Affiliated Faculty/Grant Opportunities

UW-Milwaukee CLACS Faculty

Aborampah, Osei-Mensah
Department of Africology
Research/Teaching Interests: Afro-Caribbean families; women and development in black societies of the Americas and Africa
Country Interests: Caribbean
mensah@uwm.edu

Antrop-González, René
Department of Curriculum & Instruction
Research/Teaching Interests: bilingual/bicultural education
Country Interests: Puerto Rico, U.S.
antrop@uwm.edu

Bellegarde-Smith, Patrick
Department of Africology
Research/Teaching Interests: religion, gender and class issues in the African Diaspora; intellectual paradigms; comparative culture
Country Interests: Haiti, Brazil, African Diaspora
pbs@uwm.edu

Bird-Soto, Nancy
Department of Spanish and Portuguese
Research/Teaching Interests: women writers, gender studies, US Hispanic literatures and cultures, creative writing
Country Interests: Puerto Rico, US, Nicaragua, Mexico, Spain
birdsoto@uwm.edu

Blasini, Gilberto
Department of English
Research/Teaching Interests: Latin American film and issues of identity
Country Interests: Caribbean
gblasini@uwm.edu

Brodwin, Paul
Department of Anthropology
Research/Teaching Interests: Haitian Diaspora studies
Country Interests: Haiti, Guadeloupe
brodwin@uwm.edu
http://www.uwm.edu/Dept/Anthropology/faculty/brodwin.html

Cameron, Barry
Department of Geosciences
Research/Teaching Interests: igneous petrology, volcanology
Country Interests: Guatemala
bcameron@uwm.edu

Cárdenas, Brenda
Department of English
Research/Teaching Interests: Poetry writing; performance art; interdisciplinary arts; U.S. Latina/o literature, especially contemporary poetry; Latin American literature; U.S. ethnic literatures.
Country Interests: The Latina/o United States, Mexico and Latin America in general
cardenab@uwm.edu

Conceição, Simone
Department of Administrative Leadership
Research/Teaching Interests: distance education; online strategies for teaching and learning
Country Interests: Brazil
simonec@uwm.edu
http://www.uwm.edu/~simonec

Davis-Benavides, Christopher
Department of Visual Art
Research/Teaching Interests: ceramic sculpture; cross cultural experience; aesthetic
interposition of cultures
Country Interests: Peru
cdavisb@uwm.edu

Day, Michael
Department of Geography
Research/Teaching Interests: karst landscapes and their conservation in Belize and the
Caribbean
Country Interests: Belize, Caribbean
mickday@uwm.edu
http://www.uwm.edu/Dept/Geography/faculty/gfacday.html

Deal, Raoul
Department of Visual Art
Research/Teaching Interests: sculpture, installation art, cross-cultural activities and the creation of art in community settings
Country Interests: Mexico
rgdeal@uwm.edu

Douglas, Eduardo
Department of Art History
Research/Teaching Interests: art, history, and cultures of Latin America
Country Interests: Argentina, Brazil, Cuba, Mexico
eduardod@uwm.edu

Ehlinger, Timothy
Department of Biological Sciences
Research/Teaching Interests: ecological and evolutionary processes involved in the adaptive differentiation of fish populations
Country Interests: Costa Rica
ehlinger@uwm.edu
http://www.uwm.edu/Dept/Biology/Docs/Faculty/ehlinger.html

Ferreira, César
Department of Spanish and Portuguese
Research/Teaching Interests: contemporary Latin American novel; Latin American popular culture; Peruvian literature
Country Interests: Mexico, Peru, Southern Cone
cferr@uwm.edu

Ferro, Simone
Department of Dance
Research/Teaching Interests: movement; African diasporic dance
Country Interests: Brazil
sferro@uwm.edu

Figueroa, Enrique
Roberto Hernández Center
Research/Teaching Interests: Demographics of U.S. Latinos; the immigrant experience; socioeconomic conditions of U.S. Latinos
Country Interests: Mexico
figueroa@uwm.edu
www.uwm.edu/Dept/Acad_Aff/RHC/director.html

Fowler, Melvin (Emeritus)
Department of Anthropology
Research/Teaching Interests: American pre-history; processes of urban development; ecological aspects of culture
Country Interests: Mexico, US
fowler@uwm.edu

Galvo, Loren
College of Nursing
Research/Teaching Interests: international/global health; reproductive health; HIV/AIDS
Country Interests: Brazil, Latin America
lgalvao@uwm.edu

Gunderman, Karen
Department of Visual Art
Research/Teaching Interests: ceramic sculpture; comparative pottery making
Country Interests: Ecuador, Peru
kmg@uwm.edu

Handelman, Howard (Emeritus)
Department of Political Science
Research/Teaching Interests: democratization; political economy
Country Interests: Mexico, Southern Cone, Andean countries
handelma@uwm.edu
http://www.uwm.edu/Dept/Polsci/faculty/handelman.html

Hanlon, Donald
Department of Architecture
Research/Teaching Interests: formal structure of architecture
Country Interests: Mexico, Costa Rica
dhanlon@uwm.edu
http://www.uwm.edu/SARUP/faculty/hanlon.htm

Hewitt, Jeanne
Department of Nursing
Research/Teaching Interests: occupational health nursing; women's health; cancer prevention/screening; epidemiology
Country Interests: Latin America, US
jbhewitt@uwm.edu

Höbel, Gerlinde
Department of Biological Sciences
Research/Teaching Interests: behavior ecology; animal communication; evolutionary biology; amphibians and reptiles
Country Interests: Costa Rica, Panama
hoebel@uwm.edu

Hudson, Jean
Department of Anthropology
Research/Teaching Interests: forager adaptations; ecological and evolutionary models; zooarchaeology; ethnoarchaeology
Country Interests: Peru
jhudson@uwm.edu
http://www.uwm.edu/People/jhudson/

Isbell, John L.
Department of Geosciences
Research/Teaching Interests: Clastic sedimentology; stratigraphy
Country Interests: Argentina
jisbell@uwm.edu
http://www.uwm.edu/%7Ejisbell/

Izquierdo, René
Department of Music
Research/Teaching Interests: classical guitar; Afro-Caribbean and Latin American guitar styles
Country Interests: Cuba
Rene_izquierdo@yahoo.com

Kahl, Jonathan
Department of Mathematical Sciences
Research/Teaching Interests: atmospheric sciences
Country Interests: Mexico
kahl@uwm.edu
http://www.uwm.edu/~kahl

Kilwein Guevara, Maurice
Department of English
Research/Teaching Interests: Poetry, fiction and dramatic writing; US Latina/o literature; comparative literature (Latin American); US ethnic literatures, performance art and performance poetry
Country Interests: Latin America in general
maurice@uwm.edu

Kitchen, Diane
Department of Film
Research/Teaching Interests: 16 mm filmmaking
Country Interests: Peru
dkitchen@uwm.edu

Madsen, Mary K.
Department of Health Sciences
Research/Teaching Interests: health care delivery systems and international perspectives; comparative disability policies
Country Interests: Mexico, Brazil, US
madsen@uwm.edu

Mamalakis, Markos (Emeritus)
Department of Economics
Research/Teaching Interests: poverty, mobility, inequality and social and economic justice
Country Interests: Chile
mamalaki@uwm.edu
http://www.uwm.edu/People/mamalaki/

Martell, Sandra Toro
Department of Educational Psychology
Research/Teaching Interests: Cognitive studies; integrating technology into museum education
Country Interests: U.S., Puerto Rico
smartell@uwm.edu

McCaw, Robert John
Department of Spanish & Portuguese
Research/Teaching Interests: ritual and religion in Spanish and Latin American literature
Country Interests: Latin America
rjmccaw@uwm.edu

McGuiness, Aims
Department of History
Research/Teaching Interests: 19th century Latin America; development of the Pacific world
Country Interests: Panama
smia@uwm.edu
http://www.uwm.edu/Dept/History/faculty/mcguinness.html

Melgarejo Acosta, María del Pilar
Department of Spanish and Portuguese
Research/Teaching Interests: 19th century narrative, nation formation, cultural theory and political philosophy
Country Interests: Colombia, México and Latin America
melgarej@uwm.edu

Méndez-Santalla, Isabel
Department of Spanish & Portuguese
Research/Teaching Interests: Spanish language teaching; Spanish for the professions
Country Interests: Latin America
zam@uwm.edu

Munson, Ethan
Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Research/Teaching Interests: multimedia documents; human-computer interation; object-oriented programming; digital documents
Country Interests: Brazil
munson@cs.uwm.edu
www.cs.uwm.edu/html/csFacMunsonE.html

Oxford, Jeffrey
Department of Spanish and Portuguese
Research/Teaching Interests: 19th-21st centuries, naturalism, social justice
Country Interests: Latin America
oxford@uwm.edu

Oxford, Raquel Malia Nitta
Department of Curriculum and Instruction
Research/Teaching Interests: Spanish language and culture; teacher preparation; multicultural and foreign language education; technology integration
Country Interests: Latin America; Spain
roxford@uwm.edu

Pitt, Kristin E.
Department of French, Italian and Comparative Literature
Research/Teaching Interests: gender, race, sexuality and nationalism in 19th and 20th Century literature
Country Interests: Latin America, Caribbean and North America
kepitt@uwm.edu

Pucci, Sandra
Department of Curriculum & Instruction
Research/Teaching Interests: bilingual/bicultural education
Country Interests: Argentina, US
pucci@uwm.edu

Rapoport, Amos (Distinguished Emeritus)
Department of Architecture
Research/Teaching Interests: culture and environment
Country Interests: Latin America
rapoport@uwm.edu
http://www.uwm.edu/SARUP/faculty/rapoport.htm

Rascón, Susan
Department of French, Italian and Comparative Literature
Research/Teaching Interests: 20th century Central American indigenous literature; translation certificate courses
Country Interests: Central America, Guatemala
srascon@uwm.edu

Rei-Doval, Gabriel
Department of Spanish and Portuguese
Research/Teaching Interests: sociolinguistics; Galician Studies; historiography of linguistics; applied linguistics
Country Interests: Galician diaspora, Latin America, US
reidoval@uwm.edu

Ricigliano, Robert
Department of Communication/Peace Studies
Research/Teaching Interests: international negotiation and mediation
Country Interests: Colombia
robr@uwm.edu

Rodríguez, Joseph
Department of History
Research/Teaching Interests: Latino/a social movements
Country Interests: Mexico, US
joerod@uwm.edu
http://www.uwm.edu/Dept/History/faculty/rodriguez.html

Rodríguez, Rafael
Department of Biological Sciences
Research/Teaching Interests: Behavioral ecology of insects and spiders, sexual selection
Country Interests: Costa Rica
rafa@uwm.edu
www.uwm.edu/Dept/Biology/Docs/Faculty/rodriguez.html

Rodríguez-Luis, Julio (Emeritus)
Department of Spanish & Portuguese
Research/Teaching Interests: Spanish-American modern narrative
Country Interests: Spanish-America
jrluis@uwm.edu

Ruggiero, Kristin
Department of History
Research/Teaching Interests: medicine and law in 19th century
Country Interests: Argentina
ruggiero@uwm.edu
http://www.uwm.edu/Dept/History/faculty/ruggiero.html

Santiago, Carlos E.
Department of Economics
Research/Teaching Interests: Latin American and Caribbean economic development; Latino studies
Country Interests: Caribbean; U.S. Latino population
ces95@uwm.edu

Santiago-Rivera, Azara
Department of Educational Psychology, Counseling Psychology Program
Research/Teaching Interests: Latino health; Latino families; Latino-centered psychological interventions and treatment modalities; environmental health issues
Country Interests: U.S., Puerto Rico
azara@uwm.edu

Schnitzer, Stefan
Department of Biological Sciences
Research/Teaching Interests: Plant community ecology (esp. of lianas); tropical and temperate forest dynamics and regeneration; exotic and native plant invasion into native communities
Country Interests: Costa Rica, Panama
schnitze@uwm.edu

Sherman, R. Jason
Department of Anthropology
Research/Teaching Interests: Archaic states; political and economic organization; archaeological method and theory; landscape archaeology; GIS; ceramic analysis; Mesoamerica
Country Interests: Mexico
shermanr@uwm.edu

Snyder, Gil
Department of Architecture
Research/Teaching Interests: Women's and Girl's Shelter and Clinic for victims of domestic abuse; indigenous knowledge in architecture and building; art of architectural detailing and the ecology of materials; environmental sustainability and green building; hyperdensity, urban morphology, and the post-industrial city
Country Interests: Malawi, Peru, France
gsnyder@uwm.edu

Sotomayor, M. Estrella
Department of Spanish & Portuguese
Research/Teaching Interests: language teaching strategies; Spanish for the professions
Country Interests: Latin America
mes4@uwm.edu

Stone, Andrea
Department of Art History
Research/Teaching Interests: Mayan art, Mesoamerica and Andes, specifically rock/cave art
Country Interests: Mesoamerica
stone@uwm.edu
http://www.uwm.edu/Dept/ArtHistory/faculty/stone.html

Suárez-Felipe, Ester
Department of Spanish & Portuguese
Research/Teaching Interests: language teaching strategies; Spanish American culture
Country Interests: Latin America
ester@uwm.edu

Sugiyama Borges, Natasha
Department of Political Science
Research/Teaching Interests: comparative politics, social policy, and gender politics
Country Interests: Brazil
sugiyamn@uwm.edu

Tapia, Javier
Department of Educational Policy & Community Studies
Research/Teaching Interests: cultural anthropology; bilingual/bicultural education; Latino studies
Country Interests: Mexico, US
jtapia@uwm.edu

Van Horne, Winston
Department of Africology
Research/Teaching Interests: politics and political philosophy in African-Americans and the African Diaspora
Country Interests: African Diaspora
wvh@uwm.edu

Van Oudenallen, Harry
Department of Architecture
Research/Teaching Interests: low cost housing in developing countries
Country Interests: Mexico, Colombia
harq@sbcglobal.net
http://www.uwm.edu/SARUP/faculty/vanoudenallen.htm

Vélez, William
Department of Sociology
Research/Teaching Interests: Persistence and success in higher education; high school attrition; Latinos in the U. S.; race and ethnic relations
Country Interests: Puerto Rico
velez@uwm.edu
www.uwm.edu/Dept/Sociology/faculty/velez.html

Villamil, Laura P.
Department of Anthropology
Research/Teaching Interests: Urbanization and ancient cities; archaic states;landscape archaeology; archaeological method and theory; archaeology and nationalism in modern Latin America; ceramic analysis
Country Interests: Mesoamerica; Latin America
laurav@uwm.edu

Walter, Gilbert (Emeritus)
Department of Mathematics
Research/Teaching Interests: statistics
Country Interests: Latin America
ggw@uwm.edu
http://www.uwm.edu/People/ggw/

Washabaugh, William
Department of Anthropology
Research/Teaching Interests: linguistic anthropology; Creole studies; sign language studies; music; nationalism
Country Interests: Caribbean
wash@uwm.edu
http://www.uwm.edu/Dept/Anthropology/faculty/washabaugh.html

Wellin, Edward (Emeritus)
Department of Anthropology
Country Interests: Latin America

Wheatley, Kathleen
Department of Spanish & Portuguese
Research/Teaching Interests: structure of Spanish-diachronic evolution and synchronic (dialect) variation
Country Interests: Latin America
wheatley@uwm.edu

Winkler, Erin
Department of Africology
Research/Teaching Interests: African American families and communities; race and place (nationally and internationally); childhood and adolescence
Country Interests: U.S. and Brazil
winkere@uwm.edu

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