Faculty :: Center for Latin American Studies :: San Diego State University

Helpful Search Keywords

Home About Us People CLAS Staff CLAS Faculty Department Faculty Visiting Faculty Research Associates Academic Programs International Experience Scholarships & Fellowships Internships & Careers Language Programs Teaching & Community Resources Alumni & Friends Links Contact Us Last Update: March 1, 2013	People>Department Faculty 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., Professor Current Research: Sourcing of obsidian in northeastern Mexico Email: akilpatr@mail.sdsu.edu Margaret Field, Ph.D., Associate Professor Current Research: Navajo language, literacy, and ethnomathmatics Email: mfield@mail.sdsu.edu Anthropology Joseph W. Ball, Ph.D., Distinguished Professor Current Research: Archaeology, Belize Email: jwball@mail.sdsu.edu Fred Conway, Ph.D., Assistant Professor Current Research: Sustainability, Applied Anthropology Email: conway1@mail.sdsu.edu Matthew Lauer, Ph.D., Assciate Professor Current Research: Environmental anthropology, sustainability, demography, international development, political ecology, and applied anthropology; Amazonia, Latin America, and Oceania Email: mlauer@mail.sdsu.edu Ramona Pérez, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Director of the Center for Latin American Studies Current Research: Graduate mentoring programs, Latino higher education Email: perez@mail.sdsu.edu Art History Nancy Deffebach, Ph.D., Assistant Professor Current Research: Art History, Latin America Email: ndeffeba@mail.sdsu.edu Chicano & Chicana Studies Adelaida del Castillo, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Graduate Advisor Current Research: Gender Relations Email: delcast1@mail.sdsu.edu Victoria González-Rivera, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Current Research: Nicaraguan history and Chicana/o Studies (and Latina/o Studies) with a focus on gender and sexuality Email: vgonzale@mail.sdsu.edu Roberto Hernández, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Current Research: Urban and border violence, comparative social movements and radical political thought. Email: rhernandez@mail.sdsu.edu Maria Ibarra, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Undergraduate Advisor Email: m1ibarra@mail.sdsu.edu Norma Iglesias Prieto, Ph.D., Associate Professor Current Research: Cultural production on the U.S.-Mexican border Email: niglesia@mail.sdsu.edu Isidro Ortiz, Ph.D., Professor, Coordinator of Faculty-Student Mentoring Program (FSMP) Current Research: Chicano Political Interests Email: ortiz5@mail.sdsu.edu Economics Catalina Amuedo-Dorantes, Ph.D., Professor Current Research: Labor economics, and International Economics and International Organization Email: camuedod@mail.sdsu.edu Ed Balsdon, Ph.D., Associate Professor Current Research: Labor economics, income distribution, and environmental economics Email: ebalsdon@mail.sdsu.edu James B. Gerber, Ph.D., Professor of Economics and Director of International Business Current Research: The US-Mexico border, economic integration in Latin America Email: jgerber@mail.sdsu.edu English and Comparative Literature William A. Nericcio, Ph.D., Professor Current Research: Critical Theory, Cultural Studies, The Novel in the Americas, Chicano/a Studies Email: memo@sdsu.edu Phillip Serrato, Ph.D., Professor Current Research: Race, gender, and sexuality in children's and adolescent literature; constructions of masculinity in children's books. Specialization in Chicano/a children's and adolescent literature Email:pserrato@mail.sdsu.edu Geography Fernando J. Bosco Ph.D., Assistant Professor Current Research: Latin America in context of globalization Email: fbosco@mail.sdsu.edu Kate Swanson, Ph.D., Assistant Professor Current Research: Urban restructuring and exclusion, begging and informal sector strategies, labour migration, youth identities and childhood, racialization of indigenous peoples, gender and public space Email: kswanson@mail.sdsu.edu John R. Weeks, Ph.D., Professor Current Research: Demographics of San Diego Email: john.weeks@sdsu.edu History Pablo Ben, Ph.D., Professor Current Research: Modern Latin America, Southern Cone, Gender and Sexuality, social history Assistant Professor Email: pben@mail.sdsu.edu 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 Paula de Vos, Ph.D., Assistant Professor Current Research: Medicine in Latin American history Email: pdevos@mail.sdsu.edu Tom Passananti, PhD., Associate Professor Current Research: Late 19th Century Finance, Modern Mexico Email: tpassana@mail.sdsu.edu Institute for Regional Studies of the Californias Paul Ganster, Ph.D., Professor, Current Research: U.S.-Mexico border issues, border studies Email: pganster@mail.sdsu.edu Language Acquisition Resource Center Mary Ann Lyman-Hager, Ph.D., Director of Research and Development Email: mlymanha@mail.sdsu.edu Linguistics and Asian/Middle Eastern Languages Eniko Csomay, Ph.D., Associate Professor and Interim Associate Dean of College of Arts and Letters Current Research: Applied Linguistics, Mixteco Email: ecsomay@mail.sdsu.edu Gregory D. Keating, Ph.D., Assistant Professor Current Research: Acquisition of Spanish as second and heritage languages; Sentence processing in monolingual and bilingual Spanish speakers Email: gkeating@mail.sdsu.edu Love Library Cecilia Puerto, Librarian of Latin American Studies Email: cpuerto@mail.sdsu.edu Music Kevin Delgado, Ph.D., Associate Professor Current Research: Cuban Percussion Email: kdel@cox.net Political Science David V. Carruthers, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Associate Director of the Center for Latin American Studies http://politicalscience.sdsu.edu/people/faculty/carruthers_d.htm Current Research: Mexico, environmental politics, indigenous and campesino movements Email: dcarruth@mail.sdsu.edu Kristin Hill-Maher, Ph.D., Associate Professor Current Research: International migration, nationalism, politics of race, ethnicity and gender Email: kmaher@mail.sdsu.edu James Samstad, Ph.D., Lecturer Current Research: Latin American Politics Email: jsamstad@mail.sdsu.edu Public Administration and Urban Studies Salvador Espinoza, Ph.D., Professor Current Research: Fiscal decentralization, public financial administration and regional development Email: sespinos@mail.sdsu.edu Lawrence A. Herzog, Ph.D., Professor Current Research: Urban Geography and planning, International and regional development Email: laherzog@mail.sdsu.edu Public Health Elva Arredondo, Ph.D., Assistant Professor Current Research: Health disparities, cancer and obesity prevention Email: earredondo@projects.sdsu.edu John P. Elder, Ph.D., Professor and Head of Division of Public Health Promotion Current Research: Latino health problems Email: jelder@mail.sdsu.edu Gregory Talavera, Ph.D., Associate Professor Current Research: Latino/a health problems Email: gtalaver@mail.sdsu.edu 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, Graduate Advisor http://www-rohan.sdsu.edu/~sdsusoci/faculty/esbenshade.html Current Research: Migration, labor studies, Central America Email: jesbensh@mail.sdsu.edu Spanish and Portuguese Claudia V. Angelelli, Ph.D., Associate Professor Current Research: The design of language proficiency and interpreting proficiency tests for practicing interpreters in the health-care sector Email: claudia.angelelli@sdsu.edu Alda Blanco, Ph.D., Professor Current Research:Cultural and literary studies of modern Spain (1800 to the present). The main focus of her publications has been on gender, feminism and women writers, and she has devoted much of her research to the feminist-socialist writer María Martínez Sierra Email: ablanco@mail.sdsu.edu Juan Godoy, Ph.D., Associate Professor Current Research: 20th century Spanish authors Email: jgodoy@mail.sdsu.edu Vincent Martin, Ph.D., Professor Current Research: Golden Age Literature and Colonial Latin American Literature Email: vmartin@mail.sdsu.edu Mario Martin-Flores, Ph.D., Associate Professor Current Research: Mexican novelas Email: jmartinf@mail.sdsu.edu Gail L. Robinson, Ph.D., Professor Current Research: language learning through technology; Theory of ESL methods Email: grobinso@mail.sdsu.edu Women's Studies Doreen J. Mattingly, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Undergraduate Advisor Current Research: Women, Migration and politics Email: mattingl@mail.sdsu.edu Irene Lara, Ph.D., Assistant Professor Current Research: Latina Health, curanderas Email:ilara@mail.sdsu.edu
The statements found on this page/site are for informational purposes only. While every effort is made to ensure that this information is up-to-date and accurate, official information can be found in the university publications.