ph.D., Lecturer,
Current Research: Social history of colonial Latin America
Email: brucecastleman@comcast.net

Stephen Allyn Colston, Ph.D., Associate Professor,
Current Research: Frey Diego Durán: the history of the book in Colonial Spanish America; Mesoamerican Pictoral Manuscripts
Email: colston@mail.sdsu.edu

Tom Passananti, PhD., Assistant Professor
Current Research: Late 19th Century Finance, Modern Mexico
Email: tpassana@mail.sdsu.edu

International Business

Steven J. Loughrin-Sacco, Ph.D., Co-Director for International Business Education, Professor of French,
Email: loughrin@mail.sdsu.edu

International Programs

Alan Sweedler, Ph.D., Assistant Vice President,
Email: asweedler@sciences.sdsu.edu


Language Acquisition

Mary Ann Lyman-Hager, Ph.D., Director of Research and Development,


Latin American Studies

Victor Clark-Alfaro, Lecturer
Current Research: Human Rights
Email: clarkvictor@hotmail.com

Angelina Trujillo, Lecturer
Current Research: Mixteco language
Email: mixtectrujillo@yahoo.com

Micheline Cariño, Visiting Professor
Current Research: Environmental History of Latin America
Email: irda@mexico.com

Linguistics and Writing Studies

Eniko Csomay, Ph.D., Associate Professor,
Current Research: Applied Linguistics, Mixteco
Email: ecsomay@mail.sdsu.edu

Love Library

Martha McPhail, Associate Librarian,
Email: mmcphail@mail.sdsu.edu

Cecilia Puerto, Librarian of Latin American Studies,
Email: cpuerto@mail.sdsu.edu

Music

Marian Liebowitz, Ph.D., Professor,
Current Research: Improving arts administration practices in Latin American countries

Kevin Delgado, Ph.D., Associate Professor,
Current Research: Cuban Percussion

Policy Studies in Language and Cross-cultural Education

Alberto Ochoa, Ph.D., Professor,
Current Research: School de-segregation, language policy, critical pedagogy, socio-political conditions, fiscal allocation of resources

Political Science

Brian E. Loveman, Ph.D., Professor,
Current Research: Latin American military & Human Rights

David V. Carruthers, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Current Research: Mexico, environmental politics, indigenous and campesino movements
Email: dcarruth@mail.sdsu.edu

Kristin Hill-Maher, Ph.D., Assistant Professor,
Current Research: International migration, nationalism, politics of race, ethnicity and gender
Email: kmaher@mail.sdsu.edu

Jonathan Graubart, Ph.D., Assistant Professor,
Current Research: Human Rights, relationship of NGO's and international organizations
Email: graubart@mail.sdsu.edu

Public Administration and Urban Studies

Lawrence A. Herzog, Ph.D., Professor,
Current Research: Urban Geography and planning, International and regional development

Public Health

Gregory Talavera, Ph.D., Associate Professor,
Current Research: Latino/a health problems

John P. Elder, Ph.D., Professor and Head of Division of Public Health Promotion, Current Research: Latino health problems

Ana P. Martinez-Donate, Ph.D., Assistant Professor,
Current Research: Border Health, HIV prevention


Sociology

Norma Ojeda de la Peña Ph.D., Associate Professor,
Current Research: Gender and Health issues on the border
Email: nojeda@mail.sdsu.edu

Jill Esbenshade, Ph.D., Associate Professor,
Current Research: Migration, labor studies, Central America
Email: jesbensh@mail.sdsu.edu

Spanish and Portuguese

Gail L. Robinson, Ph.D., Professor,
Current Research: language learning through technology; Theory of ESL methods

Paul Sneed, Ph.D., Assistant Professor,
Current Research: Brazilian music and culture

Carlos G. Wilson, Ph.D., Professor,
Current Research: Afro-Spanish Writers

Ronald R. Young, Ph.D., Associate Professor,
Current Research: Trends in Spanish

Claudia V. Angelelli, Ph.D., Assistant Professor,
Current Research: The design of language proficiency and interpreting proficiency tests for practicing interpreters in the health-care sector

Mario Martin-Flores, Ph.D., Assistant Professor,
Current Research: Mexican novelas

Juan Godoy, Ph.D., Assistant Professor,
Current Research: 20th century Spanish authors

Nora Strejilevich, Ph.D., Professor,
Current Research: Contemporary Argentina, Chilean Poetry

Theatre

Margaret Larlham, Professor,
Current Research: Theatre for Latinos

Women's Studies

Oliva M. Espin, Ph.D., Professor,
Current Research: Immigrants and refugees, Gender Roles

María Barbara Watson, Ph.D., Professor,

Doreen J. Mattingly, Ph.D., Associate Professor,
Current Research
: Women, Migration and politics

Irene Lara, Ph.D., Assistant Professor
Current Research: Latina Health, curanderas
Email: mattingl@mail.sdsu.edu



 
   
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